Read Novel Full Chapter 171, At the End-of-the-Year Confessional_5 (: Navy)
Chapter 171, At the End-of-the-Year Confessional_5 (: Navy)
Translator: Nonon
Proofreader: Silavin
POV: Cyan
“Sorry, I would like to keep my name anonymous. After all, if I am going to repent, I will have to confess my sins.”
“Y-yes.”
Father… I mean, the anonymous person chuckled at my response.
What is this, what’s going on?
Why is this person in the confessional as the one confessing? No, the confession is anonymous, so there is no need to pry, but this person is not supposed to be over to that side, rather he’s erm, well, what I mean is…
“Why won’t you please hit me with the worst you have got? As a servant of God, I will settle any enmities you might have.”
“Calm down, Sister.”
In other words, I just need to stay calm.
I don’t know why I was told to calm down, but now I’m composed so I can hear the confession. Hit me with all you’ve got.
“Now, as for my confession…”
But what makes this anonymous person want to confess?
He’s a selfless person, who always prioritizes saving others and almost never turns down requests, to the point that it makes you wish he took better care of himself. Don’t tell me, there was somebody he couldn’t save and he wants to confess that? If so, after hearing his confession, I want to go by his side and support him.
“I think I’ve been relying too much on the girl who’s close to me. So I want to confess that.”
“… What do you mean?”
But his confession was a little different from what I imagined.
The girl close to him should be me… but what does he mean by relying too much on me? No, maybe there’s a different girl he relies on…?! I’m also not at the age to be called a ‘girl’ anymore.
“I seem to be dense to other people’s good and bad intentions. But that girl is sensitive to others’ feelings and malice. Yet, she doesn’t mistrust people, and is a nice girl who treats everyone cheerfully.
Alright, Father (the anonymous person) complimented me. Yaay!
… I should calm down, it’s not me for sure yet, but still hooray!
“But just the other day, that girl was away for a few days. At that time, I was doing the job of the acting territory lord, but I suddenly felt lonely while I was working.”
Okay, it’s definitely me. The other person is anonymous, but he’s definitely talking about me.
And he even felt lonely… could he have felt something akin to love? Did you recognize me as the opposite sex and feel lonely, Father?
“I guess I really thought of her as my Little Sister. I realized how lonely it can be without Family around.”
Yeah, I knew it. But sometimes a girl just wants to dream.
“In addition, it seems that I’m easily deceived, so without that girl around, I couldn’t work like usual. Being the acting Territory Lord was very difficult.”
Father always accepts things right away when asked, after all.
Even if someone he doesn’t know suddenly asks him for something, he says ‘this must really be an urgent matter if they’re asking a stranger for help’ and accepts their request. But I like that kindness of his. I love it.
I realized that I had been subconsciously depending on that girl, who has something that I lack.”
You can depend on me more, Father!
You can even use my lap as your pillow when you’re tired or ask me to wash your back! …though it would probably be too embarrassing for me to do.
“But I also realized that because the girl was such an everyday part of my life, that I didn’t express my gratitude enough. I’m not very good at expressing those kinds of feelings—No, that’s just an excuse.”
“… Um, what is this about…”
As I kept listening to him, I started to get a feeling that this wasn’t a confession.
Rather, this was…
“Sister Cyan Sears.”
“Huh, y-yes?!”
After being called suddenly, I straightened my back and prepared myself.
“Could you please stay still?”
“Wait, um, Father?”
While I was confused, Father suddenly left the confessional next door and opened the door to where I was.
Confused by the sudden turn of events, and entranced by Father who looked as handsome as ever, I tried to make sense of what was happening at least a little.
“Thank you for everything, Cyan. And happy 19th birthday.”
Saying so, Father smiled and handed me the flowers he had hidden behind his back.
“Um, Father, what is this…?”
“Well, today is your birthday, right? So it’s a present from me.”
Today is certainly my birthday.
However, that’s just the date when I was abandoned in front of the church, and not my exact birthday.
Um, in other words, this is…
“Is this perhaps why you felt kind of different when you said you would not be back until this evening?…”
“Uu, as expected of you, Cyan. So you saw through me… That’s right, I actually wanted to prepare this from a long time ago, but I was busy with various things, so I couldn’t see it through. To be honest, I prepared things hastily today… sorry for doing it last minute, but I hope you’ll like it.”
Father scratched his cheek, looking a little embarrassed, and his smile twitched a little.
… Also, this is just my assumption, but-
“… Don’t tell me the confessional had so many visitors today because you wanted to stop me from going outside and finding out that you were preparing a present for me…?”
“Oof!”
Ah, so it’s just like I thought.
He’s probably been going to various places to make preparations. He might have prepared something like a birthday meal or a cake aside from the flowers too.
Still, I feel like keeping me tied up at church in order to prepare for this is getting the priorities wrong…
But I’m overjoyed that he tried everything to make me even a little bit happier.
“Fufu, it went well this time, so it’s fine, but if you put too much effort into the surprise, you might end up hurting the other person, so please be careful.”
“Uu, sorry… To be honest, when I consulted Clo I feel like he also looked at me as if wondering if this would be okay but, I wanted to—huh, but-“
“Yes, it’s okay because everything went well.”
I received the flowers from Father, and-
“Thank you very much, Father. I look forward to being with you next year too.”
I was able to do something I usually struggle to do due to nervousness, and smiled at Father who was flustered like a child.
I was so happy that I was on the verge of tears, but I managed to hold them back somehow and smile.
Even if this was a gift to express gratitude to his younger sister, I was still happy to receive a gift from someone I loved.
“Fufu, what beautiful flowers. Did you choose them, Father?”
“Yeah, I wanted to respond to your love as much as I could, Cyan.”
“I see, that’s— wait, Father, what did you just say?”
As I gazed lovingly at the flowers Father gave me, I felt like he said something unbelievable.
Wait, don’t tell me this is…
“Yeah, it’s because you always show me affection, Cyan. I felt like I had to respond to that love.”
“Love?!”
Eh, don’t tell me Father finally noticed my feelings?
Things were going so bad that I couldn’t even make fun of Io, who always ended up going round in circles, but finally Father, who’s always so dense, realized that I love him?!
L-l-let’s calm down, Cyan. Calm down and take a deep breath.
If he understood my feelings and responds accordingly, our current relationship can take a step further—
“Yeah, you always look up to me like I’m your Older Brother, Cyan. I thought that I should respond to your familial affection as the Older Brother.”
….Well, how should I put this?
“You’re still the same as always, Father. I think that’s one of your good points, but please fix it, honestly.”
“Huh, did I make some kind of a mistake?! Wait a minute, Cyan!”
I sighed at Father, who was as dense to romantic feelings as ever, and looked at him with a smile as he panicked. My expression flustered him further as he mulled over how things had turned out this way.
What can I say? It was on my 19th birthday that I once again realized what Io meant by ‘that’s what’s cute about him’ – something Io often says.
Author’s note:
A visit from a certain body fetishist was not accounted for.