A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 400

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 400

Gulp-

The quiet entrance to the square.

Only the sound of Livia swallowing echoed quietly.

Perhaps due to the season, the sun disappeared beyond the ridge in an instant, and the surroundings were dim.

“Have you been avoiding me lately?”

Aleric said.

Livia, who had been looking down only at their clasped hands, suddenly raised her head.

She looked at Aleric’s unreadable face and answered hurriedly.

“Wh-what do you mean I’m avoiding you?”

Aleric’s eyes narrowed.

“For someone who says she’s not, you haven’t even looked me in the eye properly since the inn incident.”

Livia’s shoulders flinched.

“That’s…!”

“And you don’t touch me like you used to.”

At those words, Livia froze with her eyes wide open.

She pulled her hand away from Aleric with a flushed face.

“Cr-crazy! When did I ever touch you?! Are you really insane?!”

Aleric stared at Livia intently.

Then he replied in a dry voice.

“You did touch me, quite often actually.”

“No, when did I ever…!”

Livia, who had been denying it, closed her mouth.

Come to think of it.

After hearing Aleric’s words, memories flashed through her mind.

“You’d rest your head on my shoulder at every opportunity.”

The days when she’d claim the seat next to Aleric every time they got in the carriage, thinking of him as a comfortable armrest.

“When you drank, you’d grab my arm, touch my face. Sometimes even choke my neck.”

The evenings when she’d unconsciously cling to him, feeling good from the alcohol.

“It would’ve been fine if that’s all you did. You’d even pat my butt…”

“Ah! Hey!”

Livia finally burst out yelling.

“That’s!”

Livia stammered and cleared her throat.

“That’s because we’re friends!”

Everything around them became quiet.

Aleric’s eyes subtly darkened.

“Is that so?”

Then he asked in a low voice.

“So not doing it anymore means we’re not friends?”

“What?!”

Livia jumped up from her spot.

“What are you talking about? Recently I’ve been… Ugh, forget it! You and I are lifelong, I mean lifelong friends!”

She poured out words while catching her breath.

“Idiot, starting from Trevaga, we’re inseparable. I’ll grow old and die by your side until I die!”

Silence flowed.

Aleric spoke in a strange voice.

“But you can do that even if you’re not friends.”

“…What?”

“Livia.”

Aleric let out a deep sigh.

Then after a long while, he said quietly.

“You really drive people crazy.”

Livia closed her mouth.

Aleric, who had been staring at such Livia, lowered his gaze.

“Veil said this was your problem… but I don’t think so. I know you.”

He looked at her again.

“…Livia. I like you.”

Livia unconsciously held her breath.

Then she looked up at Aleric with trembling eyes.

“Hey… what are you saying right now?”

“It’s been quite a while already.”

Aleric’s gaze deepened.

“Since the early days of Trevaga… has it been well over 10 years?”

“Hey, Aleric.”

Livia’s face was filled with anxiety.

A bitter smile spread across Aleric’s lips as he watched her.

“But I’m going to give up. Since you’re so uncomfortable with it.”

“N-no, what have you been saying since earlier?!”

To the shouting Livia, Aleric said calmly.

“I’m thinking of going to the magic research facility.”

“…What?”

Livia’s eyes widened.

“Since the Commander King appeared, mages scattered around the world have been gathering.”

He turned his head to gaze at the distant sky dyed in deep blue.

“I got a message from Elanes, who was the leader of Silvar’s Cry. She’s building a magic tower. She’s planning various things starting with magic research.”

Livia couldn’t say anything.

“She asked me to work with her.”

“What nonsense are you talking about!”

However, she cut off Aleric’s words.

Livia breathed heavily with a confused face.

“Are you the type of person who’d like being tied down to such a place? You joined Trevaga in the first place because you wanted to freely travel around-!”

“That’s true.”

Aleric laughed briefly and added.

“But now, Jedo isn’t entirely free for me either. In many ways.”

“Hey, Aleric…”

“I’m not saying I’ll completely cut ties.”

Aleric looked down at the ground then raised his head.

“I need time too, so I’m asking you to give me that much.”

“No, I…!”

“Livia.”

Aleric called Livia.

Then he said with a smile on his lips.

“I think I can give up. If only you’d help me.”

“…”

“Since it’s a feeling I’ve nurtured alone, it would make sense that I should be able to sort it out alone, right?”

Silence descended.

Aleric took a step closer to Livia, who couldn’t say anything.

“So don’t be afraid that our relationship will be ruined. And don’t avoid me like you have been.”

“…”

“Instead, tell me. Tell me to give up. That I should.”

Aleric’s face was very calm.

“I’m not asking you to do it right now. Don’t I know you? Your head must be as complicated as if a bomb hit it by now. So….”

“….”

“Even after you return to the Order.”

Livia’s hand trembled slightly.

Aleric gently grasped her trembling hand.

“And treat me like before.”

Livia looked down at Aleric’s hand gripping hers tightly with a confused expression.

“Do you know how much I blamed myself seeing you unable to even look me in the eye?”

Slowly.

Aleric released Livia’s hand.

“You’re right, Livia.”

“….”

“Regardless of my feelings, we’ll always be friends.”

And the next moment, he quietly pulled Livia into an embrace.

Livia’s body stiffened.

After a moment, Aleric slowly pulled away from her.

Then he walked past Livia toward the domain.

Livia blankly turned around and watched Aleric’s retreating figure.

Only after his figure disappeared from sight did she open her mouth with a flushed red face.

“Damn, I….”

She roughly rubbed her face and plopped down on a nearby rock.

Livia buried her face in her hands and muttered.

“I wasn’t avoiding you because I was uncomfortable, you idiot…!”

But she couldn’t continue her words in the end.

Only a gentle breeze passed by, brushing through Livia’s disheveled hair.

That night.

“Oh? It’s Aunt Livia!”

Tie jumped up from her chair upon seeing Livia return alone late.

“Aunt, Tie told you to come home early early! It’s so dangerous outside….”

Watching Tie immediately run over and put her hands on her hips, Veil snorted.

“Right, it is dangerous for Livia to be outside so late. For passing wild beasts and innocent people, that is.”

“Ugh, Brother Veil! Mean words again!”

Tie, whose mind was crystal clear from an unintended afternoon nap in the early evening, shouted.

But strangely, Livia just stood there with a lifeless expression, saying nothing.

Veil, sensing something odd, closed his mouth.

Tie, who had been waving her index finger at Veil, soon widened her eyes as well.

Tie quickly ran over after seeing Livia plop down heavily on a chair set up inside the room.

“Aunt, what’s wrong…?”

Livia, looking down at Tie, pressed her lips tightly together.

Then she suddenly pulled Tie into a hug.

“Miss. I’m really so damn annoyed…!”

At Livia’s rare whining, Veil’s expression became even more interested.

He, who had been watching, got up from his seat.

“What, did something happen? Don’t just tell the child, let me know too….”

That’s when it happened.

Basto, who had walked over from the window, placed a hand on Veil’s shoulder.

Then he quietly shook his head at him.

‘Aleric.’

Veil hesitated upon seeing the shape of his lips.

He swallowed his words, closed his mouth tightly, and headed toward the door.

Basto followed behind him.

As soon as only the two were left in the room, Livia buried her face in the soft shoulder of Tie, whom she had lifted up.

“That bastard Aleric, he said to me…!”

“Gasp!”

At that moment, Tie quickly pulled away from Livia.

“Don’t tell me, Uncle…!”

Then she clapped her hands while dangling from Livia.

“He finally proposed to Aunt!”

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