My Daddy Hides His Power Chapter 301 - Side story Part 1 Chapter 41

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The next day. 

 

My beloved colleague is buried in work. I’d like to let them get some fresh air, so please grant them a day off.

 

When I submitted the request like that, it was approved immediately—Oscar is pretty generous when it comes to Hans.

 

Anyway, after managing to pull Hans out like that, I treated him to an expensive meal and even bought him a few outfits as a gift. 

 

“Is it nice to come out for a long time?”

 

“Mhm, it’s not bad.”

 

We walked along the scenic banks of the Parman River. 

 

“You must be really busy with wedding preparations these days. Still, you take such good care of your colleague, thank you?” 

 

“Ey, don’t be so formal. Everyone else might be a ‘colleague,’ but you’re a ‘friend’ to me.”

 

“Seriously, you.” 

 

Hans laughed. As I was about to bring up the real reason, my conscience started to ache a little. 

 

“I have something to show you.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Actually, there’s a magic device I’m developing. It’s a groundbreaking invention. A carriage that runs without horses.” 

 

“Huh?”

 

Hans shook his head.

 

At that time we arrived close to it.

 

“That’s that!”

 

“A carriage that runs without horses?”

 

I nodded and pulled off the cloth that had been covering ‘it’. 

 

“Ta-da!”

 

“….”

 

As expected, Hans shook his eyes with a bewildered look.

 

“It looks like a cart, no, a carriage… It has wheels too…” 

 

Hans approached and examined ‘it’ carefully. 

 

“What are the wheels made of? They look strange… And also…” 

 

Bang bang!

 

He furrowed his brows as he tapped the front of the carriage. 

 

“Is this iron?” 

 

“Hiiik! Mhm, that’s right. But this thing is expensive. Don’t hit it like that.” 

 

“With this weight, who do you expect to pull it without a horse?”

 

“Would you like to try sitting on the driver’s seat?” 

 

I opened the driver’s seat door, got Hans in, and then returned to sit in the passenger seat. 

 

Hans looked around the unfamiliar interior in surprise.

 

“Hold onto the handle and give it a turn. It’s like the reins of a horse. Just turn it in the direction you want to go.”

 

Hans turned the handle.

 

“It won’t move?”

 

“It won’t move on its own. You need to step on the right pedal beneath you. Pressing that will make it start moving forward.”

 

“It won’t move, though?”

 

“If you press the right pedal, it will go, and if you press the left pedal, it will stop.”

Hans frowned as he tried to step on it with his feet.

 

“Nothing works?”

 

“Of course. It hasn’t been charged with holy power yet. This works like a warp gate, using holy power to charge it.”  

 

“Aha. Then you can charge it. Try it.”

 

I snickered.

 

“Hans.”

 

“Mhm?”

 

“This great invention is something we’re going to create together from now on.” 

 

“…What did you say?”

 

“Like a warp gate, we’ll engrave magic formulas to charge with holy power, engrave directional magic formulas on the handles, make the right pedal accelerate when pressed, and the left pedal stop or decelerate when pressed. And aside from that…” 

 

He pointed to the numerous devices between the driver’s seat and the passenger seat.

 

“We have to engrave the magic formula one by one so that each internal device can operate.”

 

I added that and smiled again.

 

“….”

 

Hans stared blankly at me like that, then snickered.

 

Then he opened the door of the stable and started to leave me behind.

 

“Ah! Wait, Hans!”

 

“I don’t want to!”

 

I hurriedly followed Hans but he mercilessly shook off my arm that was grabbing his.

 

“Enough! Let go of this! Do you think I have time to waste on something so pointless when I already have so much to do?!”

 

“Hnng, don’t do that!” 

 

“Why make something like that when we have perfectly fine carriages? A cart can just be pulled by a horse! It’s not like we have no means of transportation!”

 

“Whaaaa!”

 

“Ugh! This! Let go!”

 

I firmly grabbed Hans’s arm and was dragged along. 

