I guessed that I had no choice . Fine, for the sake of their futures, I would have to sacrifice myself .
āI accidentally broke the present you gave meā¦ā
I confessed to dad, and his face turned into something sinister . I had never been scolded until today . Because of that, I thought that he was even scarier . Dad looked so intimidating .
āThen you could have just told me, couldnāt you? Why in the world did you try to hide it?ā
Was it because I saw my most cherished sculpture in ruins, or was it because of that scary look on Caitelās face right now? Suddenly, I felt like I was gonna cry . No, it was all because everything happening to me right now was so unfair . This was not my fault .
āBut you gave it to meā¦ā
I could hear my watery voice, and Caitelās expression shook too . I tried so hard to hold back my tears .
āYou liked it too, but I just hide it away because I wanted it . Daddy would be sad because I broke it tooā¦ā
Sob sob, oh, I didnāt know now . I wanted to just cry instead .
How could I hold my tears when it would just come out without me commanding them? I wiped the tears on my face, but it wouldnāt stop . This was all because Caitel looked sad . Yeah, itās all because he seemed so, so worried .
āIām sorry, daddy . Itās all my fault . It was so prettyā¦ but I broke it . ā
Oh, Caitel looked a bit panicked . Was he panicking now that I was crying?
However, even that face of his looks so sad . This was all so sad . Sob sob .
Since I was crying so hard, Caitel seemed to have no idea what to do with me . However, whatever he would do, I just cried . Heās not getting angry . Was it because I was crying? Sob sob .
I could hear Caitelās sigh right beside my ear, the warmth that held me in the arm . I guessed that he was my dad, after all . At least he knew how to comfort his daughter .
āStop crying . That ugly face of yours will only get even uglier . ā
What was he saying with that sad face?
I was crying right now because your face looked so sad . I couldnāt speak because I was crying, so I just glared at him, and Caitel laughed a bit .
What? Did he think that my face was funny?
āAnd itās not something to cry over . ā
I guessed he was not mad anymore .
I didnāt know how long I had been crying, but I cried for a long time . I couldnāt even remember what made me so sad . Once my tears started to subside, Caitel wiped the tears on my face .
I was sobbing in dadās arm as I looked at him .
āDad, are you not mad anymore?ā
āNo . not anymore . ā
Phew, now I didnāt have to be scolded . Not that I did it on purposeā¦ but it seemed like the tears of women and children indeed were deadly weaponsā¦
āNext time, just tell me what happened instead of hiding it, understand?ā
Caitel smiled after hearing my answer . I smiled too . As I did so, suddenly, Caitelās face became serious . Huh?
āEven your smiling face is ugly . ā
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