The apocalypse is coming, but thankfully I have a harem of paper dolls.

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In fact, just before this, while roasting venison, Luo Jiajun had already experienced a "siege" by a group of women. Now, with so many women from different worlds gathered around him, it's clear that simply explaining it as "summoning magic" is insufficient.

To Mizuki Shiranui, Yazu Murasaki, Uehara Rin, and Bayonetta, who was summoned even earlier, what Luo Jiajun displayed was not just summoning ability, but also the astonishing power to travel between different worlds.

Faced with their questions, Luo Jiajun could only offer an explanation that was as reasonable as possible and consistent with the current apocalyptic context. He told them that perhaps he was the one "chosen" by this world on the verge of destruction.

It was this world ravaged by the apocalypse that granted him the ability to summon beings from other worlds and travel between them. But as a price, or rather a constraint, he was bound to this world; even if he could briefly travel to other worlds, he would eventually be forcibly pulled back here.

This explanation cleverly explains why he repeatedly left the Demon Ninja world without saying goodbye. At the same time, the concept of being a "chosen one of the world's will" perfectly fits the current apocalyptic environment filled with monsters, mist, and extreme weather.

More importantly, both the world of Taimanin, where Mizuki Shiranui and her friends belong, and the world of Bayonetta, where Bayonetta lives, are stages where divine and demonic forces are active and supernatural phenomena occur frequently. For them, living in these worldviews, Luo Jiajun's explanation, while astonishing, is not entirely incomprehensible fantasy; rather, it falls within the scope of "possibilities" in their understanding.

After giving his explanation, Luo Jiajun couldn't help but wonder: Could this so-called "super-dimensional apocalypse game" in his mind really be some kind of manifestation of the world's will? Could it be that his casually made-up story actually turned out to be true?

Hmm... it can't be that much of a coincidence.

In short, Luo Jiajun's half-truthful "confession," which incorporated elements of reality, barely garnered the approval of the women from the other world around him. Although some doubt and curiosity remained in their eyes, they tacitly refrained from pressing for more details.

Back to the topic.

Hearing her mother emphasize that this "terrible" world was her father's hometown, Yukikaze wrinkled her delicate little nose and snorted in dissatisfaction:

"This world is absolutely awful! It's full of monsters! Who would want to live in a place like this? He's so selfish!"

Clearly, the "he" the little girl was referring to couldn't possibly refer to anyone other than Luo Jiajun.

Mizuki Shiranui sighed helplessly, gently placing a warm hand on her daughter's thin back, stroking it tenderly, trying to soothe her agitated emotions:

"Don't say that, Yukikaze. Dad has already told Mom about all the things you two went through together... You see, when you encountered the Storm Bear and it was so dangerous, didn't Dad protect you?"

Her mother's words were like a key, instantly unlocking the floodgates of Xuefeng's memories.

She certainly wouldn't forget that thrilling battle. It was she who had gathered all her strength and delivered a crucial blow to the terrifying storm bear at the critical moment. But just as she was basking in her "victory" and thinking she had made a great contribution, the behemoth did not fall. Instead, it went into a berserk state and launched an even more terrifying counterattack.

The earth-shattering "Ground Shake" from Storm Bear remains a haunting nightmare for her. The devastating circular shockwave, carrying with it shattered streets, flying debris, twisted car wrecks, and collapsed building fragments, swept towards her like a world-ending tsunami with overwhelming force.

In that instant, the shadow of death enveloped her. Just as her mind went blank, and she thought she was doomed, Luo Jiajun unhesitatingly reached out and pulled her forcefully into his arms. Then, with his broad back, he shielded her tightly beneath him, bearing the devastating impact alone…

"Hmph!" The memory made Yukikaze's heart skip a beat, her eyes flickering, but she refused to back down. "It's only because... he still has some conscience that I reluctantly agreed to talk to him nicely, Mom! Otherwise... I wouldn't bother with him at all!"

The little girl tried hard to maintain her expression, but her slightly reddened ears betrayed her inner turmoil.

