Chapter 31: The Case of My Two Daughters Becoming Gyaru-Bitches After Many Years

Gara returned to his hometown after a long time.

It was too old and worn to be the birthplace of a hero; it didn’t even have a proper wall.

It was, in the truest sense of the word, a backwater village.

‘The scent. The feel of the ground under my feet. The same old faces. It really feels like I’m home.’

While the city of Orbie was led by the Tripol family, this place was a genuine countryside village ruled by a chief. There were no state-paved roads, and many public officials didn’t even know a place like this existed. As a result, people tended to head to a nearby city whenever they needed something or wanted to buy and sell goods. Gara’s family was no exception. As he walked toward his house, reminiscing about the old days when they would go to the city together, an old man greeted him from over a stone wall.

“Elder.”

“Hm… Hmm? And you are…”

“It’s Gara.”

“Oh, oh… Is it really you, Gara… Ahem… Is it really? Your whole look has changed… Heh heh… I thought I might die before I ever saw your face again. I heard you got a job in the Royal Capital… So, did you bring back some money?”

“Yes.”

“Hmph, still a man of few words. What took you so long?”

“I had some business to attend to. You, on the other hand, still look hale and hearty, Elder.”

“Gahaha… That’s me… It feels like just yesterday you were a little kid playing with a hammer out front. When did you get so big…”

The old man laughed, gently stroking the head of Gara, who wore fine armor and had short black hair. The man, who had clearly known him for a very long time, welcomed him by chattering about the old days, and Gara listened intently, giving short affirmations. Then, he looked at the house next door where his family lived. The thought that he was just a few steps away from reuniting with his family made even the stoic Gara’s legs grow restless with anticipation.

“My family… how are they…?”

“You mean, while you were gone?”

“Yes. I’m especially curious about my wife.”

“Rumie is the same as always… a sweet girl. Overly sweet, even. Maybe it’s an aftereffect of that head injury from long ago, she sometimes has a dazed look on her face… But it doesn’t affect her daily life at all. She even comes over to my house sometimes to help this old man out. What could I possibly complain about…”

Heh heh heh.

“Is there anything else?”

“She spends a lot of time alone at home, so I hear she helps out the other elderly folks too. That girl is still so kind… Oh… come to think of it~! Gara, you wanted to become a knight because of Rumie, didn’t you? Because you couldn’t protect her back then… Heh heh… You’re such a romantic soul…”

“…That was a long time ago.”

“Not going to ask about your daughters?”

“……Hrm.”

A sense of trouble washed over him at the fact that the old man had brought up his daughters. From his life experience, he knew that when someone brought up a topic unprompted, it was rarely good news.

“Did something happen to my daughters?”

“Your two daughters were the ones getting an education at the school in the nearby city, right?”

“That’s right. I wanted them to work in the city so they wouldn’t have to use their bodies like I do, so I provided them with an education. Thankfully, I had the means, and I planned to support them until they graduated and found their footing… Did something happen?”

“It was right after you left, I think… Rumors started spreading that they were hanging out with some bad kids in the city…”

“……What?”

The old man awkwardly scratched his forehead. Unlike when he was talking about Rumie, he looked very uncomfortable. At that, even Gara, who had received countless praises for never flinching no matter how hard he was hit, felt his dark pupils tremble. Somewhere deep down, he had firmly believed that since they were his and Rumie’s daughters, they would never go astray.

“Elder? Please tell me the details.”

“Mmm… This will be a difficult story for you, their father… I hear you were the one who suggested they live in the city dormitory. Am I right…?”

“Yes. It’s a nearby city, but it takes a while to travel back and forth without an express coach.”

“That had a bad influence on them. Every time they came back, their appearance became more and more flashy.”

“I think it’s perfectly natural for children to learn how to dress up as they get older.”

“We thought so too. At first, we watched with pleased faces, thinking, ‘Ah, those girls are starting to dress up since they’re young women now.’ But as the years passed, their clothes and makeup became more extreme. Their way of speaking changed completely from when they were young… Last year, when they came home, I could hear them shouting and cursing at their mother all the way from my house next door…”

“…That can’t be.”

