The Iudex's day off

Chapter 98 - Papa

 "Hmm..."

 "Papa, you say..."

 "It's not such a bad idea."

 Yes, it is!

 It's a horrible idea!

 At the very least, you're gonna give him a heart attack!

 "All those in favor of calling Uncle Wriothesley, Papa?"

 Slowly, everyone's hands raised, everyone's but-

 "Sigewinne?"

 Oh, archons!

 "He's a pervert." I spat out.

 This was a perfectly valid reason not to call him Papa!

 I am not calling that guy-

 "Pfft!"

 "Hahahaha!"

 "Sigewinne is being stubborn again."

 "She's lying to herself."

 "I am not-"

 "You are glowing with quite the embarrassing color, Sigewinne." Sedene chuckled.

 Ugh!

 Come on!

 I am not!

 "I've known him for over a decade! I can't just start calling him Papa!" I reasoned.

 "We've known him for quite a while as well."

 "Especially since Dad has been sending him tea every month."

 "But I work with him-"

 "And I work with Dad. Doesn't stop me from changing the way of address in private." Sedene interrupted.

 Tsk!

 This is unfair!

 I am being ganged up against!

 "He's a perverted-"

 "Excuse me, Miss Sigewinne, but His Grace is not a pervert. He is one of the most upright and respectable men I know." It was Cluade who interrupted this time.

 Yeah.

 Upright and respectable.

 Sure.

 Said Duke Wriothesley's biggest fan.

 "I can settle for Uncle Wriothesley." I finally relented.

 But...

 "Nope."

 "Too late for that now."

 "We've all agreed to call him Papa already."

 "You can't be the only one not to."

 "Or what?" I challenged.

 "Or you're not allowed to come to the wedding."

 My jaw dropped in shock.

 They can't possibly be serious!

 But...

 "They don't want a wedding though." I blurted out before I realized.

 And this...

 This of course caused an uprising. A riot even.

 "What?!"

 "No wedding?!"

 "Which of the two came up with that genius idea?!"

 "That is impossible!"