A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 262

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 262

 

Luciano stared straight ahead.

 

Short legs had been dangling in front of his eyes for a while now.

 

“People say you shouldn’t lie to His Holiness the Pope.”

 

A powerless sigh escaped.

 

“Because even if you lie, you’ll get caught anyway, you know? That’s why Tie thought about it really hard.”

 

“Haha…”

 

A sneer finally flowed from Luciano’s mouth.

 

In the Audience Hall with just the two of them, the Commander King was composed.

 

This was the first time he’d seen someone maintain such a relaxed attitude while having a private audience with him.

 

“But now that I’ve told you everything, that’s good, right?”

 

Astie asked with a clear face.

 

Luciano closed his mouth without answering.

 

Even at this moment, he was extending his power to thoroughly scan the Commander King.

 

Whether any unusual energy could be detected around him.

 

Whether something suspicious was mixed in with his magic power.

 

Whether anything related to the World Tree existed among it.

 

But there was nothing.

 

‘Surprisingly so.’

 

Luciano’s brow furrowed.

 

‘That child has no special characteristics, Your Holiness.’

 

Over his thoughts, Nordics’ reports that he’d heard repeatedly over the past few months overlapped.

 

‘He’s an ordinary orphan. It appears he was abandoned by his parents due to manifesting unusual magic power. Such cases happen often across the entire continent, don’t they?’

 

Luciano quietly gripped the armrest of his chair.

 

Most children who manifest divine power or magic inherit that strength from their parents.

 

However, occasionally there were children born with power despite having no family history of it.

 

‘Most of them become mages or Paladins without much trouble.’

 

That was easier the more money or authority the family had.

 

Nobles would pour generous support into children born into their families who manifested power.

 

But the poorer the household.

 

The more insignificant and ignorant the parents, the differently the situation would unfold.

 

Luciano knew such children well.

 

‘Y-Your Holiness the Pope… thank you.’

 

Children dragged to the Grand Cathedral expressing gratitude with hollow eyes.

 

‘M-my Father tried to kill me.’

 

‘People said *sob* that I was a Monster…’

 

Most of those children came from small villages cut off from the outside world due to Mastone.

 

The fate of children born with power in closed-off and extreme places was generally the same.

 

‘*Sob* It was an accident!’

 

‘I, I hurt my sibling…’

 

Children who didn’t know how to properly control their power destroyed their surroundings.

 

They accidentally hurt family or neighbors, and were sometimes abandoned in forests teeming with monsters.

 

But.

 

‘The Commander King before his eyes was merely such an existence?’

 

Luciano recalled the words Astie had brought up so far.

 

‘Tie’s body isn’t a burly Hammer.’

 

Stories he hadn’t expected at all.

 

‘I’m really really four years old!’

 

It was absurd.

 

Wasn’t it a fact spread across the entire continent that the Commander King was a great mage in the form of a child?

 

As soon as he heard those words, Luciano stopped hesitating.

 

And whether the Commander King noticed or not, he began extending his power to thoroughly search him.

 

But the result was surprising.

 

Just as the child said, there really wasn’t any magic or sorcery cast on the Commander King’s appearance.

 

“Pope. Are you okay?”

 

His small stature and youthful face.

 

Even his eyes that held no hostility.

 

Everything being ‘real’ was what it meant.

 

“Yes.”

 

Luciano slowly bent his upper body forward.

 

As he released his concentration, he felt the countless tendrils of power that had been directed at the Commander King return to him.

 

“I’m fine. However, I’m curious if I understood correctly.”

 

The child tilted his head.

 

“Is it correct that your Father disappeared leaving you behind, and you never had a mother to begin with?”

 

The large eyes looked downward and the child nodded glumly.

 

“Yes…”

 

There was no sign of lying.

 

He couldn’t sense the anxiety and restlessness that people usually emit when fabricating non-existent facts.

 

“Then you met Basto Faerix.”

 

“Yes! I met Brother Veil and Nordics Grandfather too! Though Nordics Grandfather isn’t here anymore…”

 

“I see, that’s right.”

 

Luciano nodded.

 

“But your power was stronger than expected, and you seemed to have natural talent in handling that power?”

 

“What does natural mean?”

 

“It means you were very amazing. So much that no one else in the world could compare.”

 

Astie nodded vigorously.

 

“Yes. Hammer and my brothers say there’s no mage who can summon bone Friends as well as Tie.”

 

As the child said, no one had manifested dark attribute magic until now.