“I could have been mistaken. Rumie was all smiles the next day, after all. But you know her personality, don’t you? She’s the type to smile no matter what happens, so it’s hard to judge by that…”

‘What happened while I was gone?’

The letters had arrived as usual. The ones from his daughters, too. …Just the letters? Could it be that things weren’t okay at all?

“Now that I’ve said all this, this isn’t the time to be talking to me. Don’t worry about me, go on home. I’m on my way out anyway… I’m always cooped up at home, so come see me if anything happens.”

“Understood.”

“You weren’t such a stoic kid back in the day…”

“I’ve gotten older, too.”

“Heh heh.”

As the old man disappeared back into his house behind the wall, Gara hurriedly made his way to the house next door. Being in such a rural village, even a hero’s house was quite shabby. A worn-out wooden building, a wall of stacked stones, an empty doghouse, a place for cooking outside with a brazier, and a dirt yard.

‘I need to hear the story. If it sounds like there’s a problem, it would be best to take my wife and move to the city. I’ve worked hard all this time to spend my later years in comfort. Considering the silver award I received, I can make my wife and two daughters happy for the rest of their lives. Even if I’m a knight in name only, a knight is a knight, and a hero is a hero. If I go to the city, build a house, and gather retainers, I should be able to leave a great fortune to my two daughters by the time the next generation takes over.’

Even if the children had gone astray, educating them was his specialty. Vowing to overcome some minor delinquency one way or another, he tensed up and knocked twice on the front gate. Thump, thump. The old iron gate, typical of the countryside, was so flimsy it seemed like it would break if Gara knocked too hard, and the sound was immense.

「Yeees~! Coming~!」

‘Thank goodness.’

His wife’s voice from beyond the door was as bright as ever, and he felt a great sense of relief.

Creeak.

The door finally opened. As he stood there tensely, his large body held straight, he heard a sharp gasp of surprise from the other side, and then two arms opened wide for him.

“Honey!!!”

“Rumie!”

It was the reunion Gara had longed for. His wife, whom he hadn’t seen in six or seven years, was still a woman with a simple, unfaded beauty.

“Honey~! You’re back~! Ah, ahh, you’ve gotten so old… Honey…!”

She had the air of a gentle, married woman, her dark blue hair tied in a single lock and brought forward over her apron. Her grape-colored violet eyes were soft and gentle, and she had a beauty mark under one eye. Gara was tall, but his wife was petite overall. Her breasts were large, but not as big as Reina’s—just normally busty—and she was so short she could be called a dwarf.

Gara’s wife was a demi-human.

Her pointed ears and short stature—her cheek barely reached Gara’s thigh—were proof that she was half-dwarf, half-human.

‘My wife, Rumie, is still small and cute.’

‘My husband, Gara, is still big and handsome.’

Unaware that they were both thinking opposite thoughts, they hugged for a while before heading to the main room. Unlike the outside, the inside was beautifully tidied by Rumie, spotless and without a speck of dust. Since Rumie was still using the house they had lived in long ago, there was no place to put his armor, so he casually set it down by the room’s entrance. Once he was in lighter clothes, Rumie, still in her apron, trotted over, took it, and arranged it so it wouldn’t fall over. Being small, she was also weak and struggled with a grunt, but she showed no sign of complaint.

Then came stories of their lives. Catching up. Gara’s apology for neglecting his family for six or seven years…

Also, since the members of the Hero’s party had to remain secret from the public, some people might have mistaken Gara’s departure as a divorce, so he apologized for that as well.

“It’s okay. Thanks to you, we lived without any hardship. It was lonely, though… but you contributed to the outside world. There’s no reason for you to bow your head like that.”

“Rumie…”

“But really… you’ve gotten so…”

Rumie clung to him. Being a dwarf demi-human, when she burrowed between Gara’s crossed legs, her head nestled perfectly against his chest and stomach, making her look like a hug pillow or a rather large onahole. Because of her size, almost no clothes fit her, so she tailored them herself, meaning her clothes were generally thin. For Gara, who had been holding back for so long, this situation was dangerous.

“Ah… Honey?”

