A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 177

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 177

 

“Oh, when did… you wake up, Sorcerer King.”

 

Ardiana, who noticed Tie’s gaze, stammered nervously.

 

However, Father once again muttered playfully.

 

“Why are you stuttering?”

 

“Shut up! You really…!”

 

Tie looked at Father and Ardiana and thought.

 

‘This is a romance drama…?’

 

She recalled the countless dramas she had watched with 107 Grandmother and 203 Aunt.

 

‘Oh my, look at them bickering, how cute! So cute!’

 

‘Oh dear, what a lovely time.’

 

Usually in episode 1 of dramas, a man and woman with many differences meet for the first time and fight for no reason while sticking together.

 

Just like Father and Princess right in front of her eyes.

 

And then,

 

‘They always kiss in the final scene of episode 8!’

 

Curiosity sparked in Tie’s eyes once again.

 

Meanwhile, the conversation between Tesetan and Ardiana continued on the other side.

 

“You must be quite confident about your appearance usually? You seem flustered that you didn’t get the response you expected.”

 

“Y-you’re really more rude than I imagined! But you don’t have a handsome enough face to be evaluating other people’s appearances either.”

 

Tesetan slowly turned his body.

 

He leaned slightly toward Ardiana with a subtle smile on his lips.

 

“Really? I hear I’m pretty quite often though.”

 

“What…!”

 

Ardiana’s face reddened once again.

 

Her eyes shook, losing their composure.

 

Tesetan’s face was so close their noses could almost touch.

 

Unlike Ardiana, he was looking down at her with an unperturbed expression.

 

Seeing the enchanting smile hanging on his lips, Ardiana gulped.

 

Her heart pounded thump, thump.

 

Perhaps because of the dim surroundings, Tesetan’s eyes looked deeper and darker than usual.

 

Though she had spent long years in the shadows of the Imperial Palace, she had had several men during that time.

 

But none of them had ever teased her so mischievously.

 

No, wait.

 

Was it right to describe this as mischievous?

 

Sly, no, skillful, or perhaps rude…

 

‘I hear I’m pretty quite often though.’

 

Tesetan’s words echoed again in her head, cutting off her thoughts with a snap.

 

Ardiana unconsciously licked her lips.

 

‘How can he say that with his own mouth…’

 

But she had to admit it.

 

Deep, cool eyes beneath sharp eyebrows.

 

A presence that filled the surroundings even while staying still.

 

And his firm legs that had unintentionally pressed close…

 

‘What am I thinking right now!’

 

Ardiana squeezed her eyes shut and opened them again.

 

Even so, Tesetan’s unrealistically beautiful face remained unchanged.

 

‘…Other thoughts. Other thoughts.’

 

Ardiana recalled Tesetan’s background, which she had secretly known about for a long time.

 

Tesetan Beronio was the fourth prince of Luminen.

 

In other words, he was the son of Eleonora and Valentis, who had been called the Empire’s greatest beauty.

 

So it was natural that he had an appearance so handsome it seemed unreal, but…

 

“…”

 

Ardiana realized that after going in circles, she was thinking about Tesetan’s face again.

 

As she froze momentarily, Tesetan chuckled and added.

 

“See. You can’t take your eyes off me because I’m pretty too, right?”

 

His gaze moved toward the area around her lips above the mask.

 

“…Now that I look, you can’t keep your lips closed either.”

 

Ardiana covered her face and pulled her head back.

 

Tesetan crossed his arms leisurely with the corners of his mouth raised.

 

Ardiana stared at Tesetan with shocked eyes.

 

‘I’ve been had.’

 

I completely fell for this guy’s act.

 

Ardiana gritted her teeth with a flushed face.

 

“…Lecher.”

 

Tesetan let out a short laugh.

 

Ardiana became even more indignant.

 

“Do you seduce any woman? I didn’t know you were barbaric in this way too. How can your words and actions be so lacking in dignity? You say embarrassing things with such a shameless face…!”

 

Tesetan burst into slightly louder laughter.

 

His eyes crinkled gently, then his gaze stared intently at Ardiana.

 

“That’s disappointing. If you knew how dignified I usually am, you couldn’t say such things.”

 

“What?”

 

“But my behavior did seem like seduction, didn’t it, Association Leader?”

