My Daddy Hides His Power Chapter 331 - Side story Part 2 Chapter 27

Yesterday, Lilith began to question Jamie’s origins.

 

That led to the sudden decision to go out.

 

And that fortune-telling place I had said we were going to visit!

 

“I, I think Lilith already knows that the person at that fortune-telling place is skilled! That’s why she went there—to try and figure out who I really am!”

 

“What? You said yesterday that she didn’t figure anything out from looking at the bracelet?”

 

Oscar couldn’t believe it.

 

“Sorry, but your daughter isn’t that much of a genius. She’s not exactly quick-witted either.”

 

“Whawt did you say?”

 

Jamie snapped.

 

“No, it’s not just Lilith— even I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t said a word. I wouldn’t have suspected a thing. I mean, closing Dos’ core with just a month of lifespan? That’s as absurd as a human swallowing an elephant—it’s completely beyond common sense!”

 

“No! It’s not like dat. Back then, it wasn’t that she suspwected me of being Dad… She just… she wondered if Jamie really existed and if this baby was really the one!” 

 

“Yes?” 

 

“Seein’ me being held by my sister yesterday, there’s no doubt something seemed a bit off. Princess’s suspicion about me musta started after she came an went.” 

 

“Aha, maybe seeing you sitting side by side with your sister, she noticed how much you look alike and felt some kind of strange vibe?”

 

Oscar tried to deduce Lilith’s thoughts.

 

“Even if you’re distant relatives, you look way too much alike. So maybe she got curious whether ‘Jamie’ was a real baby all along or if Primera’s ability had artificially created him…”

 

Thump, thump, thump.

 

At that moment, Lilith, flustered and chasing after them, tapped on the passenger-side window and mouthed something.

 

“Babbling again.”

 

Oscar spoke to Jamie, then clicked the car door open.

 

Lilith quickly climbed into the passenger seat.

 

“Master, why are you doing this!”

 

“Why are you acting like this! Does someone as high-class as me have to waste time watching that scammer play-act all the time?”

 

“She’s not a scammer, I’m telling you….”

 

“She’s not a scammer.”

 

Even Cheshire, buckling up in the back seat, chimed in. By now, both of them were fully convinced of the fortune teller’s powers.

 

“There were still so many things I wanted to ask, but we just paid and left. Shall we go back?”

 

“Nah, I don’t want to. And spending money like that is just your karma. If you’re dumb, you gotta live with losing out.”

 

“I’m not dumb, you know?”

 

“Let’s say that woman is truly a wise woman. Then I can’t get married?”

 

“…”

 

Lilith flinched.

 

“As expected, you were offended after all.”

 

In fact, Oscar didn’t think much about being told he wouldn’t get married.

 

“Th, that lady won’t be able to get everything right. She’s not that miraculous…”

 

Yeah, this way he could silence the soft-hearted Lilith. 

 

“So, is that it now? Have you had enough fun?”

 

“Yes… but, Master.”

 

Lilith asked while fastening her seatbelt.

 

“When did you last see my dad?”

 

“Your dad?”

 

Oscar unfastened the baby carrier, handed Jamie to Cheshire in the back seat, and furrowed his brow, pretending to ponder.

 

“I think they said they were going to Teneva. I saw them the day before their departure.”

 

“Really? That was when Jamie was already with you.”

 

“He suddenly came to ask me a favor. I hesitated impatiently for a while, but then just said okay and left.” 

 

Jamie was surprised by Oscar’s sly retort as he started the car. 

 

T, that’s a good acting… 

 

“Ohhh, so Dad must’ve gone to Master first to ask about Jamie!”

 

“Yeah, I only realized later that he came to tell me that after finding out he’d left Jamie with you. Crazy guy… does he even have a conscience? Thinking of leaving a kid with someone as high-level as me?”

 

“Yeah, he probably didn’t ask because he knew you’d react like this, right?”

 

“Hmph.”

 

A real-time spectacle of trickery and counter-trickery!

 

Flapping and struggling, the big catch—Lilith! 

 

The genius Lord of the Wizard Tower naturally succeeded in making “Jamie” and “Enoch” recognized as separate beings!

 

* * *

 

“Ahaha! So cute~!”

 

“Byaaaa!”

 

On the nursery floor, face-to-face with Jamie, Lilith was having the time of her life. She seemed to have completely dropped all doubts now.

 

“When you grow up, are you going to be someone like Enoch Rubinstein, Jamie\~?”

