My Daughters Have Regressed

018 – A thief must be good at hide and seek # 2

018 – A thief must be good at hide and seek #2

calm down.

count the primes

A prime number is a single, perfect number divisible by itself and 10,000.

1. 3. 5. 7. 9, 12, 15, 18… .

No, write, 9 is not a prime at all!

I never really calmed down

“Why are you so upset?”

Garot frowned.

She looked back and forth between the girl who came into the room and my face, not understanding.

It was the same with a little girl who looked like a princess from a certain country.

Perhaps because I let out a short swear word, the girl purred as if she had stepped on something very unpleasant with her shoe.

“… How dare you say such vulgar words in front of that Cecily von Ragdoll… ! Hurry up and apologize… ! If you’re not going to do that, I’ll tell my grandparents and I’ll be very embarrassed—”

It was a guy who was purring like a cat angry because it was being baptized with water.

I looked at the nape of his neck again.

A clover-shaped mark with four round leaves.

Cecily had the same spots that had sprouted on Naru and I.

I want to take a closer look.

Should I ask to see you?

Here, if I said, “Kid, can I take a look at your body,” the girl would literally freak out and run away.

Garot also said, “You antisocial heinous criminal! You’ve finally revealed your true colors!” He would take out an iron stake and drive it through my torso.

“… … .”

calm down.

It’s not certain yet.

First off, my hypothesis is:

Naru from the future.

Said Naru was my daughter.

but.

Now that I think about it, Naru didn’t identify herself as the only ‘only daughter’. It meant you might have a brother or a sister.

That means… .

Doesn’t that mean there could be multiple daughters from the future?

Zigshi-.

I studied Cecily’s face and features again.

A six-year-old blonde girl.

Her eyes were blue, just like a very expensive doll.

Even if Naru, who had black eyes and black eyes, said that, to be honest, he doesn’t resemble me at all.

… Is the clover pattern a mere coincidence?

Can such a coincidence exist in the world?

The first thing to be sure is to ask.

“Did you say Cecily?”

“okay. My name is Cecily von Regdoll. I’m going to make you apologize for swearing badly at my name… !”

“Yes, yes. I’m sorry for cursing. So Cecily, I have a question for you. What is your mother or father like?”

“… … .”

Cecily, who had just been chattering excitedly, fell silent at my question.

This is an unexpected reaction.

The expression became more subtle as if it contained a lot of circumstances, but because of that, it started to look more suspicious! I want to ask more details!

At that moment, the sound of a sharp sword being pulled out was heard.

When I came to my senses, Garot was aiming his sword at the nape of my neck.

“You Judas, you have eyes like a group of thieves who abduct children from rich families and ransom them. They’re like demons. Are you asking about the existence of the parents in order to kidnap this child for ransom?”

Garot was a sharp-witted person.

To see right away that I was looking at Cecily suspiciously.

Certainly, Cecily’s princess ability is A.

The ransom price had the potential to build a mansion.

By the way.

… no.

I’m not trying to kidnap you!

I couldn’t figure out how to explain this.

Kidnapping and what, how do you tell me that I might be his father?

Garot still doesn’t even know about my relationship with Naru.

At least if there was Brigitte!

No, explaining this situation to Brigitte would be difficult in many ways.

look at you pretend

Naru and Cecily don’t look alike at all.

Here’s one hypothesis that I can come up with with my clear brain.

two mothers

It was a possibility that the future me would marry both women.

“Ow, shack… .”

have two wives

I thought it was a nonsense story.

My eyes are getting dizzy!

“huh! I have no desire to stay here any longer. Bendit Yuda, where is Miss Naru? I will personally deliver this item to Ms. Naru!”

He was a cheeky little boy.

Of course, I didn’t know where Naru was now.

Fortunately, Garot answered without me having to answer.

“I was playing with the children in the shopping street of Naru Ramen 55.”

“55th Street is a shopping street… . Although the place is a bit dirty. You can’t trust thieves. like. smith! We’re leaving for number 55, so prepare a wagon!”

Cecily shouted something outside.

“Miss Cecily, my name is Simpson, not Smith.”

“anyway!”

Soon, with the purring sound of the horses, the small presence disappeared completely.

* * *

By the time evening comes.

Brigitte is back.

He was holding an armful of vegetables, bread, and meat in his hand, and he must have gone to the central market to shop.

“I bought clothes, school supplies, bags, and many other things. Girls need things when they go to school. Judas, there’s no way you would have bought something like that.”

“answer.”

“What is the correct answer!”

That was right.

I didn’t even know what Naru needed.

In that respect, the same woman, Brigitte, was also on the side of doing a good job as a mother.

“What, what is it? Why are you looking at me like that?”

Brigitte seemed to feel my gaze.

