A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad (Novel) - Chapter 52

Chapter 52

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Translated by Sylph

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“No-kids zones are unfair! Chasing out even good children, not just the ones who run around and make noise, is unfair!”

At the barrage of words, Olek went blank.

But Tie kept looking straight at Olek and pouring out her convictions.

“Of course, Tie knows why shop owners do no-kids zones too! It’s because bad kids run around and break cups, and moms and dads aren’t responsible!”

“……”

“But if you do a no-kids zone, then even good children can’t do anything, so it’s unfair! When they come in at first, you should ask, ‘Are you a good child?’ and only let half come in!”

No-kids zone?

Confused by the completely unfamiliar term and combination of words, Olek stared blankly with his mouth open.

In the meantime, the Necromancer King was fuming so hard her face had turned red.

Still gripping the weapon-proof bag Olek had been trying to confiscate from the opposite side.

With a face full of bewilderment, Olek opened his mouth.

“I-I don’t know about that, just please leave.”

Then he pulled the weapon-proof bag slightly toward himself.

“Ah!”

The Necromancer King, her center of gravity tipped forward, lurched ahead.

But he did not give in, and immediately yanked the weapon-proof bag back toward himself.

“I won’t go out!”

When the bag went taut, Veil stepped in anxiously.

“B-brat, no, Commander. Why all of a sudden, huh?”

But Astie showed no sign of letting go of the bag.

“I can’t go out! I’m gonna resist unfairness!”

Olek’s expression filled with deeper bewilderment than before.

He had been trying to quietly, quickly, and precisely get Agabert out, but.

As expected, it seemed the Necromancer King had no intention of leaving obediently.

Olek exchanged glances with the other blacksmiths, then set his face.

And narrowing his brow with the resolve not to back down, he said,

“I told you, we can’t sell you anything!”

As he said it and put strength into the bag, the Necromancer King wobbled.

“Then give back the hammer first! Mister Basto’s! You idiot!”

But the Necromancer King did not lose, and pulled the bag with even more strength than before.

The veins on Olek’s arm rose before anyone knew it.

“Agh, come on, I told you to let go!”

“I won’t!”

“Let go!”

“No-!!”

Between the two of them, the bag tilted left and right in turns.

And then, just as the taut standoff had continued for a while.

“Ooooh!”

With a ripping sound, the handle of the bag tore apart.

Astie, who had been holding that part, could not overcome the recoil and tipped backward.

“Astie!”

Basto hurriedly reached out his hand, but the child stumbled back precariously and fell onto her bottom with a thud.

“Ow ow ow……”

“Astie! Are you all right?”

Basto ran over at once and checked Astie’s face.

She was frowning, but fortunately, Astie did not look seriously hurt.

The problem was some object Astie had touched as she fell.

Creeeak-

At the ominous sound, everyone’s gaze turned behind Astie.

“O-oh no……?”

Olek’s mouth fell open, and the blacksmiths all came rushing over.

But they could not catch ‘The Heart of Krazar,’ the most valuable item in the armory hall, which was already tilting over.

Crash bang-!

The sound of metal striking the floor rang out violently.

Astie was safe because Basto had shielded her head, but the Heart of Krazar was not.

Tie blinked in surprise as she stared at the armament lying scattered in separate pieces.

The platinum-plated helmet rolled across the floor, and beside Astie was a breastplate split in two.

The elbow guards and gauntlets had already flown a long way off and were stuck in front of the wall.

Tie looked at Olek with the face of a puppy caught stealing snacks.

Olek looked back at Tie with equally stunned eyes.

It was the moment a silence had continued for a while.

“What is this-!”

A voice of utter shock came from behind them.

Wide eyes, pale face.

The person standing frozen stiff with his mouth open was,

“M-M-Master?”

Velugon, the Factory Manager of Weapons District and elder blacksmith.

“Th-th-thi-!”

Velugon opened and closed his mouth like a fish out of water, then ran at once to where the Heart of Krazar had rolled.

“The armament! The Heart of Krazar-!”

Astie swallowed hard.

At that moment, while staring blankly at the armament, Velugon muttered like a man out of his mind.

“Where is the core?!”

Then he turned urgently to Olek and the other blacksmiths.

“Krazar’s core! Where is the core, I asked!”

The blacksmiths all came rushing over.

Then, every last one of them knelt on the floor and began searching between the shattered pieces of the armament.

“‘The core……?'”

Tie blinked blankly.

She was flustered by how things had somehow turned out like this, but she too soon began glancing around little by little.

“‘A-anyway, it fell over because of Tie……'”

Because she thought she should at least help look for the core.

“Search everything! We don’t know where it rolled, so lift every display stand and check!”

The blacksmiths moved busily while shouting, “Yes!”

While watching Velugon’s reaction, Tie was also hesitantly searching nearby when,

“Huh?”

Beneath the torn bag handle he had been struggling over with Olek just moments ago.

Something about the size of a quail egg was glittering.

Seeing the smooth, dark-red surface reflecting her clearly, Tie quickly reached out.

Then she picked up the warm core and held it up high in the air.

“Found it! This!”

Velugon turned his head.

The moment she saw the red stone in Tie’s hand, her eyes widened.

But,

“……Huh?”

At that moment, a crack split straight down the middle of the core Tie was holding.

When something like dark-red smoke began flowing out through the crack, Velugon said lowly,

“……N-no.”

Before long, Tie drew in a breath at the sudden feeling of strength leaving her body.

Her vision gradually began to dim.

Through her closing eyelids, she saw something blurry.

It was Velugon’s face, running toward her as he collapsed.

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“What is this.”

Veil muttered in a horrified voice.

He was staring straight ahead as if he could not believe it.

Raul and Enzo were just as startled.

“Th-the little commander……”

The Astie who had been right before their eyes a moment ago had vanished without a trace.

The red stone they said was Krazar’s core, Velugon, everything had completely disappeared without leaving any sign behind.

“H-hey.”

Nordix urgently called to Olek.

Olek turned stiffly.

“How did this happen?! Our little commander and the Factory Manager have disappeared. What in the world happened, man!”

With a deathly pale face, Olek kept his mouth shut.

Then, staring blankly, he opened his lips as if he could not believe it.

“Th-this. That is……”

The armory hall, all of whose exits had been sealed.

“Krazar’s subspace?”

At the voice asking back, Olek swallowed hard.

“Th-that’s right……. You all know what kind of creature Krazar was, don’t you.”

Krazar.

The ultimate enemy that had been inside the large magic stone conquered 35 years ago.

Even now, after such a long time, Krazar was still spoken of now and then among people.

For only one reason.

“I heard he was a troublesome bastard.”

Because his notoriety had been that great.

“Right. It took five whole days just to conquer him.”

“Because of the strange mist you mentioned just now?”

Olek nodded.

“That’s right. From here on out it’s internal information, so only we know this……”

The anxiety in his eyes deepened.

“The truth is, the creature could distort space and make its own subspace. It trapped every opponent who approached inside it, drove them mad, and made them destroy themselves.”