My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 63

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Father hides his strength
Chapter 63
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The completion process at the Training Institute was straightforward.
1. Theoretical and practical instruction
2. Monthly Evaluation
3. Rank confirmation and receipt of Ability Badge
Once you mastered the fundamental spells and passed the examination, accumulating enough points to graduate, you received your Ability Badge.
The examination—the Monthly Evaluation—used a cumulative scoring system.
You tested each month, steadily gathering points until you reached one thousand, at which point you earned your graduation credential.
‘Since I could earn all a thousand points in one go… let me work hard and get home quickly!’
I would graduate in a month and leave this place!
“This time, let’s identify the Attribute of your power. You understand that ability users possess both Holy Power and Mana, yes?”
“Yes!”
I answered brightly, my thirst for knowledge burning.
“If you cast the basic spell Flame, we can determine your power’s Attribute.”
Teacher Bella conjured a small white flame at her fingertips.
“White, you see? My Holy Power rating is higher than my Mana, which is why I’m a Holy Power user.”
“Wow. I see.”
“Since your Core has opened, you can do this too. Now, to cast this Flame—”
Bella flipped open a textbook with the same brisk flourish as Gumong’s custom approach.
The Training Institute’s materials contained hundreds of Magic Formulas.
‘Ugh, this is complicated.’
I felt dread watching the pages turn.
The Magic Formulas varied wildly in appearance—from simple straight lines to intricate graph-like patterns.
To cast magic, ability users had to memorize all of these….
“See this?”
Bella pointed to the very first page, where a single dot was marked on the Formula.
“This is the Flame Formula. You visualize it in your mind, then apply Mana Control.”
Bella’s eyebrows furrowed and she smiled regretfully.
“The Flame formula is simple, but memorizing it alone won’t let you cast it. You need to know how to control Mana, and that’s something I can’t help you with, I’m afraid.”
I nodded in understanding.
Bella, misreading my expression, grew flustered.
“Honestly, memorizing the Formulas isn’t difficult if you have the time. Most ability users get stuck at the Mana Control stage. So don’t worry if you can’t succeed on the first try today.”
Mana Control, huh….
‘I don’t actually need to do any of that.’
I was someone who didn’t need to control Mana or memorize Magic Formulas.
I used Life Force instead of Mana, and I didn’t even need to visualize Formulas—I could simply do whatever came to mind….
‘Well, that’s just how I am.’
It should work fine. I pretended to concentrate while thinking lightly about it.
‘Let me try this Flame thing….’
Before I could finish the thought.
A white flame bloomed at my fingertips.
‘What.’
Bella covered her mouth in astonishment.
“My goodness! How remarkable! You succeeded on the first try? You’re truly a Rubinstein!”
“I… succeeded?”
“Yes, my lady. You are a Holy Power user.”
Bella briskly turned through the Chart she had brought.
I glimpsed my information. Bella filled in the blank beside Attribute.
Lilis Rubinstein
Expected Rank: First Class
Attribute: Holy Power
I looked again at the flame blooming at my fingertips.
‘Impressive. So this is the power to achieve anything the moment you conceive of it—truly….’
The Primera Emperor wields such surreal power without any constraints whatsoever.
There is the limitation of consuming Life Force, but I can do absolutely anything that crosses my mind.
It even means I can use abilities beyond what Magic Formulas can define.
For instance.
‘I could even brainwash people and make them dance like puppets.’
The same goes for mental-type abilities.
“My goodness. Someone over there has already succeeded?”
I turned at Bella’s remark.
While the others struggled, Cheshire alone was producing pitch-black flames.
‘Well, for the protagonist, this is child’s play.’
An ability user with 100% Mana, unbound by Primera.
Cheshire could have used his ability even before the Emperor opened his Core.
Of course, until our father taught him, Cheshire wouldn’t have known his own power either.
“Heh heh.”
When our eyes met just then, I grinned and gave him a thumbs up.
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A ten-minute break.
Cheshire encountered Gerard in the restroom of the Training Institute building.
‘What is this bastard doing?’
Standing before a urinal, Cheshire was bewildered.
With seven urinals completely empty, he couldn’t fathom why Gerard had chosen to stand right beside him.
And besides…
‘Why did he even come here?’
Every building at the Training Institute had separate restrooms for nobles and commoners.
