[Episode 150]
As time passed, one thing became clear: Star Keeper’s ability to strangely manipulate this person’s mind did not exert a great influence only on the relationships I had built myself.
Even those who were briefly affected at first usually returned to normal within a week.
But people who were not related to me were now curious about me and stopped liking me or showing favor for no reason.
The fact that it was a dragon seemed to create fear in quite a few people.
“I dropped this.”
“ah! Thank you. Excuse me!”
When I pointed to the fallen towel and said, the servant trembled and hesitantly approached to pick up the towel, then bent down and hurried away.
It was really amazing to see them running away with towels piled up like a mountain so huge that I couldn’t see in front of me.
“hmm.”
“Eirin.”
“dad?”
“I guess I need to re-educate the lower ones.”
“It’s okay, let’s do the education again.”
I shrugged.
My dad was back to normal, and the people I had known for a long time looked a little reluctant at first, but they gradually returned to normal.
That maid must have been a maid who had just arrived.
“By the way, what do you think of what I said earlier?”
“You mean that dye?”
“Yes, I wrote a letter to Sharnet and got a reply that it would be possible to make such a drug.”
“If I stick to the plan you say, I’m sure a great product will come out.”
Dad reached out and stroked my hair gently.
The friendly touch was still the same as before, but I thought that Dad’s gaze was not the same as before.
It’s not that I don’t love you. In the past, that gaze, which was only light, felt like a mixture of thoughts and thoughts.
“Dad, I heard someone is looking for you these days. May I ask who it is?”
Not only that, but it seems that everyone who was imprisoned in the dungeon of the imperial castle went to see the bitch who thought he was my father a few times.
‘I thought it was more amazing that he was still alive.’
After attending a banquet attended by the heads of households a week ago, my father handed over the full power of the headship to me.
I didn’t explicitly order you to do it, but I asked for my opinion and followed my decisions, from external matters to everything.
Then, the attitude of Terem, the shadow group of Etam, also changed.
They reported to me the every move of every major figure in Etham.
Although he did not report back on distant expeditions or far from Terem’s surveillance range.
As if someone had been planted in the academy, not only Callan and Silian, but also Charnett’s reports came to me.
‘I’m glad everyone is doing well.’
Of course, that wasn’t all.
Reports on other Etam’s collateral children attending the academy and each department receiving money every year followed.
It was a part that showed how my grandfather, Mirel Etam, robbed people like that every year at the New Year’s meeting.
‘Terem’s attitude hasn’t changed at all.’
I wasn’t that close with Terem, and I didn’t even talk to her that much.
‘Is it because you have to serve me because I’m not changing?’
Or, since Terem itself wanted a ruler with a sense of intimidation, I thought that it might have been okay with me as a dragon.
“Are you curious?”
“yes.”
“I’m looking for the person who handed you over to the bitch.”
“Ah… is that so?”
I looked at my father blankly for a moment feeling like I had been beaten in the back of the head.
“Yes, I found traces of the grave being dug up.”
“…a grave?”
“Dahlia’s grave was dug up once a long time ago. Then I covered it with soil again.”
Dad didn’t hide anything from me anymore.
If you had any questions, he answered every detail, and if you had any questions, he dutifully researched them and presented the results.
Dad was silently assisting me.
My dad, who was always used to standing on top of others and receiving from someone…
started playing the role of a helper by my side for me. Realizing that, I couldn’t be more childish towards my father.
It made me feel sad and a little sad… and a little bit upset.
“So… you mean he pulled me out of the grave?”
“I buried Dahlia after her death. The coffin is closed…”
Dad kept his mouth shut like a person who had a hard time talking, and then continued.
“I saw everything covered with dirt. Not just me, everyone witnessed it.”
“…yes.”
“On that day, I thought that you, who I thought were never born, were also buried together.”
But I came back alive.
And that’s because she’s not her father’s daughter, but she’s also someone else’s direct descendent, not a collateral descendant.
When I knew the whole truth, my dad naturally understood, but now that I think about it, maybe it was because of me.
Because I created this world, I might have wrapped my dad’s natural doubts as a favor to me.
And this time, I thought that it might be a bit of a leap, wondering if the question that I had buried while my father was confused by the Byeoljigi came up again.
“No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it. I wonder how you were able to come back alive…”
“…”
“The reason why the person who dug up the grave after discovering that you were alive went to him instead of me…”
Dad said quietly. .
“Maybe there was another reason for Dahlia’s death.”
Dad’s words made sense. I know you’re not blaming me. But for no reason, one side of my chest felt heavy.
“Eirin.”
“Your father.”
“As I said before, I’m not looking to blame you or find someone to blame.”
Dad said and lightly cupped my cheek with the palm of his hand. It was a very kind hand.
Dad’s hands were still warm, and my skin was a bit cold, and I liked the lukewarmness created by the overlapping of the two temperatures.
“This is not your fault either.”
“…yes.”
“You were just a lonely child.”
Dad took me in his arms and whispered sweet words to me as always.
Dad knew which world I had lived in and that I was the one who made this world.
And after returning from the imperial castle for a few days, he also told me why this happened.
Dad listened to everything quietly and, as always, said it wasn’t my fault.
“It’s no wonder that a lonely child fantasizes and a world is born from it, and you become a special person in that world.”
Dad whispered sweetly as he held me in his arms. It felt good to pat my back.
“You were just struggling to live. I want to escape the misery that has been created.”
Yes, maybe it started with a small misfortune.
maybe I could have gotten away with it. Wouldn’t someone in the world be living in the same situation as me?
“You say that you will finally enjoy the happiness you hold in your hands, but no one will disturb you.”
At Dad’s words, I smiled clumsily and nodded my head.
“Even if there are, I won’t get rid of them all.”
I’m still not used to hearing kind words, but it seemed like my hesitant steps gave me an opportunity to become a little more confident.
‘I didn’t understand the word ‘parents’ blind love’ in the past…’
I felt like I knew it now.
Because I came to this world and learned firsthand that love that is poured out for no reason is so sweet.
“I will be very, very happy.”
“okay.”
“Because I’m happier than anyone else… so Dad. We live together for a long time.”
I said, burying my face in Dad’s chest.
“Because I’ll be happy until I can’t help it…”
Dad tousled my hair and gave me a small smile. Seeing that expression, I hugged my dad a little tighter.
“Please watch me become happy.”
This was perhaps a mission given to me.
“I look forward to it.”
“I will earn a lot of money and do my best.”
“If I earn more than I do now, I should build a country?”
“…That’s not bad either.”
At my words, Dad burst into laughter as if he was having fun. The corners of my mouth naturally relaxed in the lighter atmosphere.
Have we grown up together? My dad felt like he had grown up too.
“And you should see your grandchildren.”
“…grandson and granddaughter?”
“Look at your jokes and…”
“That’s…”
Dad smiled.
It was a dissatisfied but bright smile that I hadn’t seen in a long time.
“I don’t like that.”
“yes?”
“Because your marriage is not in my head yet. There are many bastards who are after you.”
“is it so…?”
I tilted my head curiously.
However, until this day, I had never received an engagement request or a marriage application that everyone else received.
“Yes, I burned all the unanswered requests as soon as they arrived.”
Dad’s expression, which speaks so confidently, looked really proud.
I might have to correct it a bit to say that I have grown a little.
“Don’t worry, I will burn it in the future.”
No, maybe I should correct it a little more than a little bit.
