I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 65
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<Chapter 65>
If it’s a villain in the sea, does that mean something like an octopus monster?!
‘So, so cool…!’
Patter patter.
The moment Rie got up from her chair and brought her hamster hand blade to her forehead like the knights.
“Attention- Salute-!”
Knock knock knock.
With perfect timing, a knocking sound came from the front door.
‘Another knocking sound!’
Rie’s eyes turned triangular, having been troubled by uninvited guests recently.
Morgana’s expression wasn’t good either.
“Who is it? There’s no one who should be coming now.”
“Well. Could it be the guard knights that Lady Emilia hired?”
“It’s villains! Villains have appeared again!”
When Rie raised her eyebrows and shouted, the other three people met gazes with serious expressions.
They wouldn’t be easily caught this time.
Thump-!
“We’ll protect our manor ourselves until the guard knights arrive. Everyone bring out what you prepared!”
At Morgana’s command as she struck the floor with her walking stick, the others scattered.
“Even though I’m like this now, I was quite the knight back in my day!”
Mordic held a long broom and frying pan like a sword and shield.
“I’m definitely going to smash their face.”
Mary brought the ship-shaped glass statue that Morgana had set aside to throw away.
“Villains, I won’t forgive them!”
Rie was… just Rie.
Because she’s a time ability user!
The three people seated the physically uncomfortable Morgana on the sofa
and carefully opened the front door.
“Good day to youuuu-!”
“Oh my goodness~!”
Mordic fell backward, startled by the foghorn-like sound echoing through the open front door.
‘G-Grandfather-!’
Rie’s mouth gaped open as she helped up the fallen Mordic.
The villain standing beyond the front door was…
A really, really tall villain covered in iron armor…!
“Mother, Father! The proud second son of House Birdwell! Ethan has arrived home!”
He was a really, really strong knight that even Rie, Sister Mary, and Grandfather combined couldn’t defeat!
* * *
Bonk!
“Ow.”
“You rascal, what if your father collapsed! Do you have a bell attached to your throat? You startled me!”
The terrifying villain’s momentum quickly subsided with Grandmother’s flick.
“I was more startled, you know? But why is Father lying there holding a broom and frying pan? Were you playing hero or something?”
“Hero play, what~ Strange fellows have been coming and going from the house lately, so we were being cautious just in case~”
“Strange fellows? Who are they!”
The excited knight shot up.
Bonk!
“Ow.”
Of course, he quickly subsided again with Grandmother’s flick.
Morgana let out a deep sigh and rubbed her forehead tiredly before pointing at Rie.
“Still, now that you’re here, I feel relieved. By the way, do you see that poor thing trembling over there? That’s your one and only niece!”
“…Hm?”
He scratched his head and turned around sharply.
Then his silver hair tied in a ponytail swayed like a horse’s tail.
“…What? It’s a flour dough lump that looks just like our sister!”
‘Flour dough lump?!’
Rie’s mouth gaped at the shocking nickname.
‘Not even bread… flour?!’
Five years of life in total, including regression.
In all the countless days she’d lived, this was the first time she’d heard such a terrifying nickname.
Regardless, Ethan, who had sneakily gotten up again, pointed at Rie.
“Are you the Rie I’ve only heard about?”
Gulp.
Rie swallowed dryly.
She didn’t know what kind of adult Uncle was, but there was no need to be polite to someone who called Rie a ‘flour dough lump.’
The child who had shot up following Ethan pointed her finger.
“That’s right! Rie is Rie! Ehehe, Ponytail Uncle!”
They say children are mirrors of adults.
The viscount couple was shocked at the previously well-mannered Rie’s rough behavior.
“Our baby!”
“Oh my goodness…!”
Of course, Ethan, who had been pointing at Rie, was the same.
“Ponytail? Ah, you mean my hairstyle?”
“That’s right! It’s revenge for calling Rie a flour dough lump! Bleh-.”
