A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 298

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 298

 

Strength left her legs.

 

Tie crouched down on the floor.

 

Her vision became distorted like paint bleeding in water.

 

‘Hurry up and grow, child. The fake will disappear…’

 

‘…Fake?’

 

That single word tore at her heart mercilessly.

 

‘No, no!’

 

She shook her head, but nothing changed.

 

Despair filled Tie’s eyes.

 

‘Actually… I knew.’

 

That a day like this would come someday.

 

Both Marul and the World Tree had warned her.

 

‘Your body is already bound as payment for time magic, is it not?’

 

‘Someday you will surely disappear.’

 

Back then, she didn’t understand the weight of those words and laughed them off.

 

After all, there was still a long time until this world’s Tie would be born,

 

‘Kamang and Father both said they would find a way…’

 

The fallen tears crumbled into light.

 

The disappearance spread from her fingertips to the back of her hand.

 

At that moment, Aleric’s voice pierced her ears.

 

“But Regent… no, is His Lordship still not back?”

 

Tie flinched and looked up.

 

Basto muttered quietly.

 

“Actually, His Lordship has endured for a long time too. He traveled across the entire continent trying not to let Tie disappear.”

 

Her eyes widened.

 

In a world where everyone couldn’t see Tie.

 

Father alone surely hadn’t forgotten Tie.

 

However.

 

“…So what. In the end, he’s giving up and coming back to Talochium.”

 

Silence flowed through the room.

 

“Tesetan knows it too. That it’s already over anyway.”

 

Tie’s lips trembled.

 

“The child has disappeared, and we need to focus on this little one now. It’s simple.”

 

At Veil’s words, Basto nodded.

 

“Right. That’s the best option for now.”

 

Thud-

 

At that moment, the air shook.

 

Her vision swayed as the brilliant corridor of the Imperial Palace unfolded before her eyes.

 

“Now! One, two, three!”

 

Servants were gathered in front of a wall.

 

They had set up a large ladder and were taking down a frame from the wall.

 

Tie’s shoulders trembled when she saw the painting in the frame.

 

Mother wearing the Emperor’s seal.

 

Father smiling in his uniform.

 

And herself laughing brightly between them.

 

But at that moment.

 

“Oh, oh no!”

 

The rope snapped and the frame fell.

 

The canvas broke with the sound of shattering glass.

 

Her heart stung when she saw the carelessly torn painting.

 

‘Everyone…’

 

Everyone was erasing Tie.

 

“Oh no, the corridor got dirty. Let’s clean it up quickly!”

 

The broken canvas was shoved into a cart before her eyes.

 

All that remained in the corridor was a faded mark on the wall.

 

“Huu, uu…”

 

Sobs burst out between her lips.

 

Then when she looked up, the scene changed again.

 

Tie hesitated.

 

‘…The stronghold?’

 

This time it was Rosewerbel Street, Agavert’s stronghold.

 

Tie’s room.

 

She could see Father sitting on the bed, looking down at Tie’s preschool bag.

 

“Father, Father!”

 

Tie urgently ran over and grabbed Tesetan’s knees.

 

“Father, Tie is here! Father-!”

 

But Tesetan couldn’t see Tie.

 

The only response was the sound of wind whistling outside the window.

 

“Father…”

 

Her voice lost its strength.

 

Tesetan had a tired expression.

 

Tie rubbed her face against Tesetan’s hand like grasping at straws.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

“Stop it.”

 

Tesetan muttered.

 

She looked up in surprise, but Tesetan wasn’t looking at her.

 

“What can’t be done… just give up.”

 

Tie blinked slowly.

 

Now she seemed to understand.

 

Tesetan was talking to himself right now.

 

“Forget what’s past, please…”

 

Tesetan stood up from his seat with slumped shoulders.

 

Then he threw Tie’s bag into the fireplace.

 

The flames instantly devoured Tie’s pink preschool bag.

 

“…Forget.”

 

Tesetan muttered again and headed toward the door.

 

Tie remained alone, blankly watching the scene.

 

‘Father…’

 

Her heart was beating so loudly that the surrounding sounds were muffled.

 

‘Even Father abandoned Tie.’

 

Marul and the World Tree were right.

 

Now there was no need for Tie from Jongno-gu here.

 

‘Now that there’s the real Tie, something like a fake Tie…’

 

With blurred vision, Tie looked down at her own hands that had become invisible.

