My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 114

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Father hides his strength.
Chapter 114
Oscar quickly blocked Cheshire’s outstretched hand.
‘What the hell? What kind of power is this?’
The amount of Mana he’d poured into his palm….
He truly meant to kill him here.
Afraid he might kill Lilis instead.
With eyes mad and relentless.
“Ha, look at this?”
Watching Cheshire try to penetrate his defense, Oscar felt a chill run through him.
‘…You’ve changed. This bastard.’
A thrill ran across his smiling face.
“Stop it, stop. I was just playing around.”
…….
“No, I told you to stop. I was joking, you bastard.”
Oscar channeled a bit more Mana into his defending hand and pushed Cheshire back.
A bit? No.
He’d poured out nearly half his strength just to hold him off.
‘At his age, already this strong?’
Oscar clicked his tongue.
“Master, are you all right?”
Robel approached with alarm.
“Yeah, I’m fine.”
The researchers passing nearby had stopped and were glancing over in shock.
“There, there.”
Oscar waved his hand dismissively at them.
“Everyone, get back to work. Nothing to see here?”
Then he approached Cheshire, who still radiated Killing Intent.
“What, are you insane? What are you doing throwing yourself at me like that without thinking twice?”
…….
“If you killed me here? You really think you’d walk away unscathed?”
Oscar chuckled.
Cheshire found Oscar’s expression—the delight in it—puzzling.
He was pleased. Why?
“But that’s a very good attitude.”
Oscar leaned in close to Cheshire’s face and whispered.
“Don’t ever forget this feeling you have now.”
…….
“If there’s someone trying to kill Lilis, you come at them like this. Thoughtless, reckless—cut off their breath.”
Cheshire’s eyes wavered.
He didn’t know why, but….
He felt it in Oscar’s gaze and the tone of his voice.
An affection for Lilis, something resembling it.
‘I can’t beat this man. Not yet.’
The moment Oscar blocked his attack, Cheshire understood.
That the time hadn’t come.
And so he found himself hoping his suspicion was right.
That Oscar was merely provoking him.
That he had no intention of killing Lilis.
“Puhahahaha!”
Whether he’d read Cheshire’s thoughts or not, Oscar laughed and spoke.
“Don’t worry. I want that girl to survive safely—more than anyone else, all the way to the very end.”
…….
“If you’d answered me by saying you’d kill Lilis, I probably would have killed you right here. Before you grew strong enough that I couldn’t handle you.”
Oscar gave Cheshire’s shoulder a couple of pats and walked past him.
“I’ll be watching. Next time, let’s meet with smiles, shall we?”
* * *
Late at night.
Rubinstein Duke’s Residence.
“Ah-hahahaha! Come catch me~!”
Pitter-patter-patter!
Lilis laughed as she bounded down to the first floor, evading the pursuing twins.
“Haha! Come on, you little thing! Stop right there!”
Thud, bang!
Leon was hot on her heels.
“Hahaha! You two, don’t run! You’ll get hurt!”
Though he pretended to scold them, Theo was clearly having just as much fun.
And trailing behind them all were
“Young masters, please, I’m begging you!”
“Miss, you really must get some sleep!”
Jetti and Juni, the two maids trying to wrangle the troublemakers, hurried after them.
Both their faces were drawn with exhaustion from a day of chasing after the children.
That was when
“You lot!”
Rem, the butler, emerged from Nordic’s bedroom on the second floor and stopped Jetti and Juni in their tracks with a sharp look.
“Oh!”
“B-Butler Rem.”
Rem spoke in a hushed tone.
“How can you two be shouting like this as well? It’s nearly the master’s bedtime!”
“W-Well, but… uh… honestly, the young masters’ stamina is… ugh… they must be monsters….”
Juni made a sound of anguish while stretching both her cheeks downward with her fingers.
Today was the day the visiting twins would stay over and sleep here.
Unlike the usual routine of watching Lilis, who mostly enjoyed playing with dolls or drawing, when the twins came to visit….
“Ugghhh. Please, save me….”
“Guarantee our welfare….”
It was pure hell.
Just looking at the faces of Jetti and Juni—certified childcare veterans—turned haggard over the course of a single day said everything.
Rem let out a sigh.
“I know you two are working hard, but if the master gets upset, we’re in for it. You mustn’t make a fuss this evening.”
Rem pulled out a pocket watch from her pocket as she continued.
“…You have twenty minutes. No matter what, you need to get Miss and the young masters to bed by eleven.”
“Y-Yes….”
“Sigh….”
Even as they answered, neither of them could quite bring themselves to move, their eyes fixed downward.
The first-floor pandemonium where the troublemakers had descended.
Chaotic footsteps and laughter still echoed without cease.
“Sister, you grab Leon. I really can’t handle him….”
“What are you talking about? You’re stronger—you should take him.”
Then
“Let them be.”
