Chaotic thoughts flashed through Tsubaki's mind.
The next moment, before anyone could react, Tsubaki had already spread her short legs and dashed toward Qin Yu.
Bang!
She dropped to her knees. The samurai backbone Tsubaki had been boasting about moments ago had vanished without a trace, and the words that blurted from her mouth left everyone stunned.
"Teacher, I'm a girl. Please take me in!"
Her hurried words struck everyone's souls like an invisible heavy hammer.
Hearing those seemingly ambiguous words, even Mifune's old face could not help twitching. He nearly gave in to the urge to ask where Tsubaki's integrity had gone.
Just moments ago, she had been questioning him as a teacher, yet now she was calling him Teacher the moment she opened her mouth.
That enormous contrast was enough to show just how powerful the name Uchiha Qin Yu was.
"Mifune, don't take offense. If Lord Qin Yu is willing to guide me, forget calling him Teacher—even calling him dad would be fine with me."
Hyuga Hiashi patted Mifune on the shoulder and shamelessly said.
"That's right, Clan Head Hiashi. You're absolutely right. If Lord Qin Yu is willing to accept me as a student, I'd be willing to call him dad too!"
Mifune instantly chimed in.
Watching these two men in their seventies and eighties call him dad right in front of him, Qin Yu's cheek muscles nearly twitched, almost ruining Escanor's persona.
If not for the need to avoid exposing his identity, Qin Yu would have been unable to stop himself from teaching Hyuga Hiashi and Mifune a proper lesson. He could not just acknowledge random fathers.
However, what Qin Yu cared about now was clearly not those repeated cries of dad.
Rather, everything he had done had finally allowed him to bring out his