Chapter 7. Probably the First

Today, the sound of the door closing was especially loud. Caelius walked into my room. “A bedroom at this late hour?” Aria asked, puzzled.

Caelius took off his uniform and sat down on the couch, his slightly sagging shape strangely seductive.

Even if they were father and daughter, being alone in a bedroom at this hour was unusual.

Even for a little discussion.

Aria sucked dryly at the tension in the air before breaking the ice.

“Is something wrong, Dad?””

Instead of responding, Caelius only stared at her, as if he was listening to her Aria.

He was the first to speak after a long pause.

“Is everything all right?””

She cocked her head slightly in response to the unexpected question. She’d been with him the entire time and had no idea what had happened.

I’m sure she didn’t call to talk about something so insignificant……

She couldn’t let down her guard. Her body stiffened with excitement.

“Really?”

“I am …….”

Caelius rolled his eyes and smirked as their gazes met in midair. It was the same smile she remembered seeing on his face when they first met.

A phony smile.

Caelius stood from his seat when Aria fidgeted with her fingers, feeling a bit nauseous. He approached Aria slowly and deliberately.

His stare was still fierce.

He came to a sudden stop right in front of her. She panicked and went back a few feet, but she was stopped by the wall.

Caelius’ n*ked chest filled her vision. In the midst of such an unsettling situation, Aria tried to smile and put on a pleasant face.

“What happened to you dad……?”

She placed a sly hand on his pectoral. Then she squeezed it slightly, as if to force him away. But he refused to budge.

“……Dad?”

My voice trembled slightly. The atmosphere in the room was suffocating. Caelius was still looking at me when I looked up to see him.

“……daughter.”

“Yes, sir.”

The answer was delivered in two hard breaths. He clutched Aria’s wrist. His piercing black eyes locked on her.

Aria’s barely grown-up, teenage face stiffened slightly as she looked at her.

Pale skin from not leaving the house in a long time and golden eyes like jewelry. Brilliant blonde hair, the same shade as him used to be.

She was clearly his daughter.

A faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth as he watched Aria.

“Of course you’re my daughter.”

Blonde with golden eyes.

That was enough proof for Caelius to ruffle Aria’s hair, which was a noble color, incomparable to his own, now fading sun.

“I suppose f*cking my daughter is a little tempting.

He seized Aria’s hands and dragged them over the buttons on his shirt, his eyes twinkling fiercely.

“Unbutton it.”

Aria couldn’t help but feel embarrassed. He had came here just to ask me to do that……But Aria couldn’t offer much resistance to the high-handed command. She glanced at Caelius a couple of times, but before she could aggravate him further, she did as he was told.

She began unbuttoning his shirt at the top and worked her way down to his neck.

“How far do I have to go?””

“All the way.”

I had a sight of his well-defined abs as I began unbuttoning the lower buttons, past his pecs. Aria swallowed hard and studied his physique covertly.

She’d never been this close to a man’s body before. And what a well-sculpted body. Her hands shook with fear.

The last button on his shirt came undone, allowing the front of his shirt to fall open.

His big pecs, defined abs, and his iliac crest caught my attention. Aria’s face flushed as she gazed down at his lovely physique. Her ears were on fire.

The man in front of her smirked as she dropped her head, lost in thought.

“Do you want to touch it?”

“It’s ……?”

Caelius took her hand and casually placed it on his abs. Aria’s fingertips twitched in response to his firm touch.

“Ah, Daddy……..”

“Yes, daughter.”

“Lily is not sure why your acting like this all of a sudden…….”

Aria purposefully used the nickname Lily to avoid offending Caellius. He was usually more courteous than usual when he was acting like an idiot like this. A quick check at his expression revealed that he didn’t appear offended. Aria breathed an audible sigh of relief.

“Lily.”

“It’s……”

“Last time.”

Aria’s eyes fluttered at the last word.

“Everything okay?”

Nothing. How in the world could he be at a banquet with me the entire time and not know have something happen…….

Aria rolled her eyes and replied.

