It was a better situation than when he lifted my back, but I didnât like how he caught my waist like a suitcase.
I screamed as I struggled with my hands and feet.
âLet me go!â
âWhereâs Enoch Rubinstein?â
âWhoâ!â
I couldnât think of anything else because hearing this and that made my stomach hurt, and it surprised me to think about the name.
âWhy is that name coming out of here now?â
Enoch Rubinstein (Main character)
Knight Commander of the âDos Paladin,â the most powerful armed force in the novel <Rebellion of the Dos>.
âDos,â the highest rank among the people with power.
Paladin, Swordmaster, and Duke.
The adoptive father of another male protagonist, Cheshire Rubinstein.
The strongest person in the world view.
As a young man, he sharpened the blade of revenge after losing his young daughter to the Imperial Family.
So, after losing his daughter and deciding to take revenge, he was one of the two-top main characters, a man who raised Cheshire after saving him, the male protagonist.
The title of <Rebellion of Dos> is because he, who is of the âDosâ class, defeated the Imperial Family with his adopted son, Cheshire, and eventually won the victory.
âLooking for Enoch Rubinstein and his daughter, I guess the story is before the original story. When his daughter isnât dead yet.â
âF, first of all⊠The blood on my head, the blood on my head⊠could you please make me sit up straightâŠ?
ââŠ.â
The Knight Commander, who had been silent for a moment, sat me on the horse to face him.
When I faced the Knight Commanderâs unusual purple eyes, I felt a strange sense of mystery.
âThe black hair and merciful eyes. I think there was a character who looked like this, but who was it?â
Ah. My own nose is three feet long. (T/n: It means an expression used to describe a situation where oneâs own business is so urgent and difficult that one cannot afford to help others.)
I shook my head and asked hurriedly.
âAre you talking about the paladin and swordmaster, Duke Enoch Rubinstein? Silver hair and blue eyes?â
âYeah.â
âYou must have mistakenly thought that I look like him because I have silver hair and blue eyes, but my fatherâs name is James Brown and heâs not Enoch something. My hair color and eyes looked like my mom who left home a long time ago.â
ââŠ.â
The Knight Commander, who was looking at me, laughed.
âHe has done a good job with his child education.â
âYes?â
âLilith!â
It was then. A familiar voice pierced my ears.
I turned around and saw my dad holding a poker.
âDaddy!â
âWhat are you doing? If you donât want to die, put my daughter down right now.â
âŠ.?
Iâm perplexed.
âD, dad, are you crazy? You donât know who these people are?â
The Paladin, commanded by the powerful people, especially the top-ranked âDos,â were all high-ranking nobles.
In this world view, only powerful people can have the title of noble, and people who donât have power arenât even considered human.
So, my father, who is at the bottom of the food chain and has no power, can be executed just by talking to them informally.
But thereâs one more thingâ.
Is he even threatening to kill them with just one poker?
âOh my. Dad is crazy.â
With my back stiff, I immediately curled up and crouched.
âM, mister. My dad must have been out of his mind for a while because he couldnât live without me. If youâll be generous, Iâll take it as a lifetime grace!â
To make use of how cute I look, I cling to the knight commanderâs waist and smile sweetly.
Then I pointed to my father with a small hand.
âThen, look! Thatâs the one who just showed up! Itâs my father! The symbol of commonner, brown hair and brown eyes!â
ââŠ.â
The Knight Commander only looked at me indifferently.
A cold sweat broke out on my back.
I swallowed my saliva.
âH, heâs just the Passing Imperial Citizen 1 even if you look at it, and heâs a 27-year-old unmarried father living in a mountain village with a young daughter and working hard to make a living.â
ââŠ.â
ââExcuse me, sir? Over there? Whoa!â
The knight commander handed me over to the subordinate next to him as if tossing me, then jumped off the horse and approached my dad.
âN, no! Donât do that to my dad!â
I was just floundering with my hands held back.
The knight commander glanced at the box of macarons lying next to my dad and laughed.
âIt doesnât make sense.â
âWhy are you here?â
Talk informally again? Whatâs wrong with you, dad?
With just one sweep of the knight commanderâs sword, he will blow my fatherâs head away.
