My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 107

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Father conceals his strength
107
“A message from Nordic.”
Father?
Enoch tore open the letter the soldier handed him, reading it with hurried eyes.
His eyes widened gradually.
“What…?”
The world turned pale in an instant.
“What’s happened?”
When Axion asked, the soldier—still gasping for breath—answered between heaves.
“Corrupted Holy Beasts have appeared in central Wurgen. They’ve nearly overrun the region and are advancing rapidly toward Jedo. The situation is critical, so all Boy Soldiers within Jedo have received deployment orders, and….”
The soldier’s voice cracked.
“…due to insufficient forces, Octaba users have been conscripted as reinforcements. The Emperor’s personal guard came directly to the duke’s residence and took the princess.”
“What—what are you saying?”
Ordia shot to her feet.
Murmurs rippled through the room.
Shrill—
But in Enoch’s ears, there was only a ringing unlike anything before.
Holy Beasts rampaging out of nowhere.
If Wurgen was as dire as this place, Olden….
Boy Soldiers with hardly any combat experience were being thrown into the jaws of death.
And there….
Lilis had been dragged away.
“…nock! Enoch!”
Ordia’s voice broke through.
Enoch staggered, forcing open eyes that refused to focus.
“Come to your senses!”
Ordia’s voice cut like a blade.
Hair tied back in a single tight knot. Silver armor adorning her frame.
His sister looked harder than steel even on a battlefield that suited no noblewoman—a far cry from the panic that had seized him.
“Enoch!”
Crack—
Ordia’s hand struck across his cheek with brutal precision.
In that moment, clarity returned.
“Is this the time for you to lose yourself?”
“Now, now, my dear. Striking the commander across the face like that? This is insubordination.”
Aleksei pulled Ordia back behind him, his tone light.
Then he gripped Enoch’s shoulders and met his eyes.
“Brother, look at me.”
……
“Go to Wurgen now. If you go, nothing will happen. I know what you’re thinking, and it won’t come to pass.”
Aleksei spoke with measured calm.
“Leave this place to me. The children….”
……
“Lilis, and our twins….”
He too was trying to steady Enoch.
But beneath that composure, fear gnawed at him as fiercely as anyone’s.
What parent could remain calm when their beloved child had been thrown into mortal danger?
“Bring them home safely, and then come back. We’ll hold this place, somehow.”
If he went to Wurgen?
Here in Olden right now, three hundred Holy Beasts were appearing in a single wave.
Half of them fell to Enoch in one sweep; only then did the battle truly begin.
If Enoch withdrew from his position….
Those left behind would have to pay a terrible price.
‘But… I can’t. I have to go. Our princess….’
He couldn’t simply abandon his soldiers.
And yet Enoch was.
A father first, and a commander only second.
“…I’m sorry, brother-in-law. I’m in your debt.”
“Go. Now.”
“I’ll settle things in Wurgen and return here as quickly as possible.”
“I’ll wait.”
Leaving the others behind, Enoch slipped from the barracks like wind.
* * *
At that same moment.
Leon could hardly steady himself.
He hadn’t been this startled even when receiving the sudden deployment order.
But the moment he saw Lilis….
‘What am I supposed to do?’
Leon stared down at his small, fragile sister—so delicate she couldn’t catch a single insect—his hands trembling visibly.
Fear had pooled tears in Lilis’s wide eyes.
‘How can I possibly take her, how can I….’
Then Cheshire seized Leon’s arm with crushing force.
“Listen.”
“Y-yes.”
“Get a hold of yourself.”
Cheshire gripped Leon’s shoulders firmly and held his gaze.
Cheshire had grasped the situation faster than anyone else.
No amount of protest could defy the Emperor’s command, and Lilis would have to march into danger with them.
So then.
“We send Lilis to the rear. We hold the front line, keep every last one from getting through. That way, it’ll be fine.”
……
“We don’t have time. We need to reorganize the entire formation, including the Octabas. Please—focus.”
“Right. Yes, let’s do that. Right.”
Leon drew a deep breath.
Then he surveyed those around him.
The six strongest Dos fighters they had were precisely that—six.
Himself, Theo, Cheshire, Gerard.
And two defensive-type ability users.
It made sense to position all of them at the vanguard.
But.
“You.”
Leon pointed to Gerard Schmidt, the Saint-rank Sword Energy user.
“Yes.”
Gerard, who had been stealing anxious glances at Lilis, answered.
“You take the Octabas and hold the rear. I’ll do my best to keep nothing through, but just in case….”
“Yes.”
“You must not let anyone get hurt. Not a single person.”
“Understood.”
“The rest come with me to the front….”
As Leon spoke, he pointed to Theo.
“You too. You go to the rear.”
“What? Why?”
“Because we’re facing Holy Beasts! If your blade doesn’t manifest Holy Power energy, you’re useless. You’d just be dead weight.”
Theo was an ability user whose Holy Power and Mana existed in a fifty-fifty ratio.
If Saint-rank Sword Energy manifested in a situation where they needed to face Holy Beasts, it would be a hindrance rather than help.
“Come on, even so…. We only have six Dos fighters. You’re sending two of them to the rear?”
“Theo.”
Leon approached Theo, dragging his tongue across his trembling lips.
Looking down at Lilis standing beside him, he spoke.
“You have to protect the kid. Don’t take your eyes off her for a second. Don’t let her get hurt. You understand?”
……
“Please. Listen to me.”
Leon’s voice broke.
