Chapter 362 - The Musician (1) (1/2)

”Luke!” I blurted as soon as I rose from my bed.

”I already sent your parents back to their house,” he placed his book down.

”How old am I?” I decided to slowly tread on the topic.

”Thirteen,” he measured my temperature, wondering if there were other things he missed.

”When did I first meet you?” I continued.

”When you were three years old,” he answered.

”So we've been together for around ten years,” I didn't know it had been that long already.

I hoped he got the hint that people had to change from the course of ten years. However, he had always treated me the same whether it was then or now in the present. Luke sighed as he noticed that I wanted to tell him something with my vague words.

”So you're trying to tell me you're different from when we first met?” he instantly realized.

I nodded my head, he understood quicker than I thought he would.

”Of course, you're different. Do you see me treating you the same as back then?”

I started to go through all my memories in my head. While he was gentle to the Rika who cried all the time in the memorila, he never accepted my tears once we entered elementary school. No matter what kind of a big scene I made, he always dragged me to wherever he wanted to take me. He had no tolerance for any complaining unless it was something related to my health.

His patience became thinner throughout the years as more things he let go for the previous years couldn't be done for this year. Only the horrible study sessions remained the same. With all the piling accidents increasing ever since we entered middle school, he became even stricter. He had to watch out for more things while encountering unimaginable events oozing with danger.

”I'm grown up now,” I told him I didn't need his extensive guidance anymore.