A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 312

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 312

 

Tie’s eyes inside the cocoon widened.

 

As Serafina’s thoughts were conveyed, her heart beat faster.

 

Tie watched the situation outside again.

 

The duel was still in full swing.

 

Valentis and Serafina’s swords clashed repeatedly, sending debris from the ground flying in all directions.

 

However, the side gaining the upper hand seemed clear.

 

“…Grandfather is losing.”

 

Valentis was struggling just to block Serafina’s attacks.

 

Meanwhile, Serafina’s sword was tracing trajectories that could cut Valentis’s throat at any moment.

 

However, for some reason, Serafina hesitated and disrupted her sword at the last moment each time.

 

Tie gulped.

 

She thought she knew why Serafina was hesitating.

 

‘…She’s conflicted.’

 

The memory she had glimpsed through the cocoon came to mind.

 

At that moment, Serafina’s voice was heard once again.

 

‘A paladin’s sword must always be honorable.’

 

Her vision was filled with Serafina’s recollections.

 

Her wielding a sword with a confident expression.

 

The moment when she finally reached the summit after repeated training.

 

However, glory was not infinite, and in the end she was a tree whose neck was cut by the axe of envy.

 

‘I took up the sword again to avoid falling. He gave me an opportunity, gave me a second life. But…’

 

Bang-!

 

Valentis’s attack struck right in front of Serafina.

 

‘With power beyond human limits, what exactly am I doing?’

 

The tip of Serafina’s sword trembled slightly.

 

Valentis didn’t miss that opening and swung his holy light, but Serafina easily parried it once again.

 

‘Do I want to remain a paladin? Do I want to be saved despite already being corrupted?’

 

Tie briefly held her breath.

 

‘Right now…’

 

Serafina was definitely shaken.

 

So now was the opportunity.

 

The child gathered holy power at her fingertips once more.

 

Then she poured all her strength into the cocoon wall.

 

“Please open, please…!”

 

She felt heavy pressure and cold sweat flowed from her forehead.

 

However, not even a scratch appeared on the cocoon wall.

 

Glowing patterns spread along the cocoon’s surface, then absorbed all of Tie’s power.

 

“Why, why isn’t anything working…”

 

Tie’s eyes filled with despair.

 

At that moment, a low voice brushed past her ear.

 

[It’s useless. No matter how much power you pour out, this shell will absorb it all.]

 

Tie’s lips parted.

 

“World Tree?”

 

[Listen well. This cocoon is a shell made from Serafina’s blood and breath.]

 

Tie stared at the cocoon’s surface.

 

[Inside here, your power is nothing more than a drifting light. The moment it’s born, it will only be swallowed up as hers.]

 

The strength left the child’s fist.

 

“Then what am I supposed to do…? Tie, can Tie not do anything from here?”

 

Even at this moment, wounds were increasing on Valentis’s body.

 

If time passed like this and Serafina came to her senses?

 

And if she began to face Valentis with full power,

 

“Grandfather might die, sob, you know!”

 

Tears flowed down the crying child’s cheeks.

 

But the World Tree spoke in an even lower voice.

 

[Don’t be impatient. You trust the me inside you too much.]

 

Tie closed her mouth.

 

The World Tree continued speaking.

 

[After being defeated in the confrontation with Luciano, I already lost the power of my greatest branch. That power was all attributed to that villain, and as you can see, it flowed into his subordinates.]

 

Tie’s eyes took in Serafina handling sword and butterflies like her own body.

 

Her full power was overwhelming.

 

Trees where her sword grazed were helplessly cut down, and the ground was deeply carved by the deflected sword energy.

 

It was a miracle that Valentis had been able to face her until now.

 

[On the other hand, what about the power inside you? That’s still just a small seed. It’s not the authority of a fully grown tree, but its final remnant.]

 

The World Tree’s energy spread slowly through her body.

 

[A seed that hasn’t even bloomed yet thinking of competing with a stubbornly grown tree. It’s a hopeless fight from the start. Don’t you understand?]

 

Tie’s lips trembled.

 

She wanted to answer something, but no words came from her throat.

 

With rising helplessness, tears formed in her eyes once again.

 

[Child.]

