Rebirth Of The Duke's Daughter

Chapter 93

"Father? What brings you here so late?" Yawning, which was fake, she rubbed her eyes to act out that she was 'tired'. "Why are you looking so worried right now? Did something happen?" She gave her father a questioning look when she knew clearly why he had such a look on at that moment while going into her bedroom in the middle of the night.

Cotton and Net were woken up looking to see the father who barged into Mila's room.

[Why is he here so late in the middle of the night?] Cotton yawned after she was asleep the entire time that Mila had gone out to start her plan.

[Maybe he is worried about her again.] Net and Cotton snuggled together going back to sleep. [Just let the father and daughter pair be as it is. They will resolve it in the end.] Net said lastly before going ahead to sleep before the sun came up so soon to indicate the next day had come.

"Did you meet someone suspicious before?" Duke Reynard held concerned and worried eyes looking at her. "Someone who you may have met on your journey or even the hunting event that you recently went to." Duke Reynard felt as though Mila would be considered an enemy if the Mireraweth emperor found out that the individual knew his daughter who had been gone for about three years.

"Hmm... there was this one person who saved me in the forest when it was the day of the women's hunt." Mila said, seeing how her father looked more worried. At that moment, Duke Reynard did not know if Mila may have also been a target of being kidnapped.

"Did you by any chance see their face or see them with Princess Addis that time?" Duke had to try and see if there were any hints or clues that Mila could give them with the thought of why his daughter wasn't kidnapped that time. 'Was Mila also a target? What happened in that forest?'

"No, they were on their own and saved me when I was alone with my horse gone." Mila had to make up the story that she knew that her father would listen to her and believe her, regardless of the situation.

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Duke Reynard asked, seeing how Mila kept it a secret from everyone who she was close to; including him.

"I didn't want my father to worry about me. Father keeps worrying about me so much that I don't want to worry father when he is so busy with the kingdom affairs." Mila hugged Duke Reynard seeing that he was far more worried about her than she expected. "Father works so hard to support us all. Why can't I do my part to help him be a little relieved of stress?" Mila hugged Duke Reynard, rubbing her face against his chest with a warmth that spread within her father to see how much she cared for him.

Duke Reynard couldn't help but sigh only, he did not know what he was going to do once Mila was out of his life forever. He did not know how he would manage in a world without her since he barely managed to live on when his truly beloved wife passed away. "Don't go out for the next few days. We can't let you get into the same trouble again while things are dangerous at this time in society." Duke Reynard wanted to keep Mila locked up for some time since he knew that Mila would still try and go out no matter how hard he tried to stop her.

"Okay, father." Mila nodded, keeping their hug as it was with her father setting her down once she was fully asleep for the night. Duke Reynard stayed a little bit longer in Mila's room, seeing his daughter so peaceful in her sleep with the two little beasts of hers at the foot of her bed.

'What am I going to do without you in my life?' Duke Reynard sat down on the edge of Mila's bed, then he thought that he saw a woman looking at them both with a gentle smile with the moon's light allowing them to see her figure. Rubbing his eyes, looking back to see no one there with the thought that he was just tired from everything that had been coming all at once on him.

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'Aiken, how are you right now? You're not destroying or killing anyone without reason are you?' Addis thought, feeling as though Aiken must be going crazy since she was labeled as 'kidnapped' during the woman's hunting event. Sitting still in the home that belonged to the woman known as Fairy. "Berry." Appearing out was a Red Claw Panda, the panda was no bigger than half the size of a horse.