A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad (Novel) - Chapter 40
Chapter 40
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Translated by Sylph
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The thought Tie had in her half-sleep when he saw Seradin was simple.
“‘……A, a princess.'”
Seradin looked exactly like a mermaid princess from a fairy tale.
With pearl-colored hair and eyes that draped all the way to the floor, and even a splendid crown.
Seradin smiled at Tie.
[I am sorry to disturb your deep sleep. But before I enter dormancy, I absolutely wanted to offer my thanks……]
Tie let her mouth fall open in bewilderment.
Then she pressed both hands to her cheeks to pull herself together.
He was a little startled because Seradin had appeared so suddenly, but he was confident he could respond calmly.
“‘The bone friends and subordinates do this all the time anyway.'”
The skeletons from the graves and the wraiths from the wrecked ship would pop out here and there whenever they felt like it and startle Tie.
At first it had been scary, but now it only made her snort.
That meant Tie had become that used to things jumping out all of a sudden.
After carefully recalling what Seradin had said, Tie first threw off the blanket and sat up politely.
Then she bowed her head first in greeting.
“Hello, Pwincess.”
Because Seradin was an adult.
Then he asked Seradin, whose eyes had gone round.
“But what kind of bird is a shackle……?”
After waking Tie, Seradin had said,
‘You have undone my shackles.’
Tie knew what a lifesaver meant too, but what sort of bird a shackle was, she had no idea……
[A good question.]
Seradin laughed in a voice like droplets of water.
[A shackle is not a bird. It refers to a restraining device fastened around a person’s ankle to restrict movement. And as for what restraint is……]
“Ah, that, Tie knows that too!”
Seradin stopped speaking and looked at Tie with satisfaction.
Meeting Seradin’s gaze, Tie tilted her head.
“‘But…… if a shackle is something you put around an ankle……'”
Tie had never undone the princess’s shackles.
Seradin was the first person Tie had met after coming to this world.
Thinking perhaps they had met before and she had forgotten, Tie quickly raised one hand and asked,
“But when did Tie undo Pwincess’s shackles?”
Seradin smiled softly.
[You undid them last night.]
“Yesterday? Tie did?”
[That is right. On the day I was trapped in the magic stone, you let me out.]
Tie’s mouth slowly opened.
“‘The pwincess was trapped in the magic stone?'”
Even though she had conquered two magic stones by now, she had never known.
That a person could be trapped inside one.
But something was strange.
“‘When I looked with my eyes, there wasn’t anybody inside the magic stone.'”
Last night, Tie had seen the inside of the magic stone clearly up close.
Basto had kindly explained it to Tie as he looked down at the magic stone.
“‘Tie, do you know that every magic stone is shaped differently? Some are building type, and some are shaped simply like monuments. This magic stone is strange, looking like a temple.'”
Just as Basto said, the magic stone that had risen from the sea in front of Pearl City was shaped like a huge temple with four pillars.
Tie had thought that magic stone looked like the temple in Athens she had seen long ago in a documentary.
In any case, the important thing was that Tie had looked right through the inside of the magic stone then and found nothing in it.
“That’s weird, there really wasn’t anybody inside……”
If Seradin had truly been trapped inside, there was no way Tie would not have seen her.
Because even now, glittering five-colored light was streaming from Seradin’s body.
Seradin answered.
[Of course you could not see me. Because I was the magic stone itself.]
Tie went blank for a moment.
Because he needed time to understand what Seradin had said.
Only a few seconds later did Tie ask back with widened eyes.
“Pwincess was the magic stone?”
Seradin nodded.
[To put it more precisely, I had been turned into a magic stone.]
“……”
[Originally, I am the sea god who governs the western sea. To put it simply…… you can think of me as something like a spirit.]
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Spirit.
Tie was so shocked she left her mouth half open.
“‘Spirits are in the game Hyunwoo plays, though?'”
Hyunwoo was one of the few children in the Quail Class who had a kids’ phone.
Hyunwoo’s kids’ phone was some special edition or something, with Kkikio Friends drawn on the yellow case.
But more than that, what Tie had envied was the game installed on it.
Tie still remembered the name of that game.
“‘Raising Spirits Stars……'”
That game had extremely many spirit characters in it.
Every time Hyunwoo upgraded a character, she would definitely brag to Tie.
Each time, Tie had no choice but to clap and be delighted.
Because there really wasn’t a single spirit Hyunwoo didn’t have.
And Hyunwoo even had his older brother buy in-game currency for him sometimes, so he had a lot of skins too.
But to think that those spirits really existed.
Tie’s gaze turned to Seradin once more.
“A-a real spirit……”
No wonder she had thought from the start that those pearl-colored locks and rainbow eyes were incredibly beautiful.
“‘That’s super cool!'”
But after staring at Seradin with her mouth open, Tie quickly came to her senses.
Because there was still something he had to ask Seradin.
“But why did Spirit-nim become a magic stone?”
According to Seradin, he was a sea god and spirit who governed the sea. Tie wondered how someone like that had ended up becoming a magic stone.
Seradin let out an ah and lowered her eyes as though things were complicated.
[……Let us say I lost my power for certain reasons.]
“You lost your power?”
[That is right. When the roots of a tree rot, it is the leaves that wither first.]
When Tie’s expression turned puzzled, Seradin continued.
[We have something called the Mother Tree.]
“Mother Tree……?”
[Yes. That tree has long governed such things as life, nature, and purity. The source of the power we spirits possess also comes from there. But……]
At that moment, Seradin fell silent.
She suddenly looked down at her own body without a word.
Following her gaze, Tie’s mouth parted slightly.
For some reason, Seradin’s fingertips were gradually turning hazy.
[I have delayed too long. At this rate, I will disappear without even being able to show my gratitude.]
Seradin suddenly approached Tie.
Tie was startled for a moment by the cool energy spreading around her.
Before Tie’s eyes, Seradin held out her hand.
On her palm, a cluster of unfamiliar light was gathering.
Before long, the cluster of light formed something.
It was a bracelet woven from a small seashell and a five-colored pearl.
“Wh-what is this?”
Seradin smiled brightly at Tie.
[It is repayment for the grace I received. An object that can be made only from the essence of me, Seradin the sea god. It seems the humans of old called it the Purity of Oblivion.]
“Purity of Oblivion……?”
[If you touch a target with the hand wearing this purity, you will likely be able to erase whichever memory you desire from the memories that target possesses.]
Tie’s mouth fell open.
A bracelet that erased memories.
It was practically a legend-grade item.
But Seradin, as though it were nothing special, personally fastened the bracelet around Tie’s wrist.
[It will surely help you. It would be nice if we could meet again……]
Still bewildered, Tie looked at Seradin, who by then had become transparent enough to disappear at any moment.
She should have said thank you, but no words came out easily.
[Ah, there is one more thing I should tell you. The person you are seeking is nearer than you think.]
Seradin said that then.
By now, only her eyes were shining faintly in the air.
[The young spirit in your bag may show you the way. It seems to be wandering now, but if it remains by your side, Lucarion will someday……]
That was where Seradin’s words ended.
Tie stared blankly at the empty air after Seradin disappeared, her mouth hanging open.
At the final moment, it felt as if something had swirled past, but it was so complicated that her head spun.
Even so, one thing was certain.
“Kkamangi……”
[The young spirit in your bag will show you the way.]
Looking at the bag on the bedside table, Tie muttered in disbelief.
“Kkamangi wasn’t a Puppetmon……?”
According to what Seradin had said, Kkamangi seemed to be a spirit.
“E-even Kkamangi was a spirit……?”
And one that might be able to tell Tie where her dad was.