“I’ve been holding it in for so long…”

He had taken off his armor and was wearing thin clothes, and given the extreme height difference, Gara’s massive penis—acknowledged even by Reina—grew erect. Rumie, hugging him tightly from the front, was startled by the hard sensation against her stomach. But she wasn’t the kind of woman to refuse her husband’s demands. She pressed her stomach against his penis, pushing down firmly, her face turning red.

“Do you want to… If you ask, I…”

“It’s still broad daylight, so I’ll endure. I’m dying to share a reunion with my wife, but there’s something more important to discuss.”

“Ah…”

As if she knew who he was talking about, Rumie gently pulled away. She turned her back to him and sat down, using his stomach and crossed legs as a chair. Then, she began to act awkwardly, twirling her dark blue, tied-up hair with her fingertip.

“I’m sorry… I… I couldn’t scold the children…”

“Rumie. I have no intention of blaming you. The one most at fault is me, for not being home. That’s all the more reason I need you to explain what happened.”

“…Honey.”

The dwarf Rumie’s gentle violet eyes darted around, wondering how to explain it. Gara had said that, but it was obvious to anyone that Rumie, who had been at home the longest, bore a great deal of the blame. Her shoulders trembled with shame that she, the wife, had failed to teach her daughters and let them turn out like this. The trembling didn’t stop until Gara hugged her from behind.

“You heard the rumors, didn’t you? From where?”

“Next door.”

“I’ve caused the old man so much trouble. He must have heard everything when I fought with the girls.”

‘So that story was true.’

As he looked on with sad eyes, never having dreamed something like this would happen, Rumie’s story continued.

“After they went to the city, the girls started to change… It seems they’re hanging out with bad kids there. Their clothes got more and more extreme, they started inhaling bad substances, and on top of that, their accessories became excessive… They even got angry with me over the money you send every month…”

“…What did they say?”

“‘Our father is a hero, so why can’t we tell anyone? Why can’t we live in a nice house like other people? We have money, so why are you saving it?’ They started demanding more and more allowance… They seemed to be into alcohol and drugs, so when I tried to reduce their allowance, they would get angry and fight with me…”

“What did you do?”

“First, I cut their allowance… It broke my heart to fight with them, but I hoped it would restrain them, even a little. But it was no use. One day, I went to the city to buy some dishes and stopped by the school to hear the rumors. It seems that even though I cut their allowance, they’re earning money by doing bad things… I, I… I don’t know what to do…!!”

“Rumie… I’m sorry… I’m so sorry…”

“It’s not your fault…”

Time is cruel in how fast it passes. When development begins in earnest, it’s not uncommon for a mountain to disappear in a year. He had neglected his family for six or seven years; it was enough time for mountains and rivers to change. It was no wonder his daughters had changed completely.

“What about school? Are they attending classes?”

“Thankfully, it seems they are… They know they’ll have to come home if they don’t, so they’re barely even attending, I hear…”

“……”

A situation worse than he could have imagined. As their mother, Rumie was helpless. Even if she cut off their allowance, they earned their own money and did as they pleased. Living so far apart, she had no choice but to let it happen.

“I have plenty of time now. I’ll go see the girls myself tomorrow. My work is finished, and I was planning on getting a place in the city anyway, so I can scout the area at the same time. Once we settle in the city, they won’t need to live in the dormitory anymore, and I can re-educate them.”

“You won’t need to go to the city tomorrow.”

“Why?”

“They’re coming home today. I didn’t expect you to be here too, but… they should be here soon…”

No sooner had she spoken than a loud clanging sound rang out. The sound of the iron gate opening and someone entering. Figuring it could only be his two daughters at this time, he held Rumie and quietly watched the entrance to the main room. The girls who entered the yard took off their shoes, stepped onto the wooden floor, and immediately kicked the door to the main room. Thump.

“Hyaaah~! We’re hoooome~! Ugh, the countryside fucking stinks~!”

“Hey, Mama~! Stop being mad and raise our allowance~! We said we were sorry about last time~!”

“Coming here every time for allowance is such a pain in the a—Whoa?!”

“…Ah.”

