A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 150

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 150

 

Imperial Palace.

 

Prince Pides of Talochium entered the sunlit Banquet Hall.

 

The woman sitting at the oval table looked up.

 

It was Princess Ardiana, the legitimate princess of the Empire.

 

“…Ardiana. You were here?”

 

Ardiana rose to her feet.

 

“I haven’t been waiting long.”

 

At her calm response, one of Pides’ eyebrows twitched.

 

He stared at Ardiana for a moment before roughly pulling out a chair.

 

“That’s fine then.”

 

Despite his words, he was clenching his fist under the table.

 

“By the way, you don’t look well. Are you ill somewhere?”

 

Ardiana smiled faintly.

 

“As you can see, I’m healthy. I’m more worried about your well-being, brother. You must be busy attending to state affairs.”

 

Pides let out a sneer.

 

“I’m healthy, so don’t worry. Perhaps I’m too healthy for my own good. Strangely so.”

 

Ardiana didn’t respond.

 

Instead, she folded her hands on her lap while maintaining her smile.

 

Displeasure flickered in Pides’ eyes.

 

‘Why are you always fine? Every single time.’

 

Ardiana had always been Pides’ obstacle.

 

While Pides was the son of a commoner whom the Emperor had desired in his lust, Ardiana was the only daughter of the noble Empress.

 

‘Just look at how the ministers tear me apart behind my back.’

 

Pides was the Emperor’s most beloved child.

 

But even so, he was always surrounded by scandals.

 

Most of them concerned his mother and birth.

 

‘Is that really true? That Her Imperial Majesty was really the late Empress’s head lady-in-waiting?’

 

‘That’s what I’m telling you! It was the Empress herself who brought Her Imperial Majesty into the palace in the first place.’

 

Pides’ mother, Lavania, was a beautiful woman.

 

She was a commoner, a survivor from a village on the outskirts of Jedo that had been burned down by demons.

 

It was the Empress who saved her when she was dying.

 

During a secret journey to survey the attacked area, the Empress had discovered her by chance.

 

The Empress brought the injured Lavania to the Imperial Palace for treatment.

 

And she began caring for her, keeping her close.

 

Though that kindness didn’t last very long.

 

‘The Empress favored Lady Lavania so much. She must have really cherished her to give her the head lady-in-waiting position over all those noble daughters.’

 

However, contrary to the Empress’s trust, Lavania became pregnant less than a month after becoming head lady-in-waiting.

 

And then she gave birth to Pides.

 

He was the Emperor’s first child, something even the Empress hadn’t yet achieved.

 

‘Her Majesty the Empress was remarkable too. Even after such humiliation, she went to His Majesty every day to plead. Begging him to please lie with her as well so she could bear an heir.’

 

Nevertheless, the Empress was someone with cold rationality.

 

She worried about the chaos that would befall the Empire if there were no legitimate heir between her and the Emperor.

 

‘I won’t beg you to love me. But an empress doesn’t exist merely in name. An empress is the foundation of the nation, and bloodline means the Empire’s stability.’

 

‘…Hah.’

 

‘If Your Majesty only has children with Lavania, there will surely be controversy in the future. Over the child’s legitimacy.’

 

‘You think so?’

 

‘…Your Majesty, please consider the nation’s future. I earnestly beseech you.’

 

One year later.

 

The Empress became pregnant.

 

But she couldn’t raise the child she bore with such difficulty with her own hands.

 

She died not long after giving birth to the princess, having fallen ill.

 

However, the child who was born, Ardiana, was the legitimate daughter of the imperial family.

 

The Emperor didn’t just dislike Ardiana—he loathed her.

 

‘Even your eyes resemble your mother. Always holding your head high as if you’re trying to look down on me, your sovereign.’

 

The Emperor would openly humiliate Ardiana in front of the ministers.

 

It was natural that he remained indifferent to her throughout her upbringing.

 

Meanwhile, the Emperor’s favor toward Pides only grew day by day.

 

‘If I could follow my heart, I’d leave Talochium to you. If only the ministers weren’t opposed…’

 

He pitied Pides, who couldn’t inherit the throne despite being his first child.