I took a look at the face of Brigitte the aunt and grandmother again.

Brigitte had the beauty of a typical western woman.

Except for the tear spots around her eyes, her skin is white too.

The hair is a deep blue indigo color that feels a little dark.

Still, it was undeniable that Brigitte looked like a ‘noble lady’ or ‘princess’.

Could it be that Brigitte is Cecily’s mother… ?

Let’s ask one more time.

“Brigitte, isn’t it often the case that the hair color of a child and parents is not alike? What if the components of mana that parents and children have are different?”

“… … .”

At my words, Brigitte frowned slightly.

What was this guy trying to say all of a sudden?

Then, open your lips slightly.

“Why are you asking that?”

“That’s-“

what do you explain

Shall I say for sure that I saw a 6-year-old girl today, and she’s blonde, but she might be my daughter?

After hesitating for a long time because of the uncertain information, Brigitte asked again coolly.

“… Judas, did you really go after me?”

“What?”

“Otherwise, there is no way you would ask such a thing.”

“… … .”

what are you talking about

I was a little taken aback.

Because I didn’t know Brigitte could be this sharp.

I had never seen such a sharp Brigitte except for the first time when the demon castle subjugation party was organized.

pat-.

Brigitte kicked off her seat and ran away somewhere.

I could tell that I had stepped on some sort of booby trap as I was thinking of consulting him about today.

There must have been a trap in Brigitte’s heart, and I stepped on it without knowing it.

Normally, ‘perception’ would have worked well, but today I felt a bit out of order.

tsk-.

Then someone clicked their tongue.

It was Garot.

“Looks like you’ve touched the wizard’s wrath.”

“Reverse?”

“Brigitte is a wizard from the Walpurgis family. It is a magical family that has been handed down since the time when the savior saved the world once a thousand years ago. Do you know what their nicknames are?”

savior – a.

It occurred to me that the churches of this world believe that.

I, too, once confined myself to a religious institution for a short time.

However, I had never heard of the Walpurgis family.

So, when I was in doubt, Garot clicked his tongue again.

“I thought you guys were close to each other, but surprisingly it doesn’t seem like that. So how is this evening going? I thought wizards could cook. Should I?”

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in trouble, but the evening is a big deal.

Dinner, of course, was a big deal.

Now, it was time for Naru to come in as well.

By the way.

Even after a little more time passed and the sun went down, Naru did not return.

“Curfew. should make it.”

* * *

Cecily.

Cecily von Regdol was a noblewoman.

If I could compare it to a flower, would it be a red peony just beginning to bloom?

but.

A child was also a child.

“Cecily is the tag again!”

The way the sunset goes down.

Naruga patted Cecily’s back with his hand.

“Gee, why do you keep getting caught?”

“That’s because Cecily is wearing shoes and a dress that make it difficult for her to jump! Cecily can’t play tag!”

“Ugh, that’s embarrassing… !”

Cecily had come to 55th Street, which is called a slum even in Freesia, to lend Naru sneakers and gym clothes.

By the way.

Seeing Naru play with the kids, it took about an hour to play together.

“like. That Cecily von Regdoll. The noble lady should show that she is also good at tag. Just wait a moment… !”

Cecily herself put on the shoes and gym clothes she was going to give to Naru.

When I took off the baggy dress, I felt a little breathless.

“Then I will close my eyes and count to ten!”

“Naru can count to 100?”

“… oh lie! Even I’m still fifty… Mmm! Then, I will count to 100!”

One, two—, three—.

The numbers increase.

And stop at 50.

50.

The number after that was unknown even to Cecily.

So, uhm, I coughed and shouted.

“hundred!”

Anyway, Cecily counted 100.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the back alleys and street scenes of the slums.

The sunset was quite red and pretty.

“Where is everyone? Sneakers this time. I will catch every single one of them!”

Dang dang dang-.

Then I heard a bell ringing in that alley.

It was the moment that reminded me that there was a guy named ‘Bell’ among the friends I was playing with.

He wore a bell that made a clear sound around his waist.

So Cecily ran as fast as she could and turned the alley.

“Bell, are you here—uh!?”

A large hand closed Cecily’s mouth.

Then something like a rope was tied around Cecily’s body.

“Brother, we got another one! The children are being fished for by the sound of the bell! lol!”

“No time for small talk! Come on, put them in the wagon!”

Hee hee hee-.

Everything happened quickly.

To the point where Cecily couldn’t come to her senses.

Even a sack that smelled like animal dung was covered over his head, so he couldn’t tell where the carriage was headed.

The place where the rattling wagon stopped was in the outskirts of the city.

There, unknown assailants removed the sack from Cecily’s head.

“Ugh, uh uh!?”

The place that appeared in front of me was like an abandoned warehouse, and the flag with the pattern made by crossing daggers in the shape of an X was shining viciously.

