My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 108

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Father concealing his strength
Episode 108
“Gerard!”
Gerard, alarmed, rushed forward to save Theo.
Whoosh—!
Gerard unleashed his Sword Energy, but
“Damn it!”
the Holy Power-infused Sword Energy merely scraped the surface of the Monster of Saint Power’s head.
I felt my despair deepen.
Gerard had been so formidable when fighting those demonic beasts.
“Gerard! Watch out!”
As the Monster of Saint Power lunged toward Gerard, I threw up a shield around him instantly.
1 sec / 1 sec
‘Ugh. Why is a Grade-A Fluid Shield so expensive? Look at how my Life Force keeps draining by the second….’
It was frustrating, but there was no choice.
I shouted at Gerard.
“Gerard! You’ve got the shield, so go for it! Take Theo and get out of here!”
Right now, you’re my only hope….
Gerard, who had turned to stare at me in shock, nodded and began herding the Monster of Saint Power away in the opposite direction.
He fought with considerable skill.
He evaded the creature’s sweeping foreleg attacks and countered with volleys of Sword Energy.
“Got it!”
The Monster of Saint Power coughed up blue blood and collapsed.
Six direct hits with Holy Power-infused Sword Energy.
It took at least six strikes just to bring down a single one.
‘This is the epitome of inefficiency….’
Watching Gerard fight, I suddenly grew worried about Father.
Of course, Father was an off-the-scale protagonist with extraordinary abilities, but….
Still, even with Holy Power-tier abilities, wouldn’t he struggle against these Monsters of Saint Power?
“Kyaaaaaah!”
Just then, the Octavas behind us screamed.
When I looked—
“W-what is that?!”
—Monsters of Saint Power were poking their heads out from the cracks in the rocks, one after another.
“I-I have to help too. Lilis, you stay here.”
“Brother!”
Theo, who had been standing there dazed watching Gerard, picked up his sword again.
‘Oh right! I need a shield for him too!’
1 sec / 1 sec
Five Monsters of Saint Power rushed at Theo all at once.
Theo released his Sword Energy.
Whoosh—!
“Huh?!”
I gasped, my hand flying to my mouth.
This time, the Sword Energy was pitch-black.
The Monsters of Saint Power struck by it burst into flames instantly, turning to ash.
‘Wow, wow…. Power compatibility really matters this much.’
Even Theo was startled by his own feat, eyes wide with shock, and the Octavas watching cheered in triumph.
But joy was short-lived.
Dozens of gleaming blue eyes peered out from the rock crevices.
“Oh, heavens….”
Despair washed over me.
Dozens upon dozens of Monsters of Saint Power—I had no idea where they kept coming from.
“Don’t let them overflow toward the rear! Gerard! Herd them toward our vanguard line!”
“Yes!”
As if deciding to lure the creatures, the two of them began moving away.
I hurried after them.
“Wh-what—?! Lilis! Don’t come! Stay back! Go!”
“No, I can’t! Brother, I have to go too!”
Theo looked at me and went pale, coming to a halt.
“Brother! Lilis has to come too. Right now there’s no one but Lilis who can cast the Grade-A Fluid Shield! If we get too far apart, it’ll break!”
“Right.”
That made sense. Usually it worked that way.
Of course, as Primera, it didn’t apply to me — but if the shield could persist even at a distance, that would raise questions.
I had to conceal my identity even in this chaos.
“I used the shield too, so it’s fine! Let’s go, brother! Hurry and get over there and wipe them all out!”
The situation was dire.
Theo had no choice but to grab my hand and run.
“Since your Sword Energy is the most efficient, let’s gather as many Monsters of Saint Power as possible and take them all down at once! There’s a cooldown on Sword Energy!”
“Got it!”
As Gerard spoke, I ran hard and felt a shock ripple through me.
‘Sword Energy has a cooldown?’
Father flashed through my mind — the way he’d unleash it once per second with a poker stick.
‘Father never had anything like that.’
Then I understood.
“Huh.”
That must have been something only James Brown could do.
“Now we strike!”
About thirty Monsters of Saint Power blocked our path ahead.
