At night, on the food street of Nagazora City.
Elysia rode on Ryn's shoulders, her hands resting on his head as she leaned forward, her body draped over him.
Although little Elysia was no longer the tiny tot who couldn't even reach Ryn's leg on her tiptoes, she had only grown to about his waist's height.
So riding on Ryn's shoulders while happily strolling through the streets as father and daughter was no problem at all!
As for the people along the way who cast strange glances at Ryn and Elysia, Ryn secretly used Honkai energy to pluck their leg hairs or hair, making them grimace in pain and stop paying attention to them.
Although Ryn knew in his heart that they were worried little piglet Elysia would strain his neck.
But what did they know? Even if his precious daughter weighed eight hundred pounds, and even if Ryn were just an ordinary person, as long as she called out "Daddy, carry me," Ryn would not hesitate to pick up his precious daughter. If he couldn't run, he would train like crazy until he could.
「Fun fact: Hare's weight ranges from five kilograms to five tons.
Who could bear to refuse when the cute little Hare wants to be carried~」
Little Elysia held a candy apple in her left hand, various flavors of taiyaki wedged between the fingers of her right hand, and her small shoulder bag was filled with all sorts of Wagashi.
When her mouth got too dry from eating so much, little Elysia only had to open her mouth slightly for a moment, and Ryn would bring the straw of her red bean soup with rice cakes to her lips for her to drink.
After finishing the candy apple in her hand, Elysia was about to grab some more Wagashi snacks from her bag when her gaze was suddenly drawn to Ryn's hair.
Biting into a taiyaki, Elysia rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things.
"Daddy, when did you secretly go and dye your hair behind my back?"
"Huh? I didn't. My hair is so good-looking, why would I dye it?"
"But Daddy's hair is getting redder and redder, you know?"
"Hmm... Daddy's hair was originally purplish-red, so it's normal for it to be a bit redder~
"Purplish-red?"
Elysia tilted her head, confused. She stuffed the Wagashi in her hand into Ryn's mouth, then lifted some of his hair to take a closer look.
"Purplish-red... that's right, purplish-red... when I first met Daddy, it was purplish-red... But... but, Daddy, your hair is completely red now!"
"Huh?"
Ryn bit down and crushed the Wagashi Elysia handed him, then grabbed some of his own hair to examine it.
Just as Elysia had said, his hair color, except for the ahoge in front of his forehead which was still bluish-purple, had all changed from the original purplish-red to a pure red...
"No!!! What happened to my handsome purple hair? How did it turn red!!"
It wasn't that red didn't look good, but purple had more mystery and charm.
"I must have touched something that dyed it. Wait a moment, wait a moment."
With a trembling hand and an agitated heart, Ryn quickly put Elysia down, then used his hand as a blade to cut off all his hair, and then used the power of Creation to quickly regenerate it.
But... other than the new hair growing in even redder, nothing happened.
*Thud.* Ryn knelt on the ground, shocked and despairing. He closed his eyes with a look of utter dejection, fell down straight, and peacefully passed away.
Actually, his consciousness had submerged into the Stigmata Space to find Stigmata Kiana. After all, Stigmata Kiana was his Stigmata's administrator and had detailed records and insights into his physical condition.
Elysia scratched her head, not knowing what to do. But since Ryn was already lying on the ground, little Elysia squatted down beside him, occasionally poking him with the leftover candy stick in her hand.
"Um... are you two in some kind of trouble? Do you need any help?"
A very pleasant and gentle voice came from the side. Elysia followed the voice and looked over.
Two girls, one big and one small, both with long pink hair like herself, were standing to the side, looking at her and the peacefully "passed away" Ryn on the ground with some concern.
The one who had asked if Ryn and Elysia needed help was the older-sister-like girl—Sakura, and the child standing next to Sakura, who was much smaller than little Elysia, was Sakura's younger sister—Rin.
"Wow, what a beautiful big sister and little sister!"
Elysia's eyes lit up. She threw aside the candy stick she was using to poke Ryn and ran up to take Sakura and Rin's hands.
"Hello, hello, my name is Elysia, you can just call me Elysia?"
"Uh... hello Elysia... I'm Sakura, and this is my younger sister, Rin..."
Elysia's enthusiasm startled both Sakura and Rin, but seeing that little Elysia was just a child like themselves, Sakura wasn't too angry and politely introduced herself and her sister Rin.
However, Rin, who could barely speak clearly, was scared by little Elysia. She shook off Elysia's hand and hid behind Sakura, revealing only her small head and two big eyes, looking at little Elysia warily.
"Um... is the person on the ground Elysia's friend? Is... is he okay?"
"He's fine, he's fine. Daddy often suddenly thinks of something and then just collapses on the ground motionless. Don't worry about it, Daddy has a rather quirky personality. He'll be back to normal in a bit!"
"But... but... he seems to have turned to stone, you know?"
Sakura pointed at Ryn, both bewildered and surprised. And right in front of everyone, Ryn, who was already sad about his beautiful purple hair turning red, had just come out of the Stigmata Space only to hear Elysia's introduction of her cheap old dad to outsiders.
Feeling his dignity swept away and his heart turn cold, he turned to stone, shattered, and turned into a pile of dust, passing away with a sense of relief.
Just kidding!
Ryn leaped up from the ground and gave Elysia's big pig head a sharp rap.
"What are you talking about? Can't you praise your dad a little when we're out? You make me sound like a child who won't grow up."
"Oww—that really hurts! If you hit me again, I'm going to cry!"
Elysia clutched her head, squatting down with a wronged expression, then shouted at Ryn defiantly:
"You smelly old dad, I was telling the truth!"
"When you're out and about, you should use lies to embellish yourself a bit! Don't be so honest all the time!"
"No way. Daddy's teaching me to lie again. When Mommy comes, I'll definitely tell her!"
"Even if your mom comes, I'll stick to my point of view!"
"No way, pfft, pfft, pfft."
Sakura and Rin silently retreated to the side, watching with envy as the father and daughter pair, Ryn and Elysia, bickered with each other.
Their parents were long gone, leaving the young sisters to rely on each other to survive.
Although Ryn and Elysia were bickering, in the eyes of Sakura and Rin, they were clearly a close father and daughter pair, playing and teasing each other.