Chapter 123.2

Whether I was right or not, my father smiled in a daze and shook his head from side to side.

“Really… I can’t hide it.”

“Huh? Really? Are you really sad?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I remembered… Adele…”

“Mom?”

Why was he talking about Mom all of a sudden? Before I could even ask, I remembered something I heard in the past, so I couldn’t bear to ask.

My mother was a person who was abandoned by her family. After my mother died, I heard that she was sold for a bargain to the Emperor because she had no power. That was how the Emperor got her.

Among the royal families in Mom’s duchy, there were those who were born with strong magic powers, but she had no power. It was said she didn’t get any love, so she was neglected.

“You seem to know it too. How much do you know, young lady?”

I couldn’t say anything to my dad. I knew so many things, but I was scared my dad would doubt me if I said it easily. I was afraid my dad would get a headache.

It was enough for me to get a headache and a hard time. It was a punishment for not being able to protect my mom even though I was born with strong powers.

Then…

“Will you tell me everything someday?”

As I sat on the chair, my dad hugged me tightly. My heart tickled.

“No, I don’t know anything.”

“…Right, if you don’t know anything, then you don’t know.”

“So! The Emperor… what are you going to do?”

“I have to show his incompetence. Let’s say we reveal what he’s doing now.”

I changed the subject in a hurry because I didn’t want to be caught, but heard something unexpected.

“What are you doing now?”

“Okay, maybe Bebe, when you were having a hard time at the Imperial Palace… was there anyone else?”

“Ah.”

It was only after hearing my father’s words that memories from the past came to mind. My mother and I were the only ones in the world, and I would save her. That time, when my mind was full of thoughts, words I heard came to mind.

“What is it?”

“I think I heard that someone died…”

I wasn’t sure, but I heard the soldiers who were guarding us say something. Annoyingly, someone else died. Well, I thought it was just no big deal, but after hearing my dad, I guess it wasn’t.

“All right. That’s enough.”

“Woah…”

Dad, who wasn’t able to do anything to protect my mom and I, was now going to do anything.

Seeing my father look happy made my heart beat. This is what family means; trying to help somehow.

“Daddy, I will help you too.”

“Yes, okay. I’ll tell you if I need you.”

“Well, you know what? Dad, do you want proof that Harris is weird?”

“Oh, yes, anything is fine.”

“I know someone who could provide weird proof.”

All I could do to help now was to deal with Harris, so I stared at my dad.”

“The evidence itself?”

“My brother, Allen.”

“Allen?”

“Hasn’t Allen been strange these days?”

“It was strange, but he always did strange things.”

My dad mumbled towards the end of his sentence before pressing his temples as if he had a headache.

“Dad?”

I grabbed my father’s cheeks and lifted them up, wondering where it hurt.

“Does it hurt?”

“Oh… no. Something looked blurry, but my mind is getting clearer.”

“What?”

“You gave me the answer, Bebe.”

Dad put his hand on top of mine as I held his cheek.

“Huh? Did I?”

Dad, who looked pretty happy, hugged me again. I didn’t know what was so exciting, but he turned around while holding me.

“D-Dad…”

“We finally have a solution!”

“Dad…”

If he kept doing this, my stomach would feel sick.”

“Yes, that’s it!”

“Dad! Stop it!”

“Huh?”

“…Put me down.”

Finally, after I narrowed my brow, Dad put me on the ground with a startled face. But I definitely reached the floor and felt the floor was shaking.

“Bebe.”

On top of that, I continued to head to a room with my dad calling me from behind. It felt like my blood was concentrated in one place.

“What’s wrong with you all of a sudden?”

I couldn’t bear to say that the food I ate was going to come back up, so I left.

“Bebe?”

“Don’t follow me…”

“Oh…? Are you rejecting my help?”

“Yes.”

I didn’t want my dad to see me. I went back to my room like that. My dad, who would normally have followed me, didn’t come into my room, and I went straight to bed.

“Bebe?”

“Mom…”

I felt a little better after lying in bed.

“What’s wrong? Why are you pale?”

“I don’t know. I hate Dad.”

“Huh?”

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