A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 163

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 163

 

The next day.

 

Trebaga, or rather, Agavert’s Second Stronghold.

 

“Good morning~!”

 

Tesetan’s eyes snapped open at the voice that rang energetically through the manor.

 

Rising from the hard chair, he opened the door and came out with a dubious expression.

 

Stepping quietly to the railing, he could see the view of the lower floor beyond it.

 

“Oh my, it really is true. What a mess this place is!”

 

Some unknown middle-aged woman was entering his manor.

 

Behind her were five or six people with their noses and mouths wrapped in cloth.

 

“Shall we start with the kitchen~? Thank goodness Miss Selina lent us workers, or it would have taken me all day to do this alone.”

 

At the middle-aged woman’s words, a bright voice came from directly below the railing.

 

“Aunt Marshal, should Tie help too?”

 

“Oh my, that’s fine. Our leader should go eat breakfast instead~”

 

“Hehe, but still…”

 

The Commander King’s gaze momentarily turned toward the 2nd floor.

 

Tesetan quickly pressed his back against the wall.

 

“Ha.”

 

A short sigh escaped him.

 

‘Right.’

 

Yesterday he had agreed to merge with the Commander King and the mercenary group.

 

He had slept so unusually well last night that he almost forgot about it.

 

But even so, still.

 

‘Coming here from the morning…’

 

“Come on, everyone! Let’s start with the kitchen~!”

 

Soon a loud shout scattered his thoughts.

 

“Did you clean well? Mr. Kim Astie.”

 

As soon as Tie entered the stronghold, Veil approached.

 

Tie rolled her eyes and ran to the kitchen, avoiding Veil.

 

“Yeah, the vice-leader’s house was super dirty.”

 

“…What kind of fortune did that bastard accumulate in his past life? He contributes nothing to Agavert yet gets the vice-leader position for free. And now the great Commander King personally goes to clean his house.”

 

“Geez, Veil! Tie told you not to say ‘bastard’!”

 

“What? Tie likes that guy~?”

 

Veil mimicked what Tie had said yesterday.

 

Tie was startled and tried to cover Veil’s mouth.

 

But Veil annoyingly continued speaking.

 

“You like him so you just want to be on the same side? Aha, so the teammates you already had weren’t good enough? That’s why you needed new teammates, our little Commander King!”

 

“That’s not it…!”

 

“What do you mean it’s not? Tesedan Beronio, that damn bast— I mean, guy!”

 

Tie puffed out her cheeks.

 

Veil shook his head and sat in the chair across from Tie.

 

“What are you going to do about the siege from now on? Are you going to let those guys keep living in that house?”

 

Tie fell into deep thought.

 

The child stared at Father’s house visible through the window beyond the kitchen.

 

‘Let them keep living in that house?’

 

Actually, Tie could have invited Father and Father’s subordinates to this stronghold.

 

Since the new members were sharing rooms in pairs, there were still spare rooms in the manor.

 

But would Father be happy if she told him to move here?

 

‘He’d probably really hate it…’

 

Tie looked up.

 

“Tie thinks it’s better to just leave the vice-leader alone.”

 

“Just leave him alone?”

 

“Yeah! Just like kids need an adjustment period when they change preschools, Tie thinks the vice-leader is the same.”

 

Veil’s mouth fell open.

 

He sighed and answered.

 

“…Do whatever you want. It’s not like you ever did otherwise. Just hurry up and eat breakfast.”

 

“Isn’t Veil eating?”

 

Veil ruffled Tie’s hair with a sullen expression.

 

“We all ate already. While you were off cleaning that house from the crack of dawn.”

 

He grumbled as he left the dining hall.

 

Tie sat frozen with a bewildered expression, then quickly picked up her spoon.

 

And smiled brightly.

 

“Wow, eggs!”

 

Today’s breakfast was a warm soup with eggs and potatoes.

 

Tie scooped up a nicely cut piece of potato and popped it into her mouth.

 

“Mmm, yum. It’s refreshing.”

 

Just as Tie was drinking from the bowl with the plate,

 

Enzo and Raul entered from outside.

 

“Leader. Why is Master Veil acting like that?”

 

“Why is Veil acting weird?”

 

“He’s pulling weeds in the garden. Muttering things like ‘Since the leader is taking care of other people’s household, I should at least take care of my own.'”