Seeing her daughter's stubborn refusal, Mizuki Shiranui almost burst out laughing. She suppressed her laughter, leaned close to her daughter's ear, gently nuzzled her small shoulder with her chin, and said in a tone tinged with mystery and pride:

"And also, Mom heard from Dad that... earlier today, you two teamed up to defeat a super powerful legendary monster, right? Dad even praised you to Mom himself! He said you two worked together exceptionally well, and that Yukikaze is really amazing!"

"Really...really?" Yukikaze turned her head and stared intently at her mother's face.

Seeing the gentle yet slightly mischievous smile on her mother's face, Xuefeng realized that she had overreacted.

So she immediately turned back, her face slightly flushed, and her voice lowered, filled with awkwardness:

"Hmph! Mom, you're definitely lying to me! I don't believe you!"

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"Hmph! Mom, you're definitely lying to me! I don't believe you!"

"How could Mommy lie to Yukikaze?" Mizuki Shiranui's voice carried a perfectly timed hint of grievance. She wrapped her arms around her daughter's waist, holding her even tighter. "But Yukikaze, it hurts Mommy to doubt you like this."

Held so affectionately by her mother, feeling her scent and warmth, Xuefeng's slight awkwardness instantly vanished. She instinctively began to explain, her voice soft and sweet:

"No, no, that's not it. Of course, Yukikaze believes in Mom! It's just... it's just..."

She stopped mid-sentence, unsure how to continue, her face turning bright red.

Mizuki Shiranui sensed her daughter's softening and felt a surge of tenderness in her heart. She continued to whisper in her daughter's ear, her tone filled with sincere praise: "Daddy really thinks our Yukikaze is amazing! Not only Daddy, but Mommy thinks so too! Our Yukikaze has truly inherited Daddy's incredible skills! It's just that I, as her mother, have never had the chance to properly teach our Yukikaze the Water Release technique."

"Well……"

Sensing the hint of disappointment in her mother's tone, the little girl quickly said, "Don't say that, Mom. You know, I have lightning-type abilities, and water-type... well, they're naturally a bit... incompatible."

"Oh?"

Mizuki Shiranui deliberately misinterpreted her daughter's meaning, her voice tinged with a hint of tears, "Does Yukikaze mean she doesn't like her mother who has water-based abilities? Waaah... If you say that, Mommy will be sad again."

"Oh! Mom!" Yukikaze cried out, twisting her body as if trying to turn around to see her mother's expression. "You know that's not what Yukikaze meant!"

"Hehe~!"

Mizuki Shiranui finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said leisurely:

"Mom knows! Mom was just teasing Yukikaze! Actually, Mom isn't sad at all, but rather very happy! I'm happy that our daughter has inherited her father's powerful lightning talent, and even shows signs of surpassing him! She's still so young, yet she can fight alongside her father, coordinate well, and fight against such powerful monsters together! Mom is really proud of you!"

"emmmm..."

Being praised so directly by her mother made Xuefeng's face burn with embarrassment. She instinctively became modest and said:

"Actually, not really. It was mainly my dad who transformed and defeated that giant dragon man. I didn't contribute much at all..."

As soon as the words left her mouth, she suddenly realized what she had said, and her face flushed bright red.

"Oh~~~?" Mizuki Shiranui seemed to have discovered a new continent, immediately drawing out her words with a strong sense of teasing and surprise, "What did Yukikaze just say? Dad? Did I hear that right?"

"Oh! Mommy!"

Teasing her by her mother, Xuefeng was filled with shame and indignation. Like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, she squirmed in her mother's arms, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"Alright, alright~" Mizuki Shiranui knew when to stop, gently stroking her daughter's hair and back like stroking a cat with its fur standing on end, soothing her.

Once her daughter had calmed down a bit, she put away her joking expression and looked seriously into her daughter's eyes, saying:

"In short, Dad is actually a pretty good guy, isn't he? When Xuefeng was little, didn't he always pester Mom to ask what kind of person Dad was? Now that you've seen it with your own eyes, Mom wasn't lying to you, was she? Dad is really a handsome and incredibly capable person!"

