“W-What do you mean?” Dialugia asked.

“It’s just like I said,” Kang Hyun-Wook replied.

“Ah…”

Dialugia was shocked. She seemed to be having a difficult time accepting that she was the reason why her daughter had strayed from the right path. And I was sure she was having different thoughts about it.

‘Even I knew why things turned out this way…’

This family wasn’t created in a normal way. Dialugia and I didn’t have anything in common, and we didn’t really like each other. If anything, we were kind of uncomfortable around each other. Of course, I had already made up for our not-so-good first meeting through the enormous nest, as well as the warm, high-quality food. But even if I tried hard to forget about it, the impression I had gotten of her back then wouldn’t disappear. Obviously, we hadn’t really been making any physical contact, and we had never exchanged loving words as well. When I thought about how Smartie had been watching us the entire time, it could definitely be one of the factors that brought about her change.

After checking our expression, Dr. Kang Hyun-Wook was about to start talking again and even though she criticized me earlier by saying that...