Muzan: My daughter can't be that weak!

"Oh my god, I'll scare you to death if I tell you!"

Doma's praise made Yukina a little smug. She imitated Doma's catchphrase and stood on tiptoe, trying to make herself look more impressive.

Unfortunately, the missing front tooth made the pronunciation less powerful than the bold statement.

"Really? You scared me to death!"

Doma cooperated perfectly, widening his eyes and feigning both anticipation and fear.

Xue Nai's little brain was working at lightning speed.

A year? That's too short.

Ten years? That doesn't seem impressive enough.

A hundred years? She vaguely remembered sleeping for a long time...

Finally, she took a deep breath and announced with all her might:

"I slept for a thousand years!"

The air fell silent for a moment.

Immediately, Doma burst into a joyful laugh.

He laughed so hard his body shook, and his colorful eyes curved into big crescent moons.

"A thousand years?"

He finally managed to stop laughing and wiped away non-existent tears.

"Oh dear, if it's a thousand years, even Muzan wouldn't have been born yet. Does that mean Yukina isn't his biological daughter?"

"Of course I'm the biological mother!"

Upon hearing this, Xue Nai became anxious, her face turning bright red. She no longer cared about whether there was any draft or not, and her voice rose a little.

"Dad and I look so alike! Look at the color of our eyes!"

She pointed eagerly to her red eyes.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a sense of guilt welled up inside him again.

He was exposed the first time he bragged, and the brilliance of it was so outrageous.

She lowered her head shyly, her toes shuffling on the floor, and whispered, barely a whisper, as if a mosquito were buzzing:

"Anyway...anyway, I'm only fifteen years younger than my dad!"

She remembered very clearly what her mother had said.

This is definitely correct.

"Ah~"

Doma's voice rose slightly at the end, and he paused with his fan in front of his chest.

If that's the case, is Yukina actually Muzan's child from his human days?

His gaze swept over the girl in front of him again.

Her petite frame, her tiny hands clutching her teeth, her innocent eyes, and her previous astonishment at the ghost's regenerative abilities...

If she has truly existed for hundreds of years, then the rate at which her mind and body have grown is completely illogical.

It is neither the stagnation of ordinary ghosts nor the law of humankind.

So, how could that great being have allowed such a weak being to stay by his side for hundreds of years?

He even took her out personally and tacitly allowed her to call him "Dad"...

That's a bit strange.

Is this what they call family affection?

A ripple of incomprehension crossed his mind, but it was quickly replaced by an even stronger curiosity.

interesting.

The other upper moons definitely don't know this.

I've taken the lead again!

"Huh—?"

Doma deliberately dragged out his words, his eyes widening in surprise. He elegantly covered the lower half of his face with his golden fan, revealing only a pair of eyes brimming with laughter.

"Oh my! I see!"

He clapped his hands together lightly, making a sound, and said, "I completely understand!"

He bent down and leaned close to Yukina, so close that they could see the lines in each other's pupils.

"So, you mean, Yukina?"

He spoke in a light tone, enunciating each word clearly, "Actually, she's a little grandma! Much, much older than Uncle Doma!"

"After all, Uncle Doma is only a little over a hundred years old~"

He lightly tapped his chin with the tip of his fan, as if deep in thought.

"By human standards, Yukina, you've been asleep long enough to be my grandmother! Oh dear, does that mean I should call you Grandma Yukina?"

Yukina was completely stunned.

Little...Grandma?

Older than Uncle Doma?

grandmother?

These unfamiliar words, like a swarm of noisy bees, buzzed around her little head, making her dizzy.

She subconsciously looked down at her short fingers and tiny feet.

Looking up again, what came into view was Doma's tall and slender figure and his young and handsome face.

The immense sense of contradiction nearly overwhelmed her little brain.

"I...I'm an old lady?"

She pointed incredulously to the tip of her nose.

"But...but I'm still a child!"

She retorted hastily, her little face scrunched up, shaking her head frantically, her black curly hair swaying with her movements.

"I don't want to be a grandma! Grandmas have white hair and walk slowly..."

The image of an old woman being helped by her children and grandchildren, which she occasionally glimpsed in the market, floated into her mind, but she could not reconcile that image with her own.

"Just kidding, just kidding~"

He waved his hand with a smile, his tone returning to its usual lightheartedness, "Of course, Yukina is the adorable Yukina, but this matter is really, really, too interesting."

However, Doma suddenly realized that it should be daytime outside now.

The followers of the Blissful Religion must have already gathered in the church, waiting to pour out their troubles to their benevolent leader.

Although it's fun to be with the quirky Yukina, the suffering of the believers is just as important.

As a competent leader, how could he fail every heart that longs to be redeemed?

We need to hurry back.

"Oh, right, how did Yukina get here? Did you get lost? Do you want Uncle Doma to take you home?"

These words startled Yukina awake.

Oh, right, Dad!

She's been out for quite a while now.

Xue Nai's intuition told her that if she didn't go back soon, her father would definitely be unhappy.

Moreover, she really wants to see her father now and tell him about losing her tooth, so that he might know when her new tooth will grow in.

"I want to go back to my dad."

Xue Nai immediately said, her little hand unconsciously clenching the tooth.

Doma blinked, seemingly surprised by her quick reaction, but then laughed.

"Okay, okay, the bond between father and daughter is truly touching~ Well then, let the reliable Uncle Doma help you!"

He straightened up and looked around.

The space of the Infinity Castle changes constantly under Nakime's control, but for an Upper Moon demon, especially one as adept at sensing presence, determining the central area where Muzan might be located is not difficult.

"Hmm... This way, Yukina."

He chose a direction and started walking, but deliberately walked slowly to make sure Xue Nai could keep up.

Meanwhile, his restless mouth began searching for new topics:

"Speaking of which, did Yukina encounter anything interesting while traveling with Lord Muzan this time?"

He remembered that Gyokko had mentioned this information, and it seemed that Lord Muzan valued it highly.

Yukina jogged to catch up with him, and when she heard the question, she tried hard to recall her experience at the store in Osaka.

She shook her head and said honestly, "It's dark, not fun. And for some reason, everyone in that shop seemed like they hadn't slept at all."

"I got sleepy after saying just a few words, and when I collapsed on the ground, I shattered."

She gave a general description of the whole process.

"She's asleep..."