"Are you sure you want the credit for helping find the man who's going to die? The all-powerful and ever so famous hero…?"

"No, I want the credit of discovering interdimensional travel. I doubt a public enemy would ever try and use that fame… so I'll just use it to boost my own cred'? Decent enough deal?" The boy shot out his hand for a handshake.

"I like you…." I smiled, shaking his hand before sitting back down.

This boy was just like his father, so I couldn't help but dream of what he would grow up to be. In a new world created and ruled by Tolf… I wonder where he would place. Or would he even accept such a position underneath the rulers?

I wouldn't be surprised if he ever led some kind of rebellion.

Not long after the dinner had finished, I followed my daughter back to her room whilst making sure that everybody who was watching us didn't pull anything fishy.

Since they knew I was going to be asking my daughter something important, I could only assume they would place some kind of tracker on me just so they can fall back instead of eavesdropping on our conversation physically.

It was a smart idea… but deadly as if I found out that they did such a thing, there is no doubt in my mind that I would take this up to the emperor and blackmail him with this.

Oh yeah, and kill the ones who were eavesdropping… obviously.

Although the ones following us knew their place as once we entered her room, they dispersed across the castle. I also dismissed the shadows hiding in my daughter's shadow, allowing for pure and utter privacy.

"You've made sure to check that there are no recording devices or cameras, right?" I asked the girl, who jumped onto her bed and plopped her face into the plump and bouncy pillow.

"Of course… what do you take me for," My daughter smiled, pulling a video game device out from under her pillow and turning it on.

She also reached deep under her sheets until she found a few pieces of candy that she fidgeted with between her fingers.

"What? They don't allow fun in this mansion?"

"No, I just don't want anybody tampering with my stuff… especially the candy," She muttered, unwrapping and piece and tossing it into her mouth.

She mixed it around, using her tongue to really get the flavor until pulling a horrendous act that should have her arrested. Somehow, for some reason, against the will of reality itself, she swallowed the hard candy whole.

"I know my daughter did not just do that… what the fuck was that. Ada, you spit that candy back up again, or I swear I'll be beating your ass until the very next day."

"Hey! I'm a teenager now! You can't spank me! That's child abuse!" Ada shouted back, her giggles filling the room as she quickly shifted off her bed, avoiding my hand that was just about to grab her blouse.

We ran around the edge of the bed and on top of it, until I finally managed to grab her and hug her tight whilst laying against the bed.

"AHHHH! DON'T! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" She shouted whilst also laughing through her words, filling the room with a silly mood.

"Good girl, now don't do that again, or I'll take everything from your room… okay?"

"Huh?! That's so unfair!"

"Where is the point in even swallowing that? God… that shit pisses me off. Is it cause of me? Did you start swallowing hard candy because of me, you little monster?"

"No," She giggled while I began to tickle her, forcing her to let go of her game system. "Ahaha! Stop! Stop! Ahahahahaha! You're torturing me! Help! I'm being tortured!"

Eventually, I gave in and let go, allowing her to flop off of my belly and onto her bed, giggling and huffing with exhaustion.

There was a long silence between us as she grabbed her game system again and began to play it, clicking away at the various buttons plastered along it.

"What's so good about those things anyway? I never saw the appeal of video games… are they fun or just good ways to numb your mind?"

"Gosh, Mom, you're so outdated. You've seriously never played a video game before," She almost began to scoff, and as her guard was let down, I wrapped my arms gently around her and looked over her shoulder.

I carefully watched the video game she was playing, and it just looked like the perfect thing to get sensory overload from. All the flashing lights and quick button tapping my daughter had to perform was almost impressive.

"Mmmm… I mean, I played some video games with your Auntie Amanda. I played it once in a while, and I never really improved. If you want, I can invite her over to our house sometime so you two can play. It would be a good bonding experience… also…" My voice trailed off as I squished my daughter's cheeks, causing her lips to pucker up. "... your mother had no money when she was a child."

"O-Oh yeah, sorry about that…. U-ummmm anyways, what did you want to ask me?" My daughter quickly redirected the awkward air.

As she placed her game system down and she turned towards me on the bed, digging her face into my chest, I slowly cracked open my lips.

"Well… this shard that you have… do you like it?"

"Oh, the one in my status?" She looked up at me with innocent eyes while I swiftly nodded. "Well, I guess. It's really powerful, though I do feel it's a cheat code in a while. I think I'll start using it less because I want to really improve my base and get good from the foundation up. I was able to make up for my weak foundation in my past life through various overpowered skills, but now I realize I could have been much, much stronger.

"Okay… then… let me request something."

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