“…Hmph…”

The two daughters who had kicked open the door to the main room made eye contact with the couple. The girls, who had kicked in the door believing their mother would cower as usual, looked surprised to see a strange man. Gara, on the other hand, felt a surge of indignation so strong he wanted to squeeze his eyes shut at the sight of his daughters.

‘What… what is this sight… Aren’t they just like Reina…!!’

The short daughters, who had strongly inherited their mother’s blood. They used to be as cute as dolls, and he had dressed them only in pretty clothes, but now it was different. The shock was even greater because not even Reina dressed so vulgarly on a daily basis.

Tanned brown skin, hair dyed gold and tied in a side tail, heavy makeup, a leopard-print bikini… Their fingernails and toenails were decorated with polish, and the gold piercings in their ears were the flashy kind a prostitute would wear. The worst part was the lewd, sigil-like tattoo drawn over their wombs, which was enough to make Gara’s mind go blank.

In terms of genre, it was as if these two were a mix of mesugaki and gyaru-bitch. Perhaps because they inherited dwarf blood, they were adults of a similar age to the Hero, yet the sense of depravity they exuded was off the charts.

“I’m sorry…”

“……”

Rumie apologized again to the stunned Gara. Gara looked ready to explode with anger, but his daughters’ appearance was so shocking that he was speechless. That these were his own daughters, just like that Hero, and not some other people. He had believed his daughters would be as sharp and proper as the Hero, so the sense of betrayal was immense.

“Kya, kyahaha!”

“What, for real~?! Kyahahahat~!!!”

The two of them pointed at their own father and laughed.

“Ohooo~? Rami! Look at this~! Mama’s a woman after all! She brought a strange old dude into her room while Papa’s away~! And he looks like he’s got a crazy sex drive! She must have been so lonely~!! Kyahahaha!!”

“Remi, you’re supposed to pretend you don’t see anything at times like this! We can use it as blackmail later~!”

“She’s always telling us to be modest, but she’s a cheating whore herself. That’s hilarious~!”

“You might be right! Well, we’re leaving, so go ahead and fuck your brains out~! Don’t forget to prepare our hush money later~!”

“Use a condom~?! This house is already fucking tiny, it’ll get even more cramped if you have another kid~!”

“That’s too mean~! Mama’s in her prime, she probably wants to get fucked raw~! Kyahahaha~!”

“Ah, you’re right~! Kyahat~! I mean, she’s always masturbating by herself, so her frustration must be off the charts~!”

“—!?”

As expected, Rami and Remi, whose transformation into gyaru-bitches had progressed deeply, didn’t recognize their own father’s face. They held nothing back, talking about fucking and whatnot in front of their mother, and the heart tattoo Gara saw on their butts when they turned around nearly made his eyes pop out of his head.

The hometown he returned to after many years was the same… His wife, whom he met after many years, was also lovely… However, his two daughters, whom he met after many years, had, by all appearances, become mesugaki gyaru-bitches who lived by spreading their legs for men.

“……”

For a moment, Gara’s thoughts came to a halt.

He froze, unable to do anything, wondering if this was reality or a dream.

“——!!!!”

“”Kyahahaha~☆””

Meanwhile, his wife’s shouts and his daughters’ mocking laughter overlapped. Cursing, yelling, mocking—amidst the exchange of words and actions completely unbecoming of a family, Gara remained motionless, his daughters’ laughter ringing in his ears.

Kyahahaha~! Kyahahaha~!

The side-tailed girls laughed vulgarly, bringing their pretty, manicured fingers to their lips. Their dye job was sloppy; despite being blonde, strands of their mother’s dark blue hair were visible here and there. They were likely the same age as the Hero, but having inherited dwarf blood, their exceptionally small bodies created a synergy with the leopard-print bikinis, making it easy to have immoral thoughts.

“You girls! Y-You really have no shame! I’ve told you time and time again not to talk like that!!! Where on earth did you learn such vulgar language!!”

“Eeeh~? Seriously~? That’s hilarious~! Rami has no idea what’s so vulgar~?”

“I don’t wanna hear that from a woman who’s about to have no-condom sex behind Papa’s back~!”

