A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 328
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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 328
His body swayed from the effects of alcohol.
With his face flushed red, Croize stared at the Commander King standing before him.
His head spun as uncontrollable power and intoxication tangled together.
‘Don’t let your guard down. The Commander King is an enemy.’
But for some reason….
“I can do something like this with my eyes closed!”
Without realizing it, he took the stone fragment from the child’s hand.
Then he crushed it into powder.
“Waaaah!”
The Commander King began jumping up and down in place once again.
Clear green eyes gazed at him, filled with admiration.
“Amazing! Incredible! Really cool!”
Croize closed his mouth.
Though he wasn’t particularly perceptive, he could at least read sincerity in someone’s words and expression.
“What exactly are you?”
The Commander King was genuinely looking up to Croize.
He was admiring his power and abilities that no one else had acknowledged.
That made him hesitate.
“Tell me your real intentions right now!”
Croize struck the ground right next to the Commander King with his fist.
The child looked down at the dented ground with curious eyes.
“Whoa! The ground is all dented! Croiz really is amazing!”
Then he tilted his head and muttered.
“You’re so strong and cool, so why does the Cardinal ignore Croiz?”
Croize flinched.
His brow furrowed.
“What did you say?”
Astie looked up at Croize with a bright face.
“I heard from Mel that the Cardinal said Croiz still has a long way to go. He said you couldn’t do things properly even with easy missions….”
“Lies! That’s a lie!”
Red veins bulged prominently on Croize’s neck.
He wanted to cover that mouth right in front of him, but strangely he couldn’t.
“His Holiness would never say such things about me! His Holiness trusts me! He scolds me sometimes, but…!”
“Huh, the Cardinal trusts Croiz?”
The child’s eyes widened as he covered his mouth with both hands.
“Then why didn’t he tell you that Mel and Serafina died?”
Croize unconsciously held his breath.
After a long moment.
He opened his mouth, having been frozen in place.
“Mel and Serafina… are dead?”
“Yeah! We fought and beat both of them. A few nights ago.”
“Lies!”
Croize’s roar erupted.
Dust swirled as the ground shook.
“What have you been saying since earlier? That’s impossible! His Holiness clearly said those two were busy handling other missions…!”
“Oh my, this is so pitiful I don’t know what to do.”
At that moment, a woman walked up beside the Commander King.
The woman with flowing red hair was someone Croize had never seen before.
The woman drooped her eyebrows at the Commander King.
“This is bad, Danzu. This guy really doesn’t know anything? It looks like Luciano used him.”
Croize startled.
The woman, Livia, continued speaking.
“The inferiority complex this guy has must have been useful to exploit. Otherwise, how could he deceive him so completely?”
Livia crossed her arms.
“How pitiful. With that big body, how much dirty work did they dump on him all this time?”
A cold smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
“Made him fight in the front, destroy things, shed blood, right? So what? All the fame and recognition went somewhere else entirely.”
Croize’s body trembled.
He barely managed to speak with a halting voice.
“What are you saying in front of me right now.”
His gaze became menacing.
“There was His Holiness’s will behind it. Because he acknowledges me, for now…!”
“For now?”
Livia let out a sneer.
“How many more times do you need to hear those words before you come to your senses? ‘For now’, ‘for now’, and again ‘for now’. How long do you think that ‘for now’ will continue?”
Croize’s pupils shook.
“Listen carefully. Luciano used that impatience of yours. The feeling that you could be acknowledged if you just did a little more. He used that hope as a leash to work you like a dog.”
Croize’s jaw twitched at the cutting words.
But Livia continued speaking.
“Hiding Mel and Serafina’s deaths was the same. If you knew they died, he was probably afraid you’d recover the self-esteem you lost.”
Croize gasped for breath.
“Luciano wanted you to stay trapped in that thought of ‘still having a long way to go’. That way you’d cling to his orders like you do now. Don’t you get it yet?”
Luciano’s voice overlapped in Croize’s mind.
‘Why are you still lacking?’
‘Mel and Serafina do just fine, but you….’
‘Still far off, still pathetic.’
Croize’s shoulders began to tremble.
Confusion gradually appeared in his eyes.
“His Holiness, His Holiness wouldn’t do that. Of course, sometimes I did complain when I felt hurt, but-!”
“No! Luciano really looked down on you!”
At that moment, Tie shouted angrily.
“You’re this strong but he called you weak, and he didn’t spread any rumors about you! He didn’t make a single book with Croiz’s name in the temple!”
The child stared intently at Croize.
Then asked as if genuinely curious.
“Why do you listen to Luciano?”
Croize’s heart sank with a thud.
“If it were Tie, I don’t think Tie would fight hard for someone who doesn’t even believe in Tie. They don’t even give rewards.”
“That’s true.”
Livia jumped in as if she’d been waiting.
“Honestly, what has Luciano actually done? Nothing except hiding behind others and using his subordinates as shields every time.”
She glanced up at Croize.
“The other Cardinals at least got recognition. This one….”
“Aaaaaargh!!”
The next moment, Croize roared wildly.
“Don’t treat me like someone who was betrayed! Don’t treat me like a stupid tool-!!”
Deep betrayal and anger flickered in his eyes.
“I knew it too! I’ve known all along that His Holiness doesn’t trust me—!”
When he struck the ground with his fist, the earth trembled.
Tie watched him intently, waiting until Croize’s breathing settled down.
Then she asked casually.
“Then will you be on Tie’s side?”
Croize flinched.
“Tie thinks uncle’s power is amazing! Unlike Luciano.”
Croize’s breathing grew rough and his eyes wavered.
“Luciano isn’t the real one anyway. The real one is.”
The child manifested clear, pure holy power at her fingertips.
“Here. What Tie has.”
Croize’s face went blank.
Unlike Luciano’s holy power that was always unstable and rampaging, Astie’s holy power was clear and stable.
It didn’t destroy the body of its possessor, nor did it give off any murky, filthy aura.
“If uncle helps Tie, so that we can defeat Luciano.”
Astie approached and met Croize’s eyes.
“Then everyone in the world will know uncle’s name.”
Croize’s lips parted.
“…My name?”
“Yes!”
Tie smiled brightly.
“Mel and Serafina are gone now too. Tie will tell everyone that uncle did it. That you’re the strongest hero who saved a world on the verge of collapse!”
Croize’s Adam’s apple bobbed slowly.
Livia chimed in.
“Well, to some extent that would be true. If he tells us Luciano’s location now, it would be a huge help to us.”
Croize’s lips trembled.
A deep longing gradually rippled in his eyes.
“Me. Everyone will acknowledge me.”
Not some nameless High Priest, but Cardinal Croize.
Hero Croize who saved a collapsing world.
The strongest in the world…
“Heh, hehehe.”
Empty laughter began spilling from his mouth.
After closing his eyes tightly for a moment, he lowered his gaze.
Looking at Astie, Croize smiled wickedly.
“Good.”
He drew in a breath.
“His Holiness, no, Luciano is deep in Roxe Forest. He’s struggling because of his power that’s become uncontrollable!”
He pointed east with one hand.
“There’s only one thing I can help you with. The way to get there. That is…”
But at that moment.
Suddenly his eyes gleamed like black ink.
The arm he was holding up dropped with a thud and his complexion turned deathly pale.
“What, what is it?”
Panicked, Livia reflexively pulled Tie back behind her.
The next moment.
Croize’s head turned toward Astie in a grotesquely twisted manner.
“…You’ve done something interesting.”
One corner of his mouth curved up eerily.
“How dare you make my dog bite me.”
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