“I didn’t. I…… don’t know what my dad is doing, I really don’t.”

“……Oh, I see.”

Caelius cupped her chin with his hand. Aria was unable to avoid her attention from him and was forced to make eye contact with him.

This strange situation was starting to make her nervous.

“Can I kiss you?”

“You’re ……?”

She could only stutter back at the ridiculousness that occurred.

“Are you drunk?”

Aria had not recognized the gravity of the problem until now. There was no smell of alcohol on him. What kind of desire could he be acting like this again?

“Or do you want to first wash my d*ck?”

But as the crude taunts continued, Aria understood that things were getting far worse.

Caelius threw her onto the bed with a flourish, as if he didn’t want her to answer in the first place. Aria rolled across the bed like a sheet of paper in an instant.

“Oh, Dad!”

She’d approached him twice.

Caelius narrowed his eyes and lowered his gaze to Aria. She appeared to be about to burst into tears from fear. How dare he try to fool me with his silly look.

“So you’re excited to marry the Marquis of Cimmeron.”

When Eben Simerne was mentioned, Aria’s face crumbled.

“What are you talking about?”

“That you’re a fool, that you don’t even recognize your mother’s handwriting.”

He scowled. Aria’s mind went blank.

“What do you mean?”

Caelius had turned the dress she was wearing into rags, so she was perplexed, but her thoughts went no further.

“Kak-!”

The power was so tremendous that the dinner gown was ripped apart in an instant, reducing it to rags, and there was a tick, tick, tick, and the sound of jewelry falling out.

“Don’t do that, Daddy!””

“Shhh, be quiet, good girl.”

Only her tight underwear barely protected her p*ssy and br*asts, and the straps of her bottom garment were nearly undone.

Aria crossed her legs, trying to hide her private parts. Caelius violently spread her legs because he disliked the sight.

“Hmph…….”

He pushed her small, slender legs apart. He could almost make out the slightly hidden flesh between them.

At the sight, he smirked.

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure…….”

“Daddy……!”

“That must be more fun than holding another slut.”

Aria’s heart sunk as he spoke.

“No, wait a minute.

“Are you serious? You’re going to do this to your daughter? Isn’t this animal insane?”

She called out urgently, wondering whether he had mistaken her for another woman.

“Dad, my name is Lily……!””

“Of course, Lily. Aria von Wittelsbach is a German actress. “My one and only child.”

Caelius’ hands carefully loosened the straps of her underwear, which covered her bottom; panicked, Aria kicked at him, but he grabbed her too easily.

As he watched her struggle, his brow furrowed and he mumbled.

“Not the first time, anyway.”

He spat out the words involuntarily. Caelius was the one who was more ashamed than Aria. I paused as I spoke, wondering what it meant.

-Ah, father…… huh, ah, hurts, slowly, ha……

An old recollection returned to him as he glanced at him underneath her.

-Daddy…… Please give me a hug.

-Make me an empress.

She had no idea whose recollection it was. Caelius shook his head in an attempt to clear it. He cocked his head to look at Aria, who was staring at him with a terrified, puzzled expression. He became even more perplexed as he locked eyes with Aria.

He’d never seen her before, and he could see her face panting beneath in his mind’s eye.

Aria yelled out to Caelius, who was breaking out in cold sweat, as she looked over.

“Oh, Dad?”

Caelius, on the other hand, remained silent. ‘What in the world was that? Is this a hallucination? What about I heard?’ He wondered if he had truly lost his mind, as rumor had said. Aria was terrified by his cold laugh, but none of that mattered to him just now.

“You must be crazy.”

“Yeah, we’ll see,” he murmured quietly, kissing Aria like if he couldn’t wait any longer. Aria, startled, tried to push Caelius away, but he was so much bigger than her that she couldn’t.

“Ugh……!”

Aria struggled and cried out. Caelius, predictably, refused to budge.

His scorching lips devoured her. Aria let out a frightened cry of pain as his tongue pushed through the wide mouth.

“No way, no way.

