Let's Feel the Pain Together

"I was planning to catch up with him, but now I feel like I'm in a real bind."

Mei nodded in deep agreement. "Yes, what happened?"

"Um... daughter, Dad has something to tell you."

Siegfried and Kiana had finished crying. Siegfried held Kiana's shoulder and said very seriously.

"Um... Dad, just say what you want to say."

Kiana was a little uneasy about his serious expression immediately after crying.

"Don't worry, even if you say you'll find me a stepmother and give me a second spring in my life, I can handle it."

"You brat, what are you thinking about!"

Siegfried, both amused and exasperated, slapped the girl on the head.

"Do you see that... uh, Miss Bianka?"

Seeing Bianka leaning on Liu Bai's shoulder, Siegfried felt a surge of anger... but he could barely control himself.

After all, although the Alliance Leader had a bit of a womanizing ways, he was indeed a good match.

"I saw it."

Kiana nodded. As for Bianka, she had gotten along quite well with her these past two days. The two of them had even exchanged some swordsmanship Gun Kata skills—although Kiana was a little surprised that Bianka, such a serious knight, knew a little about Gun Kata.

"She's your sister."

"Oh, my sister... Eh eh ...

"Illegitimate child?"

Do I look like someone with a messy private life?

"Um... so, Miss Bianka is..."

Kiana isn't stupid; she just doesn't want to use her brain, not that she's brainless. So Kiana's expression immediately became complicated.

"Yes, it's just what you think... I only found out later..."

His twelve-year-old daughter fell from several thousand meters in the air without any protection, and was even hit by something in the middle... To be honest, as a father, he didn't dare to have any expectations in this situation, so he naturally thought that his daughter had died.

It wasn't until Ragna joined Anti-Entropy that Siegfried learned his daughter wasn't dead, but had simply lost her memory.

However, the problem is that this makes things inexplicably awkward.

"Then I..."

Don't overthink it.

Siegfried rubbed his daughter's head.

To be honest, we're all unfortunate people.

"Let's find some time, like tonight or something... so we can all have a proper chat."

The name issue was a bit awkward for Siegfried, but it wasn't unsolvable—if he, as the father, really couldn't think of a name, he could just give his daughter another one.

Both are my children, you think you're not my daughter just because you don't have a name? Who said that? I think you are my daughter. Come on, let your dad give you another name.

Ultimately, Kiana's current struggle is with the identity associated with the name Kiana, but this identity is of no concern to her father, Siegfried.

"Yes, I know."

Kiana herself is actually quite open-minded. After all, she has experienced a great ups and downs and has been called K423 for quite a while. Although she has returned to her carefree self most of the time now, she has indeed matured a lot and can stand on her own when thrown out into the world.

So it wasn't as complicated as Siegfried had imagined.

Of course, more importantly, Kiana and Bianka have a really good relationship now. Kiana realizes that Bianca is an upright person, so she doesn't find it difficult to talk things out with him.

"Then it's settled."

Siegfried rubbed Kiana's head and then glanced at Bianka was leaning on Liu Bai's shoulder.

"By the way... I'm new here and I want to ask you something."

"Um... you asked?" Kiana's intuition told her something serious.

"So you mean... um..."

Siegfried suddenly didn't know how to talk to his daughter about this topic.

But we can't avoid talking about it.

"Um... did your sister... sleep with the Alliance Leader?"

"... Huh?"

Kiana struggled to match the words "Alliance Leader" with Liu Bai.

"H-How could this be! Dad, you pervert, what are you thinking! The teacher doesn't even have a body yet, how could he possibly do it with my sister!"

"..."

What should have been a reassuring answer, inexplicably, did not bring Siegfried any joy.

My own daughter's attitude...

Weren't we talking about your sister?

The proper response shouldn't be, "The teacher doesn't even have a body yet, how could my sister possibly do that with the teacher?"

And what my daughter said, "Teacher doesn't even have a body yet, how could he do it with my sister?"... It seems like she cares more about the Alliance Leader than your sister?

Hey hey hey...

Looking at his girl's face, which was flushed red, Siegfried immediately had a bad feeling.

Did the Alliance Leader wipe out your daughter in one fell swoop?

Chapter 286 Sharing the Pain

Siegfried actually considered himself a very open-minded parent.

After all, to be honest, he himself ran away from home in his youth because he watched "The Demon Sword God Machine Arahata" on a whim.

