A Sudden visit of a Capture Target.

A few months passed after that day. Sakura got used to the life of a princess in those days. The big celebration that Raphael was busy preparing came and went with no troubles.

Sakura wasn't allowed to attend since her father worried people will try to approach her for their own gains. She spent some time with her father and the rest, except for Gabriel and Uriel, it seemed that they were preoccupied with some type of project or experiment, but no one told Sakura of what.

In those months, Raphael finally found two caretakers to care for her. Normally Sakura would have more caretakers and maids as the future heir, but she was fine with this two, especially since they weren't scheming and are already married.

'My dad made a deal with the other nobles, he said he'll pick from the nobles, but he will pick those who are already married or had fiance's. The men agreed, albeit unwillingly. They had no choice but to, since they knew with the incident of me almost dying, my father could have executed those girls and their whole family as retribution.'

She turns in bed so she can face what she was looking for.

'Haha, he really is scary when angered.' Sakura can only laugh and stare at the very exact man she was thinking; sleeping soundly and quietly next to her.

The only reason she is still sharing a room with him is because since those women are already married, they have to return home and care for their own family.

'So the safest bet for me is sharing a room with my papa.'

While thinking this, she stared at her father's face, the usual stern expression eased up and was even more beautiful to look at.

'But now when I look at this face, I can't help but think that this moments may never last for long, he would soon forget about me and share this kind and caring look to my half sister. For she was his favorite, right?'

She snapped out from those thoughts and quickly shakes them away.

'Lately, I started to think too negatively, I know that it's all a misunderstanding, so why do I still think that way?'

Feeling tired from those sudden pessimistic thoughts, she tries to remind herself that she shouldn't even worry so much like that.

'I shouldn't become to emotionally invested on this, the only reason why I care if he loves me or not is because it will lead to my survival, not because I actually wanted to have a family... right?'

Sakura frowns a bit and looks at him, she doesn't know how to explain this feeling.

"...will papa.... always love me, no matter what? Or will he abandon me again...?"

Sakura lightly mumbled her thoughts, her pronunciation getting better. She hasn't had a moment were she slurred her words, only if she gets overexcited and can't control her emotions.

"Papa...." feeling a sudden tug in her heart. She reaches out and lightly taps him in the cheek.

'He's here... he isn't an illusion... papa is really here, protecting and caring for me, he hasn't abandoned me.'

A dazed look filled Sakura's eyes, only to refocus when she felt a warm hand lightly holding her hand that was in his cheek.

She watches the man's eyes opened slowly, his eyes squinting from the sudden light, but he focuses his sight and looks at the owner of the small hand in his cheek. He sees the girls innocent and clear eyes look straight at him, her eyes round and beautiful with her eyelashes fanning her face. He smiles at the sight and reaches out, patting her messy yet smooth hair.

"How is my little princess fairing this morning?" His voice husky and low from just waking up.

But this sight was all to familiar to Sakura, that she doesn't feel embarrassed as she did in the beginning.

"Ok papa, what about you?"

"I'm doing much better looking at my lovely child. But I'll feel even better if you say good morning." He chuckles a bit and softly pinches her nose, earning a face of her scrunching her nose.

"Gwonmorthning." Her voice sounded muffled and naisly, because of Mihkael holding her nose. He laughed and let go, leaning closer and gently pecks her forehead. Sakura giggled and gave him a peck back in his cheek.

'I remember this is how we always said hello at home, or goodmorning, it really brings back memories.' Her Hispanic heritage saved her from feeling the shyness or embarrassment of being given sudden kisses as affection.

'Sorry I can't give the shy and inexperienced reaction like most transmigrated people.' She smiled and got up from the bed and stretches a bit.

"Sakura, please don't move around when up the bed, you might fall."

"No papa! I won't fall that easily" just as she turn to say that to him, her foot gets caught in the covers and trips her, causing her to fall backwards.

'What's this bullshit of a situation!? Am I the butt of the joke in this world or something?' While cursing at her sudden desplay of comedy, her father quickly leans over and grabs her waist and the other hand on her stomach so she doesn't end up flipping out of his hand.

"Thank you papa."

"My child, please don't give your father a heart attack."

"Hehe~"

While carrying her out of bed, a knock was heard through the door.

"Enter."

Two women appeared, one had light green hair and the other had dirty blond hair. They both were young, around their mid 20s. They are the maids, or rather caretakers that were hired to care for Sakura, her nannies so to speak.

"Goodmorning Daisy. Good morning Ivy!" Sakura waves at them in her fathers arms, both women looked at Sakura in a loving and spoiled way.

