Only after Paejon finished sorting things out was I able to raise myself.
Just as I was about to stand up—
Stagger—!
Maybe the strength left my legs, because my body collapsed before I knew it.
Grab—!
Father, who was beside me, caught me and supported me.
“…Ah, thank you.”
At my words of thanks, Father stared straight at me.
He looked like he had something to say.
The moment I was about to ask why he was looking at me like that, it came to mind.
‘Father…….’
Ah.
The fact that I had called Father “Father.” Was that it?
‘Did he perhaps notice something?’
At the thought that he might have, a cold sweat slid down. It’s something he could never notice—yet who knows.
Father’s indifferent gaze only made me more uneasy.
Gulp. I secretly swallowed and then asked Father,
“…Deputy Lord. Do you have something to say?”
“You remember what you said, don’t you?”
“……”
Uh-oh.
It seems my guess was right. Was it a problem…