A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 169

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 169

 

Rosewarbel 89.

 

Agavert’s Stronghold.

 

“Come on, come on! Hurry up and flip your cards!”

 

“Aw man, I was winning everything.”

 

The new unit members were in the middle of an intense card game in the kitchen.

 

“Here, eat some of this while you play. The siege work has been getting tougher lately, hasn’t it?”

 

Marshal approached the table carrying beautifully prepared fruit.

 

The unit members immediately whistled in welcome.

 

Rio, who had been sitting at the end of the table, stood up and took the fruit plate.

 

“Thank you. Since Agavert is so well-organized, the siege work isn’t that difficult.”

 

Marshal smiled brightly.

 

“That’s a relief then. When we had fewer unit members, our leader and executives really had a hard time. Look at this. Now that new members have joined, it’s bustling and nice, right? There are no empty rooms either.”

 

“Rio! Aren’t you joining the next round?”

 

The unit members starting a new game urged him, but Rio handed over the fruit basket and stood up from his seat.

 

Then he followed Marshal toward the living room.

 

“Is there anything I can help you with? It’s a rare day off, but you can’t even rest because of us…”

 

Marshal’s eyes widened.

 

She looked at Rio, who was young enough to be her son, with fondness and asked.

 

“Then could you help me collect the sheets? I need to do the bedding laundry today, but with more people around, it’s a bit much to handle alone. And today happens to be a day when the workers don’t come.”

 

Agavert didn’t keep permanent workers.

 

This was partly due to Tie’s identity, but mainly because not many people wanted to work permanently at a mercenary stronghold.

 

Rio nodded readily.

 

“No problem.”

 

The two of them went around from the top floor of the manor down, collecting dirty sheets.

 

When they reached the 1st floor again, Rio’s arms were piled high with sheets like a mountain.

 

“Here, here, this way!”

 

Marshal called to him as his view was blocked by the stacked sheets.

 

Rio waddled out of the entrance carrying the sheets.

 

Following Marshal’s guidance, he went down the stairs toward the back of the garden.

 

“I’ve prepared everything for the laundry, so you just need to put them in the basin. Here, be careful since you can’t see.”

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

Thinking of the mother he’d left behind in his hometown, Rio smiled without realizing it.

 

It was when they had almost reached the back garden.

 

“Huh? How are you back so early?”

 

Marshal’s puzzled voice came from ahead.

 

Rio, who hadn’t sensed any presence, tilted his head while buried in sheets.

 

‘Who came?’

 

Today, the leader and all the executives had left for the Luminen Estate.

 

The young leader had clearly said when leaving.

 

‘Tie will play until evening! Uncle and brothers, have a great day, fighting~!’

 

Rio looked up at the sky.

 

The sun was still blazing, too early to call it evening.

 

“Rio offered to help with removing the sheets. Oh my!”

 

Then Marshal’s short scream was heard.

 

Immediately after, Rio’s body floated in the air.

 

“Wh-what!”

 

Several sheets he’d been holding fell to the ground.

 

As Rio struggled to regain his balance, someone covered his head with one of the sheets he’d been carrying.

 

“Oh my!”

 

“Wh-who are you!”

 

Marshal screamed and Rio struggled with all his might.

 

But his opponent didn’t budge at all.

 

Instead, in just a moment, they wrapped Rio tightly in the sheet and were taking him somewhere.

 

“Wh-where are you going! You can’t do this! What will you do when the executives find out!”

 

Marshal’s voice grew distant.

 

Rio gasped for breath inside the sheet and moved his left hand toward his waist.

 

‘What kind of madman kidnaps a mercenary from their stronghold!’

 

It was so unimaginable that he couldn’t respond properly.

 

Rio’s hand finally grasped the handle of his dagger.

 

He gripped the sword properly, planning to tear the sheet and escape, but.

 

“We’re here, so stop.”

 

His opponent seemed to have anticipated everything, grabbed his wrist, and then set him down on something soft.

 

Rio struggled and escaped from the sheet, gasping for breath.

 

“Huff, ha!”

 

Then he gaped at the scene unfolding before his eyes.

 

“…R-Regent?”

 

A warehouse filled with hay for feeding horses.

 

With the blazing sun behind him, the Regent, whom he’d never exchanged a single word with, stood in the doorway.

