A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 364

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 364

“It’s simple overwork. It seems her body temperature dropped temporarily from being exposed to too much cold wind.”

“It seems? Did you just say ‘it seems’?!”

At the attending physician’s words as he walked out of the bedroom, Cadia’s cheeks flushed bright red.

“Are you even a doctor? See, what did I tell you! I said from the beginning that you should speak more firmly to His Majesty!”

“That’s…”

“Forget it, forget it! You bear great responsibility for His Majesty collapsing! He won’t listen to me, so I said you as the doctor should be more proactive, but you completely ignored all of that…!”

The attending physician raised his weary gaze.

Then he opened his mouth with an aggrieved voice.

“Cadia, no, Secretary, no, Baron Rose!”

Cadia, who had been the Princess’s maid, then the Frost Association’s secretary, then became the Emperor’s adjutant and received the title of junior baron, raised her eyebrows.

“What. What!”

“How am I supposed to persuade His Majesty? No matter how much I tell him his health is deteriorating and he should rest, he says he’ll recover quickly with blessings from the dispatched priests and immediately heads to his office.”

“What? Good grief, you really…!”

“Even when I prepare medicine that’s good for recovering energy, he always refuses it saying it’s bitter. No wonder even His Grace the Duke has thrown up his hands!”

Naturally, Cadia’s gaze turned to one side.

Tesetan, who had been standing in front of the bedroom with a face full of worry, raised his head.

“…He’s not the type to carefully heed others’ nagging.”

Then he added in front of the doctor who was nodding vigorously.

“He’s even less the type to meekly accept others’ care.”

This time even Cadia nodded.

Ardiana was, how should I put it, a woman like iron.

A woman who always exceeded everyone’s expectations and deviated from prejudices.

Well, considering her upbringing, it wasn’t strange.

Ardiana was small but had a stronger will than anyone.

With a body poisoned hundreds of times, she defeated assassins, gave birth to a child, seized a country, and even took revenge on the family that abandoned her.

The problem was that she rarely rested.

Now that she had achieved so much, it was time to take a break.

But Ardiana had been focusing even more frantically on work since Tie entered the Imperial Palace.

“His Majesty needs to change. He needs to cherish and care for his body a little more.”

The doctor muttered.

Tesetan felt just as frustrated.

“I agree. To attend the memorial ceremony after staying up for three nights straight. He could have easily skipped it…”

“And what about crossing the snowy field wearing just one thin layer of clothing? His feet were frozen solid. They were bright red.”

Tears welled up in Cadia’s eyes as she complained.

She took out a handkerchief from her uniform’s front pocket and dabbed under her eyes.

“What if something happens to His Majesty? Your Grace, I’m really going crazy with worry! No matter how much I tell him to rest, he just says he likes being busier now than in the old days…!”

Truly, Ardiana wouldn’t listen to anyone.

Not to Cadia’s words, who had been with her for many years, nor to the doctor’s words.

He wouldn’t even listen to Tesetan’s words.

“I wish I could bring back the late Empress. Even though they parted when she was young, she’s still her mother, so maybe she’d listen to her!”

“Oh.”

At that moment, the doctor paused in place.

Conscious of Cadia and Tesetan’s gazes focused on him, he hesitantly opened his mouth.

“Come to think of it, there is one person, isn’t there?”

Cadia frowned.

“Someone who could move Emperor with just one word.”

Tie stared straight ahead with wide eyes.

“So, I was hoping our daughter could help a little.”

In front of her, Father was holding both of Tie’s hands tightly with a serious expression.

“Emperor won’t rest. He only works too hard. Father loves Emperor, so I’m worried that Emperor might collapse from doing that.”

The sound of gulping came from Tie’s throat.

“Tie knows too, right? That Emperor likes Tie a lot.”

Tie nodded.

Emperor was someone whose feelings were completely visible in his face and eyes.

As such, his love and affection toward Tie were also completely apparent.

“So please talk to him, Tie. Tell him to take breaks while working. No, that’s not it either. Just ask him to sleep on time.”

“Father. Does Emperor have insomnia?”

“No? It’s not insomnia, he just doesn’t sleep. He can’t sleep because he thinks sleeping time is a waste.”

“Isn’t that insomnia?”

“Is it?”

Watching Tesetan who couldn’t give a definitive answer, Tie’s expression gradually became more serious.

‘So Emperor was in that bad a condition.’

No wonder.

When he collapsed in the Princess’s reception room, Ardiana’s complexion had been very bad.

Looking back, even when they met while playing doctor, he had looked unwell.

“Tie will talk to him.”

When she readily agreed, Tesetan’s mouth fell open in a circle.

“Really?”

“Yes. When should I go talk to him? Should I go talk to him now?”

“Ah, not right now since he’s still sleeping, so we have to wait until he wakes up. We’ll go together later.”

“Okay.”

Tie nodded vigorously and then turned around.

Tesetan stared blankly at the child’s retreating figure.

‘I thought she would refuse.’

She was a daughter who would widen her eyes like a frightened rabbit and droop her eyebrows whenever Ardiana was mentioned.

For such a daughter to readily nod at a request he thought she would definitely refuse.

“…This isn’t the time for this.”

He got up from his seat.

Then he moved his steps again to check if Ardiana had regained consciousness.

Meanwhile.

“It might be because of Tie.”

Tie muttered to herself as she headed to her room.

“It must be because Tie did other things during study time, didn’t call her Mother, and kept avoiding her all the time that she collapsed…!”

Thud-

It felt like several large rocks were crashing down on her head.

Suddenly, the image of Ardiana collapsed behind the door came to mind.

The hair stuck to her forehead with cold sweat.

Her haggard and pale complexion.

Even the ice-cold body temperature that had touched her fingertips.

Suddenly, the image of ladies from Korean dramas grabbing their necks and collapsing flashed before her eyes.

“What should I do…”

Tie, who had entered her room, staggered toward the bed.

Then she sprawled out spread-eagle on the blanket.

Behind her closed eyes, everything was dyed orange under the afternoon sunlight.

‘You don’t have to call me Mother.’

It was about a year after coming here.

Tie remembered what Ardiana had said to her when she was desperately running away.

‘I want you to live comfortably and happily here. That’s really all I need.’

Even then, Tie didn’t trust Ardiana.

She thought that after saying that, she would still call Tie to those uncomfortable dinner gatherings.

She thought she would have the people working at the Imperial Palace pressure Tie until she called her ‘Mother.’

But Ardiana didn’t do that.

Really, after that, not even once did she make any difficult or troublesome requests of Tie.

When Tie said she wanted to skip dinner, she let her do so.

When she said she didn’t like spending time together, Ardiana would step back without a word.

“…She was being considerate of Tie.”

And the reason she did that was probably—

“Because she really is Tie’s mother.”

Tie’s chest rose and fell softly.

She had actually known it.

Ever since coming here, everyone had said the same thing, and even from Tie’s perspective, she and Ardiana had many similarities.

Similar tastes in food as Tie, a nose tip that looked similar to Tie’s.

So the problem was herself.

“Ugh.”

Tie grabbed her lips with both hands and stretched them out.

“Why can’t you call her Mother? Why can’t you smile at Mother? You dummy.”

The child buried her face in the blanket.

Her voice, muffled by the cotton, mumbled and resonated below her throat.

“The Emperor is a good person though….”

At that moment, with a brief knock, the door opened and Sabert entered.

“Your Highness Princess. It seems the Emperor will awaken soon.”

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