When I returned from exploring the dungeon to save the world, I found out that my lover had been stolen, and I was blamed for the failed expedition. Enraged, I quit Japan's strongest party—only for them to self-destruct on their own. - Chapter 50

Damn, good thing I wasn’t streaming.

If I had been live when some jet-black old man who looks just like the Demon God called me his son, I’d have been immediately branded as a non-human.

【Breaking News: Okita is Not Human, but a Demon God?!】

Just imagining it makes me shudder.

Kazuno (father) would probably start screaming conspiracy theories from his prison cell.

Speaking of which, what happened to that guy?

I heard Kazuno (son) and Akane drove off a cliff and died together.

…Meh. Who cares.

But… there’s no way I heard that right, right?

I’m human, aren’t I?

My mother is Kamiyama Ransetsu, and my father was Okita Aeglus, a half-Japanese, half-foreign man.

He wasn’t some pitch-black monster like this guy…

…Wait.

Didn’t someone once say my dad was ‘completely black’?

No. No, no, no.

This has to be some kind of mistake.

My uncle is just a regular human.

Sakuya is just a regular human.

But if this guy is my father…

Does that mean I’m half-human, half-Demon God?!

“That is correct.

Long ago, I walked among humans.”

“What the hell were you doing?!”

“I was bored.”

“FAAAAAAACK.”

I was an idiot for even asking.

Of course, these guys would ignore species, worlds, and common sense just to do whatever the hell they wanted.

And worse—they actually have the power to pull it off.

So…

I was never human to begin with?

That’s… kind of a shock.

Will Haruka still accept me?

“You misunderstand.

At the time, I fully incarnated as a human to live on Earth.

So, as my child, you were born human as well.

…Probably.”

“DON’T SAY ‘PROBABLY’—JUST CONFIRM IT!!!”

“Well, there shouldn’t be any issue. You’re essentially as human as possible.”

“STOP REPHRASING IT LIKE THAT!!!”

Now I’m getting worried.

I mean, I’m still me, but I want to have kids with Haruka someday!

“You’re quite… enthusiastic.”

“Wait, you’re reading my mind?!”

“Now? Really? I’ve been doing that since forever.”

I turned to glare at the Demon God, but he just shrugged.

Come to think of it, he called this black old man ‘Papa’ earlier.

Does that mean we’re brothers?

“Hey! I never called him that!

I just want to surpass this old man!”

“Ah, so you’re in your rebellious phase?”

“Shut up!”

Yeah, yeah.

Take your father-son drama somewhere else.

“Still… I’m shocked. I never expected Okita to be my older brother.”

“I don’t need another little brother. Just call me ‘big brother’ or something.”

“Hmm… Nah, ‘Okita’ is fine.”

“Why?!

And actually, where the hell did ‘Okita’ even come from?!”

“Oh, that goes back to when I first arrived on Earth… when I met Ransetsu—your mother.”

[Flashback]

“Oh? You’re awake?”

“Hmm? Ah… uh…”

“What’s with the awkwardness?”

“Well… I was drunk, and… uh…”

“Haha. Don’t worry about it.

I was the one who invited you. And I enjoyed it.”

“Ah… yeah…”

[End Flashback]

…What the hell was that?!

WHY DID YOU BRING UP MY PARENTS’ ONE-NIGHT STAND?!

I did NOT need to know that!!!

Also, where the hell was the answer to why your name is Okita?!

“Because Ransetsu called me ‘Okita’.”

“…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”

“SHUT UP, DEMON GOD!

She was literally just asking if you ‘woke up’!”

“Well, I hadn’t picked a name at the time.

I knew humans usually introduce themselves by surname first, so when she later asked me for my name…

I accidentally blurted it out.”

“Then why didn’t you just explain it properly?!

WHY did you lead with a morning-after story?!”

“Ah…”

“HAHAHAHAHA. My condolences, Okita.”

Well…

It doesn’t really matter whether my father was Japanese, foreign, a monster, or a Demon God.

What truly matters is whether my mother was happy.

And from everything I’ve seen, that answer is clear.

“Okita-san…

Even if you are… um… half-human, half-Demon God,

I don’t care at all.”

“Haruka…”

She’s too kind.

I want to hold her tight, take her home, and never let go.

“I don’t care either.”

“Effie neither.”

Sakuya and Effie followed up with their own reassurances.

Truly, having good companions is a blessing.

Honestly, I had always wondered why my dad’s name was Aeglus but our family name was Okita.

Now I know.

And I was right—he definitely faked his documents.

“Not at all.

I simply incarnated into a deceased human’s identity and lived as ‘Okita’.”

“THAT’S EVEN WORSE!”

“…Hmph.”

I guess his perception of morality is just… different.

That’s Demon Gods for you.

“Still, you are a good son.

Your love for your mother is admirable.

Eldita, you should learn from him.”

“…I don’t have a mother.”

“True.”

“Then what am I supposed to ‘learn’?”

“Well, one thing’s certain.

Ransetsu was undoubtedly happy.”

“Yes… she was.”

“…Huh?”

I froze.

Because that voice…

It wasn’t from the Demon Gods.

It was my mother’s.

“Wait… WHAT?!”