Chapter 117: My Dad’s Long Story Comes Always with Beer

「Hi, you’re back. So how was your trip, young lady? How was your trip to Earth? 」

「Oh! It’s a wonderful place! I got to touch, see, taste, and see all kinds of things I’ve never seen before. It’s full of things that I didn’t know existed in my world! If I could, I’d like to bring some of that culture back to my world! 」

「Haha, well, you guys should do as much as you like. But keep it to a minimum. If we bring too much of our culture and accelerate the world’s evolution, it could end up in danger. 」

「More importantly, Dad. Hurry up and explain. Why did you bring me back to this world? And please explain properly. 」

As soon as I got back, while holding Fitis’ hand, who was happy to report to Dad, I asked him again.

I had been ignoring important parts like Dad’s true identity, or why he was in that world for a long time. It was about time he told me. Or rather, it was about time he explained it already.

「Well, first of all, I was one of the people who was sent to another world by chance. I was about 15 at the time, and that world was where I was sent to. 」

Considering Dad’s age, that must had been about 20 years ago.

So there were other world transfers around that long ago.

But that made sense when I thought about it. There were a lot of other world transfers in anime and manga from that time on too.

「But, well, I was transferred to that world because the goddess called me. 」

「By Mo-chan? 」

「That’s right. 」

「Ah. But why? 」

「I’m the same as you in that regard. For the sake of the world’s evolution. I think they wanted to encourage it with the help of outsiders, in other words, people from another world. 」

I see.

「So, Dad, were you helpful? 」

「Well, indirectly yes. I met your Mom when I was sent there. By the way, your Mom was a lot different back then than she is now. Even though it was the goddess’ orders, I was pretty depressed when I found out that those monsters were just a steppingstone prepared to evolve humans. 」

I almost asked if that was really the case, but now that he said it, it might be natural to think so.

As for Lily and Behemoth, they accepted their roles and were prepared to dedicate themselves to the evolution of the world.

However, to put it bluntly, this was a kind of self-sacrifice, akin to a human sacrifice.

Even if SS-rank monsters were created just for that purpose, not everyone would accept it.

Mom’s dilemma was natural.

「Plus, she was a pretty human-hating monster back then. She was really cold to me, haha. 」

Dad laughed as he talked about their past encounter.

Apparently, she was the forerunner of what we now call tsundere, and even though Dad was treated coldly many times, he gradually melted my mother’s human-hating feelings with the help of his friend, a girl called a witch, and before they knew it, they were attracted to each other.

It was exactly like a classic love story set in another world.

「So, what happened after that? 」

「Yeah, well, a lot of things happened, and we got caught up in the battle with the Demon King back then. After that, your mother and I were sent to Earth. 」

They had flown quite a distance, hadn’t they!? And who was the Demon King back then!?

Please don’t say things that were casually foreshadowing things to come!

「And then, did you give birth to me in this world and returned to the other world with my mother? 」

「That’s true, but do you really think you can just travel between worlds that easily? Don’t you think that’s the domain of God in a way? 」

Well, that was what I thought.

「Originally, this ability wasn’t mine. In fact, it belonged to Semargul, who is called the goddess’ aide. 」

「Ah, yes, he’s the goddess’ guardian. 」

「That’s right. That person gave me the ability to travel between worlds in order to return your mother to her original world and I to Earth. 」

I see, so that was what happened.

Actually, it had been a while since I had heard that person’s name.

Semargul. He was a young man who was an SS-ranked monster, Semargul, who came to pick me up from the goddess’ house, and he was also Rock’s father.

Now that I thought about it, I left Rock behind in the other world, was that okay?

It had been more than half a day already, and if this kept up, Rock might be left behind for more than a day.

As I was worrying, my Dad laughed as if there was no problem.

「Don’t worry, Kyou. The ability to travel between worlds that I got from Semargul also lets me manipulate time. So, when I travel from here to there, it’s like only an hour has passed there. 」

「What? You can do that? 」

「Yeah, but it’s not really a skill attached to the ability to travel between worlds. It’s a creation skill that creates “space-time”. 」

The creation skill of “space-time”. That was another grand skill name.

