A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 313

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 313

 

Crack-

 

A splitting sound came from Serafina’s cocoon.

 

Tie blinked with extreme tension.

 

“…It’s breaking!”

 

Cracks were spreading like lies across the surface of the iron-like cocoon.

 

As the light-filled fissures spread like a spider web, Tie instinctively placed both hands on the cocoon.

 

‘Maybe now I can do it!’

 

Maybe now she could break Serafina’s glass cocoon and get outside.

 

The moment the holy power surging from her body seeped into the cocoon.

 

Screech-!

 

A sharp, ear-piercing sound covered the atrium.

 

Where she turned her head, the wounded Valentis was gathering sword energy into his great sword.

 

“Huff, gasp… Focus, Serafina!”

 

Focus returned to Serafina’s eyes, which had been captivated by the thoughts Tie had shared.

 

Valentis gritted his teeth and spat out lowly.

 

“…If you’re a paladin, gasp, fight with all your strength until the end!”

 

He staggered and kicked off the ground.

 

“Don’t mock me!”

 

At that moment, with a sharp bursting sound, the cocoon shattered completely.

 

The floor collapsed and Tie’s body plummeted into the air.

 

“Waaaaah!”

 

Tie squeezed her eyes shut.

 

However, the expected impact didn’t come.

 

Instead, a warm sensation enveloped the child.

 

“Father!”

 

Looking at Tesetan who had caught her, tears of relief formed in Tie’s eyes.

 

But there was no time to cry.

 

Tie wiped her eyes and quickly drew in a breath.

 

“Father, maybe Serafina is…”

 

Crash-!

 

But her words were again swallowed by the explosive sound.

 

In the middle of the battlefield, two swords were once again striking sparks.

 

“Let’s move first. It’s dangerous here.”

 

Tesetan spoke with a stern face and began running while holding Tie.

 

Even in her shaking field of vision, Tie couldn’t take her eyes off Serafina and Valentis.

 

Dozens of waves and sword energies cut through the air, flashing like lightning.

 

It was a speed too difficult to follow with the naked eye.

 

“Grandfather is… incredibly strong.”

 

At the child’s trembling voice, Tesetan nodded.

 

“He’s strong. To endure with that level of injury…”

 

A faint hope flickered in his voice before turning to bitterness.

 

“He’s probably trying to buy time.”

 

Tesetan looked down at Tie.

 

“So that even if the duel ends badly, we’ll have another chance.”

 

Tie clenched her fists tightly.

 

She could vaguely understand her father’s words.

 

“Yes. Grandfather is…”

 

Valentis was fighting with the resolve to die.

 

To inflict even a little more meaningful damage on Serafina.

 

As if proving this, Valentis raised his sword high again.

 

Serafina gathered her butterflies to respond.

 

But at that moment, Valentis’s body swayed greatly.

 

His rough breathing was shaking as if it would stop at any moment.

 

“Father-!!”

 

Edmund screamed.

 

Watching Serafina closing the distance, Leonardo and Alexander’s faces also turned pale.

 

Tesetan, who had been running, stopped in place.

 

“Father…?”

 

Tie gripped his clothes with anxious eyes.

 

Tesetan said lowly.

 

“Don’t look.”

 

Tie’s heart sank with a thud.

 

The child eventually turned her head.

 

When she pushed away Tesetan’s hand trying to cover her eyes, the battlefield scene poured into her vision.

 

“Grandfather…”

 

Time seemed to flow slowly.

 

Valentis was kneeling on one knee with his sword tip aimed at Serafina.

 

However, both arms were swaying, and the floor was already soaked with the blood he had shed.

 

In contrast, Serafina charging forward was like an iron shield.

 

Her upright head, flashing sword energy, and even the dance of the White Leaves surrounding and protecting her.

 

“No…”

 

A pitiful cry burst from Tie’s mouth.

 

On Serafina’s face, which had withdrawn her sword at every crucial moment, there was no hesitation this time.

 

‘This duel is my victory.’

 

Her voice seemed to be heard from afar.

 

Serafina brought down her sword.

 

Valentis also thrust toward her chest as if squeezing out his last strength.

 

The cruel sound of cutting flesh split the air.

 

Between the two people who had come close enough to feel each other’s breath, drops of blood fell one by one, two by two.

 

“This can’t be… the Commander King…”

 

Livia collapsed.

 

Veil closed his eyes, and Basto turned his head away.

 

However,

 

“This is…”

 

The one who pulled the sword from the opponent’s body was not Serafina, but Valentis.

