Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 109

“A marriage prospect, you say… Your daughter has indeed come of age to wed.”

The King, who had been furrowing his brow as if weighing something, lifted the corners of his mouth.

“The Queen Consort will carefully choose for her, so do not worry. That would be far better than having a father who makes his daughter lie.”

“However, Your Majesty, if I may speak plainly—since it seems you’ve momentarily forgotten—it is customary for a father to be involved in his child’s marriage.”

“A father is a father in his own way. Have you forgotten how the neck of one who failed as a parent was severed?”

Your daughter is naturally gentle, so she likely wouldn’t do such a thing… but one can never be too sure. Did I ever think I’d be capable of such myself?

Yet the man standing before him was fundamentally flawed from the start.

Compared to the King, Gilrod considered his daughter practically of pure bloodline. After all, her mother had been a daughter of a noble house, and she herself had been raised within the castle walls, entrusted solely to a nursemaid.

Admittedly, Sianna had turned out far more foolish than he’d anticipated—but women were naturally inclined that way, easily swayed by immediate rewards rather than larger ambitions.

Gilrod had already prepared a plan to remedy the blunder his foolish daughter had committed.

The King stared at him intently, then spoke again in his same gentle tone.

“Let us set aside pleasantries and get to the point. As you well know, I shall soon be leaving the capital.”

“Yes, I’ve heard. War has broken out.”

“Indeed. Your house has already provided conscripts—surely you couldn’t be unaware. Though I’ve exiled you, it would be troublesome if you’ve already become a powerless old man lurking in the back chambers.”

Amusement flickered plainly across the King’s face—an emotion he made no effort to conceal.

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