So Siegfried thought that, given what he had done back then, he had no right to expect his daughter to be a good girl... or to put it bluntly, there were no truly good girls in the Kaslana family.

That's why, when Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma, two middle-aged men, were drinking and chatting idly, Siegfried would listen to Raiden Ryoma's complaints with the intention of watching a good show.

In his view, your daughter is not young anymore. Although the person she likes has some personal issues, it is not a moral issue. His character and charm are there, and he is popular. Instead of helping your daughter, you are causing trouble. What are you thinking as a father?

To put it bluntly, if his elders hadn't allowed him to marry Cecilia back then, he would have defied them—even though Siegfried had already run away from home.

Of course, as a mature middle-aged man, Siegfried would never say such a thing to provoke Raiden Ryoma, that tragically doting father.

Anyway, he felt that Raiden Ryoma, this doting father, was just making things difficult for himself... and that it was fun.

But now, seeing the state of my two daughters...

Siegfried was starting to have a stroke; his blood pressure was soaring.

I could tolerate you sleeping with one of my two daughters, but you ended up taking them both?

Do you think this is a buffet? You're eating and taking things away—and you didn't even finish a single bite!

This is intolerable!

But...

Seeing his daughter's lovestruck expression, Siegfried wondered if he could say anything harsh.

He felt guilty towards his two daughters, so he couldn't say what he wanted to say to Kiana, and he certainly couldn't say it to Bianka.

(Cecilia, I'm so sorry... I couldn't protect our daughter. She was wiped out by that damned ghost...)

Siegfried covered his head and slumped onto the sofa as if he had given up.

"Hey, Dad, what's wrong? Do you have a headache?"

"No, it's nothing... Dad's getting old, he just has high blood pressure."

Siegfried waved to Kiana, who had come over to check on him.

"Go ahead and do what you need to do. I'm going to chat with your Uncle Ryoma for a bit."

"Oh..."

Kiana glanced in Liu Bai's direction.

"Dad, take care of yourself. I'm going to chat with my sister now."

You really had better talk to your sister.

Siegfried, clutching his head, walked over to Raiden Ryoma's table.

"Brother, what's wrong with you...?"

"They were all wiped out."

Siegfried clutched his head, sitting down next to Raiden Ryoma in agony.

"You two daughters..." Raiden Ryoma glanced at them, Kiana skipped over to Liu Bai, Bianka lifted her head off Liu Bai's shoulder, and Rita, who had recovered her senses, the four of them seemed to be having a good chat.

"My condolences."

"Festival my foot."

Siegfried raised an eyebrow, then suddenly stood up and looked at the five girls opposite him who seemed to be getting along well.

"Girls, please make way. If you have something to do, go ahead and do your business. Uncle will use this sofa for a moment."

Siegfried's words, which sounded like he was telling her to leave, were rather impolite, but Mei immediately broke free from her sisters and gave Siegfried a polite smile.

"Then I'll leave it to Uncle Siegfried. I'll take my leave now."

Mei immediately turned and left. Seeing Mei walk out, Bronya and the others exchanged glances and followed her without prior arrangement.

"Eh, eh, Mei!?" Raiden Ryoma was getting a little anxious.

"Alright, alright, your daughter has important things to do."

Siegfried sat down opposite the Raiden Ryoma with a smile.

"Please accept my condolences, Mr. Ryoma."

Siegfried's use of the Far East-specific term was now full of sarcasm.

Keep having fun, keep laughing!

Who gave you the audacity to gloat here?

I can't stop my own daughter, so can't I let your daughter out?

"Qi-G-Fei!"

He stopped calling him "brother "Siegfried Raiden Ryoma opposite him.

"Don't yell, it's not like you can beat me."

Siegfried patted the two pistols at his waist.

Your swordsmanship is so bad you can't even beat your own daughter, so don't try to show off in front of me.

I'm just using Judgement of Shamash to scare you now. If we really fight, I can beat you to the ground with my bare hands, okay?

"... What exactly do you want?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted you to experience my pain."

"I was the one who suffered the most first!"

Raiden Ryoma is super unhappy right now.

Lao Tzu finally managed to put on my sweet little cotton-padded jacket, and you come here and take it off, because your sweet little cotton-padded jacket ran away?

You're just looking for trouble, aren't you!

"It's alright, it's alright. Isn't it good that we're all suffering together right now?"

Siegfried put on a hearty smile, attempting to deceive the authorities.

Do you have any alcohol here?