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Chapter 25

In a dimly lit room, I look up at the ceiling while listening to the children's breathing while sleeping on the bed.

I am concerned about Emilia and the others, about the heroes, and about the children's future. I have many things on my mind, but what I have to do remains the same.

Yes, for now.

I'm going to buy a picture frame tomorrow. Yeah.

When I wake up in the morning and look at the children's sleeping faces, I hear the sound of people walking down the corridor. I wondered if Ariamel had woken up too.

I quietly left the room so as not to wake the children and went down to the first floor, where I met Ariamel wearing an apron.

"I'm sorry, did I wake you up? I'm going to prepare breakfast now, so you can stay in bed..."

"No, I always leave it to Ariamel, so let me help you at least today."

"Is that so..., then I'll take your word for it."

Ariamel, who never refuses in such a situation, is a very considerate and thoughtful person.

The two of us cook breakfast side by side. The menu consists of bread, fried egg, sausage, salad, and soup.

I think it's a bit much, but the kids are growing up, so I guess it's okay.

"~♪"

Ariamel is in a good mood, humming a tune.

After arranging the finished dishes, Fio comes down from the second floor in a panic.

"Wow! I'm sorry, Aria, I overslept! ...Wait, Gray-san?"

"Good morning Fio-chan, did you stay up late? You have a habit of sleeping in."

“Good morning Fio. Just in time, can you go wake everyone up?"

"Uh... I'll wake them up right away..."

Ariamel watched Fio staggering upstairs with a kind face.

Immediately after that, I heard the sound of Fio waking Iska up with a thump on the second floor. And then Nina, Stella, and Ratz came downstairs using that as an alarm. All three of them still look sleepy.

"Good morning, you three. Go wash your faces."

"... Uh"

"Papa... I can still sleep..."

This is no good, Ratz is also rowing a boat while standing.

"I'm going to go wash their faces."

"Yes, I'll finish the preparations in the meantime."

I took three towels to the battlefield...!

"..."

"Fu... Fufu... I'm sorry. It must have been difficult... Fufu."

Oh, it was tough. Nina was afraid to put her face in the water, Stella drank the water in the tub, and Ratz stuck his face in the tub and wouldn't move.

Thanks to that, I was a wreck in the morning. Ariamel has been laughing since a while ago, maybe because of my appearance.

It's the first time I've seen Ariamel laughing like this.

It was a lot of work... but it was enough of a reward to see Ariamel having so much fun.

"Oh, that's right. Ariamel, you don't have to prepare lunch today."

I talk to Ariamel while eating breakfast.

"Oh, yeah...is that so?"

Why do you look slightly disappointed?

"Yeah, because I'm not going to be taking requests today. Why don't we all go out for lunch?"

“Oto-san, really?!”

Nina responds to my words.

"Oh"

Let's go buy some picture frames today and introduce these kids to the innkeeper parent and child.

"Papa... can I go too?"

"? Of course, we're going out as a family."

Well, I know what Stella is worried about. I think she's afraid we'll be looked at in a strange way because of her.

Stella hasn't been out much since she moved into this house.

But you don't have to worry about what other people think.

I'll cut...... off anyone who torments Stella, I'll cut...... off and beat them.

“Then I’ll prepare to go out....Good for you, Stella-chan."

"……yes"

But I actually went out with Stella and the others and noticed something. I realized that the prejudice against my face outweighed the prejudice against ...... vampire halves and quarters.

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