"This works too."
Seeing that Himeko said the same, Muryōtō Ryūsuke did not think much of it and agreed right away.
He had slept with his daughter before, but once she grew older, that never happened again. At most, her mother would sleep with her.
With that settled, Himeko felt that the food in front of her tasted even better, and she ate faster.
After dinner, Muryōtō Ryūsuke returned to his bedroom. He still had some work to do on the computer, which he had originally not planned to do so he could spend more time with his daughter.
But now that his daughter had Himeko keeping her company, he had nothing much to do himself, so he decided to finish his work after all.
Perhaps because Himeko had the same blood as his daughter in her veins, he trusted Himeko immensely and did not suspect her of doing anything bad at all.
After Muryōtō Ryūsuke returned to his room, only Himeko and Little Himeko remained in the living room.
"Older sister, come with me!"
After the two of them washed the dishes together, Little Himeko took Himeko by the hand and led her somewhere.
"..."
Curiously following Little Himeko, Himeko arrived at a side room. It was about a third smaller than the living room and contained a television, a sofa, and something that often appeared in anime during winter.
"A kotatsu?"
Brought before the kotatsu, Himeko immediately understood why Little Himeko had brought her here.
The kotatsu before them was a square low table with an electric heating device underneath. A quilt was draped over the tabletop to prevent heat from escaping. As long as one put their lower body beneath the table, it would feel wonderfully warm and comfortable.
Kotatsu were commonly used for heating during