The Prince's Beloved Servant

My Dad's a Midget

"That's his house!" the children pointed at a house in front of which were some elves sitting there.

As the woman said, it turns out that her father was a drink seller. "Thank you" Yuri said, giving the children a piece of money. They looked excited and immediately ran away leaving Yuri.

Slowly Yuri walked closer towards the group of elves who were talking there. The shop reminded him of the street vendors.

"Well, isn't that Yuri?" one of the customers realized his existence. Another look immediately fell on him.

"Oh, Yuri's finally home?"

"Why is he getting worse and worse" muttered one of them. His tone was slow, but Yuri could still hear him.

"God! Don't say it like that. He could go again and not come home!"

"Grafin .. Your daughter Yuri is back!" yell one of them.

"really?" a voice sounded from inside the house.

"Yes, your daughter is back. Is he going to give you happy tidings like a wedding?"

"Who would want to marry Yuri? Haha ...."

"Who knows if anyone would be kind enough to marry her."

"Grafin, Grafin .. pity your daughter must inherit your ugliness."

"If you want to insult my daughter, get out of here!"

Yuri heard a cry of anger that seemed to come from her father. He did not understand why they were making fun of him, to the point of talking about marriage and its ugly appearance. The father continued to clash with those who tried to insult his daughter who had just returned home.

Yuri ventured closer to the house after the men left. He was very surprised when he saw the figure of the man who was his father. His physique looked short like a child with his curly hair. His ears were not pointed, his body was exactly like a small SD-age child, shorter than him.

Yurika just found out that Yuri's father is a Midget or dwarf. Apparently, Yuri's origin from the marriage of a noble elf with the midgets. Something he never guessed before. Yuri mixtus with Ezra.

Grafin looked down. He knew that his daughter did not want to meet him. Yuri hated her father. Yuri always blames her midget father but is determined to love an elf so that her fate becomes very miserable.

"Dad," call Yuri.

He walked closer to his father, kneeling before him to give his father a hug. The graphine feels weird. Her daughter had never done anything like that before. However, he was still happy to see his daughter back.

Grafin looked at Yuri's face with a smile. The princess, who he hadn't seen in the past few years, had grown bigger.

"Your journey must have been exhausting. Come in and rest. I'll make you food and drink."

Yuri followed her father into the house which consisted of one spacious room. Like his residence in the residence of the Jansen nobility, there was also a haystack that he believed to be a bed. His father was in the kitchen.

"Drink, this will make your condition quickly become fit." the father brought a glass of drink for him.

Yuri watched the drink she received as well as smelled the aroma. "Is this a potion from orcis bungan?" tanyakanya.

Yuri nodded. He closed his nose and gulped down the drink his father gave him.

"Father glad you're home." Grafin seemed to sigh in memory of the past. "The last time we met, you said you would not come back to this village again" he said in a sad tone.

"Yuri, listen to me! Whatever the villagers say about you, you're still Dad's favorite son."

"Dad never regretted loving your mother and having you as a child."

Yurika could see the sincerity twinkle emitted by the eyes of Grafin. He remembered the figure of his grandmother who had struggled to raise orphans like him. Whatever the reason, Yuri should have respected her father. He was upset by Yuri's decision to leave his only family and end up dead on the gallows because of Asteria's slander.

Grafin grabbed Yuri's hand. "Although no man wants to marry you yet, I am sure that you will find a good man for you."

Yuri smiled. From the words of Grafin, it seems like he can begin to understand the life Yuri experienced. He lives under pressure in society because of the people around him who like to look down on him. Moreover, Yuri is not an ordinary mixtus, he has a descendant of a midget who usually becomes a joke in the community. The elves felt that their nation was superior to the midgets and the ogres. In fact, arrogance is often the cause of destruction.

"What about the Jansen family over there? Did they treat you well?"

Yuri smiled while shaking her head. "Nobody treats me better than my own family, Dad," he said. He does not want to pretend to be happy living in a place that needs a hard struggle there.

Grafin looked disappointed. "Dad thought you'd better live there. Get enough food and away from their scorn" said Grafin.

The main reason Grafin sold Yuri as a child, was because he knew it would be difficult to live as a mixtus. His father is a midget. In addition, the economic condition used to be very bad. Even to eat alone he had trouble. Yuri can stay in the noble residence, her meal is definitely more assured.

"Can I choose to live with Dad? I don't want to go back to that place anymore" Yuri Pinta.

"You sure?" Grafin was a bit shocked to hear his daughter's request. I still can't believe Yuri wants to stay with him. "If you live with your father, you may no longer be able to eat bread or meat. Your father was just a drink salesman."

"I can eat anything, Dad. Don't worry" Yuri said, calming the father.

Yurika is determined to change Yuri's life. If he manages to get away from Asteria, then Yuri need not end his life at the gallows. The relationship between Yuri and the father that is tenuous will be repaired. Yuri must still love her father even if only a mixtus.

"I don't think I'm sure this is Yuri, dad's favorite daughter. We always have different opinions about everything."

Yuri smiled a smile. "From now on, I'm the daughter of a father who loves me very much. We will live together like a family. Together is better than we live alone, father."

Yuri's words sounded very wise. Maybe carried away the past experience of a Yurika who also had a difficult life had no one. Yurika Principle, while the family is still there, we must take care of it. Regrets will always come at the end.

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Title: The Passion of the Pakor

Author: R. Angela