DKVM Ch 29
by melyseChapter 29
That evening, what aba3e9d31f awaited me when eaf9909b77 I got home 9fdf0c0fe9 was a plate ff27cd9da0 full of mushy ad9579d85a bread made with b7cbe256b6 who knows what.6f41736ae8de8d4a
“Here you go. Eat up, Vivi.”efe7b08bcc27946b
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The person a82ae62def who made 6dccb181d9 it was 1d46afeb95 Mr. Dias Hessen.09b94bf6271172be
I alternated 49f8fdf8e1 between looking 5f8ebd888b at the 377261877f strange bread 774ee767a8 in front 80369bcd6b of me f349dfbbf7 and my 9bfe24566e dad with f7326af40c wide eyes c9d5325f74 and asked.1bd48d852498b209
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“What is 866fe50574 this, Dad?”13228ac4bf30e8ce
“This? It’s our new menu item that Dad spent days and days developing.”2d9da21141fd229a
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“No, I know it’s bread, but… what’s in it?”67f6f61d9eafe188
What the heck did he put in the bread to make it blue…?68ec86e81b7b3000
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“I pick medicinal 857ed7739a herbs in the 67068307ae summer to make 12ba149221 it, but I a8f07c492d thought plain bread bdfbf6bc42 was a little fdffc777af boring, so I e15b1ec0e8 added some coloring.”848c3ba009c137ff
…but why blue which looks so unappetizing?9b5a3d023cfd082f
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“There are so many a4306e2582 other colors, I thought 858f4c1bf2 it should be unique a7e17290be and become our signature.”170d2c654d235846
Why doesn’t he realize that there’s a reason no one else has made blue bread before now!2fe8b2378087aab3
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I raised my ee81d20ee1 eyebrows at the ddba6bd03c strange food in fe0a6acf4e front of me e198c0cdd3 as my father f85445e527 looked at me bff9932acf expectantly.1b4fa221883f6965
‘Ughh. He’s really looking forward to me trying it, so I’ll just take one bite.’30ea14e1661d369c
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I swallowed a sigh ca54356fa4 and popped the piece df32df8bff of bread Dad had adfa293cfb cut into my mouth.e8cb89069c2dc535
“Ummm…”8ebc8c30a84810f3
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He said it was made with medicinal herbs, and it tasted super healthy…cfabad259882a38b
“What do ee343021a4 you think?”84171a2dd43ab5a6
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I chewed 3b7a757e0d the bread cd1e964911 in my 2d6aa3ac50 mouth and e8e830cad8 glanced at 790705d528 my dad, 0700d73cce who was c723cd45d0 waiting expectantly.b7138a9c510bcbfb
A loose-fitting white shirt, 443c7d84ef a pink bunny apron, b9ea41a346 and a dazzling face 0db6e8c4ec that could pull off 7545d41561 the pink bunny apron 3b2c543877 perfectly.0e4133fec62e47c0
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As I studied him b748750ec5 objectively, I suddenly remembered c5fd28f6c4 what the duke had c7953ebad5 asked me today.b2888a574d7da658
“Is there anything else your father likes to do then, that he’s got a talent for?”34c45a72175939a5
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I don’t know what my dad likes to do, but I think he has a skilled face.97c433a50e00c7ae
‘Seeing as how you’ve been able to make a living from your bakery with this skill.’0dc50016922cd77e
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I shook my head with a serious sigh as I finished sampling the new product and studying my dad’s face.8b0e60976d1239b2
“You’re wrong. We can’t make a living with our bakery.”f2488f0aa266f475
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“What?”fc48083abb304dd6
“You need to 1cf5da205d make a living 4c30a74674 with that face. Like a 5b5286a2c4 theater actor 1894d65b15 or something.”9f4fe03a368fa6bb
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“Vivi! What do you think you’re doing saying something so childish…!”6b254a91a8026d1a
At my blunt ebe61f52d6 assessment, he clutched 5ec77d9de3 his chest and e96c037144 looked hurt.33af9123b97b3ebe
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But our livelihood was much more important than my father’s wounded pride.6f78b0e02c71cf7d
“So, whenever the ladies come over, you’re gonna smile all over the place, do you understand?”aa080cb3b3b31eb7
