A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 8

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 8

‘Daughter. Last time, Dad told you he was a really strong paladin, right?’

‘Yeah!’

‘Actually, Dad had as many as twenty subordinates?’

‘Eh…? That’s not that many.’

‘It’s a lot! Twenty incredibly strong subordinates are much better than a hundred weak ones!’

‘Then were all of Dad’s subordinates legendary level? Like legendary Tanifang?’

At that time, Father stared at Tie intently, then burst into laughter and said.

‘Of course, they were all incredibly strong. Among them, the person closest to Dad was Hammer.’

Hammer.

That person who lost his family in an unexpected accident in his hometown Banana Village, and wandered alone before becoming Father’s subordinate!

Tie looked at Basto in disbelief.

‘Basto was Hammer.’

The fact that he came from Banana Village.

Using a hammer as tall as himself, being strong, having a thick beard,

‘Making your family end up in such a state…’

And lastly, not having his family by his side now – everything matched.

Tie quickly returned to her original spot.

And pretended nothing had happened as she began sipping her chocolate again.

Basto and Grandfather tilted their heads in confusion but soon resumed their conversation.

‘Tie met Basto first.’

Tie looked at the two men over her cup.

Was this what Kamang meant by returning to the past?

To think Tie would discover someone who would become Father’s subordinate first!

At the same time, she felt sorry for misunderstanding Basto.

‘Basto was a good person from the beginning…’

Tie remembered the story about Hammer clearly.

In fact, since coming to this world, her memories of the past felt even more vivid.

‘Hammer wasn’t originally Dad’s subordinate. He was the vice-captain of a mercenary group called Death Hound.’

‘Death Hound?’

‘It means hounds of death.’

‘Hounds of death…!’

The Death Hounds mercenary group was based in Banana Village.

The captain was Cal, and the vice-captain was Hammer.

She remembered laughing with Father about what kind of people have names like Hammer and Cal.

‘But daughter. Hammer was a good person, but Cal wasn’t, right? Cal was the reason Hammer’s family died.’

‘Gasp… Why?’

‘Cal always made Hammer do all the work. While he rested in Banana Village, he told Hammer to go destroy magic stones in the surrounding areas. Every single day.’

Hammer and Cal were close friends before being vice-captain and captain.

So Hammer never refused Cal’s requests.

Instead, Hammer asked Cal for just one thing.

‘He asked him to look after his wife and daughter in Banana Village. Since he didn’t know what might happen while he was away from the village.’

‘Did Cal say he would?’

‘Of course. He told him not to worry about his wife and daughter and to go safely. Hammer believed those words.’

But one day when he returned to the village after completing a mission.

The village had been devastated.

Inside a house that had become ashes, Basto discovered.

His wife and daughter who had gone to heaven while holding each other tightly.

‘Tie. When we return home later, you must remember this. Sometimes there are days when monsters are active even during the day.’

‘Yeah. Dad told me.’

‘Unfortunately, that day came while Hammer was away on a mission.’

That day, the peaceful Banana Village became chaos in an instant.

The people who barely survived the monsters went to find Cal.

Because he was the leader of the mercenary group that supposedly protected the village.

But Cal was drunk and out of his mind from broad daylight.

‘That bastard told the villagers this. To go home first and wait quietly. Then he would assess the situation and evacuate them.’

‘So…?’

‘Everyone went back to their homes. All expecting that Cal would come for them eventually. Hammer’s wife and daughter were among them.’

‘H-how could he.’

But Cal never came back.

He just stole a few horses and fled Banana Village with his subordinates.

As time passed, the monsters began finding the people in hiding.

And so everyone died.

Brutally and cruelly.

Hammer made graves for his wife and daughter in a corner of the ruined village.

And then disappeared into the forest alone.

After that, he began attacking magic stones by himself.

Every time he survived a life-threatening crisis, he didn’t feel relieved but blamed himself.

This time he could have followed his family.

This time he could have met his beloved wife and daughter.

Meanwhile, Cal persistently tormented him.

Cal shamelessly followed him around, telling him to return to Death Hound.

But when he was repeatedly refused, he paid corrupt paladins to destroy his identification.

‘Gasp, come to think of it…’

She remembered Basto’s missing mercenary identification number.

And what the knight guarding the entrance to Jedo had said about Death Hound and Cal Worben.

Tie pursed her lips and tried hard to remember.

What happened after that?

Father had definitely told her.

‘So did Hammer find his identification?’

‘No, he couldn’t find it. Cal was such a bad and cunning guy that revenge was difficult. Without identification, you can’t enter Jedo. Cal had spread false rumors about Hammer, so he couldn’t get new identification either. But.’

‘But…?’

‘After struggling for months, he met this dad.’

Tie’s eyes grew wide.

Yes, Father had definitely said that.

‘Father was like a rising star back then, you know? With his incredible power, he could quickly make Hammer get a new ID card again.’

‘Wow! By making him a subordinate?’

‘Of course. Father was ranked number one across the entire continent back then.’

‘Do paladins have rankings too?’

‘Huh? Oh yeah, well… they do.’

Father.

If she found Father, she could get Basto’s mercenary identification number!

Then she’d be able to enter Jedo too.

But there was a problem.

That Father was currently inside Jedo.

In other words, she was stuck in an impossible situation!

Tie restlessly set down her chocolate cup.

She felt she needed to think carefully about how to resolve this situation.

The next day.

Tie followed the inn owner Grandmother to the Refugee Market.

The market was bustling with people just like the markets she had seen in South Korea.

With just one difference.

Except for the flies and bugs swarming over the stalls, and the people’s extremely shabby appearance.

“Hey.”

Just then, one of the merchants grabbed Tie’s wrist without warning.

“Want to have a candy? It’s only 20 iron each. How about it?”

The merchant’s gaze was fixed on the bright pink bag Tie was carrying.

“You scoundrel! Let go of her right now!”

His grip was so strong that if the inn owner Grandmother hadn’t spotted the scene just in time, Tie would have been helplessly dragged away by the merchant.

Grandmother clicked her tongue and firmly grasped Tie’s hand.

“Child, stay close to me. Here, even a moment of distraction can lead to big trouble.”

Tie nodded with a frightened expression.

As she timidly looked around, she saw people with deathly pale faces walking through the streets.

They all had gloomy expressions and gaunt limbs.

“It’s because all the recently formed magic stones are large-scale. There isn’t enough manpower to siege the magic stones.”

Tie could vaguely understand what that meant.

Only scary and powerful monsters emerge from large magic stones.

So that’s why there were so many refugees.

But Jedo only protects the wealthy…

“You crazy bitch!”

At that moment, a terrifying voice rang out right in front of them.

Over Grandmother’s shoulder, Tie could see two figures standing alone in the middle of the market.

A Chubby Man and a small, Thin Girl.

“How dare you touch my wallet?! Do you know who I am!”

“What are you talking about! I told you already! I just bumped into you while passing by! Why would I touch your wallet…!”

Smack-!

In an instant, the girl’s head snapped violently to the side.

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