"I don't want to know that kind of thing." Kiana said unhappily, though she subtly clenched her buttocks to avoid being stared at by this Blonde Villain.
"What I want to know is..."
Before she could ask, Otto cut in again.
"Do you want to know which of Siegfried and I is your father?"
My Fiancée Was Me?
K423 carried Siegfried's blood, but she had been created by Otto.
With a Kiana Kaslana clone and the core of the Herrscher of the Void, Otto had created the miracle known as K423.
By seniority, K423 could actually be considered Theresa's aunt.
Theresa and Siegfried were of the same generation, so by that logic, K423 could be considered Siegfried's elder.
Otto smiled as he watched the stunned girl. Kiana was completely dumbfounded. She had originally wanted to ask this Blonde Villain about the Kaslana family and see whether she could find clues about Stinky Dad.
But why had he directly spoken Stinky Dad's name!?
And he knew she was Siegfried's daughter too?
Taking Otto's earlier words as a joke, Kiana excitedly stood up and asked,
"You know my dad?"
After all these years, she had finally caught hold of Stinky Dad's trail.
But Otto merely tapped the table lightly with a finger.
"Sit down."
Then he said nothing, simply watching Kiana with a smiling gaze.
Kiana could only sit back down, but her eyes were filled with eagerness. Siegfried was her only family, and she had had enough of being alone.
She had clearly lived by herself all these years. She had clearly grown used to loneliness.
Yet she truly wanted to return to that little house where she had stayed with her father as a child.
There, just the two of them, living happily together.
"Eat." Otto pointed at the dessert before Kiana, then picked up his fork and began eating the tiramisu in front of him.
A sweet flavor with a hint of alcohol spread through his mouth. Otto nodded. It really was quite good; it was expensive for a reason.
To be alone with Kiana, Otto had directly bought this upscale dessert shop.
But Kiana held her fork distractedly.
"Cute Little Kitten, don't you know how to use a fork? Didn't Siegfried teach you? Most kindergarteners know how."
Hearing Otto's words, Kiana shook her head.
"I never went to school."
Having lived with Siegfried since childhood, she had never had the chance to attend school. After Siegfried left, she had even less of a chance.
"But I know how to use a fork."
Kiana took her fork and stabbed it into the cake.
"It's fine..."
Otto had been about to say that she would attend a good academy in the future, where she would meet excellent teachers, an excellent class president, and excellent companions.
But how could he possibly let Kiana go to St. Freya Academy?
Still, it was fine. He could bring the excellent teachers, excellent class president, and excellent companions to Schicksal too.
"I never went to school either."
Otto was telling the truth.
He cut off a small piece of tiramisu and brought it to Kiana's lips.
"Try it. It's delicious."
Looking at the tiramisu offered to her lips, Kiana hesitated for a moment, but ultimately opened her mouth.
Actually, Kiana was a little disgusted.
Because Otto had already used that fork.
But Kiana worried that if she refused, he would not tell her where Siegfried was.
"It's delicious."
Kiana narrowed her eyes slightly, a faint blissful smile appearing on her face. Good food could make people happy.
This was the best dessert she had ever eaten.
Kiana had always lived frugally. Even while searching for Stinky Dad, she had to work while looking for him to earn money, so she had never had spare cash for something that barely filled her stomach.
"Then eat more. We can discuss what you want to discuss while you eat."
After feeding Bronya and seeing that smile on Kiana's face, Otto felt deeply satisfied. Smiles suited Kiana better.
She was not suited to frowning, much less silence. Growing up did not mean she had to become quiet.
Otto withdrew the fork and fiddled with it between his fingers. Kiana also picked up her own fork and began eating the dessert before her.
She was truly afraid Otto would feed her again.
"That's more like it." Otto said, reaching for the black tea beside him and taking a sip.
His manner was extremely relaxed. He needed no disguise around Kiana; it was as if he had been poisoned by some neurotoxin, making him feel remarkably at ease.
Perhaps it was because pufferfish were poisonous.
