Ch 251: A Daughter Is Her Father’s Little Cotton Jacket, A Well-behaved Daughter Is A Down Coat

Bal and Philia, carrying their fishing tackle bag, left the town together. The two people walked to a stream and set up their fishing rods.

“Xiao Jiu, stay here and don’t run around.”

Philia gave Xiao Jiu a few instructions, and Xiao Jiu immediately lay down at Philia’s feet.

“Good girl, if Philia catches a big fish, she’ll give it to Xiao Jiu.”

Xiao Jiu rubbed against Philia’s leg and quietly waited for Philia to catch a big fish.

Bal put the bait worms on the fish hook. He cast the hook, and the hook sank into the water. The father and daughter began to enjoy fishing.

“Philia, Father is going out for a trip the day after tomorrow. You must listen to Xiaoyue, okay?”

“Where is Father going? Can Philia go with you?”

“No, the place Father is going to this time is a little… troublesome.”

“Is Mother going with Father too?”

“Yes.”

“Then Philia will wait at home obediently for Father and Mother to come back.”

Bal reached out and stroked Philia’s head.

“You’re such a good and obedient daughter, just like I expected.”

“Hehe. Ah, I’ve got a bite!”

Philia saw the float bobbing up and down on the water’s surface. She immediately stood up and raised her rod.

“Little fish, come up quickly!”

Philia enhanced her body, with one powerful pull, a fish about thirty centimeters long was pulled out of the water by Philia.

“Father, look!”

Philia showed Bal the fish she had just caught, and Bal began to praise Philia.

“Philia is amazing, keep going!”

“Yes!”

Philia continued casting her hook, and the father and daughter continued chatting.

“Father, are you going to a dangerous place?”

“Dangerous… it won’t be too dangerous, it’s just that the situation is rather complicated.”

“Huh?”

Philia tilted her head and looked at Bal, and Bal continued to explain.

“Father is going back to his Homeland for a trip, to save a few people over there.”

“Like saving Philia?”

“Yes, just like saving you. But Father won’t adopt them. Father is satisfied with having such an obedient and sensible daughter like Philia.”

“Father, your fishing rod is moving.”

Reminded by Philia, Bal quickly raised his rod.

“Wow, it’s a big one!”

Bal enhanced his body. He pulled hard on the rod, and a big fish over seventy centimeters long was pulled up.

“It’s a big one.”

Bal took out a throwing knife hidden on his body, scraped off the fish scales, cleaned out the insides, then used leaves to make a bed on the ground, and cut the fish in half and placed it on the leaves.

“Moony, Snowdrift, you can eat now.”

“（Bird sounds）”

“Hahaha, you’re welcome.”

Snowdrift rubbed against Bal’s face, then it flew to the fish with Moony and started to eat.

“Father, can Moony and Snowdrift finish it all?”

“Don’t look at their small size; they can actually eat a lot.”

“（Bird sound）”

Moony raised its head and let out a protesting chirp, and Bal quickly turned around.

“Okay, okay, I was wrong. You continue eating.”

“（Bird sounds）”

Bal re-baited his hook and continued casting.

“Philia.”

“What is it? Father.”

“Father loves you and Mother the most.”

“Philia knows.”

“So Father will definitely make you happy.”

Philia stood up and walked in front of Bal and hugged him.

“Philia meeting Father and Mother is already Philia’s greatest happiness.”

Saying this, Philia kissed Bal’s forehead. Bal was stunned; his daughter was so dazzling.

“Philia…”

“So Father, it’s okay if you can’t finish everything. As long as Father can return home safely and return to Philia’s side, Philia will be very happy.”

Bal listened to Philia’s words, and memories of him and Philia in the past flashed through his mind. So Bal hugged Philia.

“Philia, you are my most precious darling.”

“Father?”

Bal let go, his eyes a little red.

“Father, are you crying?”

“No, a man doesn’t cry easily.”

“Father, let’s pinky swear.”

Philia held out her pinky finger, and Bal hooked it.

“You must come back safely with Mother.”

“Yes, I will.”

“Pinky swear, a hundred years, no changing.”

After pinky swearing, Bal kissed Philia’s forehead.

“Philia, your fish is going to get away.”

“Ah! Father, you bad guy, why didn’t you tell Philia earlier!”

Philia quickly raised her rod. This time, she also caught a fish over seventy centimeters long. Philia gave the fish to Bal to process. After Bal finished processing the fish, Philia gave the fish to Xiao Jiu.

Until they got home, the father and daughter had a bountiful harvest, and the Fairy Birds and Xiao Jiu also ate happily.

The next day, the third day of the Light Moon Festival.

Bal spent the day preparing everything he needed to take with him for his trip tomorrow.

“Money, weapons, and a change of clothes. Did I forget anything?”

Phia came over and helped Bal tidy his clothes.

“This is for you.”

“This is…?”

Bal looked at the somewhat roughly made bracelet, and he was a little puzzled.

“This is made by Philia for you. I have one too.”

Phia rolled up her sleeves and showed Bal the bracelet on her right wrist.

“Philia is such a child, it’s heartbreaking how sensible she is.”

“Yes, every time I think of Philia’s appearance in the past, I can’t help but feel sad.”

“At that time, Philia and I depended on each other, and Philia never complained about wanting a mother. She only cried self-reproachfully when I was kicked out.”

“There’s a bonfire party tonight, let’s go together, bring Philia.”

“Yes.”

Bal put the bracelet on his left wrist, packed the prepared items into Phia’s extradimensional space, and went out.

“Randall, are you home?”

Bal knocked on Randall’s door, and Sera opened the door to greet Bal.

“Ba… Master Buck, what’s wrong?”

“Sera, where’s Randall?”

“Cap… Captain is sleeping upstairs.”

“Okay, I’ll go call him.”

“Okay…”

Sera gave Bal a pair of indoor slippers, and Bal put them on and went to Randall’s room. Randall was still fast asleep.

“Randall, wake up.”

“Mmm… Anda… let me sleep a little longer… zzz”

Bal saw that Randall was dreaming about Anda, so he gave Randall a whack on the head.

“Sorry, no Anda, only me.”

The awakened Randall sat up, clutching his head. When he saw Bal in front of him, he was startled.

“Wow, Master, why are you here?!”

“I just came to ask you for a favor.”

“As you say, Master. You could have just sent a message.”

“No, no, no. I can only entrust you with these matters; I don’t necessarily trust others.”

Hearing Bal’s words, Randall’s expression became serious.

“Did something happen?”

“It’s not the town, it’s the Ferenti Kingdom.”

“The Ferenti Kingdom?”

“Yes, that’s my Homeland. Recently, the Kingdom is about to go to war with God’s Country, and I’m a little worried, so I’m going back for a while. So I’ll temporarily entrust you with school matters. I’ve already instructed Anda and Selena to help me with Guild affairs, so don’t worry about that.”

“Okay, I understand.”

“And…”

“And?”

“Take good care of Philia at school. If anything happens to her, I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself.”

“Understood.”

After giving all his instructions, Bal returned home.