The girl was annoyed.
Was it because of the beast's power her father gave her? Or the drive she inherited from her mother? Or maybe it was because of the abilities she learned from her other mothers.
Anyway, the girl was a genius and eccentric. She had a peculiar personality that even she herself acknowledged.
Getting angry over trivial matters was the girl's specialty, but this time, it was not a problem.
“Dad is always causing trouble.”
Because it was all because of her father!
“Mom. I told you so many times not to do that. I told you to stay put, but again! Again! Dad has gone off to some strange place!”
Johanna couldn't understand the current situation.
She had surely entered the darkness with Lupus, but she came out alone.
The place she arrived at was a laboratory-like space with dozens, hundreds of monitors flashing.
Blankly. Someone approached Johanna, who was standing still.
A young girl. Judging by her height, she was a middle schooler.
-Hello, little girl? Unnie has something to ask you for a moment…
-What kind of unnie is a married woman over 30? Mom, are you crazy?
She had spoken to her kindly, but all that came back was an indiscriminate bombing.
-Yeah. I'm sure you'll say Dad did it on his own again. I know that's not it, you know? My aunt told me all about your lying habits, so don't even think about making excuses.
And she's been getting scolded ever since.
Why? For what reason?
“…Last time, I bought some pudding, and you stole it and ate it again? It's so strange. Only one person buys the pudding, but there are four mouths that eat it! Four! My aunt is on a business trip and hasn't come back, and my other aunt is also busy, so they're not the culprits, right? Then there are exactly four people in the house? Everyone but me is stealing and eating the pudding?!”
No… I haven't stolen and eaten any pudding.
Johanna felt like she was going to die of unfairness.
She could only wait for the girl's anger to subside. Johanna endured for a long time, feeling like she was being hit by a blizzard in the middle of winter.
“Phew… say something. I'll listen.”
“Um, who are you?”
She was really curious. Who is she?
There was only one person who could be presumed from the circumstances of the girl's words, but still, Johanna wanted to hear the answer from her own mouth.
“Wow. Mom… do you have dementia? You can't even recognize your own daughter now?”
Ah! Johanna shouted. The girl was so surprised that she flinched.
Regardless, Johanna was so happy right now.
She finally met her. She got to see the fruit of her love with Lupus again.
She had admonished the doubting Lupus to have faith, but Johanna herself had not thought that she would see her daughter again.
Seeing the beaming Johanna, the girl made a retching sound and was horrified.
The horrified girl, Johanna hugged her tightly with both her arms.
“Thank you for being alive. I'm so, so glad. You've grown up so beautifully!”
“Ugh ugh…!”
The girl, crushed by Johanna‘s chest, couldn't say a word.
The girl, who had struggled and struggled and felt like it was no use, finally poked Johanna's side.
“Ouch!”
“Phew… I almost died. But, Mom. Why does your chest seem smaller? It feels like it went down a size…?”
The girl hummed and circled around Johanna.
“Your skin is also a little cleaner, and I saw earlier that you didn't have any love handles on your side. What is this… no. Wait a minute.”
“Hehe. I'm a little shy.”
Johanna was just happy. She's my daughter. Her daughter, born from her own womb, has grown up so beautifully, so how can she not be happy.
“Your reaction has been strange since earlier… ah. Don‘t tell me, did I bring the wrong one?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Um, do you know me?”
Johanna‘s mood went down at the girl‘s strangely polite tone.
Still, she answered her faithfully.
“You're our daughter! Lupus and my lovely daughter! Right? What's your name? I wanted to name you Maria, but Lupus didn't seem to like it, so…”
It was a problem that her curiosity, which was more than faithful, kept running wild.
But the girl skillfully ignored Johanna‘s words.
And after furiously typing on the keyboard connected to the monitor, she dropped beads of sweat like rain.
“I'm doomed. Seeing you call Dad ’Lupus‘, I really brought the wrong one. Aaaaaaah!!!”
“A-are you okay? Should Mom help you?”
“Damn iiiiiit! You were the same in the past, trying to help without knowing anything!”
The girl shouted in a voice full of resentment.
“You damn old hag!!! I shouldn't have brought you! I should have noticed when I saw the look in your eyes as you were looking at the young Dad's picture!”