 

‘So this is what disappearing means.’

 

This is what it means to vanish from everyone’s memories.

 

“Everyone said they loved Tie.”

 

Tears that had formed in her eyes flowed endlessly down.

 

“They said they would always stay by my side….”

 

But at that moment, a certain memory suddenly came to mind.

 

The child’s lips parted.

 

A winter when snow was falling heavily.

 

“Father! Tie has homework!”

 

Tie held her sketchbook and burrowed into the blanket with the electric heating pad turned on.

 

“At kindergarten, Teacher Isolje told me to draw this and bring it back.”

 

On the sketchbook, there was a homework paper that the teacher had attached, placed neatly.

 

“Draw how much your parents love you! Father will tell me and Tie will draw it, okay? Got it?”

 

Father looked down at the sketchbook intently after hearing Tie’s words.

 

Tie quickly asked.

 

“How much does Father love Tie? As much as the stars in the universe, right?”

 

Without even hearing an answer yet, Tie picked up a yellow crayon to draw stars.

 

However, even after waiting for a long time, Father remained silent.

 

Finally, Tie looked up.

 

“Father?”

 

“Father can’t do anything without Tie.”

 

At that moment, Father answered.

 

“I don’t know about universe stars and such, but Father can’t breathe without Tie.”

 

“….”

 

“I can’t last even a day. I can’t eat. Do you understand what I mean?”

 

Tie lost her words and quietly blinked her eyes.

 

Even during that time, Father continued speaking.

 

“Father lives because of Tie. Even if there’s nothing else, as long as I have my daughter, I can live.”

 

That day, Tie reluctantly nodded her head.

 

Then she smiled thoughtlessly and asked.

 

“Then, what if Tie dies first? What would Father do?”

 

Father closed his mouth.

 

Soon, a subdued voice was heard.

 

“Well. Then Father would lose all meaning and reason to live. But if I still lived, probably….”

 

Tesetan stared intently at Tie and lowered his voice.

 

“I would live for a long time holding onto your traces. The cup our Tie used, the pictures Tie drew, things like your laughter.”

 

Tesetan’s eyes became distant.

 

“Then when I can’t endure anymore… I would eventually wither away and die, wouldn’t I?”

 

At that time, Tie became frightened.

 

She knew what withering away meant because she had seen the flower pot in front of Gold Apartment.

 

“N-no, that’s not okay.”

 

That day, Tie hugged Father tightly and calmed her pounding heart.

 

“Father, Tie won’t die first. You can’t wither away. Okay?”

 

A low laughter echoed in her ears for a long time.

 

And when that sound became distant, her thoughts also scattered.

 

Tie stared straight ahead with a dazed expression.

 

In front of her, she could still see Father’s back.

 

The bag in the fireplace was still burning away.

 

‘I would live for a long time holding onto your traces. The cup our Tie used, the pictures Tie drew, things like your laughter.’

 

Father’s voice from the memory.

 

‘Forget what’s past, please….’

 

And just a moment ago, the voice of Father before her eyes.

 

The two voices clashed in her head, making her heart pound.

 

‘…One of them is fake.’

 

Her breathing became labored.

 

The child wiped her tear-soaked eyes roughly.

 

Father was always someone who kept his promises.

 

He was someone who had never once changed his words.

 

Then the answer was clear.

 

“Father… would never give up on Tie.”

 

Her voice, wet with tears, trembled precariously.

 

However, her conviction gradually became solid.

 

“Father would never just throw away Tie’s bag.”

 

Suddenly, a heavy wave spread out around Tie.

 

“Father is….”

 

“….”

 

“Father doesn’t lie to Tie-!”

 

Her body, which had been disappearing and fading away, instantly returned and embraced light.

 

Tie squeezed her eyes shut and then ran forward vigorously.

 

And she pushed with all her might with both hands against the illusion of Tesetan leaving through the door.

 

The illusion shattered and black feathers scattered in all directions.

 

“…!”

 

When she caught her breath and opened her eyes again.

 

Before she knew it, the scenery of Roxe Forest was spread out before her eyes.

 

Tie panted and stared straight ahead.

 

Mel, whose concealment had been broken, looked at Tie and stepped backward.

 

Tie spoke in a sobbing voice.

 

“The one who should disappear isn’t Tie….”

 

Then she closed her eyes tightly and shouted.

 

“Mel, you’re the bad monster-!”

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