"Not at all." I shrugged. "If my daughter doesn't want to marry someone, I won't force her. And if anyone tries to make her, I'll handle it—through any means necessary, even underhanded ones. They can call me a coward if they want. It wouldn't change anything in Sancta Vedelia anyway, since all those Heads already hate me."
"Ahahah!" Leora threw her head back in laughter, the rich sound filling the room. "Ah, such confidence you have! Is that how you managed to make Elizabeth and Alicia fall for you?"
"M-Mother...!" Alicia's face turned a deep shade of red as she stomped her foot, half in embarrassment, half in anger.
Meanwhile, I could only grimace at the remark.
