My Daddy Hide His Power Chapter 168

You are the reason I live.

 

“….”

 

At the sudden confession, Lilith looked at Oscar with a strange expression.

 

“Ah, wait.” 

 

Oscar laughed, touching his forehead.

 

This might sound a little strange.

 

“Why are you so nice to me?”

 

“Because I love you?”

 

When they met again, his responses were just as he had been before. He was simply telling the truth, but he couldn’t help but wonder why it always sounded ambiguous.

 

“That’s not what I meant…”

 

“Me too.”

 

“What?”

 

“The reason for my life is also Master,” Lilith spoke slowly. “I want to live happily ever after with the people I love. Master, I love you as much as my father, so we will be happy together until we die.”

 

“….” 

 

“If Master were to die or suddenly disappear from this world one day,” Lilith added, looking straight into his eyes. “Then I’ll follow you too.”

 

“What?”

 

“I’m not just saying this, I really mean it.”

 

Even without hearing it again, Oscar was shaken by Lilith’s words. The child had already decided to die for his father once, without hesitation.

 

‘No, that’s because he’s her father…”

 

Why me?

 

What am I to you?

 

Why me? What am I to you? Because I’ve dedicated my life to making sure you can live happily for a long, long time, and now you’re saying this? Probably not, right? No, but just in case.

 

What should he really do?

 

“Y, you… Are you crazy? What will your father do if you die?” 

 

“It must be sad, right? But it doesn’t matter. After all, I’m dead anyway. I don’t know and I don’t care about the sadness of the remaining people.”

 

“Wow, you.”

 

Oscar’s eyes widened. Is she serious? Why on earth does the kid say this…

 

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Oscar soon became angry, trembled, and muttered harshly. However, Lilith spoke without fear.

 

“If you don’t want me to talk nonsense.” There were tears in her eyes. “Master, you can live for a long time. The goal of your life should be you, not me. You shouldn’t die, you should think of surviving somehow.”

 

“….”

 

Oscar was dazed. The child said as if she knew everything.

 

“If Master worries about what choices I will make in a world without you, please don’t die. Don’t just think that death is enough.”

 

Lilith grabbed the dazed Oscar by his neck and hugged him.

 

“It’s all for Master. But if you stop me… Because I am a good child who listens well to what Master says. I will go back.”

 

And then, contrary to her gentle behavior, she whispered scary words in his ear.

 

“If something goes wrong because I can’t help you…” 

 

“….” 

 

“…Still, it’s okay. We can meet again in hell.”

 

“Wow, crazy… .”

 

“Good night.”

 

The child ran out of his room, leaving the shocked Oscar. 

 

* * *

 

“…Master needed shock therapy.”

 

“But it might have been too severe,” Cheshire scolded me in a low voice.

 

I had just returned after sharing my perspective with Oscar and saying scary things. 

 

“Well, then… How am I supposed to make someone who shivers at the thought of losing even a second of their lifespan, yet doesn’t care about their own death, come to their senses?”

 

“But you threatened the Lord of the Wizard Tower with your life.” 

 

“….”

 

I’ve felt this before, but this guy is so…

 

He seems to be the type of person who doesn’t talk much but still says everything he wants to say.

 

So, I felt a bit guilty. I also thought that it’s a bit cowardly for me. 

 

“But I couldn’t think of any other way. Now, Master must be feeling something too. Wouldn’t he stubbornly try to survive because he thinks it won’t end when he dies?”

 

“…Yeah. I hope so.” 

 

“More than that, why did you bring my luggage here? I’m not going to sleep with my dad. I won’t talk to my dad for three days.” 

 

“Ah, the Duke will feel safe when you’re by his side.”

 

“….?”

 

So you’re saying it’s not for me, but for Dad?

 

“Wow, Cheshire.”

 

“This may be a childish question, but is it dad or me?”

 

Cheshire paused, then laughed.

 

“You.” 

 

“But why? Surely you don’t think Dad did well this time, do you?”

 

“It’s not like that, but I understand the Duke’s feelings.” 

 

“Hmm. Do you understand this? Really? A person with a lot of work to do followed along, even dressed up as an old man?” 

