A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 353

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 353

Ripper closed his mouth for a moment.

However, he soon looked at Raul with a stern expression.

“But you also know, don’t you? For the Princess to regain her memories, at least…”

“I know. That we have to wait roughly 11 years.”

“Right. And if, even when that day comes, the Princess fails to regain her memories…”

“All our waiting will be in vain.”

Silence fell.

Ripper patted Raul’s shoulder with complicated eyes.

“…I’m sorry things turned out this way too.”

He sighed and continued speaking.

“I didn’t know the Princess would show such strong aversion to mercenaries. Actually, mercenaries like me who transferred to the Imperial Army are in a similar situation.”

Raul’s eyes widened.

Ripper continued.

“There are a few Imperial Guards who recently became close with the Princess. But since two days ago, they’ve all been looking like they’re at death’s door.”

“Why is that?”

“While playing with the Princess, they accidentally showed her their old mercenary registration cards. But since then, the Princess won’t let them come anywhere near her…”

Ripper shook his head.

“I think she perceives mercenaries as some kind of criminal organization. Even when His Majesty explained for a long time that it wasn’t true, it was no use.”

Raul’s expression darkened.

Ripper spoke as if to comfort him.

“Still, she’s gotten much better recently. Now she at least knows what happened to the Empire and how we overcame that crisis.”

“Then does she also know that she herself defeated the Red Pope, no, Luciano?”

“No.”

Ripper shook his head firmly.

“The Princess thinks she arrived in Talochium six months ago. So to prevent unnecessary confusion, we don’t mention anything about her lost memories.”

“That means…”

“Right. She only knows that there was a great crisis in the world, and that everyone overcame that crisis by working together.”

Raul’s eyes sank with complexity.

Soon he parted his lips.

“…And yet she still rejects mercenaries?”

Ripper stared at Raul quietly.

Raul continued.

“If what you say is true, she should also know that mercenaries contributed greatly to defeating the Red Pope. Why…”

That’s when it happened.

“Shall I ask her?”

A clear voice came from below.

When both men turned their gaze simultaneously, they saw someone who had entered through the wide-open front door.

“Huh? You…!”

Veil, who had been sprawled on the sofa, jumped up.

Basto, who had been doing the dishes in the kitchen, also ran out wearing an apron.

“You’re from that trading guild from before…”

“Hello? It’s been a long time, everyone!”

Looking around at everyone, Selina, who had grown quite tall, smiled brightly.

“So. You turned the ship around and came back to Talochium just like that?”

Kitchen.

Basto, seated at the table, asked as if he couldn’t believe it.

Selina nodded cheerfully.

“Of course! I thought Tie was doing well, but when I heard she wasn’t, I had to come as her friend!”

“…Ha.”

Veil, who had been listening, ran his hand through his hair.

He looked behind Selina with narrowed eyes and muttered.

“…I wondered where you all had disappeared to.”

Something could be seen huddled together in a corner of the wall.

“Ppupppu and Marul. And Pong or whatever you guys are!”

Veil jumped up from his seat.

“Do you know how worried everyone was when you didn’t show up for 6 months?! The Child even forgot you existed and doesn’t even think to look for you!”

“…Kyut.”

“Lucalion just follows the Child around all day, the junior members all quit! Shouldn’t I have stepped up to look for you? How much I worried!”

Marbas quietly stepped forward.

Then he bounced up onto the table.

“But you didn’t actually look for us in the end, did you…?”

“What?”

“You only thought about whether you should look for us. You didn’t actually go out searching.”

“That’s!”

Marbas shook his head.

“I know. I’m a spirit after all, so you probably thought nothing serious could have happened to us. Of course, I’m still a little hurt though.”

“…”

“Still, that’s too much. We lived together like family for a while, but to carelessly neglect us whether we disappeared or not…”

“It’s a misunderstanding, Marbas.”

Basto hurriedly intervened.

“We’ve been out of our minds for the past six months too. We were called to the Central Continent several times, and Tie lost her memory…”

When Tie’s name came up, Marbas closed his mouth.

His face instantly became complicated.

“Don’t even mention our master. Huuk…”

He turned around and leaned his forehead against the back of Selina’s hand, bursting into tears.

“It must have been about two weeks after everything was settled. We all went to see our master together, but well… No, wait. You need to see this for yourself.”

Marbas turned around.

Red light beams came from his eyes, creating a scene right in front of them.

The Princess’s Palace from a low perspective.

Tie was groggily getting up from a cozy, large bed, still half-asleep.

[Who’s there…?]

The view shook as Tie rapidly approached.

Marbas had run toward Tie in joy.

[Master! It’s me, Marbas! I lost consciousness in the Central Continent and only just managed to arrive in Talochium! Here’s Lord Ppupppu, and the Pompoms and I had such a hard time secretly boarding a trading ship…]

In the screen, Tie’s eyes could be seen growing wide.

But soon.

[Waaaahhh! It’s a monster!]

Tie, her face pale as a sheet, began running toward the door.

She even fell down while getting off the bed, but she had no intention of stopping.

[Save me! Huhuung! A monster came out from under the bed! It’s going to eat Tie! Huuuung!]

“…Did you see that?”

The light faded from Marbas’s eyes as the screen crackled and disappeared.

He staggered in his seat.

“You have no idea how shocked we were that day!”

“Kyuuut…”

Ppupppu, who had approached at some point, flapped his ears.

“We’ve tried everything since then. But nothing worked, so we thought we’d be forgotten by our master forever…!”

“Kyet!”

“Exactly! That’s when we thought of this person here!”

Marbas pointed at Selina.

Naturally, the members’ gazes also turned toward Selina.

“Before losing her memory, our master always said this. She doesn’t have many friends in Talochium, but among them, her best friend is only this Selina here!”

“Be, what?”

“Best friend! It’s a word used where our master lived. It means the closest companion. Anyway.”

Marbas bounced in his seat.

“She gets startled when she sees us, and keeps her distance from mercenaries, but wouldn’t Selina be different?”

Ppupppu went “Kyuut!” and pointed at Selina with his trunk.

“Yes, she’s grown a bit taller compared to last time, but still, you could say she’s around the same age. Most importantly, our master is the type whose guard completely drops around girls.”

“That’s right. I’ll go and try talking to her once!”

Selina cheerfully chimed in.

“Everyone’s curious about Tie’s true feelings, right? Why she keeps pushing everyone away like that.”

Veil’s lips parted slightly.

Soon he swallowed hard.

“…Yeah. Honestly, I’m curious.”

He rubbed his cheeks that had grown gaunt over the past few months, his eyes blazing.

“That stupid child, when we first met, she called me a pretty sister! She used to follow me around!”

“She didn’t exactly follow you around, Veil.”

“Anyway! It’s true that she liked me because I was pretty! But this time…!”

“She said you’re pretty but scary, and just kept running away. What was it, rescue beauty? Something like that.”

“Hah… Nine-tailed fox. When I asked the Regent, he said that’s actually a demon.”

“A demon?”

“Yeah. A demon that enchants people with its beautiful appearance and devours their liver.”

Selina made a “Hiiik!” sound and hunched her shoulders.

Veil raised her head.

“Anyway, this works out well. Let’s use this opportunity to properly find out why that child dislikes us.”

She stared at Selina.

“Let’s go now that the trading guild child has arrived. There happens to be a carriage going to the Imperial Palace too.”

Veil turned her gaze as she spoke.

Ripper, who was standing there, widened his eyes.

“…Me?”

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