Another manga where the daughter dislikes the father for no reason... so disappointing... Since chapter 1, I already didn't like how she only thinks of her siblings and never her father, but this chapter is the worst.
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My father already died, so I really dislike this trope. So maybe my response here will sound childish.
The issue is that from the very beginning, she already disliked him while she loved her siblings so much. Also, her father still tried his best; he lost his job, so we don't know what he is doing because the MC doesn't care about him at all to check on him. The father is kind to her; he is there when checking her magic, calming her down when it looks like she is afraid, telling her it's totally fine even if her magic is nothing powerful, praising her, checking on how she was doing at school, etc. I understand she didn't need to like him, but currently, she dislikes him to the point of not even wanting to talk with him at all.
No one seems willing or able to tell her exactly what the Viscount did to get canned from his position within the ministry, and all she knows is that, under his charge, their family and estate has crumbled to the point that all three young children were malnourished and all but four servants left the House, and
they all need side jobs just to make ends' meet (and they have to hide this fact from the viscount himself).
She's seen him do nothing but sit in his study--doing who knows what--while everything almost literally wastes away around him, and she's given no explanation or justification for the predicament she is thrust into.
Plus, she's got a list of priorities to attend to before getting to the bottom of whatever the viscount's deal is, and that includes taking care of her younger brothers
in place of their father figure, who is an adult in this situation.
Honestly, I'd argue she's holding it together when dealing with her father quite well, considering he's not
her father, and she--as an adult in Patience' body--is judging him as a contemporary who appears incapable of fulfilling his duties as a noble and a parent.
Sure, there's more likely going on under the surface with him, and we've just not gotten to that point in the narrative as, like I said, Patience has "more urgent & immediate" matters to attend to. But it's not like she's badmouthing him to his face, or blatantly defying him and what he tells/asks of her. If anything, she's no less critical of him than you're being of her in passing judgment like this.