A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 193

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 193

 

Naturally, she couldn’t call the police.

 

Looking at the father and daughter’s appearance, there was no way she could do that.

 

‘Oh my, this child… Where did the child’s mother go?’

 

Tesetan was a pitiful and mysterious youth.

 

He wouldn’t answer a single word to questions about himself or the child’s mother.

 

However, he readily told her the child’s name.

 

‘Astie.’

 

‘What, Astie? What kind of name is that?’

 

She gradually grew closer to the father and daughter.

 

The more she did, the more she could vaguely guess about their circumstances.

 

‘Oh my, how pitiful! Where in this world is there a person without sorrow? Even Heaven and Buddha exist for that reason.’

 

Later, she deliberately didn’t ask anything.

 

Even when neighbors stepped forward to pry, she became a shield for them.

 

She was the one who found Tesetan a job.

 

She was also the one who helped arrange a room in Apartment 106 when a spot happened to open up.

 

Why did she do that when she was busy enough just feeding herself?

 

The reason was naturally…

 

Chaeboksu’s expression became complicated as she looked at Tesetan.

 

‘…Because he tries so hard.’

 

The sight of him struggling to live with his young daughter was heartbreaking.

 

He was someone who tried so hard it made the observer’s heart ache.

 

That’s why her heart went out to him.

 

As the child grew, Chaeboksu became as fond of Tesetan as she was of Tie.

 

He literally worked day and night.

 

Even if it was dangerous work, he’d be the first to jump in if the pay was high, and he always woke up earlier than sleepless old folks.

 

He should have been tired and exhausted.

 

But in front of the child, he always had a smiling face.

 

However, time wasn’t that generous.

 

So whenever she was about to forget, it brought new trials.

 

As Tie grew up, the young father seemed to gradually face realistic problems.

 

Even when she asked about his situation out of a desire to help, no answer came back.

 

In the end, it was only Chaeboksu and another neighbor from upstairs who would rack their brains worrying.

 

‘Sister, shouldn’t we try contacting the embassy or something? The lease is under your name now anyway.’

 

‘What can we do when the person involved won’t talk?’

 

‘Still…’

 

‘From what I can see, he has no intention of settling down in Korea.’

 

‘…’

 

‘It seems like he has somewhere to go back to with the child, but we need to know where that is to help or not.’

 

So in the end, she had no choice but to bury everything.

 

Still, there was only one reason she could endure.

 

The child’s innocent face that became visible when she set reality aside for a moment.

 

Just as her father wished, Tie was growing up bright and strong.

 

Then one day,

 

“…”

 

Chaeboksu’s face darkened.

 

She remembered the notice that had arrived at the house where Tie was alone.

 

It was a notice to come collect the remains of an unclaimed deceased person.

 

To think a notice about handling remains would arrive before news of the death.

 

She didn’t know how much she cried on the way home in the rain that day.

 

It was heartbreaking enough that a young life had easily become a star.

 

But thinking of Tie being left alone stuck like a thorn and was unbearable.

 

‘Rather, rather if I…’

 

Chaeboksu, who had been thinking, suddenly tensed her body at the grinding of her teeth.

 

“Ugh!”

 

When she couldn’t hold back and retched, Astie looked at her in alarm.

 

“Grandmother!”

 

“Cough! Cough!”

 

She gasped for breath.

 

Chaeboksu wiped her mouth with her sleeve and quickly smiled at Tie.

 

“It’s, it’s okay. Grandmother just choked.”

 

The child’s eyes widened.

 

Chaeboksu quickly got up from her seat.

 

“More importantly, child, aren’t you hungry?”

 

She busily went to the kitchen and rummaged through empty pots.

 

“What should I do when there’s nothing proper to eat at a time like this? Should I fry some eggs with soybean paste?”

 

As soon as she said that, a rumbling sound came from the child’s stomach.

 

Tie looked down at her stomach with a flustered face.

 

‘My stomach made a sound!’

 

Actually, asking grandmother to prepare food as soon as she arrived seemed a bit rude.

 

But soybean paste stew and fried eggs!

 

The child looked at Chaeboksu’s expression and answered.

 

“Then, just a little…!”

 

A smile immediately spread across Chaeboksu’s lips.

 

“Yes, yes.”

 

Tie watched the back of grandmother who had started moving busily.

 

Then she quietly approached and sat next to Father.

 

“…”

 

Except for the clattering sound of dishes, the room was quiet.

 

Neither Tie nor Father spoke.

