A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 274
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 274
The flame at the tip of the candle flickered quietly.
Under the dim light, Tesetan asked in a low voice.
“Can’t sleep?”
Instead of answering, Tie turned her curled-up body to the left.
Then she buried her face in Tesetan’s embrace.
“Yeah. Nordics Grandfather came… I’m so happy.”
Tesetan slowly stroked Tie’s hair.
Nordics had quietly left around the time the fire at the Parish was completely extinguished.
Afterward, Tesetan sent the Members back to their respective rooms.
It was to avoid any potential suspicion from the Priests.
‘Normally, I should have gone back to the next room too.’
Tesetan gazed at the curled-up Tie.
Her eyes seemed more thoughtful than usual.
Even her expression looked somewhat dejected.
‘How can I leave when this little bean is making such a face.’
Tesetan said.
“Life really isn’t easy. Right, daughter?”
Tie’s eyes widened.
Her large green eyes alternately scanned both of Tesetan’s pupils.
A moment later.
Tie made a sighing sound and nodded her head.
“Mm-hmm. They say life’s fortunes are unpredictable like Saeongjimaui…”
Tesetan let out a laugh.
Where on earth did she pick up such words.
‘Obviously when she lived in South Korea, she must have picked them up from the neighborhood adults.’
His eyes became lost in distant memories.
What was the World Tree’s power, exactly.
Strictly speaking, the life in Jongno-gu wasn’t something he had directly experienced.
Yet everything from that place remained vividly within him.
The narrow alleys and buildings, and all the people within them.
Keeping memories from another timeline as if they were his own was the same for Ardiana, Valentis, and the other family members too.
“…Be careful tomorrow. You know?”
Tesetan said in a subdued voice.
Father thinks you could throw a few more tantrums. Spitting out food like last time wouldn’t be bad either.”
“Gasp. But I already used that trick?”
“Look, did Ayuni from Preschool only fuss about food once?”
Tie’s eyes grew wide.
The child shook her head back and forth.
“See? He did it every single day, right? Almost never skipped a day, right?”
“Mm-hmm!”
“Kids who fuss about food originally keep doing it. So it’s okay for Tie to pretend to throw tantrums and spit out food a few more times.”
“That way less silencium will get into my body?”
“That’s right.”
“And then I come to the room and eat the food we brought?”
“Yeah. You’ll still be hungry though…”
“No, Tie likes jerky!”
Tie suddenly sat up on the bed.
Gentle moonlight spread like a halo behind the child’s back.
“Father. So if I only eat tiny bits of silencium, Nordics Grandfather will bring the antidote, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Then there’s no chance Tie will get captured because of silencium either?”
“Yeah. Since we’re neutralizing one of Luciano’s weapons, we can maintain the current situation a bit more safely, right?”
Tie nodded her head.
“And during that time, we’ll see the whole layout of the Grand Cathedral too?”
“Yeah. Kamang has already looked around a lot, and Nordics Grandfather told us about it before he left.”
“Right.”
Tie’s heart pounded as she answered.
While the Pope kept Agabert confined in the Grand Cathedral.
Agabert was also silently doing what they could.
That was perfectly understanding the structure of Serkanos Cathedral.
“Uncle Aleric already memorized this whole place. He memorized the way out too, but there are tons of Priests there.”
“That uncle is originally pretty smart.”
“Tie is smart too, right?”
“Of course. Our daughter is ten times smarter than uncle.”
Tie covered her mouth and giggled.
Tesetan, who was watching that scene fondly, patted the spot next to him.
“Come on, lie down quickly now. You’ve been staying up late too much lately, it’s a big problem. Sleep is so important.”
Tie nodded her head.
The child obediently lay down and then murmured quietly.
“I hope… Mother appears in my dreams.”
Tesetan, who was covering Tie with a blanket, paused.
Tie had her hands placed on her chest with her eyes tightly closed.
“Never having Mother and having her then losing her seem like different things.”
A quiet breeze shook the window as it passed.
Tie opened her eyes and gazed at Tesetan.