 

Raul tapped Enzo’s shoulder as if telling him to stop.

 

Then he smiled awkwardly and said.

 

“There have been a lot of things happening lately. He’s probably feeling a bit complicated inside.”

 

Tie closed her mouth.

 

She continued eating with slower spoonfuls while the twins sitting in front kept chattering.

 

“Is Master Basto also acting that way because he’s feeling complicated inside?”

 

“What. He hasn’t said anything since yesterday?”

 

“Yeah. Strangely, he talked when it was just me and him…”

 

Enzo hesitated and looked at Tie.

 

“But he doesn’t say anything in front of you, Leader.”

 

Tie finally made an “ugh” sound and shook her head.

 

Then she seriously explained why the two were acting that way.

 

“The reason Veil and Basto are acting like that is because they’re sulking at Tie.”

 

However, there was no surprise on Raul and Enzo’s faces.

 

As if they already knew that Veil and Basto were sulking.

 

The twins instead leaned toward Tie as if they would reveal an even bigger secret.

 

“Actually, it makes sense they would. Because…”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Until the day before yesterday, the two of them were having a war of nerves.”

 

“A war of nerves?”

 

“Yes. Glaring at each other and having staring contests.”

 

“Gasp.”

 

Basto and Veil had staring contests? Tie had no idea!

 

“They were creating this deadly atmosphere in front of the new members too.”

 

Come to think of it.

 

She did seem to see the two of them glaring fiercely at each other a few times.

 

But,

 

“Why did that happen…?”

 

The two of them just had slightly incompatible personalities, but they generally got along well without any major fights.

 

Enzo chuckled softly.

 

“A few weeks ago, the two of them made a bet. Each claiming they would become vice-leader.”

 

Tie’s eyes widened.

 

“A vice-leader bet?”

 

“Yes. Lord Veil was certain that the leader was going to give him the vice-leader position,”

 

“And Lord Basto seemed to expect that he would become vice-leader.”

 

After finishing his words, Enzo added with an amused expression.

 

“But then the leader recruited Tesedan Beronio as vice-leader. Neither of them could have predicted that, I suppose.”

 

Tie made a “Huh…” sound and put down her spoon.

 

No wonder.

 

Now that she thought about it, Basto hadn’t said a single word to Tie since yesterday.

 

Normally he would have come to ask if she slept well and ate properly.

 

Even this morning when he was helping Tie put on her outer clothes, he had a sullen expression the whole time!

 

“Th-that can’t be”

 

The saying about everyone being happy was all a lie.

 

‘It was impossible for both of them to be satisfied…!’

 

Tie, having realized a new truth about life, couldn’t recover from the shock for a while.

 

“First place! First place-!”

 

The Central Branch of the Compensation Office was bustling from early morning.

 

With a fed-up expression, Remi watched Ornel running around the office.

 

“I told you! Agabert would overtake Trevaga within 3 weeks! Come on, come on! Everyone pay up 1 gold quickly!”

 

Ornel collected gold coins from the staff with an excited face.

 

The staff members muttered regretfully.

 

“Sigh, I really thought Trevaga would maintain first place. Who knew they’d get absorbed by Agabert.”

 

“Uhaha, didn’t you see the official document the Association sent?! The leaders had a sword duel. I knew the Commander King would win!”

 

“But Director, why do you like the Commander King so much?”

 

Ornel froze in place.

 

He made an “Uh, um…” sound and then burst into hearty laughter.

 

“Didn’t they work pretty hard there? Doing sieges like 5 days a week. I was scared at first, but thinking about it, there hadn’t been a mercenary group that worked so diligently before.”

 

Ornel scratched his head.

 

“When I came to my senses, I found myself cheering for Agabert to reach first place, anyway. Remi! Why aren’t you paying 1 gold.”

 

At the hand extended in front of her, Remi looked up with a tired expression.

 

“…Director. I didn’t participate in the bet.”

 

“Huh, really? You didn’t?”

 

Ornel asked back with a flustered face.

 

Remi nodded with her lips pressed tightly together.

 

Then she rummaged through her desk where documents were piled up like a mountain, and pulled out a piece of paper instead of gold.

 

“More importantly, about this national commission.”

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