A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 161

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 161

 

Tesetan stood frozen on the stairs for a long while before asking back.

 

“Who took my sword?”

 

“The Commander King took it.”

 

Tesetan came running down the stairs.

 

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

 

The Commander King took his sword.

 

Moreover, he had leaned the sword against the bedroom wall.

 

That meant if an outsider had come into the bedroom to take the sword last night,

 

“There’s no way I wouldn’t have noticed that bastard’s presence.”

 

“That’s right. But it wasn’t the Commander King who took the greatsword from the unit leader’s room, it was me.”

 

“…What?”

 

Tesetan’s mouth fell open.

 

Aleric continued speaking.

 

“I sold that greatsword. To the Commander King.”

 

Silence descended upon the courtyard.

 

Livia lowered her eyes as if she couldn’t bear to watch.

 

Victor was looking at the distant mountains through the grime-covered window.

 

A few seconds later.

 

Tesetan approached and stood in front of Aleric.

 

“Aleric, are you… insane?”

 

Sold it.

 

He sold his greatsword.

 

What kind of sword was that, and he even sold it to the Commander King…!

 

But Aleric didn’t even blink.

 

“I’m not insane. And for your reference, I also sold all the armor and secondary weapons the unit leader used. I sold my orb too, and Livia’s curved sword as well. Ah, I left Victor’s alone. He said over his dead body would he give up his weapon.”

 

“Hey, you…!”

 

Tesetan unconsciously shouted loudly.

 

But before he could continue speaking, Aleric opened his mouth again.

 

“Unit leader. Do you know our mercenary group has no people right now? Even Pakun and Chester, who stayed until the end, left this morning.”

 

“…What?”

 

“In Trevaga’s early establishment, you said this, unit leader. Recruit members focusing on the strong, but pay high dividends weekly instead.”

 

“…”

 

“When we were actively sieging Mastone, this method was fine. We could cover all the dividends with reward money. But after you lost to the Commander King.”

 

“…”

 

“You just holed up in your room, so who’s supposed to pay the members’ dividends? Now we can’t even siege, so there’s no reward money either.”

 

Bewilderment appeared in Tesetan’s eyes.

 

Come to think of it.

 

He had been so shocked by the result of his duel with the Commander King that he had completely forgotten about the mercenary group.

 

Unable to continue speaking for a moment, he asked in a low voice.

 

“So you sent them all away.”

 

“Some left on their own, some we sent away. When we told them we probably couldn’t pay dividends for a while, they went their own ways.”

 

“…”

 

“Honestly speaking, hoping they’d stay was just our greed. Why do mercenaries do this work? They do it for money.”

 

“Still, without saying a single word to me…”

 

Aleric looked steadily at Tesetan.

 

“Who was it that threatened no one should come in? It was you, unit leader, who intimidated them saying anyone who enters should be prepared.”

 

Once again at a loss for words, Tesetan closed his mouth.

 

He had indeed said not to disturb him when he went into the bedroom.

 

Aleric shook his head.

 

“Anyway, so they all left.”

 

He added matter-of-factly.

 

“I also paid severance pay as written in the contracts the unit leader made.”

 

“Severance pay?”

 

“Of course we had to pay it? It was the unit leader’s idea to pay according to years of service after completing one year. Even though we’re going under, we have to keep our promises. These were colleagues who suffered for years putting up with the unit leader’s personality.”

 

“…”

 

Tesetan stared blankly at Aleric.

 

“So… you sold the greatsword.”

 

“There was no money we could immediately liquidate. Fortunately the Commander King paid generously. Otherwise, we would have had to dispose of even this house at a bargain price.”

 

“Ha.”

 

It was so absurd that he couldn’t even get angry.

 

Tesetan repeatedly tried to say something then closed his mouth.

 

He was annoyed, but somehow it was ridiculous and infuriating but…

 

‘Damn, there’s nothing wrong with what Aleric said.’

 

It was he who had set the dividends as weekly pay.

 

It was also he who had introduced the severance pay system.

 

In the first place, it was he who had insisted on dueling the Commander King, so there was no room for excuses.

 

‘…If only I had some money saved up that I could liquidate at times like this.’

