Chapter 126.2

“Are you here to see His Highness the Grand Duke?”

As soon as I stood in front of the tall door, the attendant guarding the door stood in front of me.

“Huh? Can I?”

“There’s nothing you can’t do. Lady Bebe can order us to take you anywhere. I just wanted to tell you that His Highness is not here right now.”

“Why? Didn’t Theo and everyone come this way earlier?”

“He came with Lady Harris. But something urgent came up so His Highness left after sending Lady Harris somewhere.”

At the completely unexpected words, I paused for a moment with my mouth open. I thought he would definitely be here, but not this time.

“Oh, really? Will he be out late?”

“Well, these days, he’s been away since morning…”

I had to turn around as the attendant mumbled towards the end of his sentence.

“Okay!”

“If you want, I can get you…”

“No! I’ll see you soon.”

“Huh?”

Leaving the puzzled attendant behind, I turned around.

“Where are you going?’

“My room!”

“You’re not looking for the Grand Duke, are you?”

If I said so here, it would be obvious.

“I’m going to my room. Guide me.”

“I’m afraid you don’t know…”

“Ugh! It’s not that you don’t know, is it?”

“Ah! Let’s go back!”

After poking the other knight in the ribs, Tommy moved again. Unintentionally, while I was touring the Grand Duke’s house, I suddenly felt a gaze from behind.

Clearly feeling those gazes, I arrived at the front of the room.

“Now you can go right in…”

“No! Wait.”

“Yes?”

I entered the room.

The two looked at each other curiously.

After looking for a while, I quickly ran towards the hallway, much faster than before.

I was able to face a person I hadn’t met before. Of course, the person ran away again.

“Dad!”

“Daddy!”

“I’m not your father.”

Dad, who hurriedly covered his face with a cape, ignored me and tried to pass by. Of course, I grabbed the hem of my dad’s clothes.

“What do you mean?”

“Oh, what? Haha, oh, Daddy was kidding…”

“Kidding? Then why were you so startled when I called?”

“No, what a surprise. It’s just… I was wondering if you weren’t going to talk to me…”

Those words suddenly reminded me of the past, like it was the first time I met my dad.

“Ah…”

“Haha…”

“Anyway! You said you thought I wouldn’t talk to you, but why were you going back and forth in front of the room?”

“I’m just passing by.”

“You say that every time you go out? Are you really passing by?”

At that, Dad awkwardly nodded, as if someone was forcing his head to move.

“Uh…”

“Oh, I see. You were on your way. Where did you come from?”

“Oh, I’m on my way from the office.”

My dad, who was unusually awkward today, wasn’t even looking at me.

“Yeah, did you meet Harris? I heard Dad was looking for Harris.”

“I did.”

“So did you find her? Did you ask everything you wanted to ask?”

“Uh… well, I wanted to but I had something urgent to do. But don’t worry about it. I didn’t let her run away. I have a very reliable person on guard, so it won’t be a big deal.”

“You had an urgent matter? Then go.”

I turned to my father, who kept lying, even though there was nothing urgent.

“Uh… So…”

At the same time, my father didn’t even think of going and wandered in front of me.

“You said you’re going, but why aren’t you?”

“Oh, you want me to tell you what Daddy has been doing? We can go to your room and I can tell you what I found.”

My father talked to me with an awkward smile.

“You said you were busy!”

“Oh, that’s…”

“I hate people who lie.”

“Ah…”

“So Dad, I hate it.”

My father’s eyes turned round when I said something unexpected. Dad, who was standing and hanging around just now, hunched over.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s not that I don’t like it… I don’t hate you, Dad. It’s just that all of a sudden… I feel like I’m a kid.”

At those words, my father held me in a hurry, surprised.

“It’s not a bad thing to be a child.”

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