It didn’t feel real. It seemed more plausible that this was a dream. Aria’s eyes flushed as she realized she was in an awkward situation she’d never been in before. She clenched her eyes shut so tightly that a tear streamed down her cheek. They were tears caused by physiological processes.

They kissed for a long time, the kind of kisses that can only be shared by a father and daughter. His bulging apron was rubbing n*kedly on her thigh before she knew it.

I didn’t think of it previously. The idea of kissing Caelius sent shivers down her spine.

She gasped for air when his lips separated. She took a hesitant breath and wiped her tears away.

Caelius stood motionless as he unbuckled his pants.

My heart hammered with an unexpected sensation when I spotted him looking down at me.

-Dad…… Hmm, best, favorite…

-I adore you….. dad.

‘I’m quite sure I mentioned these words to him at some point.’

-I adore you, Dad.

-Really?

-Indeed, yes. All I have is my father.

My head throbbed as I tried to recall something, but I didn’t have time to think about it. Caelius had unzipped his front and was cuddling up against me before I knew it.

“Oh, Dad, I don’t think this is right.”

Aria stumbled and pushed him away, tumbling backwards. Caelius remained silent in answer. Instead, he put his hand to his daughter’s crotch without hesitation.

His hand pulled her downward. His index and middle fingers forced Aria’s tightly closed flesh apart.

The hole revealed her erect clitoris, which was extremely dry beneath due to the pressure. Caelius probed beneath her slowly, then flicked his tongue briefly.

“Tsk.”

“Oh, Daddy…….”

Aria wiggled against his shoulder, begging.

“No, no…… is this even possible right now in the realm of common sense?”

He couldn’t figure it out. Caelius’ was standing firm, as opposed to Aria’s dry p*ssy.

He rubbed mine around the hole, grimacing as he tried to insert it carelessly. Aria clung to him tightly as she felt the touch of flesh on flesh.

“Daddy, please……!”

“…….”

“I’m scared, Lily’s wrong, Daddy, Daddy…….”

How in the world did this happen? Aria had no idea why Caelius was so angry.

“What kind of mistress possesses a Lopan and f*cks her father?”

All I wanted was a parenting story, but this is a completely different type.

This isn’t right, Aria grumbled to herself, but she wasn’t the only one. Caelius’ c*ck remained stiff and swelled as he observed her.

He looked at Aria, noticed the tension in her body, and casually pinched the small area of flesh.

“Ouch…….”

Aria’s muscles tensed even more in response to the cruel touch. He widened her p*ssy and stroked her clit with his face remained expressionless.

Aria shuddered with pleasure, despite her desire not to.

“Ahhh, daddy……, hmm, ahhhh!”

Aria’s body dutifully spit out her juices while Caelius’ thumb massaged lazily on the flesh in a circular manner.

It was awkward since she’d never imagined herself making love to him in this way, even if he wasn’t her real father.

Caelius slammed his c*ck into her hole as if he’d been waiting to disabuse her of the concept.

“Ahhh…ahhh……….”

The first time he slid anything into her hole, her body reacted with sensitivity, pressing him tightly. Still, his face was expressionless, not the expression of someone attempting to hold his daughter.

The slit wriggled as it ate his fingers, wet with clear maternal fluid.

Before being possessed, she’d never had s*xual contact with a man. The thought of someone else’s hand within her p*ssy, stirring it, was a new experience for her.

Caelius grasped Aria’s hips to keep her from moving, while she squirmed, tears flowing down her face.

“Oh, Daddy…….”

The sight of his fingers going in and out of her flawless skin was revolting. Caelius appeared undisturbed, but Aria was dizzy from an unexplainable sense of guilt.

The hand that had been probing inside her slowly began to move more quickly. As the feelings pulsed and pinched her inner walls, her back arched uncontrollably.

Her body tightened with a whirling sensation she didn’t know whether it was nice or horrible.

“Oh, it hurts…… it hurts, stop…… daddy…….”