 

“Put down the sword.”

 

Tesetan slammed the warehouse door shut with a bang.

 

Then he took down a rope hanging on the wall and strode toward Rio.

 

“Wh-what are you doing!”

 

Rio backed away, but soon his back was blocked by a hay pile.

 

“Ahhh!”

 

Tesetan twisted his arms behind his back and tied them tightly.

 

Rio fell into thought, terrified.

 

What did I do wrong?

 

I’ve been working hard and diligently since joining Agavert!

 

I especially made sure not to get involved with the Regent!

 

Because every mercenary in Talochium knew about it these days.

 

The sinister background behind Trevaga coming under Agavert.

 

Who would dare talk to Tesetan, who already prowled the stronghold with a murderous expression!

 

“R-Regent. There seems to be some misunderstanding! I didn’t do anything!”

 

Tesetan, who had firmly tied Rio’s wrists and ankles, stood up.

 

Then he answered indifferently.

 

“I know.”

 

“What?! Th-then why are you doing this to me…!”

 

“I stopped by the kitchen before going to the garden. When I asked who among the new recruits was the worst at lying, they all said it was you.”

 

Rio’s face went pale.

 

Those traitors, whatever this was about, they’d sold out their comrade to this terrifying man!

 

“I’m going to ask you some questions now.”

 

Rio gulped.

 

The shadow of the wooden bars installed for ventilation fell across Tesetan’s face.

 

“What is the Sorcerer King’s true identity?”

 

Rio’s face went blank.

 

After a few seconds, he asked back.

 

“Huh?”

 

“What is the Sorcerer King’s identity? Everyone except me and the members from Trevaga seemed to know.”

 

Rio’s lips twitched.

 

Naturally, he couldn’t reveal anything about the Sorcerer King’s identity.

 

He had sworn an oath on the sacred relic, staking his memories on it.

 

But more than that.

 

“You don’t know, Regent?”

 

“….”

 

Tesetan’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

 

Rio continued in disbelief.

 

“I thought you knew everything! It doesn’t make sense that the Regent wouldn’t know something even the members know!”

 

Rio squirmed and shifted to get comfortable.

 

Then he put on the most pitiful expression he could manage.

 

“But I can’t tell you anything.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“Because I made an oath with Danzu. If I break it, I’ll die!”

 

Technically he wouldn’t die but lose his memories, but Rio exaggerated a bit.

 

No matter if he was the Regent, this was someone who had tied him up in a closed room and threatened him.

 

To survive this situation safely, he had no choice.

 

“…I see.”

 

Tesetan stroked his chin.

 

As Rio watched nervously, swallowing hard.

 

Scrape— The sound of blade against blade rang out as Tesetan drew a dagger.

 

“R-Regent.”

 

Rio called out to him with a trembling voice.

 

But Tesetan approached step by step with an expressionless face, then.

 

“Go on.”

 

He swiftly cut the ropes binding Rio’s wrists and ankles.

 

Rio hurriedly got to his feet.

 

Then he hesitantly asked.

 

“You’re letting me go this easily? Why did you tie me up in the first place…?”

 

At this point, it was just a waste of rope.

 

Tesetan narrowed his brow.

 

“This way creates a better sense of crisis, doesn’t it?”

 

Rio slowly backed away, then quickly opened the warehouse door and ran off.

 

Left alone in the warehouse.

 

“…So he made an oath.”

 

Tesetan muttered quietly as he watched Rio’s retreating figure.

 

“Then I’ll have to find out myself.”

 

He began walking again.

 

That evening.

 

“Hehehe.”

 

Tie entered the room in high spirits.

 

She took off her cloak, hung it on a chair, then flopped down on the bed.

 

“Tie is part of an extended family now!”

 

Today, she had spent an absolutely amazing day with her family.

 

Father was cold as always, but Grandfather and the uncles always treated Tie kindly.

 

Being with those four people made her upset feelings settle down.

 

Tie giggled and rolled around on the bed.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Whoosh—

 

Suddenly a cool breeze swept into the room.

 

“Sorcerer King.”

 

Someone gracefully landed and entered through the wide-open window.

 

Tie’s eyes widened as she saw the face that revealed itself.

 

“Re-Regent!”

 

The person who had invaded Tie’s bedroom was none other than the Regent.

 

Her father.

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