Rather Than The Son, I’ll Take The Father

Thanks to Aedis’ information, I was able to swing my fist twice more.

Punish bad guys and experience Aedis’ brute force. This was killing two birds with one stone.

The boy I accidentally rescued kept bowing.

“Thank you, Mister! I won’t forget this favor!”

“What do you mean, Mister. Call me Brother.”

“Yes! Brother!”

The boy bowed down five more times and hurried away.

Aedis muttered, narrowing his eyes.

“It’s strange. I don’t know why I’m ashamed when the wife’s doing it.”

Hmmm.

“Shall we go back?”

I held out my hand, and Aedis grabbed it.

“I won’t let you go until we get to the castle. Is that okay?”

“Of course. I’ll be quiet now.”

Aedis’ eyes widened in satisfaction at my answer. It was a dangerous expression that made me fall in love with my own face.

When we returned to Cyclamen Castle after having a good time, Regen was sleeping with Paimon and Raven at his side.

Regen’s breathing continued in a strange rhythm.

Instead of telling Regen that pretending to sleep is obvious, I quietly shut the door and left.

“Aedis, I think Regen is avoiding us.”

“Let’s wait. He won’t keep avoiding us.”

Aedis said calmly. I blinked in surprise.

“Is this okay though? During the day, you wanted to get your body back to normal as soon as possible. Regen and Paimon might know of a solution.”

“The wife is enjoying herself too much, so I will put up with it for a few days. I am also interested in knowing a new side of the wife. For example, the violence that was inherent in it.”

What do you mean violence?

“It wasn’t that I felt good about hitting people…. It’s for peace in the North!”

I went back to the room with an explanation that wouldn’t even work, but the employees asked me.

“Shall we prepare a bath?”

“It’s already time… ”

“Don’t even dream about it.”

Aedis caught me trying to go to the bathroom by myself and put me in a chair. And he wiped my face with a wet towel.

However, his expression became more and more strange.

“What’s wrong?”

“The wife likes my face, but I don’t understand it at all.”

Aedis squeezed my eyelids and cheeks.

“Hmm… ”

Aedis’ expression worsened.

He’s perfect in my eyes, but I don’t know what he is so dissatisfied about.

“Aedis, even if you become a god, you cannot become more handsome here. Give it up.”

“….”

I spoke sternly, and Aedis was stunned.

My body was fine, but my mind was starting to get tired, so I stretched out.

“Aedis, I want to wash up. I want to take a bath and go to bed.”

Aedis gave me a suspicious look.

“Are you really going to just take a bath?”

“What do you see me as? Of course, it’s a combination of both exploring this and that… “

“Let’s go in together.”

In the end, we ended the day by agreeing to take a bath together as usual.

The next morning, Regen brought a package, saying it was a farewell gift before going to the academy.

It was a shawl he had knit himself.

He didn’t even notice that our bodies had changed.

Oh, did he avoid us to give us a surprise?

So, why did Paimon’s conscience go into the ingredients Peep listed?

While Regen was packing up, I called Paimon.

The stabbed Paimon shouted before we could interrogate him.

[“I didn't see anything! I really don’t know what those cats are doing!”]

He seemed to know it very well. What did he mean by the cats?

I raised my eyebrows.

“Paimon, can we talk?”

[“Re, Regen is waiting?! As you know, Regen likes me a lot these days…. hiick…”]

Paimon backed away and bumped into Aedis’ leg.

Unaware that our bodies had changed, Paimon made the worst choice.

[“Eve! That Demon King is harassing me!”]

Oh my.

I looked sadly at Paimon, who was clinging to Aedis.

Aedis shook Paimon until Regen returned, and we were only able to hear the details of the incident after that.

Non-human beings had shown a subtle interest in me, who had Peep’s ability.

However, according to Paimon, there are many beings who wish to become my familiars, because they know that there is no limit to this ability.

The cats of Cyclamen Castle, who transform into monsters when the full moon rises, took advantage of this and began pretending to be my familiars.

