I Picked Up My Father Who Left Home 43
Except for the time Cassian was discovered by Lia during his lifetime, he had never been seriously injured or in pain.
Consequently, he didn’t know how to make himself vomit blood.
It’s not like blood would suddenly come out just because he decided to vomit it.
Of course, there was a simple method.
Jeshuan’s symptoms were all due to the side effects of his ability.
He suffered from the state just before the outburst every day.
So, intentionally disturbing the energy to make it unstable could potentially create a state similar to Jeshuan’s.
However, Cassian didn’t want to go that far.
It could put Lia in danger if he did, after all.
Even as Cassian, he couldn’t completely control the outburst.
So, a different method was needed.
‘Anyway, I just need to get the blood out.’
There’s no strict rule that says it has to be vomited.
In the moment Cassian was about to put this thought into practice,
Lia suddenly grabbed Cassian’s hands.
She didn’t know what he was planning to do with those hands, but it didn’t feel good.
“Khal, I hope you’re not in pain.”
Somehow, it felt like that was the case.
Focusing continuously on vomiting blood since earlier seemed like an intentional effort to make it happen.
And that method… was obvious.
“……”
Cassian silently held her hands, looking at Lia with affectionate eyes.
‘Perhaps…’
Can it be this lovable?
It was so endearing that his heart tightened, making it difficult to breathe.
Especially her hand holding his was so small.
Throughout his life, he had never thought he would feel such emotions towards someone else.
It wasn’t necessary to feel such emotions, and people like Cassian were initially indifferent to others.
However, Lia kept stirring up emotions he didn’t even realize he had.
She made him aware of their existence.
In the strange tingling sensation, Cassian involuntarily twitched the finger held by Lia’s hand.
Though small, her firm hands somehow gave a comforting feeling to his heart.
Only for a moment.
“… Would you rather I wasn’t in pain?”
“Yes.”
In Lia’s eyes, there was a firm sincerity as she confidently gave an answer without a hint of hesitation. Even if it wasn’t a worry, Lia undoubtedly wished for Cassian not to be in pain.
Sensing this, Cassian twitched again.
Come to think of it, has anyone ever told him not to be in pain?
No, others hadn’t even considered the possibility of him being in pain.
However, somewhere in his memories, he felt like he had heard such words from someone.
Concern for himself, affection.
And even that warm gaze.
It was so blurry that the form itself couldn’t be discerned, but it seemed to exist somewhere in the depths of his memory.
However, Cassian didn’t know that memory. He could only faintly sense elusive traces.
“… My angel baby, if you wish for me not to be in pain, I should endure it as well.”
“That’s a very nice thought.”
Not just because of the current situation, but Lia, who didn’t want to see Cassian in pain, welcomed the words with apparent approval. However, her expression changed as she heard the following words.
“So, don’t be in pain, but let’s make it a bit stinging.”
It didn’t even reach the level of pain for him to slightly put a knife against his hand.
Initially, Cassian was not good at feeling pain itself.
“I hope it won’t be stinging. No, please don’t get hurt at all. I hope there won’t be a single scratch on your body.”
Looking at Cassian’s words, it seemed like he deliberately wanted to cause injury himself to see blood. And he didn’t seem to be someone with common sense, as the usual advice of ‘don’t be in pain’ or ‘don’t get hurt’ didn’t seem to apply to him.
“Hm.”
Cassian pondered for a moment.
He had only intended to lightly touch and see blood. It didn’t even reach the level of a scratch in Cassian’s standards.
However… it seemed that even that wasn’t what his angel baby desired.
“I prefer someone who listens well. More than someone with a weak body!”
Sensing Cassian’s dilemma, Lia changed the direction of persuasion.
The root cause of this situation was her own preferences.
Since she cared for Cassian, she also wanted attention for herself. Hence, deliberately causing harm and feigning weakness to get sympathy.
So, there was only one way to stop Cassian.
Basically, changing the premise itself was the only option.
“Well, from what I see, it seems like you care more about the little emperor than me.”
“That’s a misconception. And Cassian… he’s not exactly someone who listens well.”
“Isn’t this level good enough?”
Anyway, if Lia spoke, he did listen. She disliked it, so he went as far as considering other methods.
Just this alone would probably astonish others, thinking heaven and earth were turning upside down.
“That’s true, but can you please listen a little better?”
