I Don’t Need a Dad Like This! - Chapter 25
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【Chapter 25】
In fact, since they were divorced, it wasn’t adultery, but he didn’t like the fact that Rie and Emilia were standing by Philip’s side at all.
“…Don’t play word games. I asked about the carriage attack.”
As Casselik’s face hardened, his insides burned more and more.
Thinking about it again, he seemed more bothered by the fact that Rie and Emilia had ridden in the carriage with Philip than worried about them.
A wife who only looked at him and a daughter who was shy around strangers.
He couldn’t even imagine those two people getting along harmoniously with a strange man.
But something he couldn’t even imagine had become the reality before his eyes.
How?
How could that rude child who calls me a dung carriage become so close to Marquis Philip?
“Father.”
It was then.
At Rie’s voice that brought him back to his senses, Casselik lowered his gaze.
The child who had tilted her head back pressed her lips together with a determined expression.
In her small hands was letter paper.
“The reason Rie rode in the carriage with Marquis Philip is because of these letters.”
“…Letters?”
So there was some reason after all.
At the child’s single word, his sharp nerves became rounded.
But Casselik hardened his face again after seeing the contents of that letter paper.
“…What did you draw?”
“Rie and Marquis Philip.”
Below the word “thank you,” a child and Philip were clumsily drawn.
In the drawing, the two people were standing side by side holding hands.
So much so that anyone would mistake them for daughter and father.
At that thought, Casselik felt his stomach churn.
Betrayal.
The first emotion that came like a tsunami, followed immediately by bitterness that overwhelmed him.
“…You drew something useless. Who would like that.”
At his answer, the child’s eyebrows sharpened.
“The Marquis likes holding hands and walking with Rie.”
“…”
“Though Father wouldn’t like it.”
The child who made a “hmph” sound boldly extended her hand to Casselik. It wasn’t asking to be held, but meaning to give the letter back.
When Casselik blankly held it out, she took it and, holding Emilia’s and Philip’s hands with each of her hands, left the spot.
Casselik looked down at his empty palm.
The child’s drawing had left his hands but remained drawn before his eyes like an afterimage.
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Had all their curiosity been satisfied?
Now there were no more people approaching Rie and Emilia.
Because of this, Rie felt a little bored, but she was satisfied since Emilia looked more comfortable than before.
Rie, who had been sipping her orange juice, patted her mother’s leg.
“Mother, you did well. Now people will see you as someone who speaks well!”
“So they didn’t see me that way until now?”
“Huh!”
Rie, her true feelings had been exposed!
Is Mother perhaps a magician?!
Rie slightly turned away from Emilia and blinked her eyes.
“…Rie doesn’t understand people’s hearts well.”
“Of course you don’t, miss.”
It was when Emilia was chuckling softly.
“Miss Emilia. Do you have a moment?”
The group of noble ladies who had been chatting quite pleasantly with Emilia earlier came rushing over.
“We have regular gatherings, and we thought it would be nice if Miss Emilia could join us too. Let us explain!”
“Pardon? A, a gathering? Would it be alright for me to participate?”
‘A gathering?’
Rie’s eyes sparkled.
‘This is an opportunity for Mother!’
During her married life, Emilia had been blocked by Casselik, and after the divorce, she had no close friends due to the disgrace.
But now…
“Mother. Go quickly, quickly!”
“Huh, huh?”
As the child’s small hand patted her bottom, the flustered woman took a step forward.
Rie didn’t stop there.
“Ladies, please take our mother with you! Rie will stay here and drink orange juice deliciously!”
The surrounding ladies burst into laughter at the child’s unexpectedly bold statement.
“Oh my, Miss Rie is so decisive.”
“Then may we chat with your mother for a moment? We’ll finish quickly.”
“If Rie gets bored, would you like to come with the aunties?”
‘No way.’
If Rie was there, the aunties’ true gossip… they couldn’t do it properly!
It was information obtained from 【The Cave】. The ladies’ gossip is stronger than a knight’s strike.
Our mother needs to become strong too!
Rie shook her head vigorously.
“No. Rie will stay here! Mother, go and come back!”
As she forcibly waved her hands, Emilia sighed with a troubled expression, then disappeared with the ladies, saying she’d return quickly.
“Hmm. Mother is gradually growing. Rie is very, very proud.”
Watching Mother walk away with her friends made her feel all warm and fuzzy!
After that conversation earlier, Casselik couldn’t approach Rie and Emilia carelessly anymore.
It was fortunate, but why? Something felt unsettling.
‘Could it be… Father was shocked after seeing Rie’s letter? Because her handwriting was really, really bad?’
’70 points? Is it a problem with education, or the child’s problem?’
She remembered Casselik from her previous life, who sighed after seeing Rie’s dictation test scores.
Thanks to studying hard because she didn’t want to get scolded, she later always got perfect scores.
“It was scary until now… but if Father can’t approach Rie because of that, then Rie won’t study anymore!”
It’s absolutely not because she doesn’t want to study!
This is all for Rie and Mother!
It was when her small fist trembled with determination.
“Little one-! You look fine!”
A familiar voice came from the terrace leading to the outdoor banquet hall.
Kami came fluttering over this way.
‘Kami!’
Being able to talk with Kami was a secret from other people.
She happened to have something she was curious about. Rie looked around briefly and went outside to ask.
“You know. What if I use Rie’s time ability to see the past of that person called Ella?”
Other people seemed to have brushed it off lightly and were enjoying the banquet, but Rie had been feeling really, really uncomfortable about that woman Ella since earlier.
No matter how much she thought about it, it didn’t seem like she would have gotten angry at Philip and sought revenge, or ordered the carriage attack to torment Rie and Emilia.
It felt like something enormous was hidden beyond that.
“Is the time ability a joke? You can only read that bastard Casselik’s notebook when you use it for others!”
But Kami seemed to think differently from Rie.
“Besides, Marquis Philip can solve that level of problem sufficiently without using abilities. You came all the way here to see Marquis Philip’s past, not that woman’s.”
“Huh?”
Rie’s mouth fell wide open.
“That’s right. I forgot!”
Right.
She had completely forgotten because of the sudden incident!
“Rie, this isn’t the time. You need to quickly hold hands with the Marquis to gather energy, then peek at why the Marquis is sad!”
Rie, who came back into the banquet hall, ran frantically through the crowd of people.
Soon, she could see Philip’s head sticking out between the people.
‘Oh no!’
The problem was that he was with the Emperor and Crown Prince, so Rie couldn’t approach.
‘Marquis Philip…! Rie, please look at me!’
There was no choice.
Staring attack!
Rie bounced up and down from a distance while staring at the Marquis.
But, Marquis Philip… he looks really, really close with His Majesty the Emperor! He said they were family, so it must be true!
He’s even sipping wine and enjoying himself! Rie won’t be visible to him!
What should I do?
It was when Rie was stomping her feet and looking around frantically.
“You’re wet.”
A cold voice that would make anyone shrink just from hearing it.
When the startled Rie turned to look in that direction, the cheerful atmosphere had frozen as if cold water had been poured over it in an instant.
The owner of the voice was Crown Prince Jair.
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