His chest, which had swelled greatly, deflated the moment he finished his last words.
It was as if the emotions bundled up inside him had burst forth along with his confession.
He tightly shut his eyes, then opened them and looked at me. He was clearly smiling, yet his expression carried a tinge of sadness.
“What on earth have you done to me, Ailette Rodeline?”
“…….”
“What did you do to make me think like this?”
“…….”
He still searches for the reason for his goodness in me. In truth, it’s simply that he hasn’t changed.
It’s because he’s Thesilid Argent.
But he’d hate to hear that. Instead of words I couldn’t convey, I decided to act.
“……Ai?”
Impulsively, I stepped up onto the bench. Only then did our eyes align at roughly the same level as I stood beside him.
I immediately stretched out both arms and hugged his head tightly.
This is one good thing about the child-rearing genre. I can give…