Especially, please, just listen to what I’m saying without going off on a tangent.
Calmly expressing that sentiment, Lia gently pleaded.
Stop going off on a tangent all the time.
With those feelings, Lia spoke, trying to soothe him.
“Originally, there should be appropriate rewards for everything.”
In other words, it was like asking, ‘So what will you do for me?’
Lia made an embarrassed expression at those words.
Dealing with a seven-year-old child, or rather, living with only Cassian, was unexpectedly difficult.
There seemed to be no easy way to handle anything.
“What do you want?”
“If I did a good thing, there should be praise befitting that, right? The praise is… I can see my angel baby’s that try to acting cute.”
Certainly, until recently, he wasn’t interested in things like that cute acting.
But Lia’s cute acting was something he wanted to see. Her cuteness would be different from others.
Just imagining it made him eagerly anticipate and feel excited.
So, at this level, it wasn’t a bad condition.
“… Acting cute?”
“Sure.”
“I’ve never tried… acting cute.”
“Well, this is a good opportunity. Surely, my angel baby can do it splendidly. My angel baby possesses excellent acting skills, after all.”
Lia looked perplexed at those words.
Well, what does acting cute have to do with acting skills…
But what can she do?
If acting cute once could turn that donkey-like Cassian into a docile lamb, it was undoubtedly advantageous for her.
There was no loss involved… hopefully.
At this age, it’s hard on her mind to act cute….
Still, as it wasn’t an unbearable loss, Lia nodded her head as if to say she had no choice.
“Alright, then, try acting cute.”
Cassian looked at Lia with great anticipation.
“I’m sorry, but usually, the first time is a service. So, as a commemoration of reaching a fair agreement this time, let’s just have Cassian listen to me.”
“Also, that’s quite generous. You’re good at calculations too.”
Saying so, Cassian had an expression of pride as if boasting, ‘My daughter is so smart.’
In that sense, Cassian decided to simply comply with what she wanted.
How could he refuse the request of such an adorable angel baby, who only does cute things?
He cleanly gave up on the matter he had been seriously contemplating until a little while ago.
“So, what do you want to do now?”
“Huh?”
“Didn’t we agree that you’d play with me when you come back from the palace?”
As if questioning whether she had forgotten that crucial promise, Cassian expressed a slightly disappointed look.
“I didn’t forget. I just hadn’t thought about it until now.”
Just like when she met Jeshuan, she had struggled to decide what to do and how to spend time. However, now she had to go through that dilemma again.
While Jeshuan was at least around her age, Cassian being an adult added even more complexity to the decision.
“Well, since you must be tired, taking a break sounds good.”
“Ah, that makes sense, right? Well then, I’ll go rest…”
Lia seized the opportunity. Already tired from dealing with Casisan as soon as she returned, she didn’t want to become more exhausted.
“I said you could rest; I didn’t say you could leave.”
“Really?”
“Rest here.”
With his words, Cassian gracefully arranged a spot on the guest sofa for Lia to rest comfortably.
He placed cushions where her head would lie, as if indicating she should relax.
“If I rest here, won’t it be uncomfortable for you…”
“No, it’s a break for me too.”
“But what if someone else sees me resting?”
“I probably won’t find anything as interesting as that.”
Just watching Lia brought vitality to Cassian, enough to spark considerable interest.
For him, it was sufficient to evoke a sense of excitement.
“Well, in that case…”
From Lia’s perspective, resting here might not be the most relaxing, but if Cassian wanted it that way, what could she do?
Rather than starting a pointless argument, it seemed better to go along with it.
With that thought, Lia quietly moved to the neatly arranged spot Cassian had prepared and lay down.
Feeling a bit impolite lying down in front of an adult, Lia hesitated, but under Cassian’s urging gaze, she quickly decided to set aside formalities.
How long had it been since she lay down on the sofa?
More comfortable than expected, Lia found herself drifting into a nap.
Cassian quietly observed Lia, who had peacefully fallen asleep.
Even when her eyes were open, the child-like innocence was angelic, but in sleep, she looked even more like an angel.
With her closed eyes and that usually chattering mouth now sealed shut, she resembled a perfect doll.
She was so adorable that one might want to hold her in their arms forever.
Though, acting indifferent, the subtly demanding and picky little angel would probably not appreciate such gestures.
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