NOVEL WEB My Daddy Hides His Power
Chapter 253
As I struggled to move my stiff legs, I hoped.
I hoped that letter wouldn’t be your final farewell. “….” And my hope was shattered. As I took in each stroke of Oscar’s familiar handwriting, pressed down so firmly, I cried endlessly. “Hey, y, you promised…” Why did you have to leave me so abruptly? Even though he had to abandon everything because of me and bear a cost more despairing than death, not a single word of resentment was written in the letter. Success that was achieved again after erasing the time of failure. The peace and happiness that would now come to everyone… However, the one who erased the horrifying failure and set a new timeline in motion would never find happiness. That fact tormented me. “Ah, haaa, aah…” This couldn’t be happening. Even though I knew it was too late, I took out the last magic tool he had left behind and broke it, sobbing. Please come… Please appear in front of me. You promised. “No, it’s okay. It’s okay, Lilith. You can do this… I can…” I muttered helplessly, roughly wiping my hazy vision and getting up. He, Oscar. He always came to see me when I was trapped at the top of the tower. Every day. Like a fool, I couldn’t even tell him my name or call out his name once… “N, now, I…” So now I have to go. I have to become the only flowing time for you, who will lose all time. 282years “Ah.” In that moment, my mind went blank. “Why…?” The price that didn’t change no matter how many times I tried. “W, why…” The unbearable weight, clearly engraved in my eyes. “Why!!!” It was painful, like stabbing with a knife. “Heugh, haaa…” I realized that Oscar had anticipated this moment, even the part where I would pray to find him. This can’t be happening. Really, this can’t be happening… The fact that I, who survived, am still breathing now, In the end, the reality of me standing on the grave of the person who brought me back to life. “Ahhhhhhhh!!!” It was so painful that I almost died. * * * “Enoch!” The sense of relief lingering in the scream-like voice drilling into his ears. Enoch raised his eyelids with difficulty. “Phew, my heart nearly dropped… you sure took your time waking up…” In his vision that was gradually becoming clearer, he saw Axion mumbling while sweeping his chest. “Enoch, are you awake?” His father, Nordic was also next to him. In Enoch’s scattered memories, the last scene that remained vividly was Cheshire, who was crying. They had crossed swords, and under the Emperor’s brainwashing, he had tried to unleash sword energy… “Cheshire!” “It’s okay!” As Enoch jumped up, Axiom pressed down on his shoulder, forcing him to lie back down. “Stay lying down. Cheshire is safe. He’s just not here right now because he’s taking care of business outside. Everything went according to plan, and there are no problems.” “Ha, haa….” Only then did Enoch feel relieved. “Princess!” He jumped up again. When he looked around carefully, there was only Axion and Nordic beside him. When Lilith, who should have been by his side, was nowhere to be seen, his heart started beating like crazy. “Ah, Lilith… she said she stayed by your side until you fully recovered…” “Where did she go?” “Wait a minute. I heard that earlier…” “Dukeeee!” At that moment, the maid, Jetty, who was entering the room carrying a large basin, came running in surprise. “Are you feeling alright? Is there anywhere uncomfortable? Right now, Priest Zadkiel is resting in the next room. Once the Duke wakes up, if there’s anything troubling you, he can attend to it…” “What about Princess?” “Ah, Young Lady! She said she had somewhere urgent to go, so she went to her room to change clothes earlier…” As if thinking for a moment, Jetty tilted her head, and soon after, Jun entered, surprised. “Whoa! Duke! Are you awake?!” “Jun, bring the young lady quickly!” “Oh, Sister! That’s right! The young lady is not in her room….” “What are you talking about? I didn’t see her leave?” Everyone who was listening to their conversation was surprised and lost in thought. Then Jun looked around and said. “Young Lady said she had somewhere to go, but… could it be that she used that… pyoong magic to go somewhere? Is it okay to say this here…?” “….” At Jun’s words, Enoch was lost in thought. Then he quickly got down from the bed and pulled up the carpet. There was a magic circle drawn in advance under the carpet. “Enoch, what are you doing? It’s still too early for you to move.” “That’s right, listen to your father. I’ll go find Lilith, so just stay lying down. You… you were injured so badly that for an ordinary person, it would’ve been a miracle just to be alive…” As if he didn’t hear the voices trying to stop him, Enoch disappeared from the magic circle in an instant. “Haah. You’re so damn stubborn.” Axion slumped his shoulders and let out a heavy sigh. * * * The coordinates of the magic circle drawn in advance showed Oscar’s residence. If Lirith had rushed off to see someone, it would have been Oscar, and as suspected, the child was there. “Princess! P…” Enoch, who was searching the entire room, found Lilith collapsed and crying under the bed. “….” The child had grown. No longer a child, she now carried the unmistakable presence of a full-grown adult. Enoch