 

And perhaps to wash away his guilt, he elevated Lavania to Imperial Consort.

 

‘Please support Pides well. Who knows what might happen? If Ardiana were to fall ill or get injured…’

 

Most of what Pides heard growing up from a very young age were such words.

 

If Ardiana fell ill.

 

If Ardiana got injured.

 

If Ardiana died.

 

Then he would inherit the throne.

 

So his attempts to kill Ardiana were perhaps as natural as the way of the world.

 

But there was a problem.

 

‘Why is that life so tenacious? I’ve already sent assassins several times.’

 

When he first poisoned her snacks.

 

Ardiana survived the poison with her eleven-year-old body.

 

Later he sent assassins, but she survived again.

 

Ardiana continued to evade death countless times after that.

 

A few years ago, she even managed to reach adulthood.

 

The more this happened, the more Pides’ worries grew daily.

 

Killing Ardiana was becoming increasingly difficult with each passing year.

 

‘Does she have some mystical art for avoiding death?’

 

While he was thinking, dinner was served.

 

A servant approached and said.

 

“His Majesty the Emperor will not be attending. He said he wishes to dine intimately with Your Highness alone this evening.”

 

“Understood, now withdraw.”

 

Pides irritably dismissed the servant and picked up his utensils.

 

Ardiana had already begun eating.

 

Watching her cut her food, his displeasure rose again.

 

Pides spoke with deliberate sarcasm.

 

“Is that Association thing or whatever going well?”

 

Ardiana raised her head.

 

For the first time since the meal began, there was a hint of hostility in her eyes.

 

“…It’s going well.”

 

“Are you hiding your identity properly?”

 

“I am hiding it.”

 

“Good. We can’t have it spread around that our imperial family is pursuing the interests of those lowly people.”

 

Ardiana didn’t respond.

 

Pides watched her with a sneer.

 

‘I can’t give you any position. I can’t yield any achievements to you.’

 

A few years ago.

 

He recalled when Ardiana had stepped forward, saying she needed to protect the Mercenaries.

 

The Emperor and Pides thought Ardiana was being presumptuous again.

 

The problem was that some ministers thought differently from them.

 

‘Your Majesty. Princess Ardiana is right. The occasions requiring Paladins and Mercenaries to unite are increasing daily. We need an efficient system to mobilize them.’

 

The Emperor only permitted the Association’s establishment after a heated argument with the ministers.

 

And judging that leading such an association would be disgraceful, he gave Ardiana the position of Association head like discarding a useless card.

 

However, Ardiana was delighted.

 

The moment Pides saw that, he felt something twist inside him.

 

‘Ardiana. You’re not thinking of leading that group of vermin under your own name, are you?’

 

‘…I don’t understand what you mean.’

 

‘You are a Princess. It makes no sense for an imperial Princess to guarantee the interests of lowly Mercenaries. Use a false name. Or stay hidden behind a veil.’

 

Ardiana had to be forgotten without making her presence known to anyone.

 

After all, she would eventually be eliminated by Pides anyway.

 

Pides didn’t want to be held back by anything of Ardiana’s.

 

And he wanted to safely receive the throne in the near future.

 

“There’s some gathering or whatever at the Clock Tower today, isn’t there?”

 

Ardiana stopped moving and stared at Pides.

 

“Behave yourself properly. Otherwise, I’ll tell Father and have you removed from that position.”

 

Ardiana swallowed her bitter smile and smiled as she always did.

 

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

A few hours later.

 

“Ahem!”

 

Tie stood in the middle of Clock Tower Square and cleared her throat.

 

Some distance away, beneath the Clock Tower.

 

Two people in sky-blue cloaks stood quietly.

 

Basto said.

 

“They must be executives from the Frost Association, Tie.”

 

Tie nodded.

 

Then she walked forward confidently, looked at one of their faces, and her eyes widened.

 

‘Wow…!’

 

Above the nose and lips covered by a mask.

 

Sky-blue eyes that sparkled like jewels were looking at Tie.

 

Tie swallowed and unconsciously muttered.

 

“It’s a Princess!”

 

At those words, bewilderment flashed in the other person’s eyes.

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