Chapter 125 (1/2)

Chapter 125: Chapter 125

I quietly closed my mouth for fear I might disturb my father. Suddenly, Allendis came to my mind as I stayed put in the shade of the gray alley without sunlight. When I asked him how to avoid the shade, he answered that all I had to do was simply go into the shade.

The day I last saw him before the delegation departed for the Lua kingdom, he made a lot of requests to me as if he would never see me again. Somehow, I felt uneasy with an ominous foreboding, so I asked him repeatedly why he spoke like that and when he would come back, but he never replied. I just turned around with a bitter smile back then.

When I recalled his emerald eyes, who always looked at me warmly, I was suddenly choked with tears. I quickly blinked my eyes to clear my blurred vision.

‘Let me stop feeling depressed. Allendis will definitely come back. ‘

When I turned my head, pulling myself together, I saw my father still standing there.

“Daddy?”

I started to become more and more anxious as he didn’t move at all. I reached out and carefully pulled out his navy blue cuff, but he didn’t move.

This time, I pulled his sleeve a little more strongly once again. Only then did he look at me and called with a subdued voice, “…Tia. ”

“Dad.”

“I’m sorry. Are you surprised? ”

“No, Daddy. Anything wrong? Why did you all of a sudden… ”

“Well …”

Pretending not to have noticed he was in a difficult position, I looked up at him.

Normally, I would have given him a pass, thinking he was put on the spot, but I was curious because he acted differently this time.

“… We stayed too long here. Let’s go back. ”

‘Why is he trying to avoid answering me?’

As I looked at it with a puzzled expression, he turned his head to avoid my eyes and said, “How about eating out? It’s been a while.”

“… I want to, but um…”

“Then let’s go. I know a restaurant.”

Given that he repeatedly beat around the bush, it was clear that he didn’t want to tell me the reason. I wondered why, but I didn’t ask. I walked away with my father.

Shortly afterwards, we arrived at a luxurious restaurant for nobles. It was the first time I came to this kind of restaurant.

I headed to the quiet window side table, guided by the manager who bowed to my father. I knew some of the nobles who were chatting and eating with soft music playing, but I just passed by them because I wanted to spend time with my father today. They also bowed slightly, but didn’t come to see me.

“By the way, Daddy.”

“Why?”

After I hesitated while waiting for food, I opened my mouth. I felt I had to tell him what I had in mind.

“Well, I’m sorry to mention this suddenly, but are you willing to remarry?”

“…What the heck are you talking about? ”

“It’s been eight years since Mom died, but you can’t live alone forever.”

“I never thought of that. Why are you suddenly mentioning it? ”

“Well, I just thought I might have to bring it up one day.”

After hearing my answer, he put down the fork and the knife and said in a serious tone, “I haven’t told you about it because you were still young, but you know what the oath of our family is like.”

“Yes, of course.”

“Good. As you know, it is to devote your life to the imperial family to achieve one single wish. I hated it so much. Of course, our family earned the reputation as the best loyalist in the empire, but on the other hand, it also sounded unbelievable without our oath. I thought it was enough to show my loyalty to the royal family even if I didn’t swear. ”

I nodded. The day before my mother’s anniversary of death, as I hardly could sleep, I wandered around my house and accidentally overheard him saying that.

‘He expressed it as a curse, saying he would not like to have me do it.’