I'll Give You Credit for Your Guts

[Dad, I hate you…!]

Maximilian Shamal, aged sixty-eight this year.

Maxim, as he was known for short, was a cantankerous old veteran who came to feel life's joy and despair at once!

Maxim had had one particular dream for a very long time.

‘I want a pretty, adorable daughter—a daughter!’

The more macho a man was, the more likely he was to have such a dream.

A ruggedly masculine man thought that having one man like himself in the household was more than enough.

So Maxim had desperately wanted a daughter for a long time.

He kept persuading his wife and making tireless efforts of his own, trying again and again, but he never managed to fulfill that dream.

But when he came to his senses one day and realized he had four sons after him, he felt a certain way. Still, sometimes reality could not be helped...