A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad (Novel) - Chapter 75

Chapter 75

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Translated by Sylph

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The situation report proceeded quickly.

Because the order and truth of the incident had been organized to some degree.

“Thus, we were able to escape from the subspace without outside help.”

When Velugon’s words ended, Valentis Luminen raised the gaze he had fixed on the documents.

Setting down the quill pen he had been rolling in his hand, he asked back,

“Are you certain that Krazar’s core was truly destroyed.”

“I am. I can be certain of it even if I stake all the years of my life as a weapon-smith on it.”

Velugon was a man who held very great pride in his own life, philosophy, and the tracks he had walked.

So if such a man was certain enough to stake his whole life on something.

“If you say it to that extent, then it must be true.”

Valentis, judging that the meeting was over, was just about to gather the papers together and arrange them.

“Grand Commander.”

Suddenly, Elanes stepped forward.

Her face was full of confusion.

“We’re wrapping it up just like this? We didn’t even properly recover Krazar’s core.”

“The core was destroyed. Didn’t you just hear that.”

“Of course I heard it. But there’s no proof, is there? There is only the testimony of the Factory Manager and the Necromancer King….”

The corners of Valentis Luminen’s eyes narrowed minutely.

He pressed his lips together for a moment, then said,

“Are you claiming that there is insufficient basis to adopt testimony as evidence?”

His voice was as stiff and cold as ever.

But Elanes, who had flinched, hurriedly nodded.

“If you think about it honestly, isn’t it a bit strange?”

Krazar’s core was no ordinary object.

The religious order, the imperial family, mercenaries, even famous nobles and the wealthy.

‘It was a top-tier byproduct coveted by everyone.’

Once one got hold of an object like that, it helped its possessor one way or another.

‘Sell it, and it’s money. Make something with it, and it becomes a top-class relic weapon.’

One might even hold onto it and strike a profitable bargain by choosing the right counterpart.

Elanes’s gaze slowly turned toward the Necromancer King.

Toward the mysterious necromancer who was sitting demurely and, since a little while ago, had kept stealing glances at Valentis Luminen.

‘A mercenary… and a mage at that.’

Could such a useful object really not tempt him?

If she were the Necromancer King, she felt she absolutely would not be able to resist.

After all, speaking bluntly, weren’t the only ones who knew what happened inside the subspace the Necromancer King and Velugon?

So if the Necromancer King had threatened Velugon with dark-attribute magic and extorted the core?

Handling an obstinate Velugon who knew nothing but weapons would not have been difficult for a Necromancer King who summoned wraiths.

‘And besides, my instincts are almost never wrong.’

Elanes lifted the tip of her chin slightly.

“When you think about it, someone could have siphoned it away in the middle, couldn’t they?”

Listening, Reaper let out a sigh.

Velugon too looked at Elanes as if he were absurd.

“Siphoned it away? Are you now saying that either I or the Necromancer King is hiding Krazar’s core and refusing to hand it over!”

Elanes shrugged at the enraged Velugon.

“Let’s not take it so emotionally. Isn’t it better for matters to be handled thoroughly?”

He turned her gaze back to Valentis.

“Krazar’s core has extremely high value as a byproduct. Rather than settling the situation with testimony alone, if necessary, a lawful investigation ought to be carried out.”

Valentis Luminen tilted his head only ever so slightly.

“By a lawful investigation, you mean.”

“The two people who directly saw Krazar. At the very least, I think there should be a body search and residence search of Agabert’s little commander and the Factory Manager.”

Silence fell over the conference room.

Reaper nudged Elanes as if telling her to stop, but he did not withdraw her gaze from Valentis.

And the same was true of Tie.

‘A search….!’

A body search and a room search.

No matter how one looked at it, this was an unfavorable situation for Tie.

Because regardless of anything else, Ppuppu, who had come out of Krazar’s core, was right now inside the Hanbit Kindergarten bag.

While Tie was secretly moving her eyes around,

“Very well.”

Valentis Luminen’s cool voice fell from above his head.

At some point he was looking at Elanes with a composed expression.

“However, it is late today. The residence search will be done tomorrow at daybreak.”

“Tomorrow? But….”

However, Valentis ignored her and looked at Velugon.

“Additionally, from this hour onward the weapons district will be sealed off. From now on, my subordinates will control the movements of everyone inside it.”

As if those words were some kind of signal, several holy knights waiting by the doorway approached the table with disciplined footsteps.

Elanes frowned when she looked at the holy knight standing beside her.

“No, why am I…!”

“If someone embezzled Krazar’s core, then anyone who stayed inside the weapons district today would be a possible party. The investigation must be fair and accurate.”

A look of disbelief flashed in Elanes’s eyes.

She bit her lip hard, then abruptly stood up from her seat.

“You sound as if you’re even going to body-search us soon. Even us ‘innocent’ people who were suddenly called in by the association while resting.”

Her words were steeped in hostility, anger, and rudeness, yet Valentis Luminen did not move in the slightest.

He only quietly raised his eyes and said,

“The body search is already done.”

“What did you say?”

“It seems you’ve forgotten that I am the one who sealed Krazar thirty-five years ago. And that I possess ‘Awakening of Sacred Sight’ as well.”

Elanes’s mouth shut.

‘Come to think of it….’

She had truly forgotten.

Awakening of Sacred Sight.

A technique that caused resonance by operating holy power trained to the extreme.

Valentis Luminen’s ability to detect energies he had experienced before through it.

When Grand Commander Luminen flicked his hand, the knights standing behind the five people each stepped back by one pace.

“The search was completed the moment I stepped into the room. I did not feel Krazar’s magic power. That means at least there is no core in here.”

Gulp, the small sound of the Necromancer King swallowing echoed through the room.

Valentis Luminen raised his gaze.

“Additionally, I do not sense that bastard’s magic power anywhere in the weapons district as a whole.”

He added dryly,

“But I will accept your objection and proceed with the investigation until the following day. That is all.”

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“Hey, kid. Lie down here. Hurry.”

Inside the large room where all the furniture had been pushed to the edges.

Tie, who had been staring out the window at the night that had settled outside, turned around at Veil’s voice.

Veil was patting the thick bedding laid on the floor in a stack of four layers.

“You sleep right here in the middle. Don’t go anywhere, just right here!”

After nodding, Tie scampered over to the middle of the bedding.

Around him, the other members were busy getting ready to sleep.

“Enzo. Need bedding?”

“I’m fine! I can sleep on the floor too.”

“Good. Then just use your baggage as a pillow. Kid, want one more pillow?”

“I don’t need a blanket either. Give it to Astie.”

“You’re serious, old man? No changing your mind later.”

Watching Veil rob the members of their bedding, suddenly reminded Tie of right after the meeting.

For some reason, Valentis Luminen, who had kept staring hard at Tie, had been the first to leave, and Tie and Basto returned to the visitor quarters under the guidance of the holy knights.

Then, not long after, Olek came to the quarters wearing a troubled face.

‘Um. If perhaps….’

Olek’s request was simple.

Could Agabert, which had originally divided itself among three rooms, all stay together in one room for just today?

‘It seems the number of guests increased suddenly, so there aren’t enough rooms.’

At first, Tie hesitated.

Sleeping together with the members sounded nice, like playing camping, but the other members might feel uncomfortable.

But,

‘Really? Sure then. What are you doing? Hurry up and say yes.’

Before Tie could even think it over, Veil readily accepted the proposal.