A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 303

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 303

 

The dawn mist had grown even thicker around the Sanctuary.

 

The air hung heavy, saturated with moisture.

 

Tie, who had slipped out of the Annex, quietly wrapped her arms around Tesetan’s neck.

 

Each time the expedition moved forward, the fallen leaves beneath their feet rustled.

 

After walking for some time, something caught Tie’s eye.

 

“Father, look over there…!”

 

Beyond the crumbling walls and pillars scattered throughout.

 

A faint light was spreading from the distance.

 

The light rising from a stone lantern half-buried in the earth seemed like a signal someone had deliberately lit.

 

Sure enough.

 

“…Wait. There’s a door?”

 

Upon reaching the stone lantern, a small stone door positioned behind it was revealed.

 

Veil pointed to the handle beside the door and lowered his voice.

 

“What do you think, should we open it now?”

 

Aleric nodded.

 

“The wooden board said to open the wall behind the Sanctuary and exit to the right of the garden.”

 

Veil took a breath and pulled down on the handle.

 

With a low vibration, the stone door slid to the right.

 

Soon, Tie’s eyes widened at the scene that unfolded before them.

 

“…Wow, there really is a garden!”

 

What appeared beyond the door was a simple and neatly maintained garden.

 

The garden was planted with many fresh vegetables rather than flowers.

 

As if someone had been there just moments before, water droplets sparkled and dripped from the leaves.

 

“Let’s go.”

 

After briefly surveying the space, Tesetan began moving again.

 

Exiting to the right of the garden, a wide ditch that seemed man-made appeared.

 

Basto, who descended into the ditch first, spoke.

 

“There’s a path in the corner.”

 

Then he added using terminology reserved for urgent situations.

 

‘I can sense human presence inside.’

 

Tesetan and Tie quietly exchanged glances.

 

Then they followed Basto down into the ditch.

 

Upon reaching the bottom of the steep slope, the entrance to a Portal hidden in the corner appeared, just as Basto had said.

 

However, for some reason, Tesetan stopped walking in front of it.

 

Tie gently shook Tesetan’s shoulder.

 

“Father. Why aren’t we going?”

 

Tesetan looked at Tie and answered.

 

“Something feels unsettling. We still don’t know what it looks like inside there.”

 

Tie’s eyes grew round.

 

“It’s true that we recovered our bodies thanks to the holy oil in the Annex. But that alone isn’t enough to trust the people of this Temple. Maybe all of this is a trap…”

 

“Actually, I’m thinking the same thing.”

 

Basto approached.

 

He too was looking into the Portal with wary eyes.

 

“What if we go in and those Villains block our escape route? It’s the Underground Labyrinth of the Cathedral – we were able to escape because we had scouted the path beforehand, but…”

 

Basto trailed off as he looked around.

 

A Temple abandoned in the middle of Roxe Forest.

 

It was already surprising that there were people inside, but to have such a secret place prepared as well.

 

Everything was confusing and suspicious at the same time.

 

As everyone held their breath in front of the entrance.

 

Whoosh-

 

Suddenly, a light breeze swept out from the Portal.

 

“…Someone’s coming.”

 

A shadow stretched long toward the expedition from the distance.

 

The footsteps that had only been faintly audible gradually became clearer.

 

Soon, the owner of the shadow revealed themselves under the lamplight.

 

“I save you from near death and all you do is stand there full of suspicion!”

 

The irritable and prickly tone cut sharply through the air.

 

“This is exactly the problem with young people these days!”

 

What he was spouting was unmistakably nagging.

 

However,

 

“All you like to do is calculate and recalculate, no sense of adventure!”

 

Small stature.

 

White and soft skin.

 

Even a childish voice.

 

“So! Are you planning to stand there until dawn breaks? Why don’t you just advertise to everyone around! That we’re here!”

 

The expedition stepped back at the sharp outburst.

 

Only Tie’s eyes sparkled with curiosity on her face.

 

And for good reason.

 

Standing before the group was a Child who looked to be about three or four years old.

 

“This is why the old ancestors were never wrong. When you get old, it’s best to just die, living long only gets you tangled up in troublesome affairs like this…”

 

An endlessly long Corridor.

