Chapter 246 – Volume 50 – I Will Definitely Make You Happy (1)
“You’re here.”
“Keuheum, don’t say you’re coming.”
“My father says he’s coming… Anyway, I’m sorry to see you so late.”
Of course, that’s not something to complain about.
The root cause is that I came too late.
You might have expected that if I contacted you and came to you, you would run away.
“Oh… Maybe it resembles your childhood.”
“No, it’s my daughter.”
“When you were little, I thought you were my daughter too.”
“Mother…”
Originally, when I was young, it was difficult to distinguish because it was in a state before secondary sexual characteristics.
So you’re saying something like that…?
To be honest, I don’t really want to have a talent for dressing up as a girl or anything like that.
“Carly, I can.”
“You hate me.”
Possible is what is possible, I am impossible.
To draw a cross-dressing harem called Witch Academy, to come back in the aftermath like this.
It’s okay if the character I’m inspired by is a woman, but it’s a completely different matter if I dress as a woman.
“Cadet…?”
“Yes, Grandma. Yes, yes.”
Still, it’s a welcome atmosphere rather than a reprimand.
To be honest, even though our feelings were hurt, it was my fault that I didn’t come after having a baby.
…Because the opponent is Rosaria, there must be something better.
“Well then, Rosaria and you are having a chat while watching Nike. I have to talk to this guy.”
“I will. Leah, this way.”
“Yes mother.”
Well, you were going to visit me without saying anything.
It seems he had something to tell me.
I calmed down my strangely tense feelings and followed my father into the study.
“It’s amazing. A strange species like you comes out of a family that only knew about swords like this.”
“…”
“From the look on your face, it looks like you’ve been caught. Well, since you guys came here, I didn’t expect to be able to hide it.”
“How long have you known?”
“…It’s quite early, since you said it so confidently. I was curious about how to do it.”
You saw all my actions from the beginning.
It wouldn’t have been difficult to figure out that I was Siu.
In the beginning, there are many cases where I acted without thinking about hiding it.
“I think it’s great.”
“Yeah?”
“I’m talking about achieving that level of achievement in a certain field. I’ve said everything, even to that old friend, to be recognized.”
“That’s…”
“Carly, did you say? I’ll be rated more than a sword master.”
I certainly did.
To be honest, I didn’t think I would lose just because I was already evaluated at the time.
“Goyan bastard.”
“Yeah?”
“At the point of already saying that, to say that everything was successful. I wasn’t confident for nothing.”
“Ahaha…”
It is always better to bet to win than bet to lose.
And depending on the direction of the evaluation, you may not have been recognized only for the value of the name Siwoo Painter.
It wasn’t that I said it with certainty.
“Sorry.”
“Carly, why do you think I forced the sword on you?”
“…I don’t know. Isn’t it to follow in your father’s footsteps?”
“Of course there is. But that’s just a personal opinion.”
It was said that the most important thing was about the family.
…But isn’t it part of the family to succeed in swordsmanship?
I was a little puzzled.
“You can look at it that way. But the Gladys family is not a family that just hangs itself on swordsmanship.”
“…Yeah?”
“We are just the weapons of the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor. There is no need to be great at swordsmanship.”
Of course, having excellent swordsmanship was the best direction for that.
Also, according to the talent that has been passed down steadily through the generations, it is not that difficult, so it came naturally.
…They say it was like that until I was born.
“I know the situation roughly. It seems that you are cooperating with His Majesty.”
“…Yes. And now I’m following Her Highness the Crown Prince.”
You don’t have to talk about being friends.
It’s not like that, it’s better to see it as a public question.
…But you really don’t know anything.
“And it seems to be actually helpful… Originally, abilities aren’t determined only by force.”
“I see… Do you?”
“For that reason, I’ve decided to stop interfering with you.”
“Yeah?”
After all, I made them learn swordsmanship, and what they ultimately wanted was to protect the empire.
Conversely, if he was working for the empire as he is now, it meant that he would accept it even if the path was different.
This is a really unexpected answer.
“However, there is work on this side. I have no choice but to find a successor, or I can only hope that my granddaughter will have a talent for the sword.”
“A job?”
Wasn’t your father retired?
Of course, the word is retirement, but in reality, there are quite a few things to do.
You don’t have to keep anything official.
