How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

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And then I got scolded again.

Jade was very upset.

Thanks to this, I spent a year under the overprotection of my family.

‘Being banned going out for half a year is too much.’

But this time, I admit I was reckless.

That year, I interacted a lot with my family and Cedric. Oh, I also lectured at the academy that semester.

‘With Dad, Jade, and Cedric alternating in taking and fetching me, there was no chance of detours.’

Moreover, in this respect, Cedric sided with Dad.

However…

‘I’m happy as long as Collen is no longer in pain.’

And the fact that we can all be together.

I was so happy that I smiled the whole year.

Of course, dating Cedric was fun. By the end of the year, everyone said, ‘So when are you getting engaged? The king isn’t well…’

And winter came again.

The day of the Snow Fairy came. A modest year-end party was held with the family that evening.

“Why are you here at a family gathering?”

While chatting, eating, and drinking, Jade looked at Cedric with a frown.

“I have gifts for both of you.”

“Not accepting.”

Jade declined immediately, but Cedric pretended not to hear.

“This mirror, when reflecting the user, shows up to 20 years back.”

“…”

“So, Leticia.”

“Yes?”

Cedric pointed the mirror at me.

“It will show you around six years old.”

It did.

I had rosy round cheeks and even rounder eyes than now. It really looked like me when I was younger.

“Wow! It’s amazing!”

I touched my face.

“Leticia… at six years old?”

Jade’s shoulders shook as he looked.

“So, this is how Leticia looked before coming to our house?”

Collen murmured heavily, but his eyes were already on the mirror. Cedric smiled generously.

“Would you like to see? Leticia was really cute back then.”

Jade, reluctantly, took the mirror.

“She’s unbelievably cute.”

Jade, you’ll wear out the mirror.

On the other hand, after taking the mirror from Jade, Collen glanced and just said:

“Not bad.”

Ah, as expected, Dad is cool.

“Zion! Call the painter! Let’s have five copies made, including one for the collection, before the image of Leticia in the mirror disappears!”

He wasn’t cool.

Cedric shrugged. With his lips, he signaled, ‘I miss it.’

The look when we first met.

I felt a pang. I was about six when I received Cedric’s precious gem.

I held Cedric’s hand tightly under the table. The boisterous year-end night soaked in.

I was so happy that it would be fine if time stopped just like this.