"Yes."
"Then what about them?"
"They are all my wings—I mean, I'll take responsibility for every one of them."
"You—"
He sprang to his feet, but his brother Edward and sister Maria held him back:
"Calm down. He is the God Summoner, the strongest person in the Material World. Since he has promised to take responsibility, you should be happy. You know as well as anyone that ordinary morality does not place much restraint on Ring Arcanists. He is a man who keeps his promises. A promise is enough."
But those words of consolation only made Mr. Alphons Edwards even angrier.
He looked towards his brothers and sister:
"You make it sound so easy. Do you not know that the only reason everyone can sit here peacefully now, and the only reason he was willing to save all of us that night, is because of my daughters?"
His voice was deafening:
"It was because my daughters existed that he was willing to help us. It was because my daughters became his lovers that he could speak to us with a smile instead of sending us away directly. You gained help without giving anything at all, but my daughters gave up their entire lives!"
The gentleman was not wrong, so his two brothers and only sister found it difficult to say anything more.
Shade looked at Megan, but she wore a helpless expression. Since those younger than the fourth-generation Mr. Alphons Edwards had no right to speak, Shade looked towards his elders.
Envy Edwards, the firstborn of the third generation, was lost in thought, seemingly oblivious to everything around him. Glatoni Edwards gave Shade a scornful glance:
"You want to marry my granddaughter. Why should I speak for you?"
No one else at the table was surprised. It seemed they already