I Became the Villain’s Lost Daughter - Chapter 55

Thane, who blinked in wonder at my request to call my name, nodded and pursed his lips as usual.

 

And this time it would be fine.

 

Thane, who was about to smile, finally felt the change and his eyes widened.

 

I could see his amazement through his trembling lips. But even as he noticed the change, Thane did not easily speak out.

 

He only exhaled a small breath with his eyelashes shivering, as if he couldn’t believe he had recovered the voice he had lost.

 

“Thane.”

 

I held his face gently at Thane’s hesitant appearance. I don’t understand all his fears, but at least he could rely on me.

 

I looked straight at Thane and spoke slowly but clearly.

 

“Trust me and try to speak. Just look at me and call my name.”

 

At my words, Thane’s gaze shook unsteadily.

 

And after a moment, Thane closed his eyes and opened his mouth.

 

“Oh, oh, ohㅡ”

 

The first thing I heard was the cacophony of a vocal cord he hadn’t used in a long time.

 

A harsh sound came from his throat, since he’s using his voice for the first time in fifteen years. For me, hearing his vou6was the most pleasant sound there could be.

 

Thane, who stared at me puzzledly, touched his neck with his hand trembling in astonishment.

 

On his white neck, an old scar was still visible.

 

“You’re doing great.”

 

I looked straight at him and nodded as affectionately as I could.

 

A few times he just licked his lips. And a few short words followed.

 

Then a word, no maybe its a name, to be exact, came out of his mouth.

 

“E…rita.”

 

That moment felt perfect, Thane’s voice calling names for the first time.

 

It was a call that cracked, but it was bolder and more beautiful than any other.

 

“Yes, Thane.”

 

I answered his call with my red teary eyes more brightly than ever.

 

Thane called my name and I heard him…

 

 

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“Eㅡrita.”

 

“Yes, Thane,”

 

“Erita…”

 

“I’m here.”

 

Thane, who kept muttering my name welling up tears in the corners of his eyes continued to call me.

 

His face was still wet and his swollen eyes looked pitiful as he had been weeping for a long time.

 

“…Erita.”

 

At the sight of Thane repeating only my name over twenty times, I finally burst into laughter.

 

Thane’s appearance was similar to that of a baby bird staring blindly at its mother bird.

 

“Are you going to keep calling my name?”

 

I leaned against the back of the sofa and asked with a smile.

 

At my question, Thane slowly lowered his gaze.

 

His ears, which seemed excited above his head, looked discouraged to see me leaning down.

 

“I can’t keep calling you, can’t I?”

 

And Thane’s the sullen voice that followed.

 

‘Somehow I felt like I’ve become a bad person… ‘

 

Was it my misunderstanding that he looks like a dog scolded by its owner?

 

The cracked voice was still the same, but Thane quickly adapted to making sounds.

 

“My voice, it’s not good to hear.”

 

“No! It’s Great!”

 

I was going to say something else, but my eyes widened at Thane’s depressing words.

 

“You can keep calling me. You can call my name as many times as you want. Okay?”

 

“Yes, Erita.”

 

Thane’s expression brightened for a moment at my words and then smiled faintly.

 

‘It’s hard to say no to Thane for some reason.’ 

 

I breathed out a smile as I watched Thane reflect on my name again.

 

‘Well, it’s just a name that he wants to call with such a cute look, but what can’t be done?’

 

Yurgen told me over and over again, but I had a particularly weak side for Thane.

 

“Yurgen said I was too protective of Thane.”

 

Of course, Thane rarely bothered me, but sometimes I was exceptionally soft towards Thane.

 

“…Erita?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“What are you worried about?”

 

After thinking about something else for a moment, I suddenly realized that Thane, who was calling me with his head tilted, spoke, “Is it because of my face and ears?”

 

Thane, who boasts pure blood even among the wolfbeasts, was never weak even now that he became an adult.

 

He grew up with incomparable reliability compared to when he was young, when he could be called weak.

 

‘But, strangely, his face was the same as when he was young.’

 

Maybe that’s why I’m so sensitive when it comes to Thane.

 

Although he has grown in size, his innocent face has not changed at all from his childhood appearance.

 

So, it seems that I’m particularly soft to Thane.

 

Shaking my head in agreement with my thoughts, I reached out and gently stroked Thane’s curly hair.

 

The hair wrapped around my fingers was as soft and glossy as his well-maintained hair.

 

“Hehe, I think Thane is still the same as when he was young.”

 

Thane, which had been groaning as he closed his eyes and enjoyed my touch, suddenly stopped.

 

But I did not feel anything strange and continued talking.

 

“When you were a child, I liked to pat your head like this. It was so small that I could put it on my lap.”

 

Alone, drenched in memories and smiling, I did not notice the desperate change on Thane’s face.

 

After that, I started arguing about how cute the young Thane was.

 

“…Erita.”

 

“Yes?”

 

What stopped me was the call of Thane, who suddenly got up.

 

Thane lowered his gaze with a stiff expression and whispered.

