Chapter 426
Chapter 426
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 426
Chapter Title: Secretly and Lewdly (3)
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The story of how Cecilia could grow her breasts—and how she'd found the method—was far heavier and more important than I'd imagined. She beamed as she presented her research results, and I stared at her in a daze, hanging on her every word.
"Hehe, doesn't it seem strange? We're still in our growth phase, but not even 1mm has grown. That doesn't make sense. So I changed my thinking. What if our bodies are fixed... like that?"
"...Fixed?"
"Yes. Father might be too oblivious to notice, but... my butt, my height, even my hair—they haven't grown at all."
"...R-Really?"
"Yes, and it's not just me. Sophia too, and Auntie Hyea... we're all stuck in the form we were summoned in. Well, those two don't seem to mind much."
Cecilia's shocking confession.
No matter how oblivious I was, how could I not have noticed? At the very least, the hair not growing should've tipped me off... I felt like I'd really been neglectful. Sure, I could make excuses—being swamped with hunter work and NTR jobs—or paste on a thick face and claim I just hadn't noticed, but...
Anyway, I felt sorry to Cecilia. And to everyone.
"Hehehe... or maybe you're deliberately pretending not to notice."
"Pretending?"
"Auntie Hyea. She says she just doesn't gain weight easily... hmph. She drinks beer all day—how could she not gain any? She definitely knows and is just playing dumb. That's so her."
"Hmm..."
Come to think of it... Sophia and Wi Ji-hye never skipped late-night snacks. I'd tell them they'd gain weight eating at night, but they'd always pretend not to hear... So they knew all along? My guilt cooled a bit.
"On the other hand, Hyun-a's... already big breasts got even bigger."
"...Yeah."
"That's when I realized. Me still being flat-chested is all because of you, Father."
"?!"
"Hehe, more precisely, because of Father's ability."
Cecilia had formed a solid hypothesis and spent months researching it. As a genius beyond anyone else, what she'd uncovered at the end of her studies was astonishing: the heroines' bodies were fixed by my ability—Heroine NTR.
"So, my ability... is connecting the two worlds?"
"Yes. From what I confirmed, Father's ability acts as a 'passage' linking this world to the one we lived in... or more precisely, to a world of infinite possibilities."
"Passage..."
"And we—the ones summoned here, like me, Sophia, and Auntie Hyea—are currently dependent on that ability."
"...Dependent?"
"Ah, dependence doesn't mean it's inherently bad. Father's ability is covering the 'energy' cost for us to exist in this world. But... maybe that's why? To minimize that energy consumption, our bodies got fixed."
"Fixed?! "
"Yes."
"That can't be..."
In the romance fantasy world, Cecilia is flat-chested. And the Cecilia right in front of me is too. If one of those forms changed... moving between the romance fantasy world and reality would require extra energy to switch her appearance each time. But that's wasteful, so it fixed her body instead.
...Yeah, that makes sense, right?
Ah, this is complicated.
My head hurt, but... I got the gist.
Switching worlds in a changed form could cause unseen troubles from the world's coercive force or sense of incongruity or whatever. So Heroine NTR preemptively and efficiently blocks that. And the ridiculous side effect of that decision was this current situation.
"But you said you found a way. Don't tell me..."
"Exactly. Independence."
"In...dependence?"
"We can't keep living like this. So it's time for me to become independent too."
"E-Even so, independence is..."
"Hehe, don't worry too much. It's not independence from you, Father."
"Then... don't tell me?"
"Yes. I'll break free from Father's ability... and bind directly to Father instead."
Heroine NTR connects the world she lived in to this reality. Independence from that, forming a direct contract with my soul... that's what Cecilia called the "way to grow her breasts." An unbelievable story. But if it's Cecilia, totally plausible.
"It's not dangerous, right?"
"Not at all."
"Can I trust that?"
"Of course."
"Hmm... still anxious."
"The contract is total submission. So there won't be any issues for Father."
"Lia, I'm worried about you."
"Oh? Hehehe... Becoming Father's possession—what would I have to worry about?"
"P-Possession?!"
"Yes... Father's possession."
Cecilia blushed, her face radiating pure bliss.
But honestly, I was torn. I was scared meddling with Heroine NTR might cause something weird. Was growing her breasts worth stirring up trouble? My head throbbed more.
"Father. So please."
"Lia..."
"Let me grow old with you... Accept me."
"...What?"
But... I was the fool. Someone as brilliant as Cecilia wouldn't think so simplistically. She hadn't researched just to grow her breasts. She'd holed up for all that time... to live with me.
"I don't want to be left alone."
A fixed body means halted growth. According to Cecilia, bound to Heroine NTR, she wouldn't age or die. Even after 10 years, 20 years, she'd stay like this. As I sat stunned and silent from the shock, she continued with a feeble smile.
"I'll stay like this forever, but Father will age day by day. Even if magic slows it, human lifespans are finite... You'll grow old and die someday. It's an inescapable human fate."
"Lia."
"But I'll escape that fate despite being human. Stuck unchanging, I'd just watch you weaken helplessly by your side."
"..."
"Isn't that too sad?"
"Sigh..."
"And when 'that day' comes... your ability will vanish, and we'll return to our original worlds. Never remembering you again. Like all our days together were just a midsummer night's dream."
"..."
"Father... I'm so scared of that."
I was still flustered, but I couldn't just sit there. I set aside the snacks, spread my arms, and pulled Cecilia into a hug. Then I gently stroked her back, giving her time to calm down.
I'd thought summoning them to reality was all upside...
Didn't realize this blind spot.
Thinking of Cecilia worrying about being left alone hurt my heart. Making such a sweet daughter sad... I repented and decided to indulge her whim to reassure her. Souls and submission sounded risky, but not for Cecilia, right? I trusted my daughter.
"After the contract... you'll fully become a person of this world?"
"Hehe, yes."
"No side effects?"
"Nope."
"Alright... then I permit it."
"...Father!"
By binding to my soul, she'd escape her original world and Heroine NTR to become fully of this world, per Cecilia's explanation. Believing her, I prepared the contract with her.
We drew a small magic circle, dripped our blood onto it, and shared a passionate kiss. Then, as she chanted an incomprehensible incantation... her eyes glowed, and my heart pounded wildly.
"Ugh..."
Soon after, I came to in the wrecked room, and there was my daughter—straddling me, stripping off her clothes. Hmm... excited for sex? More like I wanted to check the contract results first...
"Mmph?!"
"Haa... Father, ahh... Finally... I can have your baby!"
"...L-Lia?"
Ha... haha... The moment I learned why the heroines still couldn't get pregnant.