Shield Hero With Barrier Magic

(Hiro's POV)

Eclair and Raphtalia are currently hunting monsters for leveling up... Raphtalia took some sword training from Eclair till now...

Raphtalia is very good at concentrating... Anyone can say that she is trying to give her best in the training... That's my girl... There is just a little bit of a problem... Going by her growth rate, it might just take just another two to three days for Raphtalia to grow more than level 10... Wow, accelerated growth is scary... If I didn't have maturation adjustment, she will become m.a.t.u.r.e in just more than a week...

I looked at Raphtalia and imagined her becoming m.a.t.u.r.e Raphtalia... And suddenly, a gloom came across me realizing how less time of my daughter's childhood I have with me... Dammit !! Why can't I f.u.c.k.i.n.g enhance maturation adjustment ?!! Stupid plot armor !! Hmm... Maybe I should go with another route... Maybe I should just take Raphtalia out of my party and shouldn't let her level up... That way, I can have a lot of time in her childhood...

But that's not possible... Raphtalia turned into a Yandere... I am proud of that but now that she's a yandere, she won't accept this... *Sigh* Why is this world so unfair ??

The best thing I could do is to kill the monsters myself in her place... But if I did that, we won't have good teamwork... Eclair won't accept that... Hmm... She might accept if I tell her about demi-humans maturation according to their levels... But there is a chance that she might try to completely hinder Raphtalia's growth... As both of them are Yanderes, this might cause a rift between them...

Now, I don't want that between my wife and my daughter, do I ?? *Sigh* In the end, I can't do anything about that... I guess I have to accept the reality... My daughter will be m.a.t.u.r.e in just a little more than two weeks...

Haa... I wonder what I would be doing after she grew up... Will I fall in love with her and take her as my waifu convincing Eclair... Or will I just let her fall in love with someone else...

And suddenly, I imagine m.a.t.u.r.e Raphtalia in a bride's dress and saying "I am getting married, Daddy."

And immediately more gloom comes across me... They grow up so fast... I look at Raphtalia slicing down monsters like it's nothing... After she is done with the monsters, she came to me along with Eclair...

Raphtalia - "Did I do good, Master ?!!"

I patted her head...

Hiro - "Yes, my Raphtalia did very well..."

Raphtalia - "Hehehe... Will master give me a reward then ??"

Oh... At least she grew up... She started asking rewards instead of being shy... They really grow up so fast...

Hiro - "Of course, anything you want..."

Raphtalia - "Then, when I grow up, I want to be your bride, Master !!"

That's... I look at Eclair... She is just smiling at us...

Hiro - "I thought you would be going full Yandere..."

Eclair - "Ah, what do I look like to you ?? It's common for daughters wanting to marry their fathers... They will just fall for someone else once they grow up... We have more than 6 years for her to grow up..."

Raphtalia hugs me tightly...

Raphtalia - "No !! Even if I grow up, I will only be my Master's bride !!"

Eclair - "Hahaha... Yeah... Yeah... We will see when you grow up..."

Eclair doesn't know anything about the demi-humans' growth due to their levels at all... Well, I am not gonna say to her and start something between them... Currently, I just want to give Raphtalia all the love in the world...

Raphtalia - "So Master, will you make me your bride ??"

Hmm... Will I fall in love with her or will she fall for someone else before that... I imagine Raphtalia marrying some random guy... Like hell, I could let that happen !! I am not letting my Raphtalia go !! I don't care if I marry her or not but no other person will be marrying her !!

I smiled at Raphtalia and looked at Eclair... Eclair smiled and nodded back... I patted Raphtalia and said...

Hiro - "If you still want to marry me after you grow up, I will make you my bride..."

Raphtalia - "Yay !!"

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(Raphtalia's POV)

He agreed !! He agreed to make me his bride !! I am so happy !! Alright, I will kill as many monsters I can to grow up as fast as I can !!

We ended the training and went back to the town... We went to sell Master's medicine first and I looked at children playing with a ball...

Master - "Hey, I want that ball... How much is it ??"

Before I knew it, Master was buying me that type of ball... I pouted at him...

Raphtalia - "Master !! You are spoiling me too much !!"

Master - "But you want it, don't you ??"

Raphtalia - "But I want to kill monsters !! I can't waste my time playing !!"

That's right... I have to grow up fast...

Master - "Nope !! I don't want my daughter to just spend her childhood in killing monsters !! You should play, laugh, cry and make mistakes like other children !! Or else, I will be sad as your father !!"

If you say it like that, that just makes me want to grow and become your bride even faster, Master !!

We went back to the inn... I looked at the ball... We are not leveling up, so it's fine to play with it, right ??

Master - "Go and play with it, just outside the inn and don't go too far... Eclair and I will be joining you shortly after we discuss something with Rose..."

And suddenly a shadow appeared in the room out of nowhere... I took the ball and went out to play... After about five minutes, a bunch of boys came near me...

Boy1 - "Look !! It's a demi-human !!"

Boy2 - "Oh !! She has something nice !!"

Boy3 - "Give it to us !!"

Immediately, I released a huge amount of killing intent... One of the bullies wet his pants...

Raphtalia - "Look here, you stupid bullies... I don't care what you think of demi-humans... But no one dares to take something away from me which was given to me by my Master... Scram !!"

Immediately they ran away shouting "Scary !!"... And I started playing again... After another 5 minutes, some a.d.u.l.ts came with those boys...

Man1 - Hey, you disgusting demi-human, did you just scare my ki...

Before he could complete the sentence, a shield hit him making fall a few meters back and I looked back to see Master and Mistress coming towards me...

Mistress stopped near me but Master went near the fallen man and lifted him up... And slapped him to bring him back to consciousness...

Master - "You called my daughter 'disgusting'... Apologize to her..."

And the man wet his pants this time... All of them apologized to me and ran away... I heard them shouting, "How many times did I tell you not to mess with demi-humans near this inn!! You went and messed with the Shield Hero's daughter, you idiot !!"

Master looked so cool when he is punishing the big bully !! He looked at me and smiled and took the ball from me...

Master - "Sorry for being late, Raphtalia... Let's start playing..."

And after that, Master, Mistress and I played for a while before going to sleep... Hehehe... I love my family...