"Actually, I know the Kaslana family very well."
"Mhm." Kiana ate her cake, curious why it tasted different from the cakes she had bought at convenience stores and why it was so delicious.
"My fiancée is a Kaslana."
"Mhm." Kiana ate her cake, surprised that she and this man were apparently relatives. But he had said that busty young lady was his mistress—if she met another Kaslana in the future, should she report him?
"You're a Kaslana too."
"Mhm." Kiana ate her cake. She was proud of her surname, because she had only gained it after finally earning Stinky Dad's acknowledgment.
"But I didn't expect to see my fiancée here today. I'm very satisfied."
"Mhm." Kiana ate her cake, though she was a little curious about who Otto's fiancée was.
"Cute Little Kitten, it's wonderful that you have such childbearing hips. You'll definitely fulfill my wish of having five children."
"Mhm. Huh!?"
Kiana finally realized what was wrong.
The fiancée he meant was... me?
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Why Couldn't the One I Loved Be Myself?
I was actually Otto's fiancée?
Then at the hotel, hadn't he put a green hat on me right in front of my face?
No, no.
"How is that possible!?"
Kiana cried out. She had never heard anything about having a fiancé!
"Is that not okay? Fine, I know having five is a little hard on your womb."
"Then four will do. If they're all twins, two years will be enough."
Seeing Bronya bristle, Otto smiled. The pressure Raven and Rita had caused him earlier vanished completely.
When life was unpleasant, just poke Bronya a little.
Oh, the touching system was gone. Then never mind.
"Is that the problem? This young lady isn't having any children!"
Kiana gritted her teeth. Having that many children—did he take her for a sow? She slapped the table in resistance.
"I've never heard my dad mention anything about a fiancé!"
Still, she asked somewhat uneasily,
"Is it true?"
Kiana vaguely sensed that the Kaslana family might be some great clan. Novels often had arranged-engagement plots, so perhaps she had been betrothed without knowing it. After all, Otto looked like a high-quality man.
Damn it, Stinky Dad. Don't let me find out that you arranged this engagement for me.
You never even came to see me, yet you went and did something like this. If I catch you, I'll punch you twice as hard as I can!
But when she saw the uncontainable smile at Otto's lips, she suddenly realized she had been played.
"You were lying to me!?"
Angrily, Kiana reached for Otto's collar, but Otto leaned back, leaving her unable to grab him.
"But I wasn't lying. My former fiancée really was a Kaslana."
"Former?" Kiana caught the key point.
"She died."
Otto's tone was calm, but his gaze dimmed, and a trace of sorrow emanated from him.
Kiana fell silent for a moment.
"I'm sorry."
It seemed she had touched someone else's wound.
Kiana could empathize somewhat, since her dad might as well have been dead.
But she still had hope of finding him.
She lowered her head and ate the cake on the table, speeding up as she did so. Perhaps this was what it meant to turn grief and anger into appetite.
What a sensitive girl.
He liked girls like that.
Otto watched Kiana. In truth, he felt nothing about Kallen's death, nor did he intend to become as crazed as the original Otto in trying to revive Kallen.
To him, Kallen was just a Valkyrie kept in reserve.
Only the Kallen dance figurine was occasionally brought out for amusement.
"So, Cute Little Kitten, would you like to date me? I think the two of us are quite suitable." Otto said with a smile.
Hearing that, Kiana raised her brows and deliberately crossed her arms with a look of disgust.
"Are you trying to win over this young lady?"
"You're not this young lady's type."
"Give up. You've got no chance."
Kiana immediately hit him with a triple rejection.
Otto was not at all surprised by the rejection. If Kiana had agreed right away, he would have wondered whether she had been replaced by an impostor.
Even though this Bronya had not yet met Housewife, the difficulty of winning her over was still not low.
"What a heartbreak. I got dumped right away."
Otto said it, but Kiana could not see anything heartbroken about him. He was clearly smiling so happily.
She always felt as though he was teasing her like a cat.
"Being friends should be fine, right? You should know that I'm really not a bad person."
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