A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 28
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 28
Tie was conflicted.
Questions about names and where someone lived were sensitive topics for children.
“Th-that’s not something you should ask, right?”
These days, the world was a very scary place.
So scary that you had to report to the police if you saw someone trying to take you somewhere by offering delicious food!
‘But…’
Nordics Grandfather and Basto weren’t bad people.
Tie knew that very well.
After conflicting, Tie asked just in case.
“But why do you need to know that?”
“Since there are so few clues about your father, it seems like time is being delayed, I could say.”
Oh my, so that’s what it was.
Tie nodded.
Come to think of it, from Nordics Grandfather and Basto’s perspective, it might have felt that way.
‘Tie hasn’t been properly sharing information about Father.’
Besides, these two were now Tie’s companions.
Whether they liked it or not, they were people who would have to stay together from now on.
“Actually…”
Tie, having made up her mind, opened her mouth.
“Tie and Father live in Jongno-gu! Gold Villa 1st Floor #6!”
Without realizing it, she ended up mimicking 203 Aunt’s way of speaking.
203 Aunt always said “2nd Floor #3!” instead of just saying 203.
Feeling like she had become an adult like the aunt, she made an “ahem” sound, but Nordics asked back.
“What, what?”
“Tie. Did you say Jongno-gu?”
Basto looked just as bewildered.
Tie nodded.
“Yes, you and Grandfather probably don’t know! In Jongno-gu, there’s Gyeongbokgung, and there are lots of doggies at Cheonggyecheon, and there are twisted donuts at Gwangjang Market too!”
But the more she spoke, the more confused Nordics and Basto looked.
Veil, who had come with food, had stopped at the doorway and was staring at Tie with a dumbfounded expression.
Tie caught her breath as if telling them to wait and continued speaking.
“So what happened was, our Father was a really strong Paladin, but suddenly he had to go to South Korea with Tie, and South Korea is a country shaped like a tiger and China is above it too!”
“…”
“We lived in Jongno-gu there, and then Father…”
When she reached the part where she had to say that Father had passed away in an accident, her lips stuck together.
Tie hesitated and mumbled vaguely.
“A-anyway, I suddenly got separated from Father, so Tie was sad at night and then poof met Kamang and came here.”
Silence fell over the room.
Veil, who had set the tray down on the nightstand, muttered “This is driving me crazy.”
How long did the silence continue?
Nordics hesitantly asked.
“So… South Korea is Jongno-gu?”
“Yes!”
“And you lived there?”
“Yes! Seoul is the capital! The capital is Seoul!”
“What’s Seoul again?”
“I don’t know either.”
Basto was exchanging meaningful glances with Veil.
Tie, feeling frustrated, held out the Hanbit Kindergarten bag that was on the bed.
“No, look! There’s Korean writing here too. Han. Bit. Kin. Der. Gar. Ten.”
Basto, Veil, and Nordics tilted their heads.
“That wasn’t just a pattern?”
“No!”
“Wait, everyone calm down.”
Then Nordics raised one hand and stepped forward.
He knelt on one knee in front of Tie and met her gaze.
“Then, what is your father’s name?”
Tie’s eyes widened slightly.
Father’s name.
Tie was four years old, so of course she knew Father’s name.
When writing parents’ names at kindergarten, Tie wrote Father’s name the most prettily and neatly in the Quail class.
“Our Father’s name is…”
“His name is?”
Tie smiled brightly.
“Kim, Young character, Soo character!”
Veil, who had been frozen, couldn’t hold back again and interjected between Tie and Nordics.
“Are you crazy? His name is Kim Young-ja-soo-ja?”
“No, Kim, Young character, Soo character!”
“Child. Answer properly. We’re not playing around with you right now.”
Tie’s mouth opened slightly.
Tie made a dejected “eeng” sound and answered with a crestfallen face.