 

“Mhm. I haven’t had children yet, so I don’t understand everything. I think I understand the Duke’s feelings a little bit when I think about what it would be like if it were me.” 

 

“….” 

 

“It’s your daughter. It doesn’t hurt even if you put it in your eyes. Besides, you’re still young.”

 

Cheshire looked into my face, smiled slightly, and added slowly.

 

“Because you are so pretty and small.”

 

“….”

 

“I will want to protect it. It would be unreliable to leave it to other people. No matter how much you grow, no matter how strong you are… The Duke’s feelings will always be the same.” 

 

Soon, Cheshire asked, fiddling with his hands as if he were embarrassed.

 

“If I have a daughter like you in the future… Wouldn’t I do it like the Duke?”

 

Cheshire becoming a father? 

 

But now, are you talking like Mr. James? 

 

I hesitated to answer because I couldn’t imagine it, but Cheshire spoke. 

 

“Actually, I think it might be more. So I immediately understood the Duke’s feelings.”

 

“I don’t know… Maybe you…” 

 

“So relax. Honestly, I would be happy if the Duke would accompany me to the end of the pilgrimage. You’re having a hard time, but I can’t take care of you.” 

 

I thought for a moment as Cheshire persuaded me to reconcile with my father. Then I shook my head.

 

“But it can’t be solved this easily. What if my dad follows me when I go on my honeymoon later?”

 

“….”

 

“I got it. Maybe not until the third day. I’ll endure it because of your face. But today is really not okay. I’m going to show him  that I’m angry until today.” 

 

* * *

 

“I will follow you too.”

 

“If Master worries about what choices I will make in a world without you, please don’t die.”

 

Oscar was still in shock as he pondered Lilith’s words.

 

That was a threat.

 

‘You clever girl…’

 

Threats that put one’s life as collateral.

 

A threat made knowing very well that she means a lot to Oscar.

 

Even though he thought that she probably didn’t mean it, it was difficult for Oscar to ignore Lilith’s words.

 

If I really meant that much to you…

 

“…Are you sleeping?” 

 

“You surprised me, tsk!” 

 

While he was lying in bed, Enoch opened the door and came in with wet hair. 

 

“What are you doing?” 

 

“I don’t have a room…”

 

“What?” 

 

“The princess won’t talk to me until tomorrow evening. So I will sleep alone today.”

 

Enoch entered, holding a pillow, and pushed Oscar, who was lying down.

 

“Move to the side,” Enoch said. 

 

“No, are you kidding?” Oscar protested, quickly sitting up. “If there is no room, go to another room!”

 

“There are only two rooms on this floor.”

 

Cheshire provided the top floor of the accommodation to ensure Enoch and Oscar could comfortably dispel magic and sleep.

 

“The lower floors are all occupied, and the guards are staying there. I, too, today will dispel the magic and try to sleep comfortably.”

 

“Then sleep on the floor! No, go outside! Sleep in the hallway!”

 

“That’s too much. I’ve already washed, how can I sleep on that dirty floor when the bed is wide? Let’s not make a fuss between men.”

 

Enoch ignored Oscar, lay down, and closed his eyes.

 

Wow, this is annoying. This crazy human.

 

In the end, Oscar gritted his teeth and turned over.

 

“….”

 

He closed his eyes, but he couldn’t sleep…

 

Again, the scary words of the clever woman came to mind.

 

“But it’s okay. We can meet again in hell.”

 

“Ugh, tsk!” 

 

How can she say it so easily? Is it easy to die?

 

“Hey.” 

 

“Hmm.” 

 

He thought he was sleeping, but Enoch answered right away. 

 

Oscar again asked a question he had once asked Enoch.

 

“Can you die instead of your child?”

 

“Mhm.” 

 

As expected, the answer comes without hesitation.

 

Oscar nervously looked back.

 

“Ah, really! Can’t you think about it for just one second and then tell me?”

 

“Is that a question worth pondering?”

 

Oscar was driven crazy by the father and daughter resemblance.

 

“Would you die if I asked you to die instead of your father?”

 

“Yes, well.”

 

The scariest thing is that this isn’t just talk.

