A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 373

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 373

Livia and Aleric quietly exchanged glances.

The northern ‘disaster region’ referred to the Norvelt Barony located at the edge of Talochium and the surrounding ownerless forests.

Moreover, that place was also Tie’s group’s destination.

“You’re saying Baron Norvelt came all the way down here to recruit workers?”

Marishan nodded her head.

“That’s right. The barony as well as the surrounding forests were devastated by the typhoon, so they needed a lot of people.”

“From the barony to here would take at least four days even at the fastest pace, wouldn’t it?”

“I thought the barony’s situation must be really bad.”

Marishan set down her empty water glass.

“The damage is enormous, but the barony has no manpower to immediately begin reconstruction work. What can they do?”

Veil’s eyes lit up.

“So your husband volunteered for the reconstruction work?”

“Oh no, not really. It was more because of this.”

Marishan curved her index finger and thumb into a circle to make a coin shape.

“I told you, didn’t I? We had a lot of money worries because of the children. Plus, the Imperial Palace provides support funds for disaster regions, so he left saying the pay would be quite good.”

Marishan tucked the hair of the siblings who had finished eating behind their ears.

“There’s been no news yet. At first I just thought the reconstruction work was being delayed, but as this situation drags on, I’m starting to worry…”

Watching Marishan’s face darken, Tie slurped the soup she had cooled by blowing on it.

A savory and warm taste spread in her mouth, but her mind was working busily.

‘The disaster region lord came all the way to a very distant village to recruit people!’

Tie already knew from overhearing how severe the typhoon damage in the north had been a few months ago.

‘They said it rained tremendously, the wind blew tremendously, and there were landslides too.’

It was truly an unprecedented disaster.

That’s why Ardiana had immediately provided support funds to the disaster region.

However, even after receiving the support funds, there was no reply from Heinz Norvelt, the lord of the disaster region.

Initially, the Imperial Palace thought he must be too busy recovering from the disaster damage and let the matter pass.

But there was no news even after not just one month but two months had passed.

Soon after, when strange reports began coming in from around the disaster region, the situation changed.

‘They said monsters appeared in the forest near the barony?’

The monsters that had disappeared 12 years ago were beginning to appear again.

Of course, they couldn’t be certain yet whether those were actually monsters or not, but still the Imperial Palace had to take some action.

The result was this inspection team composed of Agavert Members.

Just as she thought that far, Marishan let out a sigh.

“I’m worried. If I could, I’d like to go look for him myself, but I can’t leave the inn empty…”

“Then Miss, shall Tie go look with Mother and Father?”

Marishan’s eyes widened.

“Oh my, you would?”

Tie wiped the corners of her mouth with a napkin from the table and nodded brightly.

“Yes! As it happens, Tie is also going on a trip to the Yellow Belt Barony with Mother, Father, and Uncle!”

Marishan looked at Livia and Aleric in surprise.

Aleric nodded calmly.

“The child is right. The beauty of the northern forests of Talochium is famous throughout the Empire.”

“But we don’t know how much of the disaster damage has been restored yet. How did you come to think of traveling there…”

“I know someone in the Norvelt Barony.”

When Veil stepped forward, Marishan’s eyes widened.

“We’ve already arranged to stay at that person’s house, so we can’t suddenly change our destination.”

“I see. Then…”

Marishan hesitated as she looked at Tie, then turned to ask Livia and Aleric again.

“Could you really look into news of my husband? If you do that, I’ll definitely repay you!”

Marishan grasped Livia’s hands.

“The name of the person who came to recruit in our village was Clerk Rinel, I think. The site manager’s name was Osnel, but oh! Wait a moment.”

Marishan got up from her seat, ran to the counter, and came back with something.

“They gave these to the reconstruction site workers. They gave two each, but my husband left one pair with me just in case.”

What Marishan held out was a leather entry pass with clear branded marks.

The other one was a wage receipt slip, and the parchment was so old that the edges were already deteriorating.

“I’ll give you our address, so if you confirm my husband’s whereabouts, could you just write one letter? If you do that, I’d really…”

“We will!”

Before Marishan could finish speaking, Tie answered.

Then she looked up at Aleric and Livia and asked brightly.

“We will, right Mother, Father?”

“Ah yes, of course, of course.”

Quick-witted Livia hurriedly took the entry pass and wage receipt slip that Marishan offered.

Meanwhile, Veil was looking at Tie with a pleased expression.

‘As expected of the child. Having something like that will make the inspection much easier.’

The inspection team’s goal was to first understand what was happening in the disaster region.

Only then could they theorize about the identity of the strange creatures reportedly appearing near the disaster region.

‘But if Baron Norvelt is a reclusive person, I was worried about how to investigate the interior as tourists.’

Thanks to Tie stepping forward, they now had items that only reconstruction workers received, which would make things much easier.

“Thank you!”

Meanwhile, Marishan, who had stood up, made a touching expression with tears glistening in her eyes.

“I’ll waive all of today’s lodging fees. There are two of the largest and best rooms on the 2nd floor, so please stay there.”

She hurriedly got up and began clearing away the empty dishes.

Then she returned at the speed of light and waved her arms as if to say follow her.

“You must be tired, shall I show you right away? This way.”

2nd Floor.

“Aunt. Tie did well, right?”

Livia turned her head in a daze.

Tie, who had closed the door and entered, was looking up at her with an excited face.

“Tie got clues and also got a free room. Tie’s role was tremendously amazing, right?!”

“Yes, th-that’s true, but…”

Livia couldn’t bring herself to finish her words and stared straight ahead again.

Next to her stood Aleric with a similar expression.

‘There’s only one bed?’

Livia quietly pressed her forehead.

As Marishan had said about it being the largest and best room, the interior of the guest room was neat and comfortable.

The problem was that, perhaps due to the limitations of a small inn, there was only one bed.

‘Oh well, it’s fine. We can have Miss sleep in the middle. Yeah.’

Livia, trying hard to reassure herself, took a difficult step inside.

But at that moment,

“Wow! Tie wants to sleep by the window!”

Tie ran over and threw herself onto the spot against the wall.

Naturally, the remaining space on the bed was revealed.

It was a very small space that looked too cramped for two people to lie down at first glance.

Just then, with a brief knock, Marishan poked her head out from outside the door.

“How’s the room? It’s fine, right?”

Livia couldn’t readily answer and glanced at Aleric.

Aleric also seemed to have a complicated expression.

Soon after, Aleric hesitantly opened his mouth.

“Yes. It’s nice, but the bed is a little….”

“Hohoho! Right?! The bed is a little small, isn’t it?”

Before he could finish speaking, Marishan burst into laughter while fanning herself with her hand.

“I noticed during dinner that you two seemed so affectionate as a couple, so I paid special attention to that.”

“Pardon?”

“Oh, my husband is the same way. He tries to restrain himself as much as possible in front of others, but every single action shows he wants to stay close to me.”

“Um, pardon?”

Marishan approached and gave Aleric a playful wink.

“Throughout the entire meal, you kept looking at your wife’s profile, didn’t you? Whenever she coughed, you’d bring her a water cup. You’d debone all the meat in the soup and put only the flesh in her bowl.”

Silence fell inside the room.

Marishan patted Aleric and added,

“That’s how husbands should really be~ Even after having children, you should put your wife first for the family to be peaceful. It’s really wonderful to see, truly!”

The door closed with a thud.

With Tie absorbed in looking outside the window behind them.

Livia and Aleric faced each other, only moving their lips wordlessly.

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