A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 351

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 351

“Never to be regained forever?”

At that moment, someone entered the audience hall.

It was Tesetan, breathing heavily as if he had rushed here urgently.

He frowned as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Why.”

Though it was just a short word, the suppressed emotions were fully contained within it.

Lucalion bit his lips for a moment before slowly speaking.

“The World Tree said so.”

His voice sank even deeper.

“Right now, the timeline that had been distorted is finding its proper place.”

“The timeline is finding its proper place?”

Lucalion nodded.

“Originally, Tie of this timeline hasn’t been born yet. But she lived here for the past few months. And as a four-year-old at that.”

Lucalion lowered his gaze.

“So, those memories have no choice but to scatter as the timeline corrects itself.”

“…”

“Because all the time she spent here were moments outside of natural order.”

Silence flowed.

Ardiana muttered quietly.

“Then. The fact that the child retains memories from Jongno-gu is…?”

Lucalion raised his head.

“That timeline was within the range of natural order.”

Lucalion calmly faced Ardiana.

“The time Tie spent in Jongno-gu is the original worldline of reality. Time permitted by the world, moments when that child could rightfully exist. So there’s no reason for those memories to disappear.”

That’s when it happened.

“If that’s the case, then we just need to wait!”

Veil, who had been pacing anxiously outside the audience hall, pushed the door open and entered.

The guards blocked him with flustered faces, but Ardiana shook her head as if it was fine.

Veil approached Lucalion and said.

“I calculated it! Damn it, I calculated while enduring a splitting headache!”

He looked around.

“The child is currently 11 years ahead by herself. 7 years until birth, and another 4 years until she becomes four!”

The room became quiet.

“Then what if we wait for that time? After 11 years from now, when the child’s time aligns with ours?”

Veil’s eyes reddened.

“The distorted time or whatever will become normal, right? The child’s memories will return too! That’s how it works, right?”

But Lucalion didn’t readily answer.

Soon his eyes turned toward Veil.

“…I thought the same at first. It’s also true that we actually have to wait 11 years until the timelines align.”

Veil narrowed his brow.

Lucalion let out a small sigh.

“Remember? Before, when everyone was puzzled because Tie’s height wasn’t growing.”

The members closed their mouths.

“This time I found out for certain. That indeed wasn’t simply a matter of constitution.”

Lucalion raised his gaze to look at each person one by one.

“From the moment she came to this place, Tie was already receiving side effects from the distorted timeline.”

Tesetan’s eyes widened.

“A child from the future cannot grow. Because time cannot follow the child.”

Lucalion turned his body.

“And that will be the same going forward. Until the 11-year gap is narrowed, Tie will not grow.”

Short breaths burst out from various places.

Lucalion turned his gaze to Veil.

“So on the day Tie starts growing again, I also expected her memories to return. Since all problems would be gone, she would remember us again. But…”

Lucalion stopped speaking.

Veil swallowed dry saliva.

“…The World Tree wasn’t certain about that.”

The members’ eyes widened.

Ardiana remained silent with her gaze fixed on a point on the table.

Lucalion clenched both hands tightly.

“The events so far were too overwhelming for a four-year-old child to handle.”

Lucalion’s eyes darkened.

“She probably didn’t show it. But death, separation, sacrifice… all of that would have been burdensome for Astie.”

Lucalion raised his head.

“Perhaps that’s why the World Tree kept mentioning one possibility. Apart from the timeline integration, Tie’s unconscious might push away the past memories on its own.”

Veil’s eyes widened.

“Push them away on her own…?”

“Yes.”

Lucalion raised his head.

“Have you forgotten how countless times that child cried and grieved during the past journey?”

Silence descended.

“They’re scary and frightening memories. Moments she wouldn’t want to recall again, wouldn’t want to revisit.”

Dim sadness reflected in Lucalion’s eyes.

“So to protect herself, to avoid getting hurt again. Tie’s unconscious might keep those memories buried.”

The room became quiet.

“And if that happens.”

Lucalion added in a powerless voice.

