A/N: Hello readers. Here's the latest chapter for Papa Helios, just in time for the end of 2016. The next chapter will have somewhat of a delay, as ideas for future chapters are taking awhile to build up. Not to worry though, I have a special surprise planned for all of you for the start of the new year. But as for now, enjoy the chapter.

Yui had been the type of girl that often asked questions that made others uncomfortable. If there was one thing the group knew, it was that one simple fact. But for Alice, no question had been as awkward for her as the one Yui had just asked her.

"N-Now Yui, it's not good to suddenly ask questions like that. It can make others uncomfortable."

Yui tilted her head in a curious fashion. "But isn't it more polite to ask questions? That's what Papa and Mama say."

'The thing that sucks is that I can't really blame them for teaching her that. In most situations, she'd be right.' Alice thought to herself. She patted the young girl on the head. "That's true. But there are some questions you still shouldn't ask others."

"But I wanna know." Yui said. "If you and Uncle Ren have a kid, I can play with them, right?"

Alice silently cursed her luck, knowing this was just going to get even more awkward for her and Ren with her answer. "I'm sorry Yui. Your Uncle Ren and I don't have a kid like your Mama and Papa do."

"Well do you want a kid?"

Alice tried her best to fake a smile as she patted Yui's head. "Of course we do. But it's more complicated than that."

"How complicated is it?" Yui asked. "How are babies made?"

There was little Alice could do in the face of that question. The black haired girl desperately searched her brain for a good lie for Yui, but couldn't come up with anything. Eventually, she did the only thing she could do.

"That's something your Mama and Papa should talk with you about." Alice explained. "We can message them in a bit once they've rested."

Yui was eager to get an answer but nodded her head. Time passed by as Alice and Yui talked, with the older one doing everything she could to keep Yui's attention as far away from the previous topics as possible. After an hour or so had passed, Alice breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a message from Dagger, telling her they were on their way.

It wasn't long after that Alice and Yui saw Helios and Dagger coming over to them in the distance. Yui waved to her parents, happy to see the two of them. "Mama! Papa!"

"Hey there Yui!" Helios said, picking up the young girl who giggled in kind. "Miss us?"

She nodded her head excitedly then looked at Alice. "Aunt Alice was really nice! She played with me for a long time!"

Alice scowled inwardly at seeing the smug ass look on Helios's face from Yui's comment. "Aunt Alice huh?"

"Yes for your information. She thinks of me and Ren as her aunt and uncle, which is good so we can have trusted eyes to keep her safe."

"Oh, that's right Papa. Where do babies come from?"

"..." Helios slowly turned his head from his daughter to Alice with an eerie look on his face. "... Alice can we uh… get an explanation on this?"

"Well I-"

"I asked if Aunt Alice and Uncle Ren had a kid like me."

In an instant Helios's face went from scary to puffed up red as he tried to hold back his laughter which Dagger was also having some trouble as she turned around and started hitting a tree to hold it back which made Alice quite annoyed at the couple. After taking a great amount of effort to stifle their laughter, Helios gave a smile to Yui and shook his head. "Sorry Yui, but Ren and Alice don't have a kid like you. After all, their love isn't strong enough for them to handle a kid anyway."

Now Alice liked to consider herself a very calm and collected individual. But in this particular case nothing got under her skin more than what Helios was implying at this very moment. Now every single fiber of her being wanted to give the asshole a good thrashing and then some but seeing as how Yui was there at the moment, she held off on her rage for the moment. "Just get out of here and don't bother Kirito or the others."

"Fine, fine auntie. I'm so very grateful for you watching over my precious daughter." The tone of his voice suggested that he was still gonna hold this moment over her head for quite some time. "Come on Yui, time for a nap then we can have lunch."

Yui hugged her dad enthusiastically. "Okay Papa! Bye Aunt Alice, I love you!"

The family strode away leaving a very enraged Alice behind. After taking her rage out on some of the nearby trees with her scythe, she calmed down enough to send a quick message to Ren regarding this whole situation. And boy did she has some choice words to say.

"Alright Ren. Here you go."

"Thanks Liz. You're always so reliable." Ren said, taking back his Inferno Blazer from the blacksmith. The blade was fully sharpened and looked brand new. A smile was clear on the guild leader's face as he sheathed the sword onto his back. "The usual amount I assume?"

Lizbeth nodded her head in response. Ren was about to swipe his hand to open his menu, but before he could, he recieved a message notification from Alice.

