“Thank you, Daddy~"
Kagura bounced over to Eric's side, her demeanor affectionate.
Eric chuckled and ruffled the little girl's hair. Having a daughter this big felt pretty good, all of a sudden.
She was only 12 years old, standing at 1.5 meters tall, reaching just to his chest.
“Daddy, this place is so boring, I want to go out.” The little girl whined, asking for permission.
Eric didn't rush to answer. He was still thinking about the Yato clan.
Bloodline Blessings... this is the blessing received when a child is born.
Every child after this would have it, right?
Besides the Yato clan, could there be something else?
Eric was filled with anticipation. It was like opening a blind box. He had plenty of motivation to have children now.
Speaking of the Yato.
They were a race from the Gintama world, the strongest warrior race in the universe.
This race was incredibly powerful, born with superhuman strength and powerful regeneration abilities. Even if they suffered a fatal injury, they could quickly recover.
“Kagura, you possess the Yato bloodline blessing, your potential is limitless. I want to test your combat abilities.” Eric said with a smile: “If you can last ten minutes against Dad, Dad will take you out to play.”
“Ten minutes?” The little girl held her umbrella in one hand, her other hand on her hip, proudly saying: “Daddy probably won't be able to beat me! I'm very strong!”
“So confident? Come on then.”
Eric laughed. After all, he was an elite Marine Colonel.
Armament Haki, Observation Haki, he mastered them both, though his skills were only average.
He knew three of the Six Powers: Shave, Soru, and Geppo.
“Then I'm coming! Daddy, watch out!”
Kagura warned him, then immediately launched an attack.
She first pulled back ten meters, then stomped, leaping forward to close the distance. Her right leg was like a whip, striking towards Eric's chest.
Eric's Observation Haki enveloped the girl. Her explosive power was impressive, but her attack trajectory was still predictable.
He blocked with his left hand. With a bang, a monstrous force struck. His feet remained planted on the ground as he slid backwards several meters.
What a heavy kick!
Eric was slightly surprised. This girl was only 12 years old, yet she had this kind of superhuman strength?
After kicking her father back, Kagura landed and once again burst forward in an attacking stance.
The same kicking technique.
However, this time, Eric was prepared.
Armament Haki - Hardening!
With a bang,
“That hurts!”
The kick landed on Eric's right arm, feeling as if it hit steel. The pain made Kagura cry out.
“Are you alright?” Eric asked, surprised.
“Gotcha!”
Seizing the moment when her father was distracted by concern, Kagura smirked, quickly pouncing on him.
Eric was speechless. This little girl was quite cunning.
“Shave!”
The figure flickered, Eric vanished in the blink of an eye, exceeding the speed of normal human perception.
Kagura lunged forward, but found nothing.
“Daddy, what is that technique, so cool! I want to learn!” She turned to look back, her eyes sparkling.
Eric had somehow circled behind her, at some point.
“You could see it?” Eric was astonished.
“I could see it! But it was too fast!”
Kagura looked up at her father with admiration. She hadn't reacted in time; he was already behind her.
The Yato bloodline blessing was truly powerful. Ordinary people couldn't see Shave's speed.
Eric thought to himself, smiling: “I'll teach you later. With your physical capabilities, you'll master it quickly.”
If they simply compared physical capabilities, Kagura was superior.
After all, Eric was just a normal human from Earth. He had trained for a long time, but talent determines height.
“What about the power to suddenly become hard? What was that?” Kagura asked, curious like a little kid.
“That's Haki. I'll teach you that too.”
The father and daughter then continued their sparring session.
While Kagura had incredible potential, it was just potential. It would take time for it to manifest.
Meanwhile, Eric was a seasoned Marine Colonel. Over 17 years, he had seen countless battles. His combat experience was on a whole different level.
In essence, Eric was just playing with Kagura, testing her current combat strength.
“Alright, ten minutes is up.”
Once ten minutes passed, Eric stopped, smiling: “You win.”
“So good, we can go out!” Kagura ran over happily, hugging her father and bouncing around playfully: “Let's go, Daddy. This place is just mist, nothing here, it's too boring.”
“Mhm.”
Eric took his daughter's small hand, thought for a moment, and the shadows beneath his feet came to life once again. In the blink of an eye, they engulfed the two of them.
At the same time.
The hotel bathroom.
A puddle of black shadow on the ground slowly bulged, transitioning from flat to three-dimensional, quickly forming the outlines of two figures, one big and one small.
The outlines were covered in black shadow, and only after they were fully formed did the shadow retract to Eric's feet.
“Let's go meet your mother first.”
“Huh? Do I have a mother?”
Kagura asked in a daze.
Eric said impatiently: “Of course you have a mother. How did you come into this world without a mother?”
Kagura said matter-of-factly: “I just, whoosh, appeared like that.”
Eric: “...”
That was actually true.
“Anyway, go meet her. Your mother is Nico Robin, an archaeologist.”
Eric didn't dwell on it. He pulled Kagura out of the bathroom, returned to the bedroom, and saw Robin already up, sitting at the vanity table.
She had never worn makeup before, always bare-faced. After getting married, she learned a little bit. It was for her husband, of course, to make him fall in love with her! To death!
Hearing the door open, Robin turned around.
“Eric... huh?”
Robin saw Kagura and froze.
It was like looking in a mirror. She looked so much like her, you'd believe she was her daughter!
“Who is she?” Robin asked in confusion.
“Mommy~~”
Kagura shook off Eric's hand and rushed over, throwing herself into Robin's arms.
Without her father's introduction, she immediately knew upon seeing Robin that this was her mother.
“...”
Robin was stunned. She looked down at the little girl in her arms, then blankly looked back at Eric.
She certainly wanted a child, and she had been working hard with Eric lately, but this girl was so big, how could she call her Mommy?
“I forgot to tell you, Robin, I'm a Devil Fruit user.”
Eric had already planned out his explanation. He smiled and explained: “She is our daughter, I brought her back from the future!”
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ps: New book upload, throw some flowers, click on the bookmark. Data is my motivation to write.