realized it only after seeing that. The last battle, which he had thought would not succeed without any sacrifice. Why was it that both he and Cheshire were able to end the battle unharmed? “Lilith.” “Dad…” As he approached, Lilith checked Enoch’s safe condition and smiled weakly. “Why…” “….” Her eyes, swollen and red. Tears still brimming within them. There was no strength left in her body as she collapsed into his arms, a sign of how much she must have cried until then. “Why, did you cry….” Enoch, holding the limp Lilith in his arms, blankly looked around his surroundings. Two sets of pajamas that seemed to have been touched by the child for quite some time… Oscar’s magic tools, scattered on the floor, split in half… And a letter covered in tears. “What should I do, Dad…? The Master has left…” Enoch’s heart sank. It was as he had predicted. But, why? Even when everything is over, Enoch knows that Oscar will not be free. However, there were still three years left before the golden chains of the restriction were activated. Why did he have to leave so hastily? “Lord of the Wizard Tower! Once the business is all done, let’s go out every day with the princess. We’ll eat delicious food and have fun.” “I don’t want to.” “Why?!” “Why, what do you mean ‘why’? You know that’s a really cruel thing to say to me, right?” He knew that he only had three years to leave behind memories. So, somehow… Enoch wanted to give a good memory to the one who ultimately saved everyone. “Even if I try hard to leave behind those memories, it’ll only be painful when I think about them. Sure, you’ll think, ‘Oh, he’s living somewhere,’ and keep happily bickering with the kid.” “….” “I can only spend my whole life missing you while chewing on those memories alone. That’s why I don’t like it.” “….” “I just want it to hurt a little less, so please understand. I hope the kid has no reason to remember me either.” Was that why? The reason for leaving so hastily. “Wh, what should I do, Dad… He went somewhere even I can’t find… Master always, always came to see me… But I, like an idiot… I can’t find him… I can’t do anything…” The child began to sob again. “I can’t find him… .” “I can’t do anything….” Enoch replayed the child’s tearful murmurs in his mind, then suddenly recalled something and let out a hollow sigh. “…It allows you to avoid Primera’s power.” The magical tool Oscar had made for Lilith’s safety on the final day. “Okay, let’s try it!” A bracelet imbued with the same magic had been with Oscar as well. At the time, he had been simply overjoyed by the assurance of Lilith’s safety. Really, Stupidly. “Ha, haha….” While holding Lilith, Enoch blamed himself for being such a fool. “You know, Dad… I, it hurts so much that I can’t do anything…” “….” “If I find Master, still… there’s nothing I can do. I can’t make things better, I can’t help him live properly… I can’t even make sure that dad and the others won’t forget Master…” “….” “So, I know asking him to stay with me is selfish… Forcing myself to stay by Master’s side, that’s not for him, it’s only for me…” Enoch’s face twisted in pain at Lilith’s rambling words as she sobbed. “Dad, can I not forget Master? It seems like Master doesn’t believe it. But, it’s just me. Only me…” Except for Lilith, no one could escape the ban placed on Oscar. Oscar, who would be forgotten by everyone. The shackles that would tighten around his neck the moment someone recognized his existence. Even if Oscar was among the countless people passing by, Enoch shouldn’t have recognized him, for his sake. ‘Maybe… that’s why.’ Oscar may have left to survive. Enoch hugged Lilith tighter in his arms and weakly picked up Oscar’s letter lying next to him. [Freedom, Lilith Rubinstein! The fact that this letter safely fell into your hands must mean that your father has finally earned his keep. Honestly, I wished there were a few more months, but when I think about it, I realize I was being selfish. Your father would want to set you free as soon as possible, even if it’s just for a day. Hmm… I’m not good at saying embarrassing things like you, so every time you said ‘I like you,’ ‘I love you,’ I just listened and didn’t say anything. I’m sorry. As you know, this Master’s heart is the same as yours. I love you more than anyone else in the world. There will never be anyone as precious, cherished, and loved as you in my life again. Your father once told me. You are his world, his everything. As he watched you grow up from birth, his world was completely filled with you. I’ve had that experience because of you too. Always waiting for me in the same spot, turning around with a smile when I call, coming over to embrace me, and saying ‘I love you’… I learned for the first time what it means to not be sorry about giving and not regret losing. So don’t feel guilty for no reason. I would have been happy even if I had taken out my heart for you. Lastly, don’t cry. Live happily with your dad for a long time. I’ll remember, so don’t be miserable and forget about it. Even so, if you think of me… I’m living well somewhere. Maybe I was among the people who passed by you today, so think of me like that. …Goodbye, take care. My love.]
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