"Ooo, what does the lovely Alice have to say to her knight in shining armor? A love note perhaps?" Liz said with a teasing grin.

Ren rolled his eyes. "You know we're not like that, Liz. Just let me see what she wants." Ren opened the message and read it. It only took Ren about halfway through the message before the was pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration. On the other hand, he learned just how vast Alice's vocabulary was. "My god, that freaking asshole."

"What did Helios do this time?"

"How do you know I was talking about-... Ok yeah, that was a dumb question." Ren said with a sigh. "Let's just say Helios made an annoying comment to Alice. It has to do with Yui and something she-"

"Hang on. Yui? Who's she?" Liz asked.

Ren suddenly realized that none of their friends, other than Kazuto and Asuna, knew about the existence of the little girl that had become Helios and Dagger's daughter. He wasn't sure how either Liz or Helios would react if the blacksmith were to find out about Yui's existence.

"Uh she's… a girl that Helios saved and is grateful to." He knew he had to keep this sort of thing vague as possible. Last thing he'd want is for Helios to go on a genocidal rampage at having Yui's existence known by his mortal enemy. "Nothing special."

"Hang on, this girl is WILLINGLY grateful to Helios? No threats, acts of terror or general assholish behavior to make her like him?"

Ren just quickly nodded his head and gave a small wave to the blacksmith. "Yep, that's it alright. Well Liz it was nice seeing you again. Take care alright?"

Before she could catch him for more questioning, Ren sped out of the store as fast as he could, leaving her all alone with no answers.

Liz narrowed her eyes at the slammed shut door and began to stroke her chin in thought. Something wasn't adding up here at all considering how Ren acted back there. 'Just what is he hiding about this 'Yui' person and that bastard Helios? He seemed really dodgy about the whole thing.'Overall, it just made her all the more suspicious about this matter.

Deciding it was for the best to see what was going on with her own wit, Liz smirked in devious delight as she brought up her menu and typed up a quick message to Alice.

'Alice I want to know more about where I can find Yui. Ren told me about the whole situation so I could help out so can you tell me where she is?'

Within minutes of waiting, Alice responded to her which made the blacksmith fistpump at the feeling of her deception working. The message read as such:

'Good, we need more people watching over Yui to make sure she doesn't get corrupted by that jackass pretending he's her father. He's at the inn on Floor 60 with Dagger relaxing after what happened at the lake. Just be careful around that ass.'

Liz had to read the first part of the message a few times to make sure she was looking at it correctly. The word 'father' kept flashing in front of her. Liz was more lost than ever, but she had a feeling that she could get some answers, and maybe a little blackmail while she was at it, if she went to Floor 60 to see this Yui girl. She closed down her shop and walked out the door, sending a quick message to Alice.

'Thanks. By the way, I lied about Ren telling me that stuff. Thanks for the juicy details, Alice.'

Less than a minute after sending that message, Liz received a reply from Alice. It read only one simple sentence.

'If you tell Helios I told you any of this, I will kill you.'

Liz giggled as she imagined to herself how mad Alice probably was right now. She sent a quick reply back to the girl.

'Don't worry. I'll tell him a little birdie told me.'

Sneaking around the town of floor 60 was harder than Liz expected it would be given the amount of people around. Her pink hair was an obvious give away as to who she was as was her outfit to that meant tracing Helios would be just a bit harder than usual. But it was nothing a simple hooded cape couldn't handle with its beige color blending in and not drawing any attention. 'Now if I was an insufferable jackass where would I be right now?' Considering it was high noon, now would be a good a time as any to check out any of the restuarants.

It took some alleyway shuffling and some physical effort but Liz managed to get to a vantage point on a rooftop that had all the food areas within view without arousing suspicion onto herself. Looking around for about ten minutes finally gave the blacksmith the results she wanted. Walking with Dagger and some black haired little girl in a white dress was Helios who had the biggest smile on his face that she had ever seen on him as they exited a restaurant. The little girl to his left, who Liz presumed to be this 'Yui' character, tugged at the psychos shoulder and said something to him. The teen nodded his head and to her shock and awe lifted the little girl on his shoulders who squealed in delight.

'No goddamned way is this happening right now…' Liz had to slap herself just to make sure she wasn't dreaming this scenario. The pain indicated that yes, this was indeed real life right now. 'Wait… Alice said something about him pretending he was a father to this Yui. A little girl is following him and Dagger around and that jackass is treating her like a princess… Oh my god, he's a parent…' A smirk more devious than anything came onto her face as she fished out a recording crystal out of her pocket. 'Oh Papa Helios, I am gonna have so much fun with you today!'

