Sorbet Kingdom.
Afternoon sunlight pierced through the leaves, casting mottled patches of light and shadow across the courtyard.
Kuma sat under the tree, holding a thick book in his hands.
Not far away, Ginny was organizing the groceries she had just bought.
Bonney crouched nearby, taking advantage of the moment Ginny was not paying attention to sneakily pinch a freshly cut piece of meat and shove it into her mouth.
"Bonney!"
Ginny whipped her head around, and Bonney's movements instantly froze.
"I was just tasting if it was done!"
"That's raw!"
Bonney chewed twice and suddenly understood.
"No wonder it doesn't taste good..."
Veins bulged on Ginny's forehead.
Kuma under the tree lowered his head, his shoulders shaking slightly.
Right at that moment.
Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
Kuma's book-flipping movement stopped, and Bonney poked her head out as well.
"Who is it?"
The courtyard gate was pushed open, and a tall figure that still clearly retained a bit of childishness walked in.
White hair, black wings, brown skin.
Flames unique to the Lunarian Tribe burned behind his back.
And what truly made the courtyard fall silent was that face.
The vegetables in Ginny's hands almost dropped to the ground.
Bonney looked at the newcomer, then looked at Kuma under the tree, and turned her head back to look at the newcomer.
After looking back and forth several times, she finally couldn't help widening her eyes.
"Two dads—?!"
Kuma: "..."
S-Bear: "..."
Kuma wasn't too surprised; Rock had already spoken to him before regarding the Seraphim Project.
Yet knowing was one thing.
Actually seeing a child possessing his own appearance standing right before him was another matter entirely.
S-Bear walked into the courtyard.
"Mr. Kuma, Mr. Rock asked me to come find you."
Kuma closed the book in his