Forgiveness

"Come on, eat these, I'm sure they'll do you good." Admon was holding a pill in each hand when he said this, hoping that the enlightenment pills would be good for the little ones, so he put his hands to their mouths and waited for Nalin and Vered to eat the pills.

Vered immediately buried his head in the pill and swallowed it whole, but Nalin, who was incredibly picky about food, started to sniff it at first. After only a few seconds, Nalin, who had swallowed the pill, stood on Admon's hand and closed his eyes. Nalin himself never left Admon's side when she was cultivating, she always felt that his side was the safest.

As a result, both Nalin and Vered began to cultivate with certainty. Admon, unable to hold Nalin comfortably in his hands, sat back in his chair and then put her on his lap, then looked at the group watching him with fearful eyes and asked, "What happened? Do you need something?" he asked. Each member of the group started shaking their heads left and right, indicating that there was no problem. Even if it was a little strange that each of them was shaking, everything would still fall into place, they just had to wait for their king to leave.

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"Mery." Lawrence calmly knocked on the door and waited for a response from Mery. He was, of course, very upset and angry about everything that had happened. It wasn't Mery he was angry with, it was himself, how could he make such a stupid mistake and not see the traitors in front of him and leave his daughter's safety in their hands? It was an incredible disappointment as a father, yet he would ask for mercy and forgiveness from his daughter and try to finally act like a father.

"Can we please talk?" Lawrence knocked gently on the door again, but no sound or voice came from inside.

Mery was very upset. She didn't know if her father wanted her dead or if one of her brothers was planning it. She had already been alone all her life and now she had been betrayed. If his master hadn't come to his rescue, she would be dead now, and for that she was very angry with her father, and the fact that she didn't know if she was also involved in the betrayal made everything even more dangerous.

Even if her father told her "I didn't know anything," she would have no reason to believe him, because even if Lawrence had loved her as his own daughter, he had still left her alone, and for a very long time. A father figure with nothing but strength in his mind would surely ruin everything.

Still, Mery wanted to give her father one last chance at the cost of hearing lies. She stood up quietly and came to the door and leaned her head against it, then took a deep breath and said, "Speak."

"I swear to you I didn't know anything!" Lawrance outside the door shouted as he heard this and began to pour his heart out:

"I know I wasn't the best father figure, but I swear I only wanted to be strong for you, so strong that no human kingdom or empire, let alone other demon beast tribes, could stand against us. I did everything to protect you!" Even as he admitted his mistake, Lawrence wanted to explain his motivations.

"But I still made a big mistake!" Mery's eyes widened as Lawrence shouted, the first time she had ever heard her dense father say such a thing. Could it really have nothing to do with anything?

"I was so obsessed with getting stronger that I forgot who I was!" Lawrence shouted once more as he heard the sound of footsteps. He turned his head to see Admon standing there with Nalin in his hand. Lawrence was afraid, but it wasn't of Admon or Nalin. He was scared because the answer he heard could be the death of him, he cared about his children and he didn't want any of them to be separated from him.

"Come on, if you can't even do that, you don't deserve anything." Admon suddenly said, albeit rudely, and Lawrance heard it and shouted, "I'M YOUR FATHER! I'M ALL YOUR FATHER AND I FORGOT IT!"

The door suddenly opened and Mery came out and hugged Lawrence. She hugged him so tightly that Lawrence thought he was going to be beaten to a pulp.

Mery had become very strong indeed, so close to her father's power that she had become unbelievably close to it. In the month and a half she'd been with Admon, she'd almost reached the level of Martial Demon Emperor, and that was an incredible improvement.

"Do you forgive me, daughter?" Lawrence asked the big question in his mind, but there was no answer. Just as sadness began to take over his mind, he heard Mery's reply, "I don't know." Healing a broken heart was not just a few words after all.

"That's okay...that'll do." When Lawrence said that, the hug was over and they were face to face.

"That's nice. I haven't seen anything like this in a long time, it's been fun for me too." Admon suddenly spoke as if he had interrupted their emotional moment and brought the attention back to him. It seemed strange to both Mery and Lawrence that he would find such a thing amusing, but they didn't expect such a powerful being to understand them.

"Thank you, sir, you've made me stronger and taken an important step towards reconciliation with my daughter, and I can't thank you enough." Lawrence bowed his head and chose this way of expressing his good intentions. His eyes were filled with happiness and hope, and the first thing he was going to do was clean up the kingdom from top to bottom.

"You're welcome, but there's something on my mind." Admon suddenly scratched his head as if asking a question and looked at Mery. Realising this, Mery immediately said, "Here you go, sir, if it's something I can answer, I'll tell you everything."

"I have encountered incredibly powerful beings before. Monsters, demons, angels...gods." Admon saw the two in front of him begin to tremble after these words, he did not know what they were thinking, but he was clearly aware that the question he was going to ask had been gnawing at his mind for the last 15 minutes.

He took a deep breath and then asked: