A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 363

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 363

“Excellent?”

Ardiana’s eyes briefly sparkled.

Excellent, she said.

She had never wished for anything from Tie other than for her to live healthily and happily.

Yet strangely, her heart beat pleasantly.

‘You know what? Our daughter has a natural aptitude for studying.’

A conversation she had casually shared with Tesetan once suddenly echoed in her ears.

‘Studying? What kind of studying.’

‘Anything. Maybe because she’s so smart and sharp, whatever I taught her, she’d learn quickly and remember for a long time. That’s why I felt even more sorry.’

‘You felt sorry?’

Tesetan had always regretted the few years he spent with Tie in that other world.

‘That place, you see. They considered children’s education extremely important. Passionate parents would even teach foreign languages to children who had just started talking.’

‘Foreign languages? At an age when they haven’t even properly mastered their native language?’

‘They’d have them learn together. It’s when they absorb things best, right? There were kids at the preschool Tie attended who had gone through such places… Actually, our Tie did much better than those kids?’

‘Really?’

‘Of course. Foreign languages, addition, subtraction, and other things too. She never had a proper chance to learn, but she’d always get all the quiz answers right, alone in her class.’

‘…’

‘I should have done whatever it took to buy her sticker books back then. I should have sent her to an English preschool, given her violin lessons like her friends.’

Even though it was all in the past, Tesetan seemed to have lingering regrets.

Ardiana found his attitude puzzling yet somehow understandable.

When it comes to matters involving one’s child, parents tend to set aside calculations, but at the time, his circumstances weren’t such that he could blindly support the child.

‘Just look at me, for instance.’

Since meeting the child, Ardiana had always felt that reason and calculation were pushed aside first in matters related to the child.

Just today, hadn’t she run across the snow-covered garden upon hearing that Tie was sick?

‘It feels like someone’s poking my feet with iron skewers.’

She had never done such things even in her childhood.

At that moment, Sabert continued speaking.

“How remarkably intelligent she is. Even I, who teach her, am amazed, Your Majesty!”

Ardiana, who had been pouring hot tea down her scratchy throat, made an effort to manage her expression.

Otherwise, she felt she might smile like a fool.

“When I tell her about history, she doesn’t just memorize it unconditionally, but first tries to understand the sequential and causal relationships. That’s why her comprehension is so quick.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes! Other subjects are needless to say. I’m deliberately adjusting the pace, but if she put her mind to it, she’d probably master much more difficult concepts in no time.”

“Hmm, hmm.”

Ardiana was finally conquered.

Her body had been trembling continuously since rolling around in the snow, but a defenseless smile kept forming at the corners of her mouth.

“There’s no need to be too strict. Just enough for the child to enjoy it. Just that much.”

“I’ll keep that in mind. But Your Majesty, are you alright?”

Sabert looked at Ardiana with concern.

Even though she was sitting on the sofa covered with a blanket, her trembling kept getting worse.

Not only that.

Her eyes were red and bloodshot, as if she hadn’t had proper sleep for several days.

Her sunken cheeks also seemed thinner than usual…

Ardiana waved her hand dismissively.

“I’m fine. No need to worry.”

Then she stood up briskly and said.

“Thank you for playing with my daughter, no, the Princess.”

“Pardon?”

“It’s originally something I should be doing. Right now, you’re doing it in my place due to circumstances.”

“Your Majesty…”

Sabert unconsciously closed his mouth.

He had served both the previous emperor and the emperor before that.

However, in his view, none of them were as wise a ruler as Ardiana.

Humility, and a heart that knew how to be grateful for help received, regardless of who it came from.

That heart kept her from becoming arrogant, and a ruler who wasn’t arrogant worked endlessly.

There was no way the people wouldn’t love such a ruler.

‘If Princess and the mercenaries won the peace after the war, it’s Your Majesty who has been preciously protecting that peace.’

Why does heaven send trials to such a person?

Ardiana was someone who should live in the highest position, fully enjoying beautiful and good things.

“Well then.”

Sabert bowed deeply with all his heart to Ardiana as she headed toward the door.

He had thought about suggesting she observe the Princess’s next lesson, but looking at Ardiana’s complexion, rest seemed more urgent.

But just as Ardiana reached the door and was about to turn the handle.

“Grandfather Sabert!”

The door burst open.

Ardiana reflexively stepped back, ending up hidden behind the open door.

Tie entered.

Then she looked around the reception room and asked.

“Where is Emperor?”

Sabert rolled his eyes with a flustered expression.

Ardiana, standing behind the shadow, shook her head vigorously.

“Yes, just a moment ago… But what brings you here? Instead of waiting in the study.”

“I kept waiting but Grandfather didn’t come.”

Tie hopped up onto the sofa.

Then she rolled around on it before lifting her head with a serious expression.

“But Grandfather Sabert. Tie has been thinking.”

“…”

“From now on, it would be better not to play ‘the name game’ anymore. Right?”

Sabert’s eyes widened.

Ardiana’s footsteps, as she was secretly trying to leave the reception room, also stopped.

“But don’t you like that game? I wonder why you suddenly changed your mind…”

Tie pressed her lips together before answering.

“We played during study time today.”

“Ah, yes?”

“And Emperor saw that.”

Sabert froze, speechless.

Meanwhile, Tie shook her head.

“Tie is now in a dilemma.”

“A dilemma?”

“Yes! A dilemma where I can’t do this or that.”

The child stood up abruptly.

“First of all, Father is the biggest problem.”

“Why does Father do that?”

“Father likes it when Tie throws tantrums! But he also likes it when I study hard!”

Sabert’s eyes widened.

Ardiana had now completely retreated behind the door, holding her breath as she listened to Tie’s words.

“Before bed, he always asks what kind of tantrum I threw today. He says since I couldn’t throw any in Jongno-gu, I should throw lots here.”

“Ah…”

“So Tie made a plan! Throw one tantrum every day! Throw a big tantrum once a week!”

“Ahh…”

Sabert’s eyes grew distant.

Somehow, he thought he understood why those words had come from Father.

The Princess had been going through difficult times ever since arriving in Talochium.

Despite being a child, she always carried heavy burdens, and as a result of all those experiences, even her memories weren’t intact now.

So the words ‘throw more tantrums’ were likely a mix of protection and guilt, meaning it was okay to act a little more childlike…

“Why does Father like tantrums? He must have been a troublemaker when he was young.”

To the child, those words would have sounded very simple.

‘Father likes it when I throw tantrums.’

So it would have developed with very simple thinking.

Something like ‘Then I need to make a plan and work hard at throwing tantrums!’

“But, it’s not Father who pays for Tie’s lessons, it’s Emperor.”

Sabert blinked.

“I shouldn’t play around during study time that costs money. It’s not like we live in a world where you can dig the ground and find fifty-won coins…”

Tie sighed and clenched both fists.

“From now on, I’ll only study during study time. Emperor might be sad, and also…”

At the mention of Emperor, Sabert looked up.

Suddenly, he became curious about what expression Ardiana might be making behind the door upon hearing these words.

However.

“Huh?”

For some reason, behind the door was empty.

Instead, when he lowered his gaze a bit more.

“Your Majesty!”

He saw her collapsed on the floor, sprawled out—though he couldn’t tell when she had fallen.

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