“Dad!”

Even though all physical penalties were gone, my dad was still ‘Dad’ to me. As if pleased with that fact, my dad also spoke with a warm smile.

“Yeah, Dad.”

Our dad, with his short voice, was cute as well. I reached out and playfully stretched his gruff cheek like cheese.

“Indeed, our dad is cute!”

Dad laughed heartily without realizing that my cheek was stretching.

After snugly embracing the world’s cutest dad, I healed while diligently admiring the fountain pen and documents on his table.

‘The documents are mainly focused on volunteer activities.’

The infamous reputation of Martin’s father, as mentioned by Martin, was nowhere to be felt.

I pondered once again silently, but now the issue wasn’t Dad’s suspicious behavior.

The problem was right…!

“Why did our daughter come to Dad so early in the morning like this?”

“Sponsor my friends!”

I handed Dad the sponsorship form I had carefully folded in my pocket, resting it on my chin. At that moment, Dad tilted his head with a furrowed brow.

In that moment, Dad’s expression strangely changed.

Martin McVogue

Burger (Real name: Bjorn Hessburger)]

I watched Dad’s gradually stiffening expression as he carefully scanned the contents of the sponsorship form.

‘What’s this? Could something be wrong?’

As it was an unconventional sponsorship, I worried that Dad might refuse.

‘If Dad agrees, I have a way to persuade the Council.’

There was a way to secure the support of the majority in the Council. It involved finding weaknesses in the aristocrats of the Council and making them agree to the sponsorship.

But before getting the Council’s support, Dad’s approval was absolutely necessary.

With a nervous heart, I looked up at Dad and said, “I wrote everything on the sponsorship form, but both of them are incredible geniuses. It might not seem so impressive now, but they are really amazing.”

“…Close?”

Dad’s Adam’s apple trembled. With tension, I nodded my head while watching Dad, fearing that the sponsorship might be rejected from his side.

“Hmm? We became a bit close, but I’m definitely not asking for sponsorship just because of friendship!”

“Are they… male friends?”

Dad asked with a trembling voice.

“Male… friends?”

I thought about it carefully and nodded vigorously.

“Yeah! They are male friends!”

As soon as I finished speaking, the parchment crumpled in Dad’s hand vanished, turning into ashes.

I widened my eyes and looked at Dad.

His jaw was trembling.

That expression was more serious than when moles ruined Dad’s crops in the rural village.

After Cyan left, Matthias stood there stupidly.

Cyan patted his cheek playfully and kissed it before leaving. The request for Dad’s sponsorship was just an extra.

What power could Dad have? He would have to pressure the Council to get sponsorship.

But…

“How dare my daughter come near…”

The sponsorship application was neatly and cleanly written.

Matthias had also heard about her from her teacher. She had heard that she had a clean relationship with her classmates and even saved friends who were being isolated.

‘But she didn’t pretend to be isolated, right?’

Burger and Martin.

He decided to take a closer look, thinking it was necessary, and roughly crumpled the sponsorship application into his pocket.

And that was the moment.

Someone knocked on the door where Cyan had left.

He squinted his eyes coldly and then whispered in a falsely affectionate tone.

“Cyan?”

Of course, he noticed that it wasn’t Cyan from the sound of footsteps alone. However, there was a 0.01% chance that it might be Cyan, so it was a pretentious action for that small possibility.

At that moment, the door opened.

“Ta-da, Delphia.”
As he expected, it was a different person.

Matthias, who had been smiling innocently, suddenly tightened his expression and sternly issued an eviction order.

“Leave.”

She tilted her head and sat on the sofa.

“I came to give a bag as a gift for Cyan’s academy admission celebration!”

She shook a bag with plenty of whips in both hands, smiling brightly. At that moment, Matthias closed his eyes and opened them.

“Huh? Why that expression?”

“Don’t worry about it, just leave. The bag is not suitable for my daughter to carry.”

Delfia said with a puzzled voice.

“What? The whips are quite lovely and nice… Hmm, but seriously, your expression is deadly. Why, did she get a boyfriend or something?”

“…….”

“What? Really?”

When Matthias, who was struck at the core, frowned, Delfia laughed with a chuckle.

“A child under one’s wing can’t stay forever, what can you do?”

Her silver hair gleamed brilliantly.

Although it was a beautiful mane that seemed to be made by melting silver, Matthias seemed unimpressed by the fact.

He just narrowed his eyes as he looked at Delfia.

“You.”

“Yes?”

“No entry here.”

“Huh? Why not? I need to see our little master!”

He laughed with a twisted smirk.

“If you don’t leave now, you won’t see her forever, so get out.”

“I’m not going out.”