Why would he spurn the elegant, pristine noble facilities for this dingy place?
“Getting along well in class?”
Gerard spoke with a harmless smile.
Cheshire’s brow tightened slightly.
“Yeah.”
“Not you. Lilis.”
……
“How’s she doing? Not finding it difficult?”
The two finally faced each other directly.
‘He came looking for a fight.’
Cheshire grasped Gerard’s true intention at once and answered.
“Yeah. She’s doing well.”
“You’re a commoner, right? Do you know which of your parents was an ability user?”
“No idea.”
“Hmm. Really?”
Both of them turned their gazes forward again.
“Must’ve been tough going through life. I’ve never really mixed with commoners, but sometimes when I see them, I feel… uncomfortable, you know?”
……
“How should I put it? Tenacious, I guess? Your lives are gutters, and yet your will to survive is remarkably strong. Well, sometimes I actually find that admirable.”
Gerard laughed softly, tilting his head slightly toward Cheshire as he continued.
“That persistence, I mean. I think you’d be good at it too.”
Gerard straightened his head again.
“I’m going to be friends with Lilis.”
“So?”
“Doesn’t that bother you?”
“What?”
After adjusting his front seam first, Gerard laughed again.
Though he’d done nothing to warrant it, Cheshire found something about Gerard’s smile distasteful from the start.
He could have let it slide, but he felt compelled to bite back anyway.
“Who she befriends is her choice. Why would I be jealous?”
“Really now? But your face says otherwise. Can you see it?”
“What?”
“You’ve had that angry look since the dining hall this morning. Look at your eyes right now.”
Gerard used his hand to pull up the outer corner of his own eye.
“…Like this?”
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“Haha, that’s actually funny.”
Gerard placed his hand on Cheshire’s shoulder and spoke near his ear.
“Did you think you were special or something?”
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“Because she’s nice to you, you got the impression you were her one and only friend? A lot of commoner pets of nobles fall for that delusion.”
Gerard chuckled softly as he walked to the sink and turned on the tap, continuing his thought.
“Lilis, well—I suppose all the girls are like this—but she seems to like pretty things. That’s why. Why she talks to you.”
Ignore him, Cheshire thought, straightening his clothes.
Bruce said the same thing whenever he got the chance.
That Lilis took an interest in him because of his decent face.
It wasn’t entirely wrong.
‘Well, I suppose that’s true enough.’
The first time, they’d crossed paths just once in an alley on Jedo.
They hadn’t even spoken; he’d slapped away the hand she offered and treated her coldly.
Yet Lilis had found him, saved him, and after seeing his face only twice, she’d told him she liked him.
If she knew nothing about him, there could only be one explanation for why she’d been so desperate.
“But seriously, you’re really handsome….”
“Hello! Hey, your face is glowing again today. It’s dazzling.”
“What? Does it bother you that I keep staring? But it’s only human nature to look at something beautiful….”
And then, unexpectedly, it came back to him—that habit of hers, something Lilis said almost every day.
“Don’t get hurt later for nothing. It’s better to keep your distance first. I’m saying it for your sake.”
He offered the advice with a bright smile.
On the surface, he looked like an angel.
With a face that handsome, Lilis probably adored that smile of his too.
“Well then, I’ll head out.”
Gerard passed by Cheshire.
“I don’t like it.”
“…Huh?”
When Cheshire spoke up curtly, Gerard turned back.
“Who are you to tell me to keep my distance? Mind your own business.”
Cheshire’s inner world had always been like a calm sea—peaceful.
Even when people ignored him or said harsh things, it rarely bothered him.
Because he was used to it.
And so, in this moment.
“I was there first.”
“What?”
Cheshire was genuinely startled that his mouth was moving of its own accord, beyond his mind’s control.
But regardless of his surprise, his mouth kept moving.
“I was her friend first.”
Cheshire stepped closer to Gerard.
“And.”
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“I’ll stay stubbornly by her side until she tells me to leave.”
Gerard’s smile faded. Cheshire drew his face closer to Gerard’s with a scornful expression.
“Living in the gutters like I have, all I’ve learned is how to be relentless.”
……
“Once I get something in my grip.”
Cheshire folded his fingers one by one, then made a tight fist to show him.
“I’m confident I won’t let go until I die.”

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