Chapter 33
I Listened to Ms. Claire’s Story
“Father… You are here to be away from your own father, Ms. Claire?”
“Yes. Our father is very fond of us, but… He keeps talking about how I need to get married.”
“Married…”
“Nearly every day, he talks about acquaintances and colleagues who are unmarried. On one of the worst days, he brought over five people… It was very tiring to have to turn them all down…”
“I see… He sounds very eccentric.”
I had no children, and wasn’t even married myself, so I didn’t know the feeling. But I always thought that fathers who doted on their daughters tended to not want them to marry.
Of course, I’m sure there were exceptions. Especially if the daughter remained unmarried for a very long time…
That being said, Ms. Claire was still quite young.
And everyone would agree that she was a great beauty.
So surely she wouldn’t have trouble finding someone, without a father busily trying to find a match.
…I had to admit, there was a slight pang in my chest when this subject was brought up, but I wouldn’t think about it.