A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 324

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 324

 

Livia smiled.

 

“The key looks good! We’ll be out in no time at this rate?!”

 

She anxiously looked back toward the fortress wall.

 

“But to think we’d encounter another cardinal in a village we happened to visit, what’s going on here.”

 

Aleric also let out a sigh.

 

In fact, they had only just learned that Croize was inside the fortress wall.

 

A little while ago, inside the fortress wall compound.

 

The three people held their breath while waiting for Veil.

 

At that moment,

 

“Did you just hear that?! The voices talking inside!”

 

Suddenly, the maids who had been working inside came rushing out through the backdoor.

 

“I heard it! What was all that about? The High Priest being the one who attacked Talochium’s walls!”

 

At the mention of ‘Talochium’, the three people immediately held their breath.

 

The maids continued their conversation, oblivious to anything.

 

“The High Priest seems to be an even more incredible person than we thought.”

 

“Why? Because he worked with Cardinal Mel?”

 

“Yes! And the holy sword wielder, that person too!”

 

Mel, and even Serafina.

 

For some reason, the maids were mentioning even the cardinals that Agavert had faced before.

 

“But if it’s supposed to be a secret, is it okay for them to talk so loudly like that?”

 

“I think he had a bit too much to drink today. Still, let’s be careful with our words. We’ll be in big trouble if we get involved wrongly.”

 

“Honestly, I’m more scared of Lord Daren than the High Priest. Like how Ophilie almost got executed a few days ago…”

 

The maids whispered among themselves for a while before returning inside the fortress wall.

 

Tie, Livia, and Aleric remained frozen in place for some time.

 

After a long silence, the conclusion the three reached was simple.

 

“Could the important guest that the elder is entertaining possibly be that man we saw in Serafina’s memory? Croize.”

 

That Croize was currently in this village.

 

And that he was unaware of Tie’s group’s presence.

 

Livia exclaimed in realization.

 

“No wonder, now it makes sense! Otherwise, there’s no way that bastard Veil would still be inside the fortress wall! How nimble he usually is!”

 

“Right. It wasn’t that he didn’t escape. He couldn’t.”

 

Meanwhile, Tie fell into deep contemplation.

 

“What should we do…?”

 

Going into the fortress wall was scary because Croize might discover them.

 

But waiting made her worry about Veil.

 

Just then, a good idea suddenly flashed through the child’s mind.

 

“Oh! Couldn’t we use Tie’s Pompom?”

 

The very small spirits entrusted by the World Tree.

 

The usual Pompom utilized their respective elemental properties to help in battle.

 

When used with the bear dolls Berukon had given, they could produce quite remarkable effects.

 

But this time, it seemed they could do something other than fighting.

 

“Since Pompom are small, we can secretly send them inside the fortress wall!”

 

Livia’s eyes widened.

 

“Send Pompom inside the fortress wall?”

 

“Yes! Pompom can see what’s happening inside the fortress wall. We can also find out if Brother Veil is okay.”

 

“My goodness, Miss. That’s such a great idea?!”

 

Aleric and Livia quickly agreed.

 

Tie immediately sent Pompom to infiltrate the fortress wall.

 

The plan seemed to proceed smoothly.

 

At least at first.

 

“I can see them! There are tons of subordinates! There are many people in the kitchen too, but the elder drove them all out.”

 

“Really? Then those maids from earlier came out because of that?”

 

Livia, who had spoken, looked at Tie with serious eyes.

 

“Then what about Veil? Veil should have come out too.”

 

“Mm-hmm. So I keep looking for him… Oh.”

 

“What’s wrong, what happened?”

 

Tie, who had been peering at the situation inside, drooped her eyebrows.

 

“Only Brother Veil couldn’t get out…! Croiz is holding Brother Veil captive!”

 

Livia’s mouth fell wide open.

 

Watching the situation a bit more, the cause of the problem was clear.

 

“Damn! I should have just said performer…!”

 

Adding the setting of traveling all over the continent to the fake occupation of performer had been a mistake.

 

Croize seemed to be fascinated by that part for some reason.

 

The reason soon became clear from his complaints that burst forth.

 

“What? Establish your own achievement? That guy’s a complete bundle of inferiority complex!”