 

But in that instant, the World Tree whispered again.

 

[That you cannot defeat Serafina now is not your fault. There’s an immeasurable difference in power between you and her. However.]

 

The World Tree’s voice quieted for a moment, then began to resonate again.

 

[There is another path for you. What you see, what you hear, what you feel. All of that can become the ‘wind’ that shakes Serafina.]

 

Tie hesitated.

 

[I’m saying that just as you can feel her, she might be able to feel you too.]

 

Bang-! Bang-! Bang-!

 

Valentis’s holy light missed Serafina several times.

 

Deflecting the incoming sword, Serafina furrowed her brow.

 

“…How troublesome.”

 

Perhaps because it had been a long time since her last duel.

 

Rather than the battle itself, the thoughts drifting through her mind bothered her.

 

‘When I was simply following orders, I didn’t know.’

 

When the act of swinging a sword was given the name ‘duel,’ everything changed.

 

“Cough-!”

 

Valentis fell to the ground from the sword energy she casually released.

 

Red blood was dripping from his side where it had been pierced by the sword.

 

“Hah… It’s not over yet.”

 

Seeing him look up at her with hazy eyes, Serafina’s face became serious.

 

She nodded her head.

 

“…I know. We agreed the duel would end the moment one of us stops breathing.”

 

As he muttered, Valentis charged at her again.

 

To have this much persistence and strength at an age worthy of being called a veteran.

 

He was indeed worthy of rising to the position of Commander King.

 

‘Even so, he’s no match for me as I am now.’

 

Once again, his mouth tasted bitter.

 

While dodging Valentis’s attacks, Serafina prepared her final strike.

 

“…I acknowledge you.”

 

She rose into the air to gather her butterflies.

 

“I will remember your name. Now I’ll send you off peacefully.”

 

Just as she gathered her sword energy and was about to plunge her sword down vertically.

 

‘I appoint Serafina El as Commander of the Empire!’

 

A sharp pain shot through her head and her vision became distant.

 

Serafina’s narrowed eyes slowly widened.

 

‘You are the embodiment of unwavering chivalry, the shield and sword of the Order.’

 

The High Priest, dressed in neat ceremonial robes, was placing one hand on her shoulder.

 

‘Under the sacred banner. Your conviction has already been carved as light in all our hearts.’

 

Cheers could be heard.

 

The brilliant sun sparkled in the sky where flower petals scattered.

 

‘May God’s grace be with you.’

 

‘Hooray-!’

 

Several people who had jumped onto the dais came running toward her.

 

‘Serafina, congratulations!’

 

‘Sister, you did it! I’m so proud of you!’

 

‘El, you’ve worked so hard. You trained so diligently….’

 

The people of Brena, her hometown.

 

The neighbors who had watched the entire journey of her rise from a street vagrant to the position of Empire Commander were sending their praise.

 

‘I knew sister would become Empire Commander! I bragged to my friends about it!’

 

‘You’ve worked hard, Sera.’

 

‘El as Empire Commander, now our village will be the safest village on the Central Continent, right? Hahaha!’

 

Her eyes grew hot.

 

‘Yes.’

 

She had once dreamed of such a future.

 

In reality, her arm was broken before she could even be appointed Empire Commander, and she had to watch someone else take that position while lying in bed….

 

“Damn it.”

 

Serafina shook her head to dispel her thoughts, her eyes turning fierce.

 

She turned her gaze toward the cocoon where Astie was.

 

“What kind of trick is this?”

 

At her words, the child inside the cocoon flinched.

 

“Stop it right-!”

 

But she had to close her mouth without finishing her words.

 

Beyond the cocoon.

 

The place where the child should be became blurry, then slowly reflected her own image.

 

Ceremonial robes stained with blood.

 

Eyes lifeless as if dead.

 

Standing like a monster with countless corpses and skeletons behind her….

 

‘El! I’m proud of you!’

 

‘Sister will protect us, right?’

 

The cheers echoed distantly like an echo.

 

Serafina’s face contorted.

 

What she had wished for.

 

And now, what she had become.

 

“…Huk.”

 

Terrible pain crushed her chest.

 

Strength entered her hand gripping the sword and crack- the sword hilt shattered.

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