A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 37

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 37

“E, Eve. I was wrong. I, I was wrong.”

Basto stared blankly at Cal’s back.

Cal stood alone on the deck where rain and wind were beating down, staring into empty air.

“I, I just! T, the situation was urgent so…!”

His terror-stricken eyes had no focus, and his legs trembled violently.

Clear saliva flowed from his gaping mouth as if he might foam at any moment.

“Basto!”

Then Veil came running from behind, carrying Tie.

“Uncle Basto…”

Tie called out to Basto carefully.

However, Basto only continued to stare at Cal.

“No! No, Eve-! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to be eaten by monsters! Ah, ahhh-!”

“…”

“S, save me! Damn it, just leave me alone! If you’re going to die, die by yourself, why drag me into it, Eve…! Please! Please, I’m begging you like this, please!”

The name Cal was shouting at the empty air.

Eve was his dead wife’s name.

A barely audible voice flowed from Basto’s mouth.

“…Tie.”

“…”

“What Cal is seeing… is it the soul of the dead?”

Astie, who had been hesitating, nodded with a gloomy expression.

“…That’s right.”

After summoning the shipwreck ‘Mast Ship’, Tie had met the ghost ‘Grimnir’ who had once been the owner of this ship.

Grimnir’s ghost called Tie master and told her about the effects of the shipwreck.

“So… this Mast Ship moves with Tie’s magic power, and while it’s moving, the ship and its surroundings all become Tie’s domain.”

She didn’t know what a domain was, so she had to listen to Grimnir’s explanation for a long time.

But after hearing it all, Tie could understand exactly what her ability was.

“The current of the dead flows within Tie’s domain! All enemies it touches fall into a silenced state!”

Silence.

That meant the quiet of the deep sea.

It was for this reason that enemies touched by the current became enveloped in inexplicable stillness.

“When senses become powerless in the silence, souls connect with the world of the dead, and then you can meet the ghosts trapped in the Abyss. The more this happens, the more life force is gradually lost.”

Just like Cal and his subordinates before their eyes.

“Ahhh- Eve, it hurts! I said it hurts!”

Cal was now scratching his body frantically like a madman.

His disheveled hair and gaunt, aged face showed that he had already lost a great deal of life force.

“Then… does that mean Eve became a ghost?”

Tie was at a loss for words.

Tie had also figured out that Eve was Basto’s dead wife.

‘Uncle Basto found out that the person he loved couldn’t go to heaven and is trapped in the Abyss…’

Tie felt she couldn’t even dare to imagine what that must feel like.

“That is…”

Just as she hesitated, unable to answer.

[Poor thing.]

Eve’s ghost, who had been standing in front of Cal, suddenly turned her head toward Tie.

She might look hideous to Cal, but not to Tie’s eyes.

Eve, glowing blue all over her body, was graceful and dignified.

[The place where I am isn’t the only hell… The place where you stand must be hell too.]

Tears streamed down Eve’s eyes.

She moved silently, approaching Basto’s side and placing one hand on his cheek.

[But Basto… at least our Lilia isn’t like that. I’m trapped in terrible resentment, but Lilia is safe.]

However, Basto couldn’t hear Eve’s words.

It was natural since only enemies and Tie could see ghosts within Tie’s domain.

Tie hesitated before approaching Basto.

“Um, Uncle Basto…”

Basto turned his head blankly.

Tie fidgeted restlessly with her hands.

“Lady Eve says Lilia is safe…”

Basto’s expression became vacant.

“Lilia went to a good place.”

Silence fell.

After a long while, Basto’s body collapsed.

He knelt on the deck and covered his face with both hands like a child.

His body was covered with wounds large and small from fighting Cal and his subordinates.

“Lilia…”

Tears leaking between his palms dripped down, creating water droplets on the floor.

“Eve, Lilia…”

Tie looked at the crying Basto and Eve standing before him.

Then Eve quietly turned around.

[I’ll end it here.]

Only then did Tie realize that Eve was looking at her.

While she was too surprised to respond, Eve continued speaking.

[…I don’t want to burden this child with anything anymore.]

Eve’s smile toward Tie was both wistful and gentle.

Eve soon approached Cal, who stood alone with the others behind him.

When Cal began to move shortly after, Veil’s eyes narrowed.

“What’s this.”

To everyone’s eyes except Tie’s, it looked like Cal was walking alone toward the edge of the deck.

In reality, Eve was gripping Cal’s neck with both hands and dragging him that way.

Cal swayed as he stood at the edge of the deck.

That was where the railing had broken and was completely open.

Everyone watched the scene as if mesmerized, when Eve looked back at Tie.

[Please take care of Basto.]

The next moment.

Cal’s body slowly toppled toward the sea.

There was no splash sound.

Before he could even touch the surface, a massive monster with its mouth wide open swallowed Cal whole.

Basto said nothing for a long time.

Veil and the others watching him were the same.

Eve had already disappeared, becoming pale smoke.

Death Hound, having lost their leader, was quickly subdued by Veil, Basto, and Tie.

Monsters attacked from various places, but even that wasn’t much of a problem.

“Tie! Show them a super strong technique! Misty playground!”

At her excited shout, pale currents came over the water’s surface, bringing foam.

“Monsters touched by the current lose their strength! Uhahahaha! Dead monsters become Tie’s allies too!”

Behind Tie, who was laughing excitedly.

“Kyaaak-“

A flying monster approached with a threatening posture.

The monster glided low and raised its claws toward Tie, but,

“Tie’s super strong technique! Bean bullet friends!”

Soul condensates that erupted from the water pierced through the wings of the flying monster.

The flying monster tried to devour the souls, but it was useless.

Just when the souls seemed about to be caught, they dove underwater and swam away quickly.

Due to the cold air from the deep sea, ice began to rapidly form on the monster’s wings that had been pierced by the souls.

“Kiheeeek-!”

As soon as the monster finally crashed into the sea, the waves of death swallowed its corpse.

“Going this way~ then going that way~”

Tie sat perched on the railing, even humming a tune.

Whenever she was about to fall from losing her balance, black forms would catch and support her.

“…Cr, crazy child.”

Veil muttered.

It wasn’t a lie – Veil was truly thinking that Tie was scary.

“B, Basto sir… please spare us, yes?”

“We didn’t want to do this either! Do you think we wanted to cross weapons with you, Basto sir?!”

Meanwhile, Basto was restraining each of the subdued Death Hound members one by one.

“Next, you. Come here.”

The members lined up in a row would obediently approach and extend both wrists when Basto called them over.

Basto found rope from the shipwreck and tied the mercenaries’ arms tightly.

“B, B, Basto sir. Th, th, there are bone fragments stuck to this rope…? N, n, no matter how I look at it, these seem like human bones?”

“Next.”

“…”

And finally.

Near the helm, not far from the deck.

“What did you just say?”

Marianne, who had been watching the wheel turn on its own by the spirits, asked back in disbelief.

The twins stood side by side in front of her.

Raul, the older brother, answered.

“I said I want to take up the sword again.”

Marianne’s mouth fell slightly open.

She couldn’t believe the words that came from her son’s mouth.

“Raul, you’ve gone crazy.”

Enzo, Raul’s younger brother, let out a sigh.

“How is brother crazy, Mother. I’m thinking the same thing. We can’t keep living like this anyway…”

“No! Even if I die, I can’t allow that!”

The twins closed their mouths at her scream-like voice.

“Why do you think Mother left Jedo and came all the way to Pearl City. It was all because you were suffering so much…!”

“Mother. That’s not it.”

At that moment, Raul interrupted her words.

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