A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 413

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 413

“I couldn’t tell you because I was afraid you’d be this shocked.”

Lucalion sighed as he looked at the frozen Tie.

“I was planning to tell you slowly depending on the situation, but since you misunderstood like this…”

“What do you mean?”

Tie grabbed Lucalion’s shoulders firmly.

“You’re not a spirit anymore? Why?! How did this happen? Since when… no, how?!”

Lucalion scratched his head with a troubled expression.

“I’m not sure where to start explaining.”

He raised his gaze.

“Actually, I’d been thinking about it for quite a long time. Becoming human.”

Tie’s eyes widened.

“But no matter how much I thought about it, there was only one being who could make that possible. The World Tree. That’s why I went to the Central Continent.”

Tie unconsciously drew in a breath.

Lucalion continued.

“But when I arrived, surprisingly the World Tree spoke first.”

“Spoke? What did she say…?”

“She said she was waiting for me. Asked if I’d finally come to receive my punishment.”

“Punishment?”

Tie asked back.

Lucalion nodded.

“Yeah. Punishment for arbitrarily disrupting the timeline to save you. Of course, I have no intention of making excuses. It’s true that you became endangered because of that.”

“That’s not true!”

Tie interrupted urgently.

Tie tried to calm her pounding heart as she continued speaking.

“You didn’t endanger Tie! You helped her! You did it so Tie could meet Father again, so she could live happily like now, but calling it punishment…”

Her voice gradually grew smaller.

Lucalion, who had been watching her, smiled as if he couldn’t help it.

“I know.”

Then he added calmly.

“But it’s still true that I broke the rules.”

Lucalion quietly met Tie’s eyes.

“Anyway, I said I would accept that punishment. It was what I wanted anyway.”

“You wanted it?”

“Yeah. I truly want a life that’s not as a spirit, Tie.”

Tie unconsciously took a deep breath.

Meanwhile, Lucalion continued speaking.

“Don’t make that face. It didn’t hurt as much as I thought. It was over in the blink of an eye too.”

Tie’s lips trembled.

Was it because she had heard too many stories in such a short time?

She couldn’t figure out which one to accept first.

Suddenly, she remembered Lucalion saying he had taken a ship on the way back.

Tie spoke with difficulty.

“Then when you said you took a ship to get here, it’s because you can’t fly anymore since you’re not a spirit…”

“Ah. I didn’t completely lose the ability to fly.”

Lucalion smiled.

“Surprisingly, my magic power remained intact. I can’t use my original wings anymore, but I can create wings with magic when I need them.”

“Then why the ship…”

“Well, it’s still a bit awkward.”

Lucalion continued sheepishly.

“The feeling of operating Croa is very different from when I was a spirit. So I’m still adapting.”

Tie’s expression hardened.

She tried to deny it, but as they talked more, one fact became increasingly clear.

“Then…”

Her voice trembled.

“Kamang, you really will only live until 100 years old now?”

Seeing Lucalion hesitate, her fists clenched involuntarily.

“Why? Why did you do that…!”

“…”

“Kamang, you were immortal! You were an amazing legendary spirit, so why did you become a mayfly following Tie!”

Lucalion, who had widened his eyes, finally burst into laughter.

Tie looked at him with a shocked expression.

“Y-you laughed! Why are you laughing? Tie is so upset she could die…!”

“A mayfly, you say.”

Lucalion firmly grasped Tie’s hand.

“Your life isn’t that short. It’s not that insignificant either.”

Lucalion’s voice lowered.

“Listen carefully, Astie. At least to me…”

“…”

“A few decades I can spend completely together with you is far more valuable and meaningful than a meaningless eternity.”

Tie lost her words and just moved her lips silently.

“You know, Tie.”

Lucalion continued speaking.

It was a very slow but clear voice.

“I want to live by your side forever.”

His red eyes deepened.

“And when the time comes that your time is running out…”

“…”

“Then I want to look toward the same end as you.”

Warm warmth was transmitted through their clasped hands.

Lucalion said.

“Time without your existence is time I don’t need.”

Tie took a small breath.

In the quiet room.

She could see Marbas and Krazaru sitting side by side in the corner.

The gentle breeze blowing through the gap in the door was cool.

The white curtains fluttering softly in it and even the small dust particles floating slowly through the air.

“But…”

Her mind was complicated.

Tie fidgeted with Lucalion’s clasped hand for no reason.

The fact that Lucalion had become human was a good thing – it meant he would never leave Tie again.

