Chapter 78: Speech (1/2)

As Theo told him the full story, Alea let out a small moan and gradually opened her eyes, finding Theo and her father talking with each other.

”!!!” Alea was surprised to see the two together and realized she hadn't died yet. Not knowing what they were talking about, she quickly rose from the bed, wanting to explain, but the pain jolted her brain as she dropped again to the bed.

”Oi, oi! You shouldn't push yourself.” Her father quickly rose from the seat and checked his daughter's condition.

”Father… Where am I?”

”You're in the hospital. You should rest first since you're not healed yet.” He shook his head helplessly while answering her.

Theo, on the other hand, felt that he shouldn't intrude on this family, so he said, ”Since she has woken up, I should return home.”

Alea's father tilted his head in confusion. ”Eh, why? You haven't told me everything yet.”

”Eh?” Theo opened his mouth in surprise as he didn't expect such an answer. He blinked his eyes a few times and made a weird smile. ”That… You can learn from your daughter. I'm sure that she is more believable than me.”

It was a perfect answer to leave this situation, but Alea's father might have a screw loose in his head as he actually looked at him coldly and said, ”Did you say you want to force my daughter to tell me the whole story in this condition?”

”Wait, what?!” Theo was dumbstruck. Considering the Eilric Family's reputation, they should have something strict manner in their home, and an unknown guy should have left them alone now that everything was alright. Yet, he became angry because Theo wanted to leave them alone to respect their privacy?

”As I said, you're staying here.” Alea's father demanded before grabbing an apple on the basket next to the bed. He then showed it to Theo before the skin was completely peeled as if it was burst from inside. After that, the apple was cut into eight perfectly with Magic Power. ”Come, come. I still haven't heard the whole story from you. If it's from my daughter, I will be biased, so I need someone like you to tell me. Come, come. I will let you eat this.”

He stuck one of the pieces in Theo's mouth before pulling him back to his chair. ”You said you are going to tell me, right? Now you need to finish the story.”

”Eh?!” Theo's expression twisted, not comprehending why he acted this way.

”Father… You shouldn't force him. No matter what anyone else said, he has saved my life. He also needs to rest.”

”Tch.” He clicked his tongue and scratched the back of his head. ”Since you have said it, I will let him go.”

Not understanding the sudden change, he just continued to leave the room before he changed his mind.

The next day, Theo returned to the school, where they were informed about listening to another briefing because of yesterday's Earthquake.