63 – My Disapproving Father -2-
An azure window appeared before her.
An azure window laden with ominous tales enough to furrow one’s brow appeared before Hanna.
[Q. What if he weren’t there…]
Hystania Hanna, fated for emptiness. She was originally destined to die.
Despite her father’s continual discrimination and her kin’s indifference, Hanna solely sought recognition and diligently persevered.
It was merely her belief that one day she would receive treatment akin to theirs.
She had consistently progressed.”
She had exceptional talent in swordsmanship and possessed excellent learning ability.
However, her father did not give her the attention she desired.
He thought that focusing on Malik rather than Hannah was a task for the family.
Hannah was dry of praise.
If only one person had praised her for doing well by her side, she could have avoided tragedy…
On a hot day in summer.
Hannah makes an extreme choice.
Knowing she is up against an unbeatable opponent, she climbs the Hamel Mountains to receive recognition from her father and grow in her sword skills.
Read the letter sent by Histania Rowen. (0/1)
Meet Histania Rowen. (0/1)
Subdue the elite orc warriors of the Hamel Mountains. (0/30)
Reward: Able to read the 41st prequel “If He Hadn’t Been There…”
Hannah blinked her eyes.
What was happening? She could see it, feel it in her body, but she couldn’t understand it with her mind.
Is it because the training was too intense?
Or is it because she filtered her meals?
She blinked her eyes deeply, but the blue window in front of her didn’t disappear.
“What is this…”
Chills ran all over her body.
The ominous contents that she would have died if she hadn’t met the butler were written on the blue window.
She swung her sword unconsciously. The contents that pierced through her past, which had swung her sword only for her father’s recognition, caused a slight tremor in Hannah’s fingers.
“Why would I die…”
Hannah thought of herself as a strong person.
In the past and now.
She thought the reason she could endure a lifetime of neglect was because of her strong mental strength.
To think that she, who had not been broken by her father’s neglect, made a foolish choice. It was unimaginable, but Hannah, who knew herself better than anyone, couldn’t hide her trembling heart.
With a foreboding feeling, her gaze kept returning to the blue window.
Internally, she denied it as nonsense, but if she thought back to that time, maybe she had done something foolish.
If only…
If she hadn’t gone to find the butler then…
Hanna made an effort to shake off her thoughts, shaking her head.
-Whack!
Hanna slapped her cheeks with both hands, trying to snap out of it. She thought to herself, she must get a hold of herself. She couldn’t focus on her training because she was only thinking about her master, and it made her see strange things. Hanna shook her head and silently wished for those thoughts to disappear.
When she opened her tightly closed eyes, the blue window that had spoken of ominous things had disappeared.
“It’s just because I’m tired… I’m just tired.”
Hanna struggled to rise from her seat and stood up, clutching her father’s letter tightly in her hand.
“It’s nothing.”
With a heavy heart, Hanna made her way up to the dormitory.
*
Three days ago.
The commander of the Empire’s knight order, Histania Rowen, sat at his office desk, holding a pen in his hand for the first time in a long while.
Rowen, not holding a sword but a pen, pressed his throbbing forehead as he was lost in thought.
[To Hanna…]
His hand that held the pen didn’t move.
What words should he write?
What words should he choose?
Rowen sighed deeply, unable to come up with any ideas.
“Phew…”
The words of the red-haired boy from earlier wouldn’t leave his mind.
“Coming to catch an elite orc at this age is something only crazy people would do.”
“Isn’t it impressive? Why isn’t anyone applauding?”
“You’ve never even tried something like this…”
That reckless guy who defended Hanna with unwavering eyes. It was a daring act that couldn’t have been done without a considerable amount of courage.
Perhaps, that brat knew that I was the commander of the Empire’s knight order.
The hostility that was being emitted towards me vanished as soon as he saw me, as if asking when that happened. And the subtle aura that was slowly emanating also disappeared cleanly. It was a situation that could be inferred to a certain extent.
Yet, the words of that boy, who spoke without a change in his gaze, kept lingering in Rowen’s memory.
“Arrogant kid…”
Today, for some reason, the pen in Rowen’s hand felt heavier than ever.
Having faced countless strong opponents and engaged in battles that crossed swords, the pen in his hand felt heavier than a sword that he had held hundreds of times.
“Phew…”
The letter paper, on which nothing was written, was soaked in ink from the pen.
Rowen crumpled the paper and sighed again.
“This is driving me crazy.”
Behind Rowen’s back, the letter papers were piled up like a mountain.
Starting with Hannah.
It took an hour just to write a simple greeting asking if she was doing well, but Rowen ended up tearing it up.
Where did it all go wrong?
Rowen, who only thought about doing her best, couldn’t understand.
Praises about Hannah were abundant around her. They said having a daughter awakened as the youngest would bring stability.
The colleagues and nobles who treated her as the pride of the family didn’t spare their compliments. But Rowen, the person involved, didn’t find their praises pleasing.
“Is it my fault?”
Even when she asked herself, the answer that came back was a strong denial.
She couldn’t be wrong.
Whenever she wrote a letter, only sharp words came out.
-Put away your sword.
-It’s dangerous, so putting away your sword would help you.
If it were before Hannah’s awakening, she would have written the letter with her talents, but now her daughter had achieved something that couldn’t be belittled by her talents. Even that was impossible.
