After Azazel and Odin, those two unreliable guys, left, the room fell silent again. After a good while, Baraqiel looked at Akeno and slowly spoke.
"Can we have a good talk now, Akeno?"
With a hint of pleading, it made the girl's body tremble slightly. She wanted to refuse, but she didn't know how to say it.
"I… I understand."
"Rea… really? That's great."
Hearing his daughter agree to his request, a hint of joy appeared on Baraqiel's face. He then reached out his hand to grab the girl's arm.
"Don't touch me!"
However, regarding Baraqiel's affectionate behavior, Akeno flung his hand away unhappily. She then walked towards the room in the back…
Being treated like this, the middle-aged man instead nodded happily and quickly followed.
"Arthas…"
Rias said worriedly, and Arthas smiled, signaling her not to worry.
"I'll go take a look. Don't worry."
If no one intervened, the conversation between this father and daughter would definitely end badly, right?
He didn't choose to directly enter the room. Instead, he stood at the door.
As expected, after Arthas stopped, the voices of the father and daughter's conversation rang out from inside the room.
"Akeno, there are some things I want to ask you."
"Don't call my name so casually."
It seemed that after leaving everyone's sight and coming to the room, Akeno's resentment suddenly erupted.
Her voice emitted a coldness and sharpness that had never been heard before.
"…You and… that soldier kid from the Gremory household, what exactly…?"
"What are you trying to say with that?"
"As your father, can't I want to know who my daughter likes? After all, he's just…"
However, before he could finish speaking, Akeno angrily interrupted him.
"Shut up! Don't put on a father's face! If you're going to put it on, why didn't you come at that time?! Aren't you the one who stood by and watched Mom die?!"
Speaking of which, when Akeno was still very young, because the miko mother and the Fallen Angel Baraqiel had combined, the rigid bastards at the shrine hated them very much.
So, soon after, her mother was killed, but Akeno's father didn't appear at the time.
Therefore, when hearing Akeno angrily say these words, Baraqiel immediately lowered his head in grief and fell silent.
I can't understand why you would still appear before me. Wouldn't it be best if we never saw each other again? What does it have to do with you who I like?
Arthas and I are just members of Rias-sama's household. With Rias-sama and Souna-sama, how could he possibly like me, who has such filthy blood flowing through her veins?
Akeno said this with a sarcastic smile. The more the girl was like this, the more painful and guilty Baraqiel became.
"Akeno, I..."
What do you want to say now? Do you think I'll listen to you?
The reason I followed you in here is just to tell you, don't call my name so casually again, don't put on a father's face in front of me, and it's best if you never appear before me again.
She had vented it all out. The pain and anger that had accumulated for many years suddenly erupted all at once.
The target was her own father, but in Akeno's heart, he wasn't worthy, and she even loathed him to the extreme.
Her beloved mother had been killed because of him, because of him, but he had cruelly not appeared. Now, he was appearing before her in the guise of a father. What was this?!
"Akeno, listen to me, I didn't..."
Alright, there's no need to say anything more. That's all I have to say. I'm very satisfied with my current life, so I don't want you to interfere in my life.
As for Arthas, you don't have the right to look down on him!
After saying that, Akeno was about to walk out of the room when a familiar figure appeared in her vision.
"I'm sorry, I heard everything."
Arthas touched his nose, showing a somewhat helpless smile.
Arthas was very clear that Akeno had a certain amount of affection for him.
However, because of the girl's hatred for her own existence, her disgust for the blood flowing through her body, Akeno had never confessed her feelings to Arthas.
Arthas was also very clear about this, so he didn't expose the girl's feelings. He just silently stayed by her side, standing up to protect her when she needed him the most.
He hoped that one day, Akeno would be able to walk out of this on her own, and then confess her feelings to him.
"Yo, Arthas...?"
Looking at Arthas's gentle expression, Akeno couldn't help but panic.
At the same time, Baraqiel, who had also discovered that Arthas was eavesdropping, spoke with great anger, as if he was venting the anger he had suffered in front of his daughter.
"You bastard! You actually dared to eavesdrop! I... Shut up! It's not your place to say anything about Arthas!"
Girls are drawn to outsiders, and this one had been drawn to an outsider to a certain extent. Of course, if there wasn't that painful past, it wouldn't have reached this extent.
At least, standing outside the door and listening until now, Arthas could confirm that Baraqiel's guilt and love for Akeno were not fake at all.
If he was really a cold-blooded and heartless father, perhaps the two of them would have become enemies long ago.
Alright, let's calm down a bit. No matter what, Baraqiel will be the representative from the Fallen Angels for the time being.
Not as a father, but even as the representative of the Fallen Angels, you should let him finish what he has to say, right?
Otherwise, Mr. Baraqiel might think that we devils don't know how to treat guests.
Gently holding Akeno's jade hand, Arthas tried to speak to Akeno calmly.
"But..." Although she was persuaded by Arthas, Akeno still didn't give Baraqiel any good looks, staying in the room with a very unwilling expression.
Seeing the girl's tsundere behavior, Arthas couldn't help but smile, turning his head to look at Baraqiel.
"Alright, say what you want to say, Lord Baraqiel."
I'm sorry, Akeno. My tone might have been a bit bad, but I really just wanted to understand your current situation.
How you're living, if you have someone you like. If I don't understand these things, I'm too much of a failure as a father.
As a father? Heh, that sounds nice. When did you fulfill that responsibility? If it wasn't for you, would Mother have been killed innocently?
Why are you saying this now? Who are you saying it to!
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