A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 323

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 323

 

Rough breathing escaped from Croize’s mouth.

 

“I can’t hold my breath forever. I can’t keep hiding forever!”

 

His eyes blazed fiercely in the light.

 

Veil looked at Croize calmly.

 

‘Damn, this got troublesome.’

 

Croize was extremely agitated.

 

It seemed he didn’t like having to hide his identity under Luciano’s orders.

 

When he raised his hand, veins bulged over his thick knuckles.

 

“…I am strong. Strong enough to deserve everyone’s recognition and praise.”

 

He raised his head and looked directly at Veil.

 

“Performer.”

 

Veil flinched but quickly hid her expression.

 

Then she calmly met Croize’s gaze.

 

“I’ve seen a performer like you before.”

 

Croize’s lips twisted upward.

 

“She wandered like a bird from one end of this land to the other. Singing and dancing, and she knew plenty of fascinating stories I’d never heard before.”

 

He stood up, gripping the round table with both hands.

 

His massive frame that seemed to reach the ceiling was revealed.

 

“So you too, spread my story with your tongue. What kind of being I am, how strong I am, even what I look like!”

 

Silence fell over the banquet hall.

 

Daren, who had been reading the mood, hurriedly interjected.

 

“I, I didn’t know the High Priest had such a task!”

 

He smiled awkwardly while looking back and forth between Veil and Croize.

 

“All this time you only told me you were someone who secretly aided His Holiness…”

 

Croize’s eyes flashed.

 

“Secretly, yes. I helped secretly. But now it’s different.”

 

When he struck the round table, it made a cracking sound.

 

“His era has already come. Just need to eliminate one or two more troublesome bastards. Then I’ll have no more reason to hide.”

 

“Troublesome bastards? No, who exactly is interfering with the High Priest and His Holiness’s work?”

 

Croize ground his teeth.

 

“There are such bastards. The Commander King. And that bastard’s damned subordinates.”

 

Veil instinctively flinched.

 

But Croize, who didn’t notice, poured alcohol into his glass and downed it.

 

“Time was delayed because of those worthless things. It’s fortunate that the mission to deal with those bastards has finally fallen into my hands!”

 

When he sat back down, the floor vibrated slightly.

 

Croize, who had been chewing on snacks, glared.

 

“What the hell is Mel Lucien, who was supposed to handle that mission, doing! He’s probably just gathering followers here and there!”

 

Curiosity appeared in Daren’s eyes.

 

“Mel Lucien. That sounds like a name I’ve heard somewhere.”

 

“He’s someone I work with. All he knows how to do is scheme, and he’s pathetically weak.”

 

Croize muttered and added.

 

“Also Serafina. I don’t like that woman either.”

 

Daren’s eyes widened.

 

“Serafina? If it’s Serafina El, I’ve heard of her! That woman is definitely…!”

 

“Right. The one called the strongest holy swordswoman of the Central Continent.”

 

Crack, Croize bent his knuckles.

 

“That woman spent half her life being praised as the ‘holy sword’! Mel is the same! He stayed in Sercanoss and built his reputation among the priests! But what about me?”

 

Croize’s eyes contorted.

 

“All I ever did was hide and wait. I had to drink every day waiting for something to fall my way. For a very, very long time.”

 

His sunken voice trembled.

 

“Then when I finally left the continent to do something, I was immediately called back to Roxe Forest…”

 

Croize tilted his head back and poured more alcohol into his mouth.

 

“I can’t stand it anymore. Now I’m going to establish my own achievement. If I make myself known to the world, he’ll properly acknowledge me too!”

 

Veil briefly lowered her eyes.

 

‘I get the gist of it.’

 

Listening to this, Croize’s situation became vaguely clear.

 

A life where, despite being the same rank as a cardinal, he had to remain only in the shadows.

 

Unlike Mel or Serafina, Croize had always moved only beneath the surface.

 

‘So that’s why there were so few records about him.’

 

It was just as she was thinking this.

 

“Performer. Your job is simple. Wander around and spread my name. What kind of person I am, what I’ve done, how strong I am!”

 

Rough breathing boiled from his chest.

