What if you are reborn as a demon after a funeral?.

"I suddenly have a stomachache, please allow me to go back to lie down first..." Ash got up and wanted to leave.

However, at that very moment...

—Boom!!

The four-story building was breached in an instant.

"Yay~! Demon Lord Ariel—makes her grand entrance!!"

Amidst the dust and smoke, familiar and cheerful sounds drifted from not far from the dining table.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, a loli with sharp fangs, shoulder-length short hair, and outstanding appearance appeared in everyone's sight.

She casually flashed a peace sign, striking a lively and fun pose.

The familiar voice, movements, and appearance made Ash's heart skip a beat.

The content of his words caused many of the people who had stood up to turn their gazes toward Ash.

Terfelen looked on with suspicion: "...The Demon King? Lord Ash...what is this?"

"...My stomach suddenly hurts even more!" Having anticipated the situation, Ash clutched his stomach and was already thinking of escaping underground.

"Oh dear! How strange~ You seem unhappy and have a stomachache when you see me, is that really the case?"

Ash bent over, trying to slip away, but Ariel's smile gradually became meaningful.

He had only taken two steps when he bumped into something that was too soft and extremely elastic.

Looking up, he saw Sofia, a voluptuous, mature woman with platinum blonde curly hair, staring down at him as he bent over, trying to slip away.

"...How strange, how come you're here too?"

"Of course! You haven't come back yet~! So we have to try our best on our own~! And do you know how I feel right now? I've been waiting all this time! I even thought I had the best chance of winning! But then suddenly I heard the Demon King bragging that he had already done everything with you a long time ago— huh?!"

Sophia, who was already angry and only got angrier as she talked, didn't have the icy, aloof demeanor that everyone initially thought she had. Instead, she tearfully began to accuse Sophia.

Before he could finish speaking, Ash reflexively cut his own hand and quickly shoved it into her mouth, forcefully silencing her complaints. Sophia, with a wronged expression, held his hand, sucking on it while staring at him resentfully.

Looking at her like that, an outsider might mistake her for a resentful, abandoned woman who had come knocking on their door... Although to some extent, such an assessment doesn't seem too wrong.

The appearance of Ariel and Sofia left everyone present dizzy!

Philon looked directly at Ash, and after a long pause, asked in confusion, "Lord Ash... what's going on with these two people?"

"Hmm... Should I introduce myself now, or what should I do?"

To be honest, even he didn't know what to say at this moment.

Because he was almost certain that these two people weren't yet capable of traveling across the world, which meant...

Just as I was thinking that, the door next to the restaurant was suddenly pushed open.

A girl dressed entirely in white, with her eyes closed, slowly stepped into the room.

The girl, exuding an icy aura and with an expressionless face, entered and whispered in a cold voice, "...Long time no see."

"...How did you find me? By the way, you've taken control of your powers now?"

"All we need to do is find... the flow of time, a different world... to accelerate it. I've been working hard on it." Bai Zhi, who is usually sparing with words and speaks somewhat indistinctly, glanced at the crowd around her with her eyes still closed, her lips slightly pursed, seemingly unhappy.

After all, the scene was filled with young girls and little girls, making it hard not to cause misunderstandings.

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Another beautiful girl appeared on the scene without anyone noticing. She was more reserved than Sofia in figure, but she was still a mature and elegant girl.

This clearly showed she was still searching for her husband across a thousand miles, which naturally made the atmosphere at the scene even more tense.

Ash, who had raised her since childhood, understood what she was thinking without her having to say it, and silently gestured to Aura beside him:

"...This is the younger sister I told you about before, and this is the child I helped raise since she was little, and the child I raised... Oh dear, there are so many people, I don't know how to introduce them all. Anyway, let's stop here for now!"

"...Daughter, huh? I think I understand." Bai Zhi nodded slightly, but didn't say anything more.

A family gathering? Well~ I don't really have anything to say about that. If they really left me for so long, I'd be angry even if they were playing with pretty girls~! But I can't help it if it's family... But why are they all pretty girls? Is it because Ash's family has good genes? —Thinking about it, Ash seems to be into older women, so there shouldn't be anyone he likes here. This made Shiraori breathe a huge sigh of relief.

At the same time, she felt that she probably understood why he was attracted to older women.

After all, his family is full of young girls and lolis, and they are all of such high level. So naturally he would prefer things he hasn't been exposed to much, and it's unlikely that he would like young girls and lolis.

After figuring out the situation, Shiraori stepped forward with a smile, slapped Sophia across the face, and pushed away the guy who was still sucking his fingers:

"Stay calm and mind your image."

"Sigh... Why do I have to pay attention to that kind of thing? After all, this is a long-awaited reunion! A touching hug! Didn't Mr. Ash always say that a reunion must have a touching hug?"

Sophia was clearly displeased. If the other person hadn't also raised her, she would have been tempted to fight with Shiraori... although she knew she would get a severe beating if she did.

"A reunion? A touching embrace?"

Sophia's overly familiar lines caused everyone to unconsciously murmur and look at Ash, instinctively suspecting their relationship.

"...I raised this child, and by the way, this child is too." Facing the questioning gazes of the many girls, Ash forced a smile, reached out and patted Sophia's head, then looked at the Demon King girl who was walking towards him with a smile: "The Demon King is half a Demon King too."

