A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 397

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 397

‘An object imbued with holy power.’

There was no sanctuary in the baron’s domain.

Since the previous generation, there had been steady movements to build a sanctuary in the North, but it was difficult to find priests willing to stay in the remote northern region.

However, suddenly, a very old memory came to mind.

‘About ten years ago, perhaps.’

It was when a strange faith began to spread in the North.

People spoke not of the World Tree or the Pope who served her, but of the story of an unknown hero.

The one who had defeated the Red Pope.

The one who had saved dying soldiers and raised them up again.

Around that time, several elders from the manor had also come to the baron’s domain.

‘Baron. The people want to erect a new statue under the sacred great tree.’

‘A new statue, you say?’

‘Yes. They need a place to hold simple ceremonies and offer prayers, but since there’s no proper sanctuary in the manor…’

At the time, Heinz couldn’t hide his troubled expression.

He had no intention of stopping the villagers from following a new faith, but statues required materials and a creation process that were all sacred and holy.

However, the baron’s domain had no consecrated stone suitable for carving into a statue…

‘Perhaps, could you spare that stone the Previous Baron brought long ago?’

Then he remembered.

The consecrated stone that the Previous Baron, Heinz’s father, had brought from the religious order long ago.

It was said to be stone that had supported the pillars of a sacred place.

A stone that priests had directly consecrated.

After the Previous Baron passed away, there was no reason not to give away the stone that had been stored in the underground storage.

‘You may take it. As much as you need.’

Unlike his father, Heinz had never believed in saints or gods in the first place.

“…Right. That was there.”

Finally, as he muttered, the mage tilted his head.

Heinz cleared his thoughts and faced the mage with a serious expression.

“There is. A place where we can bind the extracted holy power.”

That stone, which had now become a faceless statue on one side of the square.

With that stone, they could safely store the power stolen from the spirits.

That evening.

Heinz watched the mages installing barriers on the statue until late.

It was the day he received a report that Cain’s condition, which had barely been sustained, had worsened further.

Cain was in a state where it wouldn’t be strange if he died at any moment.

If not for the doctor they had hired with difficulty, he might have already passed away.

Cain couldn’t even feel pain when the doctor drilled a hole in his stomach and drained the pooled blood inside.

The enormous cost of buying various medicinal materials was still manageable.

This was because Heinz had the support funds provided by the Imperial Palace.

Of course, he was concerned about the manor residents living in the barracks in the square…

‘No. Cain comes first.’

Heinz forced himself to think that way.

Thinking that even on that stormy day, he should have thought of Cain first, not the villagers.

One day, two days, three days.

Time passed steadily.

However, before long, Heinz came to realize.

“There’s no improvement…”

The power extracted from the spirits solidified into small crystals in the mages’ hands.

From fingernail-sized ones to bean-sized ones.

The crystals always emitted a faint light, and sometimes radiated such holy power that they could even affect nearby objects, but.

“There’s no reaction at all. There’s no sign of improvement in his internal injuries either.”

There was nothing they could do with them.

They had obtained the power that was said to have made the Red Pope immortal.

But no one knew how to use that power.

“Do something! Try feeding it to Cain!”

Heinz was gradually going mad.

He tried hiring priests by searching the vicinity, and even had Cain swallow entire crystals.

However, the priests collapsed foaming at the mouth the moment they absorbed the holy power contained in the crystals,

“Y-Young Master’s condition…!”

Cain likewise couldn’t swallow the crystals either.

Heinz finally reached one conclusion.

“More, we need a larger quantity.”

He couldn’t come to any other conclusion.

“Hire more soldiers. Capture more of those things!”

“But Baron, some have escaped! There are reports of injured people in nearby territories including the logging district…!”

“Silence! Are you refusing to follow my orders now!”

Heinz couldn’t stop.

The moment he stopped, he would have to accept his son’s death.

But how could he do that.

‘F-Father. Please save me…’

Whenever Cain regained consciousness, he would cling to him like that.

‘I want to live. Sob, I don’t want to die…’

How could he, as a parent, let such a child go.

Heinz’s back trembled as he watched the retreating adjutant, silhouetted against the moonlight.

He looked at the ruined houses visible outside the window.

All around were embankments still unrepaired and destroyed fields scattered everywhere.

‘Once the storm passes, I’ll take responsibility and restore everything!’

He remembered the promise he had made to the anxious villagers.

Then the face of the elder who had reluctantly nodded, and the young family members who depended on him, also came to mind.

Heinz clenched his fists tightly.

Then he walked over and yanked the thick curtains shut.

He could no longer see outside.

He could no longer see any reality.

Tie slowly blinked her eyes.

Like shadows floating on water scattered by the wind, the scene before her eyes was gradually distorting.

The sight of the baron’s domain, and Cain’s pale face lying there.

Even the image of Heinz going mad while clutching the crystals disappeared.

“Child. Are you okay?”

Veil called to Tie.

Tie turned her head.

Veil was looking down at Tie with a puzzled expression.

And beyond him,

“Father is, huk, Father did nothing wrong. It’s all my fault…”

Cain could be seen still pleading with Tesetan while gasping for breath precariously.

Heinz stood beside him, unable to say anything, only shedding hot tears.

Tie closed her mouth, then quietly shook Basto’s arm.

“Hammer. Please put Tie down.”

Basto looked surprised.

However, seeing Tie’s serious expression, he soon set the child down on the ground.

Tie quietly walked toward Cain, accompanied by the Pompoms.

Then,

“Your Lordship. It’s true. Our father is completely innocent….”

“Cain. That’s not right.”

She spoke to Cain, who was held in Lil’s arms.

Lil quickly raised her head.

Heinz also hesitated and looked at Tie.

Tie carefully wiped the blood from Cain’s lips with a darkened expression.

“Cain’s father isn’t innocent. He made a very… big mistake.”

Cain’s eyes trembled.

A hoarse voice flowed from the child’s mouth.

“…Why?”

Cain’s face contorted with grief.

“Father did it to save me.”

Tie looked at Cain for a moment, then nodded.

“I know.”

It was a small but clear voice.

“Your father did it because he wanted to save you. But still, wrong is wrong.”

Tears flowed from Cain’s eyes.

Tie wiped away those tears too.

“You can’t hurt other people to save someone.”

Cain tried to say something but kept swallowing his words.

Tie clenched her fists tightly.

‘I think I understand.’

Her heart ached because she felt she knew what Cain was thinking at this moment.

‘Cain doesn’t want to lose even his father, right?’

Cain was a child who missed his mother.

Even on the night of the accident, he had gone alone to a dangerous place to get his mother’s clothes.

For such a Cain, Heinz must have been his only remaining family.

If Heinz was punished, Cain would be alone.

And Cain seemed more afraid of being alone like that than of dying.

Tie pondered for a moment, then slowly turned around.

Then she hesitantly spoke to Tesetan.

“Father. Tie has a good idea….”

Tesetan bent down for her.

Tie leaned close to his ear and whispered carefully.

“You know. Tie is also a secret inspector, right?”

The child glanced at Tesetan’s expression.

Then she fidgeted with both hands and asked.

“So, couldn’t Tie decide this case instead…?”

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