The snow and wind fell silent. You sing of my plum blossoms in the empty forest, while yours are nowhere to be found...

She lowered her head, and after a long while, she said in a low, muffled voice, with a hint of grievance and stubbornness:

"That's what they say, I admit he's really good... but... but I still want to say... if it were just the three of us... wouldn't that be so nice?"

Clearly, this is the little girl's truest and strongest desire deep in her heart.

If Luo Jiajun weren't a "big pervert," and if he hadn't "bullied" her sister Rinko, and if she didn't have Bayonetta, Mai Shiranui, Leda, and all sorts of other women around her...

If this world only consisted of her, Luo Jiajun, and her mother, forming a complete family of three...

If there were a way to change things, she would definitely adore this father who appeared out of nowhere. He would be the perfect hero in her eyes—strong, reliable, and someone who would protect her without hesitation in times of danger, fighting alongside her. His heroic figure in battle would almost perfectly match the image of her father that her mother had described and that she had sketched countless times in her mind.

Having lost her father at a young age and later her mother, the girl struggles to survive alone in this cruel world. Her deepest longing for a "complete family" and to be loved is unimaginably strong.

She longed for her mother's warm embrace and to see the father her mother had described as effusive and omnipotent. If Luo Jiajun could belong only to her and her mother, then his previous act of selflessly protecting her, as well as the strength and reliability he displayed in battle, would be enough to make her let go of all her reservations and wholeheartedly accept him.

Unfortunately, in this cruel post-apocalyptic world, there are no "what ifs".

Sensing the lingering resentment and unresolved feelings in her daughter's words, Mizuki Shiranui, standing behind her, pursed her lips, her gaze becoming complex. After a brief silence, she seemed to have made up her mind, and suddenly, in a tone that carried a sense of desperation, she said something startling to her daughter:

"Um... Yukikaze, actually, some things can't be entirely blamed on your father. In fact, maybe it's all your mother's fault...!"

"???" Xuefeng turned around abruptly, looking at her mother with a puzzled expression, completely baffled as to why her mother suddenly said that.

Looking into her daughter's clear, confused eyes, Mizuki Shiranui felt a faint blush creep onto her face. She took a deep breath, deciding to share some "adult worries" with her teenage daughter. So she lowered her voice, a hint of awkwardness in her tone, but her voice was earnest:

"Your dad... um... has... a lot of energy, but... when your mom was pregnant with you... actually, he... was... really uncomfortable..."

"Oh! Mom!"

Yukikaze's face flushed bright red, like a ripe tomato, and her voice suddenly rose, filled with the shame and indignation unique to young girls, "How could you say something like this so directly!"

Seeing her daughter's embarrassed expression, Mizuki Shiranui relaxed a little, smiled gently, and continued to touch her daughter's burning face: "Don't be shy. Come to think of it, our Yukikaze is already at puberty age. As her mother, I should occasionally tell our daughter some... um... necessary enlightenment knowledge about the relationship between boys and girls, right?"

That's what they say, and the logic seems to be correct.

but,

"Ugh..." Xuefeng was still overwhelmed with shame, lowering her head deeply, wishing she could bury her face in her knees, leaving only her bright red ear tips and her constantly pursing little mouth to express her protest.

"Okay, anyway, don't interrupt me."

Mizuki Shiranui composed herself and tried to make her expression look serious, although the blush on her face had not completely faded.

Then, following up on what she had just said, she dropped an even more shocking bombshell:

"So back then, Mom actually... specifically talked to your dad about it, saying... she didn't... she didn't mind him... having other women outside..."

After saying those words, Mizuki Shiranui felt her cheeks burning, but in order to "clear her husband's name" in her daughter's eyes, she still said it.

"What?" Xuefeng's eyes widened instantly, his mouth agape enough to fit an egg!

She could hardly believe her ears! Her mother had actually given permission for her father to...?

This completely overturned her understanding! Her first instinct was to defend her mother, her voice shrill with excitement and disbelief:

"But...but that doesn't mean Dad can cheat on his wife all he wants! If that's the case, does that mean every husband in the world can legally cheat on his wife while she's pregnant? Is that right?"

