Weak.

When I returned a few minutes later after the regularly scheduled meeting, Rokuko and Soto were, of course, still in my room.

Soto was being hugged the heck out of by Rokuko.

Her name? Yeah, Sotos fine, whatever. My boundless openness to things like this has no bounds.

Ah, Ill have to ask Ichika if [Soto] means anything weird

Dont worry about it, I did it while you were asleep, Kehma.

Looks like Ichika came to my room during the meeting, so she took the chance to ask whether the name was weird. Thats good. Repeating the Meat tragedy wouldve been a mess.

Ah, my [Storage] is still open. Shouldnt it have, you know, closed by now? Does it have to do with Soto turning it into a dungeon?

Do you want it closed, Papa?

Oh, yeah.

The [Storage] closed with a wave of Sotos hand.

It felt awkward that I didnt have to verify it, like my [Storage] wasnt mine anymore.

Ill give Papa back the authority to open and close it too for now!

Oh, you can do that? Well, it was originally my [Storage] I guesswait. While were on the subject Soto. Whered the stuff in my [Storage] go?

Soto smiled.

Whered it go?

Teehee!

Teehee my butt.

Thanks for the meat!

There was food in it, true.

It was delicious!

But what about the orichalcum sword or my bombs?

They were great! Such exciting energy fuhehe

You enjoyed it huh~? Okay~ then~

She ate so many things!?

No, I mean, it might be natural since shes a Dungeon Core and all, but still. I guess I should just be happy that she didnt eat any of the Godly Beddings items

Orichalcum took a good while to produce, but it wasnt overly bad since we did have a system in place to produce more. I guess I could chalk it up to the cost of childbirth?

Just then, the door burst open.

Goshujin-sama, congratulations on the baby!

Meat spoke with an excitederr, no, expressionlessface, but at least her tail was wagging back and forth.

When Meat saw Soto being hugged by Rokuko, she drew closer and bowed.

Soto-sama. I am Goshujin-samas primary slave, Meat Blackdog. I am pleased to make your acquaintance.

So cuuuute! Give me your socks!

Then when she processed what Soto said, she took off her maid outfits knee socks unhesitatingly. Her tanned legs exposed, she handed over the pair of knee socks to Soto.

Here, Ojou-sama.

Fuhehehe, thanks~ om nom nom.

Upon which Soto began to eat the knee socks. Ravenously.

Oi!? Spit it out, spit it out!

So good~! Socks are the best! They remind me of what I ate in Papa!

I see, so youre like Kehma there. Make sure to chew your food properly, alright?

It appears she inherited Goshujin-samas blood.

Rokuko calmly took out replacement socks and handed them to Meat. Soto had eaten the one for her right leg and was beginning to eat the one for her left. This time she started from the thigh area and worked her way down.

Ive never done that though!? Dont physically eat the sock!

Its okay, Papa. Im a Dungeon Core, so eating socks wont hurt my stomach.

Thats not the problem here

If you dont give me permission to eat them maybe I should tell Mama about the [Collection] that was in Papa~?

Y-You!?

[Collection]? Whats she talking about, Kehma?

N-Nothing, its nothing!

Dang Soto, are you threatening me on your literal birthday!? Dungeon Cores are incredible.

I dont have a choice but to accept you eating them if youre willing to bring out the big guns like that! Damn it!

B-But there isnt any evidence of my collection anymore

Its alright~. I can reproduce anything I eat! Like thiiiis~!

Before I knew what was happening, Soto was wearing the knee socks shed just eaten. Seeing that they were sullied, you could definitely say that they were the socks Soto had just eaten.

Did you pretend to eat them and pull them out from somewhere.

Nuh uh uh. Its the hero power I inherited from Papa[Weak Replication]!

Soto smiled in a way that reminded me of how Rokuko used to.

Hero power? Whats with it being [Weak] and not [Super]?1 Just in case, I checked my brain for anything happening with my [Super Transformation] andoh, it feels like it went back to Lv4. Did she absorb it? Is that even possible?

I can duplicate things Ive eaten before once per hour. The replica disappears after an hour.

Thats convenient but why is it limited to things youve ate?

No idea! How would I know if Papa doesnt even know?

Uh, okay. As an aside, judging by how she had both knee socks, I guess she was able to replicate multiple things so long as they were part of a set unlike my own [Super Transformation].

All I want to say isPapas [Collection] was an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord! I won!

In other words, should could also produce orichalcum blades and gravity bombs. Although it would be hard to make use of base materials since theyd disappear within an hour, it was instead an [All-You-Can-Use Smorgasbord].

Alright. Ill let you eat socks, Soto, but no more using my [Collection] as a shield anymore.

Kaa~y!

Soto agreed with her hands in the air looking pleased.

Really, thinking about her future, it either frightens me or feels ominous. Either way, shes definitely Rokukos daughter.

By the way, Meat, how did you know Sotos name? I hadnt told you yet.

Ichika told me.

Oh, right. I guess thats how Meat knew to come in the first place?

Still though, I wonder how Im going to explain Soto to the villagers my secret child maybe?

She looks like she could be Meats sister.

My sister?

Oh yeah, theres that whole thing about Meat being treated as my daughter. The whole black hair thing.

Onee-chan! Wear black tights next time.

Tights? Alright, I will tomorrow.

Yay! White, white tights! Onee-chan would look so cute in them!

Saying that, Soto hugged Meat tightly I wonder why she likes white maybe its an influence from the black wolfsRin slime from the bombs?

Well, the villagers should accept it at that the last barrier will be actually introducing her, I guess.

Oh, dont worry for Haku Ane-sama, I already sent her mail.

!?

I mean, when its for something as important as a daughter, wouldnt she be angry if we kept it from her? You think you could hide it from Dolche? And our next child?

Impossible.

In that case, isnt it better to just tell her?

If we can reduce the damage as much as possible by letting her know in good faith my victory condition is survival, after all. Lets roll with it.

By the way, uhh, what was Haku-sans reply?

She hasnt responded yet oh, it just came in.

Geh! Im afraid, very afraid!

So what did she say?

Fufufun, look, Kehma! Onee-samas blessing us, too!

The mail definitely was saying that congratulated Rokuko and Soto.

Yeah, its a blessing, but my names not mentioned anywhere?

It said that she wants to see her in person and to meet up at [White Beach] tomorrow.

Uuu, can I run away?

Of course not? Youre Sotos Papa, Kehma. Its important for you to introduce her to Haku Ane-sama, so shape up.

Kuh alright.

And thats how that was decided.

Due to suddenly finding out that I had a daughter and that I would have to meet Haku-san about it, as expected, I only slept a mere eight hours that night.