This didn't make sense! "Kiara..." A woman's voice coming from behind Arya immediately snapped him out of his daze. However, it also left him speechless once again. "Mama!" Kiara, the little girl, immediately shouted and called to a woman beside Arya. "Mama's finally home! I missed you so much!" Arya looked at the approaching figure, and his feelings became mixed. Because this woman who appeared to be in her early twenties, 165 cm tall with a beautiful and gentle face, had features that overlapped with his younger sister from the past. "Aruna... Is that you?" Arya's voice sounded hoarse and trembling. "Who are you?" Aruna immediately became wary and placed Kiara behind her. Staring at the figure of a man in a white robe with long black hair in front of her house, Aruna's face suddenly turned cold. "Mama, Mama... This mister wanted to kidnap me!" Combined with Kiara's words, Aruna's face immediately became as cold as ice when looking at Arya. "This..." For the umpteenth time i

"How dare you?" Aruna was very angry and looked at them both with red eyes. "Why wouldn't I dare?" One debt collector answered with a contemptuous and sneering look. His friend even began to look toward Arya with a very dismissive gaze, and chuckled. "I don't know how you could choose a poor and pathetic man like him as your guest? Compared to Young Master Danan, isn't this man completely useless?" "If you had accepted Young Master Danan's offer to make you his woman, not only would your family's debt be paid off, but you could even live luxuriously than before." "No need to live in this cattle pen anymore to raise an illegitimate child, and waste your life on that useless little girl all the time! I already said, just sell the child—" Before the man finished speaking, he suddenly stopped. Not stopping by choice, but because someone had lifted him and stopped him from speaking. Arya, who was previously several meters away from him, was now in front of him. Holding his

When only the two of them remained, Yuna finally looked toward Arya and extended her hand in greeting. "I'm Yuna, Ara's homeroom teacher. I heard that you had disappeared for a while and weren't able to see Ara. Seeing you now, it seems like you've finally returned." Arya shook it and replied, "That's all in the past. From now on, I'll be the one bringing her to school every day. Please look after my daughter. If anything happens, don't hesitate to contact me." Hearing that answer, Yuna paid close attention to the sincerity in Arya's expression and quietly concluded that the rumor about Ara being unwanted by her parents was nothing more than baseless gossip. The woman nodded, then added, "Before you go, I'd like to ask that you pay closer attention to Ara, Mr. Arya. It's not my place to comment on how you raise her, but I've noticed that Kiara is a quiet, shy child who has difficulty getting along with children her own age. If possible, please talk with her more often and sp

After reaching a preliminary agreement with Evelyn and picking up some groceries and other necessities along the way, Arya made his way back to the kindergarten, ready to pick up his daughter.At eleven o'clock, the children finally came streaming out of their classrooms and into the open air.From a distance, Arya spotted his daughter walking hand-in-hand with a girl about her age. The two of them were walking shoulder to shoulder, chatting and laughing like they had known each other for years.A quiet smile spread across Arya's face. His daughter looked far more cheerful than she had that morning."Daddy!" The moment Kiara spotted him, she lit up and came sprinting toward him with the biggest grin on her face.Her new little friend ran alongside her, and within seconds, both girls were standing in front of Arya. Kiara immediately launched into introductions."Daddy, this is Viona! She just transferred to our school this morning. Viona, this is my daddy — the one I told you about! He

"Of course. Isn't Daddy a hero, after all?" Arya smiled and answered with a proud tilt of his chin.Even if he couldn't honestly call himself a true "hero" by any definition, he could still be one for his own daughter, couldn't he?"Yes!" Kiara nodded enthusiastically. "Daddy is a strong, brave hero who can do magic! He made all the bad men disappear!""So — does Ara like magic tricks?""Yes! Ara loves them! I want to see more! Daddy, can you do another one? Please?""Of course," Arya said with a nod, setting her down gently onto the floor. "But since it's already noon, we need to have lunch first. Then a bath, and then some studying.""Hmph!" Kiara's expression immediately collapsed into a full pout, both cheeks puffed out in protest.Arya couldn't help but chuckle at the sight. He steered her inside with a hand on her back, saying, "Tell you what — after lunch, your bath, and your studies, Daddy will show you a very special magic trick tonight. One that only Ara gets to see. But onl