The Villain’S Daughter-In-Law Is Inherently Powerful [EN]: Chapter 104

“…There was a rebellion.”

“Rebellion?”

“Wolhwi of Wol Island, Hwairan of Hwa Island, and Mokhui of Mok Island. It was the work of the masters of the other islands, excluding those three.”

Dad’s red eyes turned cold.

“They claimed loyalty with their words. They argued that the rain [referring to the Emperor’s influence] was blinding my eyes and deafening my ears, trying to mislead me, and that I knowingly allowed it. Therefore, they said, this country would ultimately be controlled by the rain, and they had to stop it. That’s what they said.”

Ugh, I don’t even want to imagine what happened to those who claimed that back then. It’s chilling.

“They said they had no intention of killing, but only wanted to separate Rain from my side, but the result was not so.”

“So, the masters of Su Island, Geum Island, and To Island are different people now?”

“That’s right.”

The palace atmosphere must have been extremely tense back then.

I stared silently at Mom’s smiling portrait, then reached out and took Dad’s hand.

“It’s not your fault, Dad. Don’t blame yourself.”

“…It is my fault. I couldn’t protect both my wife and child, so how can it not be my fault?”

“The person who did the bad thing is at fault. Mom would probably say the same thing, right?”

Like father, like child, they say.

Seeing that Dad was about to cry again from being touched, I quickly changed the subject.

“Dad, was Mom also a white sable? You’re a Pegasus, right?”

“Yes. Dad is a Pegasus, and Rain was a white sable.”

“So, not everyone here is a Pegasus!”

That’s what I was curious about.

Originally, when beastmen of different races married, the child was born as one of the two races.

But if Mom is a white sable and I’m also a white sable, then it seems not everyone in Arkalik is a Pegasus.

“Ah, Pegasi are born with a very slim chance, even skipping several generations. If there is a Pegasus among your ancestors, a Pegasus can be born in that family again someday.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

“Only Pegasi can travel between the ground and here, so they are tasked with escorting and exiling criminals or becoming envoys. Hwairan would be a prime example.”

Swish.

A sparkle appeared on Dad’s back, and his wings suddenly unfolded.

The wings were so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off them.

“They’re a little different from the wings of the bird tribes. They’re much sturdier. They can fly even in storms.”

Dad explained and handed me a feather.

It was bigger than the size of my two palms put together, and it was a pure white feather, so it would be nice to make a quill out of it.

“So, as soon as Rain knew she was pregnant, Dad gathered all the Pegasi from every island, wondering if there might be someone who had taken you away… no, saved you. But no one said they knew anything about you. They didn’t even know if it was a daughter or a son, or whether you were in Arkalik or had fallen to the ground…”

“I’m so proud, happy, sorry, and glad that I’m alive and back, right?”

“Yes.”

I can practically recite the words Dad is about to say.

But I didn’t expect the words that followed.

“Princess, could you possibly live here?”

“Huh…?”

“It’ll be hard to be away from your friends right now, so until you’re thirteen, just come and go… after that…”

Dad’s expression was very serious.

I could clearly feel that he had thought about it for a long time before saying it.

So, I swallowed hard and closed my mouth.

Maybe it’s because I just heard about Mom, but the words ‘I’m going back’ didn’t come out easily.

“Dad wants… from the year the Princess turns fourteen, I want you to live on each island of Arkalik for a year. So that you can think of this place as your home, your hometown.”

“There are seven islands, so after that, I’ll be an adult?”

I folded my fingers one by one and made an ambiguous expression.

“Then, after I turn fourteen, will it be harder to go to the ground [the human world]?”

I hope it’s not impossible to come and go.

But Dad was ominously silent for a long time.

“Dad is too anxious and worried about the Princess living far away from Dad in a place with three bastards who have impure intentions.”

Ugh. You saw it earlier.

Dad must have seen it too since I contacted him on the cloud path [a method of communication] .

“I’m not going to force you, but in Arkalik, there is a custom of not putting boys and girls between the ages of eleven and nineteen in the same place.”

“Not even family…?”

“Family is an exception.”

The Dribljane tradition was a unique case even on the ground. Arkalik’s culture seems very conservative.

Tearing at my hair, I raised my head and asked.

“Then, Dad, can I live wherever I want when I’m twenty?”

“If you become an adult and want to. If you want a man from here, you can live on any of the seven islands.”

If the period before I turn fourteen is a grace period, then there are still a few years left.

I guess I can study more about Dribljane by then. And do a lot of external activities.

Just being a princess of Arkalik means that my position is so solid that no one can compare to it, so I’m not worried that Raheen will take my place anymore.

‘And I want to get better at alchemy. Since this is my country, I want to know more about Arkalik too.’

I took out a new incense from the incense box and used alchemy. Then, a pure white chrysanthemum bloomed from the end of the incense.

I put it under Mom’s portrait and asked inwardly.

Mom, what would you do?

Of course, there was no answer, but somehow I felt like Mom would… just tell me to do what I want.

“Dad, there’s something I want to protect.”

I opened my mouth calmly.

“The Dribljane family. I’m married into that family. I like the people there too. I want to protect them. It’s not a lighthearted feeling, so I can’t abandon that place and stay here forever.”

Dad’s hand trembled slightly.

When my gaze turned to his hand, Dad coughed as if nothing was wrong and hid his hand behind his back.

“But I also want to be by Dad’s side. You want to spend time with me, at least until I become an adult, right?”

“…Yes.”

“So! I want to create a way to coordinate with Father. I only have one body, so I can’t live here and there at the same time… Shouldn’t we discuss what’s best? I’ll bring Father!”

In fact, the period Dad suggested was the most reasonable.

How could wanting to see your child grow up be greed?

In fact, it was the greatest right and duty that parents could have if things were normal.

But Dad said he would wait a few more years because he thought I wouldn’t want to be separated from my friends…

‘If I tell them that I’ll come back to Dribljane when I become an adult, wouldn’t Grandpa and Inanna understand too?’

And if we communicate with holograms like before, it seems like it would be fine even if we’re far apart-

‘No, but where did Father disappear to?’

The day I went to the memorial hall with Dad, Father didn’t show up in the end. Not the next day, nor the day after that.

Even until the day His Majesty the Emperor arrived on Sun Island, Father didn’t even show his nose.

“This, you’re hiding, aren’t you?”

Only then did I realize.

It wasn’t that something had happened to Father, but that he was just hiding from me.

‘Could it be because he’s afraid I’ll stay here forever? Is that why he ran away because he didn’t want to hear those words?’

It was a bit absurd, but I’m glad I realized it now.

Because I am a wise sable who knows how to reflect on the past, I also knew the best way to summon Father in this situation.

He’ll show up if I’m about to get hurt.

“This should be enough, right?”

I found a very large rock somewhere and put it down.

Then, I moved quite far away.

‘Okay, let’s run!’

If I run at full speed like this, I’m bound to trip over the rock and hit my head on the floor.

Of course, I’ll have the protection magic that Father cast on me, and since I’m carrying out the plan on the cloud path where Dad can watch, I won’t get hurt anyway.

‘Nevertheless, you can’t not show up.’

Because Father cares about me a lot!

‘If you still don’t come out, Dad will think you’ve been imprisoned somewhere.’

Yikes!

I closed my eyes tightly and deliberately tripped over the stone.

My body tilted and leaned forward, and an unpleasant sense of floating swept over me.

So now, will I really hit my head on the floor like this?

“…Who on earth told you to do this?”

“Ah, Father!”

“Princess!”

“Dad’s here too.”

Of course not!