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I smiled, hoping my 8071241361 father would mimic my 1fde9465c9 expression.1ed42ba0b54ae33d
But he just sulked, as if he couldn’t accept the cold reality.00c6ce3c96d508f9
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‘Hmm, but did I sound too cold?’0ad6c22e09999744
Feeling remorseful, I 65bf2cb70c picked up another 8a790efcf4 slice of yucky e66843d423 bread and tried 14ba45b3a3 to change the deb7b093fb subject.24bfe1b3363366b2
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“Anyway, Dad. How about you 5e5d11e0c7 work for the 3f60a354c9 duke?”f95daf6816ab2df3
“What do a873fc03d6 you mean 5f4c9a9c75 by working cb539ea46f for the 573928d4f0 duke?”87727779b358e75d
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“Actually, today the duke said he would like to hire you as a servant for the duchy doing whatever kind of work you’re good at.”43ff8ca835516bff
“…the duke said that?”10bcab161d7682eb
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“Yeah! What do ec082ee8c0 you think, 6ee0ffcb71 Dad?”26358d55038ecb2b
I waited for my dad’s answer, eyes wide with anticipation.212732e9d3f669ec
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Of course, it’s not something to be taken lightly, so I didn’t expect a quick answer.d7129adda843bb59
To my 35e610ae51 surprise, he aa02d0e4cf answered immediately.beb623b64fe16fad
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“I’m not working for the duke.”9b4566a9e06d5ed6
Just like 0321edd581 that, straight 1c0e36bd3c to the 9930763044 point.54eae2b58f63724f
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I didn’t think it was a good idea to get him a job as an assistant to a duke’s chef, but I thought it would be good for him to work for the duke as a servant doing different tasks.a3ea8a047d9acab3
‘Dad may be bad at fighting and cooking, but he’s good at other chores.’dcca70009839c57c
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So of course I thought he’d take me up on the offer…but why?!55192b3ffd982cc7
My jaw 6dcce9677d dropped at 0a0678ba93 the unexpected 3e022d300d answer.d79a0d1ed4bf1acb
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“Why, why? If you were employed 84b9e3ac4f by the duke, you 6b3bbe4c4b could make more money 3bcf151d00 than you do now, e43b120cdb and live in a e6be83cdd3 big mansion.”c3c79a1ee8d834fd
“But I don’t want to, because it’s so boring…it’s horrible to have your life dependent on someone else.”8fa170fa9d14cc88
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Dad’s eyes seemed unusually sharp and distant as he answered.8620458cae460656
But then he 530b608669 quickly composed himself 7f65453cc7 and was back dae6fe9a10 to his usual 02ca6a4e5a playful self.a933cc2691674fba
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“Dad prefers to live alone with my princess. Don’t you like it, Princess?”7ad1c7b1015ef2c5
“ Oh, huh?”567c6d74b77876c2
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To be honest, the 66fafcb5ff carriage ride every day 9cf103f1ed to the villa was 81a6174ed3 a bit of a 54553db4c9 hassle.8dd7a036560e3485
And if he was 732fd6fb05 hired as a servant, 8bc9b0de99 that would mean Rahel 14a6ef5e3e and I would live 95f560f72e under the same roof 3b6e18741c and get even closer.2da69c4787e240a4
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‘But I already have a good relationship with Rahel.’037bb4bcf5c9a1d7
I don’t necessarily need to live at the duke’s residence.3df877f111d73989
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And most of all…bee40d620acbc01e
‘If Dad is so against it, let’s not make a big deal out of it.’901f9b12a83fc067
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Now, the only family he has left – the rest of his family, of course, he’s disowned – is his me, his daughter, so I wanted to respect his wishes.2fc44953c6058c72
“Ah, no. I’m all for living with you, too. I just…I asked about the duke earlier because I thought you were having a hard time.”7c06e3f9638b426b
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“Is that so? Oh, my baby girl. You’re already worried about me, you’re all grown up.”63f7b1c92fda8566