 

In the first place, he had never even thought that humans could communicate with something belonging to the Underworld.

 

The world of the living and the world of the dead were two clearly divided realms.

 

Even the World Tree couldn’t easily exercise power there.

 

“Actually, you know… that’s why people said they would target Tie because Tie is too strong.”

 

The child muttered.

 

Luciano could no longer hold back his laughter.

 

As he placed both hands on his knees, the child continued speaking.

 

“So that’s why I decided to become the Commander King! I worked really hard because I wanted to earn lots of money for Hammer and my brothers, but then the Regent came and wanted to fight me…”

 

From here on, it was content Luciano already knew.

 

Tesetan, who had left the Luminen Family, became a mercenary.

 

As if succeeding as a mercenary and exterminating monsters as a mercenary had become his reason for living.

 

For such a person, the appearance of someone who threatened his position would have been a major change.

 

“So you had a sword duel?”

 

“Yes! But Tie won!”

 

Though he had once doubted it, everything really was just as Nordics had said.

 

Astie had been victorious.

 

And Tesetan, who learned of Astie’s true identity, was bewildered.

 

How could he not be, discovering that the opponent he had rushed to kill was an innocent child.

 

‘Given his weak nature, it’s understandable that he would develop unnecessary guilt.’

 

Tesetan became Agabert’s Regent.

 

At the same time, he took on the role of Astie’s protector.

 

During that time, there was one national mission.

 

The Clock Tower mission created a connection between the Luminen Family and Agabert.

 

What followed was naturally drawn out.

 

Valentis would have quickly figured out Astie’s identity.

 

Having pitched tents at the garrison and lived together for several days, it would have been stranger not to know the Commander King’s true appearance.

 

Also, since his youngest son, who he had practically cut ties with, was looking after Astie, he himself would have become concerned about the child.

 

“So that’s how Tie got a grandfather.”

 

The child smiled brightly.

 

“The Commander King said he would be Tie’s grandfather. So now I have a father and uncles too!”

 

A sneer spread across Luciano’s lips once again.

 

What could their ulterior motive be.

 

He had suspected what they might be hiding.

 

But what was finally revealed was nothing more than a pathetic family game.

 

“You know, the Princess is also nice to Tie.”

 

“…”

 

“The Princess said Tie is pretty and kind. She talked with Tie at the Memorial Service too.”

 

Luciano already knew about the atmosphere flowing between Theseus and the Princess.

 

“After we get rid of all the Mastone here, we’re all going to have a party! Tie and Grandfather and Father and all the comrades together!”

 

Luciano stood up.

 

“I see… You must have had a hard time.”

 

The sharp edge of his heightened senses dulled.

 

‘There’s only a small amount of magic power of an unfamiliar type.’

 

Indeed, he couldn’t sense any aura related to the World Tree from Astie.

 

Even after checking ten times, no, twenty times, the result was the same.

 

“But Your Holiness, you’ll keep Tie’s secret, right?”

 

The child who smiled sweetly came running over.

 

“Grandfather says Your Holiness is the kindest and most merciful person in the world.”

 

“…”

 

“He said that someday when Tie reveals her secret to the world, you’ll be on Tie’s side.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“Yes!”

 

Dimples formed in her white cheeks.

 

“You must be hungry.”

 

Luciano deliberately changed the subject.

 

Then he extended one hand to Astie.

 

“I’ve prepared a simple dinner for the expedition, so let’s go together.”

 

The child fearlessly grabbed his hand.

 

“Yes!”

 

Walking beneath the ceiling of the sunlit Audience Hall, Luciano thought.

 

‘What should I do now.’

 

He had discovered that the Commander King, who had been a thorn in his side, was actually a useful tool.

 

‘With this much magic power at this age…’

 

Perhaps finally.

 

He might have found an experimental subject who could endure ‘that ritual’.

 

When they went out to the Corridor, Tesetan and the Members who had been waiting outside approached.

 

“…Tie.”

 

Seeing Tesetan’s expression as he watched him warily, Luciano smiled broadly.

 

‘Ahhh-! Ugh, huk, save me, please save me…!’

 

Tesetan had been four years old at that time too.

 

The memory of him wailing, unable to endure ‘the ritual’, came to mind.

 

The corner of Luciano’s mouth twisted.

 

‘What you couldn’t endure, I wonder if your adopted daughter can endure it.’

 

When he looked down, something was being transmitted from Astie’s hand that he was holding.

 

It was a warmth so trivially weak and pathetic.

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