My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 137

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Father conceals his strength
137
Oscar found it difficult to hold back the surging emotions, and began to weep.
“Ah. Ha….”
I held him tighter still.
My gaze drifted to my right wrist.
The Bracelet—the one that had offered no answer, no matter how many times I asked how to keep Oscar from Dissolution.
I’d thought it was a dream at first, but it remained the same even after I awoke.
Why?
The Bracelet that always showed me some sign whenever something lay beyond my power….
‘I wish for this, with all my heart. Divinity.’
So I made a decision.
“Master, I’m going to live for a very, very long time. Because Father and you both struggled so hard to save my life…. I absolutely won’t die foolishly and quickly.”
I believe.
I believe in Father, and Oscar, and Cheshire.
And in all the many people who love me and protect me.
So I will live long—I will surely live long and be happy.
“But a world without you, Master, is something I can’t bear. So please, stay with me for the rest of my life. Today, tomorrow…. Always.”
Oscar might think this is merely my wish, but it’s not.
I’m speaking this with desperate sincerity right now.
With Primera’s Power.
“I’ll live long, but you have to live longer than me.”
The Bracelet still shows nothing. So I cannot know if this will come to pass.
But it doesn’t say this lies beyond my power either.
“I’ll live a very long life, grow old, and die someday. And then, just one day after.”
Already much has changed, and much more will change, so I am not fated to die in ten years.
Therefore.
For now….
I don’t know how to save you at this moment.
“No matter what, you must live just one day longer than me. Just one day.”
The price of Regression, that shackle of Dissolution—my destiny is stronger than that.
“Please, live.”
So that I might protect you.
* * *
Enoch, who had brought Jetti and Joon outside, made his request at once.
“I’d prefer that no one knew Lilis has awakened. Not just yet. Keep everyone out of her room.”
“Ah, yes! As you command, my lord! Though, if I may….”
Jetti spoke up.
“The Master is on the very brink of passing. Wouldn’t it be possible to at least inform him that Miss has awakened?”
Seeing the concern in her expression, Enoch smiled.
“Thank you for worrying. Don’t concern yourself with that. I’ll tell Father right away.”
“Yes, understood!”
“And about the Tower Master being here….”
“Y-yes, yes, yes!”
Joon, who had been curious about this the whole while, interjected.
“But sir, the Tower Master definitely… I have no memory of him entering through the front door?”
“Right. He didn’t come in through the door.”
“Then how did he…?”
“You saw nothing of the Tower Master here. Nothing at all.”
Instead of explaining the existence of Teleportation Magic, Enoch pressed his index finger to his lips.
“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t mention this.”
It was a shame, certainly, to monopolize such a useful technique, but if Oscar wanted it kept secret, then Enoch had no say in the matter.
It would be right to hide even the fact that it was hidden.
“Of course, my lord! We understand completely.”
“Yes, we do.”
Watching Jetti and Joon nod their agreement, Enoch added:
“And that baker fellow—you know, the one who runs the shop? I’d very much like to keep this from him too. Do you think that’s possible?”
The two, who had been reflexively nodding along with everything Enoch said, suddenly―
“……?”
“W-wait, what?!”
It was only belatedly that he processed his own words, and his mouth fell open in shock.
A pastry chef at a bakery in Jedo.
That was the cover occupation for Lico, the boss of Jetti and June and master of the information guild Red Sparrow.
The two of them fell into a panic.
The owner of this house knows everything?
‘Ah, did the young mistress tell him?’
‘That shouldn’t be possible….’
They exchanged glances, their eyes wavering.
Lilis had explicitly promised her father that she wouldn’t reveal the true identities of her maid sisters.
Of course, Enoch was a good father who would listen to anything his daughter said,
‘but if she told him that these trustworthy sisters are actually spies for an illegal information guild…’