“…N-No-condom, sex?!”

“Whoa, the old dude’s dick is huge~! What is that thing~! Is that a stake?! Ah-ha~☆ If you stick that in her, Mama’s gonna die~?”

“Remi, Remi, should we tattle to Papa in a letter~?!”

“Kyah~☆ Papa might cry~! He’s still sending money from far away, after all~! He really loves Mama, so he might kill himself if he hears about this~?”

“Or maybe he’s already dead~?! Ah, then should the opening be ‘To my father in heaven’?! Kyahahaha~! What should we write~?!”

“Let’s say a strange old dude came into the house and used Mama’s tiny body like a cum-house~! When he eats, when he dines, when he goes to the bathroom, when he sleeps, he’s always stuffing it in her like she’s his personal pair of panties~! That Mama’s feet never touched the ground~! That there’s a guy who treats Mama like a cum-house~! Let’s say that~! Let’s say it~!”

“Kyahahahaha~☆ What the heck~! That’s too much~! That makes it sound like Mama’s getting raped~!”

“But it’s true~! If we were a little later, that’s what Mama would’ve been doing~! Kyahahaha~☆”

“Y-You girls, the person here is…!! Ughhh~!”

At Remi and Rami’s harsh words, Rumie tried to stand up. She felt like she had to do something about her daughters, who failed to recognize their own father who had finally returned and were saying such awful things, and she was about to raise her hand to them, but she was stopped by a large hand.

“…Eh?!”

“That’s enough. Don’t hit the kids. I don’t want to see that.”

“Ugh… Honey… But…!!”

Gara, who should have been the most furious, made his wife lower her arm as if he were a defeated man. His face was set like stone, but inside, he was shaking. But as if he’d thought of something, he slowly pulled his wife’s body into an embrace and held still. His two daughters, Remi and Rami, let out a whistle—Whew~!—and sneered insolently.

“Ooh, did you hear that, Remi~?”

“I heard, I heard~! Mom called him ‘darling’~! Kyahaha~!”

“Whoa, after everything she says to us, she calls some old dude ‘darling’~! Papa might really cry~!”

“Kyahahahaha~!”

The misunderstanding deepened. Rumie’s body trembled as she glared at her daughters, but Gara waved his hand, stopping her. Who knows what he was thinking, but still in his thin clothes, he crawled on the floor, reached for the armor he had placed nearby, and pulled out a handful of money, holding it out to them.

“…Ooh?”

“What’s this~?”

“Hush money. It’s not much, but it’s enough for you to have fun for the day. You can spend it all. Take it, go play, and come back this evening or tomorrow morning.”

“What, what~! Woah~! So many gold coins~!”

“Hey, there are gems here too! They look super expensive!”

“For real?! What’s with this old dude~! He’s loaded! His armor is all flashy too! Mama, you’re pretty capable yourself~!!”

“Is he your remarriage partner?! Huh, huh?!”

“Th-That’s…?!”

He stopped his wife from speaking again.

“…That might be the case.”

“”Ohoooooo~!!””

Gara fell silent at the sight of his two daughters rejoicing even though their father was clearly alive. His wife, Rumie, didn’t know what her husband was thinking. His attitude of hiding something while trying to send their daughters away was tinged with bitterness, making it difficult for her to ask anything. The two daughters, on the other hand, far from stopping their mother from fooling around with a strange man, took the money and immediately left, saying, “Alright, we’ll take an express coach to the city, have a blast, and be back tomorrow morning~”

Gara’s heart grew dark, wondering what they thought of their own mother’s chastity.

“…Honey. Are you okay?”

“To be honest, I’m not okay at all. But this is fine. Six years… no, seven years of neglect. I suppose this is to be expected… This must be my punishment.”

“Honey…”

“Even as our two daughters were being ruined like this, you tried to soothe me with your letters. It pains my heart to imagine how much you must have been rotting inside.”

“But… you were on a long journey to defeat the Demon King… for the sake of the world… so I also…”

“That’s no excuse. Regardless of my achievements, in the eyes of the world, I’m a failed father. It seems Remi and Rami don’t think I’m ever coming back, either. I suppose it’s because I stayed in the capital for a year even after the news broke that the Demon King was defeated…”

“…Yes.”

