A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 232

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 232

 

“Commander King! What do you think?”

 

Tie looked up with a start.

 

The child asked back with slightly frightened eyes.

 

“What do you mean…?”

 

“Do you think the title you’ll receive will be a barony or a viscountcy?”

 

The hesitating child’s eyes rolled around.

 

“Tie doesn’t really know…”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“So many questions.”

 

A gentle voice came from behind.

 

Tie’s face brightened as she looked up.

 

“Association Leader!”

 

Behind the nobles, Ardiana stood like a savior, having arrived at some point.

 

Ardiana smiled and said to Tie.

 

“How about we go out for a walk?”

 

Under the warm sunlight.

 

“…Hehe.”

 

Tie looked up at Ardiana’s profile and laughed quietly.

 

Soft grass.

 

Flowers and trees beautifully decorated along the path.

 

And,

 

“Association Leader. You’re really not hurt, right?”

 

Ardiana, who looked healthy unlike when they parted last time.

 

“I’m perfectly fine, thanks to you.”

 

At Ardiana’s answer, Tie swallowed a proud smile.

 

‘Thank goodness. When Princess is hurt, Tie’s heart hurts too.’

 

Ardiana was truly beautiful.

 

Kind, good, and even wonderful.

 

Suddenly, she remembered the stories the unit members had told about Ardiana after the siege ended.

 

‘Looking at the Association Leader makes me think I had prejudices about high-ranking people all this time.’

 

‘Exactly. Who could have imagined? That she would be who she is.’

 

The fact that the Association Leader’s identity was the Princess was officially revealed today.

 

However, the Agavert members who had participated in the Clock Tower siege with her already knew about it.

 

‘Going to the Royal Palace in person was amazing too. She could have just given orders from behind.’

 

‘Why on earth did rumors spread that she was the most incompetent among the royals?’

 

‘That’s what I’m saying. I thought she was just an immature person with good bloodline all this time.’

 

Hearing those words, Tie had thought.

 

There was a reason why a strange loneliness could be glimpsed on Ardiana’s face all this time.

 

‘But it’s good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up now.’

 

The child glanced up at Ardiana’s profile once more.

 

Ardiana had been silent since a while ago.

 

She had suggested walking together, and was really just strolling through the garden matching Tie’s pace.

 

Just as Tie was pondering and about to say something.

 

“It must have been very difficult.”

 

Ardiana spoke up.

 

“In an unfamiliar place with no one around, how much…”

 

At Ardiana’s trailing words, Tie stopped in place.

 

Then looked up at her with slightly widened eyes.

 

“Did Father tell you…?”

 

The only place Ardiana could describe as an ‘unfamiliar place’ was Jongno-gu, no matter how much she thought about it.

 

Ardiana stopped walking following Tie.

 

Looking down at the child, she nodded.

 

“Yes.”

 

Tie’s lips parted.

 

The child froze, then muttered in a bewildered voice.

 

“Huh. Why did Father tell you…?”

 

Tie fidgeted with her small hands under her sleeves.

 

Sensing something strange, Ardiana bent down.

 

“Are you uncomfortable that I found out?”

 

Tie looked up with a start.

 

“That’s not it…”

 

The hesitating child’s eyebrows drooped down.

 

“Because Princess likes our Father, you shouldn’t know that Tie is Father’s daughter…”

 

Ardiana’s eyes widened.

 

“People said that if a man just has a child, it’s a hindrance…”

 

The Luminen Family.

 

Unit members who had made secrecy vows through the Sacred Rite of Oblivion.

 

Even supporters like Viscount Waverill and Selina who had helped Tie.

 

In fact, there were now quite a few people around who knew about Tie and Tesetan’s relationship.

 

However, Tie thought she wished Ardiana, at least, didn’t know that secret.

 

‘It must be hard raising a young child alone, right? How did a young bachelor end up…’

 

‘That’s what I’m saying. He’s such a fine-looking man, why live like that? He should remarry if possible. Having a woman in the house would be good for both Kim and Tie.’

 

‘This person is speaking so easily about someone else’s business again. How is that easy? With such a young child attached…’

 

When they were in Jongno-gu, some adults talked about Tie like that.

 

That Father couldn’t get a girlfriend because of Tie.

 

Mischievous aunties even asked Tie directly.