 

The grumbling voice echoed continuously.

 

Tie watched the back of the head walking ahead with a tense expression.

 

Jet-black hair braided into a single plait.

 

Priest robes dragging on the ground.

 

“You there.”

 

At that moment, the Child walking ahead suddenly turned around.

 

Tie, who had been walking behind Tesetan, involuntarily froze.

 

“T-Tie…?”

 

“Yes. Well, who else is there besides you! Come here.”

 

Tie gulped.

 

After hesitating briefly, she carefully took a step forward.

 

Then the Child grabbed Tie’s hand and pulled her sharply toward himself.

 

“Waah!”

 

As Tie staggered, Tesetan flinched.

 

Veil even drew his sword.

 

But the Child muttered without batting an eye.

 

“Let me see…”

 

The Child who had looked closely at Tie’s face narrowed his dark eyes.

 

“That’s right. You’re that Child. The one who carries that person’s seed.”

 

Tie drew in a breath at the word seed.

 

The fact that the World Tree was inside Tie’s body was a secret that had never been publicly known.

 

“Who exactly are you?”

 

Tesetan approached and pulled Tie away from the Child’s hands.

 

Then he stood protectively in front of Tie and stared at the Child.

 

The Child’s eyes widened, then a soft laugh burst from his small lips.

 

“Who am I? Well, I am the High Priest of this Temple…”

 

“Wait.”

 

Aleric interrupted Sire’s words.

 

He approached Tesetan with a tense expression.

 

“That’s a lie. The High Priest of this temple was that Elder Priest who locked us in the annex. He said with his own mouth that as long as he remained High Priest, he would give us nothing, clearly….”

 

Sire let out a deep sigh.

 

Then he glared at Aleric with sharp eyes.

 

“Child, you need to learn how to listen to people until the end first.”

 

Aleric flinched and closed his mouth.

 

Sire strode up to Aleric and raised his index finger as if scolding him.

 

“What I was trying to say! Wasn’t that I’m the High Priest now, but that I was the High Priest before! Do you understand!”

 

The flustered Aleric closed his mouth.

 

Sire took another step closer to Aleric and raised his voice even more.

 

“Kids these days have this problem too! They have no patience so they don’t know how to listen to people until the end! They don’t know how to respect their elders either…!”

 

Tie blinked at the nagging that poured down like a bombardment.

 

‘This is….’

 

Familiar gestures, familiar tone, even familiar expressions.

 

Tie knew someone who spoke like that when scolding someone.

 

“Grandmother?”

 

However, Sire, who had been raging at those words, paused.

 

Then he slowly turned his head to stare at Tie.

 

His eyebrows that had been raised upward in anger slowly settled down.

 

A strange anticipation appeared at the corners of Sire’s mouth.

 

“What did you just say?”

 

Tie blinked and repeated what she had just said.

 

“Grandmother…?”

 

“That’s right!”

 

Sire smiled brightly and grabbed Tie’s shoulders.

 

“As expected, I look right to your eyes! Oh my, you precious thing!”

 

Sire’s two hands roughly patted Tie’s head as if she were adorable.

 

“Well seen, well seen. It seems you’re the best among these. Well-behaved, listens well, and has such a cute face. When I was young, I really loved children. Now I’d like to look after them but there are no children, so it’s frustrating… right?”

 

“…Yes!”

 

Tie nodded, her heart strangely lifted by the tone that was exactly like 107 Grandmother’s.

 

“Adults say it’s because we’re in a low birth rate era now!”

 

“That’s right, that’s right. It’s such a harsh world to live in that everyone doesn’t have children.”

 

Meanwhile, the Members’ faces were becoming colored with deeper and deeper confusion.

 

At most, he looked the same age as Tie or even younger.

 

Yet talking about when he was young, or having been High Priest before….

 

“Mother?”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Another shadow revealed itself from beyond the portal.

 

Tesetan’s eyes narrowed.

 

Walking toward the group while leaning on a staff was none other than that Elder Priest who had locked them in the annex and handed them the wooden plaque.

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