Watching Leon wipe his eyes roughly with his sleeve, Theo too nodded, his own eyes reddening.
“I understand.”
“You too…. You survive. Don’t die.”
“…Yeah.”
Leon pulled Theo into a fierce embrace.
Since the day he was born until now.
Twins who had never been apart a single day.
That deep bond soothed their frightened, innocent hearts—
just a little.
* * *
We took the Warp Gate toward central Wurgen.
Wurgen’s state was devastated.
The entire territory had already been laid waste, and roars from Holy Beasts echoed from every direction.
“This is the only route to Jedo.”
Leon, who had regained his composure, spoke.
High cliffs rose on both sides of the broad gorge, making it feel as safe as a fortress.
“We can’t let them pass through here. You two stay behind with the Octaba and wait.”
Leon, speaking to Theo and Gerard, drew his sword and pointed it toward the distant Wurgen plains.
Holy Beasts were approaching from that direction.
“We’re heading out there. I won’t let a single one through here, so don’t worry.”
“Understood.”
Gerard replied.
Leon then moved out with roughly a hundred Boy Soldiers who had combat experience.
“Lilis.”
Cheshire came to me before leaving.
“Yeah?”
“Don’t worry.”
…….
“I’ll protect you, no matter what happens.”
Cheshire wiped the tears from my eyes and smiled to reassure me.
“Don’t get hurt either….”
“I won’t.”
Despite his composed appearance, Cheshire was still young.
The terror of death.
Trying hard to hide it, he hesitated before pressing a brief kiss to my forehead.
“I’ll be back.”
“Yeah….”
Soon only the two Dos and the Octaba remained in the rear.
Unlike the chaos ahead, the rear was quiet and peaceful.
Then it happened.
“Kyaaaah!”
“Argh!”
Screams erupted.
Spinning around quickly, I saw a monster peeking its head out from a crevice in the cliff face.
The beast, shaped like a lion, gleamed blue across its entire body.
A Holy Beast.
‘Why is it suddenly emerging here?’
I was bewildered.
The gathered Octaba lost their formation in shock at the Holy Beast’s sudden appearance and scattered in panic.
“Hold your ground! Don’t run! You’re in more danger if you scatter! Stay put!”
Gerard shouted.
But the terrified Octaba paid no heed. Adults and children alike seemed desperate to flee—the formation kept fragmenting as they tried to escape.
30min
I quickly cast a shield over more than two hundred Octaba and the three of us.
As a blue barrier unfurled overhead like a boundary line, they mercifully stopped trying to run.
Grrrrr—
The Holy Beast lunged at the shield simultaneously. But it couldn’t scratch it and slid off harmlessly.
“What, what…. Could this be an A-rank Shield?”
Gerard asked me in astonishment.
“…Since it’s Holy-rank, I don’t think anything less than an A-rank Shield could stop something like that.”
“Oh, um.”
I laughed awkwardly in response.
“Wow, Lilis. Incredible. Really something.”
Theo praised me with a grin.
Gerard also laughed before quickly speaking to the Octaba.
“See? If you stay here, you’re safe, so don’t mess up the formation—just hold steady!”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
It was then that I understood.
‘The Octaba with no combat experience—they were just sent here to die. If we try to protect all these people while we fight, we’ll be nothing but a burden to the Boy Soldiers….’
The Emperor was no stranger to war.
He surely knew that deploying the Octaba was inefficient.
Yet it mattered not to him.
Whether the Octaba lived or died.
Whether the Boy Soldiers were put at a disadvantage trying to protect them.
‘What a cruel man….’
That’s what I was thinking.
A gust of wind swept past—
“Aaaaah!”
The Holy Beast that came toward us spewed blue flames upon the shield.
The shield began to melt, inch by inch.
“Oh no, oh no. I have to hold it….”
Theo, watching this, trembled as he murmured to himself.
“You’re Gerard, right?”
Theo looked confused. Yet he still struggled to keep his composure, passing my hand, which he’d been holding, to Gerard.
“She’s my sister. Keep her safe. Don’t let her get hurt.”
“Brother!”
I shook my head frantically.
“Just stay in here! If the shield starts to break, I’ll just keep making it again!”
“That won’t work. This is A-rank. Your Mana will be depleted before long. Since there’s only one of them, it should be fine.”
“Let me help too.”
When Gerard spoke, Theo shook his head.
“You’re Holy Power-based. Your Mana-based Sword Energy won’t work against it.”
“And you’re going out there?”
Fifty-fifty odds.
Gerard’s eyes grew doubtful, as if he knew that Theo’s ability manifestation was as much a gamble as anything.
“Still, I’m better than you.”
Theo licked his dry lips, then looked at me.
“Lilis.”
“Y-yes, brother….”
Then he removed the Sapphire Earring he always wore on his left ear and pressed it into my hand.
“Huh?”
What is this—some kind of terrible death flag….
“I’ll come back with it. You stay safe.”
“Wait, just wait—”
Theo dashed out of the shield before I could stop him.
The Holy Beast, which had been spewing flames trying to break the shield, spotted Theo and immediately charged toward him.
“Brother!”
Theo, having put as much distance as possible between himself and us, unleashed a Sword Energy toward the charging Holy Beast.
A sharp whistle cut through the air—
‘Please!’
A Sword Energy shimmering with Holy Power,
azure blue.
It left only a small scratch on the Holy Beast’s chest—barely more than a tickle.
Theo’s mouth fell open in shock.
“No.”

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