「In other words, it manipulates and creates time and space. The reason I’m traveling between worlds is because I create a space that connects this world to the other world and allows me to travel through it. And when I do that, I can manipulate time, so when I get there, decades have passed, or conversely, only a minute has passed. 」

I see. That explained the mystery of where my Dad had been all this time.

And I also understood why. Even though it had definitely been more than six months since I went to that other world, when I returned to this world, only about three months had passed because of the pile of Jump volumes.

「That’s an incredible ability, Dad. Does that allow you to go back in time? 」

I was actually jealous. Give that skill to me too.

「No, I can’t do that. Maybe someone like Semargul, the original owner, could manipulate time to the past like that, but in my case, I was only given manipulation of present and future, so I can’t go that far. Actually, it took me a while to get used to using this ability the first time. When I returned to the other world with your mother, more than a hundred years had passed, and she was appointed the Demon King right after that. 」

I see. So if he didn’t use it properly, hundreds of years could pass when he travelled.

That was scary, but I was glad it was unstable back then as opposed to now.

If it had been the other way around, I wouldn’t have been able to bear it, and I’d probably never see my Dad again…

I wanted it, but the downsides to getting used to it were so great that I decided not to.

「So, here’s the important part. After we returned, your mother and I were asked by the goddess to summon you when you’ve grown up. 」

「Huh? 」

I was surprised when my name suddenly came up.

Why me?

「I told you at the beginning, didn’t I? I was indirectly instrumental to the evolution of that world. That was when I was united with your mother and gave birth to you. 」

「So, what does that mean? 」

I blurted out a line I’d heard in a manga, and my Dad replied to me.

「When I went to the other world, I had a certain creation skill. It was the ability to change monsters. 」

「Change monsters? 」

「You can think of it as the ability to control the direction of monster evolution. I could show a better evolution to the monster’s evolution, or even encourage it to evolve into something completely different. Using that ability, I succeeded in cultivating something in that world. I’m sure you get it now, right? 」

As Dad explained his skill, I remembered the cultivation of something he had done in that world.

「Oh, vegetables! So it was that skill that allowed you to make vegetables! 」

「That’s right. I transformed and grew monsters into vegetables. But I could only control the evolution and growth of those monsters. I didn’t have the ability to create and cultivate monsters themselves. 」

In other words, Dad’s ability was something like selective breeding.

He improved existing things to make them easier to eat, or better.

However, it seemed he was unable to create the original substance itself.

「But you, born of my blood and your mother’s, an SS-rank monster, were literally born with a skill that surpassed mine, and that is…」

「The skill of monster cultivation, right? 」

I sighed in admiration after hearing that much.

Until now, I thought there was no special reason as to why I was transported to that world.

I also thought that the ability to create monsters in a world where only monsters existed was also a coincidence.

But that wasn’t the case.

It was all destined to be this way before I was born.

I wasn’t saying I was the descendant of a legendary hero, but the fact that I was transported to that world, that I possessed this skill, and that I played a role in evolving the world were all things that were prepared for me at my father’s stage before that.

When I thought about it like that, I got interested in my father and the goddess’ grand plan, but at the same time I felt a sense of wonder.

I never expected that I was worth that much.

「That’s what happened. That’s why it was decided from the beginning that you were called to that world. 」

I see now.

After hearing this, I understood more about my Dad.

All that was left was what my Dad said before I came here about the evolution of my skills…

「You’re a good reader, so you’ve probably noticed by now, right? Yes, you have my blood flowing through you, which means…」

「My monster cultivation skills should include the ability to evolve and improve the monsters my Dad has, right? 」

My Dad laughed at my words, as if I got it right.

「That’s right. I’ll show you the details tomorrow, so you can get a hint from that. You’re starting to feel confident, Kyou. Your monster cultivation skills are so good that you’ll be able to achieve great feats that no one has ever achieved before. 」

I felt a little embarrassed by a rare compliment from my Dad, but I didn’t mind.

At first, I used this skill just to somehow survive, or to live a slow life, but I realized that it had been nurtured through the involvement of many people and the Goddess than I had originally thought.

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