 

“Hey, hey. Even though it’s something the Lord of the Wizard Tower really, really wanted?” 

 

“…..”

 

Stopped. 

 

When I brought up Oscar, Hans stopped dead in his tracks. 

 

“The Lord of the WIzard Tower’s birthday is less than a week away, you know? With a perfectly functioning carriage, why would I go through the trouble of making something like that?” 

 

I whispered in his ear like a devil. 

 

“Actually, a long time ago, the Lord of the WIzard Tower said, ‘I wonder what it would be like to have a carriage without a horse? I’d really love to try riding one.'” 

 

Of course, that’s a lie.

 

But if I give it to him, I’m sure he’ll like it. That’s the one thing I can be certain of. 

 

“How touched do you think the Lord of the Wizard Tower will be?” 

 

“….”

 

“Ah, my beloved disciple Hans made something like this for me.”

 

“….”

 

“As expected, the genius who will succeed me is none other than my beloved disciple, Hans Weaver. And then he’ll probably shed tears of emotion, right?” 

 

Hans turned around quickly.

 

Then he stared at me with his eyes sparkling.

 

“…You should only sleep for three hours from today.” 

 

Saying that, he started to walk briskly toward ‘it.’

 

“There’s no need to go until the end of the week. The two of us will finish it within four days.” 

 

“Yahoooo!”

 

I cheered, jumping up and down.

 

“You only slept for three hours!” 

 

“Ah, of course! Genius! Is there any doubt?” 

 

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That’s right… 

 

The genius Lord of the Wizard Tower (future), Hans Weaver, and his assistant Lilith Rubinstein, achieved the remarkable feat of completing Oscar’s <Birthday Gift> in just four days, as they had asserted. 

 

“Finally… it’s complete… Well done, Lilith Rubinstein…”

 

“What… You did all the hard work… The greatest genius, truly, thank you…”

 

We shared that moment of emotion, our eyes shadowed with exhaustion. 

 

I was tasked with delivering the gift to Oscar on his birthday and teaching him how to use it.

 

After that, I plan to call Hans over for a pleasant riverside drive and then go have dinner together… 

 

‘Sorry, Hans. There’s something I haven’t told you… I can only keep our promise if all my limbs are still intact by then.’

 

February 18th.

 

Oscar’s birthday, D-day.

 

Today, which is a regular holiday for Wizard Tower, I gave Oscar the coordinates of the Parman Estate and told him to come with his dad by 3pm. 

 

And now it’s 1pm. 

 

Maybe, just maybe—though I truly hope it never comes to that… 

 

Today could have been my last moment with the boyfriend who never got the chance to become my husband… 

 

“Maybe it’s because the weather’s nice, but there are a lot of people around. Why is that? It’s the perfect day to die.” 

 

I was strolling around a nearby date course with Cheshire. 

 

“…Don’t say that.” 

 

Since it’s a well-known date spot, there were plenty of affectionate-looking couples and lots of things to enjoy. 

 

“A fortune-telling booth, huh?” 

 

It was then, while we were walking for quite a while, that we came across rows of fortune-telling tents lined up facing the Farman River. 

 

<Cards Fortune Telling ~ Wealth, Love, Success ~>

 

<Astrology Fortune Telling ~ Wealth, Marriage, Life ~> 

 

<Crystal Ball Fortune Telling ~ Various Fortunes ~>

 

Outside the tents, there were similar banners hanging, each with its own message. 

 

“Honey, should we give it a try?”

 

“I don’t believe this.”

 

“It’s just for fun, well.”

 

I’m not particularly trusting of it, so I was about to pass by indifferently. 

 

<One and Only Card Reading in the World>

 

<For Lovers Only! High Intensity♡>

 

“Honey.”

 

I stopped right away.

 

I don’t know who the owner is, but they must have incredible business sense.

 

Of course, if you want to make money, you’ve got to grab attention like this.

 

“I want to get a card reading here.”

