A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 29

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 29

Basto, Veil, and Nordics’ expressions became blank.

“Independence?”

“Yeah. Once Tie finds Father, Tie will be fine. Won’t beg Father for care like before anymore.”

“….”

“Now it’s time to live each person’s own life.”

The three people – Basto, Veil, and Nordics – looked at Tie with bewildered faces.

But they couldn’t ask the child why she had such thoughts.

“…Can’t stay wrapped up in Father’s apron strings forever.”

It was because Tie had such a complicated expression on her face.

Soon Veil shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, whatever.”

His voice sounded much lighter, as if it didn’t matter.

“At four years old, you’re more than old enough to be independent.”

Basto and Nordics’ eyes widened at the ridiculous statement.

However, Veil just continued speaking naturally.

“I grew up without parents from age two, kid.”

“Really…?”

“Yeah.”

“Then Tie should be independent now too…?”

“Of course. Work hard as a mercenary and earn money. If you need adult help, you have me, Basto, and old man Nordics, so what’s the problem?”

Tie nodded seriously.

“Right. Tie isn’t just in Hanbit Kindergarten’s Quail Class anymore.”

“….”

“Tie is a Commander King now.”

The child who finished making her resolution suddenly stood up.

“Tie will work hard! Forward!”

Veil, who was watching warmly, reached into his inner pocket.

Then he pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and a pen.

“Since we’re talking about it, should I write one?”

“What?”

“A written pledge that you’ll absolutely never leave Agabelt.”

Tie’s eyes widened.

That night.

Basto, who shared a room with Tie, tossed and turned all night.

When he turned his head, he saw Astie sleeping soundly in the next bed.

White moonlight was falling on the child’s face.

Watching the child occasionally frown as if dreaming, Basto let out a small sigh.

“…It’ll work out somehow.”

On the nightstand between the beds lay a paper covered with dense writing.

[Written Pledge]

Kim Astie, as a member and leader of 【Agabelt】, pledges to faithfully carry out the following:

-First, Responsibility Recognition: I recognize the responsibility for the duties and roles assigned to me in 【Agabelt】 and pledge to faithfully carry them out.

-Second, Duty Performance: Accordingly, I will fulfill all duties and responsibilities as Commander King from now on.

-Third, Withdrawal Restriction: I agree that I cannot withdraw from the organization without the consent of executives Veil Theodore, Basto Paerix, and Nordics Omen. (Absolutely, under no circumstances)

This pledge is written according to Kim Astie’s voluntary will, and I understand the above contents and pledge to faithfully observe them.

Pledger: Kim Astie (Signature)

Address: Jongno-gu, Seoul, Talochium Empire

And so the next day, when the bright sun rose again in the morning.

“Shall we start moving?”

Basto grabbed his coat and looked around the bed.

Tie, who was sitting on it, raised her hand high.

“Yes! Let’s go!”

The child was neatly dressed in her Agabelt uniform.

Veil, who was leaning against the wall, said.

“Kid. You know you can’t do that when we get there, right?”

Tie nodded and her expression became stern.

“How dare you! Calling me kid to my face!”

“…What’s with the ‘my face’ now?”

“That’s what kings say when referring to themselves! Tie is Commander King, so Tie is a king!”

Veil looked blank, then laughed absurdly.

“Whatever.”

“Well, let’s get going.”

Nordics was the first to step out of the room.

Tie carefully put on her pink bag and followed behind.

“But kid. Why don’t you summon that black lizard-like familiar again?”

When Veil asked, Tie answered hurriedly.

“Th, that’s because it takes a lot of energy to maintain a familiar!”

Actually, this morning while Basto briefly went down to get food, Lucalion had awakened.

But Lucalion looked tired somehow, and after briefly asking Tie about what had happened, he disappeared again when the story ended.

Leaving behind words that Tie should eat and sleep well because he was worried.

‘Kamang is a strange one. Why does he worry about Tie.’

Tie was doing fine except for being a little sad about Father.

“Seriously!”

Anyway, Tie, who came out of the inn, muttered once quietly enough for only herself to hear.

But then, just as she was about to walk energetically following Basto.

“Run away! Everyone run away!”

Someone shot out like a bullet from across the alley.

He barely grazed past Tie.

If Basto hadn’t picked up Tie, she would have collided with that person and rolled around on the ground.

While Tie’s eyes were wide open, several more people ran out from around the building corner.

“Seraldin is dead! The sanctuary is broken! At the western pier, a Mastone appeared at the pier-!”

The pier would be where the sea is.

‘A monster appeared in the sea…?’

Tie’s mouth fell open.

This was truly another bolt from the blue.

Mastone.

It was a mysterious tower that suddenly rose on the peaceful continent 102 years ago.

Monsters poured out from the Mastone and the cracks around it, and when the Empire faced an existential crisis, the Imperial Court made a decision.

To abandon most of the territory except Jedo.

They decided to use the secured Paladins to defend only the minimum territory of Jedo.

‘Let’s reclaim our land! Smash the monsters!’

However, before long, mercenaries who had risen up from various regions reclaimed their lost territories.

After that, civil war began to rage throughout the Empire.

This was because the mercenaries and local lords who had reclaimed their lands turned against the Imperial Court.

They believed the Imperial Court had abandoned them.

As civil war deepened amid frequent monster attacks, the Imperial Court had to make another decision.

‘We will expand the territory of Jedo!’

In other words, they decided to widen the boundaries of Jedo.

‘I will take responsibility for and guarantee the safety of those residing in the expanded Jedo.’

Thus, the number of ‘Jedo citizens’ increased.

Even humble nobles living in the outskirts suddenly became ‘Jedo nobles.’

While many were won over at this time, the Imperial Court could not easily regain its former power.

The conflict between Paladins and mercenaries.

The conflict between Jedo and non-Jedo regions persisted.

In fact, even those newly incorporated into Jedo did not easily pledge loyalty to the Imperial Court.

The port city Pearl City was one of them.

‘How did we Pearl City endure! Even when those Paladin bastards turned away and the Emperor pretended not to know, we survived desperately, and now you’re saying we’re Jedo citizens? We who lived on boats catching otters when the mainland fell—how ridiculous!’

People moving to the southern continent, people coming from the southern continent.

Pearl City, with its large floating population, always had many mercenaries flocking to it, and naturally the regional resentment toward the Imperial Court and Paladins was severe.

The Imperial Court wanted to win back Pearl City’s turned hearts.

This was because Pearl City was a political and military strategic point.

The Imperial Court sought solutions again and finally found one.

‘We proclaim in the name of the Order. We bestow blessings upon the waters around Pearl City and designate the entire Western Sea as a sanctuary! The sanctuary will now receive Seraldin’s protection!’

A way to unite Pearl City residents and win back their turned hearts.

That was to use religion.

Among these, the Order utilized the local deity ‘Seraldin’ that had been passed down in Pearl City.

‘Don’t you think fewer Mastones have been appearing since the Order’s blessing?’

‘That’s right. Isn’t it because our Pearl City is a town specially protected by the god Seraldin?’

‘I didn’t even know that god called Seraldin was a real god at first. I thought it only appeared in children’s tales…’

In reality, it was because Paladins were monitoring the movements of nearby Mastones, but ordinary residents believed everything was due to the Order’s blessing.

That the local deity Seraldin actually existed and was protecting Pearl City.

So while it might be different on land, Mastones should never emerge from the sea or monsters appear there.

But then.

“What did you say? In the sea, what appeared?”

“A Mastone! Your Excellency! A Mastone has emerged in waters not far from the pier!”

The face of Pearl City’s recently appointed governor, Marianne Weavril, turned pale.

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