It was Enoch Rubinsteinâs first thought as he watched the baby smiling in his arms.
Sheâs 2 months old.
Even though the baby had only seen the light of the world for two months, she seemed to know that the man holding her in his arms was her father.
âByaa.â
Hair like silver thread and clear blue eyes.
Enoch, who had looked at her for a long time as she looked exactly like him, was confused by the strange feeling in his heart.
It was an irresistible attraction.
The bond of blood, or perhaps the affectionâ.
âWhy?â
Enoch couldnât understand himself feeling that way.
Like most people with a strong ability in the Empire, they created a child in order to inherit the family.
So he thought he wouldnât feel anything.
She is just a small individual with the same blood as me, and when she grows up, she will live as a dog of the Empire as a person with strong ability, a noble, and a soldierâ.
âI hate it.â
He was struck by a strong impulse.
âI donât want you to live like me.â
The moment he made up his mind, his heart started beating fast. He left the barracks holding the baby in his arms.
Outside, the battlefield was in a calm state.
There was smoke everywhere because they hadnât extinguished the fire yet.
The sight made him even more determined.
âYou⊠you canât.â
Both of the childâs parents are extremely powerful people of the highest class and outstanding among them.
So there was no need to verify the childâs ability.
With a sword, a shield, or a staffâmore than half of her life will be spent on the battlefield.
âAre you going to run away?â
A voice that laughed slowly pulled him back. Enoch swallowed his breath and turned around slowly.
The woman who appeared in the dark was the childâs mother.
âNo way, you will bring the child?â
She went out during pregnancy and gave birth on a battlefield. She rejoined the lineup after a month.
Some people may not understand why pregnant women went to the battlefield, but that was the duty of a person with strong ability.
âWhat the hell are you thinking?â
âI donât want to raise her like me.â
âSheâs my child, too.â
The woman snorted.
Enochâs worries as he looked at the child in his arms again were short.
ââŠLetâs go together, then.â
âHahaha. You were more impulsive than I thought.â
The woman who was laughing out loud came one step closer.
âWe were born as people with strong ability and as aristocrats, and lived, and lived again⊠and we must die like that. The same goes for this child.â
ââŠ.â
âWell, I understand how you feel. Itâs probably more because sheâs a daughter. It makes me think a lot too.â
The woman just passed by Enoch.
âGo.â
Enoch was surprised. And then he realized.
A woman must have thought the same thing as him while looking at the child.
She doesnât want her to live like this.
ââŠIâm thinking of going to Xenon. However, I donât know if Iâll stay there.â
It was like a deserting soldier announcing his whereabouts, butâ.
This woman was the mother of the child. She should have had the right to know that much.
âYeah, I wish you good luck.â
Leaving behind the womanâs brief greeting, Enoch disappeared into the darkness.
That day.
Thus, the Empireâs only sword saint, Enoch Rubinstein, disappeared.
It was seven years ago.
*****
Chirp, chirp, chirpâ.
Through the window of an old cabin, the dazzling sunlight pours down in the morning.
âMy princess, itâs morning. Letâs wake up.â
âUng⊠5 more minutes.â
âNo, no. Hurry up, we should brush your teeth and have breakfast.â
I lifted my eyelids with difficulty as the hand pulled the blanket off.
Wearing a cute cherry apron and holding a spatula in his hand, this househusband level 9âs name is James Brown.
Thatâs my dad.
âUng, Iâm not hungry.â
âDaddy made a very delicious egg dish that my princess likes.â
Dad lifted me as I tried to get back under the covers.
I closed my sleepy eyes again and sniffed them as I hung around my dadâs neck.
âSniff. It smells like broccoli that has fallen into the water, not an egg?â
âUgh.â
My dadâs conscience was pricked. I opened my eyes wide.
âAh! I thought I said I didnât like broccoli!â
âShh, my princess, Lilith. Letâs eat just two broccoli today. Then Iâll sprinkle apple jam on chocolate macarons for dessert.â
âHa.â
Trying to negotiate childishly with chocolate macarons sprinkled with apple jam.
Do I look like a kid whoâll just get caught up in that kind of thing and end up eating broccoli that doesnât taste good?
âOkay. Then, just the two of them.â
âŠYou saw it well. Iâm that kind of kid.
There are only two of them.
âAh, whose daughter is this nice?â
My dad smiled and kissed me on the cheek.
James, who was level 9 in househusband, was also max-level in childcare.
******
My name is Lilith Brown.
Iâm seven years old this year.
Growing up, I slowly remembered my past life as a little child with a special secret.
âSay, Aah.â
âAah.â
Iâm brushing my teeth.
âThis time iiii.â
âIiiiââ
Even though I could do it on my own, I laughed when I saw my father, who helped me brush my teeth.
âWhy are you laughing?â
âIwts nothwing.â (Itâs nothing.)
I have the memory of 32 years of my life, which includes 25 years from my past life and 7 years from my current life.
