Chapter 313: eptence and forgiveness...


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    Capital City Astra, Core Area, Croft Mansion.


    ''Er, should I really be here right now? I kind of feel that I came here at the wrong time...''


    Link couldn''t help but scratch the back of his neck in embarrassment when the other''s totally ignored his existence and started to enjoy the family reunion.


    ''I-I guess I should just shut up for now...''


    Link stopped thinking too much and sipped the juice while the Croft family celebrated their reunion.


    ...


    "Mom... I can''t believe you are finally up... I am so happy... I have been waiting for years..." Raji held her mother''s hand tightly in fear that she might leave her again; her eyes remained moist, and the ''Strongest Frost Mage'' of the human race was nowhere to be seen at the moment.


    At that moment, Raji seemed like just any other daughter who had finally met her mother after years.


    Raji refused to use Damian''sst name, so she used her mother''s surname for herself and Riya. That''s why they have ''Croft'' in their surname, not ''Frostke''.


    Farah looked at her daughter with moist eyes and said,


    "You have be so much taller since Ist saw you... You have be one of the strongest people in our empire.... I am proud of you, Raji..."


    Raji couldn''t help but hug her mother at that moment; even Riya was surprised that day.


    She has never seen Raji cry in the past decade.


    Raji has always acted mature and trustworthy in front of Riya, so it was very surprising to see such a defenseless and weak side of her today.


    "Sis, uh... you see... I and Link thought that maybe mom wasn''t waking up because she wanted to meet Father... so uh... we invited her in the morning, and it seems to have worked..."


    When Damian held Farah''s hand and said that he was here to see her, Farah was surprised and woke up at that very moment.


    Even Link and Riya were shocked by that scene.


    This just proved that all this time, their mother was in aa just because she didn''t want to live in a world where Damian wasn''t alive.


    She refused to believe the reality and thus fell into aa.


    Even when her daughters tried to wake her up, she didn''t; only when Damian himself came to her did she finally open her eyes.


    Given the significance of the event, they initially intended to inform Raji as well, but ultimately decided it would be more effective to organize a surprise event for tomorrow.


    But nothing went ording to n; Raji returned home earlier than expected, and she found out everything.


    Although everything doesn''t seem to have gone ording to n, Raji is still calm and not angry, so all is well.


    "I-i..."


    At Riya''s words, Raji was left with no words.


    She hated Damian because his absence caused Farah to fall into aa, but now that he has cured their mother, Raji has no reason to hate him at all.


    He indeed did leave them for ten years, but that wasn''t his fault either. All in all, there were no more reasons to hate Damian, and even Raji couldn''t get angry at him now.


    Raji gripped her mother''s hand tightly and gazed at Damian for a moment before speaking. "T-thank you... for helping her..."


    At those words, Damian nodded his head and gave a dryugh.


    "N-no worries... I just wanted her to be fine..."


    Link and Riya also heaved a sigh of relief after seeing that Raji wasn''t angry at them for letting Damian enter the mansion without her permission.


    Seeing that it was the best chance, Damian said in a nervous tone,


    "Uh... Raji... I am really sorry for what I made you all go through. I-I acknowledge my mistakes... I want to make up for the time that we lost... I would like to make amends..."


    Raji didn''t interrupt Damian at that moment, which clearly showed that she had epted his ''sorry''.


    Seeing that he was sessful, Damian continued...


    "Uh, aside from that... Ever since the day I got out of that dungeon... I wanted to say this to you... As a father, I am very very proud of you, Raji..."


    "Not only did you take care of your family extremely well in my absence, you even became the pir of support for the whole nation..."


    "You know... sometimes I feel that I must have done a lot of good in my past life to have an amazing daughter like you..."


    Farah also sped Raji''s hands in her own and gazed into her eyes before speaking. "Thanks for taking care of Riya when we both weren''t capable of... Damian aside, I also fell into aa and didn''t take care of you two; I am also just as guilty..."


    "So, if possible... forgive us both, Raji, and I am very proud to have a daughter like you..."


    At Farah''s words, Raji nodded her head, and tears ran down from her eyes. A smile appeared on her face as she directly hugged her mother again.


