A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 200
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 200
Serkanos Cathedral.
Under the midday sun, the silver candlesticks lined along the edges of the ritual chamber gleamed.
The Archbishop in ceremonial robes prostrated himself before the altar.
“Your Holiness, the Emperor’s envoy has safely arrived in Luminenka.”
At those words, someone who had been praying with hands clasped before the altar opened their eyes.
Golden eyes shone calmly beneath snow-white hair.
It was Luciano, master of the Order and Pope of the Holy Empire.
The Archbishop continued with a satisfied voice.
“The situation is indescribably excellent. That there happened to be justification to summon Luminen, and that Talochium gave up the enemy Princess more easily than expected…”
“The enemy Princess was already a card we had secured, Archbishop.”
The Archbishop hesitated at the gentle, soft voice.
He looked at the back of the Pope’s head with a slightly flustered expression and asked back.
“Is, is that so? However, if the Emperor had refused, there would have been nothing we could do…”
“The Emperor has the right to refuse, but slaves do not have the right to refuse, do they not?”
“Slaves, you say?”
The Archbishop who asked tilted his head.
“Are you perhaps referring to the Commander King and his mercenary group? What relationship they have with the enemy Princess, I do not…”
The Pope rose from his seat.
As he turned around, intense sunlight struck down upon his pure white ceremonial robes.
“Archbishop. Do you know what path we are walking now?”
“Pardon?”
“This path we walk is one that God has directly arranged with love.”
The Pope raised his hand and pointed somewhere.
Dozens of gems were embedded in the ceiling of the ritual chamber where sunlight poured in.
Each time clouds blocked the sunlight, the light passing through the gems sparkled in various colors.
“God sees all things. When we are walking along such a being’s path, is there reason to change direction just because the wind blows?”
The Archbishop’s eyes widened.
As he hurriedly bowed his head, the Pope smiled kindly.
“Do not worry about side matters. When the Commander King comes, the enemy Princess will have come too. Regardless of the Emperor’s intentions.”
The Archbishop blinked with his head pressed to the floor.
‘This cannot be. Did I make another slip of the tongue?’
An ominous premonition arose that he had unnecessarily said something that upset the Pope’s mood.
It happened once before, so if the same thing repeated this time, it would be quite a troublesome situation!
Cold sweat flowed down his temples.
‘How perplexing.’
To have to be so careful even while delivering good news.
Before this young Pope, he had to be cautious of every single word, no, every single syllable.
It had already been several years since he became Archbishop, yet he still had no way to handle the Pope.
“I, I see. My thinking was shallow, Your Holiness.”
“The ritual chamber is a place to meet God. From now on, speak only absolutely necessary words in this place.”
“Yes, yes.”
With his nose pressed to the marble floor that was clean as if washed with holy blood.
The Archbishop delivered his second report in a more trembling voice than before.
“And regarding what you commanded us to find… I am ashamed to say there are still no clues whatsoever.”
The Pope’s face moved very subtly.
“Is that so?”
“Yes, not only Talochium but also the Oracadia Sanctuary on the North Continent, and even Roxe Forest which we searched again just in case…”
“I understand.”
“Pardon?”
“I understand, so you may stop now.”
In the ritual chamber where silence had descended, the Pope spoke.
“Let us conclude the report here. Anything more would be irreverent to God.”
“Yes, yes! I understand.”
“I will continue praying.”
The Archbishop who nodded hurriedly rose from his seat.
Saying he would continue praying meant to leave the ritual chamber immediately.
The Archbishop bowed deeply so his ceremonial robes dragged on the floor, then retreated backward.
Left alone in the ritual chamber, the Pope slowly turned his body around.
At the front of the altar sat a single silver throne with neither the sanctuary’s emblem nor the form of a divine statue.
The Pope muttered.
“…The Absolute Being’s throne.”
He stepped forward with his hands neatly clasped.
“The rightful seat of Divine Authority…”
The next moment, his eyes became momentarily bored.
A seat that no one but the Absolute Being could sit upon.
That seat belonged only to that being.
In other words, it was the seat where God manifested in the world, a supreme throne that no one dared covet.
However.
“…This is gradually becoming boring.”
The Pope.
No, Luciano sat on that throne without hesitation and leaned back deeply.
It had already been quite a long time since he himself had become a god.
“Just how long will you keep running?”
As Luciano asked himself, a sharp crack echoed through the ritual chamber.
Instantly the surroundings changed and a lush green forest spread out.
Light shone down upon the moss-covered ground.
Trees with intertwined branches swayed in the blowing wind.
Butterflies flew silently, and rodents in the trees perked up their ears.
“You still give no answer.”
Luciano rose from the throne.
At the end of the blue and vibrant forest, something contrasting with the other life forms had its roots planted in the earth.
A brutally torn base.
Six broken branches and root systems half-excavated and exposed.
A single squirrel quickly climbed up the rotting World Tree.
“What surprisingly tenacious vitality.”
Luciano closed his eyes tightly and raised his head.
He breathed deeply as if savoring the corrupted World Tree.
“Then try to endure. I too am curious how far you can go.”
Luciano’s revealed eyes gleamed eerily as they held the World Tree.
“Will I be faster at finding and killing you?”
“…”
“Or will you be faster at running away on your severed legs?”
The wind blew.
A single leaf attached to the World Tree’s broken branch slowly fell to the ground.
“Yah!”
Tie stretched both arms wide toward the sky.
Immediately a translucent blue barrier appeared with a pop and surrounded the child in a sphere shape.
“Huh…!”
As if it was unbelievable, Chaeboksu felt around the barrier with trembling hands.
Her hand slipped right through the membrane that looked like a soap bubble or plastic wrap.
Yet the cool sensation she felt through her skin was unmistakable.
“Grandmother! Here, try throwing this.”
Tie handed Chaeboksu a dry towel that had been in the corner of the room.
“Quickly! Try throwing it at Tie.”
Chaeboksu hesitated, then did as Tie instructed and tossed the dry towel toward the barrier.
Ting-
The barrier bounced the towel away.
The complete opposite of how her hand had met no resistance at all.
“Tie can block everything with this. Even monsters with a hundred teeth! And Tie blocked the bad sparrow monster that attacked too!”
Chaeboksu turned her head stiffly.
Beside her sat Jeongmyeongja, who had been sitting with her mouth hanging wide open.
“And what else can Tie do!”
The child continued speaking in an excited voice.
“Tie can control puppet monsters! And do all sorts of difficult things too!”
The child said “Oh, right!” and turned around.
Then began looking around the room here and there, searching for something.
Jeongmyeongja and Chaeboksu found themselves following the child’s gaze.
Then.
“Marul!”
The child finally found something in the pots stacked beside the refrigerator and giggled with delight.
In Tie’s hand was an unfamiliar toy.
It was a strange object that looked like a chess piece or a wooden soldier that children play with.
“Marul is really good at fixing things! When Tie gives power, Marul fixes everything! Marul is the best, Tie is the best too! We’re a fantastic duo!”
Tie held Marul out in front of Jeongmyeongja and Chaeboksu.
The two women looked at Tie once, then at the wooden piece Tie called Marul.
But after a few seconds.
[…Ahem. No matter how much I endure it, silence always feels awkward. Pleased to meet you.]
The wooden block in Tie’s hand nodded its head slightly.
“Ahhh-!”
Jeongmyeongja jumped up from her seat.
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