I Will Try to Save My Dad - Chapter 144

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Chapter 144

Berry Quartz Trabel’s accomplishments last week were remarkable—apprehending the con artists in Belodia and recovering the Jewel of the Sun. The witness testimony that she had “merely stumbled upon them” was no accident either.
While most marveled at the fortune of the Trabel Family’s youngest granddaughter, Laksek Iron Trabel—who knew her true worth—felt his heart race beyond mere admiration. He was anxious about what proposal she would present, given the magnitude of the achievement she had brought him.
“You wish to have Theon…”
“To be precise, I wish for an engagement. I would be grateful if you would approve the engagement with the oath of the family head, Grandfather.”
Theon Phil Voltman.
Reytan’s disciple was attempting to steal away his youngest granddaughter.
‘That foolish man. Can’t he even keep watch over his own disciple?!’
The boy had shown exceptional promise as a Sword Master from his earliest days, which had always felt unsettling. As time passed, Theon had grown tall and well-built. And his face—was the wretch particularly handsome?
Though Laksek Iron Trabel did not voice it, he had always been troubled by the presence of such a man beside Berry. Even traveling throughout the entire Empire, it was difficult to find anyone as exceptional as Reytan’s disciple.
‘I knew this trouble would arise eventually! That wretch has captivated my granddaughter’s heart!’
The foolish man who had kept such an exceptional person at his granddaughter’s side was Reytan. Thus, Laksek Iron Trabel’s anger was directed at his second son.
“Berry, do you know how old you are?”
After taking a deep breath, Laksek Iron Trabel soothed her.
“Fifteen years old. At this age, I cannot even discern my own immediate path forward.”
“Do I appear to you as someone who acts without considering what comes next?”
At Berry’s words, Count Trabel’s mouth fell silent.
There was no way that girl had acted without thinking of the consequences.
‘It’s absolutely impossible.’
She clearly had some scheme in mind.
“Do not worry, Grandfather. I have a plan for everything that follows.”
“I suppose you do.”
When Laksek Iron Trabel answered coolly, Berry asked with a gentle smile.
“Have you tried the healing medicine?”
“…Yes. It works remarkably well.”
Laksek Iron Trabel nodded. Until now, he had sought out medicines said to be effective for similar ailments or beneficial to the body, but all had proven useless.
“It must be because it came from you.”
Yet the medicine Berry had brought yesterday was different. His body moved as it had before his illness, as though he had been restored to his former self. He felt as though he had been born anew.
Throughout his long life, he had believed miracles could not exist in this world, but they did. For Laksek Iron Trabel, Berry was precisely that miracle.
And so he must pay the price for that miracle—
…
“Is there something you wish to say?”
“No.”
Laksek Iron Trabel gazed quietly into Berry’s eyes before shaking his head.
An engagement was a promise of marriage, and that meant his granddaughter would eventually leave for another family. This weighed heavily upon him.
‘Berry has inherited Julia’s affliction.’
Berry had grown up healthy without a single illness because she had remained within the Trabel Estate. Should she leave Trabel’s lands, her body would gradually weaken, just as Julia’s had in the past.
‘Baron Voltman Territory is in the countryside.’
Beyond the family name, there was no estate to pass down. They seemed to be living better than before, but it wasn’t a family worth staking an heir’s future on.
‘A son-in-law isn’t a bad option either.’
Moreover, Theon had grown up in the Trabel Family. He was far superior to some rogue who’d wandered in from who knows where.
“Grandfather, you’re not opposed, are you? This is fair compensation for a transaction.”
“I understand, you rascal.”
Laksek Iron Trabel tapped the armrest of the sofa. If my granddaughter had a plan, then I have one too.
Until Berry refuses to marry, that thieving brat will never leave the Trabel Family. I’ll make sure of it.
“Stop pestering me. You want a document approving the engagement? I’ll write it.”
“Yes!”
Berry thrust the pen toward me as if she’d been waiting for this moment. How delighted she looked. My granddaughter’s face was that of someone in love.
Tsk. My mouth turned bitter. Reluctant as I was, I moved my hand. I was writing on the paper before me—the content approving the engagement.
“Ah, Grandfather. Please write just ‘Theon’ for him.”
At Berry’s words, I stopped my pen. I’d been about to write ‘Theon’ and then add ‘Phil Voltman’ after it. She wanted me to write only his name without his surname?
“…There’s something more to this.”
“Oh, Grandfather.”
It seemed like more than just approving the engagement—something far greater was at play. My instincts told me so. Berry played innocent and urged me to write the next sentence.
“Now just write ‘I approve the engagement’ after that. And don’t forget to stamp it with your seal.”
If it were anyone else, I would have scolded them for their scheming and torn up the paper. But the other party was Berry.
“…Very well.”
Like a tiger made docile, I bent my broad back and rewrote the words on the paper. I didn’t forget to stamp it with my seal at the end either.
I was genuinely anxious about what kind of trouble my granddaughter would cause next.

