I’Ll Protect My Tyrant Dad! [EN]: Chapter 51

51. The Secret Only Dad Doesn’t Know

The gypsy lowered her eyes and muttered.

“Even if I peered into the future and tried to save countless people, what can a mother who abandoned her child say…”

She chuckled and rubbed her face roughly.

“I’ll be happy just to see her once later on.”

“I wonder.”

If it were the original Matthias Mirmord, he would have simply nodded and moved on.

But for him, now, there was a precious existence called Sienna.

A small, delicate, and lovely daughter.

So, he knew all too well what that woman’s words meant.

The gypsy quietly looked around and then bowed her head.

“The knights are moving, so go back quickly. The memories will have been manipulated.”

Because the aide he brought was capable of manipulating memories.

The gypsy woman quietly raised her head and said.

“You’re thorough. Then, goodbye.”

Matthias stared at her retreating figure.

Capturing the gypsy sorceress ended more easily than expected.

Now it was time to solve the most difficult problem in Matthias’s life, Sienna Mirmord.

There was something that had been bothering him all along.

To be precise, it was this.

Did Sienna really bring that child, ‘Boss,’ without knowing anything?

Matthias thought.

Perhaps our daughter is… very spiritual or a genius.

If so, should he test his beloved daughter’s abilities, just as he tests others?

***

At the same time, dawn.

I happily bought many things at the auction house and returned.

And after sneaking into the mansion, I peeked into Dad’s room.

‘Huh? Dad’s not here?’

With Axel Mirmord causing an emergency, Dad not being home was not a good sign.

I convened an emergency meeting.

The emergency committee consisted of six people: the maids, me, Acid, Boss, and Ted.

Delphia and Grandma Rukella, and Leonhardt were unfortunately absent due to distance.

“Dad disappeared.”

“Hmm, perhaps he went to the Merci region?”

“Why…?”

I asked back with an ominous feeling. Because there was a corner that I somehow guessed.

As if to confirm my expectations, the maid said naturally.

“Didn’t he go to deal with Axel?”

Then Ted, who was quick to notice, opened his mouth.

“He might have just gone for a walk, so don’t worry too much.”

“…Don’t tell me he was kidnapped?”

“That’s not it. Absolutely. Never.”

With Dad’s safety in question, overwhelming worry washed over me like a wave.

I held Boss’s and Acid’s hands tightly, one in each of my hands, and made a worried expression.

‘What if our Dad gets hurt? I’m going to kill Axel!’

I jumped up.

“We’re going to save our idiot, no, Dad!”

When I tried to go to the Merci region right away, Deadry and Bench held me tightly with both arms.

“You can’t go there.”

That day, I stayed up all night even with my small baby body.

I dozed off a little, but I overcame it with willpower.

Until Dad came back.

Until my eyes became rabbit eyes [red and puffy from lack of sleep].

Because I was so worried that my foolish Dad wouldn’t come back while Axel was running wild.

And perhaps my worries reached the sky.

I was holding the milk with sugar that Deadry had given me, when Boss said.

“I think our Father-in-law is coming over there?”

“Father-in-law?”

“Yeah, he’s your father, so he’s my Father-in-law.”

I don’t know why my dad is Boss’s Father-in-law, but… I nodded roughly, looking at Boss with a friendly expression.

Because what’s important is not that, but that Dad came!

I ran to the front of the mansion.

Dad had a kind expression as if he didn’t know I would come out.

“Dad, did you go to the Merci region?”

“Who said that?”

“The maid onni [older sister/female honorific].”

“Ah, yes. I went to give support.”

I looked at Dad with dagger eyes.

Then Dad picked me up and hugged me, coaxing me.

“Our daughter… stayed up all night?”

“…?”

“What were you playing?”

…How do I say it? I couldn’t say, I went to the dark auction house, heehee! If that happened, I might really receive a 3-year sentence in etiquette education academy. That was a more terrible disaster than Axel Mirmord.

I rolled my eyes slightly and opened my mouth wide and said.

“I went to the gift shop early this morning. I bought gifts for the maid onni, Leon, Boss, baby Acid, and Ted!”

…But something felt a little strange.

I thought Dad would say, ‘Good job, you’re a good girl,’ but I wondered why he had such a sulky expression.

“Then…?”

“Ung [a cute way of saying ‘yes’]?”

“What about Dad’s gift…?”

I rolled my eyes urgently.

‘How do I fix this! This is a disaster!’

Dad’s eyes seemed a little moist, and he might even cry.

If he shed tears, his face as a successor would collapse, so I had to prevent that from happening.

But all that was left after giving gifts here and there was…

‘There’s only a cute yo-yo that I bought because it was amazing. I can’t give him this.’

If I give this to Dad, it will only have the opposite effect of returning to the world of childhood and becoming more virtuous.

Then there was only one gift I could give.

I quickly looked around.

‘There are a lot of people here…’

I bit my lip tightly and looked around again as if exploring.

But Dad was clearly looking at me with teary eyes. I muttered small with an impatient heart.

“Dad’s gift is… that, well…”

I wiggled my finger at Dad. Then Dad tilted his head as if wondering. But of course, like a very virtuous Dad, he came to me right away.

“What is it?”

I twisted my body like a pretzel and whispered so that only Dad could hear.

