But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

Believe

"You admitted it!! You admitted to murdering your own family!!" Miss Trouble said those words excitedly, like a child getting a candy from her mother.

"Cyan!! What are you saying?! Look at your surroundings, you're scaring Alt and Lyra!" Mom shouted, and at her words, Dad's snapped out of his cold self, and his gentle expression returned.

"Cassie... Altaire... Lyra... I...," Dad seemed to realize what he had just done and looked at us worryingly.

We were just standing there blankly and was surprised by his sudden movement that we took a step backward.

When we realized what we had just done, Dad's already looking at us dejectedly.

"Ha... hahahahahahahahahaha... AHAHAHAHA!! YOU FELL FOR IT!! YOU ADMITTED OPENLY!" The mad lady's body shook in excitement and laughter.

"Tch," Dad clicked his tongue.

"Altaire, Lyra... It's not... it's not what you think... I...," Dad's voice was shaking—his face showed his agony and resentment.

The mad lady's laughter still continued, and Mom quickly rushed off to our side, hugging the two of us.

"Altaire, Lyra... Please... don't fall for her words. I can assure you that your dad is not a mad murderer—he isn't thirsty for power that he'd commit a familicide... If he is, then I won't be with him, and you two wouldn't be here...," Mom pleaded to us.

I thought back of Dad's cold expression—and his usual gentle, loving self. The two sides of him seemed as if they were of different people altogether.

"I... I want to... believe in Dad... After all, when I went along with him to patrol the area... The people... the people are smiling...," Alt-nii's voice could be heard.

I thought back on the occasions where I played in the downtown, and to the people who smiled back at Dad. Surely, they were throwing out sincere smiles, not smiles because they were forced to do it.

If Dad really killed his family in cold blood and if he usurped the title of Duke in such a way, I don't think they would be smiling at Dad. ...no, Dad's friends with King Titus. There's no way King Titus would assign Dad as the next Duke of Hartmann if that was the case.

...has someone ever told me about Dad exposing his family's wrongdoings, and arrested them because of it?

Could it be that...

"Dad, you only helped the government in arresting them, right?" I asked after I came to my conclusion. Mom was surprised to hear my conclusion, but from her expression, somehow I can already guess the answer. Altaire's eyes widened in surprise as if he'd just remembered that fact.

"Yes... I handed the evidence needed to arrest them..."

I looked at Dad who answered my question weakly... Dad... is in such a pitiful state... He's looking down dejectedly, afraid to look at my face and Alt-nii's face... Did our reaction cause him to be like this?