A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 346

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 346

Everything around was pitch black.

Tie wandered through the distant unconsciousness and slowly came to her senses.

There were sounds that gradually, yet clearly reached her ears.

The sound of water dripping.

The sound of someone taking small breaths.

And….

‘A nice smell.’

The soft rustling sound that flower petals make when they brush against each other.

“You’re here!”

At that moment, someone suddenly embraced Tie.

The child who opened her eyes parted her lips.

All around was filled with sunlight.

It wasn’t the blinding sunlight that made her eyes sting, but warm sunlight like a blanket spread over her stomach.

And beneath it.

“…Wow!”

An endless flower garden came into view.

White flocks of birds flew around Tie among the yellow, pink, and blue petals.

“I knew you would come! I knew I’d be able to see you someday!”

Excited hands shook Tie’s shoulders again.

Tie hesitantly raised her knees and sat up.

The soft texture of soil was transmitted through her palms.

‘Nothing hurts?’

Come to think of it, the pain that had been squeezing her heart and lungs had disappeared like a lie.

The same was true for the cold that had made her body tremble.

“Say something! Aren’t you happy to see me? Huh?”

Only then did Tie raise her head.

Then she looked at the face of the one who had awakened her.

A few seconds later, Tie’s eyes grew wide.

“Huh? You’re…!”

A big smile formed on the child’s lips.

“It’s Bone Friend Number 1!”

“That’s right! It’s me, me!”

Short hair.

A boy with flushed cheeks suddenly embraced Tie.

“Welcome! You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting! This is my home that I told you about back then. How is it? It’s much better than where you were….”

“Andre, you little rascal!”

At that moment, someone came running hurriedly and grabbed the boy’s ear.

“What kind of habit is saying ‘welcome’! Even if you’re happy, how can you not feel sorry that our young Sire has come to such a place…!”

“Ah, aah! It hurts, Mother!”

The tearful boy quickly hid behind Tie.

“But I can’t help being happy! Look! See how clear Astie looks from here!”

The boy grabbed Tie’s hands.

“Look, I can hold hands like this. I can make eye contact without any obstacles, and….”

The boy’s eyes glistened with tears as if moved.

“Now I can even say that my name is Andre and that I’m twelve years old!”

Tie repeated in a daze.

“Andre, twelve years old…?”

Actually, Tie knew the boy’s face.

Every time she summoned Skeletons, Tie could see their true forms.

But they had never told her their names before.

They only had simple conversations with Tie, and had never told her their stories.

So once, when Tie asked why they wouldn’t tell her their names even when she asked.

The bone friends answered in calm voices.

‘Because that’s the rule.’

‘Rule?’

‘Yes. Anyone who belongs to the Underworld has their name sealed outside the Underworld. It means we can’t tell anyone.’

“That means….”

Tie blinked her widened eyes.

“Tie died?”

At the muttered words, all around became quiet.

Tie slowly raised her head.

Before she knew it, countless people had gathered in a circle around her.

“…They’re all familiar faces?”

Bone friends.

And Subordinates.

They were all people who had come out to help the Mercenary Group whenever Tie opened the gates of the Underworld.

In other words, they were ghosts, and in other words, they had already left this world….

“Tie became a ghost too?!”

Her heart beat rapidly.

Her head became confused as the beautiful and comfortable surrounding scenery overlapped with the fact that she had died.

That’s when it happened.

“Oh my, she seems quite startled.”

“It’s understandable. She’s still just a Child.”

The crowd parted left and right.

Two people slowly walked out between them.

The one standing on the left had silver hair that seemed to hold moonlight.

Every time her bare feet touched the ground, the surrounding flowers seemed to bow their heads.

And the one standing beside her had a completely different atmosphere.

Neatly arranged black hair.

Even the gentle smile at the corners of her mouth.

From her, an inexplicable dignity and majesty could be felt.

“There’s nothing to worry about. Nothing here can harm you.”

The two women approached Tie’s side together.

The Silver-Haired Woman bent her knees to meet Tie’s eyes.