However,

‘Kamang didn’t originally have to die.’

When she thought about Lucalion’s shortened lifespan, her chest felt stuffy like she had eaten steamed potatoes too quickly.

‘Because of Tie…’

Tears gradually welled up in her eyes.

That’s when it happened.

“Please don’t cry, Tie. You said it yourself.”

Gentle hands wiped away her tears.

“You said I’m your best friend.”

Tie hesitantly raised her head.

Lucalion was looking at Tie with a worried expression.

“I’m happier than anyone right now. It feels like a dream that we’ve finally come to stand in the same place.”

“But….”

As she opened her mouth with tears welling up, Lucalion pulled Tie into a tight embrace.

“Astie. When I was a spirit, I didn’t know. Why humans clung so desperately to life.”

He pulled away and took Tie’s hands again.

“But now I understand. Human life is more beautiful because it’s finite.”

Why was it?

Suddenly, an illustration from “Grandmother Became a Ghost” came to Tie’s mind.

Annie’s Grandmother, who had lived the longest in the village but became an angel and flew up to heaven.

In the picture, Annie’s Grandmother was smiling brightly.

Tie pressed her lips together tightly, then reluctantly nodded.

Then she forced a smile through her tears.

“…Okay.”

Whatever it was, as long as Lucalion was happy, that was all that mattered.

Tie had never wished for anything other than happiness for Lucalion.

“Let’s go out.”

Lucalion gently pulled Tie’s hand.

“Don’t you smell something delicious?”

It was a tone as if nothing had happened.

Of course, Tie knew.

That Lucalion was trying to cheer her up.

Tie pretended to give in, wiped her eyes, and followed behind Lucalion.

Then she said in a dejected voice.

“It’s because it’s snack time soon. Aunt Marshal said she’s making blueberry muffins today.”

“Hmm. Will they be as delicious as what we had this morning?”

The two children naturally held hands.

But when they reached the door, Lucalion suddenly asked.

“By the way, that social gathering.”

“Yeah?”

“Were you really going to go with me?”

Tie’s eyes widened as she answered vigorously.

“Of course!”

“Not that bastard Cain?”

“Lucalion.”

Tie called Lucalion with a serious face.

“Tie learned from Mother. When you go to that kind of party for the first time, you bring your closest and most trustworthy partner.”

“….”

“For Tie, that person could only be Lucalion.”

The tips of Lucalion’s ears turned slightly red.

As they left through the door, Lucalion cleared his throat softly.

“If that’s the case, well… I’ll go with you.”

“Gasp, really?!”

“Yeah. It seems too late to cancel the gathering anyway, so I have no choice but to go and keep watch.”

“To see if any bad friends approach Tie or not?”

Lucalion nodded without looking directly at Tie.

Tie giggled to herself and then looked up.

Lucalion was right.

Going to eat muffins was quickly improving her gloomy mood.

Warm sunlight poured in through the corridor window.

“Lucalion.”

When she called in a much better voice, Lucalion turned his head.

His eyes sparkled as they caught the light.

“Should we eat together every morning from now on?”

“…Let’s do that.”

“Yeah! And let’s take walks, eat snacks, and nap together too!”

“As much as you want, if that’s what you wish.”

“Really?!”

Tie’s eyes sparkled.

“Then we’ll keep doing that forever and ever? Even when Tie becomes an adult, even when she becomes a grandmother!”

Lucalion paused and then burst into laughter.

“You want to do such things together even when you’re an adult?”

“Yeah! Because we’re friends! The very best friends in the world!”

“Ahem! Um, Master?”

At that moment, Marbas, who had been rolling along behind the two, stepped forward.

Meanwhile, Ppupppu was shaking his head from side to side next to him.

Marbas crossed in front of Tie and spoke with a serious face.

“Statements about sharing such daily life together until adulthood are dangerous! Because those words have plenty of room for misunderstanding….”

At that moment.

“Mmph! Mmph!!”

Lucalion raised one hand.

Then a transparent ring of magic appeared around Marbas’s mouth.

Passing by the struggling Marbas, Lucalion whispered affectionately.

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

He gripped Tie’s hand more firmly.

“You’re the one who suggested we do this first, right? You can’t say something different later.”

Tie blinked with a puzzled face, then nodded vigorously.

“Mm-hmm!”

Tie’s answer echoed long through the bright corridor.

The two children looked at each other and smiled for a moment.

Then, without either taking the lead, they stepped into the pouring sunlight.

Side Story 3 【Complete】

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