 

“What is this supposed to be?”

 

With a confused face, Valentis staggered to his feet.

 

Meanwhile, Serafina dropped to her knees with a thud.

 

The butterflies that had been circling around her fell one by one like flower petals.

 

“Why did you…”

 

The great sword slipped from Valentis’s hand.

 

Serafina had already let go of her sword long ago.

 

Dead butterflies settled rustling over the sword with its broken hilt.

 

“I wanted to have… conviction.”

 

A crimson stain gradually spread over Serafina’s clothes.

 

“Since I have nothing, conviction is the only thing I can possess, so.”

 

Something like a smile, yet not quite a smile, crossed her lips.

 

With a bloodless face, she slowly turned her head.

 

“Commander King.”

 

Tie gazed at Serafina, forgetting even to breathe.

 

The child stepped down from Tesetan’s embrace and took one step closer to her.

 

“You are a child. And children always see the world without pretense. The children I know… have always been that way.”

 

Serafina’s eyelashes trembled lightly.

 

She looked up at Astie, who had somehow come close.

 

“Look at me again.”

 

Tie was momentarily at a loss for words.

 

Belated pain settled in Serafina’s eyes.

 

“I saw the image of myself you showed me. I am…”

 

“…”

 

“Is that really all I am? Is that really all that remains of me?”

 

Tie’s lips moved slightly.

 

At this moment, she seemed to understand what Serafina was asking her.

 

Tie’s gaze slowly took in Serafina’s appearance.

 

Ceremonial robes stained with blood.

 

A body falling apart.

 

Even the remains of countless butterflies.

 

“Tie…”

 

Tie held back her tears and opened her lips.

 

“I saw you as a paladin, not a monster, sister.”

 

Serafina’s pupils wavered.

 

“That’s definitely how it looked to Tie’s eyes.”

 

A hoarse breath burst from Serafina’s throat as if caught in prayer.

 

“Is that so…”

 

Her eyelashes lowered and then lifted again.

 

A distant moisture spread around her bloodshot eyes.

 

“I believed all along… that the more I wielded my sword, the closer I became to a monster.”

 

Her trembling fingertips slowly settled on her knees.

 

“…That’s a relief.”

 

The last butterfly circled around her and quietly fell.

 

Serafina’s body also slowly tilted forward.

 

But on her face was a peaceful smile she hadn’t been able to regain for so long.

 

The sunlight cast over the atrium had turned red.

 

On the blood-soaked stone floor, Serafina’s body no longer moved.

 

“You were reckless.”

 

Eura grumbled as she wrapped bandages around Valentis’s waist.

 

She scolded Valentis throughout treating his wounds.

 

“If it weren’t for Serafina’s change of heart, you would already be gone from this world!”

 

“I was prepared for it.”

 

Eura made an expression of disbelief at his calm answer.

 

And meanwhile, at a spot a little away from the atrium.

 

“Child. Is this deep enough?”

 

Veil, who had been diligently digging the ground, looked back at Tie.

 

Tie nodded while firmly holding Tesetan’s hand.

 

“Mm-hmm. That’s deep enough.”

 

Her gaze naturally turned to the large tree beside the pit.

 

This tree, which would bloom fully in spring, was something Tie had discovered while strolling near the shrine a few days ago.

 

“…I don’t really know. Is it okay to bury Luciano’s subordinate so carefully like this?”

 

Veil threw down the shovel and plopped down beside the tree.

 

Tie ran over to Veil’s side.

 

“Brother Veil. That sister was a bad person, but when she went to heaven, she tried to go there as a good person.”

 

At the child’s dejected expression, Basto also nodded.

 

“That’s right. Serafina didn’t live and die as a monster. She put down her sword herself and chose to remain a paladin at the end.”

 

He turned his gaze toward the corpse covered with white cloth.

 

“…One who died as a paladin should be buried like a paladin.”

 

“Fine, do as you please.”

 

Veil brushed himself off and stood up.

 

Just then, Raul and Enzo, who had brought a stretcher from the temple, approached Serafina.

 

Tie quickly ran over there.

 

Then she watched Serafina being moved onto the stretcher with a sad expression.

 

But at that moment.

 

“Huh?”

 

Something glinted from inside Serafina’s ceremonial robes.

 

Raul, who had noticed the same thing, carefully took it out and handed it to Tie.

 

“Do you know what this is?”

 

Tie’s eyes widened as she received the object.

 

Pulsating with weak divine power in the sunset light was a small cocoon.

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