"Fuahhh..." A tired and dazed Nelly walked downstairs after a couple more minutes, "Morning, guys..."

"Yo." Ed waved.

"What's cookin', good lookin'." Issei catcalled.

"Good morning, Nelly." Meil nodded.

"Long time no see." I smiled.

"Mhm, good to see you guys as we-" She finally realized, "Wait a damned second!"

Glancing over the room properly this time, she had noticed quite the plethora of surprises in it. Namely, she was obviously mostly looking at me, but it wouldn't be fair to just ignore that she was just as surprised to see Ed and the others here in the room as well. Rubbing her Eyes to reaffirm my existence until they got teary, she ultimately let out a flabbergasted yelp and speedwalked over to where I was sitting on the couch.

"Y-You!" A smile formed on her face, "Y-You!"

"Me? Look at you!" I jumped up to hug her with all my might, lifting her high in the air in spite of how big she's gotten, "Haha! Just as lively as I remember! I see school life didn't wear you out a bit!"

"Fuck that, you're alive!"

"Hey, language." Eleanor corrected her.

"Nah, I don't mind." I chuckled, "If I saw my dad alive and well 3 years after I buried him in a casket, I'd be cussing like a sailor."

"B-But how?" Nelly still couldn't believe her Eyes, "You were...? But then...? Huh?"

"Long story, let's first sit down and start from the top." I brought her back down to the ground, "Now then - Ed, take it away."

Right, from the beginning, from the beginning... Where would that even be, in this case? Right after my death? No, she was with everyone for most of that period, so there's no reason to talk about that part. Oh, Ed started from the moment she left for Simpleton, that makes sense. Mhm, mhm, they met Aru... They went to Mount Ivrys and asked the Gods to revive me... They fought against an army of animals?

"And yeah, after that he just kinda showed up in our house all of a sudden." Ed shrugged.

"...What?" She was rightfully confused.

"Ha-ha, surpriseee~?" I put on some happy little jazz hands for her.

"H-Hold on, tons of questions here which need answering." She then began in chronological order, "You met another God?"

"Goddess." Issei corrected her, "Her name's Aru, but I think that's just a nickname."

"Well duh, her full name is Allucius." Ed added, "Though looking at her as she is, it's still pretty hard to believe..."

"Allucius...The God of Water?" Meil raised an Eyebrow.

"What was she doing in our house, though?" Nelly asked.

"Eh, she was looking for someone she's close with, apparently. Nothing to do with us." Ed rolled his Eyes, "Some guy named Ouroboras."

Hearing this, Nelly jolted a bit. Has she heard of the supposed Sun God? In any case, she's sweating bullets, though Meil doesn't seem all too fazed in comparison.

"I-I see.." She bit her tongue, "And, if I may ask, what kind of r...relationship do those two have?"

"Well..." Ed shrugged, "Lovers, apparently."

"Ack!" She fell back on the couch next to Meil.

"What is wrong?" He asked her, "This reaction is surprising. Do you know something about it?"

"N-No!" She made sure do deny it, even going so far as to close her Eyes so Ed doesn't peek into her mind, "Absolutely not! Uncle, stop looking at me with such lecherous Eyes! Perv, idiot!"

"I'm not even looking in your general direction, dolt..." Ed sighed after being called all sorts of names for no reason, "Besides, I couldn't care less about that damned bratty Goddess, nor her love life. If you know something but don't wanna tell us, that'd only make it funnier for me."

"R-Really?" She creaked open one Eye before hastily closing it back up, "Oi! I know your tricks, so you I'm not opening my Eyes until you leave the room!"

"Then I guess you can take my blindfold if you want." He tossed it over onto her lap, "Cause I don't see a future in which I'll humor you in any way, shape or form by leaving the room."

"Grr..." She begrudgingly put it on.

"Nelly, keeping secrets is no good." Meil sternly told her off, "If you know something, then say it."

"I can't!" She somehow still managed to grab him by the shirt even in her blindfolded state, "I'll tell you anything else you wanna know, but this is the one thing I'll keep to my grave!"

"Nelly." Meil crossed his arms, "As your father figure, I simply cannot let you off the hook without teaching you to properly communicate."

"Eh? Father figure?" She blushed.

"Yes, Lune told me this just recently, as a matter of fact." He proudly smirked as he smugly showed off to her, "He said I am like a second father to you, and that made me really happy!"

Hehe~, nice going Meil! She's totally stunned right now! Well, truth be told, I didn't intend for him to directly tell her what I told him, especially in front of everyone like this, but in a way it might just be better this way. If you can recall, I said this to Meil so that hopefully he'll starting treating her as a daughter, in which case no matter how much she might try and close the distance between them, he won't even for a second consider her feelings as appropriate, and this whole situation can finally be put to an end. Now Nelly, what will you do?

"Is that so...?" She looked down for a moment before immediately asking, "So does that mean I can finally call you daddy?"

Dammit, the plan backfired!

"Whoa, daring today, aren't we?" Issei stifled his chuckles.

"Meil, hold on a sec..." I went to call off the plan, but he was way too quick and excited to reply.

"Of course!" He grabbed her hands and shouted, "In fact, I welcome it! Please, from now on, call me daddy!"

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"Hey daddy, can you pass the salt?" Nelly smiled seductively at him.

"Sure." Both Meil and I reached for the shaker.

"For Gods' sake, Meil, she was talking to me."

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"Is that so? I did not notice, given we are both her daddies."

"Please stop saying daddy..." I begged with tears welling up in my Eyes.

