As for Merlin, who was the first to take the Regenerating Pill, he returned to his home in Houston with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law on the Acker family’s private plane.
Since Kathleen had helped endorse him, his image in the eyes of his family was comparable to that of a superhero.
In their earlier years, his wife and daughter had lived with him in New York. At that time, he had been so focused on his work that he seldom asked about his wife and child’s affairs.
Because of his identity as a police officer, he was also usually quite harsh to his wife and daughter, so their family atmosphere had been very depressing.
Later, his relationship with his family became more and more rigid. His daughter, who was in college, deliberately gave up studying in New York and chose to come to Houston to study in order to be far away from him so that she could heave a sigh of relief.
His wife had also taken the opportunity to accompany her daughter to study in Houston, and they had begun a defacto separation from him.
Still, the good news was that the two sides had only been living apart, and things had not gotten to the point of divorce.
Merlin’s daughter’s academic was not considered excellent, and she had been rebellious in her youth, coupled with the fact that her father was a detective, so he was more strict than the average parent. Therefore, although she struggled desperately during her rebellion, she had not had the opportunity to venture much.
Although Merlin had lived most of his life in the United States, he was still a complete Oskian parent, and he interfered excessively and had strict restraint over his daughter’s education.
His daughter had also become anorexic from being a rebel due to the high pressure she felt from Merlin. The relationship between the father and daughter had not been eased because of this.
Merlin’s income before retirement was almost four to five hundred thousand US dollars annually.
This level of income was not low, but his family’s social class was also firmly welded in the middle class on file at best. They did not have to worry about food and clothing, but they could not be said to be wealthy.
His daughter had then gotten married to a young Oskian man who had graduated from a prestigious university and worked at NASA.
Although Merlin’s son-in-law had some talent and determination, he was not valued in NASA and even faced some ostracism and discrimination, so he often felt a little depressed.
Merlin understood his son-in-law. He was an aerospace professional, had high education, and was good with technology, but because of his identity as an Oskian coupled with the fact that he lacked connections or background, he had always been suppressed in NASA.
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