“I’m not playing around…? Really, our Father’s name is Kim Youngsu…”
“Earlier you said Kim Young-ja-soo-ja.”
“Huh? Yes! Kim, Young character, Soo character.”
“No, just now you said Kim Youngsu again! Which one is real!”
“Uh…? They’re the same thing.”
“What?!”
“Wait, come out here, Veil.”
Basto stopped Veil.
Basto calmly came in front of Tie and asked.
“You said you came here from a place called Jongno-gu? Do you know anything about how you got here?”
Tie closed her mouth and rolled her eyes.
Of course, the memory of that day was vivid.
Father had ended up that way, and 107 Grandmother came home carrying a box of belongings.
Tie had opened that box of belongings and met Kamang.
But…
‘I can’t talk about Kamang, right?’
In this place, Kamang was afraid of being ‘tracked.’
Just like how Tie and Father had feared being tracked in South Korea.
‘Things about Kamang’s power are supposed to be secret. That’s why we decided to say he’s Tie’s summoned creature.’
Tie had to keep the promise she made with Kamang.
She couldn’t talk about opening dimensions and coming to this side.
Tie eventually answered hesitantly.
“Somehow it just happened…”
Silence fell again.
After the silence continued for a while, Veil spoke up.
“The old man Nordics was right.”
Nordics turned his head.
“The child doesn’t seem to be lying. But what kind of answer was that…?”
“Veil.”
“Whatever. We wouldn’t have gotten any clues from asking the child anyway. Hey, child.”
Tie flinched and met Veil’s gaze as he stared at her.
“Uuung…?”
“You’re certain your father is here, right?”
Tie nodded her head earnestly.
“Yes! Tie’s daddy is here! Earlier too…!”
She had seen her father with her own two eyes at the pier.
However, the dream she had a little while ago bothered her somehow, so she closed her mouth.
“Good. Then for now, let’s handle this problem the way we’ve been doing. Let’s go to Jedo and visit the Paladin Headquarters.”
“Yes!”
“And then. If you find your father, will you leave Agabert?”
Tie’s eyes widened.
“Huh?”
Would she leave Agabert? It was a strange question.
“I’m asking if you’ll abandon us and quit being the Sorcerer King to go live with your father once you find him.”
Tie’s mouth slowly fell open.
Veil’s words somehow pricked Tie’s conscience.
“That, that’s…”
Actually, that had been her plan at first.
Tie had simply become a mercenary to get into Jedo.
She had planned to quit being a mercenary once she found her father inside Jedo.
She would need to stay with her father and keep watching over him to prevent him from falling back to South Korea.
But…
‘Father isn’t the same father as before now.’
The incident at the pier came to mind.
Her father’s gaze as he turned away from Tie, looking at her like she was a stranger.
In this place, Tie was no longer her father’s daughter.
The thought that she could live alone with her father had actually been Tie’s naive misconception.
And also…
‘Wouldn’t it be selfish to ask daddy to take responsibility for Tie again?’
Her father in South Korea had such a hard time because of Tie.
Having heard so much talk from the people at Gold Coalition, Tie knew this too.
‘The bachelor in apartment 6 wouldn’t suffer like that if he were alone.’
‘Of course not! He’s quite responsible for a single father~ It wouldn’t be strange at all if he just sent the child to an orphanage or something.’
‘Again, again with the careless gossip about other people’s business! Can’t you all keep your mouths shut?! Seriously! Zip those lips tight!’
Everyone would quiet down when 107 Grandmother stepped in, but…
Tie pondered and then shook her head.
“…Tie won’t leave.”
“What?”
“Tie will keep being the Sorcerer King. Agabert is Tie’s mercenary group.”
Perhaps it was fortunate that Tie had found her place in this world.
“Daddy is daddy, and Tie is Tie…”
Veil froze with a surprised expression.
“…Really?”
Tie nodded her head spiritedly.
“Yes. Tie is going to be independent from daddy now.”
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