Does he know if my heart is anxious?
I had never seen my dad look so scary before as he pointed the poker at the knight commander.
âMy daughter, let her go.â
âEnoch Rubinstein. This is the Emperorâs order to return to the Knights and do your duty immediately.â
âNo, my dad is not Enoch something!â
I cried and shouted, but my eyes met my father from afar.
My fatherâs jaw was trembling as if he was very angry when he saw me being held poorly.
âItâs been seven years. If thatâs the case, isnât it time to end the trip?â
ââŠ.â
âAs you best know, according to the Pavilion Military Law, deserters are subject to summary execution. In the case of an escape, a wanted person is treated as a first-degree criminal until it is confirmed if they are alive or dead.â
Noâ.
âBut His Majesty, the merciful Emperor, highly valued your deeds and abilities. Although you clearly violated the military law, he didnât issue a wanted order, and he didnât take away your title and property.â
Excuse meâ.
Why on earth is that knight commander holding the mountain village extra 1 and talking about things I canât understand?
âNow that he has waited with his eyes closed for all the wrongdoings you have committed, it is time to return. Disobedience to orders is death. I will once again deliver the words of His Majesty the Emperor.â
The Knight Commander lowered his voice and added, glaring at the innocent people.
âEnoch Rubinstein. As of today, return to the Knights Templar and do your duty.â
âHa.â
My dad laughed. I got chills down my spine.
âHis Majestyâs snout is always such a smooth talker.â
I covered my slowly opening mouth.
W, whose snout?
Donât tell me heâs talking about His Majestyâs snout, the top predator of the imperial throne?
âDad must have gone crazyââ
My dad has already done everything, from tricking the nobility to insulting the royal family.
âIsnât it time to be a little honest? He must have just left the dog house open so that the dog could come back whenever it wanted.â
After saying something about the snout, my mind went blank and I couldnât hear my dad well.
All I could think of was that I had to close my mouth and run away.
I bit the back of the knightâs hand holding me as tightly as I could.
âUgh!â
The knightâs arms let go of me in an instant, and I fell off the horse.
âLilith!â
My hips tingled as I fell, but I donât care now.
I sprint towards my dad with my short legsâ!
As I fell, my badly fall buttocks were throbbing, but I didnât care anymore.
âDaddyâwhoa!â
âand I was caught.
The back of the knightâs hand caught me, and I hung there and groaned.
Dad shouted with a pale face.
âDamn it! Let go of that hand!â
âUgh, waitâDad, be, be quiet!â
Fortunately, the Knight Commander was a man of mercy for a child, so he hugged me nicely.
âCough, cough. Excuse me.â
I put my hands together and look at him.
âMisterâŠIâm sorry.â
ââŠ.â
âI, Iâm so sorry. Please save my dad. My hair color is like this⊠Yes, I know why you misunderstand. Iâll go. Iâll go, okay? I will do all the investigations. Then you will know Iâm not the person. Andââ
I suddenly felt sad. And I hated the main character.
Why does Enoch Rubinstein look like me?
âHik⊠Actually, I know Enoch something very well. Iâll tell you everything I know about where he is hiding right now and help you find him. So please just turn blind eye to my dad, I, Iâll followâŠâ
I felt like a traitor because I couldnât stand the torture and gave away information about the independent army, but I canât help it.
The most important thing to me right now is not the main characterâs well-being, but my dadâs life.
At that moment.
The Knight Commander was startled and drew his sword.
His gaze was not on me, but on my dad.
I instinctively looked back.
ââŠDad?â
A scary expression that Iâve never seen before.
Blue energy fluttered over my dadâs old poker, which he pointed like a sword.
I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
âW, what is that?â
A strange air flowed only around my dad.
There was no wind, but my dadâs hair and collar began to shake.
Dadâs brown hair and brown eyes, which were the symbols of Extra 1â.
It changed gradually.
âOh my.â
With dazzling silver hair and sparkling blue eyes that shout, âI am the main character!â
Tears welled up.
It was embarrassing for my mouth, which had been crying hard because I thought they were looking at the wrong person.
âE, excuse me? Isnât he a 27-year-old single father living in a mountain village with a young daughterââ