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‘Done…!’
All I had to do now was wait quietly until the Crown Prince’s coronation ceremony. Since Theon and I were planning to leave the Trabel Estate by then, Grandfather might have figured out something about Theon’s true identity by that time.
‘He’ll be shocked, but there’s no helping it. This is the only way for us to get to Diamond House right now.’
I hid Grandfather’s letter in my bosom and left the Study, walking down the Corridor. Kane, who had been standing far from Grandfather’s Study, called out to me.
“Hey.”
Hey was a pronoun that applied to an unspecified number of people. I pretended not to hear and moved forward. It was the moment I brushed past Kane, who was near the Staircase landing.
“Berry Quartz Trabel.”
A low voice, commanding in tone.
“Oof!”
Something grabbed my arm and pulled me with tremendous force. My vision shifted so abruptly that I had no time to comprehend the situation before my back collided hard against the cold, rigid wall.
‘That hurts…!’
A small whimper escaped through my teeth. I opened my eyes, which had squeezed shut from the impact. I found myself trapped between Kane’s two arms, my back pressed against the wall.
“Move.”
“….”
I pushed against Kane’s arm as he braced himself against the wall to escape, but it was far more solid than I expected and wouldn’t budge.
After attempting to push his arm several times, I gave up against a strength that wouldn’t yield an inch and turned my gaze forward instead.
“What are you doing?”
“You’re the one.”
Kane lowered his head, bringing his face close to mine—just a fist’s distance away. This was precisely why I disliked Kane. He was someone who acted coercively whenever it suited his needs.
Moreover, Kane had a strongly controlling nature. It even showed in his appearance—for instance, the way he buttoned his outer coat all the way to his neck as if he couldn’t tolerate even a single thread coming loose, or his blonde hair styled with pomade, maintained at a precise length.
“What did you do?”
Kane needed everything within his reach to be under his control.
However, he couldn’t fully display that tendency within the Trabel Family, where Grandfather and the direct elders resided. But it seemed he could do so in front of me, whom he considered easy to handle.
“What?”
“You went to a Resort for leisure, happened to meet con artists by chance? And you even found the Jewel of the Sun there?”
“That’s how it happened.”
“Don’t think you can fool me.”
Kane’s breath touched my forehead. In the dim, shadowed vision, I could see his upper body. Was that his solar plexus? Jeffrey had said that if you hit it hard since it’s a vital point, it hurts tremendously.
“Whose plan was this? You couldn’t possibly execute something so complicated with your own mind. Is it that Sword Master Ciel is fond of?”
Still, hitting someone felt wrong. I decided to hit something other than Kane’s solar plexus instead.
“No.”
“Then.”
“I did it?”
“Don’t lie.”
“I’m serious. If I really set my mind to it, I think you’d fall for my deception without question, Brother.”
“…What?”
“Besides, I don’t even have a counterfeit gold coin to give you.”
Thud. The wall above my head vibrated briefly. Kane had punched it. His furrowed brow and angry gaze fixed on me.
“I haven’t been letting you slide all this time while you’ve been damaging the Trabel Family’s reputation for nothing.”
“Huh?”
Kane gripped my arm forcefully. Before the pain could even register in my arm held by his massive hand, Kane dragged me toward the staircase leading downward.
“Come with me. I’ll give you some proper re-education.”
“Wait, hold on—”
Thud. That’s when it happened. The entire floor trembled. I glanced down at Kane’s feet, wondering if he’d struck the ground with his foot, but they stood perfectly still and composed.
Thump. Thump. Instead, I heard the sound of someone ascending the stairs to our floor, their footsteps muffled against the plush carpet.
“Re-education?”
A chill swept through the air, followed by a voice even colder than the breeze.
“What kind of re-education?”
It was Father.

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