The girl slammed her head on the keyboard.
Johanna wanted to comfort her somehow, but she couldn't help because she didn't understand what the girl was saying.
“…It‘s the funeral. Was it my teacher‘s funeral? It was so sad. He was a fake teacher, but I didn't know back then.”
The rain is pouring down relentlessly. It was so foggy because of the heavy rain that I could barely see right in front of me.
My clothes are soaked, and the dirt floor of the garden is muddy. My shoes are getting dirty, but for some reason, I didn't want to leave.
After the funeral, I was watching the people go back and I greeted the person who was supposed to come.
Johan…na?
“■■■ Dad! No. Lupus~! I‘m here!”
Something.
The feeling is different.
The feeling when she comes into my arms. Her weight. Her softness. It all feels like it has gone up a level.
“Yeah yeah! This innocent-looking face. So cute! I wish you were half as cute as this these days~.”
“…Are you Johanna?”
“Yes! I am!”
Strange.
My reason is telling me that this woman is Johanna. Her looks, her voice, her scent, they are all Johanna's.
Even twins can't be this similar.
But why?
Why is my instinct telling me no?
Johanna's tension is also high when she's in a good mood, but now it's strangely high.
It's time to get my frozen brain working.
She's Johanna, but she's not Johanna. A Johanna who seems to have grown up a bit.
Then the identity of the Johanna in front of me is…!
“You‘re from the future?”
“…Hiccup!”
“Good heavens.”
What on earth is happening in this Singularity?
I pondered, looking at Johanna who had the face of Jean Valjean caught stealing bread.
“…First of all. Should we get out of the rain?”
“Yeah… hehe.”
Just in case, I had Johanna lead the way.
Johanna walked straight ahead without any hesitation. And she sat down gracefully on the long church bench, the place where we always sat.
“I really miss this place too. You cried a lot here, didn't you?”
“Ahem. Wouldn't you mind telling me more about coming from the future?”
“Okay. I will.”
Johanna's story was a bit difficult.
“You know the treasury, right? That treasury is shared by all the Gilgameshes, so if you use it here, it will affect the other side too. So when you used the Holy Grail in the world where Lupus is, we interfered a little from our side and traveled through time.”
“…I see. In other words, you‘re a time traveler.”
“That's right!”
Johanna attached herself to me without any hesitation. Perhaps because she's the future Johanna, it feels like all her inhibitions have disappeared.
Johanna patted my knee and then rested her head on it. It was a very irreverent sight.
“Then what's the purpose of your time travel?”
“Pur…pose?”
“You didn‘t just come to see me, did you?”
“…Ehehe.”
Is it for real?
My face naturally hardened. To think that Johanna would become so clumsy in the future….
…Is there any reason why she shouldn‘t? She‘s cute. So what.
“Well done. You did well. You should do as you please.”
“I did well, right! Then will you give me a reward?”
“What reward?”
Johanna sat up slightly. And she rested her chest on my head.
This amazing weight. It must be at least 2kg.
“A reward… I want to receive a reward from the young you.”
Johanna licked her lips. Did the future Johanna change her job from a pope to a succubus?
My body is reacting. The bed is not far. First, let's go to the room and then….
“Let‘s do it here♡”
This is impossible.
“Kyaang!”
“You started it.”
“Yes. I started it!”
“You‘ve only gotten bigger in the chest, and you‘re just seducing me!”
I‘m the one taking off her clothes, but Johanna is also subtly moving her body to make it easier to take them off.
It‘s not a skill she‘s done once or twice. How much has the future me been drained?
“I‘m sorry for only getting bigger in the chest♡”
“I‘ll have to give you a punishment, right?”
“Yes! Will you… give me a punishment?”
I immediately pulled down her pants. I was in such a hurry that her panties were pulled down halfway.
Johanna is watching everything, it's so embarrassing. Damn it.
I'm embarrassed, but Johanna, on the contrary, seemed to like it and blushed.
“I‘ll take them off with my mouth.”
Huh?
Johanna grabbed my thighs with both her arms. And her face….
“There you are! Old hag! I told you not to wander aro—?!”
“Lu… Lupus? That woman… is me?”
Oh, damn it.