NOVEL WEB My Daddy Hides His Power
Chapter 262 - Side story Part 1 Chapter 2
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“Hoo, ha, hoo, ha.” I’ve been standing in front of my lab door, taking deep breaths and calming my anger for the past 10 minutes. “Calm down, Lilith. Don’t get angry.” Yeah, don’t get angry. I try to calm the anger that has risen to the top of my head by chewing it over. Oscar is the person who used the forbidden regression magic for me… In return, he was cursed with a terrible curse that made people forget him, and I am sorry and thankful for that… ‘No, that’s that, and this is this. Does Master even think things through? He really needs to be scolded this time.’ Click! When I opened the door, “Yo, you’re here.” Oscar was lying leisurely on the sofa, casually reading a book. Bam! Lilith, with an angry expression, closed the lab door and approached Oscar, snatching the book from his hands. “You’re the whistleblower, aren’t you, Master?” “Yeah.” “Yeah? Yeaaah?” “What do you want me to do?” Oscar, who had been lying down, finally sat up and started fiddling with his ear. “What, what makes you so confident?” “No, you’re going to distribute something that looks like crap as a textbook? And you’re going to print ‘All Wizard Tower Researchers’ as the author? Are you really going to spread rumors everywhere that a bunch of idiots made it?” Yeah, I know that even the great genius Oscar wouldn’t like it. I know, but! “Master, you can’t do things like this in society. If there’s something you don’t like, you should have discussed it with your colleagues first.” “Didn’t I tell you? They’re already pretty experienced, so they don’t listen to newbies.” “….” “Then what else could I do? Look, I told the top guy, and it worked instantly, didn’t it?” “Haa.” “Is sighing like that going to make the ground collapse? Keep doing it, keep going!” Lilith’s voice became serious. “I’ll tell you in case you forgot. Right now, Master is not specifically recognized by anyone except me because of the prohibition.” Lilith, remembering clearly, was afraid. It was when Oscar’s grandfather came to give a hint about the forbidden magic. “But what if, just in case, someone starts to doubt Master’s true identity? What if they end up being certain about it? It’s over! Instant death, I’m telling you, instant death!” The sight of someone dying without a moment to do anything as soon as their existence was recognized by others… “Hey, don’t worry.” Oscar, who had taken the book from Lilith’s hand, sprawled out again. “After a few months, it’s no big deal. Unless I go crazy and shout, ‘I am Oscar Manuel! Look at my face!’ it’ll never get noticed.” It’s been four months since Oscar Manuel, the tyrant of the Wizard Tower who hid his power and identity, returned. “From the start, things like forbidden magic and the restriction are topics that others wouldn’t even understand, right?” The reason he was so relaxed was that living with familiar faces turned out to be easier than he had expected. “But? Who would suspect that James Gray is Oscar Manuel, who has been cursed by a forbidden magic that people can’t recognize?” Oscar added, chuckling. “With the level of intelligence of these fools gathered here, they wouldn’t be able to imagine it, so stop worrying for nothing.” Yeah, the ones who need to be cautious are those who know about Oscar’s ‘regression magic’ and the ‘forbidden magic.’ Enoch and Cheshire, for example. Oscar seemed to think that he could just live without seeing their faces. “Master.” “What.” “Still, this can’t go on. It’s time to break the curse on you, Master. I’ve been continuing my research because it needed more preparation, but at this rate, with you going wild like this, I can’t delay it any longer.” “I’m okay with this, though?” “I’m not okay with this, though?” “If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have come back here anyway. So I just need you to know me.” Oscar added with a satisfied smile. “No one knows me and I have a lot of money! It’s really perfect. Princess, this Master has never been this happy in his 27 years of life.” “Do you plan to only hang out with me for the rest of your life? Don’t you want to see my dad?” “Ugh. Why should I?” Lilith was upset at Oscar’s genuine disgust. “You’re being too much. Dad really wants to see you, though…” “Enough, don’t waste your energy on unnecessary things. If you’re that worried, fine. I’ll be more careful.” “Of course you