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☾ forty - two ☾

Regis clenched his fist tightly.

'How did this happen?'

He should have been more alert.

So that his disciple couldn't linger around his daughter.

'What the hell are you doing, Maximilian.'

Knowing the character of his inhumane and gifted disciple, Regis was convinced that all of this was due to his succession.

And maybe the reason why Max approached Juvellian is because...

'Do you think it's a good idea to move onto Juvel to get me to join the rebellion?'

As the vague speculation gradually began to grow, Regis's mouth became brittle.

He's a man who sees humans as chess pieces, that's enough for me to take action.

'Are you sure you want to think of my daughter as a pawn?'

It's not even a definite fact yet, but he needed to vent his anger.

Anyway, it was clear that his student was playing a trick on his daughter.

'Is this how you are repaying my grace?'

Although it wasn't with a pure purpose, he didn't spare any advice because he cared for him to some extent.

Ever since he was young, he even protected his disciple from the assassins sent by the Empress.

But all of that consideration and favor was useless.

With a heavy heart, Regis clenched his teeth.

'I can never hand over my daughter to a lowlife human like you.'

Regis wanted to beat his ungrateful pupil.

However, if he showed such an appearance, it was obvious that Juvellian would resent him due to her personality who cares deeply for the any existence she likes.

'What a headache.'

His head seemed to be bursting, but, hiding it thoroughly, Regis offered his daughter and his student a seat.

"Sit down."

It was at the time when Juvellian was about to sit down at the invitation of Regis, Max readily pulled out a chair and offered it to Juvellian who accepted it with a big, genuine smile.

"Thank you."

Regis' face distorted, the disciple that he knew would have never done something like that.

However, the abominable guy in front of him was responding softly.

Regis, who was watching the scene, clenched his fist.

'That abominable guy, that's how he deceived my daughter.'

Max, which Regis had watched growing up, was a seldom human being who was never inspired by anything.

< Have mercy on the weak? And then your neck goes off. >

That's what he often said.

Regis had tried to improve his character over and over again, but as the days went by, his student became more and more crooked.

'That kind of guy couldn't have changed now.'

Regis, who had a harsh light in his eyes, questioned them with a stern voice.

"How did you two meet?"

"On the day father was away, he came to see you. But he had nowhere to go, so I offered him hospitality."