A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 19

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 19

Tie was even more shocked than Veil.

“Wh-what, what, what is that?!”

At the sudden bloodshed, Tie jumped up from her seat in surprise.

At that moment, something appeared before her eyes.

A small, pitch-black body.

Ominously glowing red eyes.

“Ka-Kamang?!”

The small creature before her eyes was definitely Kamang!

[You told me to wake up quickly, and this is all you wanted to show me?]

However, Kamang, whom she was seeing after a long time, started grumbling with a dissatisfied voice.

[Can’t even handle one insubordinate fool like this, yet you want to lead a mercenary group…]

Tie was so surprised she forgot to breathe and just stared at Kamang.

It wasn’t just Tie.

Everyone in the inn was looking at Kamang with wide eyes.

Then Veil’s voice was heard.

“Hey… child, you.”

Veil was still frozen in place with his bleeding hand raised in the air.

“Did you just… order your summon to attack me?”

Tie’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Ti-Tie didn’t do that!”

Tie swore she had no idea Kamang had awakened!

“Veil, stop it.”

Then for some reason, Uncle Basto hurriedly approached Veil.

He pressed a cloth to the injured hand and said.

“You heard from Nordics. Tie hasn’t had her powers awakened for long, so control would be difficult. I can see the wound isn’t even deep. Don’t do something you’ll regret.”

“But still, no matter what!”

“You’ll lose.”

Veil shut his mouth.

Kamang, who had been beside Tie, grinned crookedly as if he’d been waiting for this.

Tie looked at him and then quickly grabbed Kamang.

Kamang looked at Tie as if asking what she was doing, but Tie glanced once at Veil’s bleeding hand and said sternly.

“Kamang, you… come to the Room of Truth with Tie.”

And she ran straight up to the second floor.

In the room sitting alone with Kamang.

Tie groaned and held her head in her hands.

In her mind, she was thinking of Hyuna Metchuriband, who had once hurt a friend.

‘Teacher! Hyuna pushed me and I scraped my knee! Waaaaah-!’

At Hanbit Kindergarten in Jongno-gu, where Tie used to go, there was a very, very important rule.

‘Never hurt your friends!’

If it was an accident, you’d only get one sad sticker and could be released from the Room of Truth.

But if it was on purpose?

That was a different story.

“Kamang, you… how could you make Veil bleed?”

While Tie was serious, Kamang looked bored.

He was sprawled out on the floor, only looking at Tie with his eyes.

“Tie is talking to you, so who told you to sit like that?”

[It’s my choice.]

“…!”

A huge shock swept through Tie’s mind.

‘U-usually when the teacher scolds you, you’re supposed to say you’re sorry…?’

The punishment was quite terrifying after all.

Children who hurt friends on purpose had to stay in the Room of Truth for a whole 10 minutes.

While sitting on the thinking chair reflecting, the teacher would come in and give two sad stickers.

When everyone else got good job stickers but you got sad stickers alone…

Tie straightened her heart.

And imitating the teacher, she looked at Kamang seriously.

“Under any! circumstances, you must not hurt people.”

[You bit that guy too.]

Tie’s cheeks turned bright red.

‘Oops. Come to think of it.’

Because Veil was being mean, she unconsciously bit his hand.

“But still, Tie didn’t bite hard…?”

However, Kamang just snorted.

Tie’s face became slightly dejected.

It was when silence filled the room.

[Still, you did well.]

At that moment, Kamang spoke.

Tie looked at Kamang in surprise.

[You did well. Biting that guy, and other things too. Honestly, I didn’t think you could accomplish this much alone.]

Tie asked timidly.

“…Really?”

Kamang gazed at Tie with his red eyes.

[Yeah. Even without me, you came all the way to the gateway alone, and honestly I’m a bit surprised. I thought you couldn’t do anything by yourself.]

“…”

[Actually, the pathetic one is me. Going into hibernation for so long just from messing with the timeline a bit.]