 

“Make songs praising me echo throughout the entire continent. You must make everyone know that I am greater than Serafina’s holy sword, greater than Mel’s position!”

 

Veil tilted her head slightly.

 

Beneath her calm gaze, her mind was complicated.

 

‘His expression is completely like a powder keg holding sparks…’

 

Should she plan for the future and escape this place.

 

Or should she provoke him to create an opportunity for a surprise attack – she couldn’t decide.

 

“Answer quickly! The High Priest is speaking to you!”

 

As Daren urged her on, Veil was chewing her lips when.

 

Flick-

 

Across from Croize and Daren, the kitchen portal.

 

Something passed through the empty doorway.

 

‘Child?’

 

Veil’s eyes widened.

 

Small, round somethings floating in the air.

 

Those were definitely the small spirits that Tie carried around.

 

“Ha, haha…! It seems this performer is feeling overwhelmed by the High Priest’s presence!”

 

Even while Daren was making excuses, the spirits continued moving.

 

Then they started coming out through the doorway one by one,

 

‘…Circling?’

 

They began spinning round and round in the air from a direction where Croize and Daren couldn’t see them.

 

Bewilderment crossed Veil’s face.

 

It seemed like Tie was trying to convey something through those spirits.

 

But she couldn’t guess exactly what it was.

 

Perhaps frustrated that Veil couldn’t understand, the spirits stopped in place.

 

Then they suddenly began moving in perfect unison.

 

Veil closed her mouth at what the spirits had completed.

 

‘That’s a hammer.’

 

The spirits had formed a shape reminiscent of a toy hammer.

 

Then they made a motion as if bonking Croize on the head.

 

Only then did Veil understand Tie’s intention.

 

She took a breath, then faced Croize and bluntly said.

 

“…But listen. What exactly am I supposed to spread and how?”

 

Croize’s eyebrows twitched.

 

Daren also looked at Veil with wide eyes.

 

Veil continued speaking nonchalantly.

 

“I don’t know your name. I’ve never seen your skills. Frankly speaking, attacking Talochium’s walls is just your claim. How can I believe that and spread rumors?”

 

“How, how dare you!”

 

Daren shot up to his feet.

 

“Do you know who the High Priest is to spout such nonsense! Do, do you want to die!”

 

But Veil didn’t even blink an eye.

 

“No, I mean it’s true. I may be good at spreading rumors, but I can’t lie. Unless you can prove something, that is.”

 

Croize’s face turned bright red.

 

Fiery light blazed from his bulging eyes.

 

“I see, so that’s how it is. Then I have no choice.”

 

When he clenched his fist on the round table, a cracking sound rang out.

 

Soon the plates and glasses on the table began to shake.

 

“From now on, I’ll let you see with your own two eyes! How strong I am!”

 

“H-High Priest! You mustn’t! This is inside the fortress wall…!”

 

“Silence!”

 

The air vibrated from Croize’s roar.

 

“Nothing can stop me! If you interfere, I’ll kill you!”

 

Veil faced Croize with a troubled smile.

 

A drop of cold sweat was trickling down his temple.

 

‘Child, is this right…?’

 

When he turned his head, Tie’s spirits were already hurriedly heading back outside the door.

 

Meanwhile, outside the fortress wall.

 

“Is it done? Did that bastard Veil see it properly?”

 

At Livia’s urging, Tie, who had been communicating with the Pompoms, quickly raised her head.

 

“Yes! Tie’s drone operation was a success!”

 

Drone operation.

 

That was a strategy Tie had hastily devised after sensing the suspicious atmosphere inside the fortress wall.

 

“I can’t believe that actually worked…”

 

As Livia muttered, Tie placed her hands on her hips.

 

“Aunt, Tie said it would work. In South Korea, we make hearts and Tanifang in the sky with drones!”

 

“So what did you make, Danzu? The message to come outside should have been conveyed properly.”

 

At Aleric’s question, Tie straightened her shoulders and laughed proudly.

 

Then she answered as if revealing a great secret.

 

“A key! A super perfect key!”

 

Tie smiled brightly and clapped her hands together.

 

“It means don’t fight with Croize, quickly open the door and come out. I did well, right?!”

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