"Isn’t it because you brought such a lovely niece with you that you intend to enroll her in the Eui-Jeong Martial Arts Hall’s junior division? But if you also serve as the junior division instructor, you’ll undoubtedly face accusations of favoritism."

He was hinting at the issue of preferential treatment.

"What’s the problem if I just teach all of them like they’re my own children?"

"Well, I know you well enough to believe you won’t, but who knows? Perhaps you’ll end up doting on her after all."

"I wouldn’t! I’m the father figure here, remember? The strict, stern, dignified father!"