Oh my god.
Now that she mentioned it, he really did look like her father, twenty years younger, with a head of white hair.
No.
What was going on?
Unlike Russell, who ran around everywhere and saw all sorts of bizarre alternate forms, she was completely stunned.
"Today's outing was supposed to be a family gathering, wasn't it?"
Kiana transmitted her voice through Honkai energy. Perhaps something had gone wrong during the transmission, because when it reached the young lady's ears, it sounded noticeably heavier, even carrying a faintly sinister undertone.
"Under these circumstances, no other man should be here. Even if there were one, it should only be your old man, your father, or someone like Wei Yanwu."
"Tell me, why could he be here?"
Kiana's words struck like a bolt from the heavens, instantly shattering the peace.
Megumin's expression changed sharply.
"An illegitimate child."
"He has to be your father's illegitimate child."
"Russell brought him along so you could get familiar with him, so that when he showed up at the Raikou family's old estate in the future, you'd have some time to adjust!!"
Kiana calmly arrived at a conclusion that would probably make Acheron cough up blood if she heard it. She had modeled his face after Aventurine's and her own corrupted state, but this was absolutely not the answer she had wanted.
"N-No way."
"Father has always cherished Mother dearly."
"When he heard me say that I could take him back to the past, retrieve Mother's soul, and create a healthy body for her again, Father even cried."
She desperately denied Kiana's reasoning.
She had only just pulled her mother out of history and reunited her with her father.
And now an illegitimate child suddenly appeared? What was that supposed to mean?
"But what if there