Chapter 8

“I thought you would kill her as soon as you saw her . ”

His voice went even lower . It was creepy and somewhat heavy . I got quite scared . What were you going to do to a defenseless child?

“That was what I thought too . ”

I forced myself to straighten my crumpled expression . Even without looking, I could draw Caitel’s expression in my mind by now . This was not a good thing .

“Crazy fucker . ”

Oh, our thoughts were the same . I was surprised for a moment, but then I just accepted it .

Now I see the guy who came in with my father was a human being with his head screwed on right . That’s right, you were a normal person . That’s good .

“As if that was unusual of me…”

Caitel lightly replied back and laughed . That horrifying laughter… It was low .

In fact, too low . I shivered as the chills, beginning from my toes, spread throughout my body .

“I really was planning of doing that . ”

As I quivered, my body shook . Caitel finally stopped stroking my cheek . That was something to be grateful for .

“Think about it . My kid . It’s disgusting . ”

His voice sounded like he really felt disgusted to death by the thought of it that it made me feel awkward as I eavesdropped; so much so that my mouth just plopped open .

“It’s your kid . ”

That’s right, it’s your kid, you moron . Even hedgehogs find their own babies cute . You couldn’t even do better than a hedgehog? Loser .

Anyways that guy was a serious case that needs to be studied . If he would be crazy, he needed to be just adequately crazy . I didn’t know how he can get married off at this rate . He’s twenty-six years old . If he wanted me to be frank, there was only one year difference between us .

Damn, if only I wasn’t reborn as a baby, the situation would have been better than this!

Finally, I opened my eyes .

When I did, the first thing I saw was my father’s face with an expression that could freeze hell over .

“That’s why it’s loathsome . ”

Seriously, how many faces did he have? I honestly wanted to know . What did he fucking do?

Sometimes, he seemed normal and sometimes he acted completely nuts . It had been already three months since I thought it over, but there’s not much I know about this guy even though he’s my dad .

That’s right, even though he is my dad…

“What glory and splendor could you earn by being the child of a mass murderer? The only thing you can get your hands on is stained dishonor and a throne colored by blood . ”

There was darkness swarming in his eyes . His eyes were full of scorn, but they were not meant for me . He was looking far past me . He was looking down at all those numerous women who wanted to have his child . By the way he looked, I could instantly tell how weary he felt while thinking of them . Yes, this was the same way he looked like when he was looking at someone who couldn’t even be compared to a bug .

“That was enough to satisfy them . ”

“How distasteful . ”

Yes, just by looking at your eyes I could see you really think that way . I was so scared I didn’t care if my lips were sticking out and just looked up at him . Then I heard a low sigh somewhere .

Oh, it’s that guy .

They seemed to be friends . Maybe they both had a master and slave relationship? Anyways, thanks to that conversation, I knew they were close . However, it was still a voice I didn’t recognize . My point was that it’s not Ferdel who always stuck to him . Then who was that guy?

“If she had been a son, I would have killed her instantly . ”

Caitel whispered as he lowered his head and kissed me .

“I don’t need a crown prince to succeed me . ”

His voice sounded completely honest .

In the darkness, I looked into a pair of red eyes and quietly swallowed my breath . Caitel’s eyes held so much thick and heavy malice one couldn’t even breathe .

Of course, it wasn’t towards me .

It is still very scary thought .

“Your daughter can’t inherit the throne?”

“She can inherit it . ”

Huh? This was the first time I heard such a thing . Did this country not have agnatic primogeniture? However, I have no desire to inherit the throne . I shook my hands for Caitel’s hands were too cold .

“But…”

Caitel let my hand go and took a step back .

“Before she can, I will sell her off like my older sisters . ”

…Was I weird for being grateful he wasn’t planning to kill me or was my reaction normal? I did feel a bit hurt, but if I was being completely honest, I didn’t particularly care if I was sold off or was simply allowed to live…

No, he said he would spare my life, so what could I not do in return? It’s not like I didn’t know what he was like, so this really wasn’t any different from before . In fact, I had already predicted this and had prepared myself in advance for the inevitable .