 

Livia clicked her tongue in disbelief.

 

“Holding someone captive to spread rumors of his heroic tales?! Completely insane…”

 

“More than that, Livia. Doesn’t it seem like he doesn’t know that Mel and Serafina are dead yet?”

 

Aleric interjected.

 

Livia tilted her head.

 

“…Right? Now that I think about it, that’s true. But how could he not know that?”

 

Silence flowed between the three people.

 

“When a cardinal dies, all their power returns to Luciano. So even if not Serafina, he should know that Mel is dead.”

 

Aleric nodded.

 

“Right. It seems like Luciano didn’t tell Croize the fact that Mel and Serafina died in battle.”

 

“What? Why would Luciano do that?”

 

“I don’t know. However…”

 

“Aunt, Uncle. That’s not important right now!”

 

Then Tie puffed out her cheeks at the two people.

 

“We have to save Brother Veil! There are only three people in the room: the bad elder, Croiz, and Brother Veil.”

 

Livia answered with a bewildered face.

 

“R-right, we should.”

 

Then she tilted her head.

 

“But it’s strange. Why does that bastard Veil keep staying there? He could just say he understands and then leave.”

 

After thinking about those words for a moment, Tie came forward with a serious expression.

 

“Tie thinks she knows. Why Brother Veil isn’t coming out and keeps pretending to be a woman.”

 

“Why?”

 

“That’s because Croiz is in a fresh seaweed state!”

 

“Fresh, what?”

 

“Fresh seaweed state! It happens when you drink a lot of alcohol. Like Croiz right now.”

 

Tie straightened her back dignifiedly.

 

“When you’re in a fresh seaweed state, you might not be able to fight as well as usual. So what would Brother Veil think?”

 

“…What would he think?”

 

“He probably thought he might be able to beat Croiz if he fights now!”

 

Aleric, who finally understood Tie’s words, was impressed.

 

“I understand. You’re saying he’s probably contemplating. Whether he should just leave Croize alone and come out, or stay by his side and look for an opportunity to attack.”

 

“Yes! But in Tie’s opinion.”

 

The two people held their breath at the sight of the child stopping mid-sentence.

 

“We can’t fight right now.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“Well, there are lots of ordinary people inside the fortress wall too. Besides, Father and Grandfather, and all the other members are way over there in the reed field, right?”

 

Tie pointed to the distant horizon.

 

“Croize will be incredibly strong. So no matter how fresh and vigorous we are, the four of us can’t win.”

 

“Then what do we do? Even if we retreat, we need to get Veil out first.”

 

“That’s what I’m saying, hehehe!”

 

Tie laughed spiritedly once again.

 

“Tie can do that with Pompoms too!”

 

Tie recalled the drone show she had seen on TV when living in Jongno-gu.

 

Back then, Father had explained that each small light forming the picture was a drone.

 

“We can use the Pompoms one by one to send a big signal!”

 

A clumsy explanation followed.

 

It took Livia and Aleric quite a while to understand the child’s intention.

 

The three of them put their heads together and began to think.

 

“Well then, the key is what we complete with the Pompoms. A door containing the meaning to come outside! How about a door?”

 

Aleric sighed at Livia’s suggestion.

 

“…I think it’ll just cause confusion. A door is ultimately just a rectangle.”

 

“What’s wrong with a rectangle?”

 

“It suggests too many things. Doors, paper, rugs even. The meaning won’t be conveyed accurately.”

 

“Then what do we do?”

 

Just as Livia pressed her forehead.

 

“Tie knows! Something Veil will definitely recognize!”

 

Tie giggled.

 

The child quickly called the Pompoms in her mind.

 

‘A door would be confusing, so a key would be good!’

 

Then she clearly drew a picture of a key in her head.

 

Even the scene of using the key to open a door and go out.

 

However.

 

“…This is strange. Tie definitely showed a key.”

 

Even now, after quite some time had passed, there was no sign of Veil coming out.

 

“Let’s wait a little longer. Something might have happened…”

 

Tie’s eyebrows drooped.

 

Just as she was anxiously kicking at the ground with her foot.

 

Rumble rumble rumble-

 

Suddenly, the basement beneath the fortress wall began to vibrate.

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