A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad (Novel) - Chapter 81

Chapter 81

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Translated by Sylph

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As if she had never been dejected at all, Tie answered.

“Yeees.”

Then he continued brightly,

“This time the bracelet was even easier than before!”

Tie recalled the memory-erasing magic he had activated toward Valentis.

When he had used it before, the moment he brought his hand to the target, something like a white snowfield had spread out before his eyes.

‘And then the memories floated around like soap bubbles.’

But this time, something had been different.

On the previous night, when he activated the relic.

What appeared before Tie’s eyes was not a white snowfield but a tremendous princess castle.

Fairies that had appeared from somewhere were flying through the sky, rings of memory were floating around it….

At the scene, which looked completely like a Disney movie, his heart had pounded excitedly.

‘How did it know Tie likes fairies?’

While he was thinking that, Enzo asked,

“And you even confirmed for certain that the Grand Commander’s memories were erased.”

Tie tilted her head.

“I didn’t do that, though?”

“Excuse me? Then how….”

“But because Grand Commander didn’t say anything for five minutes, I think it’s right that his memories disappeared.”

“For five minutes?”

“Yes! Tie said I was sorry and that I did something wrong, but she didn’t even ask why and just stayed still for five whole minutes!”

As if his thoughts had overloaded or something like that.

Then, around the time the silence was getting long and Tie had started to feel awkward, the Grand Commander opened her lips again.

‘Then when would you like to inspect the roster.’

The moment she heard those words, Tie felt relieved.

Because he had been worried that together with his memories, the promise to show the roster had also vanished from the Grand Commander’s head.

Tie hurriedly answered.

‘If Tie goes to the imperial capital, can I see it then?’

‘When are you planning to come to the imperial capital?’

‘We were originally going to stop only in the weapons district and then go, so soon!’

Valentis Luminen nodded as if that was not bad.

‘Then it seems we will be able to meet again soon.’

‘Waaah, then shall we meet at the Holy Knight Order headquarters?’

‘There are too many eyes at headquarters, so let us meet instead at my estate.’

At his estate?

That was a little unexpected.

Because since it was the knight order roster, Tie had assumed it would be kept at the knight order headquarters.

‘But Grand Commander mister invited Tie to her house!’

Anyway, just when Tie was happily excited at having been invited to the Grand Commander’s house.

His eyes had met Veil and Basto, who came running out into the hallway. Then even Nordix joined them too.

Veil muttered,

“…Just from the kid’s words, I feel a little uneasy.”

Enzo agreed.

“I feel the same. But if the memory-erasing magic had not worked properly, wouldn’t the Grand Commander have confiscated the relic?”

“Why?”

“Because Grand Commander Luminen has ‘Awakening of Sacred Sight,’ doesn’t he.”

Veil let out an ah sound.

‘Awakening of Sacred Sight,’ which Valentis Luminen possessed.

In a sense, that was the ability that had placed him in the Grand Commander’s seat.

“He is someone who detects just about every energy there is. If the little commander’s magic had failed, he surely would have sensed something off and shown interest in the relic.”

Rather than remaining silent for five whole minutes as Tie said.

“Certainly, I guess that could be true.”

“Yes. And….”

Enzo gestured toward Tie, who by now was looking drowsy.

Perhaps Enzo’s arms were comfortable, because the child was nodding off.

Beside them, Raul deliberately used difficult words so that Tie would not notice and said,

“It seems we can be certain that the Grand Commander is not the little commander’s biological… I mean, that.”

Veil nodded.

“Right. If that man had been his real father, the kid would’ve recognized her.”

“Then who in the world is it? Is he really not someone from House Luminen?”

The meeting that had begun lightly grew deeper and deeper.

Because once the conversation opened up, things that they needed to share with one another kept pouring out.

The mood became even more serious once Nordix brought up Ppuppu, who was inside Tie’s bag.

And for good reason, since the timing of Ppuppu’s appearance and the timing of Krazar’s core going missing matched to a strangely precise degree.

And that meant….

Faint light began slowly to gather beyond the dark window.

In the meantime, Tie was falling into deeper and deeper sleep.

Through his closed eyelids, he could dimly see the scene outside the window as dawn began to break.

Over it was superimposed the sunrise scene on Inwang Mountain that he had seen only once with Dad long ago.

That day too had been just like today.

The high sky had been a dark blue, the low sky pink like mixed grapefruit juice.

Half dreaming, Tie recalled that happy past.

Dad’s voice echoed in his ears.

“My daughter, Daddy loves you. So, so much, I really love you and love you again.”

In the dream.

Beyond Tie, who stood high, high, stepping on clouds, stood the Dad she had missed so dearly.

Tie ran over and hugged Dad tightly.

“Dad, I missed you….!”

Moisture once again gathered at the corners of his reddened eyes.

Looking down at the child, Enzo carefully wiped away the tears that had run down Tie’s cheek.

And at that very same time.

[Valentis. Have you looked into that one called the Necromancer King?]

At the voice heard from beyond the communicator in Valentis’s room, Valentis answered.

“Yes.”

[I see… there was nothing special?]

His eyes lowered.

Keeping his silence for a moment, he soon answered in a calm voice.

“No. There was not.”

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The next day.

A new morning dawned over the weapons district.

“…Huuuh?”

And Astie overslept for the first time in a very long while.

“T-this is bad.”

After confirming that the surroundings were empty, Tie hurriedly jumped to her feet.

Today was the day the Grand Commander had said he would search the whole weapons district.

They had definitely said there would be an assembly from early in the morning, so why had no one woken Tie?!

In his rush, while he was cramming his feet into his shoes, a small sound came from behind him.

“Kkyu! Kku-kkyut!”

When she turned her head, Ppuppu was sticking her head out from outside the bag and looking at Tie.

Tie shook her head, meaning they would talk later.

“Ppuppu, Mommy is busy.”

Then he stood up with his shoes on the wrong feet.

The moment he stepped out of the room, bright sunlight immediately flooded his vision.

“Uuuh.”

It was when Tie, groaning and covering her face, managed to open one eye again.

“Necromancer King!”

A glad voice came from the left.

When he turned his head, he saw Velugon standing at the corner at the end of the hallway.

“Factory Manager?”

“Yes, over here. Have you only just woken up? Then you’re lazier than I expected too.”

At Velugon’s gesture as if telling him to come closer, Tie hurriedly ran over.

Then he kept looking around with surprised eyes.

Now that she looked, except for the room Tie had come out of, the doors to every guest room stood wide open.

“Surprised? I was too. They all poured out in a rush just like when they arrived.”

“Poured out…?”

“Yes. As soon as the search ended this morning, Grand Commander Luminen and the other two mercenary companies departed. Your members are looking around the armory hall.”

Tie’s eyes widened.

‘Grand Commander mister left?’

Before she left, Tie had wanted at least properly to say thank you.

“More importantly, you. Is it true that you arranged to meet the Grand Commander in the imperial capital?”

Tie, now somewhat downcast, nodded.

“Yeees. I got invited to Grand Commander mister’s house.”

Velugon clicked his tongue.

“So that side was one step faster, is it. More importantly, take this.”

Then she held one object out in front of Tie.

When the child’s pupils widened hugely, Velugon continued in an excited voice.

“Recognize it? Of course you do, don’t you? It’s that thing you showed me in the subspace. What do you think of my skill? It’s much faster than you thought, isn’t it?”