A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 122

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 122

Inside the carriage engraved with the Luminen family crest.

Looking at the holy cavalry surrounding them, Veil spoke.

“They really came to pick us up. That great Luminen coming for us…”

“Didn’t I tell you so.”

Enzo stepped forward with an excited face.

“The general organizational chart isn’t a document just anyone can view in the first place. It makes sense they’d bring us secretly.”

Curiosity appeared on Basto’s expression.

“Not a document just anyone can view?”

“Well, the Paladin general organizational chart is literally special material containing the faces and personal information of all Paladins distributed across the entire continent. In principle, it’s stored at Paladin Headquarters.”

Paladin Headquarters was a core institution located within the Imperial Palace itself.

In other words, it meant the leadership of the Paladin order that even the highest nobles couldn’t casually set foot in.

“So originally, that document can never be taken outside headquarters. Since it contains all the personal details of those who received consecration in the Holy Kingdom. That’s why I said it was strange at first.”

After hearing Tie’s story in the Weapon District, the twins were greatly flustered.

‘Really? Commander Luminen really said he’d let Danzu view the organizational chart?’

‘Yes, if Tie just spills her secrets!’

‘No matter how curious he was about Danzu’s identity, still…’

It was unbelievable that Valentis Luminen had made such a deal with Tie, even breaking military law.

Valentis was even the Commander who directed the entire Paladin order, wasn’t he?

Therefore, Enzo and Raul had advised the entire mercenary group at the time.

Just in case, it would be better to keep quiet about what they were supposed to see at the Commander’s house.

And now.

“Look at this.”

At Enzo’s gesture, the unit members stared outside the carriage.

“Wow, there are ten horses outside!”

At this moment, just as Tie said, more than ten holy cavalry were positioned outside.

As the flags they held fluttered in the wind, the view inside and outside the carriage was blocked.

“More than that, how far have we come now?”

“I can’t see well. It still seems like Rosewerbel Street…”

Just as the unit members were all hanging by the window trying to gauge their current location,

“Give up. I think they’ve put up a barrier.”

Nordics, who had been quiet, stepped forward.

When he pointed to the empty air beyond the holy cavalry, something like a faint membrane was visible there.

“It looks like a barrier made by operating holy power.”

“A barrier? Then could it be the Commander…”

At Raul’s words, Tie tilted her head.

“Why Hammer?”

Raul looked at Tie.

“Why, didn’t he say so before putting us in the carriage? That he was Leonardo Luminen.”

Veil nodded.

“Oh right, he did. He said he was Luminen’s second son and came because the Commander sent him.”

“Yes. He’s actually currently serving as Commander of Jedo’s Central Battalion. As befitting someone from the Luminen family, he awakened quite a useful divine power at a young age.”

Divine awakening.

That was a special power that Paladins could awaken through long training or innate holy power when they reached a certain level.

Just like how Commander Luminen handled the ‘Awakening of Holy Vision.’

“The power Leonardo Luminen awakened is probably ‘Sanctification.'”

“Sanctification?”

“It’s about surrounding an area with holy power to make it a sanctuary, then blocking the inside and outside visually and auditorily. You can think of it as a kind of barrier.”

But for some reason, Raul’s expression became serious.

“Of course, it’s not a power that can be used anytime. Casting sanctification puts a burden on the user too. So what I’m saying is, something’s a bit…”

Basto opened his mouth.

“…Right. We shouldn’t think of this invitation as simply straightforward.”

Tie made a bewildered expression.

It was because there were too many difficult words for her to understand well.

Meanwhile, Veil, who glanced at Tie, leaned toward Basto and Nordics.

“Why is the Commander going this far to invite us?”

Actually, besides Enzo’s words, there was something else bothering Veil.

“Have you ever seen nobles casually inviting mercenaries to their homes? The more I think about it, the stranger it gets.”

Basto and Nordics exchanged glances silently.

Because they knew too.

