A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 27

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 27

“Danzu, I’m sorry. I promised to take responsibility and protect the young lady… huff. I promised.”

“You foolish child! What on earth were you thinking!”

“Is Al… Aleric dead?”

Father couldn’t answer.

He just held Tie tightly while looking down at the red-haired woman.

The woman laughed helplessly and said.

“It’s fine. Just don’t mind us and escape. Danzu has the young lady too…”

“I’ll handle it myself, so stop. Keep your mouth shut and breathe slowly.”

Father bent one knee.

As his view lowered, the red-haired woman’s face became clearly visible.

The blue veins protruding from the woman’s neck were pulsing frighteningly.

“Haha, honestly. I think it’s amazing that I even made it this far. A guy who used to slaughter pigs in back alleys got to roam battlefields with Danzu, so that alone is glo… glorious.”

Father’s arms holding Tie trembled slightly.

“It’s not just me, huff. Everyone felt that way. Basto too… Aleric too, Victor too, everyone…”

The woman’s gaze suddenly fell on Tie.

“We were so happy when the pretty young lady was born… Every day killing those pitch-black monsters, but when we saw the young lady’s cute and pretty face…”

Tie forgot to babble and stared at the woman.

She couldn’t take her eyes off the woman’s pupils dripping with affection.

“I wanted to see the young lady walking. I hoped that someday the young lady might call my name too… huff.”

The woman who was gasping for breath looked at Tie and smiled faintly.

“Young lady. Please always stay healthy. Laugh a lot with Danzu.”

“…”

“Always, always be happy without any gaps…”

However, Livia’s voice, which had been getting slower, faded away at some point.

Tie stared rigidly at Livia’s eyes.

The light in her pupils had completely gone out.

“Woo! Woowoo-!”

When Tie struggled, Father hugged Tie even tighter.

Father bent down and removed the mercenary registration card hanging around Livia’s neck.

Then he slowly, and gradually faster, began walking in the opposite direction.

“It’s okay, Tie. It’s okay.”

Father was muttering like someone possessed by something.

Rather than speaking to Tie, it seemed like he was casting a spell on himself.

“We can get out of here. Get out of here and, and…”

However, before long, even Father’s muttering voice stopped.

Tie anxiously stared at the place where Father’s gaze was blankly fixed.

“Krrrk-“

With a short, bizarre sound, something revealed itself from all directions.

Monsters that Tie had never seen before, huge and grotesquely shaped, were surrounding the two of them.

“Gasp!”

Tie woke up from her sleep, drenched in sweat.

The surroundings were pitch dark, and seeing the lights of the square twinkling beyond the curtains, it seemed to be evening.

“Wh, what a strange dream…”

Tie clenched her fists and held back hard because she felt like tears would spill out.

Then she wiped the sweat beaded on her forehead with the back of her hand.

‘Young lady. Please always stay healthy. Laugh a lot with Danzu.’

The image of the red-haired woman was still vivid before her eyes.

Such a vivid dream was the first since she had the Tyrannosaurus nightmare before.

Tie, who was taking deep breaths to calm her pounding heart, soon hesitated.

‘Ev, huff. Everyone felt that way. Basto too… Aleric too, Victor too, everyone…’

It was because she suddenly remembered other words the red-haired woman had said.

‘She said Basto.’

The woman had definitely said the name ‘Basto.’

Goosebumps ran down her back.

‘Maybe it wasn’t just a dream?’

No matter how much she thought about it, there were many strange parts to the dream.

People calling Father Danzu, Uncle Basto’s name coming up, the presence of monsters too.

‘And also that Tie was a baby.’

Tie blinked blankly and muttered.

“…Maybe it’s something from the past.”

It was because she finally realized what the dream she had just had was.

“Maybe it’s something that happened before Tie and Father went to South Korea…!”

Tie hurriedly got up from her spot.

Then she started spinning around the room.

‘Now, Quail class friends~ Today we’re going to learn how dreams are formed, just like yesterday. What did Teacher say yesterday? Our Yewon raised her hand? Why don’t you tell your friends?’

‘Dreams are what we dream when the memories in children’s heads get organized!’

‘That’s right~ Our brain organizes memories from a day or longer ago, and that’s how we dream.’

‘Teacher! Junsoo says he dreamed when he was in mommy’s tummy!’

‘Ah! That’s not true!’

‘Now, now! Quiet~’

On the day of that lesson, Tie also raised her hand and gave a presentation.

The part Tie talked about was related to the ‘unconscious.’

She still vividly remembered how the teacher praised her for knowing such a difficult word.

‘Hmm, hmm! The unconscious means there’s a lot of stuff in your head without you knowing. Sometimes you can dream about things in the unconscious!’

‘Wow! Our Tie learned a difficult word? That’s amazing!’

‘Yes! Tie has chocolate in her unconscious in her head. So she dreams about chocolate every day! But if she wants to put in candy too, what should she do? Then can she dream both candy and chocolate dreams? Huh?’

The teacher didn’t answer Tie’s question.

But what was certain was that Tie had learned that day.

“You can dream about things that happened in the past!”

Just like what had happened earlier.

But it was strange.

“Why does everyone call Father Danzu…?”

Nordics Grandfather had told her that the leader of the Paladins is usually called ‘commander,’ not Danzu.

‘Come to think of it, Uncle Basto is strange too.’

According to Father, Uncle Basto should definitely have been a Paladin too.

Since he said he was Father’s subordinate.

But Uncle Basto wasn’t even a Paladin, and seemed to really dislike Paladins.

Now he was even doing mercenary work with Tie.

“Come to think of it, earlier too…”

The father she missed at the pier was wearing a gray robe.

Usually paladins wear silver armor with fancy decorations on top.

So Father’s outfit was more like… not really a paladin…

“No, no. There’s also undercover work, you know.”

Tie recalled the police officer who often worked undercover in the slum village.

That police officer was the only person who knew Tie was an illegal resident but turned a blind eye.

The officer knew Tie lived in Gold Apartment 106 and often patrolled the area.

He deliberately wore only shabby t-shirts because people would feel uncomfortable if he walked around in police uniform.

‘Maybe Father is like that too…’

But no matter how much she tried to make the mismatched parts fit, it was confusing.

‘It was an accident.’

Could the accident Father mentioned long ago have been that horrific scene she saw in her dream?

Could it have been that situation where all of Father’s colleagues died, and Father alone had to face countless monsters while carrying Tie?

‘Did Father… defeat all those monsters then?’

That’s why he survived and escaped to South Korea, right?

But she couldn’t be certain that everything in that dream was completely true.

“Ugh, I don’t know…!!”

Just as she was slapping her forehead and frowning.

“Tie!”

The door burst open and someone rushed inside.

It was Basto with a worried expression.

“Uncle.”

“Are you okay? Your body? Are you hungry? Veil went to get food.”

As soon as Basto entered, he sat Tie on the bed and turned her around to check her complexion.

Nordics, who had been standing a step behind, also approached Tie.

Then he spoke in a serious voice.

“Tie, there’s something I want to ask you.”

When Tie nodded, Grandfather continued.

“Do you know that we’re looking for your father?”

“Yes. I know you’re helping Tie.”

“But to find your father, it seems we need to ask a few things first.”

“What kind of things…?”

“Can you tell us what your father’s name is? And where you used to live together in the past?”

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