I Am No King's
Chapter 73 – Client's Past
~Lacuna POV~
"Lacuna, I have a request."
Huh huh? A request? What request do you want?
Mila saw me sharp. "Please don't show this katana to anyone. You can use it, but on condition that your opponent dies, like in a cleaning job."
I'm speechless.
Yes, from the beginning, I did not want to show it to anyone. I showed that katana to Mila was an exception. An exception is because she is my mother.
Another reason I told him this was that I wanted to test him a bit. Is she a mother I deserve? Or didn't? If he is someone I deserve respect for, I have nothing to lose, but no profit to either. However, if he is not someone I do not deserve respect for, I will lose.
On the other hand, Sonya still continued to eat the snacks that had just been placed on the table by the waiter, while drinking tea. He just kept quiet and listened to our conversation.
"Can you please explain why?" i asked.
"That's a lot. Obviously, not because I want to take this katana and kill you. Nope. I have absolutely no such intention."
Mila stood up and returned my katana. I received it and put it back in the sheath next to the sofa.
"First, I don't want to be your student's enemy. If he had dozens of weapons like this, he could not have come from an ordinary family. If any one of our members made trouble for him, just to get the weapon, I'm afraid that Anastasia's family will be cleaned by him."
Well, you were right about the family being cleaned. But there's another reason, right?
"Second, which is the main reason, is that I do not want the previous mafia competition in the field of trade and services to be transformed into the realm of the abolition of control, the annihilation of other organizations. If until this happens, the additional damage that will occur, collateral damage, must increase dramatically. It does not rule out the possibility of them rebelling and overthrowing the government.
"If it happens, this country will be an unsafe place for anyone. The government's policy of banning gangster war is also very much appreciated. This prevents large-scale bloodshed from occurring."
As a result, this country became a paradise for mercenaries like us.
"Take an example now, of Ibrahim's family problems," Mila added. "If gangster war is not prohibited, surely many new members who do not know anything attack the Ibrahim family, trying to find a name to rise in the ranks quickly.
"When that happens, maybe Ibrahim's family will suffer a loss. However, our members who attacked were also bound to be many dead. If dealt with mercenary, the number of casualties would drop dramatically, by half, because only one party was harmed, right?"
Yeah, he's not wrong. This point of view is correct. Especially if....
"Are you married?"
Mila smile. "Is it that clear?"
"Yes, very clearly," I replied. "Normally, only people who have found a loved one or have a family who think like that. For people who are still single and have not met a loved one, they put their achievements and careers first."
A smile was still on Mila's face. He did not avoid my words at all. In fact, I could see her smile getting wider as she leaned back.
For a moment, Mila looked towards the waiter. The waiter nodded and left.
Ah, he wanted to make this conversation personal huh. I asked Sonya to leave. He complied and went with the waiter.
"Lacuna, I want to tell you something personal. Do you want to hear it? It's free, you don't have to tell me anything in return."
"I don't know if it's free. But are you sure you want to tell me? I mean, we've only met face-to-face three times. Are you sure?"
"You asked me if I was sure twice was proof I could trust you. And, for some reason, I feel like trusting you is the right thing."
"Thank you."
After that, Mila started telling stories. In the beginning, he told me about the family he used to have, my father and I. Her first baby, who was me, was almost killed at birth. The doctor who noticed the baby's symptoms of difficulty breathing immediately took the baby out of the room.
After that, Mila is not allowed to approach her son until the child is able to obtain a power that is able to match Mila. Of course this makes Mila sad. It was then that she and her husband agreed to part ways for a while. Mila's goal is to find a control-busting object.
So, since giving birth, she had never touched her child at all. After a few years, he finally found a control-busting object in the country. Unfortunately, the only way to obtain the item was two, become a soldier or join the mafia.
Mila couldn't possibly enlist in the army because it would make her unable to return home. And, given Mila's background working on the black market, she chooses to join the mob, the Anastasia family. Unfortunately, he had not had time to get the thing, a news broke in the event of a gangster war in his home country, right my stay.
She even asked for leave just to ensure the condition of her husband and child. When she arrived, her husband and son were nowhere to be found. Mila believes that her husband and son died because of gangster war that occurred.
Actually, I'd like to say that you died a while before the gangster war and I left. But, I won't say it. I let Mila continue the story.
After that, he became desperate. At that moment, another man came and calmed her down. Be ordinary.
Despite being married to this man, they were not endowed with children. Anastasia's family thinks maybe the stress and depression experienced by Mila is the cause. Perhaps, deep inside Mila, she did not want to have children if she would not be able to touch her again.
Finally, just six years ago, Mila was pregnant. The same thing happened. This time, because Mila and her husband had already secured a high position in the Anastasia family, she was entrusted with a control ring. Thanks to the ring, she was able to hug her newborn child and live a normal life with her new family. Yeah, normal mafia standards.
Mila's child is pretty far from me, almost thirty years old. It seems that losing my father and me was a huge blow to Mila.
I was quite surprised that she and her husband had not separated because they had no children. Yes, maybe her husband is not a person who is concerned about heredity.
But of all that, I have one question.
Seriate
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And, as always, the author wants to do the endorsement. Currently, the illustrator whose image is used as a cover is a pixiv, ⁇ or QYS3 illustrator. So, before, the author just took a walk in pixiv, looking for original content, trus pm artistnya. Because it is not the result of a commission, but public content, the author also does not spend money.
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