“This… is different, Yukikaze…”

Mizuki Shiranui's face was also burning. She avoided her daughter's overly shocked and inquisitive gaze, and lowered her voice, carrying an indescribable embarrassment.

Under her daughter's bewildered gaze, which even seemed to ask, "Mom, have you been brainwashed?", Mizuki Shiranui paused for several seconds, as if gathering her courage.

Finally, she steeled herself and, in an almost desperate tone, explained in a low voice:

"The main thing is that your dad has an incredibly high level of energy. He can stay up all night with your mom. So you can imagine how difficult and agonizing it must have been for him to hold back for almost a whole year with such boundless energy..."

"..." Yukikaze was completely dumbfounded.

Her mind went completely blank, as if struck by lightning. It was all because of what her mother had just said… the amount of information was too much, too… inappropriate! It was completely beyond the comprehension and imagination of a girl her age!

"Oh, Mom! You're shameless!"

The little girl finally couldn't help but scream, so ashamed and indignant she almost jumped up. She wasn't a boy, and had never experienced anything between men and women, so how could she possibly understand, as her mother wished, how much her father had suffered back then? Her mind was buzzing, with only one thought flashing through her mind:

original……

Dad and Mom...

before……

They can stay up all night!?

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It's quiet at night.

On the misty rooftop of the administration building, Mizuki Shiranui met with Luo Jiajun alone. She briefly discussed the progress of her communication with her daughter, concluding with a smile: "You sing of my plum blossoms, but they are empty; your forest is there, but it's not..."

"Emmm... In general, although our daughter doesn't like that her dad is a womanizer, she also has a conflicted feeling of admiration and longing for the dad who protected her and fought alongside her!"

Here, when she said the words "womanizer," Mizuki Shiranui emphasized them.

Luo Jiajun gave an awkward smile, selectively ignoring the matter, and only asked his wife, "Really? I thought that girl wanted to continue to argue with me."

“Do I need to lie about something like this? Unlike Anada, I, as her mother, at least know our daughters. She… she just… she just…”

As she was talking, Mizuki Shiranui suddenly stopped, and her mood visibly dropped.

Luo Jiajun didn't ask what was wrong. He simply opened his arms and silently pulled his wife's alluring body into his embrace.

Feeling the warmth of her husband's strong chest, Mizuki Shiranui, filled with self-reproach, told Luo Jiajun that she was also a very irresponsible mother.

Because he felt that Xuefeng was under the care of the Qiushan clan and that staying at the Wuche Academy was safe enough, he recklessly abandoned Xuefeng and chose to search for the missing Luo Jiajun.

Only then did Luo Jiajun realize that the reason why Mizuki Shiranui disappeared in the world of Demon Ninja was actually to find him.

Taken aback, Luo Jiajun whispered in his wife's ear, "Ultimately, it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, none of this would have happened..."

This time, however, Mizuki Shiranui did not choose to "forgive" Luo Jiajun in a gentle and magnanimous manner.

Instead, she seemed to have returned to her teenage years, and whispered in Luo Jiajun's arms in a slightly coquettish tone, "Since it's all Anada's fault, shouldn't Anada also think about how to make it up to me?"

This sudden, girlish question stirred up ripples in Luo Jiajun's heart.

When Luo Jiajun looked down, he met his wife's eyes, which seemed particularly dreamy and alluring, filled with expectation, a hint of cunning, and an undisguised, deep love for him.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment. The thick fog silently enveloped the two of them, isolating them from all the noise and danger of the outside world, as if only their heartbeats and breaths remained.

Luo Jiajun's heart raced uncontrollably, and he slowly lowered his head.

Mizuki Shiranui also closed her eyes in tacit agreement, tilting her head slightly to welcome that long-lost tenderness.

Their lips then gently yet firmly met.

It began with a tentative, light touch, filled with the cautiousness and cherishing of a long-awaited reunion.

But this restraint lasted only a moment. The long-suppressed longing and the ecstasy of regaining what was lost were like a flood that burst its banks, overturning the dam of reason.