For the sake of the family, pushing Hannah forward was the right thing to do. But the hallucination she had seen made her write negative words in the letter.
-Save me… Dad… Please save me…
Hannah dying…
It was something she had never even considered.
That’s why it was more disturbing.
What kind of father would think that his child would die? Rowen couldn’t make a rational judgment.
For the glory of the family, pushing Hannah forward was the right thing to do.
Malik had awakened and was showing outstanding achievements, but compared to Hannah’s reputation, it was a mediocre level.
If she thought rationally… that would be the right thing to do.
Her heart trembled when she thought of Hannah holding a sword.
-Save me. I don’t want to die like this.
Crack… Rowen snapped the pen in her hand.
“…I have to think of another way.”
Rowen sighed and took out a new piece of stationary.
-To Hannah.
‘…’
The stationary became damp with ink again.
*
[Please read the letter sent by Histania Rowen. (0/1)]
-Crackle.
Hannah, sitting at her desk, looked at the letter in front of her with eyes filled with complicated thoughts.
She wanted to tear it apart, but there were traces that she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
Hannah angrily slammed her desk.
-Bang…
“What is it that you want to say now?”
Her clenched fist trembled.
She didn’t want to see it.
She felt like it would contain obvious words even without looking.
-Fold up your sword.
-You have no talent.
Hannah was convinced that these words would be written inside.
What kind of words would hurt her this time?
She was afraid that it would be a disgrace to her family, she thought.
Her father was scary too.
She didn’t like her father, who remained unchanged despite showing her worth.
Hannah simply looked at the letter in front of her without opening it, with an anxious heart.
“I proved myself…”
She had proven herself, but what more did they want from her… Hannah couldn’t understand.
Hannah glanced at the blue window in front of her with tear-filled eyes.
[Q. If he wasn’t there…]
1. Please read the letter sent by Histania Rowen. (0/1)
2. Meet your father, Histania Rowen. (0/1)
3. Subjugate the elite orc warrior of Hammel Range. (0/30)
Compensation: You can access “Chapter 41: If He Wasn’t There…”
“I won’t do it.”
It’s better to avoid unwanted endings.
I am living a happy life even now. Because there was someone who supported and believed in me, not a father who stubbornly refused and rejected.
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Hannah coldly rejected the blue window in front of her.
But.
It was unavoidable that her gaze turned to unease.
If. If she were to hear the story that the blue window shows…
She might never be able to see her father’s face again.
Hannah looked at the sky with a troubled heart.
“Sigh… I miss Master today.”
Today, Hannah, with red hair, was particularly yearning for her master.
***
“Sit!”
In the peaceful lady’s room.
The lady, more serious than ever, was educating Gomtang, who was sitting under the bed with jerky in hand.
Gomtang, who didn’t understand English, looked at the lady’s hand with a puzzled expression, and the lady’s discomfort was rising uncontrollably.
The lady shouted at Gomtang.
“Sit! Pitiful creature!”
-What?
Gomtang ignored the lady’s words.
Gomtang’s gaze was solely focused on the jerky in the lady’s hand.
Gomtang, waiting with saliva dripping.
The lady turned the jerky in front of Gomtang’s eyes, saying,
“If you sit, I’ll give it to you.”
-Nyum!
Gomtang ate the jerky along with the lady’s hand. Unable to follow the reflexes of a beast, the lady looked at her right hand soaked in saliva with a futile expression.
The jerky disappeared in an instant.
-Goooom!
Gomtang wagged his tail, pleased with himself.
“Iiik…! It’s a bear cub!”
“It’s not a bear, but a dog.”
“Whether it’s a bear or a dog, it’s annoying!”
The young lady waved her hands threateningly at the puppy, but I found her adorable.
It was a peaceful day.
The sun was shining brightly.
No guests were coming.
A day stretching out like an unemployed person.
This is life.
I want to live like this forever.
Doing nothing, playing, eating, enjoying a peaceful unemployed life, throwing work to Mikhail… a leisurely unemployed life…
That’s when it happened.
The puppy, who was having fun with the young lady, jumped onto the bed, barked while looking outside.
– Bear! Bear!
“Iik!! Where are you going? You’re in trouble!”
Yelling at the puppy who ignored her, the young lady looked outside where the puppy was barking, tilting her head as if to say, ‘Who’s there?’
“Ricardo. A thief came.”
“What? There’s nothing to steal in our house.”
“There is.”
“What is it?”
“The most beautiful me in the world.”
I casually dismissed the young lady’s words.
“Why are you ignoring me!”
“…”
“Iiik!!”
I shrugged my shoulders.
Who could have come to the mansion that seemed like it might have ghosts?
Cursing the intruder who disturbed my happy unemployed life in my heart, I vowed to put up a sign at the mansion door: “Beware, a villain awaits if you enter.”
I slowly looked out the window.
A brown-haired man stood in front of the gate, waiting for someone to come out.
At a towering height.
With a graceful appearance.
The figure destined to be Mikhail’s mentor.
Histania Rowen.
I spoke to the lady.
“Air raid alert!”
“Hee-yaah!”
We lay on the bed, hiding for cover.
Hahaha It can’t be, i love this cuople 😂.
honestly the interactions between Olivia and the MC is gold haha