My Daddy Hides His Power Chapter 314 - Side story Part 2 Chapter 10

“Lilith.” 

 

While Oscar was shivering, Cheshire approached him.

 

He bowed his head to Oscar, put down his luggage next to him, and said.

 

“You’re talking to the Lord of the Wizard Tower. I’ll go to the dessert shop and be right back.”

 

“Oh my, should I buy it now?”

 

“Mhm. You need to eat well.” 

 

Lilith blushed as she watched Cheshire’s back as he snickered and walked away.

 

“I said I wanted to eat macaroons.”

 

“What the.”

 

“Not me, the baby.”

 

“What nonsense are you talking about!!”

 

Oscar felt like he was going to lose his mind. 

 

“Tell me honestly what you did. No—wait, I think I already know. Just tell me how much you spent. Seriously, breaking your promise like this?”

 

This is a backstabber, what’s this?

 

As Oscar waved his hand through the air, getting ready to strike, Lilith flinched and quickly shielded her belly.

 

“Don’t hit me! I used it for a month.”

 

“….?”

 

A month? Oscar stopped waving his hand blankly.

 

“That’s all it took?”

 

“Yes. Master told me not to borrow it if the landlord calls for over a month. I didn’t break my promise.”

 

She wasn’t the type to lie about using her lifespan. It really had only cost her a single month to turn Enoch into a baby.

 

‘It can’t be?’

 

Oscar was confused.

 

He knew there were ways to use the ability efficiently—but this efficiently?

 

As a result, as Enoch reverted to an infant, his mana core also degenerated. It’s like closing the ability user’s core.

 

Even if Primera could freely open and close an ability user’s core, a single month wouldn’t be nearly enough to tamper with the core of someone like Enoch, who was beyond standard classification.

 

How could the Emperor have been defeated if merely sacrificing a month of life could have rendered Enoch powerless?

 

Then?

 

“No way.”

 

The assumption he had made earlier gained weight.

 

“Master?”

 

Oscar quickly took out a notebook and pen from his pocket and began to scribble.

 

“You used your ability because you wanted to have a baby, right?”

 

“It’s similar…”

 

“What made you suddenly think that?”

 

“Yes?” 

 

“I told you, you’re still young and busy with work, so you should think about having kids slowly, and you seemed to agree. So why the sudden change of heart? There must have been a change in your feelings, right?”

 

“Ah.”

 

Lilith rolled her eyes in thought for a moment before speaking.

 

“Rather than wanting to have a baby, I wanted to see it once. Something I could touch and feel. So, I was talking to Cheshire while imagining our future baby…”

 

“Uh.”

 

Lilith twisted her body, seemingly embarrassed, and added.

 

“I was thinking about my dad and my master.”

 

“What?”

 

“I was curious about the feelings parents have for their children. I wanted to experience what it’s like to be able to give up your own life without hesitation to save someone.”

 

The hand that had been moving the pen, writing down the answers, paused. Oscar’s gaze, previously fixed on his notepad, shifted to Lilith.

 

“I really love both my dad and my master, but it’s nowhere near the love I received. Even if I want to repay them, my dad and master lack nothing, so there’s nothing for me to do for you.”

 

“…”

 

“So, I thought, if I have a child who is still young, weak, and needs someone’s protection, then I… might be able to feel the same kind of love my dad and master gave me.”

 

Oscar stared blankly at Lilith, who was so honest about her true feelings without any shame. 

 

This child was always like this.

 

Because she was loved—a child who never hesitated to express love. A child who wants to give the same love she once received.

 

A child who wants to understand what it feels like to be the one giving love.

 

“…Seriously.”

 

Oscar tapped Lilith lightly on the forehead and said,

 

“I don’t need it. And it’s enough that you broke my restrictions, painstakingly violating this world’s rules.” 

 

“That was something I obviously had to do. But seriously, Master, you’re really fine with just that~?”

 

“If I had wanted anything from you in the first place, I wouldn’t have even risked my life! This idiot is spouting obvious nonsense!”

 

Oscar, who had shouted for no real reason even though he was clearly pleased, closed his notebook.

 

For now, he had clearly figured out the principle behind how Lilith’s wish had come true.

 

The reason why the absolute being ‘Primera’ suddenly turned Enoch into a baby after hearing Lilith’s empty words that she just wanted to see a baby.

 

‘Is she really a god?’

 

Even if she doesn’t intervene directly in human affairs, Primera knows everything.

 

Therefore, within the bounds of her own rules, she must have granted Lilith’s wish based on thorough calculation.

 

‘Rule number one: Do not bring chaos to the world.’