“No matter how much time passes, Tie won’t be able to remember the events so far. Perhaps… forever.”

The wind that blew shook the windows of the audience hall as it passed.

The silence lengthened as no one could readily open their mouth.

Basto, who was standing outside the audience hall, turned around blankly.

Beyond the corridor window.

The clear sky was now filled with dark clouds.

The greenery of Briowood Forest where he first met Astie overlapped over the swaying dry branches.

He unconsciously lowered his head.

In the distance, thick dark clouds were slowly swallowing the midday sun.

Three weeks later.

Princess’s Study.

“Your Highness Princess! Stop right there! Can’t you hear me…!”

Chief Court Etiquette Officer Sabert was once again running between the bookshelves, his few remaining hairs flying.

Though he was breathless, he had reasons he couldn’t stop.

“Writing ‘Kim Tie’ as the name on the test paper again! Haven’t I told you countless times! Your Highness’s name is ‘Astie Luminen Lacrisia’!”

“Shabet Grandfather is chasing me! He’s faster today than yesterday!”

However, Tie didn’t bat an eye.

Eventually, Sabert, whose foot got caught on a map tube rolling on the floor, collapsed as he was.

“Ugh! My back!”

His back, which he had strained a few days ago while chasing Tie, screamed again.

Sabert groaned and fell face-down on the floor.

Then he looked earnestly at Tie, who poked her head out from around the corner.

“Your Highness Princess! Please help me! This Sabert seems to be injured!”

Tie’s eyes grew wide.

But the child didn’t readily approach.

Instead, she examined Sabert with suspicious eyes.

“But last time I went to help you up, you said Shabet Grandfather caught me!”

Sabert broke out in a cold sweat and shook his head.

“No! This time it’s real! You know that when elderly people get hurt, it can be serious!”

Astie hesitantly stepped one foot out from around the corner.

However, she still didn’t come any closer.

Sabert pondered for a moment, then half-heartedly pretended to cry.

“Oh my, how heartbroken the old lady from Room 106 who has cared for Your Highness for so long would be if she saw me like this…!”

Immediately, Tie’s eyes widened.

Sabert swallowed nervously and continued speaking.

“That old lady certainly told me so, didn’t she? That Your Highness is a mature child who knows how to respect adults…”

The next moment.

In the blink of an eye, Tie ran over and grabbed his hand firmly.

“Really? Chae Boksoo Grandmother said that to Shabet Grandfather?”

Hiding his surprised expression, Sabert hesitantly took the child’s hand and stood up.

Then he cleared his throat awkwardly in his flustered state.

“Y-yes, she did…? S-somehow we managed to get in contact…”

“Really?!”

For the first time in two weeks, Tie’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Sabert wiped away his cold sweat while avoiding the child’s gaze.

‘Dear God, I can’t believe this method actually worked!’

Second week of being the Princess’s tutor.

He recalled the past days when he couldn’t even properly converse with Astie, let alone conduct lessons.

When he tried to greet her, she would run away.

When he tried to teach, she would run away again.

Finally yesterday, Sabert went to find Ardiana and Tesetan with a desperate heart.

‘Your Majesty, I humbly confess I can no longer continue! Your Highness Princess is not only unable to attend lessons, but can’t even adapt to life in the Imperial Palace…!’

However, the Emperor and the Grand Duke held him back.

They asked him to try one more thing as a last resort.

And that was…

“Your Highness Princess. Actually, yesterday I met some others who were close to Your Highness.”

When he spoke with a trembling voice, Tie’s eyes widened.

Sabert took out an item that Tesetan had given him beforehand from inside his formal attire.

“They asked me to deliver this letter to Your Highness Princess.”

Tie opened her mouth.

The child’s gaze immediately scanned over the envelope.

“…This is Korean, isn’t it?”

Written there was a single sentence that only Tie could understand.

“To Kim Tie…”

Tie took a deep breath.

“That’s Chae Boksoo Grandmother’s way of speaking! Grandmother really wrote this! To Tie!”

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