## Chapter 1264 – Encounter

“Heh heh heh, that’s right. I am that Reaper.”

King Barganell was quite strong, but it seemed clear that he wouldn’t even be able to withstand Claudie’s attacks.

Compared to me, he’s just a nobody.

I thought he’d be super strong since he’s Claudie’s dad, but I guess not.

This weakling dared to insult my Claudie… A violent urge surges from within. Looking at his face like this, I can’t help but want to jump out and beat him to a pulp right now…!

I won’t forgive the bastard who treated my Claudie like a slave!

“The very one who buried the Dark Elf lords’ alliance in the sand. Anyway, I’d like to hear why you summoned me.”
“…Hoo.”

At my answer, King Barganell stroked his chin and looked at me with interest.

ㅡClap, clap, clap.

Then he started clapping.

“Truly. A truly strong warrior. Quite admirable. Heh heh heh. Good heavens. To think such a thing could be. I can feel a powerful force even as you sit before me.”

Well, that’s a given.

Suddenly, his gaze turned towards Claudie.

“It’s been a while, Claudie. Yes. How many years has it been? This father is overjoyed to be reunited with you like this.”
“… “

Claudie simply stared at King Barganell with a blank expression for a moment.

“Aren’t you happy to see your father after so long?”
“…Rather than happy, there’s something I want to ask.”
“What is it?”
“Am I a slave?”
“…What?”

Silence descended for a moment at that cold voice. The Dark Elf guards around us were also exchanging glances. Of course, I don’t really care.

“Hmm… I wanted to congratulate you on becoming a good man’s possession, but…”

Perhaps realizing that something was wrong, King Barganell’s attitude began to change to a more passive one. Anyway, let’s get to the purpose of my visit.

“Hey.”

I called out to him.

“Don’t change the subject.”
“What?”
“I heard you had business with me. Not Claudie.”
“… “

He stared at me intently.

“You called me Claudie’s owner.”
“Aren’t you Claudie’s owner?”

And he answers like that.

“Women are as good as possessions of our strong warriors. I wanted to express my gratitude that my old daughter was taken in by such a powerful warrior, but is there a problem?”
“Heh heh heh, this bastard’s lost his mind.”

I strode towards the guy sitting on the throne.

“You!”
“Stop him!”

At that moment, the Dark Elf guard, drawing their weapons, stood in my way.

“Heavenly Demon Flick.”

ㅡThwack thwack thwack thwack thwack!

“Aaaaargh!”
“Aaaaargh!”
“Kyaaaaaaaah!”
“Oaaaaaaah!”
“Woooooooong!!!”

With a simple flick to the forehead, the guards flew away and crashed into the wall. These small fries can’t stop me. King Barganell was completely flustered and stared into my eyes.

“You still don’t realize there are many problems, do you?”
“…What problems are there?”
“The sin of treating my woman like a slave is great, King Barganell. I answered this summons purely to punish and discipline you for insulting me.”
“Insult…?”

He still didn’t seem to understand the situation. As I stood before him, he avoided my gaze and called out to Claudie.

“A little. I don’t understand. Claudie. What is going on?”
“Don’t talk to Claudie. You’re talking to me right now.”

ㅡThud.

I placed my hand on his head.

“What on earth…”
“Out of nowhere, my woman was insulted by a guy who claims to be her father, and you expect a great warrior like me to just let it slide? King Barganell. I don’t tolerate this kind of thing… The fact that you’re Claudie’s father is irrelevant. So I want to see how you’re going to act.”
“… “

King Barganell was just confused. I could vaguely see a fighting spirit in him, but knowing that my power was too strong, he couldn’t put up any real resistance.

He just looked past me at Claudie.

“Umm… King Barganell? You made Katt angry. So you should pay the price.”
“The price?”
“I’m very angry about being treated like a slave.”
“That…”

Only then did King Barganell speak to me.

“Treating Claudie like a slave… was not intended as an insult. I was just so happy that she had become the woman of a great warrior that…”
“Don’t make excuses in front of me!!!!!!!!!!”
“What!”

ㅡWham!

I immediately threw the Heavenly Demon Obliteration Orb upwards, creating a huge hole in the ceiling. At the same time, I slipped my hands under the armpits of the guy sitting on the throne, and then.

ㅡWhoosh!

“High!!!”

I threw him up with great force.

“Ooof! Oaaaaaaah!”

King Barganell’s scream soared into the sky with the Doppler effect. He soared almost hundreds of meters high through the hole in the ceiling.

Watching King Barganell become a dot, I muttered.

“Father-in-law cut.”

Zenia treated Winia like a tool, Raiden deceived Karin and tried to use her as a disposable tool for his revenge. And King Barganell not only treated Claudie like a slave, but also made excuses in front of me.

Even though I gave him a chance since he was her father, he tried to get away with excuses…!

In the first place, everything he said about being happy to see Claudie was a lie! Don’t act like you met and parted ways a week ago when you suddenly disappeared!!!

“Waaaaaaah!!”

Soon, King Barganell screamed as he fell back down.

ㅡWhoosh!

Passing through the hole in the ceiling, I perfectly caught him before he could crash. And before he could regain his senses, I threw him up again.

“High!!!!!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

ㅡSwoooooosh!!

King Barganell soared upwards with tremendous force. None of the guards here could save him.

“Uooooh!! Uooooh! Stooooop!!”
“I told you! I’d see how you act!”

So, for a long time, I threw him up into the sky and carried out my punishment.