 

“Byaaaa~ (Ahaha! I guess it already is~)”

 

“If you grow up so well, it’ll be worth it for me to raise you.”

 

“…”

 

In an instant, Jamie lost his babbling.

 

“Lilith.”

 

Cheshire, who had been standing quietly by the nursery doorway, approached.

 

He lay down next to Lilith, who was lying face down, in the same position, and sighed.

 

“You know Jamie’s mom is here, right? She’ll come get him after the trip.”

 

“Mhm, I know. Who says otherwise?”

 

Lilith shrugged nonchalantly and shook her rattle.

 

“I’m saying this because you seem to think Jamie fell from the sky.”

 

Gasp. Jamie flinched.

 

Actually, he did! There’s no such thing as a traveling mom!

 

“Or maybe you’re hoping he did.”

 

“…”

 

Lilith fell silent.

 

Jamie pretended to play with his hands but kept eavesdropping on Cheshire’s words.

 

“That’s also why you went to the fortune teller today, right? To check if Jamie is a real, existing baby or something newly created because of your ability.”

 

“…Mhm.”

 

As expected, that’s what it was! 

 

“You probably thought that if the baby came into being in an unusual way, the fortune-teller lady might sense something strange.”

 

“…Mhm.”

 

“But she didn’t feel anything like that.”

 

“….”

 

“Lilith, Jamie is a real baby who’s always been here. We’re just taking care of him for a while because of your ability. He really has a mom.”

 

“Mhm, I know.”

 

“You have to give him back when his mom comes.”

 

“I knooow… I’m not saying I’m gonna take the baby away…”

 

Lilith, looking a little embarrassed, avoided Cheshire’s gaze. Jamie watched it all, swallowing hard.

 

* * *

 

Jamie couldn’t sleep.

 

‘Damn it, I didn’t anticipate this!’

 

There was a variable.

 

So…

 

The fact was that Lilith had fallen in love with Jamie much faster, and much deeper, than she had expected.

 

‘Ha, I guess there’s really no helping that.’

 

He really is her blood-related father, so what can you do about that instinctive pull?

 

The original plan of the trio, Enoch, Oscar, and Axion, who conspired to solve the current situation, was to— 

 

To grant Lilis’s wish by letting her care for the baby for a while so she could experience what it meant to be a parent, and then, when the time came, Jamie would return to his real mother’s arms.

 

—and they thought it would go smoothly without a hitch.

 

But looking at Lilith now, it seemed she would be deeply saddened when the time came to part with Jamie.

 

Jamie’s origins being called into question,

 

“Or maybe you’re just hoping he’s a baby that fell straight from the sky.”

 

Seeing how far it’s spread like that…

 

‘This is a big problem.’

 

She’ll need to keep in mind that Jamie is a child who already has a real mother.

 

By starting to doubt the baby’s origins, Lilith might even be harboring a faint hope that maybe—just maybe—she could go on raising Jamie herself…!

 

“You’re awake?”

 

“…”

 

Just then, Lilith approached from the darkness. She found Jamie awake in the crib and laughed.

 

“Daddy’s sleeping… so we have to be quiet, right?”

 

What? Jamie slowly turned his head. On the bed, Cheshire was fast asleep.

 

Secretly from Cheshire… what is she trying to do now?

 

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lilith picked Jamie up.

 

And tiptoed out of the bedroom.

 

P, perhaps? 

 

Jamie flinched.

 

“You have to give him back when his mom comes.”

 

“I knooow… I’m not saying I’m gonna take the baby away…”

 

Surely not, right?

 

Running away with a baby?

 

‘Haha, honestly. What am I even thinking. Who in the world would just take a baby and run off in the middle of the night with no plan, no preparation….’

 

…There it is!!!

 

Exactly 18 years ago!

 

The crazy man who ran away with nothing but a baby!

 

‘D, daughter! Don’t be like your father in that!’

 

Watching Lilith quietly slip out of the master bedroom and even close the door behind her, Jamie’s pupils trembled as if shaken by an earthquake.

 

What should he do? Should he start crying now to wake Cheshire up? If Primera is really determined to run away, could anyone even catch her?

 

No. If she leaves the front door…!

 

But, thud.

 

Lilith simply turned on the living room lights and sat down on the sofa. Jamie finally let out a sigh of relief.

 

“Bya, bya, bya…” 

 

“Oh my, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”