Chapter 156: The Parent of the Angel (2/2)

“…You must be mistaken, I believe?”

“Huh?”

“My father has no interest in me at all. He does have a child with his mistress, although they are not married. I would have assumed he never thought of me. He never contacted me for reasons other than business.”

Mahiru tersely noted, her eyes turning from dumbfounded to aloof.

“He has no reason to meet me, and if he did, he should have contacted me. That had never happened before though.”

She said adamantly, Amane stared at her face, and  held her hand.

“And what does he have to say at this point? He abandoned his daughter for more than ten years, got along well with another woman, and what purpose has he has to look for me?”

“Mahiru.”

“Even if they cared about me…I cannot think of them as my parents. Those people are just blood related, and not the parents who raised me. The only parent who raised me was Koyuki-san.”

She continued with a monotonous voice, filled with countless thorns in them. Amane had enough, and embraced her tightly.

The thorns borne out of the voice were hurting Mahiru herself. She did not seem to be acting tough, but it felt like she was choking herself.

The proof was that even though her face seemed devoid of expression, she clearly was hurting. A blank look she had, it looked hurtful.

Mahiru slowly lifted her head towards Amane while in his clutches.

“…What?”

“…More intimacy.”

“For who?”

“Me.”

“…I see.”

Mahiru whispered, and sighed as she leaned on him.

“…I do not mind at all, actually. That man has nothing to do with me.”

“I see.”

“…And I have a new home.”

“Oh, yeah.”

“…So, I am fine.”

“Okay.”

Amane was glad that Mahiru could think of his old place as her home, and once again, he realized her feelings for her own family as he gently patted her head.