“Huhhhhh, hhhhh!”

“Oh, Mom… !”

There were many children in the warehouse.

Most of them were Cecily’s age.

“Hey, you bastards, are you saying you can’t just catch them because they’re kids? Only bring in the kids from rich families who seem to have a high ransom. My boss needs a lot of money!”

“That, that’s-“

“Because you blindly catch them, there are overflowing children! Are we a daycare center? uh? We are the Alubaba Bandits. Even the crying kids stop—!”

“It is, but… . It was because when there were a lot of kids, I couldn’t tell who was from the rich family and who wasn’t. I’m sure one of the kids I brought this time is from an aristocratic family… .”

‘A child from an aristocratic family!’

Cecily could see that they were targeting her.

And that they are a terrifying band of bandits named ‘Alu Baba’.

“Damn it. If the boss had been there, he would have been able to instantly identify which of them was a noble lady just by looking at him. can’t do it ask one by one It’s obvious what rich kids say.”

Shuk-.

One of the thieves began to remove the gags from the children’s mouths one by one.

“Hey you. Are you from an aristocratic family?”

“Naru is Naru! Daughter of mom and dad! Dad is Judas! Naru is Baryu! Mom’s name is… I do not remember. I want to see mom… I wear it… .”

“… It doesn’t look like he’s from a rich family. The hair doesn’t look good either. It doesn’t look like a young lady to anyone, but why the hell did you bring it? to raise my blood pressure? In the first place, he is Barbaro!!!”

“That, that… . Rather, she just said that she was the daughter of Judas. Could it be that Judas? Wasn’t it said that Judas Bendit entered Phrygia some time ago? The boss is particularly particular about that name—”

“Are you sick? Bendit Judas can’t have a daughter! In the first place, Judas will be sitting on the trash throne! Why would you come to this Phrygia? ok? Really anyway. Anyway next!”

one two-.

The heinous criminals of the thieves were gradually approaching Cecily. Cecily couldn’t help but be nervous.

Yes, Cecily is a young lady among well-behaved ladies.

Being a nobleman was as inconceivable as the sun on a hill.

but.

I couldn’t have predicted what would happen if I was caught being a nobleman here.

‘At least I’m glad I took off the dress. You’ll look scruffy from running around with the kids! Even the smell of trough from the body was rather lucky! Indeed, I am the girl chosen by Clover!’

“Hey you.”

Startle-.

Cecily was surprised.

A vicious man without one eye asked Cecily.

“Are you a noble lady?”

“Nope?”

“yes? But there’s only you left Hmm… .”

Cecily’s eyes became dizzy.

After all, it seemed that he could not hide his lofty dignity!

What should I do?

How can I pretend I’m not a noble?

Cecily rolled her six-year-old head desperately.

What came to Cecily’s mind was the image of a man who was said to be the worst of all people in the world.

nobility.

honor.

The one who is the farthest from such virtues as courtesy.

The disgust he shouted today.

It was a moment to remember.

“… Poetry, fuck!”

“What?”

“Fuck!”

It was an insult that I would never normally say.

However, when she uttered a vulgar curse word for the first time in her life, Cecily felt something strangely hot burning in her chest.

The feeling of boiling blood.

It was the first time I felt like this.

“Fuck!”

“… No, like he’s only about six years old now, he’s swearing like that… . She looks like a child without parents, let alone a noble lady.”

“… … .”

The one-eyed thief called ‘Brother’ looked very embarrassed.

Its expression resembled a look at mud on the street.

Twie-‘Brother’ who spit on the floor.

“Yeah, it seems there is no aristocratic lady this time either. can’t do it Let’s give the little ones we caught today to the boss. The boss said he needed a lot of sacrifices.”

“… Offering the blood of children as a sacrifice… . Brother, what I’m saying is, isn’t our boss a real monster? You seem to be worthy of being called the King of Thieves… .”

offering-.

blood of children.

The story made Cecily’s eyes dizzy.

Thinking about it, grandparents say, “Hey Cecily. These days, cultists often appear nearby, so be careful.”

‘If I had known it would be like this, I would have just returned home… !’

Cecily regretted it slightly.

That was the moment.

“Me, brother. By the way, haven’t you seen the little Barbary I tied up here?”

“Why are you asking me that? no, but what is it? Is the string untied? There are also traces of being cut by something sharp… . what? What?”

Clink-! Shining-!

Then I heard the sound of something breaking.

The warehouse where the lanterns were burning was instantly plunged into darkness.

“what! What happened!”

“Brother, I can’t see anything!”

‘What is it? What’s going on?’

It was at a time when Cecily was terrified and trembled at this situation.

in the dark.

I heard someone’s voice.

“Shh, don’t worry. Naru will save you.”