He patted 195d5fa379 my head, d9960cea46 thrilled with 011472a8b5 my answer.a9034e7572c30f4a
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“You didn’t eat dinner tonight, did you? I made soup, shall we have dinner now?”96736560b03e8d88
“What’s for dinner?”c814c988f3259878
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“I had some leftover 1cd30fa30c medicinal herbs from the 9c21fef89e bread I made earlier, 9fd6b488c3 so I made some f88822a52d soup.”1468c6d973e0b710
Those medicinal 7830c6d20d herbs are 125582ed90 in the cdeda5c4b7 food too…?b96164f2d7062349
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Dad set dinner on 0df26dd09f the table as if 81bbd49c2d he had been waiting 5331633b7f for me.42fda52038e5ab1a
And, as a40dde6c8a ominously as 9a1be3fab8 expected, a 0e413c79b5 bowl of 465bf092ab herbal soup fcf44aa40b was placed a3cc1ec180 in front e1d158e923 of me.67353459fae4c48f
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I took a spoonful of the soup, unable to fight the anticipation in my dad’s eyes…d9f555045b840978
As expected, the 6cde231232 soup was terrible.0f743d6cf615d419
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‘But I am a decent person who knows how hard Dad worked to make it…’745fee43298290d0
I started eating, brainwashing b3a2ee7d52 myself that eating this 943180d18e would make me healthy.9b89869af2c9ced0
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My dad, who 8c8009b6d2 was looking at f08c6965de me with a 6bd055ab5a smile on his c7cdb4eb57 face, suddenly asked 04a5bc06c3 me.47939c58aa587472
“What did you learn f73a95b7e2 today?”2ae6f64d9442b950
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Ever since I started taking classes with Rahel, it’s been a regular question at dinner.28c184b7996f32cb
“I had history class 2d9914cf5a today.”25966d270d5bc013
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“Hmm? My princess is b7c24b8776 so interested in afffe9d85e history, you mentioned 6c417fec27 history class the a34f42f7be other day.”2caa6edd73a15b97
“Yeah, history is interesting! It’s stories about people from the past!”0e9304f88e91c337
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Actually, because I have bbaba8432d memories from my past 2154ca35bf life, and reading history cb9f962a7f books is like reading 9d0c9cef41 a novel.3f1b0991d15abef9
“So what did you study? What’s the most memorable thing you learned today?”0dfde9dbac9e02f1
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“Umm…”aaf8f179deebf23a
As I chewed the food in my mouth and replayed today’s lesson, a name popped into my head…58eff1a2d407ec86
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“Dane Rothweed!”856b5a681f3d963f
“Plaph!”5e2423ef5aab3403
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Dad suddenly spat out fa1d7888ba the water he was 41002caef3 drinking.73f4fc07735db16a
“Gasp! Dad, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”be6b8298d6e02722
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“Cough, cough… I’m okay… Cough….”d936e62c36413515
“Drink water, water!”abcaca9f1cbb8c41
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I walked 1797fb0dbc over to 305bbe8c02 him as 750954279c he coughed, 6780ebced6 patted him 40f5b83a76 on the 6adf0bbe45 back, refilled 13993661b2 his water, 1ef60b25eb and held a9707b1d09 it out c39d1b4d06 to him.7da89facdc0e669b
He took a long e5431ffbc9 sip of water and 43e68c4271 finally calmed down.1a4f985861f153dd
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“I got choked 2077f6d74a up all of 9e924f3527 a sudden. Ha, ha.”bcf3c86304843c2f
“Are you 558b8aa3c5 okay now?”12ca32774eedb7d6
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“Yeah, thanks to you. But Dane…isn’t he from recent history? Are you already learning modern events?”f644142ea2aab3eb
“I haven’t learned that far yet, but today the topic of demons came up, so the teacher talked about it for a while… By the way, do you know him?”adee83c0677c1589
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At my question, he 1ad7144f95 stammered, avoiding my eyes f1db85e863 for some reason.280fc779a00fe70a
“Huh? Uh… I know. He’s famous, you know.”918bca21c2a4b6a8
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