Unless he were a fool,
‘Oh, is that so? Well, if our daughter says so, then that’s how it is.’
he wouldn’t wrap it up so warmly.
Lilis understood this well too.
What kind of mad homeowner would continue to let spies live in his house, knowing full well what they were?
“I’d appreciate it if you could keep this quiet. I didn’t want the tower master to end up in an awkward situation.”
Yet Enoch showed no sign of anger, despite clearly knowing everything.
“Well, I know you two report everything you do here to your friend. But since she’s in the information business, I suppose….”
“M-Master. Just a moment, please.”
“I can manage my own secrets well enough, but leaking other people’s secrets troubles me a bit.”
He knew it all.
Truly, he did.
From the look on Enoch’s face, it seemed he’d known for quite some time.
And yet he’d let spies roam openly in his house? Even continuing to keep them as his daughter’s personal maids?
‘Can you even do that?’
Jetti’s younger sister June was still panicking, but Jetti, who read situations faster, was different.
‘Is this person about to do something great, and is simply saying he’ll trust and forgive anything his daughter’s beloved maids do?’
She looked at Enoch with an odd expression, then squeezed her eyes shut and bowed her head deeply as she spoke.
“M-Master. It seems you know everything, so I won’t make excuses. And now that you know, if I may be so bold as to add one word….”
“Hm?”
“If you’re planning to do something great, you must be cold-blooded about it. Right now, you should be cutting our throats, Master.”
“W-What are you saying? Have you lost your mind?”
A stunned June quietly jabbed Jetti in the ribs.
“Of c-course, we’re grateful for your merciful decision…. But emotional judgments like this won’t help your work, I think….”
“Ah, um….”
“Someday, surely, your kindness will become your undoing, a….”
Enoch stared blankly at Jetti, who continued speaking even as fear trembled in her voice, then burst out laughing.
Pure sincerity—counsel spoken in genuine hope for the success of his great work.
‘So each one of the guild members had their own story.’
Jetti and June would be no exception.
With that thought, Enoch smiled and spoke.
“I appreciate the advice. But I didn’t spare you two just because my heart is soft.”
……
“Knowing how to choose the people you need is just as important. I have no intention of being so foolish as to fail to tell ally from enemy and waste unnecessary blood.”
Enoch added, looking at the two of them.
“I know far more than you think, and I’ve made my judgment with sufficient reason, so you needn’t worry. I’ve already decided to keep you both watching over my princess, knowing full well. So I’m counting on you going forward.”
Enoch, his mind already elsewhere, gave their shoulders a reassuring pat and turned to leave.
“I have too much on my plate to linger. Tell your friend at the bakery that I’ll stop by to see her in person before long. Thank you.”
With that, Enoch vanished.
Jetti and June, left behind, stared dumbly at his retreating figure and murmured.
“When on earth did he find out…?”
“I… I have no idea…. We’ve been dancing in the palm of his hand this whole time….”
* * *
At that same moment, in the Imperial Palace.
Emperor Nicholas could not suppress the laughter bubbling up from deep within.
‘Fortunately. I put so much effort into making this leash—it should prove its worth.’
To think that Enoch’s useless daughter could be turned to such use.
Now all he had to do was wait.
Enoch would soon come seeking Lilis, begging for a way to wake his daughter from a sleep from which she would not awaken.
Now that he had even fabricated false divine revelations to provoke war.
If she kept refusing, Enoch’s own position would begin to crumble—so he would simply grip his sword and say nothing, pretending ignorance.
‘Everything is perfect.’
Or so,
Nicholas thought.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”
Until the High Priest—who had crafted the false revelation alongside him—burst through the door, his face drained of color.
“Again, again… that young priest at the Seraph Temple has received a divine revelation….”
* * *
‘By now, wouldn’t the Emperor have heard the revelation that Zadkiel received?’
I was thinking this while nestled contentedly in Oscar’s left arm as he drew a magic circle on the floor.
‘How dare they try to send my father to war with such blatant lies! It won’t go according to their plans!’
I let out a quiet, satisfied chuckle.
The truth was, both the High Priest’s revelation and the one I’d crafted through Zadkiel’s mouth were pure falsehoods.
‘But people simply can’t help but believe my lies~!’
Just then.
Oscar frowned down at me.
“Your scheming is incredibly loud. What are you plotting now? I told you not to think about anything.”
“…? Wow, wow. Master is amazing. You can actually hear me thinking?”
“How could I not? Are you an idiot?”
“Mm-hmm.”
I felt embarrassed and scratched my cheek, changing the subject.
“But what kind of magic circle is this? Didn’t you say you were going to visit your tower?”
Oscar, who had come without a plan, couldn’t leave his tower vacant for long.
After he’d held me and cried for a while, he said he’d compose himself, return to his tower to handle matters, and come back.
“Well, this…”
Oscar seemed to be studying my reaction.
“…it’s a Teleportation Magic Circle. I can go straight to my study.”
“Really? You can teleport instantly? Magic like that exists?”
I was genuinely amazed.
Without needing a Warp Gate, he could appear and disappear in the blink of an eye?
“Don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not hoarding this all to myself like some greedy merchant.”
“Huh? I wasn’t thinking that at all?”
“I’ll teach you too! I’ll show you at the next lesson!”
Why was he suddenly getting defensive?
I gazed at Oscar as he grumbled.
‘Doesn’t his arm hurt?’
He hadn’t let me out of his embrace.
The entire time he was drawing the magic circle while sweat dripped down his face for ten minutes straight.
“All done. I’ll be right back.”
“Yes! I’m ready!”
As he stood, I hugged his neck even tighter.
“…….”
“…What?”
Oscar stared quietly at me as I clung to him.
“Should I take you with me?”
“Oh! Wait—I can’t go? Because you said you’d be back in just ten minutes anyway….”
“No, it’s fine if you come. My study is completely empty anyway.”
“Then I want to go too!”
The moment I said it, Oscar’s eyebrows rose slightly, his expression turning strangely playful.
“You’re not afraid of anything, are you?”
“What?”
“Nobody in the world knows this magic exists. What if I just spirited you away through this path? What would you do then?”
“Gasp!”
I covered my mouth with both hands, acting shocked.
Oscar laughed.
“Just wait here for a moment. I’ll be back within ten minutes.”
“Oh no… if I got kidnapped, my father would cry….”
I played along with his teasing while clinging even more tightly to Oscar’s neck.
“Get it now.”
“What?”
He let out an exasperated sigh and turned his head sharply away.
Glancing at him, I caught him forcibly suppressing the corners of his mouth from rising.
Despite his threats about kidnapping and such, I’d clung to him without a shred of caution—and he seemed to find that rather endearing.
“Fine. I’m going. You might feel a bit dizzy.”
“Yes, yes. But Master, will I even be able to stand on my own feet?”
“What? Why?”
I was worried about Oscar.
My father used his body constantly—all solid muscle and reassuringly sturdy—but Oscar, who did nothing but hold a pen, had that slender model’s frame, so….
“Master, you’ve been holding me for ages now. Without any arm strength, you might start trembling and I could just slip right out of your hands.”
“…….”
For some reason, Oscar’s expression darkened.
“Master?”
He closed his eyes firmly, as though suppressing his anger, and muttered under his breath.
“You and your mother both—honestly, you two really….”
“Pardon?”
“Don’t you dare mock me! I can carry a tiny little thing like you without breaking a sweat!”
“Eek! I didn’t mean—”
Oscar snapped irritably and activated the Magic Circle.
I really didn’t understand why he had to shout about it….

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