A Former Police Officer Who Died And Get A Second Life!

Chapter 347: Family United

Would he never again be called in that gentle voice?

Would he never again be smiled at with those beautiful eyes?

Would he never again be held in those warm arms?

The more he thought, the more his anxiety threatened to crush him.

"Cari, stay here. We’ll go get Qiong Xing back"

Joa and the others said they would go, asking him to take care of the younger sisters, but Cari stepped in front of them and refused.

"No! Cari is going too!"

He knew it was dangerous, but he begged to be taken with them.

"...Cari. Fine, you can come too. Albe, are you really sure about this?"

"Huh? About what?"

"If that guy does anything to hurt Qiong Xing... we won’t hesitate to kill him, even if he’s your father"

Unlike Cari, Albe had been raised for some time under his father’s care.

To Cari, he was practically a complete stranger rather than a father, so he had no objection to taking him down.

But he worried that Albe might feel differently.

If Albe tried to stop them...

"It’s fine. He’s not my father anymore. He’s... an enemy now. He laid hands on Qiong Xing and Caribert. And... that man didn’t even recognize me. He doesn’t even remember me"

Though Albe had not been without hesitation, he had already made up his mind.

He quietly took his brother’s hand.

That man had never cared about anyone but himself.

It had always been that way.

It was even questionable whether he had ever recognized them as his sons at all.

Albe had been looking down somewhat sadly, but the next moment he suddenly lifted his head.

He pulled Cari into a hug while still holding his hand.

"My family is here. My family is everyone here, and the only one who called me family is Qiong Xing. So... so I won’t hesitate. If you hurt my family, I will take you down, even if you are my father, even if we are blood related"

It was not as if he felt nothing.

Even so, he had chosen them.

His family.

"Thank you... brother"

"Ah... yeah. Haha, you finally said it. I’m really... happy"

Cari also reached out and hugged him back.

Albe held him tightly, almost painfully so, but Cari did not dislike it.

He could have called him that anytime.

But he had not until now because he lacked confidence.

He had not forgotten what he had tried to do to Qiong Xing.

He could not bring himself to fully accept the explanation that everything had been for their sake, and yet he also could not completely deny it either.

Because somewhere in his heart, he wondered.

Was it acceptable for Qiong Xing to be hurt if it was for his sake?

"I want to save Mama"

"Yeah. I know. Qiong Xing is also an important person to me. Shall we go and save Qiong Xing? Together"

"Yeah!"

Now he could believe it.

He had said he was important.

He had said they would do it together.

That they would fight together to save Qiong Xing.

Even if it was dangerous, they would go together, and even if the opponent was their own blood related father, they would take him down.

This person really was his brother.

"Looks like that’s decided. Then I’ll leave Lian..."

"YAAAAAA!"

"GYAOOOOOO!"

For a moment, he thought his ears had been destroyed by his little sisters’ screaming.

Thanks to being held in a hug, he was somehow safe, but his brother, who had been hugging him, had instead become the victim, his shoulders twitching.

And as for their fathers, who had beastman hearing...

"H, hey you guys..."

"M, my ears..."

They trembled from the shock.

"Not allowed."

"No!"

"It’s dangerous, okay?"

"No!"

Joa and Elias who had been trying to persuade the children were at their wits’ end.

The children insisted on going to rescue their mother, and as parents they begged them to stay and wait so they would not get hurt, but the children only shook their heads and refused.

Unlike Cari, Qiong Xing’s younger children were still very young and had almost no means of defending themselves, so taking them along would be far too dangerous and burdensome.

They kept pleading with them to give up, but...

"I want to see Mama!"

"Mama! "

They desperately wanted to go help their mother Qiong Xing right away, but the children stood in their way as if to stop them.

"Lian, I’ll bring Mama back soon. So please, just stay here—"

"N-nooo! No, no, no, nooo!"

Elias picked Lian up and tried to soothe her, but she struggled violently and even scratched his face.

"We want Mama."

Unlike Lian, the twins did not throw tantrums, but they stared up at them with pleading eyes, and even Joa was at a loss.

"We’ll see him soon. So just wai—"

"Yaaaa!"

It was going nowhere.

At this rate, it would be difficult to leave them in someone else’s care, and they were wondering what to do when—

"...Grandpa"

"Hmm?"

"Grandma is better!"

Grandpa? Grandma? they thought for a moment, then realized that Katarina and Sarin might be willing to watch them.

Since the twins also called them Grandpa and Grandma, they might behave and wait quietly with them.

As they were thinking this...

[ What did you say!? We’ll head there right away, so meet us outside the town! Katarina! ]

The call was cut off before they could even explain the situation or ask her to watch the children.

Since it had been Sarin who answered by chance, he had not listened calmly until the end.

Still, they decided it would be faster to explain everything once they arrived, so they rushed toward the town.

"Alright, we’re fully prepared!"

"We’re going to bring that child back together!"

"Let’s go!"

"Wait, wait, wait!"

This was not what they had agreed on.

Even the children were somehow involved.

When they met up near the town, Katarina and Sarin were fully equipped, and judging by the weapons at their waists, they were probably from their adventuring days.