Tie quickly waved her hands.

“No! What Kamang did was such an amazing thing! You said you turned dimensions back then, right? Originally turning dimensions is incredibly difficult, and you…”

[It’s not because I used a lot of power. It’s just because I’m weak.]

Tie closed her mouth.

Kamang was silently looking at the ceiling.

His face looked tired and complicated somehow.

Just as Tie was hesitantly about to reach her hand toward him, Kamang turned his gaze back to Tie.

[So you’d better keep doing what you’re doing now.]

“Huh?”

[Hide your identity. And while you’re at it, hide mine too.]

“Ka-Kamang’s identity too?”

Kamang nodded.

[Yeah. Everyone seems to think I’m your summon or something, so just let them keep misunderstanding.]

Tie’s eyes grew wide, and soon her heart started beating rapidly.

“I will!”

Kamang was Tie’s friend.

Also, it seemed like Kamang had some complicated circumstances.

‘At times like this, Tie has to protect him!’

If they said he was the powerful Tie’s summon, Kamang would be able to travel this world a bit more comfortably.

Tie wiggled her bottom and moved closer to Kamang.

“Kamang, don’t worry! I’ll definitely keep it a secret that you’re a legendary puppet monster…”

“It’s Lucalion.”

At that moment, the sun revealed itself outside the window.

When she closed her eyes briefly from the glare and opened them again, the black-haired boy she had seen on the first day was sitting in front of Tie.

Tie’s lips parted slightly.

‘Six years old… no, seven years old.’

She hadn’t noticed on the first day, but now she could see that Kamang appeared to be around the same age as the older kids in the deer class.

Kamang spoke again.

“My name. It’s Lucalion.”

“…Lucalion.”

Tie unconsciously repeated that name.

As she looked into Kamang’s eyes…

Jongno-gu came to mind.

That night when her heart felt completely soaked by the pouring rain.

When she had opened Father’s keepsake box, Tie had wondered if this was what it felt like to fall alone into a cold swimming pool.

Her eyes, her heart, all ten of her fingers were so cold that she wanted to hide in a deep cave and not come out for a hundred days.

But at that moment, Kamang—no, Lucalion—had appeared for her.

“Lucalion…”

He had brought Tie to this world and given her the chance to meet Father again.

“Lucalion!”

Tie unconsciously pulled the boy in front of her into a tight embrace.

“Thank you, Lucalion!”

It was the proper thank you she hadn’t been able to give on the first day.

Lucalion remained still in Tie’s embrace.

Tears began to trickle down, so Tie quickly pulled away, worried that her tears and snot might get on Lucalion.

Then she took Lucalion’s hand and grinned.

“Thank you so much for helping Tie…”

Lucalion was looking at Tie with a surprised expression.

“You know, we’re going into Jedo tomorrow! They said we can enter now that we’re an official mercenary group!”

“…Really?”

“Yeah! Since Father is a paladin, we should be able to find him quickly once we get to Jedo!”

Lucalion nodded.

“Once I find Father, Tie will repay the favor! And if things get tough from now on, you can always go into my bag and rest! Also, since you’re my summoned creature now, it’s probably better if I just call you Kamang in front of people, right?”

“That’s a bit…”

“I knew Kamang would be best!”

“…Why did you even ask?”

“Kamang! Let’s go!”

Lucalion was reluctantly dragged along by the hand pulling him.

By the time they passed through the doorway, he had changed back into the form of a young dragon.

In his field of vision, he could see Tie’s small hand gripping his front paw.

His ruby-colored eyes settled calmly.

‘…As I thought.’

Through their touching skin, he could feel something pouring into Lucalion’s body like a rushing stream.

It was the power that filled Astie’s body.

Though it was still woefully insufficient…

Lucalion’s eyes gleamed as he watched Tie’s hair bouncing softly.

‘It really was you.’

Now he could be completely certain.

That day.

It was definitely Astie who had awakened him.

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