Hada, who was about to drape his jacket over Rachel, froze. He looked at Rachel, who had tears in her eyes, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Rachel, w-what did you say?"
"I said, your father is here to look for you, silly. I saw the missing person notice he put up, and the drawing was of you. He really is here to look for you," Rachel said with a smile as she wiped her tears.
Hada shook his head and took a step back. He looked a little lost, and said, "H-how is that possible? It's been so many years. How can he still be looking for me? You must have seen wrongly. It can't be me …"
"How could I have seen wrongly? The missing person notice said that you have a black mole between your left eyebrows and a crescent-shaped scar at the back of your head. You have all of these." Rachel went forward and grabbed Hada's hand. She looked into his eyes, and said, "Furthermore, he came from Rodu. The child was lost 25 years ago. Didn't you say you remembered that your home was in Rodu? Barzel is your surname. If you didn't remember wrongly, your name is Baker Barzel. He really is your father. He's here to look for you. "
Hada's pupils constricted, and his body started to tremble uncontrollably. The veins on his forehead also popped out.
"Hada? Hada, are you okay? " Rachel looked at Hada and took a step back fearfully. Hada looked a little scary now. He didn't look like the silly person in her memory who only knew how to smile at her.
"No … He's not my father! My father died long ago! I don't have a father, and I didn't come from Rodu. My name is not Baker Barzel … I'm Hada. I only have Master … I don't have a father … "Hada grabbed his hair, and roared with a pained and hideous expression.
"Hada …" Rachel looked at Hada and rushed forward. She hugged Hada tightly as tears streamed down her face, and she started to sob.
Hearing Rachel's cries, Hada's expression gradually calmed down. He looked at Rachel, who was leaning on his chest with her tears wetting his clothes. It was as if all the energy in his body had been sucked out. He sat on the ground, and choked with sobs. "Why? Why did he only come to find me now? Why did he only think of looking for me after twenty-five years … … If he had looked for me earlier, my fingers wouldn't have been chopped off by them, and my legs wouldn't have been broken by them. If he had looked for me earlier, I wouldn't have been a cripple, and I could have openly proposed marriage to your father … … Why … … Why now … … "
Rachel hugged Hada tightly, who was crying like a child. Tears also flowed down her face. She waited until he had calmed down before she held his face, looked into his eyes, and said, "Silly, no matter what you look like, as long as you propose to my father, I will definitely marry you, regardless of whether he agrees or not."
Hada looked at Rachel, tears welling up in his eyes. He hugged Rachel tightly in his arms and sobbed. "I'm sorry, Rachel. I'm sorry. I just want to be filial to my master now. He was the one who gave me a second life. I should stay by his side … "
"It's alright. If you really don't want to see him, then don't see him. I respect your choice." Rachel shook her head. She could feel his pain and despair. If it were her, she might not know how to face that father of hers at this moment.
"Why don't you see him? At our age, if we can't even see our own son for the last time, we won't be able to close our eyes even if we die, "the old blacksmith in a cotton-padded jacket said to Hada in a low voice as he appeared at the door.
"Master, I …" Hada looked up at the old blacksmith.
"Hada, I know you are filial, but he is still your father. Besides, how do you know he hasn't been looking for you for the past twenty-five years? The Norland Continent is so vast. How would a normal person like him know that you were brought to Chaos City by human traffickers? "the old blacksmith interrupted Hada." Then, why don't you see him and ask him yourself? "
Hada looked a little hesitant.
"Go and see him tomorrow. Even if you find your father, I'm still your master. If you're still willing to inherit this blacksmith shop, then it's still yours. When I die, you'll have to be responsible for burying me." The old blacksmith waved his hand and glanced at Rachel with a smile. "Act like a man. Don't be so wishy-washy." After saying that, he turned and went in.
Hada sat there in a daze.
"Hada, are you willing to go and see him?" Rachel asked softly.
Hada's eyes brightened up immediately. After hesitating for a while, he nodded. "Mm-hm. I will go."
"Alright. Then, I will go with you tomorrow." A smile appeared on Rachel's face, and then she sneezed uncontrollably.
"You are sweating so much. You will catch a cold when the wind blows. Let me send you home first." Hada quickly put the cotton-padded jacket in his hand over Rachel's body. After that, he stood up with the help of the door frame, and hugged Rachel as they walked towards the small courtyard not far away.
Rachel shook her head with a smile, and said, "I am fine. It's just a sneeze. I will be fine after I change my clothes and sleep."
"No. I will go back and make you some ginger soup. Drink it before you sleep," Hada said firmly as he shook his head.
"My … My father is on the night shift today. He is not at home …"
"That's great. I can send you back to your house, and then go home to make you some ginger soup."
"Blockhead …"
…
"You are really a blockhead," the old blacksmith said with a sigh as he looked at Hada, who came back with an empty bowl.
…
After a day of fermenting, the missing-person notice had attracted quite a lot of attention in Chaos City. Meg did not expect that this kind gesture would inadvertently give Mamy's a city-wide advertisement, and make the number of customers lining up outside the restaurant double in the morning.
This also caused Meg to have no choice but to make an enlarged version of the menu into a signboard, and put it up at the entrance of the restaurant so that the curious people who came to watch the show would automatically leave.
The prices on the menu had a very strong screening effect.
Of course, this also indirectly increased the popularity of the missing-person notice even more.
If two people could have an unlimited meal, they would have to spend at least 10,000 copper coins, right? That was quite a tempting offer.
…
Benjamin finished his night shift, and quickly walked towards his small courtyard as he mumbled to himself, "That lass Rachel. Why didn't she come back for the whole night? Could she have gone home because she was not feeling well?"
Just as he was about to open the door, it was pushed open from the inside.
"Father!" Rachel was also stunned when she saw Benjamin standing at the door. Then, she sidestepped Benjamin and jogged out. "I am going out for a while."
"This lass!" Benjamin stomped his foot angrily when he saw Rachel disappear around the corner of the alley. He opened the door and went into the courtyard.
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