It didn’t take long for him to fall back down after being thrown up once, and I repeated the same procedure about twenty times before letting him go.

“I won’t forgive bastards who don’t apologize immediately!”
“Ugh…! Cough! Cough! Cough!”

King Barganell, completely pale, knelt down and started vomiting…! This bastard!! You’re vomiting instead of apologizing! As expected of a cold-blooded man who treats his own daughter like a slave!!!

“If you don’t apologize to me, I’ll beat you to a pulp in this state!!!”
“I, I’m sorry! I’m sorry, son-in-law!”
“Sorry? Soooooorry!!!”

Not “I’m sorry,” but “Sorry!!!”

ㅡWham!

I tossed aside the vomiting guy and immediately spread my palm wide and slapped King Barganell’s face indiscriminately.

ㅡThwack!
ㅡSlap!
ㅡWham!!

“Kuagh…! Keagh!! Kuaaaaaagh!!”
“Unilateral violence overwhelms you!!!”

The devastating beating, with moderately controlled force, covered King Barganell’s face. When the violence ended, all that remained was his face, completely swollen and resembling a frog-man…

This brings my father-in-law/mother-in-law beating score to +1.

I’m only doing good things.

* * *

“I’m… sorry… for treating… your spouse… like a slave…”
“Heh heh heh, that’s right. That’s what I’m talking about.”

In the end, I was able to get a formal apology from the battered King Barganell.

“Say it to Claudie too.”
“I’m sorry… for treating you… like a slave…”

Claudie stared at him blankly and said to me.

“Katt. Do you feel better now?”
“I feel better since I beat him to a pulp.”
“Then that’s good.”

She smiled brightly at my words and touched my cheek.
Whatever the case, this is how you should deal with insults.

“If you insult someone, you should apologize immediately. Do you know how surprised I was when I first heard that? Huh?”
“… “
“I was interested when I heard that Claudie’s father had sent a letter. But when such insulting words poured out, I couldn’t help but feel enraged.”

Those were words that would get you beaten by me.

“…I’m sorry. I will never insult your spouse again.”
“Heh heh heh, good to know.”

Good.

“Anyway, how’s Claudie? You reunited with your father.”
“Not really. Like I said, I don’t really care. I just dislike him, so I don’t have any other special feelings.”

Certainly, Claudie’s eyes when looking at King Barganell were the same as when looking at any irrelevant stranger.

“I lived with him and received guidance when I was young… but he suddenly disappeared, right? I’ve thought of him as a stranger ever since.”

Suddenly disappearing is abandoning parental responsibility.

But now he’s trying to call her.

In the first place, it’s been 40 years since he became king, and he didn’t look for her during that time, but now he’s doing this, which is infuriating.

“This bastard… A parent abandons their daughter and just leaves? And then invites her like this? Hey, you. If you have a mouth, say something.”
“Th, that’s…”
“Say it!!!”
“My, my old wife, Dinabel, died.”
“Dinabel?”

Looking at Claudie’s face, she quietly said that was her mother’s name.

“She was quite precious, but after she died, my feelings subsided… So I abandoned Claudie, who is a half-elf… I had no other thoughts.”
“Oh.”
“My heart was simply settled, and the desert is not a safe place to drag a half-elf daughter around.”

So, to summarize, he lived with her until his feelings subsided, but as soon as they did, she was just a burden, so he abandoned her.

“Crazy.”

Claudie, listening to the story, was just nonchalant. She must be thinking it’s irrelevant.

Since it was a hundred years ago.

“Okay. Well, it’s fine since Claudie doesn’t care. What’s the purpose of calling me?”
“The purpose of calling you… is that I have a powerful son-in-law…”
“You want to ask me for something?”
“… “

He nodded.

Damn, I guess he thought he could get some crumbs since I’m so strong.

“No, but logically speaking, does it make sense to ask the son-in-law of a daughter you abandoned for something? Do you logically think that’s acceptable?”

When I asked that, King Barganell answered.

“Even though there was such a past… Claudie is still my daughter.”
“What?”
“Um, Katt.”

Then Claudie called me.

“Yeah. Claudie.”
“Family relationships in the desert… are patriarchal, to put it simply. The father, who has the strongest power in the family, is the highest authority. The rest are like possessions of the father. Of course, it’s the opposite if the wife is stronger.”

The desert is an amazing place.

“So, is a daughter always considered a possession of the father? And if another strong man takes her, the ownership is transferred?”
“Yes. That’s common in the desert.”

So that’s why King Barganell shamelessly called me. As expected, people establish their ego according to the culture in which they were born and raised.

“Anyway, generally speaking, King Barganell just handled things in a desert-like way. But even so, if he made Katt angry, he has to pay the price. Because Katt is stronger. And even if that wasn’t the reason, that’s Katt’s way, right?”
“That’s right.”

There’s no reason for me to consider the desert.

“Then let’s have a meal. King Barganell. I’d like to be treated to a meal since I came all this way.”
“…I understand.”

As expected, he’s submissive because he knows I’m strong.

So, we headed to the dining room, guided by King Barganell, whose face was completely swollen and bruised. Along the way, guards and servants appeared, but none of them could mess with us.

“Oh.”

The dining room was quite large.
King Barganell ordered a servant to bring various things.

While we were doing that.

ㅡWham!

At that moment, the door on the other side opened violently.

“Ah, Father!”
“Father! Oh, your face!”
“What on earth are you…!”

Guys who appeared to be King Barganell’s children ran over in shock.