Chapter 136: Return
Shortly after, I was escorted directly to my father’s office.
Until the other warriors were present, Father had been watching me with his usual stern expression. But the moment everyone left and the office door closed, his face immediately softened with emotion as he approached me.
“Jina! You’ve returned safely! You’re back safe and sound! Thank you! Thank you so much!”
My father, his eyes brimming with tears as he embraced me, was a sight I had never seen in all my two lifetimes.
No, I had never even imagined it.
To feel welcomed home like this, to be embraced by my father with that look on his face…
Something hot surged up from my chest.
What’s more, Father wasn’t moved by my weight loss, but by my return itself.
Unlike the countless Seonwoo people I’d met on my way to the office.
Every Seonwoo employee I encountered on my way here had been utterly shocked by how much weight I’d lost.
But that was all. None of them showed any sign of welcoming my return itself.
Seeing my father genuinely happy about that, it finally felt like I had truly come home.
Holding me tightly, Father kept saying thank you for a long while. Only after a moment did he gently stroke my face and speak.
“You’ve lost so much weight. You’ve become so thin. How much hardship must you have endured…”
Though losing weight might be desirable for a warrior, it seemed my father’s first thought was of the suffering I must have endured.
