Since I've Reincarnated as the Villainess' Father, I'll Shower My Wife and Daughter in Love Chapter 31 - A Conversation Between Mother and Son

Chapter 31 A Conversation Between Mother and Son

After that... we left Sasha’s room, and I tried to guide the two towards the parlour to take a rest, but suddenly my mother grabbed my arm. Mother told father to chat with Laurier for a while, which he looked a little awkward about doing, as she dragged into a separate room...

“Um... mother?”

After taking aside, mother looked at silently as if she was pondering the words she was going to say, then after a deep breath, it looked like she had co to a decision.

“You... are you truly Callis?”

“...What’s brought this on?”

I felt a cold sweat begin to form on my brow at those sudden words, but mother didn’t seem to notice as she kept going.

“If I’ve misunderstood sothing, then I am sorry. But, when I look at you, it’s as if I’m looking at soone who is completely different to the mories I have of my Callis... it’s as if soone has taken over their body.”

What a terrifyingly potent power of observation. For a brief mont I wondered if my mother had also co from another world, but I kept that too myself as I shrugged.

“When people fall in love, they change. Didn’t you change as well, mother?”

“Well... of course, I am happy that your relationship with Sasha has changed for the better. But, how do I put this... have you suddenly gotten over that incident that has been making you avoid the other sex, ever since you were a boy?”

“That’s... well, I suppose so...”

One of the reasons that Callis had been cold to Sasha in the past was, as mother alluded to, due to his childhood trauma.

Specifically, when Callis was still barely five years old... he was assaulted by a maid that worked in this very mansion.

To be blunt, it was sexual. It seed like that pedophile maid had taken an interest in Callis for so ti and, when she found the opportunity, attacked him in his bed.

Fortunately, Callis managed to get help before she was able to do anything too despicable to him, but... the event undoubtedly left a mark on the young boy.

So, even though he’s an older man now, that trauma stayed with him... whenever he thought of the opposite sex, of seeing eyes filled with lust, all he could rember was the fear when he gazed into the eyes of that predator as a boy, looming in the dark.

It was that mont that triggered Callis’ misogyny.

He was fine with so won, like his mother and his nanny, as well as so of the maids he already knew and trusted, but Callis was unable to deal with other won who had co of age at all.

But, despite his fear of won leaving his potential to create a successor in doubt, Callis still grew into quite a man. However, although mother and father were unable to have another child, Callis’ grandparents had a strong attachnt to the lineage of the house, and wouldn’t grant permission for an adoption... in short, they would accept no one else but Callis to inherit the House of Fall.

So, they did their best to pressure Callis into finding a fiancée... Since he felt like he was shaming his House, and his mother and father had allowed him to do whatever he liked until he ca of age, Callis decided to join up with the knights.

Although they were happy for him to join the Order until he beca an adult, Callis climbed the ranks far more quickly than anyone could have expected, soon gaining the moniker of ‘Sword Demon’.

Well, a lot of other things happened as well, but... for now, I spoke back to my mother, who still stared at suspiciously.

“Mother, it’s true that, when I couldn’t forget what happened in the past, I couldn’t bring myself to look at either of them at all. But... those two have healed , both in my heart and in my soul. If I were to say that the trauma was gone completely, that would be a lie, but... those two could love even a coward like , so I have to return it as much as I can.”

There was still a deep wound on Callis’ heart. As the days roll by, I gain more and more of Callis’ mories, and it feels like my personality is beginning to assert itself over his body, but... my desire to cherish those two people like my family will never change, no matter what.

Even if Callis’ original personality disappears completely because of , then I’ll love those two in his place.

After mulling over what I said, mother looked at silently for a mont... then, spoke with a short sigh.

“Is that so... I understand. I’ll believe you.”

“Are you fine with that?”

“I still have my doubts, but... no matter how different a person you may seem, you are still our Callis. Besides... it’s only natural for a parent to want to believe in their son, isn’t it?”

Was it because of my good mood after seeing Sasha? There was sothing in mother’s smile that was truly refreshing.