Chapter 106.1

“harris?”

it seemed that it was dad who discovered it first, but dad didn’t even call harris. he just looked away as if he was just about to pass by. in the end, it was me who pretended not to know.

but as if it was dad who didn’t want to see her and talk to her, harris only looked at him even though i called her. nevertheless, my father didn’t give her any attention.

he just passed by.

“daddy… daddy…”

“i’m not your father.”

her large eyes were filled with tears. she did some bad things to me, but i felt a little uncomfortable because she was a child.

but i couldn’t say this or that because it was my father’s choice and it’s his heart, so i buried my head in his shoulder.

if i didn’t do this, i thought about stopping my dad. look at harris, she keeps talking to him

looking at us, harris tugged at dad’s clothes.

“until now… you loved me even though you didn’t know if i was real or not. i did it for you. so… why would you abandon me?”

“that’s why i said with the utmost tolerance. tell me who brought you here. tell me who told you to tell me that you are my real daughter, but you didn’t tell me.”

“i am! i am real! i don’t even know who brought me here… i…”

the tears that had been welling up all of a sudden flowed down harris’s cheeks. seeing that, somewhere in my chest felt very uncomfortable.

“harris.”

maybe he finally had the heart to comfort her, so dad stopped walking and looked down at harris.

“…yes.”

“aren’t there some things you did to say you didn’t know anything? if you really didn’t know anything, it doesn’t make sense to bring my biological son, alphius.”

“it’s…! i-i didn’t know either!”

“there’s no one around to help you, harris.”

“huh? no, everyone’s gone. no, you really weren’t on my side from the beginning!”

“really?’

her round head nodded up and down. as if it was really unfair, she really didn’t know anything.

“trust me! if there were people like that, i wouldn’t have been able to be like this, so… so…”

“it’s really scary, harris.”

“what…?”

“i’m afraid of you, who still thinks you haven’t been exposed yet, and you keep lying until the end, insisting on being my daughter. if you hadn’t lied, i would have kept you here as my daughter.”

harris went on to express her resentment. she still didn’t know anything about herself, and still thinks she’s been used.

“i really didn’t know. i didn’t know! why don’t you believe me? i’m not lying!”

“don’t you think it would seem strange if you suddenly say you didn’t know, even though you didn’t do the blood test this whole time?”

only then did i look up and look at harris and dad alternately.

“do you want to make an excuse? if you didn’t know anything, if you didn’t contact anyone, what happened to them? if no one helped you, how could you hide the imperial family’s blood test equipment?”

“that’s…!”

it was also then that harris, who was hesitating, bowed her head.

“i already knew your lies but i wanted you to tell me first. the truth… but you lost that chance. there’s nothing to talk about with you like that. as aster wants it, i only put it here for a complete separation from others.i have no feelings for you now.”

all of his firm words would make her cry, but harris did not cry anymore. she just looked at me with resentment. it felt different from when the emperor looked at me. it was like a murderous spirit. i felt like my hair was standing up all over my body.

maybe he noticed my anxiety, but my dad held me stronger than ever and tried to back off.

however…

“…even if i really told you everything, even if you put me here as a daughter, you would have discriminated against me.”

as he was about to turn around, harris opened her mouth and closed it.

“what?”

“you must have discriminated against your real daughter!”

“…why are you talking without experiencing it?”

“…it’s obvious. i know even if you don’t tell me. you must have done everything for her. i’m just being forgotten! that’s why i hated it. i didn’t like it!”

her eyes glowed red with anger.