1. Fathers have to learn to let go
"That'...... Dad, I'm leaving......"
The petite girl snuggled in the arms of a thin middle-aged man, rubbed against his chest like a kitten, and then gently broke free from his embrace, tightened the package on her body, and walked towards the gate of the village.
As you walk, you turn back.
The middle-aged man reluctantly looked at the back of his daughter's departure, kept waving his hand, and kept admonishing in his mouth:
"Remember to wear more clothes and don't catch a cold!"
"Don't eat indiscriminately!"
"Don't trust strangers!"
"Don't have a boyfriend!"
"Don't ......"
It wasn't until his daughter's figure was no longer visible that he sat down with a gloomy face leaning on the crooked neck of the old tree at the head of the village, his face full of worry and anxiety, and the whole person looked as if he was a few years older.
A round middle-aged fat man walked up to him and sat down, handed over a bottle of fruit wine, and said comfortingly:
"It's only been out for three or five days, Rohr, you're too worried, aren't you? Cocoli is the smartest child in the village. ”
"No...... You're not married, you don't understand ......"
Rohr shook his head, stretched out his left hand, which was composed entirely of metal, took the fruit wine, and poured it into his mouth a few sips.
"Aren't you also married?"
The fat man retorted angrily.
"But I have the cutest daughter in the world!"
Rohr said proudly.
His daughter Klee is his only relative in this world, the only concern, and the only bright spot in his failed life.
Luo Er felt that he should be the most humiliating traverser, he had been in this world for more than ten years, and he had achieved nothing, it was obviously a wonderful world with all kinds of extraordinary powers, but he had not learned anything, and he was still a low-level martial artist, relying on a little three-legged cat swordsmanship to get around.
In fact, when he first crossed over, he still had a pride and ambition, worked hard to learn the language of this world, and joined a well-known local swordsman regiment, doing nothing but practicing swordsmanship frantically every day, with a posture of pursuing 'kendo is as eternal as a long night'.
His efforts were naturally recognized by the upper echelons of the Swordsman Order, and he was given a chance to take an 'introductory assessment'.
This assessment is very simple, you only need to complete the commission of a remote village, kill a few weak monsters, and after passing the level, the swordsman group will give him extraordinary power and embark on the path of true strength.
The instructors and colleagues were optimistic that he would pass successfully, and he himself was the same, because he worked really hard and the assessment was really simple.
However, he overestimated himself, he couldn't deal with even the weakest monster, and he had half of his left arm bitten off......
The entrusted small mountain village was also bloodied by monsters, and only one infant baby girl survived......
Shame and self-blame frantically tormented Rohr, and several times he had the urge to commit suicide.
But in the end, he chose to pick up the sword again with one arm and tie the baby girl behind him.
He didn't run away, but spent more than half a year battling wits with monsters and killing them one by one.
After that, he settled in that small deserted mountain village, and raised the baby girl as his own daughter.
Gradually, displaced people from other places came to the village, settled here, and the village slowly regained its vitality.
The daughter is also growing up day by day, becoming more and more beautiful and lovely, well-behaved and obedient.
She was the pride of Rohr and the self-redemption of his failure to save more than a hundred lives.
So when Klee suggested that she should go to the next town alone and help the village buy some winter supplies, Rohr refused.
Cocolee's big watery eyes blinked, and her burgundy eyes looked at him blankly, looking like she was about to cry out, and she didn't look good, but she still made Rohr nod.
He originally wanted to go together, but these two days were the most important autumn harvest, and the village was really short of manpower, so he couldn't leave.
The daughter is sixteen years old, although her physical development has not kept up due to malnutrition in her childhood, and she is still the size of a 12-year-old girl, but she has practiced swordsmanship with Luo Er for many years, and she still has the ability to protect herself.
The next town is not far away, and the nearby road is also safe, and the monsters and robbers have long been cleaned up.
Let her go out for two days, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
That's what Rohr thought at first.
