A Secretly Capable Child Is Seeking For Her Dad - Chapter 98

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A Powerful Child Searches for Dad Episode 98

“The Count’s Castle of Kaldenbain-Ridge has a different structure from typical castles. There are prisons installed in two locations.”

Tie stared wide-eyed at Adelin, who was speaking rapidly.

“I don’t know where your companion is imprisoned, but if it’s at the top of the Northern Tower, it won’t be easy to approach. The only access route is the tower’s stairs.”

The other unit members were equally speechless from shock.

Especially Raul and Enzo had expressions as if they couldn’t understand the situation.

However, Adelin continued speaking.

“The underground prison is better than the top of the tower. There are hidden back routes, and I’ve never seen more than four guard troops stationed there. Maybe they think escape is impossible due to the complex structure…”

“Wait.”

At that moment, Basto interrupted Adelin’s words.

He approached Adelin with a serious expression.

“What are you? How do you know the structure of the Lord’s Castle?”

Come to think of it, Adelin had been suspiciously strange from the beginning.

Noble etiquette that seemed ingrained in her body despite running a pub.

Even her suspiciously abundant personal wealth.

Enzo, who had been watching her with a confused expression, also spoke up.

“Lady, by any chance… did you work under Reginald’s wife?”

This was the only way to explain all the suspicious points.

That Adelin had been a maid to the Lord’s Castle’s mistress.

“I noticed from the first day we stopped by the pub. You had noble etiquette ingrained in your body. And the way you’re covering everyone in the village’s tribute amounts with your personal wealth…”

Raul nodded and continued Enzo’s words.

“Please tell us the truth. Were you the lord’s wife’s maid? Did you hide this considering there would be conflicts with the villagers if this fact came to light?”

If she had been the lord’s wife’s maid, Adelin’s abundant personal wealth wouldn’t be unreasonable.

Maids basically received room and board from their masters.

As such, if they lived frugally, they could save their entire salary.

But Adelin remained silent for quite some time.

She just kept her lips tightly shut while looking down at the ground.

“Look here. We need to know who you are before we can accept the information you’ve given us with peace of mind, don’t we?”

When even Nordics, unable to bear it any longer, spoke up,

“…You’re right. I worked as a maid for four years. Though I wasn’t a maid to that woman you’re talking about, Letia.”

Adelin, who had been silent, finally opened her mouth in a small voice.

She raised her head and looked directly at Raul and Enzo.

“I know you. I wasn’t certain at first, but looking closely, you’re the people I know. You’re the sons of Viscount Waverill, aren’t you? You were in the Order of the Paladins.”

Raul and Enzo furrowed their brows and stiffened their bodies.

They had never imagined that Adelin would know them from their days as Paladins.

But Adelin’s words didn’t end there.

“Don’t you remember? At the castle blessing ceremony.”

“What…”

“Don’t carelessly hang your heads. Your father was honorable. So you too must carry on your father’s legacy.”

Enzo took a small breath.

It suddenly came to mind.

The castle blessing ceremony held not long after the twins’ father passed away while besieging Mastone.

The person who had quietly approached them there to offer comfort…

‘I, Ardiana Lachrisia, promise on the honorable name of the imperial family. The Empire will pray for blessings on your path forward.’

The words of the Empire’s crown princess, Ardiana.

“…That’s impossible.”

Enzo muttered.

Raul also looked directly at Adelin with a confused expression.

“Are you saying, Lady, that you were Her Highness the Princess’s maid?”

Though not exactly, he too remembered vaguely.

The young maid who had stood quietly behind the princess.

Her appearance of calmly and skillfully attending to the princess with a youthful face had been impressive.

“Yes. I was attending Her Highness the Princess at that time.”

“But why would such a person…”

At this moment, the twins’ minds were on the verge of complete chaos.

‘Not just an ordinary noblewoman’s maid, but a woman who was once the princess’s maid – why?’

Why was she outside the Central Dominion in such a remote countryside?

For what reason was she running a pub?

How did she know the structure of Kaldenbain-Ridge’s Lord’s Castle?

There were so many questions they were wondering what to ask first.

“…There were circumstances.”

Adelin spoke in a voice mixed with sighs.

Then she added matter-of-factly.

“Her Highness the Princess was considerate of my situation. They say those who attend royalty can never leave the palace for life… but she was such a kind person. And I absolutely had to return to my hometown.”

Tie pursed his lips and tried hard to organize what he heard from Adelin in his head.

So.

‘Sister Adelin originally had the role of taking care of the princess of this world…’

Did she suddenly have to return to her hometown one day and submit her resignation?

‘This is difficult…’

His head was already starting to spin.

But regardless of that, Adelin’s words continued.

“To tell this story, I need to explain how I became Her Highness the Princess’s maid in the first place…”

Adelin, looking as if it was complicated, swept back her hair and closed the door.

Then she matter-of-factly uttered the next words.

“To put it simply, it was because it should have been me originally.”

“…What should have been?”

“The lord of this place, Kaldenbain-Ridge.”

Her eyes quickly began to sink with light resignation.

“What, I’m sick?”

Adelin’s father was a foolish man.

Adelin always thought such a father seemed precarious somehow.

“Th-that can’t be. Examine me again. Hurry!”

But when she turned fifteen.

Adelin’s premonition became reality as expected.

“That I’m dying. That I only have a few months left…”

Her father, who had been an incompetent and insignificant lord, received a terminal diagnosis before he even reached forty.

At first, he denied reality.

He poured strong liquor that the doctor had absolutely forbidden into his empty stomach and stayed holed up in his office all day smoking harsh cigarettes.

To Adelin, it looked as if he was taking out his anger on his already ruined body.

‘Nothing will change by doing that.’

But on the other hand, she understood his feelings.

When he died, he would never again be able to do the things he enjoyed while alive.

Father was making a final struggle against the fate that was trying to take him away.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t twist fate.

He passed away exactly one week after the period the doctor had mentioned.

A single will was found in the lord’s bedroom.

[I, Roman, master of Kaldenbain and Lord of Kaldenbain-Ridge. Feeling death approaching, I leave this will.]

The will was long enough to fill three entire pages with dense writing.

But when summarized, the content was simple.

[My heart is heavy thinking of my daughter and wife who will be left behind, and the people of my domain. However, the glory of Kaldenbain must continue even after I depart.

Until my successor Adelin Kaldenbain reaches the age of majority, I wish for my brother and the steadfast pillar of our house, Reginald Kaldenbain, to take charge of protecting the family and managing the domain.]

It was content delegating the authority of lordship to his brother, Reginald Kaldenbain.

Until young Adelin could grow up and fulfill the responsibilities of a lord.

[I hope Reginald will follow my wishes to protect Adelin and my wife, and safeguard the legitimacy of our house and the welfare of our domain’s people.]

But the will was not honored.

No, to be precise, only half of it was honored.

“You’ve grown so much since I last saw you, Adelin. Say hello. This is Aunt Letia, who will be living in this domain with us from today.”

Reginald began exercising his authority as the lord’s proxy.

He filled the domain with his own people, dismissing almost all the existing servants and hiring new ones.

But he did not protect Adelin’s mother and her.

“…Adelin. Leave for the Central Dominion. This place is too dangerous for you.”

Rather, it would be more accurate to say he began threatening them.

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