 

‘Sweetie. Would you like it or not if Father brought home a pretty lady?’

 

‘Stop it! That’s something Tie’s Father should handle, why is the side dish store lady making a fuss?’

 

‘Oh my, how scary, I was just joking…’

 

203 Aunt would get angry whenever she saw such people.

 

For some reason, she would repeatedly check Tie’s expression.

 

But Tie was fine with it.

 

‘Father having a girlfriend…?’

 

At such times, Tie would think of her preschool friends’ parents.

 

People who weren’t alone like Father, but always went around together as a pair.

 

People who shared carrying things and always laughed heartily while facing each other.

 

‘Tie would like it if Father got a girlfriend.’

 

So once, before going to sleep, she said that.

 

Then Father’s eyes widened and he looked at Tie lying beside him with a surprised expression.

 

‘Daughter. What are you talking about?’

 

‘Just, the ladies at the market say Father is lonely because he doesn’t have a girlfriend.’

 

‘What?’

 

‘They say men need women. But because of Tie, Father can’t date…’

 

‘That’s not true.’

 

Father answered without even listening to the end of Tie’s words.

 

Then for some reason, he made an extremely upset expression.

 

‘Don’t listen to such talk anymore. If anyone says that again, tell them “Father will handle it himself.” And to Father…’

 

‘…’

 

‘Anyway, that’s not true.’

 

Father said that, but Tie could tell.

 

‘It really is because of Tie after all.’

 

Like the adults said, Tie really seemed to be a hindrance to Father.

 

So actually, she was a little scared.

 

‘Those two have been coming back together quite often lately.’

 

‘That’s what I’m saying! It’s the first time I’ve seen the Association Leader smile like that.’

 

‘Regent! Are you pleased? Huh? Hahaha!’

 

Every time Father and Princess grew closer.

 

Every time deeper affection showed in their gazes day by day.

 

‘But Princess found out.’

 

She should have hidden it well.

 

In the end, Princess discovered everything about Father having Tie.

 

Tie’s expression became tearful.

 

What would happen now?

 

Like in daily dramas, wouldn’t Princess leave Father saying she didn’t like men with children?

 

Or wouldn’t Father push Princess away because of Tie?

 

Tie looked up at Ardiana restlessly.

 

“Princess. Tie is independent…!”

 

Ardiana’s brow furrowed.

 

“Tie is all grown up, and now she’s really good at doing things alone. She absolutely won’t hold Father back.”

 

Tie knew Father better than anyone.

 

That’s why she could feel it.

 

“Don’t hate Father because of Tie. Father is…”

 

Father liked Ardiana very much.

 

And Tie liked Ardiana too.

 

She absolutely hated the thought of the two growing apart because of her.

 

“A hindrance.”

 

At that moment, Ardiana muttered.

 

“You’re a hindrance.”

 

Then she suddenly pulled Tie into her arms tightly.

 

“Why do you say such things.”

 

Ardiana’s voice seemed terrified.

 

“How could you be a hindrance. Why would you, how could you…”

 

The sound of a heart beating thump, thump echoed in her ears.

 

Tie blinked bewildered eyes in Ardiana’s embrace.

 

She felt a faint trembling in her shoulders.

 

When she turned her head, Ardiana was sobbing with her face buried in Tie’s shoulder.

 

“Association Leader…?”

 

She couldn’t understand why Ardiana was crying.

 

Flustered, Tie hesitated then raised her arms.

 

Then she began awkwardly patting Ardiana’s back.

 

“Association Leader, are you okay?”

 

Ardiana didn’t answer.

 

The more she patted her back, the louder the suppressed sobbing became.

 

Tie stood in place with a worried face for a while.

 

“Regent!”

 

Tesetan, who had been pacing at the banquet hall entrance, looked up.

 

From a distance, Tie was running over waving her hands vigorously.

 

“Regent! Brother Veil!”

 

Tie, who had reached the two of them, tilted her head.

 

“Why are you both here?”

 

Veil stepped forward from behind Tesetan.

 

“Why are we here? We were waiting for you. By the way, where did you leave the Association Leader? You went out together.”

 

Tie let out a deep sigh.

 

The child approached him as if she had a lot to say anyway.

 

“You know, Brother Veil. From what Tie can see…”

 

The child’s voice became serious.

 

“I think Princess’s house has a serious chill.”

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