"...The Demon King?" Philon looked puzzled.

"From another world."

"...You said you were going to another world to find a way to deal with the goddess, but you ended up adopting a bunch of girls?"

Her gaze swept over the three of them, lingering on Sophia's chest, which was nearly as large as her own, before quickly passing over Ariel and glancing at Shiraori, who was also well-developed. She frowned and said, "Or did you raise them according to your own interests?"

"No, that's not true! What does it have to do with me if they eat well and look good? In the end!"

"In the end?"

"None of them are human."

"Ugh?"

Upon hearing his words, which he blurted out unconsciously, Philon forgot his initial wariness and instinctively began to observe the three uninvited girls along with the others.

No matter how you look at it, they are all beauties and little beauties of different styles, from large to small, and there should be no non-human elements involved.

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Ariel smiled without saying a word in the face of everyone's curious observation; Sophia returned the probing gaze with a displeased expression; Shiraori kept her eyes closed and expressionless, as if she were playing a wooden puppet.

"I said, aren't you going to sort things out..." Frillie was confused by the situation and had just opened her mouth to say something when Ash quickly pulled Ariel and Sophia towards the outside without looking back.

"—I suddenly remembered I have some things to take care of at home, so let's call it a day! See you next time!"

As he said this, his figure vanished in an instant.

There was no other way; if he stayed any longer, he couldn't guarantee that his family would survive intact.

"...They actually escaped?" Philen's eyebrows furrowed, and Aura grinned wickedly. "How foolish. Even if they wanted to escape, how long could they run away?"

Not only the two of them, but many of the other people who were abandoned also showed signs of anger.

He even instinctively turned his gaze to Shiraori, who was still present, and was about to speak when...

"Well... excuse me."

Bai Zhi bowed slightly to the crowd, whispered something, and then vanished from her spot in the next instant, catching up with Ash's escape route.

Compared to Ash, who studied a wide variety of things, Shiraori was a god who completely specialized in spatial magic... Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to discover Ash's trail and track him down during his brief exploration of the void.

Volume 1: The Ending of the Other Worlds

Chapter One: Raising Me Means Taking Responsibility! • Upholding the Fox Spirit's Way

Thanks to the absence of spatial tracking technology in this world, Ash wasn't worried about anything happening here, even though Antilin was proficient in spatial magic... after all, this wasn't even the same world.

The technology for cross-industry pursuit is something that doesn't even exist in dreams.

Since Bai Zhi was able to catch up with the two of them smoothly, there was naturally no problem of her falling behind, so there was no need to worry about leaving her behind.

Although running away is somewhat dishonorable, it's really useful! Otherwise... the nest would be completely destroyed.

After all, compared to the others, Ariel, Shiro, and Sophia are basically on par with the demons in terms of morality. Compared to the cold nature of the demons, they are willful and self-centered, and in some ways, they are even more troublesome.

In the blink of an eye, Ash brought Ariel and Sophia to his homeland... or rather, his home world, the village guarded by dwarves.

Golden wheat fields stretched endlessly into the distance, and a few people wearing straw hats chatted idly among the distant villages.

This place is quiet, so there won't be anyone to bother us.

"Wow, this land is unexpectedly bountiful! Not bad at all!"

Suddenly moved to a different area, Ariel, a newcomer, showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, she spread her arms and jogged around the area freely, behaving just as naturally as she appeared.

Sophia looked troubled, casually picking an ear of wheat and playing with it while muttering, "Mr. Ash's family is surprisingly unfriendly. How to put it... that daughter looked at me with strange hostility. Will she really call me 'Mom' properly from now on?"

"...You're thinking pretty far ahead." Sophia's peculiar mutterings made Ash, who had just escaped the restaurant, start to ache again before he could even think about his next move.

“Of course, isn’t being prepared for a rainy day the most basic thing?” Sophia replied confidently, as if it were all a matter of course.

"...Then you've gone a bit too far."

This immediately caused Sophia to pounce on her like a madwoman, shouting excitedly, "What?! What does this mean?! You raised me! Aren't you going to take responsibility for me?!"

"Waaah... Am I misunderstanding something? Your responsibility seems to be..." Ash looked bewildered.

"Of course, you'll be responsible for marrying me!" Sophia grabbed his collar and gave a rather outrageous answer without even thinking.

This made Ash wipe away imaginary sweat in embarrassment: "This is the first time I've ever heard of someone raising a child and then being responsible for marrying them? Isn't that just bizarre?"

"You forced me to take a bath! That's pretty horrible, isn't it?!"

"When did this happen? When you were a baby, right?!"

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For some reason, Ash and Sophia started arguing about something quite strange after returning to their home world, which left Ash both amused and exasperated.

Ariel, standing to the side with a forced smile, kept shaking her head and teasing, "It's only been a month, and Sophia's yandere tendencies have increased quite a bit. No wonder she's jealous."

"How dare you say that...!" Sophia, who had been pestering Ash, suddenly glared at Ariel with murderous intent: "You vixen! I clearly treat you like a grandmother! And you actually tried to steal my man too! And you even won...!"

She found it hard to accept that she had been "betrayed" by the two people she trusted most and who had always taken care of her.

Although she would never accept the fact that anyone else had raided her home, the feeling of being betrayed by the person she trusted most still kept her tossing and turning and unable to sleep during this period, and she became angrier the more she thought about it.