Sorcha Knight In The City 8 I Want To Become Like You

Knock knock~ I knocked on his room.

"Dad can I come in?" I said

"Mm come in my princess." I heard his voice from inside.

His study room looks simple but elegant. There's a mini library on the side, a few chairs for a visitor, and his own table at the back part of the room. The scent of old books permeated the air as I walk towards him and calmly asked, "Are you busy?"

"No, I'm just looking at some paperworks, that's all." He said while looking at me. "So, why is my pretty daughter looking for his dad?

"Oh, hmm, I'm just curious about why my dad is busy these days."

He raised his eyebrows and looked at me straight saying "my smart daughter must have something to say right?"

"Nope dad. I'm just really curious." I answered.

He then said. "Nothing's going on, I just received quite a number of papers that needs my approval." He playfully smiled at me and added, "Still not saying what it is?"

I blushed a bit. Are my thoughts really that easy to read? No.. it must be father's instincts, I guess?

"Dad.. can I become like you?" I said weakly testing the waters.

Then I felt the atmosphere turned serious all of a sudden.

"You want to become a soldier?" He asked. His voice making me shiver a bit.

"Yes." I strongly answered. I know that my parents have been overprotective to me and I feel kind of nervous telling him about this.

"You are a girl, and you should know that you won't get any preferential treatment when you enter the military just because of that."

I nodded. "I know." Of course I know. I thought. It doesn't really matter anyway. I'm used to facing difficulties back when I was still a knight. I murmured internally.

He sighed. "Just the training alone is hard. What more after?"

"I know." I repeated. And for a while, no sound was heard inside the room except for the clock ticking by the wall.

Finally, he broke the silence by saying, "Fine. I'll arrange your training when I'm no longer busy, maybe next month. But you should promise me that you'd still focus on your studies okay?"

"Mm I promise!" I beamed.

His face turned eased and said warmly, "4 years would be training, take this one month to decide whether to continue or not."

"Yes." I nod.

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After a few hours since Sorcha left, her parents had a conversation inside the study room.

"Why did you allow her to follow our footsteps? You know being in the military is dangerous." Aria told her husband.

Anthony sighed and replied, "Sorcha that kid, it's the first time she opened up about what she wants."

He looked into Aria who chose to stay silent. "Although she's our child, it feels as if she's quite distant towards us. I know you feel it too. It's the first time that she asked me something and I couldn't bring myself to refuse." He added.

Sorcha, because of the influence of her past life, still feels disinclined towards everything new to her. She thinks that it's fine as long as she treats her family with grat.i.tude and respect, not knowing how her parents felt about it.

Aria's eyes are filled with concern. "I know" she said then sighed.

"Maybe it's the right path for her. We've been pampering and protecting her everytime, I think it's about time for her to know how to fight for herself. Our child is intelligent, and besides, she has our genes! Ha ha!" Anthony laughed loudly.