Theo unleashed a Sword Energy.
Whiiiish—!
A blue arc of Sword Energy….
‘Help me!’
At that desperate moment, the gamble failed spectacularly.
“Damn.”
“Hell!”
Theo and Gerard both spiraled into panic at once.
Now it fell to me.
‘How suspicious would it look if I took them all down with Grade-A Attack Magic in one go?’
How much Life Force it consumed wasn’t the real problem.
It was the risk of being found out.
That was what mattered.
I wanted to cry.
‘Why do you have to break formation and charge ahead like this? Go to your friends! You wretched things!’
“Huh?”
That was when Theo gasped.
For some reason, the Monsters of Saint Power that had halted suddenly turned and fled.
At the same moment.
1 hour
My Bracelet flashed.
‘One hour? What did I just do?’
My mind raced, and then it clicked.
The Monsters of Saint Power weren’t fleeing.
‘Go to your friends! You wretched things!’
They were returning to their pack.
Exactly as I had willed it.
“Oh.”
I stumbled back in shock.
‘I can control the Monsters of Saint Power?’
It was something I’d never considered.
What Primera could control were ability users who possessed Holy Power….
‘They’re not human, but they are creatures of the Holy Power system — so my control works on them.’
I felt a wave of relief.
But it was short-lived.
Horror crashed over me instead.
If Primera could control the Monsters of Saint Power….
‘Oh. This. It was all the Emperor’s doing.’
That explained why the Monsters of Saint Power had suddenly gone berserk — it had seemed so strange.
It had to be the Emperor behind all of it.
All to push me into danger.
So he goaded Father.
The Emperor had orchestrated this entire gambit—ruining land he cherished, sacrificing capable people—all to provoke him.
‘A madman.’
The curse escaped unbidden.
The Monsters of Saint Power receding in the distance suddenly ignited in black flames, dissolving to ash.
Cheshire came sprinting through the gap.
“What are you doing? It’s dangerous—why on earth did you bring her all the way here?”
He reached me in a few strides, gasping for breath.
His face was alarmed. I could see the worry written across it.
“I’m fine, Cheshire.”
“Monsters came from the rear. Luring them here was the safest option we had.”
Once Gerard explained, Cheshire finally settled.
Leon approached as well.
“Big brother!”
Looking closer, both of them who’d fought in the vanguard were covered in minor wounds.
“Ha ha ha! Done!”
Leon beamed and threw his arms up in victory.
“Huh? Done already? You cleared them all up front?”
“Ahem. Who am I, after all?”
When Gerard looked surprised, Leon puffed out his chest.
“Man, it’s been forever since I’ve fought like this—burning through every last drop of Mana. But hey, we got them all, so no complaints!”
Then an unfamiliar face approached.
“Hey everyone, hello! I’m Aaron! You know, I’ve never seen those two in action before—they were incredible! I just provide the shields, and those two did almost everything themselves?”
He looked about fifteen years old.
Looking like he’d soon be joining active duty, he was apparently a defensive-type Dos who’d been supporting Cheshire and Leon.
“Ehehe. Little one, your big brother’s amazing, right? Really strong?”
“Yeah! Big brother’s the best!”
“Ha ha ha ha!”
Leon slung an arm across my shoulder, pleased as could be.
‘He really is incredible.’
All hundred-odd child soldiers in the vanguard—alive.
Whether it was truly Cheshire and Leon fighting a hundred-to-one, some of them didn’t even seem to have wielded a weapon.
“Me and Cheshire are completely drained now—our Mana’s gone. Carry me, little one?”
“Yay, yay! I’ll carry you!”
“Ha ha! Just joking. How could you possibly carry me?”
We savored the victory.
“Cheshire, you worked so hard—”
Then.
I stopped short of reaching him.
For some reason, he was staring far into the distance with a panicked expression.
“Oh.”
Sighs erupted from all around.
‘No…’
My vision went white.
A massive sandstorm.
Monsters of Saint Power bearing down at breakneck speed.
As if our earlier victory meant nothing, a new swarm came charging toward us.
Hundreds of them, it seemed.
