"Why!? Why must my baby suffer?"

His watery eyes were filled with boundless rage, just like back then. Even though he became a mortal, his heart still drowned in wrath when he found out that fate was so cruel to his daughter. Whenever his family gets hurt, he bleeds.

"It is okay, honey. The pain will only last for a few days. Everyone goes through this on the coming of age," I tried to calm him down with reason, but reason had never worked on him.

"Everyone can suffer. But not my Vena!" He said a little loudly. Tears poured out of his eyes as he thought about her pain. Vena who was sleeping peacefully in his arms moved in discomfort when she heard his loud voice. Black quietened down.

"Dinner is ready," Asmodeus called out from downstairs.

Black patted Vena's back and then he whispered in her ears, "Don't worry love. I'll not let anyone hurt you... Even if it's fate."

Black rubbed his face against her cheek. And at that moment, my little girl's small hand innocently pushed his face away. She never liked her dad's facial hair.

"I'll not let you suffer."