A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 406

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 406

3. Unnecessary Time

Late at night.

The shadow of a softly lit candle flickered.

“Ahem, ahem! Grandmother became a ghost!”

Marbas, who had been spending more time in human form lately, looked down at Tie leaning her head against his shoulder.

He rustled as he turned the page.

“Annie’s Grandmother is 100 years old. She lived the longest in the village. One day, an angel from Heaven came to find Grandmother. Grandmother is… no, Sire?”

Marbas was startled to discover tears welling up in Tie’s eyes.

He hurriedly flipped the book face down on his lap.

“I knew you would do this again. You said you absolutely had to hear the ending today, didn’t you?”

“But!”

Tie covered her eyes with both hands.

“This book is too sad. An angel came for Annie’s Grandmother. To take Grandmother to Heaven!”

Marbas made a groaning sound.

“Should we stop reading then?”

“…No. Keep reading.”

Marbas picked up the book again as if he couldn’t stop her.

Then he reluctantly began reading the text aloud.

“Grandmother said to the angel. Before I go to Heaven, won’t you listen to my story for a bit?”

Tie closed her mouth.

She concentrated intently with both fists clenched tight.

“It was truly a happy life. When I was young, I lived in a small cottage by the lakeside, married my childhood friend and had three children. When I was young…”

Marbas’s voice continued.

As the story progressed, white wax was accumulating on top of the candlestick as it melted down.

Marbas finally turned to the last page.

“It was truly a happy journey. Grandmother took the angel’s hand and floated up into the sky. Having an ending is a good thing. That’s what makes the present more precious.”

Thud-

When he closed the last page, an illustration of Grandmother who had become a ghost appeared.

Tie, who had been quiet, raised her gaze.

“Marul. Did Grandmother become a ghost?”

“It seems so.”

“She died, right?”

“Probably.”

Tie hesitantly pouted her lips.

The child who had been looking at the illustration soon got up from her seat.

Then she went to the bed, got under the covers, and patted the spot next to her for Marbas.

Marbas approached Tie.

Then he settled down next to Ppupppu, who was already lying there.

“You know, Marul. Do all people die?”

“Unfortunately, yes. Human life is finite by nature.”

“…Then later, Tie’s Mother and Father, and the Members will all die and go to Heaven too, right?”

“Yes. But that’s still a distant matter, isn’t it? From what I can see, it seems too early for Sire to worry about such things.”

“Still…”

Tie let out a deep sigh and blinked her eyes.

Then she suddenly looked at Marbas.

“Then what about Marbas?”

Marbas’s eyes widened.

“Pardon?”

“Marbas is a spirit so you don’t die. You know, when Tie dies later, what will Marbas do?”

Marbas opened his mouth blankly.

He pondered seriously for a moment, then hesitated.

It was because he saw Krazaru sleeping sprawled out in his field of vision.

“Ahem, as long as the unfortunate incident of Lord Krazaru sealing me again doesn’t happen…”

“…”

“Well? I might start the research I abandoned long ago?”

Tie made a blank expression.

Marbas continued speaking in a brightened voice.

“Perhaps making contracts with humans again would be interesting too. With all this experience, I won’t make the same mistakes as before.”

“Contracts?”

“Yes. If I just recklessly pass on all the knowledge they want, it could lead to catastrophic wars, right? This time I’ll truly become a buffer in between…”

“…Marul is mean.”

Tie said.

Marbas looked at Tie in surprise.

For some reason, the child was lying half-turned away from Marbas with her arms crossed.

“Wh-why are you suddenly like this, Sire?”

The flustered Marbas asked.

But Tie only snorted without answering.

“…Hmph.”

“Sire?”

Tie glanced back at the restless Marbas.

Then she said with her cheeks puffed out.

“Marul wouldn’t be sad even if Tie disappeared, would you?”

“What?!”

“I can tell by looking. Marul would quickly forget about someone like Tie. Tie will only live to 100, but that’s like 1 second in Marul’s incredibly long life!”

“N-no, Sire! That’s not what I meant…!”

Marbas’s eyes rolled around busily.

Perhaps due to the commotion, Ppupppu’s eyelids, who had been sleeping, were also trembling.

‘No! If Lord Krazaru wakes up now, it’s over!’

Marbas hurriedly got up from his spot.

Then he went around the bed and carefully approached Tie’s bedside.

‘Just a few days ago I almost got sealed for making Sire cry.’

He had to somehow appease Tie’s sulking mood.

“S-Sire, that’s not it.”

“Hmph.”

“Just thinking about Sire leaving makes my heart feel like it’s being torn apart! That’s why I deliberately didn’t speak about that topic!”

Glance.

Tie’s eyes, which had been avoiding his gaze, briefly turned toward Marbas.

Marbas didn’t miss the opportunity and quickly continued speaking.

“If Sire goes to Heaven, I will probably miss Sire for a very, very long time!”

“…Really?”

“Yes. Heavy rain will pour down on Talochium, no, the entire continent! As if representing my empty heart…”

Tie went “Ahem,” and closed her eyes.

Marul deliberately made tears glisten in his eyes.

“Agh! I can’t say any more. My heart already hurts this much. Perhaps the three of us will waste away with longing and follow Sire…”

“Three?”

Tie’s eyes widened.

Then she asked Marbas, who had stopped mid-sentence.

“Why three?”

“Pardon? Well…”

Marbas glanced once at Ppupppu beyond Tie.

“I’m not the only immortal being who has sworn loyalty to Master, am I?”

He added to the bewildered-looking Tie.

“There’s Lord Krazaru. And Lord Lucalion as well.”

Tie’s eyes slowly grew wide.

The child hesitantly turned to look behind her and muttered.

“Ppupppu and Lucalion… Now that you mention it, that’s true…?”

“That’s right.”

Marbas stroked his chin.

“And among those three, I think Lord Lucalion might be the one closest to perfect immortality.”

Marbas continued speaking.

“Lord Krazaru and I would be classified as intermediate or high-level spirits at best, wouldn’t we? But Lord Lucalion is different.”

“…”

“Come to think of it, the authority over the Underworld that Master possesses also came from Lord Lucalion, didn’t it?”

“…”

“Lord Lucalion was at the very top among spirits. The fact that he once served as a bridge connecting the Underworld and the Living Realm is incredible…”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

Once again, Tie’s voice was heard.

When he stopped talking, he could see Tie’s face looking somewhat troubled.

“Master?”

“Tie is sleepy. I want to sleep.”

Tie turned her body around without hesitation.

Then she tightly hugged the sleeping Ppupppu.

“Wait, Master? Did I say something wrong again…?”

“Marul is sleeping on the sofa today.”

“What?!”

Startled, Marbas jumped up from his spot.

However, Tie only made a “hmph” sound and added.

“The bed is too narrow. Tie is going to roll around while sleeping today.”

Marbas looked down with a dejected expression.

Then he scratched his head and let out a sigh.

“Yes… I understand…”

The next day.

Tie, who woke up early, trudged through the corridor of the Princess’s Palace.

“Grandmother became a ghost, I shouldn’t have read it…”

Perhaps because her heart felt heavy, crying sounds naturally leaked out.

Whether it was because of the nightmare she had last night, her body had no strength either.

“Sigh, why is Tie’s life so hard…?”

It was the moment she muttered and let out a deep sigh.

“Why do you look like that?”

Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard from behind.

Tie stopped and turned around, her mouth falling open.

“…Kamang!”

Lucalion, who had been away for a long time saying he had something to look into, had returned at some point.

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