"Wait, what did you say your father’s name was again?"

Fisher’s slightly surprised expression was met with Moli’s confusion, unsure if he hadn’t heard clearly or for some other reason, she could only repeat it again,

"His name is... Hooked kiss, is there a problem?"

"..."

This time, confirmed by the translating artifact with a precise and flawless pronunciation, Fisher was completely dumbfounded.

Even he wanted to speak several times at this moment, but ultimately fell silent.

In that instant, many thoughts and ideas sprang up in his mind, entangled like a ball of yarn, yet even so, he couldn’t express his shock at this moment.

The issue was, previously in Fisher’s eyes, Hooked kiss and himself were probably peers. He regarded him as a friend who had experienced life and death, though sometimes he would say or do strange things. Overall, Fisher still had a good impression of this "henpecked" Whale-man Species, but now...

Wait, "strange things," "henpecked"?

At this moment, enlightened by Moli’s words, Fisher looked back to delve into past events, only to find everything now seemed so reasonable.

He had once mentioned "Xuan Can" before Hooked kiss. Given the Whale-man Species couples were often childhood sweethearts, he and Xuan Can likely fell for each other and got married early. So at that time, Hooked kiss, knowing Fisher was from the future and mentioning the name "Xuan Can," had already predicted there would be a connection between Fisher and his daughter...

His henpecked nature already illustrates his strong feelings for Xuan Can, so even the uncertain future, things ordinary people wouldn’t dare predict, he could be so sure, sure that Moli was certainly his daughter, and in reality, it indeed was...

That is to say, from the beginning, he considered Fisher as a "prospective son-in-law"... No, rather than "consider," it was "evaluate."

So, ever since arriving at the Holy Land, he inexplicably interrupted Fisher’s interactions with Helair, Asuka, and other ladies, often getting inexplicably angry for reasons Fisher couldn’t fathom, all because of this?

Though it’s hard to say whether this is good or bad, if Hooked kiss viewed Fisher as a friend or brother, how would Fisher and Moli’s relationship be explained?

I see you as a brother, yet you want to be my son-in-law?

From now on, we’ll each call separately, you call me brother, and I call you dad?

Although Hooked kiss indeed should be a Whale-man who has existed from thousands to tens of thousands of years ago up to now, judging from the current hierarchy and life span it should be so, but after all Fisher once interacted with him back when he was young, so however you calculate it, it still feels strange.

This might be the limitation of the perspective of a Zeroth Rank, a Human Species with only a hundred years of lifespan, even though Fisher has already entered the Mythical Rank, he still feels this way.

"Fisher, why do you have such a strange expression, could it be... you’ve heard or met dad before?"

"I... No, I haven’t met him, just feel like I’ve heard this name somewhere before."

"I see... After all, mom told me that dad was a very famous doctor when he was young. Like her, he traveled to many places, made many friends, Fisher might have come across his name in some ruins perhaps?"

Fisher thought to himself, actually one of the friends he made was me, but how to tell you this?

Should I say I once called your father brother?

With his mind burning, Fisher couldn’t answer this question at the moment, and planned to approach Hooked kiss later to discuss this matter, so he had to change the topic for now,

"Perhaps that’s the case, anyway, if there’s a chance later, let’s search for him together." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Yeah! He’ll definitely like you, Fisher."

"..."

Listening to this, Fisher’s forehead began to sweat.

Already feeling guilty inside, hearing Moli say Hooked kiss would like him left him speechless.

Perhaps it’s not liking that comes up, but slashing me into pieces might be more reasonable.

To reiterate, Fisher is actually aware of the wrongs he has committed, when considering consequences and outcomes, this mindset sometimes proves useful.

On the other hand, though Fisher’s heart inevitably feels guilty, there is at least one thing worth rejoicing over, which is that at least Hooked kiss is still alive.

Previously, Fisher traveled back to a distant past timeline, sometimes linking the present he lives with reflection on the past, he would find the glorious races, epic tales of the past turned into ashes, vanished in the long river of history, impossible to trace.

Helair is still alive, she transformed into Demon Paimon, continuously active in the world; Hooked kiss is also alive, at least Moli said so.

But besides them?

Tangze Asuka, she must be still alive, right?

Fisher fervently hoped so, just like with the Creation Society’s Cardinal of Destiny, sincerely hoping the fragile girl from the Otherworld remained alive after enduring the baptism of long years.

In this world or returned to her homeland and vanished without a trace, as long as she’s alive, Fisher feels comforted.

What about the others?

Mikhail, Gabriel, Michael, Necolia, what about them?