Instead of responding, Caelius extended his middle finger, crushing her clit with his thumb. Aria’s eyesight wavered for a minute, and she was overcome with overwhelming ecstasy. She couldn’t help but cry out.

“Aaahhhhhhhhh!”

“You screams no, yet I give you a few strokes and you loves it up.”

“Ahhhh, daddy, hmmmm…… daddy…….”

“Have you ever shared a body with another man?”

Aria shook her head instantly. She denied everything and pushed Caelius away, pleading with him to stop.

“You’re insane, you have an obsession on me? I’m your own daughter!”

I swallowed the words as I couldn’t force myself to get out and looked at Caelius as if I was about to murder him. His soft eyes and wet cheeks didn’t make her appear frightening.

“Good.”

Aria’s heart fell as he smiled happily.

“What’s good is good, you crazy bastard.

She looked up at him, mouth gaping, and the hand that had been fumbling inside her began to withdraw gradually.

It happened before Aria could get away from him.

Something blunt brushed against the hole, and then, in one fast move, it pushed through the inner wall. “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Aria screamed as her pain split her body in half, and she pushed Caelius away. She forgot it was Caelius and drove her fist into his back, startled by the stinging sensation underneath.

It was too thick and firm to be a human c*ck lodged in her v*g*na.

“Ha, don’t, don’t, don’t, pull it out, pull it out, pull it out, come on…….”

Her words were distorted by crying and ragged breathing, but she despised her circumstances and fought to survive.

The p*nis that was pulling her tight hole open seemed like it was choking her to death. She was having trouble breathing.

Tears flowed down her cheeks, and all she could do was gurgle. Caelius then touched her cheek and wiped away her tears.

“Breathe.”

“ah, it hurts, it hurts…….”

“Lily.”

“S*ck, ahhh…….”

“Lily.”

She nodded weakly in response to the voice calling her name. Caelius then gazed at her, his eyes relaxing slightly.

“Look at your Daddy.”

Tears had clouded her vision. Her eyes widened as she turned to face him.

“Daddy, Daddy…… Daddy.”

Caelius hold Aria in his arms with a caressing gesture after she gasped and clung to him, calling out.

“Who told you to tell me such a lie?” he asked.

“Lily, Lily is….never did…… uh, no, I never lied to my dad…….”

Caelius listened to her sheepishly, his brow wrinkled at the strange memory that kept creeping in.

-I like it when you hold me because it makes me feel loved.

-And what about the others?

-I hate them because they’re ugly, and you’re the coolest.

I tried to clench my teeth, but I couldn’t because of the strange memories from earlier.

“F*ck.”

She shook her head and adjusted her hips slowly. Her wide v*g*na quivered deliciously as she squeezed his c*ck tightly.

“Pull out.”

The broad glans moved in and out of her, as they pleased. Aria fought, grasping Caelius’ hair.

How was she expected to pull back when it hurt so much?

She punched, clawed, and raked at him, as if now was the time to let go of all the pent-up feelings. But he didn’t even blink.

Instead, he grabbed her legs and lifted her up onto his shoulders, as if to humiliate her. Aria could no longer fight and was forced to be held against him.

“Oh, daddy, daddy…….”

The heavily implanted p*nis slid out gently. The huge shaft felt strange. The whirling sensation made her quiver. He pulled his glans to her v*g*nal opening and pushed his c*ck into her moistened hole once more.

An ashamed squeak sounded from underneath after a few botched thrusts.

“Ahhhhhh, ahhhh, ah……!”

The little body shook helplessly in opposition to him. Caelius grabbed Aria’s legs, driving his c*ck in and out of her.

Puck, puck, skin against flesh, and Aria’s wet moans reverberated throughout the room.

“Hmph, ahh, ah, daddy, black, ah……!”

It felt like there was a fire inside of me that was hotter than my forearms. It was strange to feel my insides pierce through me with every movement Caelius made.

Her agonized cries had turned into mewls before she recognized it.

“Hmph, yes, ahh!”

