Mera had never felt such pain.
Even after enduring the fatigue of using magic excessively for a long time, or even being attacked by monsters, she had never felt pain .
The world in Mera's eyes spun, leaving only the image of the man she called father before her eyes.
She was speechless, not knowing what to say.
All the words were stuck in her throat.
"Damn you! Do you know how much I suffered because of you?"
"Do you know why I had to clean up that mess? It was because of you!"
"But you disobeyed your sister, you disobeyed me, you left the city without permission, you went with a strange person to a strange place!"
"You can't imagine if you were harmed... you... you... it really pisses me off!"
Her father said a lot, but Mera didn't want to listen anymore.
She used her last bit of stubbornness to not allow herself to shed even a single tear. Without hesitation, she turned around and left.
The wreath in her hand was partially crushed.
Her father couldn't stop himself from feeling emotional, silently watching his daughter run away without being able to stop her.
Looking at the wreath on the ground, then looking at his hand, a feeling of regret welled up in his heart.
From childhood to adulthood, he never hit his two daughters.
While the father was still in a daze, Myra and Kain ran over after hearing strange noises.
Seeing the wreath being trampled on the ground, coupled with the sounds just now, it wasn't hard for someone like Myra to guess what had just happened.
But if Myra had guessed it, then it was not a problem for Kain.
As for the father, his eyes looked towards Kain with a secret dislike, but it was quickly covered up because of his professional habits.
In front of his family, he is a father, but in front of outsiders, he is a mayor who runs an entire city, a man with a noble status.
He stood up straight as if to show his authority, but before he could say anything, Kain spoke first.
"Can we talk for a moment?"
Myra was stunned, she was afraid that Kain would do something foolish. But when she looked at Kain, she found that he had not changed at all, calm as a still lake.
This made Myra breathe a sigh of relief.
"I am Wilfred, mayor of Whesling town."
"Just call me Kain, nice to meet you Mr.Wilfred."
Towards Wilfred who was intentionally exuding an intimidating aura on the opposite side, Kain remained indifferent.
This made Wilfred surprised. He carefully observed Kain and saw that he was really young. Besides, even though Kain could fool someone, he couldn't fool the supervisor.
But it is rare for a young person to be able to resist, or rather ignore the pressure of a superior.
Moreover, silver hair and golden eyes…
"That's strange, whose family are you from?"
"I know what you're talking about, and all I can say is that I don't know, or maybe I don't know yet. Basically, I'm an orphan."
Kain answered frankly.
And he didn't intend to delay any longer.
Before Wilfred could ask anything else, Kain took the initiative in the conversation once more.
"Mr.Wilfred, you must know why I requested this conversation. So I think the questions you want to ask next are not important at all."
"I just want to ask... why did you hit Mera?"
Kain is very straightforward.
He could be devious in both his actions and thoughts to keep Mera from getting hurt, but he didn't have that much patience with others.
Even if it was her father.
Wilfred kept silent, then spoke somewhat unhappily.
"Kain, you seem to have gone a little too far with your eyesight. This is…"
"Family business, huh? But I don't think you're being polite."
Kain narrowed his eyes slightly.
Wilfred immediately understood that Kain was referring to his bad attitude towards him. Even though he was the one involved, he should have understood that Kain was not at fault in this matter, if not to say that he was his benefactor.
If it weren't for Kain, then the fate of his two daughters would most likely have been different, in a negative way.
"Forgive my rudeness, I hope you don't mind."
After all, he is a high-ranking official, a politician, so an apology to regain favor is not a big deal.
If not to say that honestly, he really wanted to shake hands with Kain, not to be in this somewhat embarrassing situation.
He still had a very good feeling towards Kain. And from this conversation, it was more than just "good" anymore.
But Kain just shook his head.
"Mr.Wilfred, you still don't get the point across, why did you hit Mera?"
Hearing his resolute tone, Wilfred knew that if he didn't get a definite answer, he wouldn't let it go. So in order to prevent the conversation from continuing to fall into a deadlock, Wilfred had to speak.
"Look, I don't know if you understand, but Mera is my daughter, and I just want her to be safe, you know?
"And go out of the city with no guards, no directions, following you... I'm sorry, I don't mean that, to a completely unfamiliar place? How do you think I could stand it?"
Those are sincere words, the confidences of a father.
However, Kain still had to correct this mistaken feeling.
A toxic relationship, even if its starting point is good, the consequences it brings in the end will only make both sides suffer.
Just like what just happened, Mera was hurt because of her father, Wilfred was tormented because of his daughter.
"So you think you're protecting Mera?"
"Of course, isn't that obvious?"
Wilfred looked at Kain like he was a fool for asking such a question.
But it was Kain's next words that made the biggest impact.
"So have you ever thought that Mera is also protecting you, Mr. Wilfred?"