God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains - Chapter 207

Chapter 207: Adrian, The Chaotic

Changing surnames went both ways. If a man was the head of the family, then the wife would take on the husband’s surname and if a woman was the head of the family, then the husband would take on the wife’s surname.

This included both monogamist and polygamist families.

In Clara’s case, she was treated as a collateral object for a loan and she had already talked with Keith on how she’d prefer taking on his name instead of going the other way around.

While it was mostly her who spoke about the adoption of surnames in the past, this was the first time she heard him say it directly and it made her heart flutter in a way that she never expected.

A tiny part of her felt a slight jealousy towards Miya who adopted the surname first, but she suppressed it almost instantly.

‘She’s just a child and she’s his daughter, not lover. No, she’s our child now.’ she thought as she shifted her gaze towards Keith.

“So, what’s the plan?”

Keith hummed as he collected his thought and then began so speak, “Let’s see… first, we’ll go with a simple story. A random guy rescued her from her uncle and brought her here.” he said and looked at Miya.

“If someone asks you, tell them that you were being dragged by two uncles and suddenly, you fainted and found yourself here okay?”

“Yes! I woke up and saw that I was in a small room. Then a uncle who was wearing a mask told me that they’ll give me to someone nice and that this nice person will be my papa. Then papa came and took me away with him. Hehe, did I say everything correctly?”

Keith nodded and gently pinched her cheeks, “Correct! Papa then brought you to mama and took you two with me.”

Clara and Miya both nodded. The three of them talked for a few more minutes to get their story aligned before leaving the spatial dimension.

All three of them appeared in the alleyway and the first thing that Keith did was to whisper in his daughter’s ears.

“Don’t tell anyone about the goats and stuff okay? The place where you were for a while is a secret place and it belongs to a divine being, so telling others will bring trouble. Do you understand?” he asked and Miya nodded cutely.

“Yes. Trouble bad.”

Keith then put her down and patted her back slightly, “Go on, hold mama’s hand and follow me.”

“I think she needs a change of clothes first…” Clara said as she looked at the thin, ragged clothes that Miya was wearing and sighed before shifting her attention to Keith, “I know you don’t care about the things you wear but you should at least teach her the good things. And maybe also set an example by wearing nice clothes too.”

Keith looked down at his casual clothes that he had ever since he had transmigrated. He hadn’t bought any clothes for himself until now.

“Well… at least the father and daughter pair have matching clothes I guess?”

Clara glared at him before shaking her head and held onto Miya’s hand before pointing at the road that was at the other end of the alleyway, “We go and buy her at least two sets for now. We can get her more things tomorrow when we have more time.”

“Sure sure.” Ketih said and began to walk.

They then spent almost two whole hours just to buy her some sundresses but instead of two, they were walked out of the store with almost eight of them. Keith hadn’t expected that he’d spend so much time on selections and on top of that, him and Clara had also argued over which pattern suited Miya better.

At the end of the day, both of them let Miya choose and the child opened their eyes by picking everything they had selected.

“We were so blinded by the limit we set for ourselves…” Clara said as she looked at the bag that Keith was carrying.

“Yeah, but it was surprisingly fun.”

The three of them walked out of the market and followed the directions that Adrian had given them until they found what they were looking for.

“Amelia told me that this is just a property that is mostly used as a temporary residence for their family. Those that come to the capital for business purposes use this mansion instead of going to inns. Their estate is a bit far from here.” Clara said as she walked towards the gate.

The guards looked at the three of them and glanced at each other before hesitantly asking, “Please state your name.”

“Keith and this is Clara. As for this child, Adrian probably didn’t tell you guys since he didn’t know but she’s my daughter.” he said and then added, “Though, it’s not yet legalized.”

“Oh okay, please go in.” one of the guards said while the other swiftly opened the gates for them.

Keith walked in and was received by a butler who was pretty young, which was not a common thing among noble households.

“It’s quite surprising to see a young butler at a noble household.” Keith commented as he followed behind him.

The butler chuckled, “Sir I’m thirty nine years old but yes, you’re right. My father is Sixty and he’s the butler at the Toretto’s main mansion. You could say that I’m just a butler in training as this place doesn’t need as much attention or maintenance compared to the one where my father works.”

“I see…” Keith muttered before nodding, “Looks like you’ll get promoted in the near future.”

“I’ll be glad if that happens.” the butler said before stopping in front of a door, “Everyone is inside, please walk in.”

As soon as he said that, he pushed the door open and held it in place while Keith walked in with the other two.

The room looked quite chaotic and the one person at the center of it all, was Adrian.