Chapter 113 Lucy, you're lucky to have such a wonderful brother.
Chapter 113 Lucy, you're lucky to have such a wonderful brother.
Chapter 113 Lucy, you're lucky to have such a wonderful brother.
Jiude was slightly taken aback, not expecting Lucy to have guessed even this.
"No...."
He lowered his head in shame, hesitated for a long time, and then mustered up the courage to look Lucy in the eye.
"If you can, can you call me Dad? Like you call Leila Mom?"
Hearing the gentle tone that had never been heard from her stern father, Lucy was taken aback at first, and then her eyes began to well up with tears.
Upon seeing this, Jiude, who was usually dignified, blushed and frantically waved his arms.
"No, don't misunderstand! It means—"
"Do whatever you like, Lucy, according to your own will, not because you're the young lady of the Heartfilia family."
"I think if Leila were still here, she would probably say something like that, right?"
However, instead of comforting Lucy, these words only made her tears flow more freely, spilling down her delicate face and dripping onto her thighs and her tightly clenched hands.
Lucy was so overwhelmed by this unreal feeling that she almost suffocated and tightly closed her eyes.
Scenes of my father's understanding and support have appeared in my dreams countless times.
She feared this scene was just another fleeting dream, and when she opened her eyes, the room was empty. "No, don't cry, Lucy. It was all Daddy's fault. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry—"
Having not seen Lucy cry for many years, Jude panicked instantly. He rushed to his daughter's side, but then froze on the spot, unsure of what to do, and could only keep apologizing.
The sincere words brought a sense of reality to Lucy.
Carefully opening her eyes, the moment she saw Jiude standing right in front of her through the misty fog, the suppressed emotions and feelings in her heart finally erupted completely.
"Mew! Mew! Daddy!!"
She threw herself into Jiude's arms and cried like a child, making Haotao weep loudly.
"I'm so sorry, Lucy. I'm so sorry. Something like this will never happen again, even if it means giving up the conglomerate."
I will fully support you—
After a few seconds of pause, Jude reached out and gently embraced Lucy.
His vision was also blurred by the overflowing tears.
A gentle breeze blows, and the sunlight shines, casting long, slender shadows of the father and daughter who are tightly embracing.
All the regrets and sorrows vanished in this embrace: the self-redemption that Jiude couldn't achieve after his bankruptcy, and the regrets that Lucy couldn't make up for after her return.
Meanwhile, the servants, including Stellar, Reborn, and Lisa, who were eavesdropping outside the door, were also crying their eyes out.
a long time.
Lucy, her emotions somewhat calmed, raised her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but still couldn't help asking, "Um, Father, why did you suddenly... why did you change your mind?"
What she really wanted to say was, "Why do you suddenly look like a person?"
With his hands behind his back, Jiude slowly walked to the French windows of the study and looked out at the vast land and sky outside the mansion.
"Lucy, you're lucky to have such a wonderful brother."
He paused, then added in a deep voice, "Of course, this is also my good fortune."
"Brother? Chesgo?!"
For some reason, the first image that came to Lucy's mind was Chase's.
Jiude's tacit acceptance without rebuttal further confirmed her conjecture.
"But, but how could Chesgo—"
"Even I got a good scolding," Jiude shook his head, smiled, and sighed.
"Oh?! Were you and Miss Steller injured? Which room in the mansion was demolished? Or was the hill in the backyard blasted to smithereens?!"
Lucy covered her cheeks in horror, and the terrifying image of Chess, transformed into a demon king, blowing up all of Heartfilia's properties to smithereens flashed through her mind.
It's no wonder she reacted so strongly, after all, Chess is really capable of doing such a thing—if it's for himself or for his guildmates.
"I see, so that's the image of that man in your mind."
Jiude turned around in surprise, and seeing that Lucy was really flustered, he couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't worry, we just sat down and chatted for a bit, and we got along very well."
"Oh, by the way, he also complimented the tea at home, saying it was delicious."
Upon hearing this, Lucy lowered her head in shame, stammering, "Aha, ahaha—"
She knew very well about Chase's recklessness and Judd's stubbornness and arrogance, and knew that the whole story was definitely not that simple.
But since her father was unwilling to say more, there was no point in asking. She could only wait until she got back to find Chesgo.
Then, thank him properly.
Boom!!
The sudden explosion in the front yard startled Jude and Lucy.
Ignoring Steller and the others who were lurking at the door, the mansion's captain of guard rushed in with a nervous expression.
"Mr. Kudo, Miss Lucy, several mages claiming to be from Fairy Tail are attacking!"
"A Fairy Tail mage?"
Lucy glanced at the flames and ice that kept erupting in and out of the front yard and hurriedly asked, "Is it a fire idiot, a perverted naked man, a super powerful female mage, and a cat?!"
"No, that's right, Miss, how did you know?" The captain of the guards looked completely bewildered.
"It really is Natsu and the others!"
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Lucy exclaimed in surprise. Shocked and touched, she was about to step forward to stop them when Jude stepped forward first: "They are honored guests of Heartfilia. Do not obstruct them. Invite them all to the drawing room, and remember to be courteous!"
Strange, didn't Mr. Judo have previously entrusted Phantomhive to deal with Fairy Tail's first guard captain? A thought crossed his mind, which was the very reason he ordered his men to stop Natsu and the others.
After all, not long ago, everyone in the mansion had inexplicably fallen into a deep sleep, so we really had to be on guard.
"Yes! I understand!"
Despite his doubts, he naturally obeyed Jiude's orders unconditionally.
Soon, Natsu and the others were respectfully invited to the reception hall of Heartfilia's house.
Including Erza, several country bumpkins who had never seen the world were stunned by the magnificent and luxurious hall.
When Lucy and Jiude appeared, after a brief interaction and confirming that Jiude wasn't the kind of utterly wicked father they had been dealing with, the group finally relaxed completely.
Then·-·
Natsu and Gray, who had taken off his clothes, strolled around without any qualms, looking here and there, flipping through things.
Harpy, ever the social butterfly, excitedly sharpened his claws on the marble pillar, repeatedly exclaiming how wealthy the family truly was.
Even the usually serious Erza, upon hearing that the area within several kilometers, including several mountains, was just Lucy's "backyard," went into a state of mental malfunction, repeatedly muttering the strange phrase "the sky is so blue."
The whole scene was in complete chaos.
Lucy felt so bad that she covered her face and looked at her forehead, unable to bear the sight.
Jiude smiled and remarked that the children were all quite adorable, and he was genuinely happy that Lucy had such friends.
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