My Daddy Hides His Power - Chapter 64

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Father Concealing His Strength
Chapter 64
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“Cheshire, Cheshire, Cheshire!”
I’d vanished during break time and only returned to the Education Room late, rushing up to Cheshire the moment he appeared.
“Where did you go?”
“…The bathroom.”
“Aha! Look at this!”
I thrust a piece of paper toward him.
It was something only Cheshire and I had received—we’d completed the basic education in just thirty minutes.
‘A career pathway form!’
Cheshire
Projected Rank: Grade 6
Attribute: Magic Attribute
Major:
Series:
Series Attribute:
Once ability users identified their Attribute, they had to choose their own path forward—like picking a major in university.
Their future coursework would differ depending on that choice.
“Write it in, quick!”
At my urging, Cheshire picked up his pen and filled in the blanks without hesitation.
Cheshire
Projected Rank: Grade 6
Attribute: Magic Attribute
Major: Combat (Sword)
Series: Attack
Series Attribute: Flame
The fact that he didn’t even pause to think meant Father must have tipped him off beforehand.
Telling him exactly what to choose.
I wrote only “Magic” in the Major field, then simply copied the rest straight from Cheshire’s form.
“What are you doing?”
“Huh?”
“You’re copying me?”
“Oh, yeah!”
“Why?”
“Why? So we can take the same classes together.”
Cheshire looked at me.
For some reason his straightforward gaze embarrassed me, and I squirmed.
“…Does that bother you?”
“No.”
“Then?”
“I like it.”
“……?”
He likes it? Taking the same education together?
I turned his words over in my mind, then suddenly felt my face flush. I twisted my body and jabbed him lightly in the side.
“Weirdo.”
Should I just throw it out there while I’m at it?
“Want to take the Monthly Evaluation together? They said we need four group members.”
“Yeah.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I was actually going to ask you to do it together anyway.”
Cheshire added confidently.
“You want to get home quick anyway. I’ll make sure we pass on the first try.”
“Gasp.”
He’d carry the group assignment bus for me too?
The mere extra, overhearing the protagonist brazenly offer to let her ride for free, was moved to tears.
“Are you really sure about that?”
“Yeah. I’ll handle your share too. You won’t have to do anything.”
The Monthly Evaluation was a test where you hunted down Magical Beasts created by Fantasy Magic in a virtual field and accumulated points.
I’d already been planning to handle it alone somehow even without Cheshire’s help, but….
The protagonist!
And Cheshire at that—the feral alley cat I remembered!
He’s even volunteering as a bus driver and giving me special treatment!
‘Could I possibly have become someone special to him? Even just a little?’
How could I not be moved?
“Wah, Cheshire!”
Overwhelmed, I flung my arms around his waist.
‘He’ll probably throw me off again!’
Whenever I’d clung to him before, he’d always looked uncomfortable and peeled me away.
Still… I knew he didn’t like physical contact, but I had to express this feeling somehow!
“Nngh.”
I nuzzled against him for a while, and for some reason, Cheshire tolerated it far longer than usual.
Curious, I glanced up at him—and there was that stare again.
‘…?’
Then, instead of throwing me off, he quietly wrapped his arms around me and held me close in return.
“Huh?”
“……”
Like a pair of twin brothers, he held me and gently patted my back—I was stunned.
What was this? Had I hit the lottery today?
“…Let’s get out of here soon. Together.”
That’s what Cheshire said.
I felt the same way, but Cheshire clearly had his fill of this cramped, corrupt little society too.
And it had only been two days since we arrived.
I nuzzled my face against his chest as I spoke.
“Hehe, yes! Anything’s good as long as I’m with you!”
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Despite being modeled after the K-Military, the Training Center’s daily schedule wasn’t as grueling as one might expect—probably because the recruits were children.
After each class ended, there was an hour-long break before the next one.
“You’re seriously amazing, Lilis!”
“Normally it takes at least a week just to complete the basic training!”
“How on earth did you finish in one day?”
We were strolling through the sun-drenched Courtyard of the Training Center with my roommates.
The girls were making such a fuss my ears were ringing.
Basic training involved memorizing and casting five Basic Magical Formulas to pass…
‘If you have a brain, you can do it—why does it take them a whole week?’
I almost said that, but swallowed it down to avoid seeming obnoxious.
