Novel The Max Level Hero has Returned!

MacGuff, trembling with his head down, finally shed tears, overwhelmed with emotion and perhaps guilt.

Willow noticed the color of his soul stabilize. From what she could tell, his emotions were genuine. She couldn't dig any deeper, careful of the restrictions her father had told her about. She still felt a strange, aching sympathy.

‘I pretty much get the gist of the situation now.’

“I lost my wife early on... Yes... All I have left in my old age are my meager cooking skills and my son back in my hometown. I originally planned to bring him here, but he’s sickly and can’t handle long-distance travel or using a warp gate.”

Willow and Rinne simply listened to him in silence.

“After losing his mother, my son MacGuffin is my one and only treasure. I've tried my best to raise him into someone that would be able to keep his head high at all times.”

MacGuff had already lived there long before Heins Territory blew up with its development. In other words, he was just an ordinary cook, his family finances reflecting that meager status.

While he had finally reached a point in his career where he was receiving a decent salary now, it hadn't been for long.

Thud!

Unknown whether Rinne had contacted them or not, Yuria and Aeonitia burst in, their eyes wide. Since neither Marky nor the other members of the Development Department had come along, it seemed they probably had other urgent matters to deal with.

“I heard the news, Willow. Did you catch the culprit—oh?”

“Huh? Chef MacGuff?”