But my dad, James (27), who doesnât know anything, treats me like a child and even brushes my teeth.
Iâm actually a kid who hid a secretâ.
âNow, bubbling it. And spit it.â
âSpit it.â
My dad, who wiped my mouth with a towel as I spit out, hugged me again.
âExcuse me, uncle. I have legs too, you know?â
âI know. But a princess is not supposed to move. All you have to do is lift your finger and the servants will do it for you.â
âPhew, Dad. What will you do if I become spoiled because of how Iâve been raised?â
My Dad, who was heading to the kitchen, paused and laughed.
âOur Lilith, you sound like an adult.â
Because Iâm an adult.
Memories of my previous life started to come to me one by one from around the age of 3, when I could think to some extent.
And now that I am seven years old, I have completely remembered my previous life.
In addition, this world is in a fantasy novel I read in my previous life.
âNow, brave Princess Lilith! Letâs get rid of the evil Count Broccoli today!â
âPhew.â
Fried egg and sausageâ.
In the meantime, I sighed as I rummaged through two pieces of boiled broccoli with a fork.
The past life slowly came to mind, but before that, I was no different from a normal baby.
Even now, if I donât recall it on purpose, my past life will only feel blurred.
Instinctively, I get into my present lifeâ.
âShould I hide the broccoli under the egg?â
Therefore, even if I could think like an adult, the taste of children who still hated broccoli remained unchanged.
âOh, what do you want me to do with your hair today? Rabbit? Or princess?
My dad, who had dragged a chair behind me, asked, brushing my hair.
Rabbits are pigtails, and the princess is a half ponytail.
âDad, am I kid? Just a normal ponytail.â
My dad, who stopped, just laughed.
âMy princess is still a baby. You canât even reach Daddyâs waist.â
âItâs only in the body, you know?â
I grew slower than my peers. I was smaller than 5-year-old Jimmy, the youngest son of a house with a persimmon tree.
However, I know how to think of adults perfectly now.
âHmm, still⊠itâs good to be a smart kid, but not to the point adults feel weird, right?â
I made up my mind to keep my secrets well while twisting my tongue and doing a rabbit hairstyle, and then said.
âIâll just do rabbit hair.â
âRabbit? Okay.â
Dad tied my hair with his skillful hand.
âOh, itâs pretty. Whose daughter is this pretty? Hmm?â
âWhoa, donât kiss mee!â
My dad gave me a big hug and kissed me on the cheek, which made my cheeks feel like steamed buns.
âYes, princess. Daddy has to go to the market today, so go play next door. Iâll tell Aunt Susan.â
âWhy? Canât I go with you?â
I asked, stamping my short legs that were not yet touching the floor.
âNot for a while. Thereâs a lot of scary military uncles around these days.â
âHmph.â
The scary military uncles that my dad refers to are elite soldiers belonging to the imperial family.
The imperial army sometimes came down to this very far distance territory, which was far from the capital, to discover âthose with strong ability.â
âBut it has nothing to do with me. I donât have as much ability as ant poop.â
âBut you canât. Itâs dangerous.â
To worry for nothing.
âDad, maybe you donât know, but we are extras whose names are not mentioned in this world where only great protagonists work hard, the âImperial Citizenâ in âMany Imperial Citizenâ and the âIncompetentâ in âA lot of Incompetentsâ!â
I swallowed what I wanted to say.
This world is in the fantasy novel <Rebellion of Doss>.
The biggest characteristic of this novel is that it is a worldview in which humans are divided into people with âstrong abilityâ and âwithout strong abilityâ. (T/n: Itâs like people with the perfect or strong ability(competent) and people with no power/incompetent. Iâm not sure how to put it, but itâs probably like transcendent;; If I will change it in the next chapter I will make sure to put the note.)
Simply put, if you can use magic, youâre talented. If you canât, youâre incompetent.
The incompetent is the average human being, not even a supporting character in this novel.
Thatâs my dad and me.
âBut⊠Itâs rather good! Hehe, itâs such a great blessing to be born normally?!â
âUng? What do you mean?â
I tilted my head, looking at my fatherâs face.
He is tall, fit, has a handsome face, and a fool for his daughter, but he is an extra.
âJamesâ with normal brown hair, brown eyes, and the common surname âBrownâ, and even his name, is something you will come across a dozen times on the street.
âItâs a scary world. But, I love living a normal life with my dad. Iâm happy!â
A worldview in which only competent people are treated with the title of nobility.
A hierarchical pyramid system that is thoroughly classified according to their strong ability.
In particular, the war that takes place and the people with strong ability employed there.
And the story in which the main characters die relentlesslyâ.
If this is in <Rebellion of Doss>, where every page of the novel didnât have a good moment, the extras without a single name are a life that sucks honey.
I was a person who thanked God as soon as I realized the significance of my existence as âImperial Citizen 1â and âExtra 1â.
ââŠYeah, thatâs right. Daddy will be happy as long as I have my princess.â