Chapter 124 – You Are My Father
From the moment my father appeared,
I had no choice but to focus all my attention on my father.
It’s like a stigma engraved on one’s instincts.
While carefully watching my father’s every move, I was anxious to see if he showed any sign of discomfort.
My father seems to really like my attitude.
“But I have doubts. How did you grow up so safely?”
“…”
“Even if I were to die, I would have died long ago. Eve. What do you think?”
“Well, uh, that. Now, I’m not sure…”
“Tsk. “You’re still stupid.”
“…”
I was the one who didn’t even think about anything, let alone refute the harsh criticism that poured out like a stream.
If that’s the case with your father, then that’s the case.
Actually, I am stupid, so there was nothing wrong with what I said.
All I can do is I’m sorry. All I did was lower my head.
Just like always.
Some people may say that I am too obedient.
But it’s my father.
Because it has to be that way.
It seemed kind at first glance, but I felt like its slitted eyes, like those of a poisonous snake, were scanning my body.
The gaze even reaches the ring on my finger.
“Like. I see. “Magic power was forcibly injected into my body.”
“…”
“It won’t be just that. Right?”
“I’m taking the medication…”
“It’s such a waste for a doll. “Don’t you think so?”
“…”
You’ve been referring to me as a doll since a while ago,
Honestly, I don’t really know what you’re talking about.
But I nod in the end.
If you don’t say yes to your father’s question, something terrible will happen.
There might come a morning without sunlight.
Days like that may repeat for days and eventually make you forget the passage of time.
I might be trapped in a thorn-studded iron coffin and begging for forgiveness until I’m hoarse.
You may not be able to move your body and your body may be eaten all over by rats.
I don’t like that. Therefore…
“Oh, what a waste. For me, yes. For Eve, it’s a waste…”
“It must be Rohan, right?”
“Yes, at some point, it was medicine, the cold went away, and once I got it…”
“Speak so that I can understand.”
“Hi…”
Oh, I can’t do that. You shouldn’t stutter. This is something my father hates. I should have told you straight, explained the situation, but my body was shaking, and I was so scared that no words came out of my mouth.
When my father looked at me like that, he sighed as if he was going to die out of frustration, then came a little closer and even frowned at my inadvertently taking a step back.
Before I knew it, tears welled up in my eyes,
I almost had no choice but to cry.
“It was cold, so, huh, so cold. When I woke up outside the mansion, neither my father nor my brother was there. I don’t know if that’s why, but I was so cold…”
“There is no way a lifeless body can be warm.”
“Well, my brother came quickly and came up with a solution right away. After taking the medicine, the cold goes away…”
“Hmm.”
It seems like my father somehow understood my gibberish.
I thought he thought for a moment, but then he nodded as if he fully understood what had happened.
“Eve. Why are you shaking so much? “I don’t mean to hurt you.”
“S-sorry…”
“What about that medicine? “You probably have it, right?”
“Hey, in the carriage…”
“Bring it.”
I whimpered into the overturned carriage and took out a box containing medicine.
Because the carriage flipped over loudly, about half of it was broken, but fortunately the other half was safe.
Let’s bring it to your father, and he will look at it with interest.
My father looked at it for a while, then filled the bright red solution into a syringe and motioned to me.
It meant to come closer.
“Ah, it’s still time to get the medicine…”
“Eve. Since when did you start criticizing my actions so much?”
“… “I’m sorry.”
I don’t even know the topic.
I was surprised and obediently held out my forearm.
My father inserts the syringe at random.
Oh, there’s too much, much more than usual, and the capacity itself is different from when Professor Diaren or Ian inserted it, so it all enters the body and flows directly into the blood vessels…
It won’t be long, I mean,
Even before my heart beats ten times,
I became sparkly.
“Huh, huh… Hehe…”
He, hehe, hehe,
I laughed stupidly.
It’s sparkling, my body, which was a little cold, has become warm, and I feel good. I feel so good…
My father, who was looking at me closely, said,
“It’s just a drug. No, I’m only hearing this from you. “I have a rough idea of what materials it was made of.”
“He…”
“That Rohan guy. “I like fine hair.”
“Onii-sama, you have a good head…”
“It might be quite helpful. Let’s get some more. Eve. “It’ll be okay, right?”
