A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 18

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 18

And so, several more days passed, and on one early afternoon.

Tie was sitting by the inn window, swinging her two legs back and forth.

The sunlight streaming down was warm, and her mood was soaring.

While she was enjoying the sunbath.

“Hey, child!”

Veil’s voice came from behind.

When she turned her head, Veil was standing there holding a plate of cookies in his hand.

“What are you staring at? Just eat this.”

Tie’s eyes instantly grew wide.

Tie quickly picked up a cookie.

As she bit into the greenish-tinted cookie made by the innkeeper grandmother, a sweet aroma spread throughout her mouth.

Tie felt her heart grow warm and fluffy as she crunched on the cookie.

Veil, who had been watching Tie eat, asked.

“Commander King. Is it that delicious?”

Tie was startled.

Her cheeks, which had been puffed up from the cookie, turned slightly red.

“Commander King…?”

“Yeah, Commander King. Is there any other… pfft. Hah… Commander King here besides you?”

Veil was trying to hold back his laughter, but Tie twisted her body and laughed.

“Brother Veil is so silly. What Commander King~”

“…”

“Of course Tie is everyone’s leader, and it’s true that she’s the strongest sorcerer hiding her identity~ But when we’re alone like this, you can just call me Tie.”

Veil’s mouth twitched.

He poked Tie’s cheek.

“Child, do you like the name Commander King that much?”

Tie stopped eating her cookie and opened her eyes wide.

Do I like the nickname Commander King?

Isn’t that obvious?

The strongest and most powerful characters always have nicknames.

For example, like Legendary Puppetmon or Royal Tanifang!

Come to think of it, her quail class friend Hyunwoo’s game character had something like that too.

If you think about it,

“Tie is wearing a skin.”

That was the only way to explain it.

“If the original Tie character is just Tie, then the skinned Tie would be ‘Commander King Astie’.”

Her bottom naturally wiggled with excitement.

Tie wiped under her nose and lowered her head, giggling.

She could feel Veil’s gaze staring intently at her.

‘Poor Brother Veil.’

He must be envious of Tie who became a super strong character by wearing a skin.

That’s when it happened.

“Astie.”

The inn door opened and Basto and Nordics appeared, carrying something heavy on one shoulder.

“Uncle Basto!”

“Were you good with Veil?”

“Tie, you have cookie crumbs around your mouth.”

Tie waited for Nordics to brush off the cookie crumbs around her mouth, then saw what they were carrying on their shoulders and jumped up and down.

“Is it our cloaks? Are they really our cloaks?!”

“That’s right.”

Basto lifted Tie up and sat her in front of a large table.

Then he placed several sets of clothes they had been carrying on the table.

These were the new uniforms for 【Agabelt】, which had become an official mercenary group, ordered three days ago.

“So cool…”

Tie unconsciously murmured as if enchanted.

Black outer garments made by layering sturdy leather and thick cloth.

A design crafted for easy movement and generous fit to block rain and wind.

Most importantly!

“It’s really Tanifang. Heoook.”

She was so excited she felt like she might choke.

Tie touched her favorite character that was clearly embroidered on the chest of each uniform.

How much trouble had she gone through three days ago drawing this?

Honestly, what Tie drew was such a mess that she had to explain it to Nordics Grandfather and he drew it again.

Did they use about twenty sheets of paper then?

At some point she was so sleepy it was difficult, but it was worth explaining.

“So pretty…”

Nordics wrapped the uniform around Tie.

When he fastened the hook below her neck, the soft texture fell smoothly over her shoulders.

‘It’s prettier than the preschool cloak!’

Actually, Tie had wanted to make the uniform yellow like the Hanbit Preschool cloak.

But if she wore yellow clothes in the forest, she would be easily spotted by monsters.

In the end, Tie swallowed her tears and decided on black.

‘I’m glad I did that!’

Now she was very proud of that choice.

Because the uniform was so cool!

The others seemed to think the same, as they began examining the uniforms with curious eyes.

