If Giovanni had any redeeming quality worth praising, it was undoubtedly the love he had shown Silver for over a decade.
In the raging flames, he had held up a shattered sheet of metal with his left hand for a long time while supporting a boy weighing over forty kilograms with his right. The demands on willpower, endurance, and physical strength were beyond what any ordinary person could achieve.
Even more incredible was that Giovanni had only been left with a battered body after fighting Red with everything he had and then suddenly falling ill.
If that could not prove Giovanni's love for Silver, then family affection simply did not exist in this world.
Of course, none of that had happened in this timeline, so it could not serve as evidence.
"Then I..."
After learning that Giovanni did not have long to live, Silver fell completely into confusion. He realized that he had no idea how he should interact with Giovanni.
Despise him and reject him?
But Giovanni was still his father, no matter how unwilling he was to admit it, and he only had a few years left to live.
But get close to him?
Silver did not think he could do that. Just because Giovanni was terminally ill, could he overlook the sins weighing on him?
And so.
Under Heiduo's gaze, Pokédex Holder Silver completely crashed.
Poor kid. Putting himself in Silver's shoes, Heiduo might not have been able to find the answer he wanted so decisively either.
After all, this was family Silver had yearned for over so many years.
For certain reasons, Heiduo did not tell Silver that Giovanni could still be saved.
Giovanni was scum, that was true, but he was also Silver's biological father, someone who deeply loved Silver. Heiduo hoped Silver could grow