Rie timidly stuck out her tongue and jumped down from the sofa like a squirrel to run away.
Just in case Ethan might come after her.
Thump thump.
‘This should be enough that he didn’t follow me…?’
After hiding around the corridor corner and counting to 10 in her head.
“Waah!”
A large palm suddenly slipped under Rie’s armpits, and soon her body floated up into the air.
“Hahaha! Alright, I’ll be Ponytail Uncle. You’re so cute I could die!”
Uncle, who had lifted Rie up, burst into a big smile showing his white teeth.
Rie’s mouth fell open as she flew up almost to the ceiling.
‘…He doesn’t seem like a bad adult.’
But for a good adult, he had torn Rie’s pride to shreds.
If he’s neither bad nor good…
“Uncle Babu.”
“Huh?”
That’s right. From now on, Ponytail Uncle would be Uncle Babu.
“Uncle Babu. You’re Uncle Babu!”
Finally, a proper nickname has been decided.
Rie smiled brightly, feeling triumphant.
“Haha. Uncle Babu it is, sure.”
Regardless, Ethan was satisfied, thinking he had finally made the child laugh.
A little later.
The Birdwell Barony became lively with the whole family gathered after a long time.
Emilia and Nelson, who had returned after finishing work, hugged and greeted Ethan, and the usually spacious table for six was bustling with people.
Of course, Ponytail Uncle was still teasing Rie about what happened earlier.
“So Rie stuck her tongue out at me and ran away? Ooh, look at that kid. Her eyes turned flat like a flounder because I just tattled to Sister!”
‘Huh?’
At Uncle’s single remark, everyone looked at Rie.
Rie quickly widened her thread-thin eyes into round circles.
Sparkling bright.
In her rabbit-like clear eyes, not a trace of pretense could be found.
“Wow, she’s good at acting too! You could become a con artist later…”
Thwack!
Emilia unconsciously hit his back.
“Oh my, sorry. But what’s a con artist to a child?”
“…My head hurts.”
Morgana sighed a lot today especially.
“Still, he played with Rie all day long. Right, Rie? Uncle Babu is nice, isn’t he?”
“Yesh.”
Rie nodded her head while swinging her short legs back and forth.
Uncle Babu was a bit strange and noisy, but he played hide-and-seek with Rie all day and drew pictures together with her.
He even drew the ocean with blue crayons for Rie, who had never seen the sea before.
“Uncle Babu is fun. Except for teasing Rie.”
“But what should I do? Uncle Babu finds teasing Rie too much fun?”
“Eeeeh-!”
The whole family burst into laughter at the sulking child’s appearance.
Rie pouted her lips, but honestly she was incredibly happy.
The bustling atmosphere and light air that she couldn’t experience at the Duke’s Castle.
Mother, Grandmother, Grandfather, and even Uncle Nelson. Everyone was smiling.
‘…Uncle Babu, I like him.’
Rie maintained her pouty expression while making eye contact with Uncle.
“Oh, Rie too? Uncle likes Rie too.”
As if reading Rie’s inner thoughts, he gave an oddly mismatched strange answer and placed a piece of meat cut with his knife onto her plate.
“Hehe. Hihi.”
The child’s eyes softened as her mood had already lifted.
Like that, the two looked at each other and giggled as they finished their happy meal.
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“…Haaaam. Mmm.”
It was dawn.
Rie, who had slept happily after a long time, frowned and sat up.
“Rie needs bathroom.”
Was it because she drank too much milk during dinner?
It was when the child, in a half-asleep state, got down from bed and was walking down the corridor to go to the bathroom.
“Mmm…?”
A huge shadow fell beyond the dark corridor.
It was Uncle Babu.
Rie, who was about to call for Mother, rubbed her half-open eyes.
“Uncle. Rie needs to pee…”
“…Did you kill Verdick?”
But.
“Did you kill Verdick?”
A hard low voice of a completely different dimension from before settled in the corridor.
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