Nordic’s voice came from behind the closed door.
Jetti and Juni froze in place.
“…Children need to play.”
All three of them were taken aback by his words.
Rem and the two maids blinked, their eyes going wide.
What?
The three exchanged puzzled glances before bursting into quiet laughter.
Though he was the fearsome patriarch of this household, like a lion….
It seemed he became endlessly lenient when it came to his grandchildren.
* * *
“Whew, that was exhausting, all that playing around.”
I entered my room and wiped away the sweat.
Tomorrow I’d need to wake early, eat breakfast, and head to the Back Mountain to ride, so I had to get to sleep soon.
“I should race my brothers to the summit—see who gets there first!”
With my magnificent mare Zephyr, there’s nothing to fear!
‘Hmm, but before bed.’
I seized the chance while Father wasn’t around to do something I needed to do.
I gathered paper and pen carefully and sat down at my desk.
“Right.”
Father was spending the night at Aunt’s house today. He’d decided to spend time with her and Uncle after so long.
‘So she wants to talk business for real.’
That must be why she left the twins with us.
The protagonist, determined to carry out her grand plans as the original story dictated.
Which meant I, an extra—or rather, a Villain—had work to do for her sake as well.
“Hmm.”
I gnawed at the tip of my pen, searching for the right words to begin this letter.
Hello, Father. By the time you read this, I’ll probably be gone.
I’d only written a single line, and already my throat tightened.
Tears spilled over.
“Sniffle.”
I’d already cried plenty these past few days when Father wasn’t looking, yet here the tears came again like clockwork.
I swallowed hard and wiped my eyes roughly with my sleeve before gripping the pen tighter.
I had no intention of telling Father who I really was, not yet.
The protagonist had something important to accomplish, and shattering his resolve would help no one.
‘But he needs to know eventually.’
Would Father’s revolution come first?
Or would the Emperor capture me first?
A strong premonition told me it would be the latter.
This incident in Sung-su.
Using my power to save the Octavas in Yurgen kept nagging at me.
Regardless of this particular situation, I was carrying around a time bomb waiting to detonate at any moment….
I had to assume the worst.
“Is this even right…? Oh God.”
So here I was.
Absurdly enough, I was writing out in detail to Father exactly how the Emperor would use me once he caught me.
How he should deal with me once I’d become a true Villain.
“Sniff.”
I wiped my nose and folded up the finished letter.
“Where should I hide this…?”
Turning the matter over in my mind, I opened the wardrobe and spotted a cloth bundle containing Father’s belongings.
Clothes and items from when he’d lived in Jenon, all packed together.
“Huh? What’s this?”
As I rummaged through Father’s worn things, I discovered old notebooks.
There were three thick ones.
“…? Oh.”
When I opened one absently, I found handwriting so upright and precise it could only be Father’s.
It was a diary.
Not particularly long entries, but written faithfully every single day….
[August 2, 1773.
She’s beautiful. When she sees me, she smiles.]
A record capturing me as I grew, exactly as I was.
[Baby hands really are tiny. When I offer my finger, she grips it tight—does she know I’m her father? It’s adorable.]
[I built a bathtub. Lilis seems to love water quite a lot.]
Remembering Father in those clumsy early days, I couldn’t help but laugh.
[I heard a commotion outside in the evening. When I went to check, there was a bear. What if it had come when I was away and only the baby was here? My heart sank at the thought.
I searched the mountain thoroughly at dawn and took care of it. This place is good for hiding, but it’s too dangerous.]
“Gasp! So it really was….”
So Mr. James Brown had really torn the bear to pieces back then.
[Good heavens. She rolled herself over…….]
“Haha!”
The emotion Father felt watching me successfully roll over was all contained in those long ellipses.
This is hilarious….
[After she flipped once, Lilis keeps rolling herself over and over. I was making baby food and barely looked away for a moment, and her face was buried in the pillow. I thought my heart would stop.]
[Two white baby teeth came in on Lilis’s lower jaw. So beautiful, so precious—I actually cried.]
[Flipping seems like it was just yesterday, but now she’s already crawling around on her own so happily. So very precious.]
[Lilis spoke for the first time. “Father,” she said. The feeling was strange. What is this emotion?]
[It’s amazing watching her grow day by day. Now I understand, my daughter. My world was transformed by you.]
[Perhaps I could even die for this child.]
As I read on, turning the pages became harder and harder.
Watching how I gradually filled Father’s entire world….
Strange, yet
somehow sorrowful.
“Hic.”
What if—what if, just what if.
What if I’m not there when the world finally finds peace?
I still hope Father grieves just a little, and that he’s happy.
It seems Father’s whole world is filled with me, after all….
Without me, I fear Father won’t be able to find happiness….
And so, in the end, I wept without reservation.
[My angel. My treasure.
I love you, my darling. Father would do anything for you.]

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