A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 129

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 129

 

Tie quickly climbed down from the chair.

 

And looked back and forth between Leonardo and the fallen notebook.

 

“Tie did something wrong!”

 

She quickly stepped back and hurriedly picked up the fallen notebook.

 

Tie held out the notebook to Leonardo and said.

 

“Should Tie leave right away?”

 

“…No, wait a moment.”

 

But Leonardo seemed flustered as he stopped Tie.

 

Then he frowned slightly and said.

 

“You don’t need to leave. I didn’t mean it that way.”

 

Tie tilted her head.

 

“But Tie came in carelessly without permission…?”

 

“Carelessly? You came in because the door was open. If anything, it’s my fault for not locking the door.”

 

Tie’s mouth fell open.

 

The child hesitated and stared at the notebook Leonardo was holding.

 

“Then is it okay that Tie saw your secret notebook?”

 

Leonardo looked at Tie with a strange expression.

 

Then he answered calmly.

 

“It’s fine. It’s not mine anyway.”

 

Then he walked over to the opposite sofa and sat down, gesturing for Tie to sit beside him.

 

Tie walked over hesitantly and sat next to Leonardo.

 

Kamang and Ppupppu were leaning against the desk, keeping watch over Leonardo.

 

Leonardo, conscious of them, said.

 

“…To have two permanent summons at that age, impressive.”

 

Pride slowly spread across Tie’s face.

 

The child briefly let down her guard and giggled.

 

“Birdpoop is amazing too! He has so many subordinates!”

 

A slightly flustered look crossed Leonardo’s face as he recalled the day they met in front of the Compensation Office.

 

He unconsciously touched his cheek and asked.

 

“…Thank you. Did you wash that handkerchief properly?”

 

“Yes, Aunt Marshal helped me so it became white again!”

 

“Good, that’s a relief.”

 

“But then, whose notebook was that earlier?”

 

At the innocent question, Leonardo looked down at the notebook in his hand.

 

Soon he answered slowly.

 

“My brother’s.”

 

“Brother? Alexander?”

 

Leonardo smiled at the strange name that came from the child’s mouth.

 

He gently shook his head.

 

“No, a different brother.”

 

Tie’s lips parted slightly.

 

Tie had roughly grasped the hierarchy of the three Luminen brothers during yesterday’s meal.

 

‘The eldest brother is Hammer, the next brother is Birdpoop. The youngest brother is Alexander.’

 

Soon Tie’s eyes grew wide.

 

“Ah!”

 

Come to think of it, the Commander King had four sons, not three.

 

Tie exclaimed with a bright face.

 

“It’s 4th Brother’s!”

 

Leonardo smiled once more.

 

“Yes, it’s 4th Brother’s.”

 

“But why isn’t 4th Brother at home?”

 

Leonardo closed his mouth.

 

He stroked the notebook cover with his thumb a few times before answering.

 

“He doesn’t live with us anymore.”

 

“He doesn’t live together even though you’re family?”

 

Leonardo nodded.

 

Tie opened her mouth, then soon wore a wistful expression and muttered to herself.

 

“I see, 4th Brother became independent like Tie.”

 

Tie didn’t know the detailed circumstances of the youngest Luminen prince.

 

But to become independent from such a wonderful house and the strongest father and brothers.

 

There must certainly be tremendously complicated and difficult circumstances.

 

“As expected, life is….”

 

You can’t know what’s ahead.

 

Tie patted Leonardo’s knee to comfort him.

 

“Birdpoop, don’t worry. 4th Brother will come back soon.”

 

An interested look appeared on Leonardo’s face.

 

“Really? Why?”

 

Tie waved her hands frantically.

 

“House prices are really expensive these days. So adults said all city people become kangaroos. Kangaroos means they keep living with mom and dad to save money.”

 

Leonardo raised one eyebrow.

 

But a faint smile spread across his lips.

 

“…Right. It would be nice if it worked out that way.”

 

He briefly reminisced about old memories and turned his head.

 

Beside him, Tie was still looking up at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

 

Leonardo unconsciously stroked Tie’s head.

 

“Thank you. For comforting me.”

 

Even until this morning, he still thought all of this was madness.

 

But now he seemed to vaguely understand.

 

‘Was this how Edmund and Alexander felt this morning?’

 

The child’s warmth touching his fingertips somehow made his heart flutter.

