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Side Story 38

"My mother's ... diary?"

My head went blank.

It's my mother's diary.

I never thought she would have left such a thing.

"That's true. Her name is engraved on it."

The letter 'Shan' remained at the corner of the brown leather cover.

Without realizing it, I stroked over the name and asked Perez.

"Where did you get this diary, Perez?"

"Ah, that's it."

Perez went back into the bedroom, wondering if he thought it would be faster to show it directly.

And there was a large wooden box in Perez's arms as he returned.

Perez, who had put the box down in front of me, who still looked at him with puzzled eyes, opened the cover.

Inside was a pile of notes that looked similar to my mother's diary.

"Lord Gallahan, no, it's your father's parenting diary."

"Is- is this all a parenting diary?"

At first glance, it was well over ten books.

No, it might be twenty books.

"I can't believe my father wrote a parenting diary."

It was the first time I knew it, but at the same time, it was very like my father.

Because he likes to record anything and make books.

Did he sit alone at night and open the diary while raising me?

"I once had the same worry as Tia. Will I be able to be a good father? These are what your father gave me back then."

"I see..."

I can't believe Perez had such a period.

I had no idea.

He must have felt bad.

I felt sorry that I didn't even know that right next to me.

Perez smiled, wiping away the tears that had remained in my eyes as if he knew all of my feelings.

"But Shan's diary was mixed in there."

"Did my father put it there on purpose?"

"I asked, but he said he didn't know, and he said it was probably stored together because the covers of the notes were similar."

"I see."

I stroked my mother's diary in my hand once again.

I wonder if this diary came into my hands, maybe it's all a coincidence.

It felt a little strange and weird.

However.

"Is this... sealed with wax?"

Unlike my father's diary, which anyone can read, the mother's diary was firmly sealed with strings and red wax.

In other words, that means.

"No one... no one has seen it."

"I guess so."

Perez nodded.

"I discovered it a few days ago and thought about it for a while, but I thought it would be right for Tia to read Shan's diary first."

"Thank you, Perez."

Although I answered like that, I hesitated to open the sealed one.

Meeting with my father, my birth, my return, and even Bomnia.