Chapter 52 - Dangerous
"Okay, next question gramps." The energetic Davi stared intently at the old man again, as if she had already switched gears and was now ready for a much higher level of treasure hunting.
She sure switched gears quite fast, this child.
"Did Sei have something he liked when he was young?" she asked with a look of innocence and great interest in her eyes, making the old man smile pleasantly again. Her questions were all about the simplest but the most beautiful things about his grandson, that the old man couldn"t help but feel the urge of wanting to just tell her everything.
"Even when he was that young, the young master wasn"t picky. But he also didn"t have anything I would call his favorite thing." The old man paused when he saw her expression fall as soon as she heard him and he laughed briefly. "However…" he continued and the saddened girl instantly brightened. "There was one thing I believe he really did like."
Davi"s spine immediately straightened as he moved closer to the old man. "W-what is it? Please tell me, dearest grandpa."
Oho, this child"s pleading skill is also quite unbelievable, huh.
Mr. Kazuki was even getting more amused with the things he was slowly discovering about the girl in front of him. Seeing an adorable child plead to him sweetly with eyes burning pa.s.sionately, left him feeling like the happiest old man at that very moment. Well, it had been more than a decade since someone had pleaded to the this poor old man adorably like that and this made him feel extremely happy.
"It"s a piano." He finally said and Davi blinked three times.
"Eh? Really?" she uttered, quite surprised.
"Back then, the sound of a piano would always calm him down no matter how agitated he was. It was his lullaby. He would find it hard to sleep without listening to it." At that moment, the old man"s voice was sad even though he was smiling, as if he was telling a warm nostalgic story from an old forgotten past. A faint feeling of pain and sorrow came with it and Davi instantly felt it as well, making her feel a sudden urge to cry.
"Is it surprising?" the old man asked and Davi nodded right away, as she smiled. "Mm. I didn"t know he liked listening to a piano," she replied and for some reason, a sharp little needle seemed to poked her heart and it bled a little.
"Did Sei play the piano that time?" she continued.
"No, he never learned it. It"s not like he couldn"t, he just didn"t want to. He said he only liked listening to it."
"Then who played the piano for him?"
"His mother."
Davi sighed in relief, not noticing the deep sorrow that flashed across the old man"s eyes at that brief moment.
"Why are you sighing?" he asked.
"I"m relieved, because I thought he didn"t have a family. But now I"m glad to know he does. I"m really glad." She sounds genuinely relieved as she smiles.
"Why?"
"Do I need a reason why? It is sad being alone. So I"m really happy knowing that he"s not alone." Davi smiled brightly, however, the old man didn"t smile. A faint feeling of coldness almost akin to Sei"s, flickered in his eyes instead, causing Davi"s smile to fade slowly.
"Well, he does have people he calls family by blood but… it"s far from the kind of family you"re talking about."
Davi was speechless. The warm old man suddenly went cold and it immediately stunned her. However, at that brief moment of coldness, someone"s words pierced through it.
"Uhm… Young miss, the meal is ready."
Abruptly, YiJin interrupted. Davi instantly turned to look at him. "Oh…Okay." She uttered and turned back to the old man. To her surprise, the cold atmosphere instantly vanished, as if nothing strange happened at all. The old man immediately returned back into his usual soft and cheerful self.
"Oh, no wonder I"m turning cold. My poor stomach is going berserk." The old man jokingly said as he laughed. His words were followed by a weak roar coming from the old man"s stomach, cracking them up together. Davi also understood the situation right away and felt sorry for the old butler.
"Ahh! Sorry gramps, sorry." she said apologetically as she held his hand to help him stand.
"Why are you apologizing? Please stop apologizing, young miss."
"I"m not apologizing to you, gramps, I am apologizing to your poor stomach."
Davi"s words were followed by laughter this time as the two started walking towards the mansion.
Meanwhile, inside the old-butler-in-disguise"s mind, he was sighing with relief.
That was close. This child really is dangerous. Dangerous. Good job interrupting young man.