769 Father and daughter (1/2)

Chiaki was currently looking at her cell phone.

Her cell phone screen was actually blank as she wasn't doing anything with her cell phone. She was simply staring at her cell phone's blank screen.

”What's the matter?” Mika noticed this and wondered what was going on.

”Nothing… I was just thinking about if I should call my dad to tell him about what I'm going to do.” Chiaki flashed a smile.

Mika fell silent in understanding.

Chiaki using herself as bait to lure out a potentially vicious god was something highly dangerous. Even with Seiji and the entire knight order present, there was no guarantee of Chiaki's safety.

In such a circumstance, should Chiaki call her only relative and tell him about it… that was indeed a dilemma that she had to face.

”I can already imagine what he'll say if he hears about it, so I don't want to tell him,” Chiaki continued in a soft voice. ”But, it also feels illogical if I don't tell him.”

Illogical… Chiaki had referred to logic rather than emotion.

Mika felt bad for her friend, but she didn't allow herself to show it on her face. ”I think that you should contact him,” Mika suggested.

Chiaki fell silent for a moment before speaking up again. ”If it was you, what would you say in such a phone call?” The tomboy started smiling up again with some slightly evil intentions as she asked her best friend this question.

”This…” Mika paused momentarily because she hadn't expected Chiaki to ask such a question. ”I would tell him about the situation…”

”And then? Only tell him about the situation?”

Mika was unable to continue.

Although she knew what she would say, that was her idea, not Chiaki's.

Mika had her mother, while her father was deceased. And, she had an excellent relationship with her mother, unlike Chiaki and her father.

That was why Mika couldn't say anything else… she felt that she shouldn't.

Chiaki smiled slightly as she saw her best friend falling silent.

Such a little joke would only be effective against Mika. Seiji would definitely react with a retort.

Mika had many weaknesses that were easy to take advantage of. Although Seiji had weaknesses as well, Chiaki felt that his weaknesses were much fewer, or at least to a lesser extent. And whenever he got serious, it felt as if he had no weaknesses whatsoever, which made him seem incredibly reliable.

Seiji and Natsuya made a perfect pairing. He was also an excellent pairing with Mika.

As for Seiji and her… although they also made a nice pair, even if she wasn't here, he would…

Chiaki felt that Seiji would surely scold her if he knew what she was thinking right now.

It was quite easy for Chiaki to imagine her boyfriend being angry with her.

However, she didn't intend to change her way of thinking, because she considered it a fact.

That was good.

That was fine.

That way… even if the worst happened to her, she wouldn't need to worry about anything.

”Mika… thank you.”

”Eh?”

The twintailed girl was surprised at her friend's unexpected thanks.

Mika then saw Chiaki stand up and walk away while holding her cell phone.

Chiaki went outside and took a deep breath while looking up at the night sky.

She then used her cell phone to dial her father's phone number.

Shingo picked up after a mere two seconds.

”Good evening, Dad.”

”What is it?” Shingo still spoke in the same light tone as always.

”Nothing much… would you believe it if I said that?”

Shingo remained silent.

Chiaki chuckled lightly.

”It's really nothing much… to you, that is. Everything about me didn't mean anything to you… I used to believe this in the past. Although things are different now, yet… our relationship is still the same. Both of us have cold blood in us… towards others and towards ourselves… I don't know how to describe it, but I think you'll understand. We're… actually quite similar as father and daughter… We're both… incompetent and unseemly… as father and daughter.”

Tears began to pour out of Chiaki's eyes as she said this.

She didn't know why she was crying.

Maybe it was for the past, or for the future, or for the present.

”Dad… I'm sorry… and… thank you. You haven't been a good parent… but you've actually done really well… it's fine to just stay like this… it's fine to stay as cold as you are…

”If… a miracle occurs… then everything will become much better.