"So that's the situation, huh?" Issei got the gist from our interactions as we all sat around the table to eat Nelly's cooking, "Looks like you have your work cut out for you, Lune."

"I think it's wonderful." Othelia annoyingly approved of the relationship blossoming between them.

"That's cause you're a sexual deviant who only likes taboos." Eleanor groaned.

"And you cum just from one finger." Othelia gestured the motions with her middle finger.

"Mnf-!?" Ed choked on his food, "What the fuck!?"

"S-She's just spouting bullshit to make me look bad, don't listen to her!" Eleanor blushed.

Okay, now I'm scared. Something seriously happened between these three during their journey. It's been over a month and a half since they left the house, which is plenty of time when you take into account her travel companions. Don't tell me, did she get sexually assaulted by Issei and/or Othelia, and that's the reason she stayed with them even after they got their wishes? Is she being blackmailed into staying with them? Does she need rescuing?

"Othelia, vulgarities aside..." Meil neatly wiped his mouth with a napkin before talking, "It is not nice to speak ill of your friends. Please apologize to Eleanor and do not let it happen again."

"Oh it'll happen again alright..." She muttered under her breath, "But fine! Okay! I'm sorry we made you cum like crazy that one time."

"Othelia!"

"We?" Ed's head immediately craned over to Issei in a scary fashion, "Who's we?"

"Honestly? I'm just as surprised as you." He shrugged, surprisingly, all the while looking pretty hurt himself, "After all, I just found out my girlfriend cheated on me with another girl. Frankly, I'm the one most affected by this."

"Ah, so that's how we're gonna play it..." Othelia rolled her Eyes, "Fine, I guess I did take the joke a bit too far."

"Oh, so you WERE joking." Issei continued eating in peace, "Thank God, too, cause I'm really not into getting NTR'd."

"Y-Yeah, you guys make all sorts of stupid jokes, but other people might think you're being serious if you just say it in front of everyone!" Eleanor was still bright Red, "Seriously, that nearly gave me a heart attack..."

"Fuck, some fucking joke that was." Ed angrily got up from the table, "Welp, you just ruined my fucking appetite thanks to this. Dammit Othelia, seriously, what the shit..."

"Hey guys, children are present..." Nelly weakly raised her arm to speak.

"You're old enough to swear, so I imagine you're old enough to hear all this too." I lectured her, "Don't like hearing it? Then you're free to leave."

"Wise words, fellow daddy." Meil nodded knowingly, "Ah, you said you dislike getting called that, I apologize."

"No, that's...! Sigh, look Meil, I dislike her calling you that. I really don't care about anything else."

"Am I demoted from being a father, then?" He frowned.

"No, you're still considered her father. Just please don't go along with her whims and make sure to only keep the part that sternly lectured her for acting all... weird."

"Ah, I see. Well, in that case I should probably get off my chest all the things I think Nelly should stop doing that annoy me, should I?"

"Huh? There are things that I do that annoy you?!" Nelly looked surprised for some reason, "But wait, didn't you say it's not nice to keep secrets?"

"From your parents, yes, but the rule doesn't go both ways. That's how Joseph taught me, after all." He recalled his days in Oden, "Nelly, I really dislike how complacent you have grown in your studies."

"Eh?"

"Don't "Eh" me, it is a very serious issue that simply cannot be overlooked any longer. You are not studying as much as you should be for your rank." He laid it on thick, "And another point, please stop sneaking into my bed. I understand you have a very bad case of sleepwalking, but after this many repeat offences, I am starting to think you are just making it up."

"You don't say..." Issei smirked.

"Oh, and please tell Lemmy to stop throwing rocks at your window." He capped it off with that, "I really cannot fathom that boy. Such acts are unbefitting of someone his age. It might break the glass, causing you to get hurt."

"I don't know what he's trying to accomplish there, either..." She looked like she was about to cry from getting told off.

"Wait, who's this Lemmy kid?" My ears perked up after hearing a boy's name that wasn't Meil's.

"He is our upperclassman." Meil said, "Though he's quite the handful. He and his father live in the house next door. Issei, his father is Lee."

"Wait, Lee's your neighbor!?" Issei's Eyes popped out of his head, "No shot! Let's go see him!"

"Hold on, I wanna hear more about this Lemmy kid..." I hinted to Nelly with a devious smirk.

"Ugh, dad, stop it." She groaned, "He's 19, it's weird to even think about me and him like that."

"But you're fine with Mei-!?" I almost gave away her thus far unrequited love, "Ahm, I-I mean..."

"Lune. I figured it out." Meil turned to me with a serious tone.

Crap, I said too much in the heat of the moment! He now knows Nelly's into him, it's all over! Oh Gods, what did I do to deserve this!?

"The reason why you hate Nelly calling me daddy is all to clear to me now." He closed his Eyes, "It's because it's confusing."

"What?" We all stood there, speechless.

"Yes indeed, if we are both called daddy, it makes it difficult to discern who she is talking to. In which case, having one of us be called a different term, like 'father' or 'dad' is the perfect remedy."

"Alright then, I'll be 'papa' and you be 'father'." I immediately gave out a suggestion.

"Meil is daddy, no negotiations on that front."

"Then at least call me papa again like you did when you were a kid."

"Deal!" She firmly shook my hand.

"Sold, to the horniest virgin in the room!" Ed announced the end of the negotiations.

"Well now, that title goes to..." Othelia smirked as she glanced over at Eleanor, "Ah, never mind, it doesn't apply anymore."

"Othelia!"