 

But Tesetan had deliberately not saved money even though he could have.

 

He felt that filling his pockets would blur his sense of purpose.

 

“That’s why you should save some money… mmph.”

 

Livia, who had been subtly interjecting, closed her mouth.

 

Victor had covered her mouth.

 

Tesetan looked in their direction then put one hand to his temple.

 

A headache came as if someone was pressing down on his head.

 

“Ha…”

 

He turned around and headed to the window.

 

When he drew back the curtains, the cozy and neat view of the neighboring house came into view.

 

A well-maintained garden.

 

Flowers in full bloom near the fence.

 

Agavert had opened his windows wide and was ventilating his stronghold as usual.

 

“The Commander King said this.”

 

Aleric’s voice came from behind.

 

“There’s still time, so if you’re thinking of merging, come find him.”

 

At the same time, Livia ran over with a tearful expression.

 

“Unit leader! Please let’s merge! The Commander King said he’d return our weapons if we merge. I can’t let my curved sword go like this. What kind of weapon is that, that we have to sell it to give that damn Chester his severance pay?! That was money the unit leader should have provided in the first place!”

 

Tesetan’s eyes wavered.

 

“Of course I know the unit leader will stubbornly refuse to the end. You’re someone who sticks to ‘no’ once you’ve said ‘no’.”

 

Aleric’s continuing voice felt like it was heavily weighing down on his heart.

 

“My curved sword…”

 

Following Livia’s voice, memories of the past came flowing in.

 

‘Protect me? Me?’

 

‘Are you saying to come with you now?’

 

The first companions he had kept by his side after becoming a mercenary.

 

Tesetan had made them a promise.

 

That he would become a place for them to settle, for those who had nowhere to go.

 

That he would become a fence that could protect them.

 

In fact, they had shared moments of victory with Tesetan.

 

They had believed in him despite his instability, and supported him every time he fell.

 

To Tesetan, who had severed all ties with his past, they were truly no different from family…

 

“Ha.”

 

Tesetan opened his eyes.

 

He turned around and gazed at his unit members with a tired face.

 

“…I can’t guarantee a merger.”

 

And he added to the unit members who were staring at him intently.

 

“But I’ll find and bring back Aleric’s orb and your crescent sword, so wait.”

 

Agavert’s Stronghold.

 

Tie sat on the sofa and placed her hand on her pounding heart.

 

On the table in front of her lay the weapons she had just received from Livia, arranged in a row.

 

The greatsword that Father uses.

 

The orb of the mage named Aleric.

 

And finally, Livia’s small, round crescent sword.

 

“What are you going to use these for? And why did those guys give these to you anyway, huh?”

 

Veil interrogated from beside her, but Tie kept her mouth firmly shut.

 

In her head, the conversation she had secretly shared with Livia this morning was replaying.

 

‘Commander King. You only get one chance.’

 

‘Just one chance…?’

 

‘Yeah. Our unit leader is originally kind of stone-like as a person. He doesn’t particularly like anything, doesn’t cherish anything. But his greatsword that he uses. He really takes terribly good care of that.’

 

‘…The greatsword!’

 

‘Right. I’ll tell him that we sold that greatsword, my crescent sword, and the orb our mage colleague uses to you. So when our unit leader comes looking, try to have a good talk with him. Do you understand what I mean?’

 

Of course Tie understood.

 

Finally, a chance for conversation with Father had been arranged – how could she not understand!

 

‘He probably won’t be able to just ask you to return them outright. He’s surprisingly law-abiding, you know.’

 

‘…!’

 

‘So use the weapons as an excuse to have a real conversation. You also want to merge with our unit leader pretty badly, which is why you’ve been coming to see me every day. Right?’

 

Tie was flustered.

 

Surprisingly, Livia had seen right through Tie’s true intentions!

 

She had worked so hard to disguise her visits as coincidences to hide her desire for a merger!

 

Tie looked down at the weapons and gulped.

 

“Child, answer me! Why did that monster-guts-for-brains woman hand these over to you? Huh?”

 

It’s about time he came.

 

Just as she was thinking that.

 

Bang bang.

 

Some noise that might or might not have been knocking was heard twice, then the front door really did swing wide open.

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