Chapter 494: He Is Already Strong
[He did go through a lot. If I was the Duke, I would execute those two on this very day. They kept glancing at each other meaningfully even though he was right there.]
Ferdinand glanced at Dimo right when a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye.
[He’s crying even in his sleep?]
He gently dried it with his thumb and quickly withdrew it when he realized what he had just done.
[What’s with that feeling?! I suddenly felt like I wanted to protect him and all that.]
’He couldn’t help but sympathize with Dimo as well.’
Arabella smiled at the look on her husband’s face. His protective instincts were getting triggered, and she wondered why it was even a surprise for him.
"That’s a normal feeling. You may have only felt that kind of protective instinct towards the younger generation of your kind before. But now, you are in a human body so it’s natural to feel it for human children as well."
[Right. I did begin to feel a lot of things again when I began living in this body.]
"That’s how people usually feel when they see a child going through so much. Even if the child is completely unrelated. It’s being compassionate. I don’t know what went wrong with Sonia and the Head Butler... Ah, they did feel guilty earlier. But they were still set on their plans. They believe it’s for Brent and Monica’s future."
"I see. Sacrificing one for the others. But I don’t think their situation required them to go that far."