“Now I can’t tell you about this part because it has nothing to do with you. If you’d followed me, I’d have to tell you. If not, it’s kind of like that.”
“Looks like it’s a security thing. Okay.”
“…Did you talk to Rika?”
“Anyway, nothing seems to have changed.”
If possible, avoid talking to me at all.
Even if I was in the same place, I ignored him, and when things didn’t go well, I got annoyed and angry and distanced myself from me.
I was being terribly hated.
“How are you Carly?”
“Yeah?”
“It means that you have the same mindset as before.”
“Yes, yes.”
“Whoa…”
It’s also a bit strange.
Even when I was young, there were many things I didn’t understand about my father’s treatment of Rika.
It must be the adopted child he brought in, so why is he trying to keep the distance with me like this?
“I heard you gave up swordsmanship, so I thought you gave up on that too.”
“I gave up. Anyway, I think our relationship has already split enough.”
“Then?”
“…My heart is my freedom.”
“Yes. It is.”
…Anyway, now we are standing at an irreversible end.
I might be able to make things a little better.
You can’t go back to the way it was before.
“Right. This is a personal curiosity.”
“Yeah?”
“What did you do to make other weapons have auras?”
…My father seemed to know that my work was the cause.
Well, of course not.
In the first place, the false official document had his father’s name on it as well.
“I do not know.”
“…What?”
“I don’t know why either.”
Perhaps this is a topic that I need to research further when I have time.
…It would be nice if other mages, not me, researched and produced results.
Anyway, I didn’t know the exact cause.
“You don’t know why…”
“Well, I’m still just starting out. I guess I can’t handle my talent perfectly.”
‘…I don’t think I’m the cause, but I think it’s better to pretend to be strong in front of my father.’
“If you can handle it, it’s the power to rule the empire. Use it carefully.”
“Yes, I will use it in a way that the empire can revive and become beautiful.”
“…You’ve grown a lot.”
After talking, I said goodbye to my father and went outside.
Mother and Rosaria were talking about the past while playing with Nike.
Without interrupting, I went to the kitchen and drank a glass of water.
“Uh.”
“…”
Well, I didn’t expect to run into Rika here.
The expression he still looks at me is full of venom.
…Of course, there is still a little bit of that cuteness from my childhood in it.
“Hey.”
“…Yes?”
“I have a question.”
I’m surprised
I’m used to saying that I don’t like being called oppa because I’ve been here often.
It’s been a long time since I’ve talked to you first, saying I had a question.
“Yes, I will answer. Ask.”
“…Happy?”
“Uh?”
“Rozaria, having a baby with her sister, and beating her swordsmanship. Are you happy now?”
“Well…”
I think I’m definitely happy.
More than the time when I put my life into swordsmanship that didn’t improve no matter how much I tried.
You will be much happier
“Maybe.”
“…But why the hell did you work so hard on swordsmanship up until now?”
“I can’t say that.”
…Because he’s delicate.
If you know the truth, you might be hurt more than the hurt you received from me now.
I didn’t put my life on the sword to see something like that.
“It’s like that all the time. On the outside, they say they’re precious, but they hide a lot from me. I’m really disgusted to death.”
“…Sorry.”
“I’m fed up with that too. If you’re sorry, have you changed? Have you ever changed?”
No, it has changed.
It didn’t change that I was angry.
Rosalia finally made it, and gave birth to her brother and her child.
“It’s not like that…”
“I don’t want to hear it. Go away.”
The wall of severance created over a long period of time separates us.
I’m glad though, it’s possible to maintain my mentality after hearing these words.
In the past, I would have struggled for a long time, but now my self-esteem and other parts are stable.
I was able to end it to the extent of feeling sorry.
“Failure?”
“Ah, it’s Lia. Yes, failure. It ended pretty well with my father. Rika still hasn’t improved.”
“…You won’t even tell me why you started swordsmanship?”
“The moment you know, I think Rika will know too.”
“No it’s not?”
“Is it because you won’t tarnish the family’s name by learning swordsmanship?”
“It’s a superficial reason.”
That’s right.
But if it were Rosaria, she would go and tell Rika right away, so it’s hard to say the real reason.
In fact, even if that’s not the reason, it’s something that can’t be easily said.
“Sorry.”
It is said that because her family used Rika to blackmail her, she began to wield her sword forcibly.
I didn’t have the confidence to do it to anyone else.
