Chapter 6
Chapter 06: A Strange Relationship
Since then, Hannah rarely took her eyes off of me, and I also lost my chance to get out of the room . One night, I noticed that the door was opened . Is it Sebas? Recently, he’s gotten better at not sneaking in at night, so he comes during noon now, I thought . But no one came in .
The door’s not closing, was it opened by the wind? If so, then this is my chance to sneak out . I quickly got out of bed and speedily slipped out of the door . There was no one in the corridor at night, but that was fine .
“You’re here . ”
Woah! I was about to jump in surprise . The person who was outside my door was father .
“You looked like you were going to slip out, and I thought that you would definitely come out if the door was left open . Ah, hey, wait!”
It seemed that father had finally said something, but there was no need to listen to him brag about snaring his daughter . Because he could have entered the room if he wanted to see me .
I started crawling while ignoring father . My goal was the stairs . I’m going down the stairs today! I’m already bored with staying in my room .
“Where are you going? Why are you sneaking out of your room in the first place?”
To explore, dur . Explore . I pretended not to know what he was talking about and continued to crawl .
“Why are you ignoring me?”
I stopped crawling . Why are you ignoring me, you say?
“Da, daai . ”
“Wh-what?”
If you hate being ignored then why are you ignoring me? Why do you care about me now even though you’ve been ignoring me?
“Dai, agya, to, deeu . ”
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“What are you saying?”
I was getting extremely irritated at father who was standing up and looking down on me . I’m a baby, you know! The adult should be the one who tries hard to understand me!
I grabbed father’s leg, and he flinched for a second, but he knew that I would be hurt if he moved; so he stood there quietly, baffled at the situation . I held onto him and stood up . Father widened his eyes in surprise .
“So you can stand?”
Of course, I can stand . Since a while ago . Fumu . It’s pretty nice to use someone else’s legs to help myself stand . I hit father’s leg while in anger .
*HIT HIT*
“Why are you hitting me? What is it you really want?”
The one who doesn’t know what they want is you, isn’t it father? But, I suddenly staggered, when I took my hands off his legs to hit him .
“Watch out!”
Father’s hands moved out immediately to hold me up .
“I honestly don’t know what you’re trying to do . Listen, babies are well-behaved-……” 1)
“Aai . ”
I’m ashamed, but father is too, huh? My feet dangled uneasily in the air because he was supporting me by the armpits while hoisting me in front of his eyes .
“Eeu . ”
My feet are dangling . Ah, this is amusing .
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“Aau . ”
My feet are swaying . It felt ridiculous, and I laughed .
“You . ”
Oh, I’m in the middle of being captured by father .
“I’m sure Sebas did this . ”
Father awkwardly pulled me closer to him and hugged me .
“Dau . ”
Splendid . It’s an excellent way to hold someone for a beginner . I put my head on father’s chest and shook my hands happily .
“So I pass?”
“Dau . ”
“Do you want to go down the stairs?”
“Aai . ”
Apparently, father walked around with me in his arms until I fell asleep .
“Lately, Leilsama doesn’t wake up much in the mornings . ”
Hannah complained to Sebas . He looked at me with an all-knowing look on his face and said, “There will probably be times like that . But, she’ll probably learn to wake up properly during this time, so it’s fine . ”
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I wonder what he likes about it . Father started coming here every day . And for some reason, he never entered my room; instead, he opened the door and waited for me to come out . And once I got tired from crawling around, he would gently pick me up and wander around the mansion .
That was all there was to our relationship . Why doesn’t he come in the day time? It’s strange .
Then, the weekend came around, and brother came home .
“I can only be with her on the weekend, so let her sleep on my bed . ”
“Your bed is high, Luke-sama, so it’s dangerous for Leilsama to sleep there . ”
“I’ll sleep on the sofa . ”
“Your body won’t be able to rest that way . ”
For some reason, brother’s love for me keeps increasing .
“I heard that Luke is home . ”
“Otou-sama . ”
“It’s nearly time for you to practice your magic circulation, but what are you doing?”
It was rare for father to show up during the day . There was tension in the room and brother hugged me tightly on his knees as if he was protecting me . It’s okay because I’ve become friends with father . Slightly . Probably . I tapped brother’s knees .
Father saw that and frowned .
“Well, fine . I’ll ask you later during dinner . ”
“Ok,” brother replied and hugged me again .
I didn’t know father well, but I also didn’t understand the relationship between father and brother . They would eat together when they were home, but they didn’t look to be on good terms . And, I heard an unbelievable thing .
“Neei, dau, nyo, eeou?”
What is magic circulation? Is there magic in this world?
“It’s fine, Lei . Even if Otou-sama is cold, I’ll protect you . ”
“Daai, too, Niini . ”
No, he’s not cold anymore, so what’s magic circulation? My body and mouth still don’t move well even if I know what I want to do and say in my mind . There was a limit to how frustrated I can feel . At that time, Sebas winked at me . Leave it to me, you say? What are you on about?
“Lei . ”
Before I knew it, he started calling me Lei, and I gave up and let brother hug me .
That night, the door opened with a creak again . I moved as quickly as I could as a baby and went out the door .
He’s here . Father . But it was his trait not to reach out to me here . I wanted to move freely in this wide corridor . The baby who crawls as quickly as she could to the stairs and the man who stares at her as she does this; that was father and I . , And recently, I’ve been giving the stairs a try . I stepped down the stairs one foot at a time . When I get tired, father would carry me, and we would walk . That was our current custom .
He also carried me today too when I got tired halfway down the stairs, and a voice called out to him from below, “Otou-sama . ”
It’s brother!
“Niini!”
I happily stretched out my hands, but father held onto me tightly .
“Lei, Otou-sama, what are you two doing at this time?”