“Jo, Johayo, yes, Father, it’s good for Eve to do what you want…”
“You’re kind.”
As if my father was satisfied, he cut my hair,
Yes, please pat me gently. One time, when I was a tomboy, when I rebelled against him and eventually realized that it wouldn’t work and that it would only lead to eternal pain, so I gave up, he gently stroked me, just like the first time I obeyed and called him father.
“This one has properties similar to medicine, so even, what is this ring?”
“Ian, Ian gave it to me. He…”
“Ian? “It’s a name I’ve heard before.”
“Ernest! This is Ian Ernest… !”
“… Ernest? Ah. Is he the successor to Sangvis? How did you meet? Hold on. If you look closely, it’s a very poor quality item. “This is.”
“It was bad, terrible. I’m tormented every day, Eve, I’m tormented every day…”
“… Are you being harassed?”
“I hate you so much, I met you at the academy, hehe, I hate you, I hate you so much, I want to take you down, I hate you, I hate you so much that I want to die…”
“…”
“And, a lot, a lot…”
“Eve. That’s enough.”
They say they love each other so much, they can’t live without each other, they’ll even get married,
I was going to confess about my relationship with Ian, but I was stopped from saying it at just the right time.
“I don’t have good memories of Ernest either. She was so stubborn that she often tripped over whatever her father was trying to do. Insolently.”
“This is my first time hearing it. He…”
“Because I didn’t tell you. Okay. I will break it down. I’ll chop Ernest finely and serve it to you. How do you feel?”
I tilted my head.
I don’t think that would be very pleasant.
But I still have no choice but to nod.
No matter how brightly I felt, my father’s words were absolute.
My father smiled wryly.
“I wouldn’t do anything for her beloved daughter. Isn’t that right?”
“Do you love me?”
“Of course. How could it not be so? Because of you, I was able to get closer to the longing I had longed for.”
I see.
This is what love is.
Once again, I am learning important lessons about life from my father.
I instinctively felt that it was something twisted, but in fact, I had already thrown away all instincts.
“You just have to stay still. Eve. Then everything will be over.”
“Yes. “Father.”
“But that doesn’t really matter. Eve. Do you remember?”
“Ugh, what… ?”
“… I’m sorry. “Because I forgot you were stupid.”
Father, stroke my eyeballs once again.
The difference from before was that I didn’t close my eyes.
It stung a lot, but it was what my father wanted.
It’s all shiny, so it actually doesn’t hurt that much.
“I still don’t know how you were chosen by Pheonix. No, maybe that’s why I’m glad.”
“Lol…”
“Okay. That’s what matters. Never getting old. Also, something that never dies. I won’t be complacent like last time. To do that…”
I need your help.
That’s what my father said.
Of course, I nodded again.
Eyes as black and sticky as tar command me.
“Call me. King. “Once again.”
“How? I don’t know How do you do it? Eve, I don’t know.”
I don’t know what you mean by calling the king.
As I was freaking out, my father sighed.
At the same time, he thought about something stupid and made me depressed.
I need to help my father. I guess I’m useless after all.
“Yeah, I didn’t have high expectations. So I guess I’ve been rotting quietly in prison for several years.”
“Sorry…”
“Okay. But I found a way, so like I said, you just have to stay still. Even now.”
My father, who has been stroking my eyeballs,
Please put a little more pressure on your fingers.
Deeudeeudeeudeuk, keeeeek…
That wasn’t just the sound of an eyeball being pulled out.
It feels like something is being forcibly pulled out from deep within my soul.
Blue embers begin to bloom.
The blue flame that once burned the entire Alchemia is about to ignite.
I felt it intuitively.
The moment the eyeball is completely torn out, the phoenix appears.
And that’s probably what my father wants.
…
…
But, it failed.
By the spray of water that appeared as if connecting heaven and earth.
What appeared like a sharp storm was exactly what separated me from my father.
When did you see this?
I don’t know, but the person I saw in front of me looked familiar.
Rohan, Rohan brother.
My brother, whom I haven’t seen in a while, hurriedly checked my condition,
Immediately, he screamed with an absolutely furious expression on his face.
“You bastard-!!!!!”
The sheer hostility towards my father was enough to make my skin tingle.
But my father said it was no big deal
He just shrugged, as if he had predicted his brother’s appearance.
