Records of the Weakest Emperor

Chapter 104: He Is Not Your Daddy

The money that Calvin gave to Charlotte and Cecilia could last them for months.

Charlotte was sufficiently happy and Cecilia was the same. In the past few days, Calvin urged the pair to tour the city for it was unhealthy that such a little girl like Cecilia would be confined to a small and disgusting place such as this house.

Of course, Calvin wasn't idle in the past few days.

He had visited the Yang Bridge, Ouyang's Genuine Treasure House, United Seamen's Coalition Ashmelion Branch, Narcista Street, Elmo's Woodworks, Dannie's Entertainment Company, Mapayapa Street, and the Epifanio Street. He didn't stay for too long when he visited these places.

He just stood there for a while and scribble on his notebook.

Afterwards, he would leave and never turn back.

He only visited these places once except Elmo's Woodworks whom he visited twice.

Calvin stared at the dilapidated ceiling of Charlotte and Cecilia's house.

It was unknown what he was thinking.

A knock came from the door and Charlotte came in along with Cecilia.

They had returned from their small tour that lasted for the entire day.

Even though they did tour the place, what they did the entire time was only walking.

The two didn't dare to enter any establishment for they were too afraid that they would be unable to pay for the services of those establishments. In other words, these two didn't visit any restaurant, so when they returned home. They were painfully hungry.

Fortunately, their roommate, Elsa gave them a few pieces of black bread to eat.

Calvin also ate one, and he found that the bread was painful to swallow.

The flour used for the creation of this bread was too crude that Calvin reckoned that anyone had a high chance of choking if they ate this without drinking any water.

"Uncle Superman... Thank you..."

Cecilia suddenly approached Calvin and said these words in a small tone of voice.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Calvin who had claimed the bed that Elsa's late grandson had been using said with a smile on his face.

"Mommy told me that if not for you giving us money, then we would be homeless... Mommy told me to thank you." She said with a surprisingly innocent look on her face.

Calvin ruffled the hair of the young girl and said, "All right, all right, I accept your gratitude..."

"Come to think of it, did you have fun?"

"Yeah! Let me tell you this uncle! Mommy walked along the coast of the river and we found small crabs! I took one but they bit my finger and I cried! I cried so loud and asked mommy for help but she was also afraid of the small crabs!"

"If not for a kind uncle who removed the crab from my finger, I would still be hurting!"

Cecilia explicitly said that her mother was afraid of small crabs with this innocent look on her face.

"You..."

"Cecilia! What are you saying...?" Shocked by the sudden betrayal, a crimson hue immediately suffused Charlotte's cheeks as she sheepishly glanced at Calvin out of embarrassment.

But Calvin laughed out loud hearing Cecilia's exposition.

Cecilia, Calvin, and Charlotte talked with each other. Their voices were so loud that Grandma Elsa was forced to cover her head with a few cheap haystack pillows just so she could sleep. Of course, she first wanted to scold the three for being so noisy.

But when she saw the look on Charlotte and Cecilia's faces...

She decided not to intervene.

It has been several years since she became Charlotte and Cecilia's roommates, but this was the first time that she saw Charlotte give such a genuine smile and laughter.

Most of the time, she would find Charlotte with a heavy look on her face, worrying about where she could get the money for their next meal.

Although annoyed by the laughter and the voices, Elsa slept with a smile on her face.

"Calvin... Thank you so much for what you have done to us since that day... I promise you that once I get my lucky break, I'll pay you back..." After a few hours of continuous talking, even Cecilia who seemingly had an inexhaustible source of energy fell asleep.

While rubbing the back of her daughter so she could sleep more comfortably, Charlotte looked at Calvin and politely thanked him for everything.

"All right. Then, I wouldn't be shy. Remember to pay me back once you go big!" Calvin joked with her, trying to lighten the atmosphere but Charlotte merely pouted and smiled.

The scene in front of Calvin should've been incredibly picturesque if not for Charlotte's unhealthy complexion after years of continuous exposure to harmful chemicals in the matchstick company where she used to work for a living.

Calvin stared at the sleeping Cecilia and he was suddenly reminded of the times when he had an option to have a family... Back then, Calvin had the choice to retire. But he chose not to for he had learned about humanity's impending doom.

Abandoning his duties when he knew what was about to happen was not something that Calvin could do.

Thus, he abandoned Ria and the other women whom he loved and wanted to have a family with for the sake of saving humanity.

But in the end, it was humanity whom he saved that abandoned him.

Calvin let out a sigh.

Staring at the sleeping Cecilia...

Calvin hoped that he could turn back into a child and be as innocent and as ignorant as Cecilia.

If he could, then he would be able to forget about these burdens.

He could be unfettered once more and have the freedom to do whatever he wanted to do.

But since he managed to return back to the past and he knew that he had a world to save. He couldn't possibly abandon the world and let it die along with its inhabitants.

Like what he had done in the past...

He would save the world once more.

But this time, he vowed to never make the same mistakes that led to his downfall.

Calvin stretched his hand out and lovingly ruffled the hair of the little girl.

Charlotte raised her head and saw that there was an inexplicably stern look on Calvin's face.

It was as if he was deeply thinking about something.

Suddenly...

Cecilia raised her plump little hands and rubbed her groggy eyes as she woke up.

"Daddy!"

Charlotte was surprised, and before she could react.

Cecilia threw herself into Calvin's embrace, "Uwuwuwu... Daddy... I dreamt that you left us again... Daddy, please don't leave us... Mommy suffered a lot when you're gone. Sometimes, I would see that she won't eat just so I can eat... I don't want to see mommy suffer anymore... Uwuwuwu...."

Calvin's expression softened.

The serious thoughts that he had vanished in an instant.

He let out a sigh and at this moment, Charlotte finally reacted.

"Cecilia... You are mistaken. This is your Uncle Superman! He is your Uncle Calvin. Not your daddy."

When Cecilia fell half an hour earlier, Charlotte heard her talk in her sleep about wanting to see her daddy again. This made Charlotte feel remorse and sorrow.

But it was completely out of her expectations that Cecilia would throw herself into Calvin's embrace and think that he was her father!

How could this be?

No, no, no...

Charlotte was so anxious and embarrassed that she dragged Cecilia and carried her on her shoulders, "You shouldn't joke like this to your Uncle Superman... Uncle Calvin is your Uncle Superman. You are mistaken, he is not your daddy."