“A kiss…”

Dad’s eyes widened.

“You’re going to give me a kiss?”

Seeing him make an expression as if he was very proud, it seems that my words worked.

I could also see Acid and Boss, and the muscular maids widening their eyes.

‘Hmph, my face as an evil Boss is dying a little!’

Without knowing my heart, Dad hugged me tightly with a winner’s smile.

“You’re only giving it to Dad, right, huh?”

“Ung!”

*Chu!*

I bumped my lips against Dad’s cheek.

Dad smiled contentedly and hugged me tightly.

“Our daughter.”

He looked very happy.

As expected, our Dad… he was the type to immediately fall for it if I just gave him a kiss.

“But… you went out early in the morning. Where did you go to a gift shop? Is there a gift shop that opens early in the morning?”

I puffed out my cheeks and shook my head.

“Gugun [sound of reluctance]…”

…Dad will find out in a week anyway, but I couldn’t confess that I went to the dark auction house.

If that happened, my soft-hearted Dad might cry and faint for three days and nights.

Only this method will work in times like this.

“It’s an adult’s secret.”

When I was young, Dad said to me, ‘I’ll understand if Dad has secrets. I don’t even think that I want Dad to be everything to our daughter.’

So I told him that!

“You know everything, but Dad doesn’t know… a secret…?”

Dad seemed to be even more shocked.

I stared at Dad quietly and said sternly.

“Dad.”

“Yeah.”

“Sieni is an adult now, too. So, she might have secrets, right?”

Then Dad whispered in a slightly aggrieved tone.

“But… even the maids know. Even that… Boss, who has only known our daughter for a few days, knows the secret.”

“Sigh.”

“Dad is sad…”

Seeing Dad’s whining, I shook my head.

‘Anyway, he’s so weak-hearted. How can he face a villain like Axel with that weakness!’

I stretched Dad’s cheeks and whispered.

“Dad babo [Dad is a fool]!”

I heard the maids whispering next to me. It was a very eerie and dark voice.

“He, hic.”

“I can’t watch…”

“…Ah, I can’t adapt to this situation.”

“Me too…”

In fact, they lowered their voices too much, so I couldn’t hear what they were saying.

And this kind-hearted Dad with his kind eyes was more important than listening to their words.

It was mountain after mountain [one problem after another].

After dealing with that Axel Mirmord, I had to face Melodia, so I had no choice but to hold on to Dad more firmly and give him mental training from now on.

‘I almost gave up because indirect mental education didn’t work well in the past, but you never know.’

Holding a small spark of hope, I looked at Dad and asked.

“Dad. What are you doing tomorrow?”

“Huh? Tomorrow?”

“Ung! Let’s do something fun with me! Alley tour!”

Of course, fun things mean defeating the thugs in the alley.

If I think about it, there were a few extra villains who harassed Melodia in that back alley. I wondered if I should assign them the role of defeating those guys.

But as soon as I thought about it, Dad’s face darkened.

“What should I do, Sienna. I think Dad will be going on a short vacation.”

I held Dad’s hand tightly and shook my head vigorously.

“…Where are you going?”

Dad tilted his head as if he didn’t know I would hold him.

“Dad… is going to receive etiquette education.”

“Heok [gasp of shock]. Goodbye.”

I quickly dropped the hand I was holding Dad’s arm with.

A pleasant smile appeared on Dad’s lips as I bit my lip tightly.

“I’ll be back, so our daughter will have fun with the maids. And…”

“Ung?”

“When Dad is here, Dad will protect you. When I’m not here, don’t do dangerous things. Okay? Promise.”

I said boldly to Dad.

“But I crushed that Pat and Mat last time!”

I stuck out my stomach very big like I was crawling. Dad burst out laughing as he looked at my stomach, which had become as big as a bear because I had stuck it out so much.

“Eung [yes], Pat and Mat…”

“Ung! Do you remember?”

“I remember…”

Dad’s expression turned a little bad when we talked about them.

With the feeling that I would punish them if they harassed our kind Dad, I clenched my fist.

“By the way, Dad, did you beat them well?”

In fact, even while asking that, I didn’t have faith.

“…Eung.”

Dad avoided my gaze.

I sighed deeply.

“Show me later.”

When I shook my fist, Dad made a terrified expression.

“I… got it.”

After finishing the conversation, I said proudly to Dad.

“How long will you be on vacation?”

“I’m going to volunteer to build a house in the Merci region after the education, so… maybe about a week.”

If it’s a week, it won’t be long before that evil Axel Mirmord returns.

Small and cute Dad… it might be better if he wasn’t there.

“Okay. Have a good trip. I’ll be the head of our house in the meantime.”

‘In fact, I’m already the head of the house…’

I swallowed those words.

No matter how much of an adult I am, I didn’t want to break Dad’s pure faith.

I tapped Dad’s shoulder as if cheering him on and whispered secretly.

“In a week, something very surprising will happen.”

I clenched both fists and looked at Dad.

Dad held my hand and asked kindly.

“Really?”

“Ung!”

While stroking my head, Dad said meaningfully.

“Dad will buy our daughter a gift when he comes back too. You’ll be surprised.”

I nodded vigorously with a bright smile.

Until the pink cotton candy-like hair fluttered in the wind.

For a long time!