Telling the Truth

"So, what does father want to know?"

Because the situation was like this, Akira chose to be honest.

Maruo organized his thoughts for a moment, there were many questions he wanted to ask. After a while, he asked:

"What happened to these people?"

"I hypnotized them so they thought they were operating on my wound."

"You can hypnotize?"

"Yes."

"..."

Maruo was speechless, his hypnotic ability was still in the category of what a human could do. After all, many magicians can also hypnotize.

"Then where have you been? And why did you suddenly appear?"

"I can teleport, I was just away for a bit taking care of some matters."

"Other than hypnosis and teleportation, do you have any other supernatural abilities?"

When he found out his son had the teleportation ability, Maruo was shocked inside, but he didn't show it on his face and always looked calm. As a doctor, he doesn't believe in mystical things and leans more towards the side of science.

However, today had torn down his worldview and made him doubt life.

"Before getting into that, I should tell father the basics first."

Later, Akira explained to his father the concept of Sacred Gear, the existence of Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, Youkai, Gods, etc.

Even though his strength wasn't a Sacred Gear, he could only use it as a pretext for the source of his power. Due to a system limitation, he couldn't tell him his whereabouts.

Mixing truth and lies is what Akira does to make the story more convincing.

"..."

Maruo listened to his son's narration silently, from start to finish, his facial expression didn't change as if he had Moebius syndrome.

15 minutes passed, and Akira had told his story.

"I see, it turns out that there are many hidden extensions in this world."

Maruo didn't doubt his son, and now he felt that it made sense why there were many events that couldn't be explained by science, he had experienced such events himself.

"Is there anything else you want to ask, father?" asked Akira.

Glancing at the beautiful and elegant woman next to his son, Maruo mentioned the relationship between the two.

"Who is she? Your girlfriend?"

Before Akira could introduce his identity, Skadi acted first.

"Good afternoon, my name is Skadi. I am the queen of Scandinavia as well as the Divine Spirit, right now your son is my Master."

Lifting the hem of her skirt slightly, her burgundy eyes met Maruo's, and she introduced herself like a noble.

"Master?"

Maruo's main focus wasn't that the woman in front of him was a queen or a Divine Spirit, but why address his son as Master?

He glanced at his son with a strange look, and waited for his explanation.

"Ahem, father can think of Skadi like a Shikigami possessed by Onmyoji."

Akira felt it was too long to explain the concepts of Servant, Divine Spirit, etc. Therefore, he describes it so that it is easy to understand.

"Okay."

Maruo nodded slightly and no longer brought up this topic.

"Could father allow me to be hospitalized for a while?"

Akira clasped his hands together and begged.

"Sure."

Weighing the pros and cons, Maruo readily agreed to his request.

He wasn't a fool, looking at all the actions Akira had taken so far, it was clear he was hiding his strength. As a father, as long as his son didn't commit any evil deeds, he would always support him.

Maruo understood why his son was pretending to be seriously injured. Otherwise, Akira will arouse suspicion when he is fine after being hit by a truck, and there is a possibility of his powers being exposed.

Then father and son started the question-and-answer session.

"Finally, who already knows the truth?" Maruo asked in an even tone.

"Ichika-Nee, Miku-Nee, and Yotsuba-Nee. Just the three of them." Akira frankly.

"Sooner or later, your mother and the others will find out. Don't keep it a secret for too long or they'll be disappointed." Maruo gave advice.

"I understand, father. It's just a matter of timing, someday, I will tell the truth to mother and the others." Akira said.

"As long as you understand."

Looking at the watch on his wrist, Maruo decided to leave immediately.

"Father still has other business, you can leave in an hour. The rest leave it to the father."

He intends to arrange for the preparation of an inpatient room for his son.

"Thank you very much, father."

Akira is happy that his father wants to work together to arrange the stage for this play.

Maruo turned around and headed for the exit. Before opening the door, he made a suggestion.

"Akira."

"Yes, father. What is it?"

"Father doesn't really understand supernatural things and can't help you. Be careful, don't do anything dangerous that will make your family members sad."

"I will remember what father said."

The corners of Maruo's mouth lifted into a slight smile. Then leave the operating room.

"Master has an understanding father."

Skadi praised Maruo, who took the absurd explanation in stride.

"That's family, trusting each other and not doubting each other." Akira smiled faintly.

"Despite appearing indifferent, your father is very worried about you, you know?"

"Sure, I know that, Skadi."

...

Outside the operating room.

As soon as Maruo's family, his wife as well as his five adopted daughters came swarming him.

"How is Akira's condition now?" Rena asked, looking at her skin, which was a bit pale.

Nino: "Is Akira okay?"

Yotsuba: "Akira-chan isn't seriously injured, right?"

Itsuki: "Did the operation go well?"

Ichika and Miku didn't ask and became observers.

Maruo wasn't surprised Ichika and Miku didn't ask, seeing as both of them already knew their little brother's hidden power.

What astonished him was that Yotsuba also looked worried.

Didn't Akira say the Yotsuba also knew his secret?

What is going on?

Restraining his confusion, Maruo tells them that Akira is fine and that the operation was a success.

After hearing the good news, Rena's and the others' tense nerves relaxed.

"I have a patient to attend to, I'll go first." Maruo said goodbye.

"Don't work too hard, Maruo."

Tidying up her husband's collar, Rena said softly.

Maruo's expressionless face showed a hint of gentleness, and he nodded slowly.

"I know."

Then he returned to the hospital himself.

"Could father know something?" Miku spoke in a low voice.

"Possible. It's really hard to read father's expression." Ichika had some guesses in her heart.

...

One hour passed just like that.

The door to the operating room opened again, and the doctor in charge of the operation walked out.

"Doctor, how is my son's condition?"

Standing up from the chair, Rena approached the doctor and asked.

"Madam can rest easy, the operation went well. The patient can be transferred to the treatment room, but he is still in a coma, and don't visit him until he wakes up."

The surgeon said tired as if he had been operating for hours. However, unknown to him, he only stood there for over an hour.

"Thank you very much, doctor." Rena said thank you.

"Thank you very much."

Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki also thanked the surgeon.

"Madam is too polite, it's a doctor's job to save a patient's life."

The surgeon didn't dare act recklessly in front of Rena and the five twin girls. After all, he had some friendship with Maruo as a fellow doctor.

The door to the operating room opened, and Akira's figure was lying on the bed, his head was wrapped in bandages, his mouth was attached to a respirator, and his arm had an IV needle.

The bed was pushed by the nurses.

"Akira!"

The quintuplets wanted to take a closer look at it, but Rena stretched out her hand and got in the way.

"Remember what the doctor said, don't disturb Akira until he wakes up."

"Understood, mom."

Obeying Rena's words, they could only see the bed being pushed farther and farther until it was finally out of sight.