"Good morning princess."

"Good morning our adorable and precious princess!"

Ivy answered in a calm form, while Daisy had a more spirited and exaggerated form.

Daisy was the dirty blond haired women, her eyes were a dandelion color and she was very spirited, she doesn't act like she was married and always ran around playing with Sakura in the garden, not caring about messing her hair or wrinkling her dress.

'Reminds me of a golden retriever with how wacky and playful she is.'

But Sakura didn't hate it, she quite liked this maid. But that doesn't mean she dislikes the other, she actually likes Ivy as much as she does Daisy.

Ivy is more calm and poised, she was the daughter of a earl and was actually recommended by Gabriel.

'She was a year older than papa, and because she knew Gabriel as a child, she met my dad a few times too. She actually met her husband, a marquise because of dad too. She is like an aunt who was strict, yet kind. I really like her.'

Both women each have a child, both are boys and are older than Sakura.

'I still can't see Daisy with a kid, wonder how the brat will grow to be?'

Daisy was actually Ivy's sister in law, she got married with Ivy's brother just last year.

'I hear her father cried tears of joy because a lot of men didn't want to marry a wild baron girl. He must have been shocked when a proposal came out of nowhere by an Earl to marry his child, but even then he didn't shove his child to the guy. Now that is a man who loves his child and doesn't allow status to win over his child's happiness.' Sakura nods her head in approval.

"What are you thinking about my child? You seem quite happy with it?"

Mihkael looks at his child strange actions but didn't show any type of disapproval to them. His answer was her giggles and her childish voice saying "hehe, secret~".

He can only roll his eyes but give her a goodbye kiss in the forehead.

"You should go get ready. I'll see you in breakfast."

"See you in breakfast too papa!" Sakura was let down and she walked toward Daisy who had her hand outstretched. Ivy opened the door and let Daisy pass with Sakura then did a light bow toward Mihkael and followed behind, closing the door behind her.

Mihkael watches as his daughter grows by the day and feels the joy of being a father even more so than when she sas a baby.

'This past months I was able to see my child more than I ever did in her first three years of life. It is definitely more rewarding than just photo and recording crystals.' He smiled and started to change, remember that he forgot to ask Ivy if she needs more crystals to take photos of Sakura.

While he was thinking that, behind Sakura and Daisy, Ivy was taking photo and video of the both and adding it to the collection of Sakura childhood memories.

'I may have to ask his majesty for extra crystals, this will be the last one if I can't get more.' Ivy placed the crystal back and smiled at the interaction between the two. She wonders if maybe Sakura wants to have friends her age, seeing that she is only surrounded by adults and hasn't really met a child her age.

'... I wonder if she knows there are other children in the world and not just her...' Ivy worries even more for Sakura's upbringing and wonders if she is actually feeling lonely and sad because she doesn't have friends her age.

"Ivy~"

"Ah? Oh! Yes your highness?"

"We're here. What got you distracted so much?"

"Ah... no, nothing much, let us enter and prepare her highness for the day."

Ivy doesn't say her thoughts outloud and just enters after them.

The room wasn't too far from Mihkael's room, it was actually the one right next to him, everything that belonged to Sakura was moved there with no issues, except for some protests from a few nobles, but they shut up real quick when Mihkael glared at them and the room temperature rose to sauna level.

Today Ivy and Daisy dressed Sakura in a orchid purple dress, her hair styled in a waterfall braid to the side, with small purple and a light brown gems clips braided with it. She looked at the mirror, looking at one area and another then doing a small twirl. She then nods in satisfaction.

"Does her highness like it! I practice on my son a lot so I can be able to braid your hair like this."

Daisy reveals the shame of what she made her son go throu with not an ounce of guilt, making Sakura give the boy a pitiful smile.

'Kid really won't have it easy. Especially now that I have blackmail info on him.' Sakura laughs a bit and allows Ivy to carry her to the dining area.

'Yeah my legs will make a five minute walk into a 15 minute walk, so it's best to just let them take me there.'

Arriving to the breakfast area, they already see Mihkael sitting down, slicing a French toast into smaller pieces, big enough that a child can eat them. He looks up and sees Sakura in Ivy arms, he stops and looks on when Ivy and Daisy adjust Sakura in a child chair so she can eat right next to Mihkael.

"You both done a great job like always, have a rest and eat as well." Both bowed and walked away to eat somewhere else, so they don't end up disturbing this family moment.

Mihkael adds a bit of blueberry and banana slices to the toast and then pours the golden brown syrup on the french toast, and then hands the plate to Sakura.

