A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 73

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 73

Interesting.

Elanes crossed her arms and tilted her head slightly as she thought.

She soon lowered her eyes and opened her mouth.

“If that’s true, it’s impressive. Not just the natural talent, but it means your situational judgment was just as quick.”

“Situational judgment?”

“That’s right. If you awakened your mana a month and a half ago and suddenly became able to use dark attribute magic, honestly, it would be natural to feel confused, right?”

Elanes lifted the corners of her mouth.

“But you calmly thought about what to do with that power and formed a mercenary group. That’s impressive.”

And that mercenary group had already settled at 39th place.

“In many ways, it’s the optimal choice, right? Honestly, the situation fits together so well it’s strange.”

Naturally, Elanes was being sarcastic toward the Commander King.

‘You should moderate your acting.’

The words the Commander King had just said were undoubtedly complete lies.

What? Awakened mana a month and a half ago?

And in that short time, refined mana enough to form a mercenary group?

Elanes could accept that the Commander King deliberately went around with a child’s appearance.

The world is wide, and there are many attention-seeking lunatics.

But even so, awakening mana a month and a half ago was too much of a forced setting.

“Honestly, it sounds too much like a lie, doesn’t it?”

With an expression that she had definitely landed a blow, Elanes shrugged her shoulders.

However, the Commander King’s expression was somehow strange.

“Hehehe… Thank you.”

The Commander King was being shy with reddened cheeks.

“Everyone says Tie is amazing, hehehe.”

Even twisting her body bashfully.

Just as Elanes was furrowing her brow.

“Give it a rest, Elanes.”

Ripper, who was beside her, tapped her arm.

He was frowning at Elanes with an expression of disdain.

“No matter how much of a rival they are, why are you picking a fight with a fellow industry worker who barely survived death?”

“Wh-what are you talking about?!”

Elanes coughed and hurriedly looked at the Commander King.

The Commander King was looking back and forth between Ripper and Elanes with a confused expression.

“Stop while they’re laughing it off. Don’t make trouble.”

Elanes looked at Ripper with a bewildered expression.

Ripper looked quite tired from all the commotion that had happened today.

After gulping down the water from the glass in front of him, he turned his gaze to Astie.

“You look to be in good condition for someone who survived the subspace. That’s fortunate.”

Unlike Elanes, Ripper was sincere.

Honestly, he had been somewhat impressed since the Commander King tore through the subspace.

“They say in Krazhar’s subspace, you face what you fear most. And the moment you collapse there, it’s over.”

Astie rolled his eyes around.

When he turned his head, he saw Basto sitting silently beside him.

Actually, only Ripper, Elanes, and Astie had been initially invited to the upper meeting room.

However, Astie had insisted on going with Basto.

It was to prepare for any possible slip-ups or unexpected situations.

‘Like now.’

Noticing Tie’s gaze, Basto patted Tie’s hand under the desk.

It meant there was no problem and it was fine to continue conversing with them.

Encouraged, Tie nodded to Ripper.

“Yes. I almost died.”

More precisely, it was Berukon, not herself.

Come to think of it, Berukon really almost died several times in the subspace.

Tie had tied his feet with a vacuum cleaner cord making him bang his head on the floor, and because of Ppupppu he wasn’t in his right mind either… anyway.

“But I’m glad I survived!”

Ripper nodded at her addition.

An awkward silence flowed through the reception room for a moment.

The three people were waiting for Berukon, who had gone for first aid, to return.

This was because Elanes and Ripper had to confirm Berukon’s condition.

Additionally, according to the Association’s request, they also had to investigate where Krazhar’s core was located.

So now could be considered the stage of exploring each other before having a full conversation.

‘While also waiting for the Factory Manager.’

Ripper looked at Astie again.

“Valentis Luminen. Have you met him?”

Tie, who had been thinking about Valentis Luminen at that moment, looked at Ripper in surprise.

Then she shook her head.

“No. I haven’t.”

Ripper answered as if he had expected that.

“He’s one of the Empire’s top leaders, so he’s not easy to meet. I heard his position changed recently due to military reorganization, did you hear?”

Military reorganization? Position?

When Tie tilted her head at the difficult words, Ripper smiled.

“I guess mages being ignorant of worldly news is common everywhere. Why, he used to be called Grand Commander Valentis.”

Grand Commander Valentis.

Tie closed her mouth at the impressive-sounding name.

But that wasn’t the end.

“But with the recent military reorganization, a position above Grand Commander was added. So now he’s called Supreme Commander.”

“Supreme Commander…?”

“That’s right. Supreme Commander Luminen.”

Tie unconsciously swallowed her saliva.

Actually, Tie had been experiencing the limits of her stamina for a while now.

Since there had been various incidents since morning, her concentration was gradually declining.

But hearing the words ‘Supreme Commander Valentis’ made her mind snap to attention.

‘…It might be a little scary.’

She had looked forward to meeting a Paladin who might know Father more than anyone.

But now that she thought about facing the Empire’s highest Paladin, her heart was pounding.

Perhaps reading that tension from Tie’s expression, Ripper smiled.

“How unexpected. You don’t need to be that nervous. Of course, he’s a noble to the bone and a knight of uncompromising position…”

“…”

“As Paladins typically are, he didn’t seem to look down on mercenaries. I met him once long ago, and he had a more polite and gentle impression than I expected.”

Tie nodded absentmindedly.

Meanwhile, Ripper, who had completely emptied his water glass, leaned back against his chair.

“Once the Factory Manager comes and we figure out the core’s whereabouts, he’ll probably return quickly.”

Core.

Rolling her eyes at the topic that came up again, Tie asked timidly.

“But, couldn’t the core disappear…?”

At those words, Ripper’s gaze turned to Tie. Then Elanes, who had been quiet, leaned forward over the table.

“That could be possible with small monsters.”

Tie opened her eyes wide and stared at Elanes.

Elanes met Tie’s gaze and continued speaking calmly.

“In the case of small-sized monsters, I’ve seen their cores completely destroyed several times. Especially by magic-based attacks.”

Elanes’ mercenary group ‘Scream of Silvar’ had a total of seven mages.

So she knew better than anyone what happened to monsters that took direct hits from magic attacks.

“As you know, magic attacks are powerful but lack precision compared to sword strikes. They don’t have that sharp, refined quality.”

“Hmm… yes.”

“That’s why when our mages attack mastones, occasionally some monsters end up with their cores completely destroyed, which is such a waste.”

I see.

A small hope bloomed in Tie’s heart.

If that was the case, then Tie could also claim she had completely destroyed Krazaar’s core in the subspace…

“But big shots like Krazaar are a different story.”

The moment she heard those words, the plan forming in Tie’s mind crumbled and disappeared.

“It doesn’t make sense for a villain like Krazaar’s core to just vanish. Unless he’s still alive and hiding somewhere.”

Elanes narrowed her eyes and pondered something thoughtfully before opening her mouth.

“Speaking of which, I’ve been wanting to ask you something. According to the Factory Manager, it sounds like you directly destroyed Krazaar.”

“…”

“Didn’t you see the core?”

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