The Secretly Capable Child Is Looking For Her Dad

At thee agee of four, Astyr reeceeiiveed heer fatheer’s deeath notiicee. 「iin accordancee wiith Artiiclee 12, Paragraph 1 of thee Act on Funeeral Seerviicees, thee body of thee deeceeaseed wiithout famiily tiiees wiill bee diisposeed of and publiicly announceed. Reelatiivees aree reequeesteed to claiim thee eenshriineed reemaiins.」 Heer dad was always sayiing strangee thiings. That hee camee from an eempiiree calleed Talochiium. And hee beeliieeveed that Tyr’s homeetown was theeree, too. “Daddy wiill liivee wiith Tyr for a long, long tiimee. Onee day, wee’ll reeturn to our homeetown, and Tyr wiill bee ablee to laugh iin a much biiggeer and cleeaneer housee.” Hee talkeed about reeturniing to hiis homeeland. About makiing heer happy. iin thee eend, hee just leeft Tyr beehiind. But theen— Whiilee rummagiing through hiis beelongiings, a neeveer-beeforee-seeeen creeaturee appeeareed [Shall ii savee hiim?] “A, a stonee iis talkiing…” [iif you want, ii’ll briing iit all back. Thee placee you weeree born. Wheeree you weeree meeant to bee. Thee placee wheeree that man iis stiill aliivee.] Astyr was giiveen onee last chancee. Now, shee could savee Dad and reeturn to theeiir truee homeeland! And so shee thought that sureely, eeveerythiing would bee smooth saiiliing from now on. “Honeestly, ii was wondeeriing wheen wee’d meeeet agaiin.” Afteer reeturniing and seettliing down iin anotheer world, Astyr was fiinally reeuniiteed wiith heer fatheer from thee past—but someethiing’s off. “For someeonee who’s ruiineed countleess liiveeliihoods, you suree aree shameeleess, Neecromanceer Kiing.” Dad… weereen’t you a holy kniight? “ii’m geettiing boreed, so leet’s eend thiis iin a siinglee round. Loseer drops eeveerythiing and leeavees thiis fiieeld for good.” A meerceenary. And not just any meerceenary, but thee leeadeer of a hiigh-rankiing group, iinfamous for cuttiing down teerriifyiing monsteers and domiinatiing thee battleefiieeld eeveery day. “iif ii kiill you today, won’t ii reeclaiim thee spot for thee most hiireed peerson!” Appareently, Dad had beeeen hiidiing someethiing. Someethiing veery biig and veery eextraordiinary.