 

Every night.

 

He had visited this small room dozens, hundreds of times.

 

And spent idle time in front of the desk where young Theseus would have sat alone.

 

Leonardo continued to look at Astie for a while longer.

 

Because the smile on the child’s face seemed to somehow soothe his old pain.

 

The next day.

 

Tie and Agavert picked up the pace even more.

 

After evening, the three Luminen princes who had finished their respective work also joined them.

 

Thanks to that, the data review finished faster than expected, but,

 

“…Child, are you okay?”

 

Thick teardrops were already about to fall from Tie’s eyes.

 

“Danzu….”

 

Tie left the Unit Members’ calls behind and wearily climbed down from her chair.

 

And passed everyone to go behind the curtain in the corner.

 

“Astie.”

 

Nordics called, but Tie hunched her small shoulders and sniffled.

 

“Tie… wants to play alone for a little bit.”

 

The unit members exchanged bewildered glances at the voice that had no energy at all.

 

It was when Veil, unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward to approach Tie.

 

“…Just leave her be. Even though she’s a child, she needs time to collect her emotions.”

 

Nordics stopped him.

 

Nordics looked around at the unit members with a serious face.

 

“It would be better if only Basto remains and the rest of us leave for a while.”

 

Eventually, the unit members hesitantly nodded their heads.

 

Soon, everyone except Basto left the Grand Council Chamber.

 

As the door closed, the sound of Astie sniffling grew louder.

 

Tie buried her face between her knees.

 

‘…He’s not there.’

 

She had searched through the organizational charts of all Paladin organizations in Talochium, no, in every country of this world, but Father wasn’t there.

 

Then where on earth could Father be?

 

She had come all this way just to find Father…

 

But at that moment.

 

Suddenly, a brief thought flashed through her mind.

 

‘No, it’s not that Father isn’t there.’

 

Father definitely existed.

 

Because Tie had seen him with her own two eyes at the port in Pearl City.

 

Then a small murmur flowed from Tie’s lips.

 

“That dream…”

 

The dream she had on the night she lost Father.

 

Even though it was already quite some time ago, for some reason the dream that remained vividly in her mind came back to her.

 

‘In the dream, people called Father Danzu.’

 

At that time, Tie had not been in this world for very long.

 

So she wasn’t familiar with the titles used to address Paladins or Mercenaries, and above all, she believed what Father had told her.

 

Father’s words that he was a Paladin.

 

But now Tie knew for certain.

 

First, Father wasn’t in the Paladins.

 

Because even after searching through all the organizational charts, he never appeared.

 

Second, Danzu wasn’t a term used to address Paladins.

 

It was a term used to address the leader of a Mercenary Group.

 

‘Also…’

 

Third. Basto had also appeared in that dream.

 

In the dream, Basto was Father’s subordinate.

 

If Father was really a Paladin, then Basto would have been a Paladin too.

 

Tie jumped up.

 

And came out from behind the curtain and ran to Basto.

 

“Hammer!”

 

Seeing Tie with tears welling up in her eyes, Basto hurriedly reached out to wipe the child’s cheeks.

 

“There, there. Tie.”

 

“Have you ever wanted to become a Paladin?”

 

Bewilderment crossed Basto’s face at the unexpected question.

 

But he soon shook his head.

 

“Never once.”

 

“Why not? What if, hypothetically, you could become a Paladin in the future, would you still refuse?”

 

“I would refuse.”

 

“Why would you refuse?”

 

“Because while Paladins may seem like a better profession than Mercenaries at first glance, they’re missing the most important thing. Freedom.”

 

Tie closed her mouth.

 

“Unlike Mercenaries, Paladins are obligated to serve the Order and the Imperial Court. But I hate being bound to something I can’t acknowledge. Rather than becoming a Paladin, I’d rather…”

 

Basto, who was about to say he’d choose death, stopped speaking.

 

It was when he was gauging Tie’s reaction, wondering if he had used vocabulary that was too harsh for a child to hear.

 

“Tie!”

 

Suddenly, Tie kicked open the door and rushed out of the Grand Council Chamber.

 

Then she immediately collided with Valentes’ Butler who was standing outside the door and fell down,

 

“Oww… huh?”

 

A sheet of documents that the butler had dropped stuck to the child’s tear-soaked face with a smack.

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