That’s right, if this guy was trying to kill me off, I would just take it lying down .

To be honest, this decision was a natural result of the circumstance I was in . I was just a baby who literally couldn’t do anything but take it . The person they were talking about didn’t care one way or another, but someone else did . Oh yeah, there was one other guy in the room .

“I always point this out, but you are not even human . ”

The other person’s voice sounded like he was sick and tired of him . I couldn’t deny it because I also agreed with him . That’s right, that’s not a human being . He’s just a crazy monster .

Having heard that, Caitel laughed his head off as a response . I guess he had no reason to hold back as I was already wide awake, so he laughed so hard he threw his neck back .

Hey, from the way you are laughing on, Nanny would end up coming, so you might as well laugh enough to be satisfied .

“I am human . ”

Yes? What? I was so taken aback by the crazy life form that dared to insist it was a human that I furrowed my eyebrows . Caitel, seeing this, touched my cheek and added .

“Just with a problem . ”

Well, at least you figured that out on your own .

I let out a sigh . To think my father is that . To think my life is this .

Dear God, couldn’t we just reset my life? I would like to reset my life .

“Why didn’t you kill her?”

The silhouette that stepped closer was quite big . He must be tall . I didn’t know if it was because it’s from a child’s view, but he seemed like a giant among men .

What was this guy saying now?

“I tried to choke her neck, but in this small lump, there was a life force struggling to live . ”

Caitel exclaimed excitedly as if he just made a fascinating discovery .

“It was so mysterious I gave up . ”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Is it?”

Would someone please stop this conversation? It was not fun to hear at all . I’d rather he just let me go . Oh, Daddy, to come into your daughter’s room at this hour of the night isn’t right! Okay?

…Ah Damn . why couldn’t I speak? I had a mouth! Why couldn’t I use it?

“It was overkill to execute that girl . ”

The guy said in a serious voice . He had taken the wrong position in the room so he was covered in darkness and I couldn’t see his face even if I wanted to . Ah! I tried to wipe my tears away . I have eyes! Why can’t I see him?

“Who?”

“The girl who made your daughter cry . ”

Caitel’s hand stopped petting my head as he heard those words which brought forth a forgotten memory . I also lowered my eyebrows and made a face . At the same time, Caitel’s face darkened .

“Ah . That . ”

The smile on his face was instantly replaced with an unknown expression . He removed his hand from my head and stood there as if he would snap any second with a sword in his hand if touched . I instinctively felt fear and clenched both of my hands, but it didn’t affect the other guy at all .

“To execute someone just for making your brat cry . Don’t you think your paternal bond is too deep?”

“It’s not because she made my brat cry . ” Caitel immediately denied it .

“Then?” The guy questioned .

Caitel’s vision fell on him for a moment . He had simply moved his eyes but the pressure from his eyes was nothing to scoff at or ignore .

Was he mad?

I was dismayed as it looked like a sword fight would break out any second when Caitel practically spit out each word one by one as if to enforce them .

“She touched what was mine . ”

I made a face at that . At the same time, I heard Caitel’s voice grew lower and continued .

“She was the one who kept on begging me to take her in exchange for not destroying her country, so I caught her even though her life was as worthless as a bug’s, but she didn’t know her place and kept running around . When she finally tried to touch what was mine, I had to kill her . ”

No, wait .

I felt a sense of danger from him . I felt his words were off, but I didn’t know exactly what so I fell into a state of deep confusion . It’s weird, really weird . What’s weird about it though? I know something is off… As my thoughts wandered off about what made his statement bizarre, I heard the other guy speak .

“According to your words, are you implying your daughter is not…”

“This is mine . ”

Ah! Now I figured it out . This sense of danger…

So what Caitel was saying right now was that he doesn’t consider me as his daughter . So in other words…

“If you try to touch my stuff . you have to prepare yourself for the backlash . Don’t you think so?”

You crazy f*cker!

-END . Ariadna

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