The more Ash thought about it, the more questions he had. The stranger it all became, the more he muttered to himself.
What about Poker Kingdom?
And most importantly, where had Cure Ace gone? Where was Madoka?
"It's practically like a puzzle game. There's a whole basketful of questions, but I'm clearly an ACT player..."
"Is that so?"
As Ash sighed and leaned back in his seat, two cool fingers were placed against his temples at just the right moment, massaging them firmly.
Ayumi? Ashu? No... this somewhat unfamiliar warmth was...
"Hehe~"
Seeing the slightly puzzled eyes turn toward her, Homi continued massaging him and answered with a warm smile.
"It's quite rare to see even Ash making such a troubled expression."
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Chapter 209: Comforting His Daughter.
"Homi?"
She said it was rare to see him so troubled, but for Ash, wasn't Homi suddenly taking the initiative to fawn over him just as unusual?
Ever since their touching reunion when she first arrived, Homi's outward behavior had been... how should he put it? It was not as though she rudely ignored people, but she seemed to maintain a certain polite distance. Especially after everyone learned she was Ash's child from the future, they had all tried every possible way to get close to her, only for her to actively avoid and turn them down.
Ever since arriving in the present, Miss Homi Frederica seemed never to have forgotten her status as someone from the future. She always kept herself at arm's length from everyone, like an outsider.
If he had to describe it, she was like a child who, upon reaching adolescence, began resisting her parents' concern and resenting too much interference in her life. Do not ask Ash how he knew. He had been through it himself.
That