 

“It’s very late.”

 

At his words, I looked at the clock.

 

“Oh, it’s past ten o’clock. Thane, can I take you to the top? If I take you by teleport, you won’t get caught, so that would be better, right?”

 

Having concluded the decision, I quickly got up from my seat and tried to grab my coat.

 

“Shh, I don’t like it.”

 

I was going to wear only a hood over my indoor clothes, but I froze at Thane’s words.

 

“Huh?”

 

Thane, who had never said no, looked at me without hiding his embarrassed face, but Thane shook his head again, saying no.

 

“I can go alone.”

 

  

“Well, I know that.”

 

Of course, with Thane’s skills, I know that it’s not dangerous even on a night like this, and I know that he could find the way alone…

 

“But let’s go together.”

 

“I can go alone.”

 

Wasn’t that good? The words I was about to ask were swallowed again by Thane’s insistence, who spoke firmly with a determined expression on his face.

 

“Is that so? All right then.”

 

When I nodded with a shrieked expression, Thane’s expression became brighter.

 

“You don’t want me to go with you?”

 

I felt a little sad at the thought of such a thing, but I thought that he might want to be alone today.

 

“Then go home safely. I’ll come and see you next time.”

 

After reorganizing Thane’s disorganized hood, I regretfully made my way to the balcony.

 

“Erita, Iㅡ”

 

“Yes, Thane.”

 

Thane, who stopped for a moment in front of the balcony, called me with a determined expression.

 

“…Thank you so much.”

 

Perhaps he forgot to say thank you countless times with tears earlier, but I smiled softly at Thane, who bowed again.

 

“I kept my promise.”

 

My words struck a strange note on Thane’s face. No wonder I never told Thane about his voice.

 

If I fail, I might hurt him again.

 

“I made a promise to get your voice back. I’m glad it’s not too late.”

 

His questioning stare made me smile, and I answered. Then, Thane bit his lip and slowly grabbed his wrist with the bracelet I gave earlier.

 

“…I’m so sorry to have made you a bracelet.”

 

I looked at Thane’s wrist with sullen eyes and apologized.

 

“Originally, I was going to make them into earrings. But I couldn’t reduce the size of the jewelry any more.”

 

At my words, Thane shook his head quickly.

 

“Erita, if you give it to me, I like all of it.”

 

“Then I’m glad.”

 

Then, for some reason, I laughed softly and tapped Thane on the back as he spoke in a desperate tone.

 

“Well, go ahead, then. If it’s too late, Yurgen will be worried.”

 

Thane, who had hesitated for a moment at my urging, jumped over the balcony, saying he would come back soon.

 

When I asked him how he didn’t get caught, he seemed to have stepped on the roofs of buildings.

 

Watching Thane’s back disappear until the end, I massaged my shoulder and headed to bed.

 

“Phew… I’m glad it worked out safely.”

 

Laying down on the soft bed, I closed my tired eyes and muttered.

 

Of course, I checked it several times, but I was quite nervous because I felt uncertain about its outcome.

 

“But is it just me that I feel like I’ve forgotten something?”

 

For some reason, I looked back at my thoughts again, but nothing came to mind.

 

Maybe it’s because I’m tired.

 

It was then…

 

Knock, knock!

 

“Lady, this is Marilyn.”

 

Marilyn’s voice came along with the knock, and I shouted for her to enter as I was resting on the bed.

 

With a click, the door opened and Marilyn with a grim expression entered.

 

“Lady, it’s time to take a bath. What would you like to do?”

 

“Umm…”

 

I pondered for a moment at her words. The desire to lie down and sleep and the desire to soak in the hot water were both enticing.

 

“Well, I want to take a bath. Is it ready?”

 

In the end, it was the temptation of warm water that won.

 

“Yes. You said that you went out today. I thought you would be tired, so I even released the new bath products.”

 

At my question, Marilyn nodded her head as if it were natural, and grabbed my outstretched hand and lifted me up.

 

“And the bath bombs? Hehe, Marilyn is the best!”

 

I smiled and put my arms around Marilyn.

 

“Oh, that’s right. Wait a minute.”

 

The moment I was leaving the room to go to the bath, I rushed to my desk when something suddenly came to my mind.

 

There was a present I had bought for Marilyn when I went to the bookstore during the day.

 

I picked up a square gift wrapped in wrapping paper.

 

“Come on! This is for you Marilyn.”

 

“What? What kind of gift are you giving me all of a sudden?”

 

I handed over the gift to Marilyn, who had a puzzled expression on her face, and then opened the door with a smile.

 

“I’ll see you in the room. You’ll probably like it.”

 

It’s the next volume of the novel Marilyn has been eagerly waiting for.

 

Marilyn’s eyes opened wide at the whisper I made, with a playful wink.

 

She stammered on the present and stared at me. But I couldn’t be that cynical normally.

 

“You can’t stay up all night reading that!”

 

“Of course!”

 

My steps toward the bath and Marilyn’s steps were light.

 

It was the next day that I remembered something that I had forgotten earlier.