252 Kazehaya Patriarch

"The Makura?"

If he had a camera right now, Kazehaya Gin would have loved to take a photo of his father's face. Kazehaya Kirio looked like his soul had just left his body the way he stared frozen at his son after he spoke.

On the other hand, even if there was no hint of disapproval on his father's voice, Gin prepared himself for the coming protest if there was any – not that his father could tell him who or not to marry. He had no power over that. Even if he was not the clan's second-in-command, Kirio couldn't really stop the cursed child to marry anyone as long as he wouldn't have children.

After all, his cursed existence was already very short for him to follow strict rules in matrimony. In reality, the way Gin's parents had raised him was already a sin. They were not supposed to cage him like a bird at all. For a cursed child's depression could lead to early deterioration of his mental state, making it easy for the elemental parasite to take over.