She couldn't wait and picked up the small fork that was next to her and stabbed it on the sweet and soft toast. Taking the first bite, she feel in a moment of bliss.

"Shoo good~!" she mumbles through the bites and eats more after.

Mihkael chuckles a bit but looks on warmly while he eats his own food. After breakfast he bids Sakura goodbye and heads to the throne room, getting ready for that days morning discussion and then checking files of how his territory is faring.

While the morning discussion was over, he was heading to his office with Seraph and Raphael, just when he reached the door, he recieved a signal through a communication crystal. He wondered who it was and answers it, only to hear the voice of the now retired emperor of the beastman race, Hedwig.

"Yo~ Mihk! Remember that I said I'm coming over to your kingdom?"

"Yes? Have you decided when?"

"Yup! Today. I'll be there in 10 minutes. And I'll be staying for about a month or so."

"... I told you to tell me BEFORE HAND!! This is too little time you senile old fool!"

Raphael quickly moved to get a room ready for Hedwig and his grandchild, while Seraph can only sigh at this old man's antics.

"Hahahaha! I am telling you before hand, if not, I'll just be at your doorstep by now."

While hearing what the elderly man said, Mihkael can only sigh and message his forehead in frustration while entering his office.

"Hah~ I really can't win against you, I don't know if we even have enough time to have a feast prepared for you."

"Hahahaha we don't need any big celebration or welcome. I'm just taking my grandson around since I'm finally free from my position. Now it's my son's problem."

"You.... so you already had it all planned out when we had that meeting that day."

"Hehehe."

Mihkael can only sigh and look at the crystal in an annoyed way.

"I feel bad for your son."

"Hey! I was planning to give him the position since he came of age, yet the little brat always found a way to postpone it for 200 years! I wasn't able to postpone it for so long when I was made into emperor!"

The man grumbled through the crystal and complained about his time as just the crown heir.

"I was actually the youngest child, yet had the position pushed on me because my brothers wanted to adventure and walk around. They said bullshit like I was wise, much more mature and yada yada yada. It was all pushed on me. So I was trained since then with no escape man."

"Why are you people like this?"

"We beastman like our freedom to roam around and fight with mighty beasts in our territory. We don't like being tied to just one place unless it's with our spouses. I want to look around since a year ago."

When Mihkael heard him say that, he remembered that Hedwig's wife died last year. He became more lenient with the older beastman and sighed.

"Raphael is getting your rooms ready close to my own."

"Oh? Do all guest have one so close to the emperor?"

"Old man, you aren't the only one coming, your bringing your grandson, who I bet is the heir to the throne right?"

"Haha yup!"

"And then there is you who was the previous ruler, we can't just leave you two in the usual guest room, especially since nothing was prepared for security. So you both will live in my area of the palace."

"Haha ok. Anyway I don't know how I should say this."

"....what is it?"

"We're here. And your daughter is quite the cute one. She just stood in place when she saw us. Even the maids were surprised when we teleported right in the garden hahaha!"

"... I give up. Seraph."

"Heh, yes your majesty, I'll go and receive them right now." Seraph quickly went to pick up the old fool and his grandchild, before they end up scaring Sakura.

"I hope she doesn't get too spooked with two people just appearing out of nowhere."

'You gotta be shiting me.... why this motherfucker here!?'

Sakura stares at the boy in front of her. He was dressed in casual clothes, yet from the material and light designs display that it's of high quality. The boy had ears on top of his head which twitches a bit when he listens to his surrounding, but it was a bit hard to see when his fluffy hickory brown hair became a type of cover, and when she looks down, she sees a fluffy tail swaying here and there.

She looks up again and sees the boys eyes under his bangs and scowls when she saw them.

'Hickory brown eyes with a mix of orchid purple.... seriously why the fuck is this bastard here!!'

While frowning even more, the boy runs up to her and unceremoniously touches her hair, causing her to freeze in place. Daisy and Ivy couldn't comprehend the situation but knew they weren't enemies.

They both remembered that the older gentleman that is with the boy was or used to be the emperor of the beastman tribe, but they knew they needed to stop the boy since Sakura must be shocked to see a boy around her age for the first time.

"The gems in your hair are the same as my eye color. Look!" He leans down and lifts up his bangs and look at her in a close proximity.

"....oh." Sakura was trying to reboot when such a beautiful boy just leaned his face to her, their noses were even touching.

'This brat doesn't know of personal space or something!! But seriously. Why is one of the capture targets here!! Literally up my fucking face!?!? SOS, SOS dammit!!'