A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 315

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 315

 

Talochium.

 

An abandoned temple on the outskirts of the Empire.

 

Thud- Thud-

 

Heavy footsteps filled the quiet corridor.

 

Each time Croize’s massive body brushed against the corner walls, layers of accumulated dust scattered through the air.

 

Though his gaze in black armor was fixed straight ahead, the end of the corridor that soon appeared had no path forward.

 

Thump-

 

Croize stopped his steps and hesitated subtly before the dead end.

 

A moment of tension crossed his scar-covered face.

 

In that instant.

 

Snap-

 

A dry sound of fingers snapping broke the silence.

 

Simultaneously, the temple’s stone walls folded strangely and the surroundings warped.

 

As the black curtain that had been draped before his eyes was drawn away, the corridor had completely vanished from Croize’s sight.

 

“Guh, gasp!”

 

The next moment.

 

Croize felt a force heavily pressing down on his entire body.

 

Deep pain was felt in his chest as if someone had grasped his heart.

 

A space he had been forcibly dragged to.

 

The center of a pitch-black hall.

 

“Was bringing down a single castle wall so difficult?”

 

A coldly coiling voice pierced his ears.

 

“Your Holiness!”

 

Croize immediately knelt on the floor.

 

Then he bowed his massive body deeply.

 

“Please give me just a little more time! Right now we’re struggling with the siege, but surely…!”

 

However, an invisible hand covered his mouth.

 

When Croize raised his head, he saw Luciano lounging on the throne.

 

His white fingers rhythmically tapped the armrest.

 

“Croize.”

 

Croize swallowed with his parched throat.

 

“I didn’t summon you to hear your excuses.”

 

Croize hurriedly pressed his forehead to the ground.

 

“I apologize!”

 

Sweat mixed with blood and dust flowed from his temples as he had been called during battle.

 

Luciano spoke as if pitying him.

 

“Talochium… isn’t it a small and weak country?”

 

Then he instantly changed his expression.

 

“Compared to the divine empire that will soon be established by my hand! Yet why!”

 

At Luciano’s voice echoing off the walls, Croize bowed his head even deeper.

 

“Why can’t you break through a mere castle wall!”

 

Trembling, Croize hesitantly opened his mouth.

 

“Y-Your Holiness is right! Talochium’s walls should normally be easily destroyed, but…!”

 

He dropped his clenched fists and pressed his forehead to the floor again.

 

“The walls are stronger than expected! The forces within the castle were also more orderly than anticipated…”

 

He raised his head.

 

“Your Holiness, if I may dare to say, we lack troops! The army led by the new Emperor Ardiana is by no means easy!”

 

Luciano’s eyes narrowed to slits.

 

“Are you daring to test my patience, Croize? The power I placed in your hands surpasses thousands of ordinary soldiers. Also.”

 

“…”

 

“I have already given you forces sufficient to crush all of Talochium and more. An army of monsters that breathe and live even in daylight!”

 

Cold sweat ran down Croize’s jaw.

 

“Your Holiness.”

 

He opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

 

“Ardiana’s new army consists mostly of mercenaries.”

 

At the mention of mercenaries, Luciano’s eyebrows twitched.

 

“They know all the habits and weaknesses of every monster. They don’t simply clash with brute force, but only engage in battle when the situation is definitely favorable to them!”

 

Croize lowered his eyes.

 

“When to attack and when to retreat, where and what enemies to face – the mercenaries know everything from start to finish…!”

 

He looked up at Luciano with a desperate face.

 

“The monster army alone cannot break through the walls! So…!”

 

“Then what about the Order’s cooperation.”

 

Luciano cut off Croize’s words.

 

“Pardon?”

 

“If the monster army is useless, couldn’t you use the Order spread across the continent.”

 

Croize’s lips twitched.

 

“Answer me. Are the considerable number of paladins remaining on the continent also useless, Croize?”

 

Croize’s massive shoulders trembled.

 

After a silence, he barely managed to squeeze out an answer.

 

“Your Holiness. The Order’s paladins are not following my will right now!”

 

Luciano’s fingers stopped their rhythmic tapping on the throne’s armrest.

 

Croize, who had been hesitating, began to speak again.