“What’s it really like?”

“They think their father is already dead… Just as you said, you didn’t come back for a year after it was announced the Demon King was dead…”

“The fact that I was in the Hero’s party?”

“They believe that part. They were old enough to understand before you left. They know they have some kind of amazing father. But that last year clearly faded their admiration. They said the letters that came every time were all lies I made up… that I was just covering for their dead father… They said such painful things…”

“I see…”

“The fact that you’ve changed so much probably plays a part, too. Before you left, your hair was long, and you were more leanly muscled, but now you’ve completely become a middle-aged man. Fufufu…”

“Do you dislike it?”

“I like it, you’re very manly. But… with a face like this, our daughters will never recognize you.”

She stroked his cheek, remarking on how much he’d changed. His skin used to be clearer, but as the party’s tanker, he had accumulated many scars. His skin tone was probably fairer before he left, but now it was dark and tanned. Rumie seemed to have a lot pent up inside, but seeing her husband’s face, she decided to stop complaining. She grieved briefly, thinking that just as she had suffered, her husband must have also endured many hardships in foreign lands, and then let out a sigh of relief in his arms.

“I’m sorry. Last year, when the girls said those things, I wavered, wondering if it was true. You said there were many good people in your party… I wondered if maybe they were sending letters on your behalf to hide the fact that you had passed away… I even shed tears over such ridiculous delusions.”

“I’m sorry for hurting you.”

“You’re back now, so I forgive everything. But what did you mean earlier? Their father has clearly returned, so why are you hiding it? Please tell them proudly. That you are their father and the one who defeated the Demon King. Then they might tense up a little and…”

“…Their tone wasn’t fond of me. Even if I revealed myself, they would either not care or just curse at me. To those girls, I’m just some unidentified thing sending money from a foreign land, or a dead man who’s already gone. I haven’t lived a life so shameless that I can laugh heartily in front of children like that and say, ‘Daddy’s home.'”

“Honey… but you don’t have to become a stranger. Please, reconsider.”

“That’s not it. Don’t misunderstand, Rumie. I am still those girls’ father.”

“Then what did you mean by that?”

“I thought we needed some time to get closer. They won’t react well if I reveal that I’m their biological father… For now, I plan to act like a complete stranger, lure them with money to earn their favor, and get a little closer that way.”

“Ahh~! Th-Then… when you said you were a remarriage partner…”

“Tell the girls that, too. They showed curiosity as soon as they found out I was a rich remarriage partner, so I’ll use that as a chance to get close to them. I’ll reveal my identity later, slowly… It’s better to do it slowly. If I reveal I’m their father after we’ve become close, it will just be awkward at worst. I learned on this journey that favor and affection, once built, don’t disappear easily, so I’ll try to make good use of that lesson.”

“…You’ve only just returned, and I’m already causing you more trouble.”

“It’s not trouble. It’s only natural for a father to serve his house and family. I’ve only just now found my real job.”

“Honey…”

He hugged her again.

The womanly scent wafting from her small body tickled Gara’s lust, but…

“I’m sorry, Rumie.”

“Why are you apologizing again?”

“If it were up to me, I’d hold you right now, but my heart is weary. Tomorrow… or the day after is fine… let’s make some time for just the two of us. For today, I just want to share this affection, holding you like this.”

“Seeing our daughters like that, I think I understand how you feel.”

When Rumie agreed, Gara lay down on the floor first. Rumie then used Gara’s thick arm as a pillow, hugging him from the side. Gara, in turn, wrapped his other arm around his wife’s waist and buried his nose in her hair, enjoying her scent.

‘This sense of peace… It finally feels like I’m home…’

‘Just having my husband by my side is so reassuring… How I’ve missed this…’

Despite a height difference of more than double, the giant and the dwarf, a couple who had somehow found their balance, closed their eyes and fell asleep, sincerely praying that their reunion today was not a dream. They showed no sign of waking as evening passed and dawn approached, and they remained together until the new sun dawned.