    Raji cried, and her years of stress and suppressed emotions were washed away with the tears in her mother''s embrace.


    Soon after, she fell asleep with her head ced on her mother''sp.


    Farah caressed Raji''s head and smiled happily while looking at her face.


    That night was one of the happiest nights in the lives of the Croft family members.


    Rooftop.


    The cold wind grazed past Link''s face, making his hair sway in the air.


    At that moment, Farah had ced Raji''s head on the pillow, so Riya dragged her to the


    rooftop with her.


    Then Riya immediately grabbed Link''s hand and then shyly said,


    "Mom, I-I wanted to tell you for the whole day that...uh.. Link and I-"


    Before Riya couldplete her sentence, Farah nodded her head and said with a happy smile,


    "I know, you two are a couple, right?"


    Riya was quite surprised that Farah figured it out so easily.


    "Ahem... not just a couple; we are actually engaged. So can I call you mother-inw?"


    Even Farah was shocked at those words; she was expecting that Link was Riya''s boyfriend, but


    she never thought that the two of them were already engaged by now.


    Which means their bond is already stronger than that of a that of a regr couple.


    "S-so you mean?"


    Riya nodded her head shyly and told Farah everything that happened.


    She told her how Raji helped them meet, and then they both grew up as childhood friends.


    Then they got engaged to each other, and now they just need to get to legal age, and they can


    marry at any time.


    Farah was happy to hear all this. She nced at Link and said, in a surprised tone,


    "I was indeed thinking that you must be from some rich family, but I never expected that you


    were Ashtel Rex''s son... This is a very big deal..."


    After a moment of contemtion, Farah said,


    "In my younger days, Ashtel Rex was the star who rose to immense fame after the fifty-year


    war; he was respected greatly by the whole country..."


    "To think that my daughter will one day end up getting engaged to his son... This is quite


    shocking..."


    Farah approached Link, ced her hand on his shoulder, and asked a question.


    "By the way, Link, how much do you love Riya... Uh, as a mother, I am worried she doesn''t end


    up getting hurt by a rich young master of a big family, you see..."


    Link''s eyes turned serious, and he said in a firm voice,


    "I love her more than my life... Without her, Link Rex will not beplete... She''s the one who


    makes me whole..."


    Riya also tightly grasped Link''s hand and spoke.


    "Yes, I love him even more than my candies!... er.. I mean more than those ultra-rare ones


    too!!"


    Farah nodded her head happily.


    Then she suddenly thought of something and asked,


    "By the way, you have already found someone as perfect as Link; then what about your sister?


    Does she also have someone?"


    Riya shook her head at those words and said,


    "No, she uh... kind of had a heartbreak once in college where her boyfriend was deceiving her... After that, she seems to have be immune to the approaches of others..."


    Just when Farah was about to say something, Raji walked over to the rooftop. A rare smile


    hung on her face.


    She walked over to Link''s side, looked into Riya''s eyes with a yful look, and said it with a


    smile.


    "Well, if I were a bit younger, I would have taken Link for myself, you know.... He''s such a fine


    man afterall..."


    Link only gave a dryugh at those words, slowly backing away from Raji.


    Riya pouted her cheeks and tightly hugged Link''s arm before saying,


    "No, he''s mine! I won''t give him to anyone! Not even you!"


    Raji ignored her words and shrugged her shoulders before saying, "Well, what do you say, Link? When you be an adult, you can choose anyone to stay


    with... I am just a few years older than Riya and am better than her in all aspects-" Before Raji couldplete her sentence, Riya chased her with an annoyed pout on her face.


    But Raji also smiled and ran away with a happy look on her face,


    "You can''t catch me with those slow legs-, how about working a bit on stamina!"


    The two sisters caused a lot of chaos by running around in the whole house that night.


    Farah looked at her two daughters, who were messing with each other, and said with a smile


    on her face,


    "I am grateful that things have be better... It seems life has given us a new chance..."


    Link also nodded his head at those words and said,


    "Yeah, I am also grateful that I met wonderful people like you all..."


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    Author''s Notes.


    Yo! It''s your beloved author here! It seems the Croft family has finally gotten their happy


    ending...


    Question of the day:


    Which Croft sister do you like more?


    1. Raji


    2. Riya


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