"What? Really? That fu…"
With what was happening outside at the moment, it wasn't hard to convince Emma that her father had gone out to check on the situation.
"Aih… why did he just leave without telling me anything? He hasn't changed at all…"
She grumbled several times, but in the end, she gave up and accepted the situation.
It was good that she did.
As I listened to her mutter and groan about her father's sudden disappearance, I felt a pang of guilt rise up inside of me.
It wasn't so much from the fact that I... or the other me, had killed Waylan, but rather from the fact that now the two people whom she cared for the most had both passed away.
Her life…
It was really pitiful when one thought about it.
'Should I tell her the truth later, or should I just change her memories?'
I didn't think the second option was feasible.
Whether or not I made an effort to conceal the information from her, she was going to find out about her father's disappearance in one way or another.
'How should I tell her the news?'
That was the biggest problem.
I couldn't just tell her that her father was someone known as the Protector of the Seat of Diligence and was the one responsible for the deaths of millions of humans.
He was also the same person who murdered her mother once he realized she was no longer of any use to him, and the only reason he kept her close to him was because of her talent, which was worth nurturing.
'She always did seem to lag a bit behind the others… I guess he must've slowed down her path forward on purpose.'
"Ugh."
I groaned and ruffled my hair.
The situation was more troublesome than I anticipated.
'If only Kevin was here…'
He was the one who was good at handling these types of matters.
"What are you going to do now?"
Overhearing Emma's voice, I turned to look at her. Her expression seemed to have recovered, and her eyes were on me.
I pursed my lips.
"I think I'll go back. I got what I wanted already."
"Oh, I see."
Emma nodded her head.
"Do you want me to follow you out?"
"No, it's okay."
I shook my head, refusing her offer. To be honest, I'd rather not interact with her at the moment. I found myself struggling to think of how to break the news of her father's passing to her.
In the end, I chose to leave and think of the solution later.
'I'm sure I can think of a way…'
My expectations weren't very high.
"Alright then. I won't see you out."
We parted ways not long after that, Emma and I both. After reappearing right in front of her mansion, I turned around and looked back at it while sighing.
This really was...
Troublesome.
***
"You're back?"
I got back home, the first person I saw was Amanda. She seemed happy to see me. She had her hair pulled back
like this brought a
after what I
"Are you cooking something?"
"Mhm."
nodded her head. Though her expression didn't give it away, I could
to know how she felt, despite not showing
That being said…
be surprised by
"Oh, that?"
Amanda's body paused.
head, her
and I tried to call you several times, but
"You did?"
took out my phone and noticed several missed calls. I smiled wryly
This was my bad.
"What happened after that?"
"Nothing much."
of her shoulders, Amanda
you were busy since
"That's fair."
"hum."
into the kitchen, Amanda returned with a large cake in her hands. It was not very big, about
sight, and I sat down
I liked cakes.
hands together, I leaned back on the sofa. Pondering over something, I
that doesn't explain why you
seen far more
looked at me and
noticed that what was happening was harmless and the mana density increased, I went back to making the
pursed her lips, and her
burned it
resentful at
"Oh."
and took a small
She had come a long way from the times when she would add far too much cinnamon to
It was very sweet…
"You've improv―"
Looking at Amanda's plate, which
This girl...
brought her spoon to
"You want some?"
good. I still
"Oh."
looked at my plate
that enough for
"You don't think?"
what someone would call normal. In comparison to hers, which practically filled the entire plate, it looked
into such a glutton, and where did
ever. Rather, it seemed that
'What's going on?'
"Hold up."
"Hm?"
brought her finger, which was now filled with cream, to her mouth
her in complete bewilderment, and as if she
food. It's rude to
"Haa… alright."
a sigh, I took
it tasted a lot
***
"Do you resent me?"
that came abruptly, and I had a hard time
visit my family and saw my dad sitting on the sofa with the lights turned off. Apparently, Nola
Resent
the sofa and
stared back at me, and despite my best efforts, I couldn't quite make out what he was
was one of the few people I could never find myself able
very hard to express myself. It's something I've been trying to work on for quite a long time, and despite my efforts, I still
Indeed, he wasn't one to express his emotions often. He was sort of like how Amanda
that I felt so comfortable
and I don't think there's anything wrong with
to express himself for me to understand that he cared for
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