 

Tie fell deep in thought.

 

‘Father must be a little surprised too, right?’

 

Since he suddenly heard from 107 Grandmother the secret that Tie was his daughter.

 

Tie fidgeted with her fingers.

 

‘But it’s okay, even if Father doesn’t believe it.’

 

She had expected this kind of reaction from the beginning anyway.

 

‘It’s fine even if he insists to the end that he’s not Tie’s father.’

 

Unless he recalled memories himself when their magic mixed.

 

He couldn’t suddenly become affectionate like before just from a story someone else told him one day.

 

‘Still…’

 

The child’s face turned red.

 

‘This is wonderful.’

 

Her heart fluttered at the fact that she had called Father “Father” right in front of him.

 

It felt like melting her frozen heart on a warm heated floor.

 

“Child, do you want one egg or two eggs?”

 

At the question, Tie raised one hand high.

 

“Two!”

 

“Alright.”

 

Meanwhile, Tesetan quietly looked down at the crown of the giggling child’s head.

 

At the same time, another hallucination overlapped in his vision.

 

‘Father will live with Tie for a long, long time.’

 

Inside the room where moonlight gently streamed in.

 

He gently stroked Tie’s hair as she lay under the same blanket.

 

Outside was pitch black and dark, but the child’s eyes were only bright and clear.

 

‘Someday I’ll definitely return to my hometown, and make our Tie smile in a much bigger and cleaner house.’

 

‘But Tie’s current house is good too?’

 

‘…There’s a better place than here. Where our daughter can run around freely, with lots of toys, and a big bookshelf where we can put a hundred, no, a thousand sticker books.’

 

With a ringing tinnitus, his eyes stung.

 

‘We’re going together with Father, right?’

 

‘Huh?’

 

‘If we’re not going together with Father, Tie doesn’t want to.’

 

The child’s eyes slowly lowered.

 

Her thick eyelashes seemed to tremble, then the child wriggled and burrowed into his arms.

 

‘Because Tie likes Father the most.’

 

‘…’

 

‘Because I love Father the most in the world, so.’

 

The breath Tesetan had been holding burst from his mouth.

 

Tie turned her head.

 

Tesetan quickly turned his head away to avoid the child’s gaze.

 

He didn’t want to show the tears that had formed regardless of his will.

 

“Child, you’re not uncomfortable, are you?”

 

At Grandmother’s question, Tie quickly shook her head.

 

“I’m not uncomfortable! It’s super cozy!”

 

Grandmother smiled faintly.

 

Tie pulled the blanket up to her chin and looked once at Grandmother on her left, once at Father on her right.

 

‘This is wonderful.’

 

The three of them could lie side by side like they sometimes did in the old days!

 

A smile kept appearing on her lips.

 

However, the giggling child soon opened her eyes wide.

 

“Huh?”

 

It was almost time to sleep, but Grandmother was still wearing her hat on her head.

 

“Grandmother, aren’t you taking off your hat to sleep?”

 

Grandmother looked flustered.

 

“Oh, this is, well…”

 

Grandmother stammered then gently stroked Tie’s head.

 

“Grandma’s head gets cold. It’s warm and nice to sleep with a hat on too.”

 

“Ah!”

 

Tie giggled and moved her body a little closer to Father.

 

Father had been lying straight with his eyes closed, looking at the ceiling for a while now.

 

“Oh my, so tiring…”

 

Grandmother groaned from the other side.

 

How much time had passed?

 

Grandmother began to breathe evenly.

 

Tie looked at the turned-off light in the middle of the ceiling with still wide-awake eyes.

 

‘What should I do tomorrow?’

 

She needed to return to the original world with Father as soon as possible.

 

But on the other hand, she liked this moment of lying side by side with Grandmother.

 

‘First, I should go greet 203 Household tomorrow!’

 

Just as the child who had roughly made plans was about to close her eyes.

 

“Huh?”

 

Suddenly, a white dot sparkled in the middle of the light.

 

Tie tilted her head.

 

At first she wasn’t sure.

 

But looking now, the dot was gradually getting bigger.

 

‘What is that?’

 

The moment Tie, sensing something strange, sat up.

 

[…e!]

 

A familiar voice came from beyond the dot.

 

Tie’s eyes widened.

 

Through the hole that had grown to the size of a bean, amber eyes appeared and slid to the side.

 

Soon another pair of eyes took that place.

 

[Child! Can you hear our voices?! Hey!]

 

Tie was startled and opened her mouth wide.

 

“Veil!”

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