#316 - Chapter 313: Friend or Boyfriend?

At this moment, Amau Shirayuki returned to the lounge with the ghoul meat and saw that Kirishima Arata was already awake.

"Mr. Kirishima, how do you feel? Is there anything you need help with?"

Amau Shirayuki asked.

But Kirishima Arata hadn't recovered yet, and after a while, he asked Amau Shirayuki, "...Are you Touka's friend?"

Kirishima Arata managed a smile.

Amau Shirayuki then handed the ghoul meat to Touka, asking her to feed it to Kirishima Arata.

After eating some ghoul meat, Kirishima Arata quickly felt much better.

But it would still take some time for the effects of the RC suppressant to completely dissipate.

After a while, Kirishima Arata began to inquire about the situation from Shirayuki and Touka.

"After being captured, Mr. Kirishima was probably imprisoned in the basement of the CCG laboratory building, where your kakuhou was used to develop Arata-class quinques."

Amau Shirayuki described the general situation, "This is now Manager Yoshimura's coffee shop. Touka and I just rescued you from the laboratory building."

"Manager Yoshimura... Who is he?"

Judging from his reaction, Kirishima Arata didn't know Yoshimura Kuzen.

"He's a very kind person who's been very good to us. Without the manager, my uncle and I might have been..."

Kirishima Touka said immediately.

Kirishima Arata nodded slightly, and then he immediately realized that Touka had mentioned her uncle.

"Your uncle...! How is Renji?"

Kirishima Arata asked immediately.

"Uncle is doing well and is also working with us at this coffee shop, but today he went out with the manager on business."

Kirishima Touka said.

"That's good..."

At this moment, Kirishima Arata hadn't completely relaxed, and suddenly thought of Ayato, "What about Ayato?"

"That brat Ayato is seriously rebellious. He hasn't been with me for a long time and has gone to mess around with a force called [Aogiri Tree]."

Speaking of Ayato, Kirishima Touka looked like she had a headache.

Although Kirishima Arata didn't know what kind of existence [Aogiri Tree] was, judging from Touka's reaction, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Rebellious is rebellious, as long as everyone is safe...

"Then..."

At this time, Kirishima Arata looked at Amau Shirayuki, "Is this Touka's friend? Or her boyfriend?"

Because he had noticed Touka's attitude towards this young man, and that this young man also called Touka by her first name.

This sudden question made Kirishima Touka slightly stunned.

"He's... he's..."

Coming back to her senses, Kirishima Touka hesitated a little, and a faint blush appeared on her face, "He's my boyfriend! Dad, really, why would you ask someone such a question right away?"

Although she hadn't confirmed her relationship with Shirayuki yet, compared to that, she certainly didn't want to call Shirayuki her friend.

"Haha..."

Kirishima Arata scratched his head, "So, he's your boyfriend."

Hearing this answer, Kirishima Arata wasn't surprised.

Then he said to Amau Shirayuki, "Thank you for taking care of my daughter all this time."

"It's nothing, Touka has always been very hardworking, there's no trouble at all."

Amau Shirayuki smiled.

Hearing Shirayuki's view of her, Kirishima Touka was deeply touched and looked at Shirayuki with some astonishment.

"I see..."

Kirishima Arata nodded slightly.

Speaking of which, he had been captured by the CCG for so many years, and he didn't know what kind of life Touka had been living all these years, and Ayato too, it must have been very difficult...

At this moment, Kirishima Arata couldn't help but hug Touka, and said in a slightly trembling voice, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I made you suffer..."

Back then, he had abandoned Touka and Ayato when they were so young. Although it was beyond his control, Kirishima Arata still felt very guilty.

"It's okay, Dad, Ayato and I have grown up and can already stand on our own. Let the past be the past."

Kirishima Touka didn't blame her father at all, because she had already become sensible.

"Dad, how is your body now? When you've recovered, go downstairs and meet my companions, they're all very good people."

At this time, Kirishima Touka deliberately changed the subject.

"Yes, I should be able to walk now."

Kirishima Arata felt his body.

It would be difficult for him to fight, but it would be no problem for him to walk normally.

After all, Kirishima Arata was an Arata-class ghoul. Even if his regeneration ability couldn't compare to [The One-Eyed Owl], it wouldn't be much worse, at least stronger than a half-Arata-class ghoul.

At this time, Kirishima Arata tried to stand up.

Because he hadn't moved his body for so many years, even walking was unnatural and needed some getting used to.

Seeing her father staggering and unable to walk, Kirishima Touka immediately went to support him.

At the same time, looking at her father, who was a head taller than her, Kirishima Touka couldn't help but sigh, "I'm still not as tall as Dad..."

Kirishima Arata's height is 174cm, while Touka's height is currently less than 160cm, but Touka is still in the age of development, and will slowly grow to at least 160cm later.

"Touka can still grow taller."

Kirishima Arata comforted her.

"Hopefully..."

Kirishima Touka didn't care about this and helped Kirishima Arata downstairs.

............

"Eh? Touka, when did you come back? And who is this...?"

Seeing Shirayuki, Touka, and a middle-aged man supported by Touka, Irimi Kaya said in surprise.

"We just came back, and this is my father."

Kirishima Touka said.

"...Touka's father?"

Irimi Kaya was very surprised.

Koma Enji on the side had the same reaction.

Because they had heard that Touka's father had been killed by ghoul investigators long ago, so the Kirishima Arata in front of them was like someone who had come back from the dead.

"My name is Kirishima Arata, Touka's father."

Kirishima Arata introduced himself.

The employees here seemed to have a good relationship with Touka.

Kirishima Arata could also tell from the smell that Irimi Kaya and Koma Enji were both ghouls, which meant that this coffee shop should be a place where ghouls helped each other...?

He also smelled the human scent on Shirayuki's body. Touka was dating a human boy so closely, which made him both surprised and gratified......

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