“Father must have had a really, really hard time too, right?”
The child’s hand was now tightly gripping Tesetan’s index finger.
“Tie misses Mother this much even though she was only here for a few days then disappeared. But Father…”
“…”
“Father lived with Grandmother for a long, long time before the sad thing happened.”
Tesetan couldn’t say anything.
Tie rustled as she snuggled close to Tesetan.
Her short arms wrapped around him.
“Grandmother went to Heaven and became a magpie.”
Tesetan closed his mouth.
“A magpie?”
“Yeah! Tie heard that good people go to Heaven and are reborn as something even better than humans.”
A smile finally spread across Tesetan’s lips again.
It was because he remembered that Chaeboksu from Apartment 107 was Buddhist, while Jeongmyeongja from Unit 203 was Christian.
“I see. But in Tie’s opinion, are magpies better than humans?”
“Yeah!”
“Why?”
“Magpies fly in the sky. So they can play on top of trees, and play on top of clouds, and also…”
“Also?”
“They repay kindness in fairy tales. They’re really good birds. And.”
Suddenly Tie glanced at Tesetan’s expression.
“If there’s something scary, they can fly away and escape.”
Tesetan paused.
“…Are you envious that magpies can fly far away?”
Tie shrugged her shoulders.
“No? It’s not that I’m envious, I just think it would be nice.”
The child who giggled put strength into the arms holding Tesetan.
“That’s why Tie likes unicorns and bald eagles and sparrows too. I like penguins too.”
“…What else do you like?”
“Squirrels and hedgehogs and mice and fish and winged cats…”
Tie listed the names of animals one by one.
Among them were some that didn’t actually exist or that the child had imagined.
Tesetan listened to that voice in a daze for a while.
Suddenly, somewhere deep in his chest began to ache.
Even when he lost his mother.
The emotion he felt while watching his family collapse in grief.
At some point, he felt the same emotion every time he faced Astie.
‘Guilt.’
The child’s chattering voice became muffled.
Tesetan unconsciously clenched his fist.
Hot wax dripped from the end of the shortened candle.
The flame was slowly dying down.
Tesetan quietly patted the back of the child falling asleep.
The flowing night was accepting that trembling.
Something warm brushed past Tie’s fingertips.
Tie slowly opened her eyes.
‘Strange. I was talking with Father…’
When she looked around, she saw an endlessly spread blue meadow.
In the center, a single tree that seemed to reach the ends of the sky greeted Tie.
“Huh, this place…”
She seemed to understand.
The feeling of being asleep yet awake.
A place that was unfamiliar yet strangely familiar.
Tie stood up from her spot.
As soon as she did, leaves gathered in the air and transformed into human form.
“It’s been a while.”
Golden eyes that sparkled like starlight looked down at Tie.
“To open the door first. Have you finally realized what’s truly important?”
Tie gulped.
Before falling asleep.
In her half-conscious state, there were things she briefly thought about.
It was the thought of wanting to meet the World Tree she had seen in her unconscious mind once more.
Because now she had to have a proper conversation with her.
Tie spoke with a serious face.
“World Tree.”
The World Tree hesitated.
“Tie thought about it carefully. You said that last time, right? That you wanted to eat Tie up.”
The World Tree’s silhouette floating in the air scattered into small leaves and vibrated like a short sigh.
“…You have a talent for speaking grotesquely. I said let’s become one, I never said I would devour you.”
“Same difference.”
The World Tree closed her mouth.
Tie took a step closer to the World Tree with a dignified expression.
‘Last time I was really scared, but not anymore.’
Since their last meeting, Tie had thought for a very long time about what the World Tree had said.
But no matter how much she thought about it, Tie had done nothing wrong.
It was the World Tree who had entered Tie’s body without permission.
This meant Tie was the homeowner, and the World Tree was the trespasser.
‘Yeah. There’s nothing to be afraid of.’
Tie opened her mouth.
“How about we don’t fight and each make one compromise?”
The World Tree furrowed her brow.
Tie continued speaking without being discouraged.
“Tie has a really good idea.”
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