Chapter 7 (1/2)
The 7th Story: Daughter and Father
Just how much time passed after I woke up
I’ve done nothing but float inside the green capsule with a “yurayura” (shake quietly)
Uo~i, when can I get out~
Since then, a reasonable amount of time passed, but nobody came into this room
Not even Astarte, the white robed woman, nor the old man
By any chance, did everyone forget aboutme here?
That day, the world was suddenly engulfed in an ar except this castle was annihilated…
Or maybe the humans couldn’t bear the tyrannic rule of the Demon Race and rised in rebellion, and Astarte and everyone are…
I already got tired of killing time with these decadent delusions
Also, the place about the tyrannic rule of the Demon Race was my delusion
I don’t know about this world’s societal structure
At that e finally occured
Pushuu pshhhhhh
The automatic door opened
“Rinne! Faster, faster!”
It was Astarte The white robed woman, who Astarte beckoned and called Rinne, also entered
The white robed woman started to play around with the acha” (clatter clatter)
Astarte did nothing but urge her on with “Faster!”
But that was i came
She had a cheerful appearance just like a child lining up for a toy shop on it’s sale day
Docha (charge)
Soon, I was ejected from the capsule, and I stepped on the floor I haven’t been on for a while
Ooh…
Different fro of several tihed on me
I feel how much I missed this
“Right, we need to introduce you to otou-sama first!”
Saying this, Astarte lead me out of the room
She took me to the upper floors inside the castle
By the hat moved was the elevator
Though I should say it isn’t the coged sawblade-like s made sounds
The top floors were completely different from the places I’ve been up until now
I see, this certainly isn’t a good place for sohoul to enter
The places we arrived at in the top floors were polished with a “pikapika” (sparkling), and the rough lued into delicate high class things
While I was duht into one of the rooms
The old ly” and cast me aas there
Because this place has thethat here is the old man’s study room
“Otou-sama!”
Astarte introduced me to the old man, who looked as if he didn’t re me
“Fu other than an ordinary ghoul…”
“Nee, otou-saht! Please!”
Knight?
I feel as if a hich couldn’t possibly n came up
“…Astarte, do you understand what your saying right now?”
“I understand! A “hell Knight” is a person who serves near the castle lord! For this reason they undergo a “Rank Up”, and is handed an above average power! I learned this from Sebastian!”
“Exactly You studied well Going by the textbook, a 100 point answer”
The old
“If there is one thing wrong, it’s that you didn’t take into account hell’s unwritten rule, Astarte”
“Un-writ-ten rule?”
And then the old htly colder than before
“Choosing a knight is to give a part of the hell castle’s power to worthy and pro elite de the castle lord’s ical power amplification machine This is a rank up I have never seen nor heard of a castle lord choosing a ghoul as a knight,it rank up”
Thereupon the oldwith one hand and stood up fro at me
Then rim face, he said
“Certainly I allowed that ghoul to be your birthday present Honestly I don’t believe it, but if your story is true, that ghoul is a benefactor who saved ht is still a different case”
The old man put his hand on Astarte’s head in order to warn her
“I won’t say anything bad, but you can have that ghoul as a pet Soht can’t be said, even as a joke If that happened, you will forever becoarding the knight, I will think over it carefully and think over it carefully again before selecting in the future, so you don’t have to worry about it”
After her father said this, Astarte had an expression like a 5 year-old child whose important toy broke
“…Certainly, if his child is to be ic poill be taken fro But…then! If iven to this child–”
“Don’t say such unreasonable things, Astarte You’re still young, and you probably can’t control your ownunreasonable, the both of you will just suffer”
“I take all the responsibility for this child! So please use ht!”
“”Responsibility” isn’t a word that a child can use That’s so for us adults to do
In his oay, having to deny Astarte’s wish seemed painful for the old man
A trail of cold sweat ran down his cheek
The old h) and reclined on his chair again
“Isn’t it fine…you’ll be with that ghoul from now on, so just this much for now”
“I don’t like just this much”
“Astarte…”
Why did Astarte defy her father this much…
Certainly, she often complained about her father to me, but I didn’t think it was in a here she actually hated him
Astarte bowed to her father again
“Otou-saht no matter what?”
“Ahh, I won’t yield on that”
“No matter what…?”
“No matter what”
“It’s no good even though I’ this much?”
“No ood”
“Fu-…gusun…gusun…uuu…” (sniffle sniffle)
“Uuu!? I-, it’s no good even if you pretend to cry!!”
He’s shaking hard…
“Nee, otou-saood…no matter what?”
“Even if you do a cunning action like upturned eyes, no is still no
Blood is co out of your nose, old man
“Is it no good…no matter what?”