“Has the pain subsided a little?”

At the warm touch brushing her hair aside, Tie’s voice became small.

“Yes, it doesn’t hurt anymore. But….”

The child asked with a tense expression.

“Who are you…?”

The two women briefly made eye contact with each other.

Eventually, the Dark-Haired Woman answered.

“We are merely passersby. But we know you very well.”

“Me? How?”

“We’ve been hearing your story for a very long time.”

The Silver-Haired Woman stood up from her spot.

“That’s right.”

Then he extended a white hand to Tie.

“Come. There’s someone waiting for you.”

Tie hesitated for a moment.

But soon she took each of the two women’s hands.

‘Because Tie had already come to heaven.’

No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t seem likely there would be kidnappers abducting children even in heaven.

“Wait, wait!”

But just then.

An elder wearing a strange hat with a long beard blocked Tie’s path.

Catching his breath, he looked at Tie with gleaming eyes.

“Commander King! Do you remember me? Thanks to you in Pearl City, I fulfilled my long-cherished wish!”

Tie narrowed her eyes then gasped.

“Ah, I know! Could it be… Oiljir?!”

The ghost ship she had summoned in Pearl City.

And the specter who had been the owner of that ghost ship.

“Uhahahaha! That’s right! I’m that Grimnir! Not Oiljir! Hahaha!”

Grimnir slapped his knee with his prosthetic hand and laughed.

“You have no idea how excited I was back then! Coming here, I never imagined I’d be able to sail again!”

Remembering how they had defeated the evil mercenary Cal in Pearl City, a smile spread across Tie’s lips too.

“Thanks to you that day, I sailed the seas again! And after several hundred years at that! To be able to navigate even after death – what greater glory could there be for a pirate?”

With a proud expression, Grimnir took a step back.

Then he placed his prosthetic hand on his chest and bowed respectfully to Tie.

“So storms and winds shall kneel before your sails! I really wanted to say those words!”

As Grimnir raised his head, his subordinates behind him began to sing.

Soon the sounds of concertina and lute overlapped, and people whistled.

Tie watched the scene with an excited expression.

“Let’s go.”

In an instant, the woman gently urged her on.

Nodding her head, Tie quickly resumed walking.

However, the voices calling for Tie didn’t end there.

“Master! Here, over here!”

“Though I died, thanks to you I protected my family back home!”

“Astie, farewell!”

With each step, magnificent cheers erupted.

Among the people waving their hands were familiar faces Tie knew well, like Eve, Basto’s wife.

Flower petals swirled and scattered into the sky.

With her heart swelling, Tie unconsciously took a deep breath.

How long had they walked like that?

The two women’s footsteps gradually came to a halt.

Tie, who had been repeatedly looking back, finally looked ahead.

“…It’s a gate!”

In the middle of the endlessly spread flower garden stood a massive gate wide open.

“The walk is already over.”

The silver-haired woman knelt down on one knee.

“Indeed it is.”

The dark-haired woman also stroked Tie’s cheek as if with regret.

She gestured toward the gate with her eyes.

“Go. From beyond here, only you can proceed.”

Tie’s eyes widened.

“Only Tie? Why aren’t you coming together…”

“Beyond there is the boundary between the Afterlife and the Living World. It’s land that only souls trapped in severed time, those in situations like yours, can step upon.”

The words were too difficult, so Tie closed her mouth.

But the child soon quickly bowed to the two women.

“Then…”

Tie hesitated for a moment, then embraced the two women and kissed each of them on the cheek.

“Thank you for bringing Tie this far!”

Because she felt like she really wanted to do that.

Tie turned around, leaving the women frozen in surprise behind her.

Then she began walking boldly toward the gate.

When she finally stood before the threshold.

Suddenly, a faint silhouette appeared from beyond.

Recognizing the approaching silhouette, Tie’s eyes grew wide.

“…Huh?”

Jongno-gu.

Father who had gone out to work as usual but never returned.

“Father!”

Tesetan was there, dressed exactly as he had been on the day he went missing, smiling at Tie.

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