The crimson princess
Chapter 186: Consoled a father break

Chapter 186 - Consoled a father break

Pov Dia,

I ordered Riri not to enter the room until Akeno decided to leave it.

She was shocked by my words, but I did what had to be done. Now, I needed to go to Grigori.

Penemue: "Welcome to Grigori, Dia-sama."

Dia: "Thank you, Pene. Could you take me to Barakiel?"

Penemue: "Didn't you come to see Azazel-sama?"

Dia: "Not this time. I'll leave him alone with his artificial Longinus project."

Ever since I had revealed Tenchihômetsuzan to the world, Azazel hadn't stopped working on this Longinus, much to the dismay of his subordinates.

Penemue: "Lord Barakiel isn't here at the moment; he left for a private matter."

Dia: "That's exactly why I want to see him — it's about this private matter. Could you contact him so he can come?"

Penemue: "Of course."

She asked a subordinate to notify Barakiel while she escorted me to his office.

Dia: "It's weirdly quiet here."

Something felt wrong, but I couldn't tell what.

Penemue: "Kokabiel and some subordinates disappeared without a trace."

Usually, whenever I came here, I always felt his intense murderous intent. He never dared to act on it, though, because he still remembered the humiliation from the first time I visited.

Dia: "Do you want me to send people to look for him before he starts a war?"

Penemue: "It's our responsibility to handle it, so on behalf of all Grigori, we refuse your help."

Dia: "I understand, but know that if he targets my family, I will personally take care of it."

Penemue: "That's fair. We're heading inside — would you like a cup of tea or something else?"

Dia: "Tea would be perfect."

While she was preparing the tea, I took the opportunity to glance around the room. My eyes landed on a photograph — one of Barakiel with a woman who must have been Akeno's mother, judging by the resemblance and her youthful appearance, likely in her twenties. In the photo, their daughter was there too, smiling brightly.

Dia: "It's a nice family life you've built for yourself, Barakiel."

Barakiel: "And yet some people dared to destroy those few years of pure happiness."

I knew he was approaching, so I let my thoughts slip out.

Dia: "The Omoujin are more racist than most factions, so it was clear they would try to kill what they deemed heretical."

Barakiel: "I had done nothing to them. She loved me, and I loved her back. Why judge a love like that just because we belong to two races that supposedly shouldn't be together?"

Dia: "I don't know... Personally, I don't care, but I keep some of my relationships secret to protect those I care about — just like I kept May hidden long before Inglis was born. I also always leave bodyguards behind when I'm not there, to ensure they're protected from any threat."

He didn't know that Inglis was my adopted daughter, so I used the version the world was familiar with.

Dia: "This case is almost similar to Cleria Belial's, but neither survived, and there were no children between them."

Barakiel: "I was lucky not to lose everything."

He laughed bitterly, a self-deprecating chuckle, because he had lost his wife and the love of his daughter.

Barakiel: "Do you know where my daughter is?"

Dia: "My little sister brought her back to become a member of her peerage."

Barakiel: "It's better for her to stay with people her age, as long as she's not suffering."

Dia: "I spoke with her... Even if the conversation wasn't as courteous as I would have liked, I tried to stop her from hating her Fallen side — from hating herself. But I can't help you make her stop hating you."

Barakiel: "That's okay, I understand. She hoped I'd come to save them both, but I arrived too late — after Shuri had already died. The woman who once loved me so much no longer sees me as a hero... just an incompetent fool who couldn't protect his family."

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