In the beginning, when she and he were still together, she would occasionally take him out or to banquets. He would always pay close attention to children who had fathers and then ask her, "Where's my dad?"
At that time, all she could do was tell him with an apology,
"Dad is no longer here; he's in heaven, watching over you."
Even as precocious as Lucas Walker was, he couldn't understand such an answer.
Why did everyone else have a father, and he didn't?
Why did he have eyes of a different color, when others didn't?
…
For someone as strong-willed and proud as Lucas Walker, the most unbearable thing was others bringing up the matter of his father.
Throughout his childhood and adolescence, he didn't know how many fights he got into because of this.
Until later, when the female duke gave him that eyepatch, he harbored a deep grudge in his heart against the so-called father who had bestowed upon him an unusual eye.
He hated his father.
