My Daddy Hide His Power

“You don’t have to go that far, do you? I can see what you’re thinking.”

“It’s really not.”

Hmph, Oscar snorted and completed the magic circle.

Soon the barrier was lifted, and the altar began to glow and vibrate.

“Ah.”

Enoch, who was watching, let out an exclamation.

A piece of heart that was just like a stone.

The moment the barrier was lifted, it started to pulse as if it were alive and filled with a sacred blue light.

“What on earth is this?”

“Wow, look at that creepy thing. How should I use this on the child?”

“I don’t know that much. That’s all I’ve written in my princess’ letter.”

The two looked at each other quietly, then moved faster than anyone else.

“For now, let’s go since we don’t have time. Go straight to the child’s room.”

“I think the same thing.”

Enoch took the holy relics, and Oscar cut a new wound on his thumb and prepared to draw a moving magic circle with blood.

It was an amazing achievement in only an hour and a half.

* * *

‘Ah.’

The moment I heard my Dad’s answer that he would die in my place without any hesitation.

I lost my mind, perhaps because it was quite a shock to me.

‘Um, no. I haven’t lost my mind. Because I’m thinking like this.’

My vision is just pitch black.

At the same time, I was sinking far away, as if I were submerged in water.

Down,

Down.

Continuously, 

Down again.

‘I understand everything now. And why do you show me all of this.’

It’s cruelly making me realize the tragedy of my existence.

The emperor took advantage of me, and I killed many people.

There are a lot of people whose faces I don’t even know.

Moreover, Oscar, who was living well, and Dad, who was able to create a peaceful world and become happy in the end…

He was willing to give up his life for me.

‘It would have been better if I had never been born.’

That’s what I thought as I learned the painful truth.

The promise I made to myself to survive became increasingly blurred.

What if I survive?

Will everything be okay then?

‘No.’

This lucid dream is speaking to me.

Your existence is a disaster.

To be precise, the very existence of ‘Primera’ is a disaster.

‘I thought the emperor was the bad one. So I thought that if only the emperor disappeared, everyone would be happy.’

Indeed, the emperor’s father’s father’s…

So, were his ancient ancestors as bad as the emperor?

And yet, did God present the power of the primera?

Maybe he was a very good person.

Like my dad.

Strong, upright, righteous, and a bloodline worthy of strength.

However, his children, and his children’s children, would have continued to inherit his power and slowly rot away.

‘If I kill the emperor and I survive, will this world change?’

Can I just hide my power and not create people with power?

Does that mean everything will be cut off from my stand?

What if I meet someone I love later and have children?

‘Primera will come out again.’

Even if it’s not me, one of my children, or one of my children’s children, might do something as bad as the emperor.

So, is it okay to not have children?

Even if I make a resolution, how do I know what variables will arise in the future?

‘Maybe the ending was already decided.’

Primera’s complete disappearance.

That is a happy ending, and probably the ending desired by the God who gave this power. 

There was a reason why the original story ended that way, inflicting tragedy and trauma on the main character.

‘Aah. If I were destined to die so that everyone could live happily ever after, I would hate that…’

I miss my dad.

A lot. 

The moment I thought that.

‘Dad?’

As I was sinking helplessly downward, my dad’s face magically appeared in front of me.

Black and blue, an abyss like the deep sea.

Through it all, my Dad was approaching me with his arms wide open and a bright smile on his face. 

‘Dad!’

Even when I opened my mouth to call for Dad, no voice came out, but it didn’t matter. 

Because my Dad quickly caught me as I was falling endlessly and held me in his arms. 

‘Ah, I survived.’

A familiar smell of my Dad holding me affectionately.

There was a sense of relief.

But that’s, too, only for a while. 

‘….?’

Dad pushed me upward with all his might.

Unlike before, I rose higher and higher toward the surface.

‘Dad?’

Dad, like me a while ago, fell into the black water and slowly moved away.

I reached out to grab him, but he just kept moving away.

Dad smiled at me until the end.

‘Dad!!!’

At the same time as the feeling of being rescued from the water,

“Heuk!”

A familiar face appeared in front of me.

“Aah…” 

It’s me. 

I, who must have been killed by Cheshire, am now alive before my eyes.

At that moment, I realized.

Dad, who pulled me out of the water but fell deep instead…

The ‘me’ I see now is the ‘me’ who took my Dad’s life and came back to life. 

“Aaaahhh!”

It’s terrible.