“This is insane.”
Leon murmured blankly, dragging his sword across the ground as he shuffled forward.
His face was ashen.
Not just Leon—everyone here.
“How are we supposed to…. Ah.”
The moment all fell silent.
I looked slowly around us.
I wasn’t the only small, young one.
The youngest looked nine; the oldest, fifteen at most.
Children unfamiliar with the terror of death.
Several of them burst into tears.
They’d felt it instinctively.
Now there was no stopping it—I had to stand and wait for death.
The Dos, which had been my only hope, were nearly exhausted.
Cheshire seemed to feel the hopelessness too, his eyes empty.
“Lilis.”
Even so, he reached out and took my hand, as if to reassure me.
“It’s all right. You’ll be fine. I will….”
……
“I’ll protect you.”
Cheshire hardened his gaze to hold his scattering mind together, then raised his sword toward the approaching Monsters of Saint Power.
‘Now… what do I do?’
I looked at the Bracelet.
10 hours
Ten hours—the Life Force it would cost me to control all of those Monsters of Saint Power.
That much was no great burden.
But there were hundreds of watching eyes.
If the Monsters of Saint Power suddenly began moving as if possessed, that strange turn of events would surely be reported to the Emperor’s ears.
The moment I used my ability.
I would certainly be suspected.
And soon my true nature would be exposed.
Being exposed was death to me.
‘I don’t want to. Why should I?’
I’d take only the familiar faces and hide away in secret.
If we held up a Shield and endured, we could survive.
The Emperor wouldn’t want the Monsters of Saint Power to overturn all of Jedo, so if the defensive line broke, he’d stop this.
‘But all these children will be injured or die.’
I looked around at the children crying out in terror of death.
Faces I’d never seen before.
‘They’re strangers. I have no connection to them.’
If I used my ability out of some petty sense of sacrifice, I’d only die alone.
Why should I do that?
Why? Why?
Tears blurred my vision.
I scrubbed my eyes with my sleeve.
‘I don’t want the Emperor to find out about me. That would be death. I’m going to live happily with Father forever, forever….’
At that crossroads of choice, human desire tormented me.
‘These strangers—even if they die, it won’t hurt me at all….’
“Wahhh—”
Finally, tears burst forth.
“That man told me—he said you can’t weigh human life. But when the moment comes where you must choose between the lives of a hundred and the life of one, no matter how much it hurts, save the hundred.”
Perhaps from the beginning,
I was never able to turn away from these children.
“Don’t cry. It’s all right.”
Cheshire wiped my tears and gave a weak smile.
“Cheshire, listen….”
“Yes?”
“Save me. Please save me.”
“…I will.”
“I absolutely— no matter what happens, you have to save me, all right?”
“I promise….”
Cheshire was speaking of now.
And I was speaking of after—after I was captured by the Emperor.
Yet our question and answer remained the same.
“Don’t ever kill me….”
“I won’t.”
Tears welled in Cheshire’s eyes even as he smiled.
He soon pushed me back and gripped his sword with effort.
“Ahhhhh!”
“Sob! Wahhh—”
The children cried out.
The Monsters of Saint Power had already drawn close upon us.
‘I’m sorry.’
Perhaps it was the refusal to die that drove me.
Even knowing how terrified the children were, I stood firm, resolved to hold my ground until the very end.
The distance between the Monsters of Saint Power and us.
Barely ten meters.
Cheshire and Leon charged forward in stumbling strides.
And then,
in that moment.
Shhhwooosh—!
A gust of wind from nowhere cut through the air with a razor’s edge.
The charging Monsters of Saint Power halted in their tracks all at once.
And then, simultaneously.
They collapsed, spewing blue blood.
“What—what just…?”
Someone gasped.
Beyond the corpses of the Monsters of Saint Power, I saw a black war horse charging through the sand-swept wind.
Silver hair whipping in the gale.
The sword that had felled the Monsters of Saint Power stretched out horizontally.
Even from a distance, looking at me,
a man who gazed with undivided attention.
It was a face far too familiar to me.
“Gasp. Ah, Father….”

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