21st Century Necromancer

Perhaps turning away to fight monsters, enact divine enthronement, and do things that impact the world, in front of his parents and family, Chen Yu is just an ordinary person.

Playing with Little Yixi, who still can't crawl, with his parents and looking at his daughter, who opens her big eyes and smiles at him adorably, Chen Yu enjoys the simplest yet happiest family pleasures.

As Chen Yu enjoys familial bliss, the construction of the Star Sea Island laboratory is also nearing completion. All equipment installations and debugging have passed Naoki Inomata's inspections, and the final finishing touches and furniture placements are almost done, ready to be operational.

According to the original plan, Inomata Naoki should be preparing to return to Tokyo after completing the work.

However, after experiencing the Giant Sea Monster event, Naoki Inomata chose to stay voluntarily because he knew that Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi would explore the Garden of Osiris that Major General Claire spoke of. He very much wanted to go and see it.

This is something Chen Yu had promised Naoki Inomata before, so naturally, Chen Yu wouldn't refuse to take him along.

But this matter still needs to wait for Major General Claire to arrange, so Naoki Inomata can take a good rest in the Maldives for a few days to comfort himself after the fright of encountering the Giant Sea Monster.

The sea monster attack had enormous repercussions, undoubtedly delivering a severe blow to the Maldives' tourism industry.

For the Maldives, whose entire national economy and livelihood depend on tourism, this is an indescribable disaster.

The country's leader resigned immediately after the disaster, but the new leader likewise didn't know how to handle the situation.

Such a small country, without even a transcendent, how could it know how to respond to and deal with a Giant Sea Monster attack?

Fortunately, the Americans got involved; they didn't want this incident to be known and actively helped cover up the truth.

The US military dispatched an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and somehow captured a giant squid from the sea, transported it to the Maldives' capital, Malé, and displayed it publicly, saying that this was the Giant Sea Monster attacking passing ships, thus covering up the incident.

The squid captured by the US military was called Giant Squid, a very large species, growing up to several tens of meters long, which was enough to capsize the typical small yachts found in the Maldives.

The public quickly accepted this explanation, and the Maldives government bought the giant squid's body, intending to make it into a specimen for display.

As for the survivors, most had fainted during the attack, and upon waking, were already on the US military's ship; hence, they naturally believed whatever the US said.

For those, like Naoki Inomata, who saw themselves swallowed by the Giant Sea Monster, the US ship had temporarily summoned transcendent experts good at hypnosis and brainwashing. A simple mental suggestion was enough to make them forget the incident.

As for the survivors seeking compensation from the Maldives government, local hotels, and tour companies, this wasn't something the US military would deal with. Covering up the Giant Sea Monster's existence was already the extent of their generosity.

Naoki Inomata, however, did not seek compensation. Knowing the truth was already a rare experience for him, and there was no need to seek compensation, especially when the Maldives government might not even be able to pay it.

After such an event, even knowing there was no further danger, Chen Yu still persuaded his parents to return to Tokyo sooner.

However, Chen Yu's parents expressed that they wanted to return to their homeland. After all, having stayed in Tokyo for so long, it was hard for Chen Yu's parents, who neither spoke Japanese nor were accustomed to life in Japan. Had it not been for the precious granddaughter, Little Yixi, the two elders would have long gone back.

Since his parents wanted to return home, Chen Yu certainly wouldn't stop them. Through Mackie, he arranged for the same private plane that brought them and sent his parents back to China, while also giving Minami, who wanted to go home, a ride back to Japan.

With his parents returning to China, Little Yixi naturally had to be cared for by Chen Yu and his wife. Though without their parents, they no longer needed to hide anything, they summoned the Ghost Maid and Ship-girl for service. Still, Little Yixi seemed unaccustomed to not having her familiar presence around.

This surprised Chen Yu and his wife but also made them quite happy.

Children this small aren't usually very sensitive to their surroundings, since infants' senses haven't fully developed.

Just like when we hold young animals with unopened eyes, they don't resist or make noises. Infants one or two months old aren't usually able to recognize people.

But Little Yixi evidently developed faster than typical infants and can now tell if those around her are familiar, something usually only three to four-month-old infants can do.

Fortunately, Hiromi Jounouchi is her mother and nurses Little Yixi every day, and Chen Yu, the father, holds her daily. Under their soothing presence, though restless for two days without her grandparents, Little Yixi adjusted to the situation.

Even though her grandparents returned to China, Little Yixi gained new companions in the four little girls from the 6th Destroyer Squadron.

Being children themselves, the four girls from the 6th Destroyer Squadron were truly curious about and fond of Little Yixi. Being Chen Yu's child, they liked her even more, almost revolving around her every day.

To please Little Yixi, Rai even lent her treasured helicopter as a toy, although she couldn't yet actually play with toys.

While Little Yixi couldn't understand the 6th Destroyer Squadron's attention, she seemed to enjoy the company of the girls, always giggling when they surrounded her.

Seeing that the four girls from the 6th Destroyer Squadron got along with his daughter as he had hoped, Chen Yu was considerably relieved.

In this way, when Little Yixi grows older, Chen Yu could arrange for the four girls from the 6th Destroyer Squadron to accompany her to school.

The peaceful and heartwarming happy life didn't last long. Soon, Major General Claire approached with the US military's warship, inviting Chen Yu to set off in exploration of Osiris's garden.

Originally, Hiromi Jounouchi also planned to go, but now with the child, she obviously couldn't take Little Yixi along, and had to stay back while Chen Yu took Naoki Inomata to explore the Garden of Osiris.