It was truly painful to see the situation that I had only guessed about in reality.

I grabbed my head, screamed, and took a step backwards.

I really survived with my Dad’s life.

I killed my dad and survived.

I am.

“Ugh.”

I felt nauseous.

It’s disgusting and horrible to see me alive right now.

“I, I… I’m sorry. I’m sorry. So wait. Oh, don’t do anything. Please.” 

Oscar’s voice was heard.

He was on his knees in front of me, begging like crazy.

“I was mistaken. Eung?” 

I wiped my wet mouth and opened my eyes to look at the two.

Even though I didn’t want to see myself alive because it was disgusting, I couldn’t help but remember the lost time.

“Daddy, I’m going to meet him…” 

I said this while crying. 

I look like I’m less than ten years old.

It seems that I, who survived, tried to bring my father back to life without any hesitation.

Oscar was scared and was trying to stop me.

‘Did it take 322 years to save my Dad? Yes, it was instant death…’

The power of Primera to make things happen the moment you think about them.

I could’ve saved my Dad from that spot \then disappeared in an instant.

“I got it. I understand everything so… Don’t think about anything. Please.”

Oscar was afraid of it.

A distorted face with a forced smile as if trying to soothe me.

With that sadly bizarre expression, he apologized repeatedly.

“I’m sorry. I, I was wrong, so I’ll put it all back…” 

The fact that he took my Dad’s life to save me. 

“It’s my fault… I’m sorry…”

* * *

“Hey.”

When standing on the completed moving magic circle, Oscar said.

“I’m sorry.”

“…What?” 

Oscar safely obtained the holy relic and sighed as he looked at Enoch’s happy face.

‘I actually killed you to save your daughter.’

It’s something he can’t say anyway because of the ban.

But even if there is no ban, he wouldn’t be able to say this with a clear mind. 

“I just think I need to apologize.”

“So, what is it about?” 

He asked again, but Oscar didn’t answer.

No. 

‘I guess he can’t answer because of the ban.’ 

Enoch thought as he looked at Oscar’s profile, who was avoiding his eyes.

Perhaps it’s an apology for the disappeared time, the previous life, that he doesn’t know. 

What is he sorry about? 

“It’s okay.” 

“….?”

An unexpected answer.

Oscar raised his eyebrows and looked back at Enoch.

“What? Do you know what I did wrong and why you said you were okay?” 

“It’s really okay.”

Blue light began to rise from the moving magic circle that absorbed mana.

“No matter what, it would have been a choice I made with my own hands.”

Oscar hardened.

Perhaps Enoch noticed everything, even if he didn’t say anything.

Even now, he is a person who is not at all afraid to risk his life for his daughter.

How hard would it be to guess what choices he might have made in his previous life?

“So there’s no need to be sorry.”

“….”

“Rather, I am grateful to you. Because I owe you. I will make sure to pay you back.”

The moment Oscar was about to say something, the magic circle was activated.

The two quickly moved from the ruins to the room where Lilith was sleeping.

Quiet room.

Lilith is lying on the bed with the same peaceful expression as when they left. 

“Lili…ah.” 

Enoch, who was about to approach, stopped.

Did he feel shocked when he saw the sick child, even though he knew she had a holy fever?

Oscar runs ahead of him and looks at Lilith with a pale face.

Enoch stood blankly and looked at him.

“Whoa. I thought you were dead…”

Oscar was relieved and brushed his sweat-soaked hair. 

He wondered if there was a fever at that time, but fortunately, Lilith was only sleeping comfortably.

“My princess must have shortened the Lord of the Wizard Tower’s life by ten years.” 

The voice that was coming from behind Oscar startled him.

‘Oh, my. Why am I overreacting when I leave the child’s father alone?”

Oscar lifted his slightly tilted body in embarrassment. 

“….”

Then he saw Enoch approaching.

His eyes were looking down at the sleeping Lilith.

Worries that break people’s heart with affection that no one can beat…

The father, who is worried about his child yet smiles because she is still safe, kisses the sleeping child’s forehead and gently brushes her hair. 

A father and daughter who only have each other in the world.

“Princess, dad is here.”

Enoch was different from him. 

It’s like a fond memory, but it’s different from the one who suffers alone…

It was really different.

The child who wakes up will be happy to see her dad.

With a lovely smile.

‘Tsk, me too. Like a fool.’

At this moment, in a strange feeling of being an uninvited guest, Oscar smiled bitterly and stepped back.