Sad OST recommended-

Amelina couldn't stop. No, she won't stop even if she could. Even in the rain, she will never stop dancing until all the blue in her vicinity turn as red as a blooming rose. After all, Miru was the one who told her.

"Don't join the competition-"

Amelina kneed a boy in the stomach and proceeded to break one of his legs when he stumbled down in pain.

"-no matter if you have to break a hand or a leg, or even take a life."

To free these children from falling further into the abyss, Amelina needs to render them dysfunctional so none of them will be used by the family for the political war, for the name and fame, for a rise in status. The reminder repeated like a mantra in her mind, every word followed by a slash or a crack and the mantra finally faded out when the girl found no one else was standing around her.

Suddenly, she could hear the pitter-patter of the rain clearly.

'No. This is not the end. There must be more of them!'

Bright aqua orbs scanned across the sea of bodies and her sharp ears perked up, hearing a voice beckoning to her.

"Ame…"

Aqua irises immediately locked on its new target, Amelina's body automatically launching itself towards the blue-haired person and the tip of her hardened fingers almost piercing the other person-

'Don't, Ame!'

If not for the bigger hand gripping Amelina's shinsoo-coated hand, abruptly locking Amelina in place, her ponytail windswept upwards due to the impact.

No one dared to move, no one dared to even breath as they were all taken aback by the unexpected appearance of the head of the Khun family, Khun Eduan himself in the flesh, standing in between the rampaging girl and Khun Marco Asensio. The family head, who never made any official appearances for a decade, finally showing up just for a nobody kid running rampant?

That doesn't sound plausible.

Of course, they were all glad the family head himself appeared, since he absolutely could solve this trivial problem in a matter of seconds. Perhaps as a punishment for causing a ruckus in the presence of him, Eduan would kill the insolent demon-child? Or maybe throw her into the infamous hell called Name Hunt Station? Every person was anticipating Eduan's next action, but what the family head said wasn't exactly what they would imagine.

"You have never gotten this serious in your trainings, and was even more reluctant to inflict pain nor hurt others," a sigh escaped Eduan's lips, resembling that of a tired father, "-why bother doing this now?"

No one could ever comprehend Eduan's words- all except one. All except Asensio who was still frozen in his tracks, his eyes scrutinizing the Amelina who was breathing heavily, all the tension from her bloodlust finally released. The girl slowly switched her gaze down her locked hand and up towards the man who stopped her, the very one called her father, and the very one who made her vision turns red.

A fierce and hateful glare immediately replaced her passive expression, the girl openly glaring at the family head- one thing no one will ever dare to do as the crowds in the background gasped in shock at the blatant rudeness.

"It's you… You- YOU!" Amelina harshly tugged at her hand but Eduan never faltered, his grip becoming even firmer than before. "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT TO BEGIN WITH! Why… WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE MY FATHER?!" the girl screamed at the top of her lungs, all the while pulling at her hand, trying to get away from her own father. "If you never picked me out of amusement, I wouldn't suffered so much! I wouldn't have met her and I wouldn't have to part from the people I love! I wouldn't have to do this… if it's not because of this family you created…! I wouldn't have to… suffer…this much…"

The loud voice eventually turned smaller and ragged sobs began to escape the girl's mouth, she herself weakly hitting her father's torso after giving up trying to get away.

"Hic hic…! It's all father's fault!" Amelina wailed, snapping Asensio's out of his daze. "Let go of me…!"

Asensio has watched over Amelina for years. He knew she wasn't someone who would cry, much less crying like a little kid. But what he saw with his own eyes made himself realize something all over again- he failed to notice how much has Amelina hid under that mask of façade, under the tough persona she'd wore around him and Maschenny. Just how much has she been holding back? How much tears did she held in? How much of Amelina he really knew all this time?

Now, it was Asensio who felt like crying. The man clenched and unclenched his hands a few times, biting back the frustration of being a failure of a brother. 'What would father do… in this situation?'

A flutter of white-blue robe swishing resounded as Eduan covered the wailing and crying Amelina under it, before hoisting the girl up and letting Amelina cry into his shoulders. It wasn't without protest. Amelina who could not fight back Eduan could only hit her father's chest repeatedly while flailing her legs around while saying it was his fault all over, in hope her father would put her down.

If it wasn't the Khun family, it would've looked like an endearing scene of a father comforting his daughter who was throwing a tantrum. But this was the Khun. The Khun family wasn't normal. And this definitely wasn't normal. But no one dared to retort anything as Eduan turned around to leave.

Passing by the downcast Asensio, Eduan muttered just enough for him to hear, "Clean up the rest."

If it was for Amelina, Asensio would do anything.

In the grey world darkened by the clouds of heavy rain, it wasn't only Asensio who was torn inside out by Amelina's outburst- or rather, rampage.

Khun Eduan said nothing as he relished in the rain, after getting away from the prying crowds whom he should've blasted away if it wasn't for his dear daughter in his arms. The dark sky really reflected the pure devastation he was feeling right now, and he chuckled bitterly at the irony of the situation.

"That was the first time- I heard you called me your father," Eduan clenched the back of his daughter's uniform. He was thankful Amelina couldn't see his face right now. "Now that I think of it, your name… also meant rain."

Author's note:

Heyooo, I am very sorry for the frequent hiatus and really really slow updates, but please be understanding. I am still a student and there's much more important things calling for my attention (even though I don't wanna attend to them)

Sed :')

Anyway, I've seen some that aren't satisfied with the upcoming plot, but what I can say is that this story has been planned for a long time by me and my precious editor (the only problem is my limited time to properly produce those plots into writing), so suddenly changing the plot is not possible. If it is not your cup of tea, then I apologize and I recommend you to search up for another story. But also thank you for those who give me pointers and commented on the story! I am always working hard to improve myself, so that everyone can enjoy this story!

Sayonara! Love chu guys!