Mistake

Soledad sat on her bed hiding her face between her knees. She didn't want to open the bedroom door even though her mother kept urging her to come out and tell her what really happened in the palace last night.
News of the illicit relationship scandal between Disha and Prince Leonidas quickly spreads and reaches the ears of Sheerkan and his wife. Commander Sheerkan gets cursed at when he comes to the knight headquarters to deliver a speech. It seems that the rumors about his youngest daughter's scandal is much more interesting to hear than the speech he is about to deliver.
"Disha, open the door...! Why won't you listen to your mother, Disha...!" Lady Margaretha kept on knocking on the door, hoping Disha would soften up and open the door for her.
Disha was crying sobbing, she couldn't forget what happened to her and it was so embarrassing that she couldn't look her father in the eye.
"Just let me persuade her, Marry! You go to your room!" Said Commander Sheerkan. He knew that he could be much gentler to his daughter than his wife.
"She really embarrasses me! How could she do that with the crown prince? What if she gets pregnant? Oh my God, what should I do?"
"Calm down, Marry! You don't need to explain everything. Disha is in a state of shock over this issue, I don't want your words to upset her even more!"
"You always defended her, because of that she grew up to be a selfish and stubborn girl. Because of her actions, our family became the butt of everyone's ridicule. I couldn't even walk out and show my face in front of other people. I was really embarrassed, Sheerkan!"
"Calm down, Mary!"
"How can I calm down, how? She is no longer a virgin. No man from the nobility will marry her. She can only be a concubine and-"
"Stop what you're saying and go to your room...!" Commander Sheerkan shouted. He could no longer hold back his patience. He didn't know why he could marry a woman who had a selfish character and didn't want to hear other people's opinions like this.
Lady Margaretha was silent after being shouted at by her husband who was very distant to raise his tone to her. Her eyes were wet and she immediately went to her room crying sobbing like a victim who needed to be pitied.
Sheerkan took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Is doesn't know what kind of patience he needs to have in order for him to survive this far. He had lost his family and everything he had since childhood and when he realized that he was the only one left of his clan, he was determined to revive his clan and regain the honor of the Faux Clan, a clan that has long been the guardian and protector of the earth from destruction. .
Knock...knock...knock...
He knocked on Disha's door gently, he was the only person who didn't want to judge the mistakes his daughter had made.
"My dear daughter, may I come in?" He said softly.
Disha hears her father's voice, she knows that she will never be able to ignore her father. For her, her father is a hero and the figure she is most proud of, even though not everyone appreciates his sacrifice. But right now, what happened wasn't something she could talk about easily. It's about her feelings as well as her relationship with the members of the imperial family that should never have happened.
"My dear daughter, how about we eat together? Your sister-in-law cooked your favorite gingerbread." Again and again, Commander Sheerkan tried to persuade his daughter and even though it was difficult, he didn't want to give up.
"Don't you want it, darling? Don't you want to accompany your father to tea anymore?"
Hearing her father's words frustrated her, her father would definitely weaken her by saying something pitiful like that. Although reluctant, Disha was forced to go to the door and open it.
"Father, please don't talk like that anymore! You know I love you very much, right?" Her eyes were wet as she looked at her father's aging face. Disha tightly hugged her father's body which was still not fully recovered from the injury even though his leg which was previously severed, has now started to grow back and regenerate.
"I'm sorry, honey! Sorry that I couldn't protect you from the mean things they said to you, I'm really sorry!"
"It's not your fault, Father! We've never done anything wrong. Therefore, I beg you, stop blaming yourself!"

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Disha was still silent even though her father was waiting for her to speak. She didn't know how to explain to her father what had happened between her and Prince Leonidas.

"Disha, I has sent contest invitations to young men who want to be your husband." Said Commander Sheerkan. Instead of waiting for Disha to speak, he immediately made his point.

"You really want to do a contest, Father? How can that be after the trouble I caused? There won't be any youths coming to do the competition, it'll only embarrass us!"

"That's precisely why we have to do it. To find a young man who truly loves you sincerely. If he really wants you, he will definitely fight for you!"

"But, Father! I already-"

"My daughter, I am your father. I know very well what my daughter is like. You and Prince Leonidas can't possibly-"

"We really did, Father! This was all my fault. Because of that, I deeply regret it!"

"You regret your relationship with him?"

"I know it shouldn't happen. But I can't refuse it!"

"You did it because he forced you? If that's true, then I'll-"

"No, Father! He did force me, but I-" Disha couldn't continue her words. It's so hard to tell someone that she wants it too.

Like Leonidas said, she was just a hypocritical girl who kept trying to act like the innocent girl her family loved. She kept playing the role and it really made her ashamed of himself.

Commander Sheerkan looked at his daughter's blushing face. He realized one thing that his daughter had fallen in love.

"You fell in love with him?"

"It was a mistake, right? Me and him can't be together."

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