 

Enoch actually died instead of the daughter, and Lilith, who was about to die instead of her father, was barely stopped.

 

“Come to your senses. Would the child be happy if her father died instead of her? I’m saying this because you don’t seem to know your daughter very well, but she’s not that mentally strong.”

 

Oscar clicked his tongue.

 

“She’s not the type of kid who can make up her mind and say, ‘I have to work hard because my dad saved me. “If you had died, she would have died.” 

 

“…I know. So, we should never let something like that happen. I will protect the princess, and I will live tenaciously. These days, unlike before, I am working hard on the battlefield.”

 

Enoch smiled brightly. 

 

He looks happy. 

 

He’s probably thinking about his daughter.

 

They are so precious and desperate for each other.

 

When he felt their own bond that no one else could enter, Oscar seemed happy about it, but inside he felt small.

 

“But why are you suddenly asking such a question? Did the princess say she would die in your place? Or is she going to follow you?” 

 

…What is this? 

 

Oscar’s eyes widened.

 

“No. What are you talking about? Why is she saying such things? What did I say?”

 

“….”

 

Oscar noticed Enoch staring into space with a strange expression.

 

He will be disappointed.

 

Whether he meant it or not, if he found out she said something like that…

 

“No, I mean.”

 

Oscar quickly changed his tune.

 

“It’s because I don’t understand. You have your own life too. But is it easy for you to think that you could die instead of your child?” 

 

“You ask a funny question.”

 

Enoch chuckled.

 

He doesn’t understand. Someone who can understand better than anyone else.

 

“Of course I can do that. Because my child is my world and everything.”

 

He once again remembered the first time he saw the child. 

 

“Yes. When Lilith was just born, it was so amazing? A little baby who looks just like me is breathing, blinking, and smiling…” 

 

“….”

 

“She’s very small and weak. And I brought her into this world. When I think about that, a sense of responsibility arises at first. Ah, I need to protect her.”

 

Enoch’s eyes deepened.

 

“Although Lilith started speaking late, once she started, she would ask dozens of curious questions every day. Dad, what’s this? What’s that?”

 

“….”

 

“Because she still doesn’t know anything. The world of a child is empty. So, I will teach her. This is a flower, and that is the moon.”

 

Those words reminded Oscar.

 

She was the one who taught everything to the child who had lost the world and was trapped, one by one, from the beginning. 

 

“If I had said this was moon and that was flower, Lilith would have thought the opposite. Well, what should I say? I… It felt like I was creating a child’s world.”

 

“….”

 

“To the child, there’s no one else but me, I am everything, so they only know what I teach them.”

 

Enoch added, looking back at Oscar.

 

“Ah, this kid’s world is me. The moment I realize that, it becomes so precious, it becomes my everything.”

 

Everything… 

 

Yeah, that’s right. 

 

“Since then, my world has been filled only with a child, truly, to the extent that I can say it’s everything. It’s the most important.” 

 

Oscar could now understand everything Enoch was saying.

 

In the same way, he also had the experience of having his world filled with just that child.

 

“And you… probably mean a lot to the princess too. There are probably many memories I don’t know about.” 

 

Enoch laughed.

 

When Oscar heard those words, he turned around without looking into Enoch’s eyes.

 

His mind was confused.

 

“It’s all for Master.”

 

The words of a child who said she would do anything for him. 

 

Oscar was distressed, worried, and nervous… 

 

“Master, I love you as much as my father, so we will be happy together until we die.”

 

On the one hand, it was heartbreaking to know that his meaning to the child had grown so much. 

 

It was a ridiculously contradictory feeling.

 

“I trust Lilith. She’ll find a way somehow. And me too.” 

 

Way…

 

If there was such a thing, he would have found out about it before anyone else. 

 

After daring to use magic that exceeds the authority of the Gods, he can’t avoid paying the price. 

 

Finding a way was a daunting task, like wandering around in a cloudy fog.

 

So naturally, he hadn’t even thought about imagining a future where he is alive…

 

“So, let’s survive.”

 

Oscar bit his lip when he heard Enoch’s strong voice.

 

“By all means, let’s survive together.”