A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 16

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 16

‘Serious, serious!’

Unlike her head that was earnestly repeating this, Tie’s heart was beating rapidly.

Cold sweat had been trickling from her palms clasped behind her back for a while now.

However,

‘Child, you. Are you sure you can act properly?’

Remembering Veil who had been teasing her all the way here, her determination flared up again.

Tie hardened her expression fiercely and puffed out her chest.

Then she sent a signal to Bone Friend behind her.

‘Bone Friend 3! Be scary, be scary!’

Right away, a rattling sound came from behind.

Tie’s face turned pale when she glimpsed that sight.

‘Spinning his head around and drawing a sword from Veil’s scabbard…’

This was way too scary even for scary.

But what could she do about what was already done.

Tie steeled herself and stared at the Paladin before her with the most arrogant face possible.

“Paladin.”

She had only said one word, but she could see the Paladin flinch.

‘I must really be scary.’

Tie actually had a somewhat bad impression of the Paladins at the Registration Office.

It was because they had harshly driven away Tie and Basto when they first visited this place.

The Paladins weren’t friendly at all, and they even badmouthed and mocked the kind Basto behind his back.

‘Wait. Then is Tie getting revenge for that day right now…?’

Her heart beat even harder.

Feeling like she had truly become an incredible person, her shoulders rose even higher.

But perhaps because she got too excited.

“Are you really curious about my name?”

Her tongue got twisted on an important word!

She could hear Veil making a ‘pfft…’ sound as he held back laughter.

Tie gritted her teeth to concentrate.

‘Serious! Serious!’

If she crumbled here, it would be over.

Tie absolutely had to prove her presence in this place.

‘Secret hidden Tie! Strongest Tie! Tie as strong as legendary Puppetmon! Royal Tanifang Tie! When she releases her transformation, she’s as burly and hairy as Basto!’

After earnestly repeating this, her mind became a bit calmer.

Tie created a scary and eerie look in her eyes.

It was the expression Father used to make in Jongno-gu when drunkards occasionally wandered into the alley in front of their house.

“You cannot handle my true power.”

When she recited the line, she could see the Paladin getting flustered.

His eyes were anxiously scanning Tie’s face, outfit, and Bone Friend 3 behind her.

Tie looked at him and added one final remark.

“My name is Commander King. Is this sufficient?”

Inside the Registration Office.

A tent that could only be reached after passing several Paladins standing guard.

“…I, I became the strongest.”

Tie muttered as if her soul had left her body.

Veil, who was checking outside the tent, put his index finger to his lips and said.

“Child, don’t let your guard down yet. The mercenary registration process isn’t over yet, is it?”

Tie snapped back to her senses.

Veil was right.

She had shown the Mastone and boasted about her Skeleton to pass the first gateway, but.

Right now, the four of them were inside the tent to register basic mercenary information.

“Well done, Tie.”

Then Basto gestured toward the paper in Tie’s hand and spoke.

Tie looked at the paper and gulped.

[Basto Paerix, Veil Theodore, Nordics Omen… Commander King.]

“The fact that they didn’t pry into your real name means they see you as formidable. Just keep doing that.”

Tie nodded earnestly.

Indeed, right after Tie summoned Bone Friend 3, the front of the Registration Office became quite bustling.

Everyone looked at passing Tie as if she were terrifyingly scary, and when their eyes met, they quickly averted their gazes.

Of course, there were occasionally people who looked at Tie like she was an idol on TV.

Tie felt bewildered and thought.

‘Hmm, I think I did well to summon Bone Friend 3.’

Originally, Tie had planned to summon Bone Friend 1.

However, Bone Friend 1 said he was tired because Tie carried his head around too much.

So he recommended Bone Friend 3, and the reason was simple.

‘He said Bone Friend 3 looked scarier so Tie would really look like a ‘Commander King’.’

When she actually summoned him, Bone Friend 3 really did look much more eerie than Bone Friend 1.

One eye had a dent from being hit by an arrow, and he was missing several ribs.

Perhaps because he wore rusty and broken armor, people couldn’t take their eyes off that spot with frightened looks even after Bone Friend 3 returned underground.

“Tie.”

At the voice calling her, Tie quickly raised her head.

Nordics was sitting beside her, looking into her face.

“When the Paladin comes soon, he’ll ask about simple mercenary group information. Do you have any name in mind?”

Her eyes widened.

A mercenary group name.

She had been so worried about acting well that she had completely forgotten about that.

“Um, a name, well…”

Just as she was rolling her eyes with a troubled expression.

“Hey there, Commander King.”

The Paladin she had seen at the Registration Office earlier opened the tent flap and entered.

Tie crossed her legs again while imitating Father’s expression.

The Paladin sat across from Tie with a tense expression.

“Y-your identification number came out. For special notes, here. I marked you as a dark attribute mage.”

Dark attribute mage.

At words that seemed incredibly powerful, saliva went down her throat with a gulp.

According to Nordics Grandfather, Tie was currently the continent’s only ‘dark attribute mage’.

The Paladin who had been writing letters one by one on the registration form looked at Tie again.

“But may I… ask for other information?”

Tie’s heart sank with a thud.

But soon she remembered what Basto had told her.

‘If they try to extract other information about you, you don’t need to answer. It’s not an obligation.’

‘It’s not an obligation…?’

‘That’s right. In reality, the Empire is receiving help from mercenaries for Mastone sieges. It wouldn’t be wrong to say the Empire’s survival depends on the mercenaries’ hands.’

In other words, if there was a hierarchy between mercenaries and the Empire, mercenaries were closer to being the superior party.

‘Of course, the Empire wants to collect as much personal information about mercenaries as possible. But whether to give information or not is in the mercenaries’ hands, so don’t say things you don’t need to say.’

‘Huh…’

‘Actually, there are many mercenaries on the continent who operate while hiding their identities.’

Tie deliberately narrowed her eyes.

“Paladin.”

She had only called out to him, but the Paladin flinched.

He was undoubtedly imagining Bone Friend 3 turning his skull with a grinding sound.

“I already told you my name is Commander King.”

“I, I know that, but just in case…”

“Why do you think I’m in this form for no reason?”

The Paladin closed his mouth.

His eyes anxiously scanned Tie’s face.

Soon, he bowed his head.

“I, I think I made a mistake. Please understand. Then I’ll move on to the next question.”

Tie watched with satisfaction as the Paladin questioned Veil and Nordics for information.

Basto’s voice continued in her head again.

‘They’re already convinced that you’re an incredible powerhouse. Your abilities are indeed that rare and precious. If our prediction is correct, they’ll probably do their best not to upset you.’

According to Basto, Paladins were mindful of mercenaries with exceptional skills.

That way they could comfortably request support when problems arose in Jedo?

‘Yeah, yeah. It’s better for them to be nice to Tie!’

She was chuckling to herself when it happened.

“Ah, and. Unfortunately, there were orders from above that we cannot issue an identification number to Basto Paerix.”

The Paladin’s sudden words echoed through the tent.

As everyone stiffened, the Paladin looked at Basto and continued.

“There was a report from Cal Worven, the leader of 【Death Hound】. He said that Basto Paerix committed illegal acts and fled after stealing money and goods from within the mercenary group.”

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