He always enthusiastically responded to his child’s calls as a good father.
“Dad! Dad, you’re Sir Arthur’s closest knight, right? Right?”
Answering that question was Tristan’s first task after coming home from work.
Upon entering and hearing the shining question from Benjamin who was hanging around his neck, Tristan always lifted the child with his solid arms and said,
“That’s right! Dad is the closest to Sir Arthur! All the other knights know that too!”
While showing off his sparkling medals like he was boasting, he became his son’s proud dad by telling stories of his times with Arthur.
But today was strange.
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“Dad! Dad! Can I bring my friends next week and brag about you? Can I say that you are Sir Arthur’s closest knight?”
He, who was a bit later than usual, always picked up the dancing Benjamin and gave him a bright smile.
But today, suddenly, he said, “That’s right! …Dad…” and then he seemed about to cry, trembling his lips.
Standing a few steps behind, Tristan’s wife who was crossing her arms and laughing as if she couldn’t stop him,
quickly noticed his strangeness and rushed over to take Benjamin from Tristan and caused a fuss.
“Benjamin! You’re trying to brag to your friends again, aren’t you?”
While hugging the child, she tickled Benjamin’s ribs.
“I know you want to brag, but if you do it too much, your friends might get jealous and say, ‘He only brags about his dad all the time’, don’t you think?”
With his mother tickling him, their son burst into laughter and pushed away his mom’s face.
“Mom! It tickles!”
The wife gave a kiss to the child, holding him and moving away toward the kitchen.
“You rascal! You rascal! If you brag about your dad becoming a baron outside, the emperor will take away the title saying, ‘You rascal! Bragging about a title you didn’t even receive yet!'”
“I didn’t say anything!”
“Our son! You promised to help dad prepare dinner today, didn’t you!”
“Yes! I did! It tickles, stop it, mom!”
While holding the child who was out of breath from laughing, she moved away to the kitchen.
“…..”
Staring blankly at the sound of their young son’s laughter moving further away.
Tristan was left standing alone behind.
“You’re Sir Arthur’s closest, right?”
Repeating those words he heard every day.
Tristan was standing blankly in front of the peace that Arthur had returned to them.
It felt like something was stuck in his throat.
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“…..Why? Did something happen outside?”
“…..”
His wife asked again, but Tristan had no answer.
She gently placed her hand on the back of his hand.
“Honey….. why? I’m worried when you’re like this. Did something happen? Tell me. Is something wrong?”
As Tristan bit his lip, he lowered his head and held her hand.
And he quickly raised his head to reassure her.
“…..No. Nothing is wrong. I’m sorry for making you worry.”
He forced a smile.
“Nothing happened.”
“Honey.”
Tristan’s lips trembled again.
Tristan eventually confessed part of the truth.
“…..It’s not that nothing happened. But it’s not something that involves you or our family. Just…..”
And he finally lowered his head.
Tristan’s wife hugged him in surprise.
“Why, honey. Hmm?”
Tristan couldn’t hide his crumbling heart.
It was a sorrow he couldn’t show in front of Arthur.
[This is the time separator]…..Tristan.
Don’t panic and listen. It’s not serious.
There’s one thing I haven’t told you about me.
I’m having a bit of a problem right now.
It’s not a serious problem.
It’s not your fault.
Promise me you won’t be too sad or blame yourself?
In the future, there might be times when I need your help.
So that I won’t hesitate to tell you about my troubles when that happens.
[This is the time separator]“…..”
I can’t remember what documents they were.
After receiving some sort of documents from Tristan, and after ranting about it for a while, Arthur, who had been silently staring at Tristan with a smiling face,
lowered his gaze and smiled quietly.
He pushed the documents to the side.
Sitting at the desk, he allowed Tristan a few moments to prepare mentally.
Then, calmly,
He confessed that he had gone blind.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