Her difficulties subsided. Caelius laughed mockingly as she tightened, gushing lusty fluids with each thrust.

“A few strokes and you’re going to eat it, but only after you’ve had your ass handed to you…….”

Caelius let go of Aria’s legs and knelt over her. He put her little br*asts in his mouth, gently s*cking them between his lips and licking the n*pples up and down.

Aria began to moan because it was too much for her to endure.

“Ahhh, ahhhh, ahhhh”

It wasn’t war, but making love to her was more exciting than he’d anticipated.

Caelius’ mouth twitched with a contented smile.

As He watched his daughter squirm beneath him, his face moist with ecstasy, He felt a strange sensation of conquest. He looked down to see a never-fucked hole before enthusiastically taking his father’s c*ck.

Her solid flesh tightened around him as he f*cked her, her mouth wide open.

He moved his hips, rubbing her clit. Aria winced when her back tightened, but he didn’t stop on purpose. He kept teasing her clitter, driving his c*ck in and out swiftly.

“Ahhh, hmm, hmm, ahh!”

The black c*ck squirmed and spewed out secretions with each movement as it bounced madly in and out of her white hole.

The linens drenched with a passionate sound.

As he f*cked her, her br*asts swayed with every mindless thrust of his hips, her hole screamed out in joy.

He enjoyed it everything.

This was not horrible s*x.

Caelius kissed her on the lips. He moved his c*ck fast while holding her in his arms.

“Ugh, uh……!”

As the huge shaft entered her inner walls relentlessly, an unknown sensation raced through her.

“Hmph…… hmph.”

Her body stiffened in an instant, as if hit by lightning, and she couldn’t even moan, only gasp for air while clinging to Caelius.

He didn’t slow down after sensing she’d attained her climax, instead thrusting within her more teasingly.

“Th-that, stop, ha-ha, daddy, daddy, stop……!”

As the sensations of her climax rushed over her, she sobbed and begged.

Caelius, still not satisfied, seized her pelvis and plunged into her with all his force.

She felt her entire body melt with ecstasy she’d never felt before with each steady push. Her mind was immobilized by dizzying sensations and anxiety.

“Aaahhh……………………………………………….”

Caelius pushed his hard c*ck deep within her with a quick groan. Aria’s insides were filled with hot cum.

“Haah, uhhhh….”

Aria moaned, helpless, grasping the blankets.

The repulsive p*nis that had r*ped her slowly retreated from her hole, and the turbid fluid he’d spewed trickled out from her slightly open v*g*na.

Caelius smirked at the sight, then pushed the cum back inside with his hand in a fun manner.

“I’ve fed you enough, and you spit it back out.”

Her hole jerked in response to his gesture. He chuckled foully at the sight of the dirty orifice, as if to welcome him, and Aria, who was sharing her body with a man for the first time in her life, gasped for air, confused and tired.

‘You insane as$hole……’

She’d always suspected he was insane, but she’d never realized he was this insane. Aria’s sense of reality seemed to have evaporated in her astonishment. She couldn’t feel anything that had been Caelius’ for so long between her legs. It was all she could do to squirm and coil up like a newborn deer.

Caelius appeared tired, with a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth. It was a strange smile.

-Dad, can’t you and I have children?

-I hate it.

-That bothers me……

-Did you desire to have your own child?

Lily wishes to be empress if you become Emperor.

An foreign discussion reverberated in my ears the minute I met eyes with him. It felt familiar, like if I’d previously discussed it with him. My gut churned.

“What in the world is this……?”

Aria gazed up at Caelius, unable to conceal her confusion.

-Ah, Daddy…… yeah, ah, all right, I like Daddy……

-You should keep your word.

-Of course I will, ha, ha, ugh……

-What did Daddy tell Lily?

-Lily, Lily, only eat daddy’s d*ck, hmm, sleep with daddy…. only with daddy……

A pounding pain hit me, and I could hear more whispering in my ear, but I couldn’t keep it in any longer.

“Have I ever shared a body with Caelius?”

That cannot be. That cannot be. That cannot be…..

