Did he get blinded by this huge sum of money?
Both knights glare at Lian’s father, cold enough to freeze.
“Ah, these gazes feel like daggers stabbing me! But please trust me, Lian!!! You are my beloved son, I love you! Your wellbeing is of utmost importance to me! I was considering your happiness and future!!!”
“I will decide my own happiness and future,” I say. “Don’t make plans about them on your own.”
If Lian’s father dictates my every action, setting up Leis Village Defense Operations would prove to be impossible. I’m already feeling a headache because of that.
Lian’s father slumps to the floor helplessly.
“You’re right… I’m sorry for bypassing your consent. I really am.”
“Do you understand what you did wrong now?”
“Yes, Lian… I truly do. I’ll only make decisions after consulting you from now on… So please, don’t look at me so coldly, my beloved son…”
I massage my temple as a headache splits my skull.
While it’s good you’ll consult me before making any big decisions, I also don’t want to get involved in your evil deeds.
But now that he mentions it, it’s for the best that Lian’s father informs me of his hatching crimes beforehand. It will allow me to stop him before he does something stupid.
I look down at Lian’s father just as he looks up at me with a distraught face. A long sigh escapes my lips.
“That’s right. Please do so in the future. For now, though, what’s done is done, father.”
“I-I know, Lian! Even I understand that much… It might be too late, but I’ll make up for it, I swear! I’ll do anything in my power, so please, will you forgive your father?”
If you’re saying you’ll atone for what you did, there’s not much I can do. It’s what you should do anyway. In this reality, although humans might forgive, God won’t.
In those historical dramas my grandpa watched every week without fault, the main character says this kind of line to the villain when the situation reaches its climax. It doesn’t mean it’s wrong, though.
“Father, are you genuinely repenting?”
“I am! My heart feels like it’s about to burst! It’s so full of regrets!!”
Lian’s father starts to cry while clinging to my feet. He’s so loud, and his face is so drenched with snot, tears, and sweat that it doesn’t look like he’s faking it.
Lian’s father truly looks like he wants to make amends. And he also says this with the utmost sincerity.
I shift my gaze to the bespectacled knight.
The knight sighs with displeasure and shrugs. He pushes up his silver-rimmed glasses to its rightful position and nods at me, not a word leaving his lips.
He seems to have accepted that the criminal feels truly repentful.
Way to go, Lian’s father.
But it doesn’t mean you’ll escape your due punishment.
“You’re not lying, are you?” I ask. “Can you promise this is the last stupid thing you’ll do?”
“Of course, I swear in the name of the Goddess! This is the very last time!”
“Please, don’t go back on your words… Use them as a guideline, and live righteously, father.”
Lian’s father’s eyes widen, his lips quivering as he looks up at me.
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Nurturing the Hero to Avoid Death
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