Chapter 293: A Family With Overly Complicated Relationships

Looking at Lex on the table, Li En sighed.

He was the reason for his own "awakening," and seemingly the source of the current mess. But had he really done anything wrong?

No, he was neither greedy nor evil; in fact, he could be called a good man in both private and public matters. Except for his private life.

For friends, family, and even ordinary people, he possessed an empathy that transcended his era.

If one truly had to point out his flaw, it was that he stood at the peak, wielding peak power, yet lacked the capability and inner strength to handle the peak.

He could have done better, but he lacked the ability to do so. Perhaps his fate was sealed the moment he climbed to that position.

Li En shook his head. Today was a day of parting; let the past matters end here.

Lex glanced left and right; he had only left behind his "family."

He removed his mask, revealing a face identical to Li En's.

The man smiled, a touch bitter, yet a touch happy.

"I am shocked to see you all after death."

The moment he spoke, his emotional intelligence seemed lacking; both daughters pouted.

They knew they were posthumous children, born after their father's death, but why say it like that? It sounds as if our birth was an accident.

This was indeed reality. When Lex died, he knew nothing of his daughters still living; he hadn't even thought he would have descendants, let alone ones so cute.

"... I am shocked, but also happy. Really happy."

The man, appearing like a youth, placed the mask aside.

He sat on the steps, looking weary, yet displaying a rare smile and sense of satisfaction.

"... The moment I saw you, I suddenly felt my life had some meaning. At least, it wasn't meaningless."

Beneath his calm words lay emotions he had deliberately suppressed.

Hela looked at him, still pouting, seemingly unwilling to speak. Perhaps from her perspective, she could not understand this joy and satisfaction.

That was, in fact, a loser's final redemption.

A man who struggled for his family his entire life, only to be betrayed by that "family." Yet, upon seeing his children, he suddenly found a glimmer of hope.

Lost and found? No, it wasn't that simple.

It was the sliver of hope, the sliver of light seen after walking in darkness for too long, becoming numb to the point of denying one's own life and rejecting the call to return to the human world.

I am indeed a failure, yes, but at least, there is you all.

But from the "daughters'" perspective, this was perhaps just an irresponsible father's clumsy, extreme explanation.

On Dai Niya's side, it was even more impolite; she kept staring at the mask, unwilling even to look at her father's face.

"Uh, I know I'm very irresponsible... but at least at the end, can you just look at me?"

The "old man" seemed truly heartbroken; his words even held a hint of pleading.

Dai Niya sighed and shook her head. Unlike her sister Hela, she actually held little resentment toward her father.

In her childhood memories, her Hero father was still the totem of the declining kingdom; most people spoke well of him (except her mother), and he died for the sake of the nation.

In the past, one of her life goals was to kill the Great Red Dragon and avenge her father.

"I have no dissatisfaction with you... You are far from the father I imagined. I need to adapt, rather than look at you."

The father she imagined was an invincible great hero, with the dignified and serious face of a middle-aged man.

Yet sometimes, Lex's temperament and mannerisms really resembled a young thug on the street.

Dai Niya's inability to look directly at her father was actually due to an unavoidable reason.

Speaking of this, Dai Niya even felt a bit embarrassed, her face turning red directly.

"... You are too much like that guy. When I look at you, I always think of him; when I see him, I think of you."

Looking at her own knight, she thought of her father?! Looking at her own father, she thought of her knight?!

Chaotic. It was truly too chaotic.

Li En, the fourth person, instantly became the focus. He shrugged and spread his hands to indicate his innocence, yet Lex still glared at him.

"Sigh."