I Ended Up Saving My Crazy Stepfather - Chapter 129.2

I stroked my dad’s cheek with my hand. Perhaps it was an unexpected compliment, but my dad looked a little surprised but laughed.

“It seems I’m the only one in the world who’s happy to be praised by my daughter. But it’s good.”

It was nice. Aside from that, what more do I need to say?

I just looked at my dad silently, just like that.

A few more days passed since then.

It went on as if nothing happened- no, just like before the storm. Dad still came to visit Mom and I, and as always, we were busy eating together, going on walks and talking about our day.

Like people who don’t have much time left, Dad was more obsessed with this time.

Every day. Like a more pleasant person on purpose, Dad built up memories like that. As if we didn’t deliberately talk about others, we only focused on our own stories.

It was one of those days when I slowly learned what it meant to be anxious the more I was happy.

It was an unusually sleepless night. My mother’s patting and the quiet night were the same, but I couldn’t sleep that day as if something was going to happen.

Eventually, I tossed and turned until late at night. I fell asleep, before waking up to a familiar voice.

“It’ll soon be over, Adele.”

Unlike when he was talking to me, his voice was exceptionally calm and subdued. The familiar yet unfamiliar voice of my father gradually brought me back to my senses.

“Is it… really ending?”

Fortunately, it seems that neither my mom nor dad noticed me, probably because it was serious.

“Because we revealed the truth that the current Emperor did everything and the Marquis helped. It’ll be over now.”

I heard this even though my dad never told me.

If it wasn’t now and I didn’t pretend to sleep, I wouldn’t have heard him. I snorted hard in case I would get caught while quietly listening to Mom and Dad.

“I thought about where it would be at first, Adele. Thanks to you, I learned why they created Harris.”

“That child is…”

“A child born from an experiment. The older brother of the current Emperor, Emperor Asht, had children born from women with at least a bit of magic. That’s why he kidnapped women with magic powers.”

Dad’s words almost made me hiccup just from hearing that terrible story.

‘So Mom…’

Mom also seemed to be in shock and didn’t speak for a long time.

“You too…”

“He collected children born from women who were brought in that way and made them bear children. Emperor Asht thought Adele was special, but…”

Listening to my dad’s muffled voice, my mom spat out a disappointed laugh. I felt like jumping from my seat and saying something about the situation.

However, I was absorbed in acting because I knew that the moment I woke up, he wouldn’t tell me anything. Of course, there were times when I almost fell asleep because I was so engrossed, but the contents were so serious that I didn’t sleep as much as I thought.

“Anyway, dozens of children were made like that. And among them… there was that child.”

“…That child.”

“Harris, a child raised as a weapon, not a human, from birth. I didn’t think so, but it’s clear. The first time I found Harris, I found the child through Elin’s traces, but this investigation was completely different. When I got to know Harris’s words and circumstances, I knew it was right.”

There was silence again in the room. As if hearing it for the first time, my mom’s voice became harsher than before.

“Instead of looking for traces of Grand Duchess Elin, we started investigating the old couple who cared for Harris. As to whether there are people like that at all…”

“Was there anything that came out?”

“There were no such people from the beginning. Rather, people who lived in that area for a long time didn’t even know they existed. At that time, the people who said they lived for a long time said they saw Harris suddenly change.

“That’s…”

“I think it was black magic. Maybe because time passed and the person who casted black magic disappeared, but they returned to their original state and the fabricated memories disappeared.”

Dad’s hand patted my head, like someone trying to find peace of mind.

“In the end…”

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