A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 318
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 318
Tears of anger flowed down Ophilie’s cheeks.
“They said persuading the Elder didn’t go well. So when I asked for the money I paid upfront back…!”
“They branded you as a heretic?”
At Livia’s words, Ophilie raised her head.
She clenched her pale, bloodless fists tightly.
“…I was foolish for not expecting it.”
Her complexion darkened.
“Until the night before my execution, I agonized over and over. Should I run away, or should I just stay quietly.”
“Because of your niece?”
Tears welled up in Ophilie’s eyes once again.
“Yes… because of my niece.”
Ophilie wiped her eyes.
“If I quietly accepted being burned at the stake, I could clearly see what would happen to Rene left behind. But if I ran away, the Elder and his subordinates would likely harm Rene…”
Ophilie’s eyes were red and swollen when she raised her head.
“I planned to run away briefly and then return. To bring Rene out with me. But I never expected monsters to appear in the forest during broad daylight…”
Ophilie looked at Tesetan with a desperate expression.
“Please, just save Rene, just that child. Then I’ll somehow get a map of Roxe Forest…”
“Alright. I understand, but.”
Livia cut off Ophilie’s words.
“You can’t ask him.”
Ophilie looked puzzled.
“What? Didn’t you say this was a mercenary group?”
Then she stared at Tesetan.
“This person here is the leader…”
“No.”
Livia shook her head and pointed to Tie, who was beside Tesetan.
“The leader is over here.”
Ophilie’s eyes widened.
Tie made an “ahem” sound and pulled her shoulders up.
Then with a dignified expression, she turned her head to Father.
“Father. Having multiple wives is bad, right?”
Tesetan’s eyes widened.
“On TV, when a man had multiple wives, 107 Grandmother cursed a lot, right?”
Tesetan made an “ah” sound and smiled briefly.
“Yes. She did.”
Tie stared at Ophilie again.
“Sister, don’t worry! Tie will help you.”
The child who stood up abruptly clenched both fists tightly.
“Tie needs a map and sister needs to save her niece from the bad Elder, so we can work together!”
As the child’s eyes sparkled, the Pompoms burst out of the bag as if they had been waiting.
Tie smiled brightly and raised both hands high.
“Let’s go! To find the map and save sister’s niece!”
From one side of the cave, Veil quietly pressed his forehead.
Three days later.
“I can see it! There, that place where smoke is rising is the village!”
Tie, who had arrived near the village, opened her lips in a daze.
Where the vast forest ended, a wide reed field spread out.
And beyond that reed field,
“It’s a really long cloud!”
An unidentifiable white cloud was rising in wisps.
Ophilie, who had approached, spoke calmly.
“That’s steam, Tie. There’s a large dye factory on the outskirts of the village.”
“Wow, steam clouds…!”
While Tie’s eyes sparkled brightly.
“Well then, let’s decide.”
Veil, who had approached at some point, stared at Ophilie.
“When and how should we infiltrate to safely extract the map and your niece?”
Ophilie, who had been pondering, soon opened her mouth.
Belark, a village that bordered Roxe Forest and had been called a ‘holy land’ since ancient times.
The old tavern located in the heart of the city center was bustling with people today as well.
“Lexie! Don’t you have more wine?!”
“Hey! How long ago did I order food and it’s still not out?”
Lexie, who had protected this tavern for 30 years, was sweating profusely as she carried food without rest.
“Coming! On my way!”
The moment she was setting down plates at each table with large trays in both hands.
Bang-!
The dull sound of someone striking the counter echoed through the tavern.
Where she turned her head, the village Elder’s subordinates were standing.
They glared at Lexie with cold eyes.
“Just how much longer are you going to make us wait? I clearly told you this wasn’t the time to be taking care of neighborhood customers.”
Lexie hurriedly ran to the counter and bowed her head.
“I’m sorry. The orders got backed up…!”
“Quiet, just tell us when the menu we mentioned earlier will be ready!”
Lexie hurriedly rushed inside the counter.
Then after checking the ledger, she answered.
“The front leg roast you ordered, three are still cooking, and the smoked dishes are almost done…”
The subordinates waved their hands to cut off her words.
They glared at Lexie with displeasure.
“You’d better remember that the Elder is keeping an eye on you, Lexie.”
Lexie flinched and stiffened.
“You think we don’t know that you spirited away the kid that Ophilie was taking care of?”
Cold sweat formed on Lexie’s forehead.
“We’re just holding back because we don’t want to make a big deal of it, but if you keep acting like this, we’ll have no choice.”
The subordinates turned around.
“…We’ll wait outside, so call us when it’s ready. It would be better to handle this quickly.”
Lexie only exhaled the breath she had been holding after the subordinates disappeared.
She had clenched her fists so hard that white nail marks were left on her palms.
At that moment.
“Mom! Here’s the smoked dish!”
From the kitchen, Lexie’s daughter, who had just come of age, came out carrying a large plate.
“Should I package it? You said it’s going to the fortress wall.”
Lexie, who had quickly come to her senses, nodded.
“Yes, Daisy. Could you package it?”
Daisy nodded and moved her hands busily.
Lexie left Daisy behind and hurriedly entered the kitchen.
Inside the oven, the dishes ordered by the Elder’s subordinates were still cooking.
After briefly looking around, she grunted and pushed a wine barrel to the side.
This revealed a small hatch leading to the food storage beneath the barrel.
Lexie carefully opened the hatch door and climbed down the steep ladder.
Then,
“Aunt Lexie!”
A small child ran from a blanket spread in the corner of the warehouse and hugged Lexie.
Lexie drooped her eyebrows and hugged the child, Rene, back.
“Rene, are you okay? Did you finish all the stew Aunt gave you?”
Rene nodded her head.
The child hurriedly ran over and brought back an empty plate.
“It was delicious. Aunt Ophilie likes this stew too…”
A sigh escaped from Lexie’s lips.
Rene, who had been trapped here for several days, looked grimy.
Lexie looked at Rene for a moment and said.
“But what should we do, Rene…? It looks like you’ll have to sleep here again today.”
The child’s eyes widened as she asked in a crawling voice.
“Again today…?”
“Yes. It seems an important guest has come to the fortress wall. There appears to be a banquet happening, and because of that, Daren’s subordinates won’t leave the area near the tavern…”
The child’s expression became dejected.
However, Rene soon nodded her head.
“It can’t be helped. Rene can sleep alone just fine.”
Lexie closed her mouth.
It was the moment she was about to comfort the child.
“Mother, outside…!”
An urgent voice came from above.
Looking up, Daisy was looking down with the hatch door open.
Lexie hurriedly got up from her spot.
“Rene, I’ll close the tavern in a little while and come back down, okay?”
Climbing the ladder and going outside, Daisy, who had been standing in front of the kitchen door, pointed beyond the counter with a tense face.
“These people here are looking for Mother…”
Lexie’s eyes widened.
Beyond the counter stood two people wearing deeply pulled hoods.
Two pairs of half-revealed eyes stared directly at Lexie.
“Are you Lexie?”
Lexie hesitantly nodded her head.
“Yes. I’m Lexie, but why…”
“We heard this house makes the best lamb stew in Belark, so we came.”
Lexie’s brow furrowed.
Lamb stew was the dish Lexie was most confident about.
However, it wasn’t registered as a menu item at the tavern.
At that moment, one of the strangers added.
“Adding thyme herb doubles the flavor, right?”
Daisy startled and looked back at Lexie.
Lexie also briefly inhaled, just the same.
Lamb stew with thyme herb.
That was Lexie’s special recipe that only Rene’s aunt, Ophilie, who had very unique tastes, used to enjoy.
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