Noise roared in his ears, and dizziness flooded over her as the noise threatened to rupture her eardrums.

I could still see Caelius through my clouded vision, his smile unreadable, but my mind went blank; memories flowed into my head at will, and I couldn’t hold them.

“Oh, Dad…….”

I love you.

Even as I swallowed the rest, the unheard words stayed in my mouth, unintelligible.

Do you love me? Me? Caelius? Why?

* * *

I forced my heavy eyes open and saw Caelius’ bedroom ceiling.

‘Oh, yeah……’

Last night, I slept with my father.

I was too fatigued to develop a mental picture, so I merely burrowed deeper under the covers to relieve my sore back.

‘What on earth was Caelius doing……’

Crazy. No, he did this to his own daughter……

Last night, I remembered him s*cking and gurgling on the cum that had flowed out of him, deep inside her. She felt a shudder run down her spine.

“F*ck…….

I wanted to cry, something I’d never seen in any parenting video..

She was having s*x with her father in order to make him stupid.

‘What the fuck…….’

It still didn’t feel real, and I remembered last night.

My tense back and aroused p*ssy were proof that I’d spent the night with Caelius.

It was far too real to be a dream.

In the large bed, I smelled his perfume. I immediately remembered something from the back of my mind as I buried my face in the cover.

-Dad, do you…… Do you mind if I hang around with the other Primordials?

The tingling feeling was followed by a severe migraine and the sound of discussion once more. Aria pressed her lips together, as if she didn’t want to hear it.

I-I don’t want him to talk to anyone else.

-You sound like a complete moron.

-Lily’s name is…… Lily only ever sees her father.

-…….

-I’d like you to look at him as well…… please.

Do you remember Aria…… from the original story?

Aria washed her face and tried to forget the memories away, but she was helpless.

She was going to be swallowed by a memory as foreign to her as any other.

“Daughter.”

Caelius’s quiet whisper in her ear startled her awake.

“Are you awake?”

His voice was calm and soft. Unlike last night, when he was still grumpy, Caelius seemed unusually cheery today.

Surprisingly, the sound of his voice made her headache go away.

Aria took a deep breath and slowed her racing heart. But she didn’t relax her guard around Caelius.

It was like a rabbit blowing itself up to protect itself in the face of a tiger.

As he met her stare with subtle antagonism, the corners of his mouth twisted up in a sneer. Then, as if he found Aria’s wariness amusing, he pushed her legs apart with little effort.

“Oh, Daddy!”

She shouted and pulled at the covers, but to no avail. It had been a dark night the night before, and now it was a brilliant morning. Aria’s face flushed scarlet as she realized she was revealing her most sensitive bits to him in broad daylight.

Caelius’s harassment had left her p*ssy twitching all night, and she wondered if he would pounce on her like an animal in the morning.

Despite Aria’s concerns, Caelius grudgingly retrieved something from his pocket.

A cold sensation immediately hit her delicate skin.

“Hmph…….”

She groaned in surprise, her brow furrowing. Reflexively, she tried to close her legs, but Caelius grabbed her inner thighs and forced them apart.

“Oh, Daddy?”

“It would be better for you if you stayed quiet…….”

He whispered the last part, sneaking a glance at Aria. Caelius held a strange salve in his hand.

Aria looked at it, puzzled, her eyes narrowing.

“What is that?”

“About.”

“What is that…….”

Caelius’ eyes, which had been fixed to her crotch, moved to Aria when she was asked why.

“I thought you said it was your first time.”

“……Yes, it was my first”

“I may be a cavalier with a daughter, but I’m not a cavalier enough to let something like this happen.”

He rambled on for some reason. His voice was devoid of soul.

“I know you’re a jerk.”

I stared at him, swallowing the things I couldn’t say.

Caelius put his hand in the ointment and groped around her v*g*na, her brow creased in agony.

“Ah, sting, sting…….”

“Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Disapproving looks were sent her way as she shouted out in distress.