 

“Doubt is taking root in their hearts. About Your Holiness…”

 

Glancing up at Luciano, he squeezed his eyes shut and shouted.

 

“Rumors calling Your Holiness a heretic are spreading rapidly from the center to the frontier!”

 

Luciano’s face gradually contorted.

 

“If I may dare to say, the Order’s authority is not what it once was! The priests gather together and whisper secretly, and even when I led the army to attack the walls, they provided no help whatsoever!”

 

The air seemed to freeze.

 

When Croize raised his head, his eyes were already stained with deep hostility.

 

“So please punish Serafina instead of me, Your Holiness!”

 

A short groan escaped Luciano’s lips.

 

“Wasn’t suppressing the internal rebellion within the Order originally Serafina’s role?! Yet Serafina is not properly fulfilling that duty right now!”

 

Croize’s fists trembled.

 

“Rather, please use that woman’s hundred leaves to destroy Talochium! Suppressing the internal rebellion within the Order can be left to Mel Lucien…”

 

“Shut up.”

 

Luciano whispered lowly.

 

Croize froze in place.

 

When Luciano raised one hand, a pained groan flowed from Croize’s mouth.

 

“Guh, gasp! Your Holiness…!”

 

His massive frame was lifted into the air and Croize began clawing at his own throat.

 

“Please spare me, please, spa-, gasp, spare…!”

 

Just before his eyes rolled back and white foam began flowing from Croize’s mouth.

 

“Foolish thing.”

 

Luciano lowered his hand.

 

Croize’s body fell to the floor with a dull sound.

 

Luciano, who had kept his mouth tightly shut for a moment, spoke.

 

“…Mel and Serafina have gone to distant places to carry out my orders. Complex and important tasks that a fool like you could never dare to do.”

 

Croize knelt while trembling.

 

Luciano looked down at him with contempt.

 

“…From what I can see, you’re the only one who’s failing to do his part, Croize.”

 

Croize’s thick hands clenched the floor.

 

His veins bulged as if they might burst, but he couldn’t bring himself to lift his head.

 

“From now on, forget about Talochium. Bringing down one Empire is nothing—we can simply burn the entire continent to ashes later.”

 

Croize flinched and raised his head.

 

Luciano added coldly.

 

“More importantly… as you know, that insolent Sorcerer King has stolen away all my sacrifices.”

 

Luciano closed his eyes as if tired.

 

“Because of this, it’s become difficult to contain the power trapped in this body. For the time being, it will be hard for me to punish those fools myself.”

 

Luciano stared intently at Croize.

 

“From now on, you will remain in Roxe Forest. You should at least be capable of dealing with the flies that dare to rush in while I’m weakened, shouldn’t you?”

 

Croize’s neck stiffened.

 

“But Your Holiness! I have a mission to bring down Talochium…!”

 

“Don’t make me say it twice.”

 

Luciano’s eyes flashed fiercely.

 

“I gave you an opportunity, and you let it slip away. Your failure to even bring down a single wall—that’s all you amounted to.”

 

The words ‘all you amounted to’ echoed in Croize’s ears.

 

Luciano began tapping the armrest with his fingers again, as if enjoying his humiliation.

 

With that sound behind him, Croize gasped for breath.

 

But soon he bowed his head deeply and reluctantly answered.

 

“…I accept your command.”

 

His voice clearly revealed unswallowed anger and wounded pride.

 

A few days later.

 

“There, all finished.”

 

At Eura’s relieved words, Tie swallowed hard.

 

Where her gaze fell, wooden boxes were neatly stacked in one corner of the subspace.

 

“With this much, you won’t have to worry about getting injured anymore. There’s only one Vial of Return, but I trust you’ll use it somewhere valuable, so no problem.”

 

Eura pressed the bottle containing the Vial of Return into Tie’s hands.

 

Tie slowly raised her head.

 

Then with tears welling in her eyes, she threw her arms around Eura.

 

“Grandmother…!”

 

The child sniffled.

 

“Later, when Tie defeats Luciano…”

 

Tie looked straight at Eura, who was the same height as her, and sobbed.

 

“Then Tie will definitely make Grandmother all wrinkly again, definitely! Waaah…!”

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