Chapter 50 (2/2)

“Disappointment only happens when there’s expectation”

“Is that so!” My hands clenched into fists and I held myself back

“It was a joke,” he deadpanned

The matter-of-fact way he said it made my desire to kill skyrocket

It wasn’t funny at all, I wanted to say I h it was a difficult battle

“Even those at the top have ti of, and yet reat power Recklessness and courage are not the same There is no reason for a person who knows their li way around to be ridiculed”

What a difficult speech, but could I si, “Do what you like”?

He chose the time limit, but it was up to me to decide on the method and course of action I’d need to take to achieve my objective

Are you raising hts were unknown to ot the picture

“We now return to the bird Does it benefit o at will?”

His words were as sharp as ever Though I’ve becoed out, he was still terrifying

Hoorthless I am

It would probably wiser to rely on soht there, was the “bird” I just let go of

But would it really be better to do nothing, leaving it all to someone else?

To depend on so the

“Father, I am different from you I cannot make a decision solely based on what is reported”

I’in it It takes tiet to the answer, even if I already knoill happen Like that entire wizard abduction mess

I can’t craftily make others do whatever I tell them while I sit pretty in the palace

“Nothing will happen if I don’t dirtywas, probably, the resolve”

Even if he didn’t tell me, the only path available to me had already been decided There was a future I wanted to prevent, and I will spare no effort in doing so Nevertheless, theNow that I’ve found the start of it, the steep path made my knees want to buckle in fear

I won’t even think about asking someone to push me forward, but I’m sure a part offor someone to help, just like the time I messed up and Lutz and Theo were taken It wasn’t much, but a small part of me wanted to be irresponsible and take the easy way out

The task father gave me couldn’t have possibly been done out of duty as a parent If I failed, it would be my end and he’d wash his hands of rateful for one thing

I thanked hi clear to me a crafty side of myself I wasn’t even aware of

If he hadn’t put the spark in me, I would have continued my half-hearted effort

And when I failed as a result, with many lives lost, would I still have the nerve to say I did all I could?

While I wait fearfully for the destruction of the world, will I turn to the Priestess to save us all?

No, thank you

“Can you take all responsibility for your decision, no matter the results?”

Expression restrained, I nodded “Yes”

My honest hands and voice shook, but I hoped he wouldto happen froirl who has lived a safe and sheltered life isn’t ready for so like that But if I want to be responsible for myself, I must learn to not burden someone else with the responsibility for my actions Still better than the alternative

“You have been full of nothing but the unexpected”

Father sighed once andat him, I couldn’t control my own bitter smile

“I decided to strive for my own happiness”

His voice, as he responded, was unexpectedly gentle

“I see”