 

“Haa…”

 

“We could die today, right? Let’s ask if we’ll be able to get married safely.”

 

Cheshire sighed at the banner with its provocative wording, but couldn’t resist my pleading eyes and reluctantly pulled open the tent flap and stepped inside.

 

Inside the dim tent was a small table with five candles placed on it. 

 

“Welcome, dear guests!”

 

A short-haired fortune teller in a navy robe greeted us warmly and gestured to the seats across from her. 

 

I sat down. 

 

“Hello. We’re a couple getting married in May, and we’re wondering if we’ll be able to make it to the wedding safely.” 

 

“Yes, yes, you’ve come to the right place!” 

 

She smiled brightly and immediately spread out dozens of cards. 

 

‘What, this?’

 

I was embarrassed to see the card.

 

‘I thought it was like tarot?’

 

A sloppy picture that seems to be drawn directly.

 

The cards were completely different from the ones I was familiar with. 

 

I could smell the scent of a scam coming from somewhere… 

 

“Haha, the cards are a bit unusual, right? I made them myself. They may look rough, but they’re actually very accurate. To be honest, I’m from the Kingdom of Teneba, and I made a name for myself with fortune-telling there. Honestly, everyone else here is a scammer, but I boast an accuracy rate of over 80%.” 

 

“Ah, yes…” 

 

Seeing her long tongue, it’s 100% a fraud. 

 

But it’s fine. After all, we’re just doing this for fun, right? 

 

Moreover, she wouldn’t say anything bad to a couple about to get married, so we could just pretend to be fooled and leave with some pleasant words. 

 

“Sir, you draw a card first, then the lady will draw one. Lastly, I’ll draw a card. We’ll do the reading with three cards in total.” 

 

The fortune teller neatly arranged the cards, flipped them over, and laid them out again. 

 

Cheshire didn’t hesitate for a second, quickly drew a card and flipped it over.

 

THE CLUB.

 

?!

 

As soon as I saw the card, I was so surprised that my mouth dropped open.

 

The card depicted a very thick, long, and crudely drawn club. 

 

‘C, could it be… Is this fortune teller for real?’

 

It seemed like Cheshire had the same thought, as he turned to look at me with a pale face. 

 

“As expected, it’s us…”

 

“It’s us…”

 

This clearly meant I was going to get beaten senseless by Oscar.

 

My turn.

 

‘Please, please…’

 

With trembling hands, I prayed and pondered for a long time before finally drawing a card. 

 

THE SUFFERED WOMAN.

 

“Kyaaah!”

 

That’s ridiculous!

 

A picture of a woman suffering in a pit of fire appeared!

 

“Lilith, I think this is you.”

 

“I guess it’s me…. Sob…”

 

Unaware of our complicated story, the fortune teller awkwardly smiled and said, 

 

“Now, shall I draw the last card?” 

 

“Sob, please, please draw something good…” 

 

The sister picked a card. 

 

THE BABY.

 

A picture of a smiling baby.

 

“….”

 

“….”

 

In a normal situation, I might have let my hope circuits run wild, thinking, “Will we get married safely and have a cute baby like that?” but… 

 

We had already drawn “the club” and “the suffering woman” cards earlier.

 

“Does this mean we have to die and be reborn?” 

 

“…It really seems like that’s the case, doesn’t it?” 

 

We weren’t happy at all.

 

“Uh, guests.”

 

The sister laughed after hearing our conversation.

 

“The baby card really just means a baby. It doesn’t have any deep meaning like reincarnation or anything.”

 

The sister said that, but I didn’t believe it.

 

No matter how I looked at it, those were cards that were hard to interpret in a positive way. 

 

“But…”

 

The fortune teller, who had been looking at the “club” and “suffering woman” cards with an awkward expression, hesitated before speaking. 

 

“I think it’ll be hard for you two to have a baby….”

 

“Huh?!”

 

Shock!

 

Cheshire and I looked at each other in surprise.