“What’s this? The material is better than I expected?”

“Veil. Didn’t I tell you I’m a skilled tailor?”

“But did you really have to include this pink bug?”

“B-bug?”

While Tie was stammering, Basto furrowed his brow.

“Veil, even though there were circumstances, don’t forget that Tie is now our group leader. It’s not strange for a group leader to exercise important decision-making authority within a mercenary group.”

Still, Veil had a sullen expression.

Of course, he wasn’t unaware of what Basto was saying either.

There had been many incidents in the past few days, but even before that.

He vividly remembered the day they had conquered medium and small Mastones with skeletons.

That day, Basto, Veil, and Nordics, who had newly expressed his intention to join, had entered an emergency meeting.

At that time, the three of them had to find a way to bring Tie into Jedo somehow.

Not only for Tie’s safety, but above all, they needed to find out who the child’s parents were.

But to do that, Tie also had to have her name on the member list,

‘A four-year-old mercenary would definitely attract attention.’

‘I think the same. Since she’s such a young child, drawing attention would be unavoidable.’

‘Then what do we do? The child has awakened strange abilities too! If attention is drawn, weird people might approach her.’

There were many things to consider due to various circumstances.

That’s when Tie spoke up.

‘What if we say Tie’s current appearance is a transformation?’

Though she was a child, she was actually planning to pretend not to be a child.

‘And Tie is really strong! She can summon bone friends! Grandfather said Tie has tremendous power too…!’

The three people soon agreed to that plan.

‘Certainly. That way we can change the kind of attention the child draws.’

Tie shouldn’t just look like a little girl stuck among dark-skinned men.

Her abilities shouldn’t be revealed ambiguously either.

Rather, it would be better to exaggerate them.

‘If Tie becomes a Sorcerer King, no one can look down on Tie!’

In the end, that was the right answer.

If you imagine that a mage who actually handles necromancy is disguised as a mere four-year-old girl…

‘Ah, that’s kind of creepy. Everyone would probably avoid her.’

‘…I agree.’

‘Then it seems decided.’

That’s how they decided to make Tie a Sorcerer King and put her in the leader’s position.

(Though Veil didn’t want to admit it) Tie actually had the highest combat power among the four of them.

After that, things went well and they really formed a mercenary group, with Tie becoming the leader, but…

“Even so, isn’t a bug a bit too much? Instead of a bug, we could have put something cooler. What is this? With those disgustingly big eyes… is it a fly?”

As Veil rubbed vigorously at the embroidery, Tie was now almost on the verge of fainting.

“V-Veil! H-how can you say such things!”

But Veil was unmoved.

He walked to the inn counter and brought back an ink bottle without hesitation.

“I’m just going to erase this. If I make it black, it’ll be less visible.”

“N-no!”

Tie quickly scrambled up onto the desk and blocked Veil’s path.

A noble expression appeared on her face as she spread both arms wide.

“That’s an insult to Ddongnapang! I can’t just stand by and watch that!”

“Insult my foot. Hey, child. A pink bug on my uniform is what’s insulting. So right now, ah-!”

At that moment, Tie bit Veil’s hand with a waaah-!

Veil’s eyes went wide.

“What are you doing right now?! Are you a dog?! Ah, the saliva, really!”

“I’m not a dog! I’m a child! And puppy is a prettier word than dog!”

Veil closed his mouth.

That damn child…

He stared at Tie intently, then shrugged his shoulders.

“Fine, whatever. Whether you’re a child or a dog, I’m doing what I have to do.”

Then he swiftly grabbed the uniform that was on the desk.

“No-!”

Leaving the pitiful cry behind, just as he was about to cover the embroidery with black ink.

Ting-

A transparent energy flew from somewhere and grazed past Veil’s hand.

That energy soon enveloped the inside of the inn in a circle like a bursting soap bubble, then disappeared.

Veil blinked blankly.

When he came to his senses, the ink bottle had flown far away,

“…Huh?”

Blood was trickling from his fingertip as if cut by something.

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