“It’s not my thumb, it hurts a lot……”

Aria whimpered as he gently applied the ointment.

It was an unusually considerate gesture. She almost laughed when she saw Caelius applying the ointment with such focus that his brow furrowed. She thought to herself, forcing her expression back together.

“I suppose it’s all an act.

I’m wondering whether I’m not sick of living this way.

I wish I could pull the lid off his head because he’s constantly smiling, so you never know what’s going on inside.

Aria sat and fantasized about opening the lid of Caelius’ head. She couldn’t help but laugh at the ridiculousness of her fantasy.

Then she realized she was thinking too much and unconsciously reached for Caelius’s head.

Before she realized it, she’d already stroked his head like she was petting a puppy.

“…… failed.”

glitch, another glitch. Caelius stopped and peered at Aria out of the corner of his eye as her hand ran over her hair.

He seemed to be asking me what I was doing.

“Oh, that, that, that was an accidental…….”

Had anyone dared to stroke her hair, either accidently or on purpose?

Her eyes blinked, disoriented, and a cold sweat rolled down the back of her neck, prompting her to quickly withdraw her outstretched palm.

Caelius remained silent. Only Aria anxiously chewed her lower lip. Her golden eyes flickered from one to the other, and they shared an uneasy silence.

“You’re not going to kill me, are you?”

Contrary to Aria’s fears, Caelius did not appear unhappy; in fact, he appeared more generous than normal.

“Touch me if you want to.”

“Is that….?”

“Don’t you recall? I already ripped your head off the night before.”

Caelius muttered, weakly smiling.

It was a laugh that felt like another layer of his mask had been peeled away. Aria studied his face with enthralled excitement, the corners of his mouth curling into a genuine smile, not a phony one.

“You’re beautiful.”

“Isn’t it wonderful how he smiles like that?”

I heard that familiar voice again as I glanced at him.

-When you laugh, you look your best.

-Not that one, the one you show to everyone else.

Aria’s voice was unmistakable, but why?

‘Is it possible that I’m beginning to recall Aria from the original show……?’

But the memories I’ve seen so far don’t seem like conversations between a father and a daughter……

Aria struggled to come up with an idea. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t come up with anything, and her mind was racing. Meanwhile, Caelius stood up after finishing his task.

“Don’t go anywhere today, Aria, and take it easy tomorrow.”

“Oh, Dad, wait……!”

Caelius turned around because of the urgent call. Aria pursed her lips at the prospect of uttering something difficult to say and watched his eyes.

“He, he…….”

“That?”

“Birth control?”

Caelius cut her off, exasperated by her stuttering.

“Birth control?”

I nodded, feeling overly uncomfortable. It was not a word that wasn’t be used between father and daughter.

“Never mind.”

“…….”

“Imperials don’t have children.”

-Royals do not have children.

It was the identical response that had tormented her the night before. Aria furrowed her brow.

“Are those last night’s conversations really the memories of the original Aria?”

If that’s the case, does it indicate they weren’t just father and daughter in the original as well……?

Nonsense, but in the end, Caelius was clearly……

-a poor ineffective thing. She’s so foolish she can’t even follow rules.

-I’m not even sure she’s my daughter. How could she be so pitiful after carrying my blood?

From the time he failed in his treason and was apprehended alive until his final walk to the guillotine, he abandoned any appearance of gentleness and spit bitter insults at Aria……

The gap between their conversation’s conundrum and Caelius’s comments after his failed treason was too large for Aria to fathom.

Caelius had been so sweet and lovely in her mind’s eye. And the Caelius who had failed in his betrayal was harsh and cold, unlike the one she remembered.

Was it all an act, all those loving actions, all those whispered words, to get her to do his bidding? Was he turn like that because he was falsely in love with her and had no used for him……?

Her forehead creased into an uncontrollable frown. Her grasp on the blanket became firmer.

‘If that’s what happened, that’s the worst case scenario.’

Caelius was staring at her with a soft smile on his face as she looked up. She chewed her lower lip as she observed him.

I don’t understand him at all.