They said they were seniors and told others to serve them if they wanted to become my familiars.

[“…… When I heard the rumors and went to stop them, it was after all the silvertrees nearby had been cut off.”]

Paimon guessed that the being exploited by the cats realized the truth and took revenge.

[“But it is strange. Why did they use their powers to switch bodies? Is it a fairy by any chance? Most of the pranks the fairies play are harmless. It can be dealt with easily.”]

I tilted my head.

“Are there really fairies? How about the tooth fairies? I have a lot to tell them.”

When I was young, I was fooled by my parents’ words that the tooth fairy existed, and I gave three of my baby teeth to the tooth fairy.

But what came back was not three coins. There was only one.

It was my first experience with a scam.

Regen, who had been listening with a confused face, opened his mouth.

“Then Father is Mother?”

“Right. It sounds a little odd.”

Even if I lied to others, I couldn’t deceive my child, so I confessed frankly.

Then, Regen was shocked.

“Now is not the time for you to take me! Find a way to get back to normal, hurry!”

I waved my hand breezily.

“Ah, it is much more important to attend Regen’s entrance ceremony! I’m good at imitating Aedis, so don’t worry. I’ll break, no, I’ll set an example at the parents’ party in the evening.”

“Bu… but… !”

I sat Regen on my lap, who was furrowing his brow cutely.

Regen couldn’t erase his worried look, but he couldn’t ask us to not go any more.

Although it was Regen himself who said he wanted to attend the academy, he would naturally feel anxious since he had to stay in an unfamiliar place.

Even if the statue of Maevia collapses due to poor construction, I can’t send Regen alone.

“If anything happens, write to me. Even if nothing happens. Promise?”

“…..yeeess.”

Regen nodded his head, then he looked at Paimon.

“Paimon, help my parents get back to normal. I’ll be waiting for you.”

[“Leave it to this Paimon!”]

said Paimon, raising its plump forepaw. Regen smiled broadly.

Getting Regen to the academy dormitory went smoothly.

Because we had completed preparations for the space transfer before our body changed, we did not have to stress Regen from moving long distances.

The problem came after we arrived at the academy.

Morgana’s knight, disguised as an academy cook, winked at Aedis who had entered my body.

Aedis was dumbfounded.

“… I guess you have secrets from me, too? There are quite a lot of people who make eye contact. It looks like you bought everything except for the bricks of the academy.”

I turned a blind eye to it.

I heard whispers from behind.

“… Who are the real parents?”

Why are they suddenly looking for biological parents?

In case it was gossip about Regen, I immediately turned around.

Then, the people who felt the murderous energy let out a hiick sound.

“Oh, it was about the novel I read yesterday!”

“It’s very popular these days, of, of course, it’s less so than The Biography of Maevia…”

Recognizing my face, several glanced at Aedis.

….Anyway, I’ll have to check the biography myself.

Even in the market, do people know me well? Is there a portrait of me painted?

I used the invisible Paimon and headed to a nearby bookstore.

“Welcome…… uhp.”

I didn’t even have to look for the location of the Biography of Maevia. It was because it was showing off a stronger presence from the entrance.

Without knowing it, Monica and Charlie wrote a letter of recommendation, wishing that my fame will reach the other side of the continent as I had wished.

Wish? What wish?

…… wait a second.

There was something that suddenly came to mind.

It was not long after I came to the North. I made that wish to Paimon in front of Aedis.

– Specifically, I would like you to give me gold and diamonds in the height of the largest mountain in the empire. And honor, too. I would be grateful if my reputation would reach the other side of the continent, and for a religion to be established that would support me and praise me for all eternity.

Uh, um.

“I made a wish to the spirit, not to my husband.”

Come to think of it, it was Aedis who gave me a mountain of golden jewels that sparkled even at night.

All Paimon gave me was headaches, suspicions of infidelity, and worries.

Paimon flinched at my coy gaze.