My Daddy Hides His Power – Chapter 307 – Side story Part 2 Chapter 3

Author: rolypoly

Wriggle, wriggle.

Lilith pushed the blanket away, sniffled, and pouted.

“Why are you sorry, honey…?”

“Then why are you sorry?”

“I… I guess it’s because I’m just too narrow-minded to handle you…”

“No! Ha.”

Cheshire’s face turned red. Even the hands that immediately scrubbed down his face were flushed.

This was the couple’s honeymoon destination.

Estoni Island in the Kingdom of Teneba.

It was a luxurious five-star accommodation with a stunning view of the vast ocean unfolding beautifully outside the window.

The two of them were happy. Really.

After finishing the reception, they arrived at their honeymoon destination, had a romantic dinner for two while gazing out at the ocean.

They arrived at the lavishly decorated room prepared for the newlyweds and shared a glass of wine each.

Up until that point, everything was great.

Up until that point…

“Lilith.”

Cheshire, adjusting his disheveled nightgown, carefully lay down on the bed.

As Cheshire stretched out his arm, as if to offer a pillow, Lilith in her slip wriggled out from under the blanket.

Cheshire tidied the blanket and covered Lilith, who was lying with her head on his arm.

“Whoo.”

He sighed while looking up at the ceiling.

“Heuk.”

From beside him, Lilith’s choked-up sobs were heard again. He quickly turned to look.

“Don’t cry. Please. What am I supposed to do if the Duke takes you back again?”

“D, don’t tell Dad this!”

No, he can’t…

They had been lovers for a long 4 years and 3 months, but surprisingly, neither of them had any idea it would come to this.

That such a disaster would happen on their first night.

“Honey. I was really looking forward to today.”

“I know.”

“I’ve been harassing you, a Joseon Dynasty scholar, all this time.”

“….”

Cheshire didn’t really understand what the heck the Joseon Dynasty was or what a scholar meant, but one thing he did know was this.

Lilith always said that whenever Cheshire tried to stop at just a kiss and avoid anything more.

It must be an expression referring to people who dislike physical affection…

“I’ve been pushing you so hard for such a long time, but in the end, I ended up acting like a fool—that’s why I’m sorry.”

“You’ve never acted like a fool.”

“Ha, it was really good….”

Finally, Lilith truly enjoyed sharing a deeper connection than just a kiss with her handsome husband. She felt a bit frustrated that she was only experiencing this after getting married.

However… the final stage(?).

Lilith was startled because it hurt so much that she saw stars before her eyes.

Something’s wrong?

She asked Cheshire, who was just as surprised as she was, to try a few more times.

But all of them failed.

She had no experience, but she knew the theory inside and out, and in theory, she was fully prepared to proceed with the final step.

But then why? What was the problem?

“Ah!”

Lilith realized it like lightning.

“Che, Cheshire….”

“Mhm.”

“Do you remember the tarot reading we got three months ago?”

“Card reading? What… ah.”

She remembered.

It was Oscar’s birthday, and the day they had decided to inform him of their wedding date—May 19th.

Thinking she might just die if it went badly, she went for a walk with the feeling that it could be their last date—and that’s when they stumbled upon the fortune-telling shop.

<The One and Only Card Reading in the World>

<~Couples Only! High Intensity♡~>

“Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden?”

“T, that fortune-teller lady… she wasn’t a fraud! She was more gifted than anyone…!”

“What on earth are you talking about?”

“Do you remember the card you picked?!”

Cheshire narrowed his eyes and recalled his memories.

“…A club?”

“Yeah! After you drew that card, I pulled the ‘Woman Who Suffers’ card!”

“That’s right.”

“That’s why we thought the Master would hit us! If the angry Master hit me, I’d be the one suffering!”

But Oscar didn’t hit Lilith. Of course, she did get hit on the back a few times, but Lilith said, “Huh? This isn’t even on the pain scale?”

She was satisfied thinking this was a pretty good deal…

“She turned out to be a fraud.”

“No!”

Lilith jumped up.

“The club didn’t mean the Master’s use of force. That’s not it….”

Then, pointing at Cheshire’s lower body under the blanket, she shouted.

“I think that’s exactly what it was!”

“…?”

Cheshire, still bewildered, slowly opened his eyes a little and began to think.

<~Couples Only! High Intensity♡~>

The fortune-telling shop’s sign said “high intensity.”

Having drawn the club (stick) card himself.

Lilith drew the “woman who suffers” card.

Lilith’s face, just moments ago screaming at the top of her lungs, did resemble the screaming woman’s face drawn on the card….

“…That’s ridiculous.”

Not a scammer?

“How is it! Doesn’t it seem right? So why did you pick the club and make such a fuss!”

“But…!”

He was like this even before picking that card!

…He swallowed the words.

“Cheshire, no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think the problem is with me. Honestly, everyone else does it just fine. So why can’t we? Maybe you’re the one… who’s a bit out of the ordinary?”

Lilith swallowed hard and added with a fearful look.

“I… this is the first time I’ve really seen that properly today. But you know, right? Tell me. You… aren’t you kind of extreme?”

“No.”

No. Cheshire didn’t think he was the problem.

Leon and Theo, who often shared the bathhouse with him; Axion, who used to scrub his back; and Enoch, with whom he used to shower back when he was under the care of the Rubinstein family…

Because all the close people around him were more or less the same. So he wasn’t the abnormal one. He was sure of it.

“It’s really not like that.”

Cheshire felt wronged. He looked at her with pleading eyes as if begging her to believe him, and Lilith let out a sigh and flopped back down, looking deflated.

“Then what?”

“Stop thinking about it and go to sleep.”

Cheshire hugged Lilith and kissed her head.

“Let’s try again tomorrow, honey.”

“…Again?”

“Yeah. If we keep trying, we’ll definitely succeed someday. Because that fortune teller pulled out the baby card.”

Lilith turned to Cheshire and gave him a sly grin. It looked like she now completely believed that fortune-teller lady.

“But….”

Cheshire let out a sigh as he recalled Lilith crying in pain, even though, honestly, he hadn’t really done much.

“You’re crying. I don’t want to make you cry.”

“If it’s Dad’s words you’re worried about, don’t be. The tears he was talking about weren’t this kind.”

Does that sound right?

Cheshire swallowed a sigh and pulled Lilith into a tighter embrace.

“Don’t rush it, Lilith. Even if we never succeed in our whole lives, it’s not like something terrible will happen.”

“If we don’t pass the final stage, you fool! We won’t be able to have a baby!”

“Do you want a baby already?”

“Not already… but after hitting an unexpected obstacle, I’ve started to get a bit anxious. I thought we’d have a baby eventually, but if we never succeed, there’s no hope…”

Lilith sank into gloom and thought to herself.

She really wanted to have a child.

The reason was because there was an emotion she wanted to experience.

The feelings that parents feel for their children.

A devoted love willing to make any sacrifice.

She was curious about what kind of feelings inspired the love of Enoch, who died for her, and Oscar, who sacrificed his own body to come back.

Even if she wanted to return it, she couldn’t dare to… a sacrificial, deep, and profound love.

She wanted to experience the same thing. She wanted to give back the love she had received just as fully.

“Shall we just imagine it? Who do you want our future baby to look like?”

“You.”

“…You have no doubts at all. Could you think it over and then answer me?”

“I’ve imagined it dozens of times already. I want our baby to look like you.”