[Everheart Estate—Regis's Office—Some Days Later]
"…What!?" I nearly jumped out of my skin.
Father just nodded, face dark and stormy, like a thundercloud that could crush me with one glare. He mumbled, "...that's right...… Osric. Cassius is trying to take away my daughter-in-law from me, and… I cannot let that happen."
I froze, blinking at him.
. . .
. . .
Wait… what? He's obsessed with making Lavi his daughter-in-law? I'd known my father had quirks, but this… this was a new level of eccentricity. And at his age? Really?
Then he slammed the desk so hard I thought it might crack and stood up, voice booming: "He cannot go to the family picnic with my dearest daughter-in-law… without his complete family!"
I blinked. "And… who exactly counts as the complete family?"
Father didn't even flinch. He pointed at me like a general commanding an army. "ME. AND YOU."
I blinked again. Slowly. "…You… you do realize I'm the groom, right?"
