A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 381

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 381

Nordvelt Manor was in a state not much different from the outside.

The front yard where weeds grew wildly, wrapping around their ankles.

The fountain with dried-up water and cracked bottom, and dozens of tightly closed windows.

Veil frowned and whispered lowly.

“…It doesn’t seem like a place where people live.”

Those words were not an exaggeration.

The moment they entered the main palace, cool air wrapped around the members’ skin.

Inside the manor, there was no scent of incense or food.

Only the musty smell of dust filled the air like an empty house.

“L-look at this.”

Sure enough, Tie pointed at the floor.

The child was looking at the carpet on the floor covered with a hazy layer of dust.

Judging by the pattern, shape, and material, it was definitely a high-quality carpet.

It was puzzling why it was being maintained in such a state.

That’s when it happened.

“Mage. You come with me to the reception room. We must meet the Baron.”

The paladin who had been leading turned around and spoke.

When he gestured, two soldiers emerged from somewhere and stood before the remaining members.

“The rest will be taken to the 2nd floor, so follow along.”

Veil’s eyes widened.

Bewilderment also settled on Livia’s face.

‘Aleric goes to the reception room, and we go to the 2nd floor?’

Having to separate from Aleric as soon as they entered the manor felt somehow unsatisfactory.

However, there was no other choice.

“Rest up. I’ll be back soon.”

Aleric said.

He must have had similar thoughts to the members.

Livia had no choice but to close her mouth.

Then she began following behind the soldier who started guiding the way.

Creak- Thud.

Behind them, the door connecting the corridors closed.

The two soldiers muttered in tired voices.

“You should know you’re lucky. We’ve never given rooms to non-mages before.”

“Right. By the way, where are you from?”

“Southern Provinces. You wouldn’t know even if we told you.”

Basto dealt with them naturally.

The soldiers nodded.

“I see. There are many small fiefdoms in the Southern Provinces. I know well since I lived there before coming up north.”

“Was your hometown in the south? I had no idea.”

“I must have mentioned it before. Everyone just doesn’t remember…”

Meanwhile.

While listening to the soldiers’ chatter, Veil carefully observed the surroundings.

In case they needed to escape, she had to memorize the path from the main palace entrance to here.

Beside her, Livia unconsciously chewed her nails.

‘Aleric, that stupid bastard.’

Why did he send the rest of the members upstairs when he can’t even fight?

Since they were already inside, he should have insisted that the whole family meet the Baron together like before.

However, Livia soon shook her head.

She knew herself that her thoughts made no sense.

‘Ugh, so why does he make me worry like this.’

Thoughts about Aleric wouldn’t leave her mind.

The tips of Livia’s ears turned red.

‘This is all because of what happened in that village!’

Ever since they spent the night lying side by side on that narrow bed.

She had been finding Aleric more uncomfortable with each passing day.

There were many times when she would find herself staring blankly at Aleric if she let her guard down even for a moment.

‘I can’t replace my head! Should I bang it hard against a wall? Then these useless thoughts might disappear…’

That’s when it happened.

“Huh?”

She suddenly felt something wriggling inside the bag on her back.

But she soon shrugged her shoulders.

‘Marbas, this guy can’t stand being still and is acting up.’

Maybe it was natural since he was stuffed in the same space as Ppupppu, whom he was so afraid of?

Livia put strength into her left hand.

She had been holding Tie’s hand with that hand the entire time.

‘Once we get to the room, I should change clothes first.’

After that, she’d have to go out through the window to look around the manor and spy on this Baron character.

“Here we are.”

Just then, the soldiers opened a door in the corridor.

Watching Basto and Veil enter first, Livia casually looked down to her left and froze.

“…Huh?”

Tie, who had definitely been beside her, had disappeared somewhere.

What she held in her hand wasn’t the child’s hand, but Aleric’s glove that the child had been playing with before arrival.

“Is there a problem?”

The soldiers asked with puzzled expressions.

Livia hurriedly entered the room.

Then she naturally hid behind Basto as if Tie had already gone inside.

Thud-

As soon as the door closed, she looked up at Veil and Basto.

Then she stamped her feet and shouted.

“This is terrible!”

Only then did Veil and Basto’s eyes gradually widen as they grasped the situation.

“Miss is missing!”

Meanwhile, a little while ago.

“You should know you’re lucky. We’ve never given rooms to non-mages before.”

Hearing the soldiers’ voices, Marbas snorted.

‘Making such a big deal about giving us just one room.’

For unknown reasons, an unbearable stench was emanating from Nordvelt Manor.

Though he hadn’t seen his face yet, he didn’t like this Baron character, and the manor’s guards were equally distasteful.

“Lord Krazaru, what those people are saying. Isn’t it too outrageous?!”

Feeling frustrated, Marbas tapped Ppupppu’s chubby legs and asked.

However, Ppupppu, as always, simply ignored Marbas with eyes tightly closed.

“No, you must have heard just now. They weren’t welcoming us from the start, and they were about to chase us away but reluctantly accepted us, yet they want us to be grateful.”

“…”

“I want to reveal our master’s true identity! Then those guys would prostrate themselves and tremble!”

“…”

“You want to do that too, don’t you, Lord Krazaru? Once we find out what Baron Nordvelt is hiding, you want to punish those arrogant bastards, don’t you?”

The soldiers asked without even breathing, their hearts filled with resentment.

But Ppupppu didn’t even pretend to listen to Marbas’s words.

Marbas, who had been watching this, quietly closed his mouth.

Then with a sullen expression, he buried his head deep into the pile of luggage.

‘Sob, Master!’

Marbas felt resentful toward Tie, who had sent him here saying he was ticklish having him in his cloak.

‘If not by Master’s side, where else should this Marbas go! In this desolate bag, there’s no one who listens to my words!’

Though he had never said it out of embarrassment, Marbas loved Tie most in the world.

He admits it.

At first, he had submitted out of fear of the power and abilities Tie possessed.

But as the time they spent together grew longer, the more he stayed by Tie’s side, the more he realized.

‘Master is light. No different from the angels praised in the human world!’

Tie listened sincerely to whatever stories Marbas told.

Not only that?

He protected him from Ppupppu’s tyranny, had a cute face, and was even clever.

It meant he absorbed the knowledge he poured out so well that it was enjoyable to explain.

Marbas suddenly raised his head from inside the luggage.

‘Right. What wealth and glory am I seeking by being stuck in this stuffy place!’

Ppupppu had always liked being inside Tie’s preschool bag or small pouches like this, but he was different.

‘I prefer Master’s shoulder! That place where Master can hear me immediately when I speak is the best!’

Marbas struggled and stuck his face out through the hole in the bag.

There was a small tearing sound from the bag, but it didn’t matter.

“Kyuut?!”

Ppupppu’s eyes widened in surprise at the sight, but it didn’t matter.

“Lord Krazaru. I really should go to Master…”

But at that moment, Marbas, who had been speaking, closed his mouth.

“Oh, oh! Lord Krazaru! Look at that!”

At his small shout, Ppupppu narrowed his brow as if asking what.

Then he quickly transformed into mist and escaped from the bag.

Marbas, who had just escaped through the hole and rolled onto the floor, also quickly got up.

“Over there! Master is over there!”

Ppupppu’s eyes widened as he looked in the same direction as Marbas.

Tie was walking somewhere as if enchanted, separated from the group.

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