True, I didn’t need to memorize the formulas, but even if I had, I would’ve passed in a day.
The Basic Magical Formulas were simple enough—a dot, three dots, a line, and so on.
Of course, Cheshire had passed the basic training just like me, in thirty minutes.
“Lilis, can you show us your Completion Certificate?”
Alisha asked with hopeful eyes.
I nodded readily and plucked off the long, tail-shaped paper badge fastened to my wrist to show them.
Lilis Rubinstein (Rank 1) / Attribute: Holy Power / Major: Magic / Series: Attack / Series Attribute: Flame
“Kyaaaa!”
“Oh my, oh my!”
“Wow! Magic-Attack-Flame is only chosen by the absolute strongest ability users!”
All three jumped up and down in place, making a racket.
What Michelle called “Magic-Attack-Flame”—or “MAF” for short—was an abbreviation for Magic, Attack, and Flame.
‘Well, I just followed Cheshire’s lead.’
Apparently it was the elite track.
“Hm?”
While listening to my friends’ endless praise in passing, I suddenly stopped in my tracks.
“Whoa, what is that?! So cute!”
A small boy was playing with a ball on the lawn.
Dark blue hair tied in a topknot like an apple stem, with bright blue eyes.
He was smaller than someone our age.
“Oh, that’s Kyle?”
“Kyle?”
“Yeah! You’re surprised because he looks so young, right? He’s five years old!”
Alisha informed me.
“Why has a five-year-old already been admitted? Early enrollment doesn’t start until seven, does it?”
“Her mother works here as a researcher.”
“Ah?”
“She’s not receiving instruction yet—she just stays in the Official Residence with her mother.”
“I see. But that girl’s badge is red?”
The red badge stood out sharply against the white entrance uniform.
“If the badge is red, wouldn’t that mean her parents have fairly high rank?”
“Exactly!”
Alisha’s badge was red too.
She thrust her chest forward proudly as she spoke.
“Both parents are Quarto rank, or one is Quarto and the other is Dos.”
Then she gestured to Kyle and whispered to me.
“His mother is Dos.”
“Oh, I see.”
I was listening with interest when—
“Waaaaah…!”
A piercing wail suddenly cut through the air.
Kyle, who had been playing contentedly alone with his ball just moments before, was now crying bitterly.
Looking closer, I saw that someone had taken his rolling ball and was taunting him with it.
‘Oh no, not him again.’
A familiar face.
Bruce—Cheshire’s bully from the dorms.
I let out a heavy sigh and headed toward him.
“Waaaaah!”
“Don’t cry, little one. Your sister will get your ball back for you.”
I soothed Kyle, whose face was already smeared with tears and snot, then approached Bruce.
Bruce flinched.
“Hand it over.”
“Y-yes.”
No further words were needed.
Bruce immediately fell silent and handed me the ball.
“Sn-sniffle… waaaaah!”
“Stop crying. I got your ball back. Here.”
“Waaaaah!”
He must have been truly devastated. Even with the ball returned, Kyle couldn’t stop his tears.
Then.
“Kyle!”
Someone came running.
A woman in a white coat with pale blonde hair tied back.
A researcher.
“My son. What’s wrong? Why are you crying? What happened?”
“Mommy…!”
The moment she scooped him up, Kyle wept bitterly into her embrace.
‘So she’s his mother.’
As Kyle cried, he pointed at me.
“Ball! She took my ball!”
Standing there with the ball in hand, I froze in shock.
“No, wait! I didn’t take it—!”
I spun around only to find that cursed Bruce had already vanished.
“Ha, ha… It’s not that your sister took it, sweetheart. It’s just…”
I started to explain in confusion, but then stopped short.
‘Why does she look like that?’
The woman’s face had gone pale.
Her eyes widened with shock, and she stared at me blankly, her mouth slightly agape.
“Here, the ball is here.”
I approached the woman and handed her the ball.
That’s when I noticed it.
The badge on the woman’s coat.
[Researcher, Selena Ludendorff]
My mind went blank in an instant.
And then Oscar’s words—the Magic Tower Master’s words—came back to him.
“…So you’ll get to see your mother’s face?”
“…Selena Ludendorf, the Countess. She was a well-regarded mage, but she retired five years ago. Now she works as a researcher at the Training Center.”

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