 

Ardiana’s lips twitched beneath her mask.

 

Tesetan continued speaking.

 

“But I don’t seduce just anyone.”

 

“…”

 

“I don’t know about other things, but you should know that much.”

 

He gently closed his eyes and leaned his head against the wall.

 

Ardiana looked at Tesetan with a bewildered expression.

 

Only after a few seconds did she consciously turn her head away.

 

Suddenly she felt a gaze from across the way.

 

The Sorcerer King was staring intently at her.

 

Ardiana felt her face reddening again and glared resentfully at Tesetan’s profile.

 

‘Lecher, barbarian…! And there were watching eyes too…!’

 

Feeling embarrassed, she pulled her hood down deeply.

 

“Good work.”

 

Basto patted the shoulder of the unit member who had ridden the horse from the midpoint to the destination.

 

“Not at all! I’ll go help set up the tents!”

 

The unit member bowed respectfully to him and then disappeared into the distance.

 

It was when Basto slowly turned around from his spot.

 

“…Ah, I’m sorry.”

 

The Association Leader of the Frost Association, who had bumped into him while hurriedly getting out of the carriage, bowed her head.

 

For some reason, she moved toward the spot where she would set up her tent as if fleeing.

 

After that, Tesetan leisurely appeared.

 

“Is the strategy meeting tomorrow?”

 

Basto, who had been frowning, nodded his head.

 

“Yeah.”

 

Tesetan, who had waved his hand lightly as if he understood, walked away into the distance.

 

While watching his retreating figure, Veil, who had gotten off the carriage last while holding Tie, whispered in a meaningful voice.

 

“Basto. Those two have something going on.”

 

Basto frowned.

 

Veil gestured toward the two people walking away in different directions.

 

“I’m serious, you know? Didn’t you see the whole way here?”

 

“See what.”

 

“The Association Leader consciously not looking at that guy. She definitely looked out the window and talked with us until the midpoint.”

 

“….”

 

“But after passing the midpoint, she didn’t say a single word. Her face was all red and she absolutely wouldn’t take off her hood.”

 

Basto narrowed his eyes.

 

“And why does that bastard Tesetan keep grinning like that? Did those two have some kind of conversation while we were out?”

 

Veil suddenly closed his mouth.

 

Then he stared at Tie.

 

“Child. Did you see or hear anything?”

 

Tie made an “Huh?” sound and lifted her head.

 

Then she answered readily.

 

“I did!”

 

“You did? What!”

 

Tie scratched her head with one hand and looked at Veil.

 

“Well, the Regent and the Association Leader were being lovey-dovey.”

 

“They were what?”

 

“Lovey-dovey!”

 

Veil frowned.

 

“What’s that supposed to mean.”

 

“Hm?”

 

“What does lovey-dovey mean?”

 

Tie grabbed Veil’s shoulders and shook them as if frustrated.

 

“Like this, you know, fighting in a good way.”

 

“They fought?!”

 

“No, not that kind of fighting! Fighting in a good way!”

 

“What are you talking about. How can fighting be good?”

 

Tie, who had puffed out her cheeks, let out a sigh.

 

The child gave up and turned her head toward Tesetan and Ardiana in the distance.

 

The two were standing awkwardly in front of the barracks being set up.

 

Father looked as calm as usual, but Ardiana seemed slightly more tense than on other days for some reason.

 

“Veil! Over here!”

 

Nordics called the members from a distance.

 

“Oh! Coming right away!”

 

Veil, who had answered, started walking in that direction.

 

Tie, held in Veil’s arms, kept looking toward Father and Ardiana until the very end.

 

That evening, before bedtime.

 

“Danzu! Aleric! Crazy news! Crazy news!”

 

Livia entered the barracks used by Tesetan, Aleric, and Victor.

 

“Ah.”

 

Aleric, who had been changing clothes, quickly turned around.

 

However, Livia didn’t care and plopped down on Aleric’s bed.

 

“Do you know who I just had a conversation with?”

 

Even in the indifferent silence where no one answered, Livia continued excitedly by herself.

 

“I just had a conversation with the Association Leader? Well, she asked me to share a barracks with her?”

 

At those words, Tesetan, who had been maintaining his weapons, slightly lifted his head.

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