"Why are you apologizing?"
"Because … I forgot about my mother …"
"She doesn't exist, so you don't really forget her. There's no need to apologize," Hiroshi Makoto stated calmly.
'I'm the one who needs to apologize.' He wanted to say that, but he was unable to do so.
"No … I think that my mother existed." Chiaki looked directly at him. "Dad, what you remember isn't a fantasy. It's reality."
The famous artist frowned upon hearing this.
"I told you before, this is just a dream. Don't treat it as reality," he stated coldly.
Hiroshi Makoto didn't want to see his daughter being confused by these "memories" as well. It was enough that he was the only one "abnormal."
However, deep within his heart, there was a small part of him that was happy that his daughter said such a thing. This caused him to feel self-loathing, which was why his tone was so icy cold.
"Dad …" Chiaki took a deep look at her father. She felt that she could more or less understand why her father was acting like this.
He remembered his wife, but no one else knew about her. There was no evidence to prove that she once existed. This was the equivalent of being denied by the entire world!
And so, he could only deny it.
Just how painful was it to deny his own memories?
How much pressure was it to bear all of this by himself?
He didn't seek approval, because he couldn't even acknowledge himself. He only remembered, and could only treat the wife in his memories as a dream … How sad was that?
Chiaki felt her eyes burning up as she thought about it deeply. She felt like crying.
But, she had to hold it in.
She couldn't cry over this, because her father wouldn't want to see it.
She felt that she had forgotten her mother, so she didn't have the right to cry in front of her father, who had always remembered her mother by himself.
"It's still uncertain whether it's real or not." Seiji spoke up. "Wakaba -san, your memories about your wife might really be nothing more than a fantasy, but it might also be as Chiaki said, something that really happened.
The evidence for the latter is that Chiaki dreamed about her mother … Although she can't remember the contents of her dream, I clearly heard her calling out 'Mom' in her dream. I definitely didn't mishear.
I don't think it's a coincidence that something like this happened at a time when Chiaki Kagura was being targeted … "
"Wait a moment." Hiroshi Makoto suddenly stopped Seiji from continuing, and his eyes flashed, "You heard Chiaki talking in her sleep … You two slept together?"
Seiji: "…"
Feeling the sharp aura coming at him, his face twitched.
"No … In order to better protect Chiaki, I let her sleep in my study for the time being … The reason why I heard her talking in her sleep was because I happened to check on her at that time …"
Under the pressure from his girlfriend's father, Seiji tried to be as frank as possible, but he still felt a little guilty.
After all, he was a scumbag in the harem.
Hiroshi Makoto pushed up his glasses and looked at the boy in front of him with a more severe gaze than before.
Although he was more or less mentally prepared for his daughter to have sex with her boyfriend, when he really found out, it was impossible for him to remain calm.
Judging from the other party's guilty expression, something must have happened.
"I definitely won't allow that kind of relationship to occur during high school, but if you guys have already reached that point, then you must take precautions." As he said this, he even looked towards Chiaki.
Chiaki, who had just wanted to cry, now had the urge to laugh out loud.
Her father's misunderstanding and serious attitude, and Seiji's guilty conscience … This scene inexplicably amused her.
In order to hide her laughter, she lowered her head.
This action caused Hiroshi Makoto to misunderstand even more, and his gaze became even more severe.
"Listen up, you absolutely must take precautions! Otherwise … there will be a serious problem! "
"We haven't had sex, and we haven't done it yet … We haven't reached that point yet," Seiji hurriedly said.
This was the truth. Although they had done some embarrassing things, they really hadn't crossed the line.
However, Hiroshi Makoto didn't believe it. Even if they hadn't done it yet, it should be close.
Adolescent youths had limited self-control. Even if they could control themselves for a while, there was no telling when they would be unable to control themselves.
"Since you believe that you're Chiaki's boyfriend and have the responsibility to protect her, then you should be aware of the possible consequences of not taking precautions, and take it seriously!"
"I said I didn't …" Seiji was helpless. "But you're right, I'll keep that in mind."
"You must remember." Hiroshi Makoto glared at him for a while, then turned to Chiaki. "You too, you must protect yourself. If he doesn't take precautions, break up with him as soon as possible. "
Chiaki almost burst out laughing, but she managed to hold it in with great difficulty.
"I will, Dad," she replied. "Actually … even if he's really not careful … it's fine, because Seigo is very rich, and he can afford it …"
This wasn't something that could be solved with money! Hiroshi Makoto wanted to say that, but he suddenly felt that he didn't have the right to say it.
After all, he had always been estranged from his daughter. Apart from giving her enough money, he hadn't done much that a father should.
When he thought of this, he no longer had the mood to lecture them.
"In any case, you must pay attention." He concluded with this sentence.
Seiji and Chiaki both nodded obediently.
Everyone fell silent again.
What was I talking about just now?
"Cough … let's continue what we were talking about just now," Seiji said after coughing.
"Chiaki's dream wasn't a coincidence. It was triggered by something.
Assuming that your memories are real, Wakaba -san, then Chiaki's dream might be a sign that her memories are beginning to return.
This may seem like a good thing, but if it's true, this will be an incredibly serious situation.
"Your wife, Chiaki's mother, who was once a real person, disappeared from the world, as if she never existed in the first place … The culprit behind this might be an incredibly powerful demon. It might also be a Spiritual Ability user," Seiji said.
I'm inclined to believe that it's a demon, because if a human did such a thing to erase your wife's existence, Wakaba -san, then they shouldn't have left you alone since you still have your wife's memories.
Assuming that it's a demon that caused this, then … it's difficult for me to estimate just how powerful this demon is.
"It's possible that this demon has its eyes on Chiaki."
And the worst case scenario is that Chiaki might disappear from the world just like her mother, "Seiji said with a serious expression.
Disappear … Chiaki couldn't help but imagine herself being captured by a demon … by some unknown god, vanishing from the world as if she had never existed in the first place. She felt terrified.
Wait a moment, being taken away by a god? Wasn't this the so-called "divine concealment"?
Divine concealment referred to being hidden by a god or demon. It was a famous mystical phenomenon.
The most famous story about this phenomenon was the story of a fisherman who saved a sea turtle and was taken to the Dragon Palace to be treated by a princess. This legend was known to everyone in Sakura Island.
Most modern people believed that divine concealment was a superstitious way of saying that a person had disappeared or vanished from the world. That was Chiaki's common sense.
Now, it seemed that divine concealment was just as its name suggested. Was it the hiding of a god …?
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