Mr. Nishikino was frozen on the couch looking at his daughter and then at Michael who was also looking at him.
Many things ran through Mr. Nishikino's mind and a feeling ran through his body making him a bit uncomfortable.
After all, she is his only child and now she, who had grown up, started a relationship with the young man she met a few days ago. As a father, he did not like that his daughter had a boyfriend at a very young age, but looking at it from another point of view, the young man in front of him was very good.
His knowledge of his medicine had surpassed hers. Furthermore, she felt that if her daughter was with him, she could learn little by little and in the future she could inherit the hospital that her family had for generations.
While Mr. Nishikino was in his thoughts, Maki and Michael looked at each other very nervous.
Minutes passed and her nervousness grew inside of them until Maki couldn't hold it and she called out to her father slowly, pulling him out of her thoughts.
"F-Father?" Maki said softly to her father.
"Hmm?" Maki's father snapped out of her thoughts and looked at Maki who was looking at him nervously.
"I'm sorry" Mr. Nishikino apologized to his daughter. "I was thinking of something," he explained.
Maki nodded to her father but that's not the answer she wanted and she just kept looking at him.
Mr. Nishikino understood what his daughter meant and then said softly.
"So they already started a relationship?" Mr. Nishikino said but from his tone of voice there was not much surprise.
"Hey?" Maki and Michael exclaimed, confused by the null reaction he was showing.
"Don't look at me like that!" Maki's father said with a smile and looked at his daughter.
"I already knew that you were going to start a relationship with him soon, I just didn't expect it to be very fast" Maki's father said as if he knew that sooner or later what was predicted would happen.
"But C - ..?" Maki was going to ask but her father cut her between the lines.
"How do I knew it?" Said Maki's father, interrupting her and continued: "You could see it at first glance, daughter! Since you met him you were sighing between these days and even your mother told me that you were happy to stay yesterday with Michael and the girls "
"Father ~!" Maki complained with a very red face and glanced at Michael who also had a slightly amused expression making Maki even more ashamed and she looked at the culprit of everything: her father.
Although she was not actually angry, she did not expect her father to always look at her, she always thought that her father was very strict since he always told her that he will study well all about medicine and would not let her do other activities. The only thing she did apart from studying was learn to play the piano.
Hence when she wanted to try or try something else, her father always refused to the point of hating him a little but now she knew she was wrong. Her father always watched over her but in a strict way.
"Also, I can be calm if you have a relationship with Michael because unlike other young people, who are full of pride and arrogance, he is still very humble although I honestly do not understand why he does not want to work in the medical field" said the father of Maki emphasizing the last line of her sentence that was addressed to Michael.
Michael could hear the last part and laughed wryly and fell silent.
Maki's father shook his head and sighed, then looked at his daughter and asked, "Is there anything else you want to talk about? If not, we should meet with your mother and the other girls, so they can have dinner at our house. ".
Maki thought for a moment and something came to her mind, but she remembers that she always asked him about it, her father refused. She was nervous and doubted if she should ask but she heard Michael speak to her.
"Maki, if you want to ask your father, just do it. Don't hesitate and pursue what you want the most" Michael said with a soft smile as he looked at Maki, encouraging her to express herself in front of her father.
Maki heard Michael's words of encouragement, she gradually gathered her courage and asked her father again.
"Father, I would like to try other activities that are not related to the medical field" Maki said nervously.
Maki's father sighed heavily, because he always listened to his daughter that he wanted to do something else. Slowly she said as she remembered with nostalgia: "Daughter, it is not that I always deny you what you wish to do, it is just that that was always the tradition of the Nishikino family. That always the first son of the current head of the family hospital, must inherit the mantle already whether you like it or not. "
"It has been like this for many generations, I know very well that you do not like the idea of inheriting the hospital and you want to try other activities. But what can I do? Although I would like to fulfill your request, I cannot." Mr. Nishikino said looking at his daughter that she had a sad look.
Michael, who was listening to everything, was about to speak but heard a ringing in his mind and thought: 'A new task? ', so he decided to check.
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Ding!
"The host has a new task" said the system.
"New Task: Help Maki
Mission 1: Try to help Maki convince her father so that she can try other activities
Reward: 5000 exp points, 2000 store points, 3 normal lottery tickets, 1 Supreme lottery ticket. "
'Huh? Doesn't it seem like the payoff is a bit good? '
"System, why is the reward a bit higher than usual?" Michael said with a doubtful tone.
"Host, it's because Miss Maki is a future member of U's. Because Maki's father gets in the way, it is possible that in the future, Maki won't be able to join U's and if she does, she would have to leave late or later due to the family tradition of the Nishikino. " He explained the system.
" And how do you know that?" Michael asked surprised that the system is informed about Maki.
"Everything is for the memories of the host, before the system engages with the host, it first did a complete analysis and within it, there were the memories" explained the system.
"I see" Michael fell silent thinking and asked the system: "Should I just convince my future father-in-law?"
"Exactly" said the system.
Michael nodded and took a deep breath, coming back to reality. He slowly called Maki's father and started talking.
"Mr. Nishikino, I think Maki should try other activities. Although I know it is not my place to speak, I wish to express my support for her daughter's request." Michael said looking at Mr. Nishikino.
Mr. Nishikino said nothing and continued listening to what the young man, in front of him, wanted to say.
"I think Maki should enjoy her youth more, because if someone feels obliged to do something that she doesn't like very much, when she tries to perform, there will be mistakes.
Therefore, Maki better try to find something that she likes the most. Besides, it's not like Maki should now inherit the hospital. Perhaps in a few years, Maki will have children, and they could inherit the family business.
However, I promise to help Maki study medicine in case she wants to go back to studying about the family business. "Michael said with a serious and solemn tone of voice.
Mr. Nishikino finished listening to what Michael said and began to think that Michael's words showed some logic and he felt that he was right.
After a few minutes of contemplation, Mr. Nishikino looked at his daughter who was red from embarrassment and was glaring at Michael. He then remembered what he said about some children and understood why Maki is embarrassed. He coughed lightly, drawing the attention of his and Michael's daughter.
He looked at his daughter and said: "Okay, I'll give you permission to do other activities, yes, your grades at school should not drop. In case they drop, you will quickly return to studying the business"
"Father ~!" Maki exclaimed hugging her father tightly because she was happy that her father can grant her permission but even more happy that Michael helped her fulfill her request.
"Let's get down at once, they must be worried" said Mr. Nishikino getting up from the sofa and approaching the exit. But before he can leave, he looked at Michael and said: "I will try to contact my friend from the publisher, it may take 1 day at least or a week at most."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Nishikino" said Michael grateful for the help provided by his future father-in-law.
"Don't mention it, I'll try to help where I can" said Mr. Nishikino with a slight smile and left the room.
"Come on ~" Maki said looking at her boyfriend, as her parents accepted the relationship.
"You're right, let's go" Michael said and walked out with Maki gently holding hands.