should be careful, and you should also lift the ban. I feel like I’m walking on thin ice every day.” “….” “I wish you’d live normally without any worries. You probably want to live showing your true, dirty personality without holding back, right? Also, you should get your position as the Lord of the Wizard Tower back, so we don’t have incidents like today.” “Are you really saying this for me?” “Of course it’s for you, Master. Who else would it be for?” “Isn’t it because you can’t get married if I don’t break the curse? You said you wanted to walk into the wedding hall with me, right?” Lilith’s eyes widened. “What is this? I never told Master? How did you know?” Yeah, she had grand plans. Her grand plan was to safely break the curse and then walk down the wedding aisle, one arm linked with Oscar and the other with Enoch. “Mhm, I knew that~” “No, wait! I don’t know how you knew, but that promise was all for you, Master! It’s an expression of my will not to get married until I set you free!” “Ah! If it’s for my sake, don’t waste your time breaking the ban! I don’t really want you to get married~” “Wow!” Lilith, who was getting angry at Oscar who was giggling annoyingly, found a piece of paper and a pen and held it to him. “That’s enough! Write it all down here!” “What is this?” “I would appreciate it if you could write as specifically as possible about things like the address of the house Master lived in when you were young, family relations, friendships, likes, dislikes, and so on.” “Why do you need that?” Lilith hesitated for a moment at Oscar’s puzzled expression. ‘Should I tell him or not?’ A way to break his ban. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time, but I can’t just guarantee success. ‘Maybe I’ll fail. If I do, I’ll just end up raising false hopes.’ Lilith finished thinking and said. “James Gray, this is an order from your senior, so don’t ask questions and just do as you’re told.” * * * Primera Duchy, capital city of Romwell. The military training ground still remains where the former imperial palace used to be. “It’s time to get off work!” Leon Antrase, having finished his training and took a shower at the military training ground’s bathhouse, raised both arms in the air and cheered. The army of the duchy was reorganized into a volunteer army after the revolution. In fact, he only needed to work five days a week, completing a minimum of four hours of training each day… To borrow Lilith’s words, “Wow, the military restructuring turned out like that? That’s totally good?” Yeah, it became a nice job. But this didn’t apply to Leon or Cheshire, who were executives. They had to be present at the beginning and end of the training, so they started work at 7 a.m. and could only leave at 6 p.m. “By the way, why are you dressed up like this? Where are you going?” Leon asked Cheshire, who was leaving the training grounds with him. Unlike Leon, who was dressed comfortably because he was going home, Cheshire was dressed neatly. “I’m going to Lilith.” “Wow…” Leon frowned. “Hey, Lilith has legs and a carriage too. Are you happy working all day and going to the tower to pick her up? Are you some kind of servant? Has the class system not disappeared yet? Am I still living in the past, Commander?” “…Stop it, Brother. Today, Lilith has something important to say, so I’m heading to the lab.” “Oh my. Every day, you rush out after work like a little puppy to see Lilith, and now you’re acting like you’re only going today?” Leon felt bad for Cheshire for no reason. Of course Leon was happy that his precious little sister was treated so well because Cheshire was so devoted to Lilith… ‘What on earth is she thinking?’These days, all he could think was that he was annoyed with Lilith. ‘Even if I searched the entire capital, it would be hard to find someone like Cheshire.’ Why on earth was she so unsure, because she kept rejecting Cheshire’s proposals. ‘Could it be that she’s being swayed by some ridiculous guy?’ The worry reached the sky. “Ah.” Leon stopped walking at that moment. A woman who had been waiting at the entrance to the training center found them and approached them, waving happily. That beautiful lady dressed up in fancy clothes… It was none other than Erica Ballerin, the Count’s daughter. Erica, who had been chasing Leon since she was young, was scheduled to become a bride in the spring of next March after a year and a half of dating.
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