Fathers in All Tis and Places [Part 1]
The three siblings and Joshua had already returned to the Stuart family mansion before the academy could inform the house of each student about the commotion.
“Emma—! What happened?! Are you alright? Are you injured?”
Leonard imdiately rushed over after seeing Emma co back while being carried by George.
“We’re ho, Father. A commotion happened at the academy earlier, so there will be no classes today.”
Although Leonard nodded at William’s explanation, his full attention was on George, who was in the middle of slowly putting Emma down. He stretched his hand over worriedly to help Emma stand.
“Father! Sothing wonderful fell at the academy! Look—”
When Emma lifted the hem of her skirt a little, everyone could see a crowd of Tanzanian giant tailless whip scorpions relaxing inside.
“!!!! Are those… Tanzanian giant tailless whip scorpions…?!” Leonard exclaid upon seeing them.
“Ehh? Father, you know about this insect?” It seed like William didn’t expect Leonard to recognize them.
“Really?! When even Emma didn’t know about them until a year ago?! Ah, has Father seen them before (in our previous world)?” George asked curiously.
For so reason, Leonard knew the na of this insect, which was a rare species in this country.
“Huh? Oh, yeah yeah. This insect is considered rare because it doesn’t live within the barrier. It’s normal for Emma to not know about it. This insect prefers a quiet environnt with a lot of greenery rather than here, where humans live.”
“Father! So you know about them! Can I keep these children at ho? Can I make them a house in our mansion’s garden?” Emma pleaded with Leonard excitedly.
Leonard’s face imdiately softened after hearing his daughter’s request which ca for the first ti in a while.
“Of course! Emma, you can do anything you want. But why were there tailless whip scorpions in the academy? And that many at that… Oh, Joshua. Sorry, but can I leave the construction of the shed for these tailless whip scorpions?”
While moving his daughter behind his body to hide her, Leonard called out to Joshua, who had been writhing in agony since Emma lifted her skirt.
“…Emma-sama… thank you… for the two blessings… Yes… Leonard-sama. I have already finished preparing the insect shed. It’s a movable model like the ones for the silkworms and spiders. I also have a rough idea of where to place it in the garden.”
On the way back from school, Emma made a passionate speech about tailless whip scorpions while being carried by George. Joshua listened attentively without missing a single word, and before they realized, had acted upon it to fulfill Emma’s wish.
He had long morized the blueprint of the Stuarts’ mansion in the royal capital. Thus, he could instantly determine the most suitable place for the tailless whip scorpions in the large garden. All he needed to do next was bring over and set up the movable insect shed he had prepared in advance for the ti Emma’s insect collection increased.
“As expected of Joshua.” Emma smiled cheerfully.
“…Ugh… urgh… ugh… SO CUTE!!!”
Joshua was relishing that mont of supre bliss. Saying that he lived for this mont was no exaggeration.
“ow~”
Koui appeared after he had sensed Emma’s presence in the house.
“I’m ho, Koui-san! There’s no school today, so let’s play to our hearts’ content!”
“w, ow♪”
Koui expressed his joy by licking Emma’s face.
…And as the cat did so,
*fwwshhhhh…*
the tailless whip scorpions crawled out of Emma’s skirt and gathered on the floor all at once.
“Eh? What’s wrong with everyone?”
“ow?”
Koui sniffed the tailless whip scorpions and owed.
“oww!”
*fwwshhhhh…*
At that one word from Koui, the tailless whip scorpions started moving into a neat formation. They lined up orderly while staying completely in sync, just like an army.
“Eh?!”
“What just happened?!”
“Kyaa— How cute—!!! It’s so easy to count them!!! Kyaa—”
Koui owed again proudly after seeing Emma bubble with joy.
“, oow!”
*fwsh*
The tailless whip scorpions moved to the right in unison without breaking their formation.
“Hehe♪ They ford a line when Koui-san said “Line up.” and moved to the right when she said ‘Go right~!!!”
While Emma was super excited and Koui was feeling super proud, Leonard, George, and William stood agape without understanding what was going on. Joshua, on the hand, didn’t think of it much. He was happy as long as Emma was happy.
“Wait, wait, wait… Uh? Which one should I retort first?” William was greatly perplexed.
Thus was the great birth of the army of ants… no, the army of tailless whip scorpions.
“You an… the tailless whip scorpions…(?) have a mind of their own… and are following Koui-san‘s orders…?”
Leonard looked back and forth between Emma, Koui, and the tailless whip scorpions with an incredulous face.
“My daughter… is a genius? My cat… is a genius?”
After witnessing behavior of both the girl and cat, which could even make them look like a demon’s familiars or monsters if they were seen by the wrong people, this doting father accepted the whole thing with only one word as the conclusion, ‘genius.’
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