YEONJUN POV

I was nervous to say the least. This was probably going to be the first time I had visited my father. My father stayed in the Monzara Penitentiary for the Magically Troubled. He was in here for his crimes. The very crime that nearly killed me as a child. 

I sat in the waiting area. My mom had no idea I was here. I told her I'd be hanging out with friends. It wasn't long before I sat across from my father. Now I would've been ecstatic if I had come over a year ago. Or even a few days ago...  I would've probably been ready to accept my father as he is. However, I can't say that is the case since I was shoved into the Lake Of Mist. "Yeonjun ? You came to see me ?", my father asked almost immediately recognizing me. Had mom been visiting him ?

"왜요? 벌써 가라고요?" (Why ? You want me to leave already ?) I couldn't believe how relieved he sounded. Did he think I had forgiven him ? I t should've made me feel guilty, but I could care less about how he felt. I nearly died because of him. "What's on your mind, Yeonjun ah ?"

I had one mission. Make this the first & last time I talk with my father. "I want you to apologize. That ritual you tried could've killed me." My father sighed deeply as he began avoiding eye contact. I had been living with the intense irrational fear that I could die any day now. What if the spell was just delayed because my mother got involved ?

"사과할까요? 연준아 씨, 사과 안 할게요. 마법은 예측할 수 없습니다. 안 드셨으면 더 좋았을 거예요." (Apologize ? I won't apologize for that, Yeonjun ah. Magic is unpredictable. It would've been better if you never had it.) What ? He wasn't going to apologize because he claims he did what he had done for me ? 

My anger was slowly rising with this news. The light above us began to flicker. We were separated with a partition that allowed you to look through it. "So you would've been satisfied if I had died from what you were doing ? Is that what you are saying, Dad ?" Even calling him dad felt foreign, but that was what he was. He unfortunately was my father. 

"당신은 언제나 내 아들 연준아입니다. 당신을 죽이고 싶지 않았어요 제가 원한 건 마법을 없애는 거였어요 당신을 돌봐준 것에 대해 절대 사과하지 않겠습니다." (You'll always be my son, Yeonjun ah. I never wanted to kill you. All I wanted was to rid you of magic. I will never apologize for looking out for you.)  My anger had hit its peak. So I did a spell that I would find effective, but won't interact with any spells the penitentiary had done on his magically spelled handcuffs. 

I rose from my seat, locking eyes with my father for the last time.  He tired to speak more, but not a single sound was released. I sighed. He deserved this. I am so sure of that. I won't feel guilty because he won't own up to what he had done. "Don't bother trying to speak. You can't."

He tried once more & nothing happened. I guess he thought I'd lift the mute spell. I smirked, "이 일이 끝나면 다시는 당신을 방문하지 않겠습니다. 당신은 내 아버지가 될 자격이 없어요 당신은 당신이 한 일에 대해 썩을 자격이 있어요." (I will never visit you again after this. You don't deserve the right of being my father. You deserve to rot for what you've done.)

Once outside the facility, I had felt better than I ever have. I was finally rid of him, & able to start the next chapter of my life not fearing I'd someday become him. 

I then made my way back to the institute.