How rare it was for a noble, especially a powerful noble residing in Jedo, to invite mercenaries into their home.

“The Emperor too. Doesn’t the Marquis of Luminen mind the Emperor’s opinion?”

Everything could actually be said to stem from the Emperor’s deep hatred of mercenaries.

The Emperor had long regarded mercenaries as nothing more than mutts without pedigree.

But what about the Marquis of Luminen?

The Emperor’s favor toward the Luminen family was truly remarkable.

The Emperor considered everyone in the ducal family, including Valentis, as his confidants and thought highly of them.

“As I know it, the Emperor even keeps an eye on everyone the Marquis of Luminen associates with closely.”

But the Commander was bringing an entire mercenary group into his manor?

And then showing them the organizational chart, which was a security document?

“This is completely illegal. No matter if he’s the Commander, wouldn’t something happen if he got caught?”

Veil, who had been muttering, made a suspicious expression.

“I understand that Child made a contract with the Commander. I also understand they agreed to exchange her information for viewing the organizational chart. But even so…”

“Enough, let’s just watch for now.”

Then Nordics cut off Veil’s words.

“At least the Marquis of Luminen doesn’t seem hostile toward us.”

Veil closed her mouth and reluctantly nodded.

As Nordics said, the Marquis of Luminen seemed quite friendly toward Agabelt.

They sent the second son directly to greet them, the carriage provided was comfortable, and the escort was courteous without excess.

Basto also chimed in.

“The old man is right. This level of treatment when it wasn’t even a formal invitation.”

The invitation Tie received was, strictly speaking, a verbal invitation.

It meant it was something the Commander could cancel with a single notice at any time.

But the Commander didn’t do that.

Instead, he chose to secretly bring Agabelt despite the risk.

“Hah… Could it be that our Child was so cute that day that the Commander lost his mind?”

Veil asked seriously.

Basto nodded as if it made sense.

“Actually, that possibility is the highest.”

The night they stayed in the Weapon District.

For the unit members who didn’t know exactly what happened between the Commander and Tie, it was inevitably frustrating.

Meanwhile.

In another carriage behind Agabelt.

Leonardo, sitting alone, rested his chin and stared out the window.

“…That child was the Commander King.”

Recalling the face of the child he had met once in front of the Compensation Office, a hollow laugh escaped.

He hadn’t expected to see that child again.

At least not in this way.

Leonardo suddenly recalled last night.

‘There’s someone I’ve invited to the manor.’

That evening when Valentis had made an unexpected announcement at the dinner table where everyone had gathered for once.

‘A mercenary group is scheduled to visit. I made a promise to them.’

The three princes immediately put down their utensils.

Leonardo even asked his father, with whom he wasn’t particularly close, ‘Have you perhaps lost your mind?’

The Emperor extremely despised his cherished nobles having private contact with mercenaries.

Valentis was the person who knew this best of all.

So the three princes couldn’t believe it even after hearing Valentis’s entire story.

The incident where Valentis met the Sorcerer King in the Weapon District.

Making some kind of deal with him, and even learning about the Sorcerer King’s hidden background.

But the problem was that it didn’t end there.

‘He possessed an unauthorized sacred relic. He didn’t seem to know the activation conditions for the sacred relic, judging by how he attempted memory manipulation on me.’

When the story reached that point, even Edmund, who was the most open-minded among the three princes, was shocked.

A mere mercenary possessed an unauthorized sacred relic.

And Valentis had overlooked it?

Even a mercenary who had attempted memory manipulation on you?

But Valentis remained calm.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter, does it? My memory is intact as a result.’

Sacred relics don’t work on those who possess greater sacred power than what’s inherent within the relic.

So it was natural that Valentis’s memory remained intact, as he possessed sacred power so immense it was among the greatest on the continent.

However,

‘Does the Order know about this fact?’

To Leonardo’s trembling question, Valentis answered.

‘No. They don’t know.’

Then he added.

‘And I intend to keep them from knowing without my knowledge.’

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