 

Enoch was temporarily rendered powerless, but it wasn’t a problem—no one with ill intent took advantage of his weakened state to cause trouble.

 

‘Second, consider the emotional state of Lilith, the subject of the casting, and her unconscious wishes.’

 

If she had simply said she wanted to see a baby, then literally just showing her a baby for a moment would have been enough.

 

However, Lilith had been curious about the heart of a selfless parent, and she thought, “I want to return the love Dad gave me.” Naturally, her thoughts must have turned to having a child of her own—a baby.

 

Therefore, it means Primera took in not just the wish itself, but everything that led up to it.

 

‘It’s almost frightening how she only took a single month.’

 

The maximum amount of lifespan Oscar had allowed Lilith to use when the research began was one month.

 

Even though it was research for a greater cause, he never intended to drain her lifespan beyond that limit by wearing her down.

 

And Primera was aware of even that. She must have taken only that exact amount—just enough—to grant Lilith’s wish without crossing the line.

 

‘If that’s the case, then everything we thought we knew gets turned on its head.’

 

Oscar opened his notebook again, picked up his pen, and wrote down a single line.

 

The higher the-tier an ability user is, the more lifespan Primera needs to exert its influence.

 

→ No.

 

He made a big X over it.

 

It was common knowledge that using Primera’s power on someone else consumed lifespan in proportion to their rank and mana capacity—the higher the ability user, the harder they were to control.

 

That’s why Oscar had always believed there was an objective lifespan value assigned to each ability user.

 

‘But it wasn’t.’

 

The amount of lifespan consumed when Lilith uses her ability is entirely determined by the subjective judgment of the absolute being, Primera.

 

The reason high-level ability users were harder to control wasn’t because of some fixed rule, but simply because the stronger the human, the greater the potential for chaos in the world if they were manipulated freely—

 

‘—most likely. But this case with Enoch Rubinstein turning into a baby is different, because it was carried out with the permission of the absolute being.’

 

Tak.

 

Oscar closed his notebook.

 

“Master, why are you writing so diligently? Is there anything new you’ve learned? Please tell me too.”

 

“You.” 

 

“Yes!”

 

Oscar, who was about to speak, bit his lip.

 

Originally, he was going to tell her that Enoch turned into a baby because of her wish and make her turn him back immediately. 

 

But now that he knew what Lilith truly wanted—and why Primera had turned Enoch into a baby…

 

‘I guess I’ll have to change the plan.’

 

For now, he should hurry back to Enoch and ask whether he wants to go along with the revised plan or not.

 

Just then, Cheshire appeared in the distance, carrying boxes of macarons in both hands as if he had just raided a dessert shop.

 

“You two were planning to head straight to that cockroach-infested place, weren’t you? Don’t wander off—go home first.”

 

“Cockroach-infested place? Excuse me! It’s the love house my father-in-law prepared for us in the capital! Newlywed! Home! Could you please call it that instead?”

 

“And don’t go to work tomorrow.”

 

“Really?”

 

“Would you look at that grin?”

 

“No, but I’m fine! I said I’d go back to work right after the honeymoon!”

 

“Are you really okay? Because the corners of your mouth are saying you’re happy.”

 

“Oh, Cheshire. You’re here?”

 

Lilith said to Cheshire, barely lowering the corners of her lips.

 

“Master just gave me a vacation!”

 

“Why? Because of the baby?”

 

Mhm, no.

 

“I guess so!”

 

No. Why is she being treated like a pregnant woman?

 

“Good. Do you want to eat dessert right here and leave?”

 

“Should I?”

 

“What flavor? I bought all kinds.”

 

“Strawberry flavor first!”

 

“Again? Does the baby like strawberries?”

 

“Hehe, is that so?”

 

They’re really having fun!

 

Oscar was left speechless by the silly misunderstanding of the fools.

 

Well, even Lilith herself didn’t know exactly how the wish would manifest, so it was the most reasonable suspicion to have.

 

“Master, let’s eat macaroons together!”

 

“I’m busy, so I’ll leave now.”

 

“Huh, wait a minute!”

 

Lilith grabbed Oscar’s arm as he was leaving.

 

“I have a favor to ask. Since I suddenly started talking so much, it’s almost certain—but I still need to check if there really is a baby\~”

 

“Yeah, you didn’t suddenly start talking so much—it’s just that you’re a pig by nature.”

 

“No, you’re not? But it’s only been a week, so you can’t check now, right? But Master, you’re a genius, so maybe there’s a way? If there’s a real baby in my stomach….”

 

“You fool, there isn’t one!”

 

Oscar shook Lilith’s hand off and ran away in a hurry.