A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad (Novel) - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

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Translated by Sylph

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“He’s saying he won’t go. Says he doesn’t have time.”

Having said that, Tesetan flicked his right hand.

As thick monster blood splattered in a long streak over the dry leaves, Aleric swallowed a groan and stepped forward.

“Commander. You can’t do this.”

At those words, Tesetan, who had been wiping off the monster blood smeared on his body, paused.

As his gaze turned toward him, Aleric unknowingly swallowed dryly.

“Was I not allowed to? Me doing this?”

The voice asking back was gentle.

There was even a faint smile on his lips.

But Aleric knew.

That at this moment Tesetan’s eyes were not smiling at all.

“Commander. What I mean is….”

Aleric anxiously lowered his gaze.

Where his eyes fell, he saw Tesetan’s sword wrapped on all sides in a strange current.

The subtly trembling air around the blade.

The bluish magic power rampaging as if alive, and the golden energy opposing it as well.

The two energies seemed as though they would collide, yet maintained perfect balance as they swayed.

Aleric swallowed a sigh.

‘He is tired. Very much so.’

Tesetan’s sword aura was always like that.

The more tired Tesetan was, the more violently it tended to rampage.

So of course Aleric too dearly wanted to let him rest, but,

“It’s Velugon. The one trapped in Krazar’s subspace.”

Even in a situation where everyone was exhausted from the successive sieges, this summons order in particular absolutely had to be answered.

Because,

“What are you going to do if Commander refuses the summons order and Velugon ends up dying?”

Velugon’s life was in their hands right this moment.

However, there was not even the slightest movement in Tesetan’s expression.

“Do what? Show my face at the funeral and that’s that.”

“Commander!”

Aleric turned to the comrades behind him with a stifled heart.

But all of them only shook their heads.

Letting out a groan, Aleric soon took a short deep breath.

And as he approached Tesetan, he said,

“This isn’t such a simple problem, Commander.”

“Then what kind of problem is it. You know better than anyone what I’ve been doing for the last three days.”

Aleric shut his mouth without a word.

Tesetan spoke coldly.

“If there’s a problem, isn’t it with that damned Frost Association rather than me. They took me, no, Trevaga, in as an affiliated company and then haven’t given us a single national commission, Aleric.”

“….”

“And then every time, a summons order. Come do this, go do that. Was I a mercenary or their pet dog? Since when, exactly.”

Aleric clenched and unclenched his fist, then opened his lips.

“Commander. Of course I know as well. That the Frost Association is a nuisance.”

When they had first joined that association, Aleric had not predicted a situation like this.

‘Because I thought the association would give us some degree of convenience.’

If the Frost Association of those days was an aquarium roughly put together, then Trevaga was a big fish that had roamed the open sea.

And when such a big fish was willing to enter the aquarium of its own accord.

He had thought they would at least toss in some food.

‘And yet they’ve never once given us the right to undertake a national commission.’

Of course, Trevaga could already live more than abundantly just by taking ordinary commissions or besieging magic stones.

Its members were all famous without exception, and it already had outstanding fame.

There were many who needed them even if it was not a national commission.

However, no matter how much that was true for Trevaga, once its participation rate in national commissions had sat at 0 percent for several years, the story changed.

“I know our side loses face too.”

Added Aleric looked at Tesetan with earnest eyes.

“But this really isn’t just a simple fight over pride.”

One of Tesetan’s eyebrows lifted slightly upward.

“All the arms and armor used by the holy knight order pass through Velugon’s factory. If he dies and the factory stops, that means there will immediately be no one left to repair the holy knights’ nicked swords.”

The holy knights’ swords basically had to be produced so that they could contain holy power.

And one of the few people who could carry out that difficult and complex process systematically was Velugon.

“Commander. The moment Velugon dies, all the blame will pour down on us. The religious order, the imperial family, the holy knight order, all of them.”

Tesetan’s head, which had not moved at all, only then tilted slightly.