Meanwhile on the ground floor, Helios felt a chill go up his spine for some unknown reason.

"You okay papa?" Yui asked while looking down at her father. "You shook for some reason."

"Don't worry about it kiddo, just a sudden chill is all. Now what say we head on back to our home for a little family nap?"

A cheer from Yui was all he needed to go ahead with the family nap plan. Dagger poked him on the shoulder while giving a sly grin to her boyfriend. "Just don't get any funny ideas mister. This is family time after all."

"Of course, contrary to popular belief I am able to control myself Dagger. Especially with this cutie around." He gave a playful bounce to his shoulders causing Yui to laugh with joy.

The trio soon made their way back the inn they were situated at and began to open the door to their room. But a certain interruption had to stop that from happening.

A certain annoying, stupid, pink haired blacksmith interruption.

"Well, well, well." a sudden voice said, making Helios, Dagger, and Yui all turn to see Liz standing at the end of the hallway. "If it isn't 'Papa' Helios and his lovely wittle daughter."

"Oh all the goddamned... What are the hell the are doing here!?" Helios yelled at the blacksmith.

"Oh I just got a lovely, juicy little tidbit that our resident psychopath Helios recently came into parenthood with a cute little daughter and boy were they not kidding about her cuteness. Now I have to hear this story and while you do regale me with the tale don't mind me as I take several pictures for 'documentation' purposes."

Helios felt his eye twitch at the implications of what she said. "Are you blackmailing me?"

"Blackmail is such an ugly word, let's just say I'm wetting my beak a little bit." Liz played off as she brought out her camera crystal. "Now, that story?"

"Like hell I'm gonna tell you anything blacksmith! Get the hell out of here you dumb bitch!"

"Yeah, dumb bitch!" Yui parroted.

All three pairs of eyes instantly turned to the younger girl in shock at what she just repeated. Before Helios could pick her up and compliment her for helping him out, Dagger picked up Yui and gave her a stern poke on the nose. "Now Yui, I understand you love papa very much, but you can't just go around repeating everything he says. It can get you in big trouble."

The small girl pouted at the scolding. "But papa told me to say those things to people I don't like and this mean lady is bullying papa!"

"Mean lady?"

"Now don't you worry, me and papa are gonna have a VERY nice family talk about what we both teach you." Helios felt his blood run cold at the glare Dagger was giving him over Yui's shoulder. "For now just go to bed while we deal with this mean lady okay?"

"Oh come on!"

"Okay mama! Bye papa, I love you!" she called as Dagger brought her into the room.

"Fuck me..." Helios moaned.

"Hey you brought this on yourself 'papa'!"

Liz expected that little jab to get under his skin but what she didn't expect was to have Helios lift her by the collar of her shirt and put her up against the wall. "Listen you bitch, I don't know how you know about Yui or who you learned it from but mark my words that if you even DARE to go near my daughter then the term 'Hell to pay' is going to take on a whole new meaning. UNDERSTAND!?"

Seeing Helios like this, his face contort to that of a demons with what Liz assumed to be 'papa bear mode', she could see for herself that all the stories of the axe player being an utter demon in the front lines to be 100% true. "Alright! Alright! I won't say a peep, please don't kill me!"

It took a few seconds but Helios decided to let Liz go and turned around. "Don't let me catch you near Yui or Dagger for that matter. Or else it's curtains for you, capche?"

Liz feverishly nodded her head. Helios let her go and went upstairs after Dagger and Yui. Today had been one headache after another and he was in the mood for some much needed relaxation.

As he approached the door to his room, he instantly wished he stayed downstairs with Liz based on the look Dagger was giving him.

"So… Mind telling me what other words you've been teaching Yui?"

"... I hate my life." Helios grumbled.

Meanwhile, outside of the inn, Liz began plotting to herself. Despite Helios's warning, there was no way she could let this go. This Yui girl seemed to have taken a real liking to Helios. She needed to find out just what it was that made Helios such an interesting 'papa'.

'Helios, I will find out your secrets. Just you wait, jackass.'

A/N: Hope you all liked the chapter. As I said at the start of the chapter, there will be a special surprise for all of you lovers of the adventures of Wyvern's Inferno. You'll see it within the next few days so stay tuned for updates.