A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 11
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 11
Trembling.
Tie was literally trembling as she pressed her body flat against Basto’s back.
Before her eyes was a cave entrance that gave off an ominous atmosphere.
Not far from the Gateway, this cave was called ‘Tenebrium’.
“It was originally used as a food storage. It became a monster base after a Mastone formed inside.”
Veil’s addition made her gulp.
At this very moment, Tie’s mind was filled with just one thought.
The thought of a Tyrannosaurus bursting out of the cave with a terrifying roar.
If it opened its huge mouth wide, there would be a hundred sharp teeth inside…
“S-scary…”
Her body naturally shrank back.
Tie glanced at Basto and Veil.
In the end, Tie was excluded from this siege.
It was because Basto had stubbornly opposed it, saying even a small Mastone was dangerous.
At first, she had tried to persuade Mister Basto.
But after hearing about the Tyrannosaurus, she couldn’t bring herself to insist anymore.
‘Maybe… sieging a Mastone isn’t as easy as I thought.’
Looking back, Father had said something like that too.
‘There are many types of monsters. That makes their attacks hard to predict.’
Flying monsters, monsters that looked similar to humans, monsters with as many as five legs.
‘That’s why you must never let your guard down when sieging a Mastone. Even a moment of relaxation can lead to serious injury. Actually, Father has been softening it so Tie wouldn’t be scared, you know? Remember this. Monsters are incredibly terrifying creatures.’
She had no choice but to admit it.
‘Tie was being too complacent.’
She had only heard about them in words – Tie had never actually seen a monster.
In that state, she had recklessly said she would follow Mister Basto and Brother Veil.
‘I can’t be immature!’
It seemed Mister Basto had told Tie to wait outside for that reason too.
“Well then, Astie.”
Just then, Basto knelt down on one knee.
As she got down from his broad back, Basto spoke seriously.
“Wait outside with Nordics Grandfather. We’ll be back before dawn.”
Tie turned her head.
A few steps away, an Elder in a gray robe was smiling kindly.
“Don’t worry too much, child. The monsters have never once come out of the cave.”
The Elder they had met at the Gateway and traveled here with was named Nordics.
He was an old friend of the inn Grandfather, and his profession was… what was it again?
Someone who predicts the future by looking at stars… fortune… fortune…?
“Fortune teller, you fool.”
As if reading Tie’s thoughts, Veil interjected.
Veil raised the corners of his mouth and teased.
“You being smart is all lies, isn’t it?”
Tie froze in shock, then got angry.
“N-no! Tie is really smart! Teacher and friends all said Tie is smart, and just now I just forgot for a moment…!”
“Sure, sure.”
Veil cut her off while roughly patting the top of Tie’s head.
“While you’re waiting, just behave yourself here, okay~? Don’t cry just because I’m not around.”
“Tie won’t cry! Because I’m not a Child!”
Veil’s eyes widened, then his face filled with a mischievous expression.
“You are a Child, right? When you first met Basto, you were crying and sniffling, begging to be saved, right?”
“Ugh…!”
Tie’s eyes blazed as she puffed out her chest and stamped her feet.
“Tie is a child! Not a Child, but a child!”
Veil tilted his head.
“…What’s the difference between that and Child.”
“It’s different! A child is, no, a Child is.”
Her head spun round and round.
Child is what adults use when they look down on Tie.
Child is what they use when they respect Tie!
But when she actually tried to explain, it was complicated and her tongue got twisted.
“A, a Child is what you say when someone’s an immature Child! And child is…”
“Pfft, then what about little one? Baby? Little kid must be different from Child too, right? Elder and old person must be different too? Why, young adult and young person are different words too, right, little brat.”
“Th-that’s!”
Just as Veil was holding his stomach watching Tie’s eyes spin around.
“That’s enough, both of you.”
Basto sighed and stepped between the two.
Unlike Tie who kept her mouth tightly shut in frustration, Veil still stuck his tongue out at Tie.
Basto bowed to Nordics.
“Please take care of Astie.”
“I wish you good fortune.”
The Forest had grown dark before they knew it.
It meant the time when monsters would be active was approaching.
Tenebrium was quite a deep and large cave.
Inside the maze-like interior, small Mastones existed here and there.
Basto and Veil planned to siege one of them, but,
‘Honestly, I’m a bit anxious.’
Veil knew that Basto was skilled too.
Last night, just in case, he had even bought information about him from the black market.
Surprisingly, Basto Paerix really did have quite an impressive background.
He had lost his family in Ban-Anra Village and became a wanderer, but before that he was the vice-leader of Death Hound.
‘Personally it’s unfortunate, but it might be good for me?’
In this field, there’s a realm that only those who have lost something precious can reach.
When a warrior finally lets go of himself.
When he excludes emotions and entrusts himself only to primal instincts like revenge or anger – that’s the realm he reaches.
Veil said to Basto for no particular reason.
“Just so you know, I’m going to try my hardest.”
“I feel the same way.”
The two looked at Tie one last time before entering the cave.
Tie was staring at Basto with a somewhat dejected expression.
“Goodbye, Mister Basto…”
Seeing her face that looked worried to death, Veil got indignant.
“Hey! What about me!”
Only then did Tie turn her gaze toward Veil.
And reluctantly waved her hand slightly.
“…Brother, have a safe trip too.”
Veil held back a smile that was about to form at the corner of his mouth and stepped inside.
‘Well, whatever.’
After all, they couldn’t afford to waste more time at the Gateway.
As he ventured deeper inside, Veil turned on a searchlight powered by magic stones.
In the distance, the ominous cry of something was echoing through the air.
Tie had set up camp under an elm tree about 5 minutes away from the cave.
Despite his hunched back, Nordics Grandfather was someone who could pitch a tent as neatly as Basto.
“Jax gave us some jerky.”
For dinner, she had eaten two pieces of jerky that Nordics Grandfather had offered.
The jerky that the innkeeper Grandfather had given was incredibly salty and savory.
When the surroundings were shrouded in darkness and stars appeared in the sky.
The fortune-teller Grandfather began to nod off drowsily.
On the other hand, Tie couldn’t fall asleep easily.
She knew that both Mister Basto and Brother Veil were incredibly strong, but…
She felt worried for no reason and hugged her Preschool backpack that contained Kamang.
It had already been a week since Kamang had returned into the stone.
‘At first, I thought he would come back out soon.’
The longer Kamang remained asleep, the more anxious Tie became.
She secretly opened her bag away from the fortune-teller Grandfather’s eyes and saw the black, glossy stone.
“Kamang, hurry up and come out.”
I have so many things to tell you.
As she was staring at the stone for a while.
Rumble—
Suddenly, the earth and sky shook violently.
Tie was startled and quickly put Kamang back in her bag before looking up.
She could see a red light flashing in the distance.
Just as she was fixated on that light as if mesmerized,
“Little one!”
Suddenly, Nordics Grandfather grabbed Tie by the scruff of her neck and pulled her back.
Before Tie could even be surprised, she tumbled backward and rolled across the ground.
Crash—!
And the next moment, a massive fireball crashed down right in front of her.
Tie was so shocked that she forgot to breathe and froze in place.
The spot that was now blazing with flames from the fallen fireball,
was exactly where Tie and Grandfather had been just moments before.
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