“We don’t have much of a relationship with that side as it is. Do you want to make them completely hold a grudge against us while we’re at it?”

“….”

“And why have we stayed in the association until now? Because we wanted to see when in the world they’d give us the right to undertake a commission, and because before leaving we thought we should wring at least one out of them.”

“….”

“But if we refuse the summons order now, everything we’ve worked for all this time will turn into bubbles.”

“Ha.”

As if he had a headache, Tesetan dropped his head deeply.

He, after roughly brushing up his black hair, looked at Aleric with displeased eyes.

“Shall I be honest.”

“What do you mean?”

“I might be on edge because I’m a bit tired right now, so keep that in mind.”

Tesetan raised the tip of his chin and lowered his eyes.

“I just feel like whatever happens, happens. That shitty imperial family and religious order.”

“What?”

“If they’re dissatisfied with me, then what are they going to do about it. Did I slack off all this time? Sorry, but I was busy too. Here, dealing with the large magic stones that suddenly formed on the Empire’s border.”

What Tesetan said was true.

Over the past several months, Trevaga’s schedule had been packed to the limit.

And yet without granting them the right to undertake a ‘national commission,’ the imperial family had always strangely used Trevaga to its own ends.

And was that all, a ridiculous thing had happened a few days ago too.

‘Just when we thought we’d finally get some rest, a whole cluster of large magic stones suddenly rose up on the Empire’s border.’

The holy knights gave up on the siege as soon as they heard the news.

They said there was no need to besiege because no imperial citizens lived in the area.

Of course, it seemed to be an order that came from even higher up rather than from the holy knight order itself….

‘That still didn’t mean we could just stand by and leave several large magic stones alone.’

The problem was that there were only a few mercenary companies in the Empire capable of handling a siege war on this scale.

And just at that time, the Emperor of the neighboring country across the border offered high compensation.

Naturally, Trevaga ended up stepping in for the siege war.

As a result, Tesetan’s temper became even rougher.

‘It’s only natural that Commander is tired.’

Tesetan particularly hated besieging several large magic stones together.

He said that just seeing a cluster of large magic stones made him nauseous.

But even so, the battle proceeded smoothly, and it seemed the siege would be completed safely.

But today, the moment the long siege war came to an end, a summons order came down from the association.

The reason was none other than that they had to rescue Velugon, who was trapped in subspace.

“I feel grimy and want to wash.”

Tesetan lightly lifted the sword he had left leaning against the tree.

“I’m going to sleep for two days, so don’t wake me.”

“No, but still…!”

Aleric stared blankly at Tesetan’s back as he walked away toward the camp.

If Trevaga became disliked by those above, it would become even harder to win national commissions.

And the mood of the other mercenary companies, who were always watching for a chance to seize first place, would be nothing short of a festival.

“…Nothing works out.”

As he muttered, the comrade who had only been watching from the side all along approached.

“Aleric, what are you going to wear to the Factory Manager’s funeral?”

It was Livia.

Aleric let out a sigh and glared at Livia.

“Just leave me alone for now, Livia. My head hurts.”

Livia opened her eyes round.

“Huh? It’ll be a problem if your head already hurts when you’re our strategist. We need to start thinking right now about how we’re going to scout Basto Faerix over to us.”

“What?”

“I just overheard it from the ‘Silvar’s Scream’ side, but they say there’s someone else trapped together with Velugon.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Agabert’s little commander. That weirdo who goes around pretending to be four years old.”

Livia cackled.

“Isn’t it funny? I was worried because they said he was a monster, but he’s disappearing on his own like this. If the Necromancer King dies, let’s make sure to bring Basto Faerix to us. Okay?”

“What is that supposed to mean.”

At that moment, a strange voice came from behind them.

When they turned their heads, Tesetan, who had been heading toward the camp, was standing at a slant and looking at them.

“Velugon isn’t the only one trapped in the subspace?”