So had never known parental love. In fact, the first time So had truly felt the warmth of love was after he met Soo, who was always overflowing with love and warmth to anybody who needed, even if it meant giving up a piece of herself. She was a pillar of strength and morality for everybody around her and never refused to do anything less than what she believed in, no matter the cost of her actions. Even from the grave Soo was teaching him a lesson. Without Soo, he would never have known how to love someone so deeply and even now, she was teaching him what it meant to love someone in the purest form.
The purest form of love was to love someone with everything you have without the expectation of anything in return. It meant being the best person you could for the one you love and protecting them with your all and although Wang So had never personally experienced such a thing, he suddenly understood this feeling. Within moments of meeting that little girl, his little girl, he understood it all. He suddenly understood what it meant to be a father to someone. Unlike his other "children" who were born out of greed for power and glory, this child was different. He wanted to give this child and his unconditional love. This little girl had been a product, a testament to the love that her parents shared and he wanted nothing more than to give her the world and safeguard her from any harm but he knew that the best way he could love and protect her was to let her go and to let her live free.
Because Soo was right. She had always been right. The palace was a dark and scary place where nobody was safe. Everybody was a pawn in the fight for power and the ones that come out victorious were the only ones that survived. Parental love and protection meant nothing in this place and children were just pawns for their parents to advance in the playing field.
The greatest gift he could ever give Soo and his child was to set her free and let her live away from the games and bloodshed of the palace.
A/N: the next part will be less sad. Promise!
