Translator: Khan
Editor Group: Liber Reverie
“I see. Thank you. But you’re not related to me by blood, so you don’t have to be here.”
“The same is true of Asher!”
“No, Asher is my lover.”
Asher firmly grabbed a mug as Aria referred to him that he was her lover casually. The tips of his ears were also a little red.
“… You can have a relationship with me as a lover, too.”
But soon Lohan started to talk nonsense, and Asher, who had a cold face, was annoyed and joined the conversation.
“I want to break my promise, and please shut up.”
“Aren’t you treating the promise of two countries recklessly? ”
“The great nation decides whether they would keep the promise.”
“…”
It was unfair but right, and Lohan shut up. Since a long time ago, the empire had the greatest power on the continent. When Lohan closed his mouth, the conversation which had stopped continued again,
“… I’m sure you would guess since I’ve mentioned blood relations. This is your biological father, Piast Chloe.”
“I see.”
Unlike Carin, who carefully introduced, Aria’s answer was calm, as if it was not worthy to her.
She had heard of the last name, Piast, somewhere, but it was nothing new because even if she had a biological father, her life would not change.
“… Aren’t you surprised?”
“You have given me a lot of hints, and I can’t be surprised.”
‘Besides, his face looks so similar to me, and what do you think it is?’ Carin had a pretty embarrassing look if she forgot that Aria had mentioned about the blood relation.
“It’s not strange to have a biological father because I couldn’t be born alone. By the way, why are you here?”
‘You didn’t come until I was seventeen years old. Why do you come now? Is money your purpose?’ Her exact wealth was not known, but the fact that Aria had accumulated considerable wealth had already spread throughout the continent. The businesses she invested in were originally successful ones, and they were far more successful than in the past, with the halo of Aria now.
Especially for the items used by women, the rumors of whether Aria used them circulated in public and they were very popular. They thought that if they used the same item, you could be as beautiful as hers. Thus, Aria could not greet the presence of her biological father who appeared after she had gained such wealth and honor.
Now that she had done everything anyway, there was nothing her biological father could do for her. Rather, she felt that he would have more to gain from her.
Of course, if Carin liked him, she was thinking about cheering for a reunion. As she had looked at him for a moment but from a distance, she felt that Chloe loved Carin pretty much. That was how Aria felt about her biological father, Chloe, who suddenly appeared.
“That’s all my virtues, Lady Aria.”
Lohan replied confidently to Aria’s question. He behaved that he should be praised with glory to reunite a long-separated family.
“Why?”
“I persuaded Chloe and his father, Marquis Piast, who did not believe in your existence.”
“… my existence?”
“Yes. Chloe was looking for a long-awaited lover, but he didn’t know your existence.”
‘If so, didn’t you come to me because of my famous name?’ Aria, who once thought of his tender gaze that had turned to Carin, finally relaxed. If her mother liked him, she would have agreed for her mother to remarry and minimize the relationship with him, but it didn’t seem necessary.
“You must have been surprised, after hearing that you suddenly got a seventeen-year-old daughter.” Aria stared at Chloe and was about to ask like that, but she was surprised.
‘Since when did you look at me like that?’ He had the same gaze which had lovely looked at her mother. It was an expression that the Count hadn’t given to Mielle and Cain. It was a very sweet and tender father’s face, which Aria did not comprehend.
So it was hard for her to stick to the wall-like attitude at the friendly face of her biological father as if she were treating others. Aria tried to make a casual look.
“To be honest, at first… I visited the empire to find Carin rather than Lady Aria. She is a woman I’ve been looking for a long time. My father told me that he found her and I rushed to come without hesitation… I had little interest in the existence of a daughter.”