But a week later, the daughter did not come back, but asked someone to bring back the supplies she had bought and a letter.
"Dear Dad,
I helped a beautiful young lady in the town, and in gratitude she promised to help me find a way to regrow my severed limbs, and I went with her to the Imperial City and came back in a few days.
Your forever little Klee."
After reading this letter, Rohr's heart first warmed slightly, this daughter was not raised in vain, and she was still thinking about her arm.
With the help of a strange villager, his missing left arm was connected to a metal prosthetic, which was barely flexible, but after all, it was a prosthetic, and there were always all kinds of inconveniences, and it rusted and malfunctioned at every turn.
The grade is big, and the hands and feet are inconvenient, so it is impossible to farm, and you can only rely on neighbors to help.
Although Luo Er never complained, his father's injury has always been remembered by his daughter.
After the initial emotion, the next thing was a deep worry.
"What the hell is this little bunny! Did you listen to me? Didn't you say don't trust strangers! ”
Rohr was furious, and immediately went to the neighbor's house on the left to get the tent bedding, and then went to the neighbor's house on the right to get clothes and bags, and then went to the fat man to get wine and dry food, and prepared to go out to find his daughter.
But he was about to walk out of the village, but there was news that there were monsters in the mountains again......
Rohr remembered that night more than a decade ago and stopped......
He decided to get rid of the monster first and then go out to find his daughter.
But this monster was very cunning and difficult, and he chased and killed him all the way for several days before he was willing to ambush him, and even caused him a lot of injuries, and he had to recuperate for a long time before he could go out to find his daughter.
Even a little monster is exhausted, and he is really still the weak and pitiful duck he was back then......
Rohr limped back to the village and received another letter from his daughter.
"Dear Dad,
I'm fine, I'm on my way to the royal city, don't worry about me.
I miss you......
My beautiful sister was very kind to me, very gentle and generous, bought me a lot of delicious food, and beautiful little dresses, and when I came back, I wore them for my father, okay?
I also chose a lot of beautiful clothes for my father, and after he wore them, he would definitely be more handsome, and we would all be beautiful by then.
My pretty sister told me that now is the best time, the safest time, so don't worry about me, I will definitely find a way to regenerate my severed limbs and come back!
Love you Klee."
In the process of recuperating from Rohr's injury, half a year has passed, and several letters have been received one after another.
The daughter seems to be lucky, the beautiful sister she knows is a good person, she has always been very good to her, she has eaten and drunk spicy food all the way, and she has also provided the opportunity to go to school.
My daughter studied hard every day, and met several other like-minded classmates, all of whom were helping to find a way to regenerate severed limbs.
"It seems...... Mix well? It's so much better than me......"
Although Rohr's injuries were healed, he was not in a hurry to go out to find his daughter.
After all, my daughter will grow up, and I can't let her nest in this remote mountain village forever and be a village girl.
It's nice to be able to read and study outside!
As a father, you have to learn to let go......
And her daughter's talent is better than her own, maybe she has the opportunity to step on that transcendent path that she has not been able to reach?
Luo Er was also more relieved, and when he replied to the letter, he didn't urge her to come back, just normal care and care, and casually chatted about trivial matters in the village.
Two years later, the daughter is 18 years old, and the latest letter says that she is on her way home and has a big surprise for Rohr.
18 years old...... Big ...... Surprise......
Uncharacteristically, Rohr did not put the letter away carefully, but tore it to shreds, and then went to the neighbor's house in a daze, turned out a few bottles of fruit wine, and poured it down.
Then, drunkenly, he took off his saber and whetstone, sat at the entrance of the village, and polished it carefully, looking like he was not giving up, and muttered in a low voice:
"Boyfriend?"
"No...... Maybe it's a husband? ”
"I'm already a grandfather?"
Finally, he dug a hole in his neighbor's potato field, just the size of a man.
All that's left is to wait for my daughter to come home.