After fitting Vana into her pajamas and laying her into the bed, Vahn and Hephaestus spent the better part of twenty minutes just watching over her poor sleeping posture, marveling at how absolutely adorable Vana was. Hephaestus also explained a little about what they had discussed in regards to Anubis because, after all, Anubis was slightly 'abnormal' at times. Ultimately, she would be staying in the central area near the first floor, not that far away from where Maemi and Emiru resided. Anubis took her role as a servant very seriously so, now that she had taken up residence within the Manor, she intended to bee a maid 'apprenticing' under Syr, Emiru, and Maemi.
Just imagining Anubis in a maid outfit brought a small smile to his face, something Hephaestus had noticed before asking in a sensual whisper, "Nnn, do you think a maid outfit would suit me, Vahn~?" As she asked, Vahn created a very vivid image of Hephaestus wearing a maid outfit in his mind and, while it was very appealing, it seemed more 's.e.xy' than appropriate. Even though his facial expression didn't change, Hephaestus seemed to know what he was thinking as she made a slight pouting face and mumbled, "Looks like I'll need to ask Loki for a favor..." Vahn felt like his skin was turning a little clammy so he pulled her into his embrace and said, "Any outfit you wear would look amazing, Hephaestus..."
Seeing Vahn fl.u.s.ter, even though he did his best to control his facial expression, made Hephaestus giggle as she returned his hug and gave him a quick peck on the lips. She wasn't really that upset since, out of curiosity, Hephaestus had tried on a maid outfit previously. Her figure and appearance weren't really suitable for frilly and cute clothing but she could pull off the cool and borderline 'heroic' look if she wanted to. It wasn't like she really needs to dress up in order to have 'fun' with Vahn, either, Hephaestus was just 'slightly' curious about trying something fresh. As for why she even considered wearing cute clothing, it was because Vahn had shown a very large preference for 'cute' things ever since his daughters were born...
Though she enjoyed watching over Vana's sleeping figure, Vahn eventually left the room under Hephaestus' insistence. He still needed to plete his rounds and, as a few hours had passed, it was very likely that Ina was already awake. She would either be eating lunch or holing herself up inside his workshop around this time of day. After all, unless she was practicing under Hephaestus' guidance, Ina had a tendency to play around with his tools and some of the practice items he had left out for her. Since she liked to take things apart, Vahn left various small objects like plex clocks, basic machines, and other items that had a lot of small parts. Just like Vana, he wanted his Ina to develop her gift without any real restraint, so long as it didn't endanger her or other people.
Since he hadn't detected her in the dining room, Vahn made his way towards his rarely used workshop where he could sense a small figure sitting on the floor. This was undoubtedly Ina so Vahn picked up the pace of his steps to reach the entrance of his workshop a little faster. When he entered through the door and saw his lovable little princess wearing the little blue coveralls he had given her, currently with the top half tied around her waist, Vahn had to pause and 'record' the image in his memory for posterity. She was wearing an off-grey sleeveless top on her upper body and, as a result of working with small parts very often, had a pair of goggles resting on her forehead as she poked her tongue out with a look of fierce concentration.
Not wanting to disturb her, Vahn snuck up behind her to see what she was working on, this time noticing she was disassembling one of the practice mechanisms he had given her. Its original purpose was to act as a grappling hook and it seemed like Ina had been interested in the mechanism that shot the grappling line nearly 100m in an instant. It wasn't really that useful in a record like Danmachi, but Vahn didn't regret the minuscule expenditure of OP since Ina seemed intrigued by it. The way she happily took it apart and carefully analyzed each piece brought a smile to his face and it felt like he could spend his entire day just watching her play around without ever getting bored.
Eventually, Ina got to a stopping point in her work and, as a result of her intense concentration, tugged at the collar of her shirt to air it out while wiping the sweat from her brow. She released a contented sigh and mumbled, "I wonder what Papa is up to..." as a magical haze spread through her eyes. Almost immediately after, Ina snapped her head around with a happy smile as she shouted, "Papa!
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