Enoch, who was standing in a daze, hugged Lilith, who was running, and clapped his lips.
âO, our princessâŠ.â
âDaaaad!â
âEung. Our princess isâŠ.â
The pretty face that he couldnât see for a while.
He couldnât take his eyes off her and tried to look at her, but for some reason, Lilith was busy looking after her father, moving her small body for some reason.
âStay still. Let me see your face.â
âDad, arenât you hurt?!â
âEung? Dad wonât get hurt.â
âAre you okay?â
âOf course Iâm fine.â
âW, whaaaaâŠ!!!â
Enochâs eyes widened.
Lilith started crying as if she was relieved after checking on her father, who was fine.
âNo, princess. Whatâs wrong!â
Surprised, Enoch looked around only then.
All the family members who would have gone to pick up the daughter instead of him looked at the father and daughter with unstoppable eyes.
Enoch found his brother-in-law, Alexei Antrase, in between.
The two talked in the shape of mouths.
âWhat? Did you tell her?â
âItâs because brother-in-law came late!â
Thatâs true. How surprised she must have been when she didnât have her father, who should have been here since dawn.
When the child asks why her father is not here, she will be surprised if he says he went hunting for monsters.
He purposely kept it a secret that he would subjugate because he thought she would be worried like thisâ.
âUh, whaaaa!!!â
âNo, Princess. But. Wait.â
Enoch felt awkward when he saw his daughter crying and making a fuss about him.
âDad isâŠâ
âWhaaa!!!â
âHa.â
Enoch Rubinstein. Heâsâ.
He became a swordmaster at 14.
He was officially appointed and became a knight commander at 16.
When was the last time he received âworry about getting hurtâ?
His memory was fuzzy.
If there is one thing he can be sure of on a battlefield where life and death come and go every second, isnât it his own safety?
It was acknowledged by Enoch and all those who knew him.
So Enoch felt awkward.
âH, hiccups.â
To hold this little creature who is anxious that something wrong might happen to him.
âPrincess? Dad, Iâm really fine. Thereâs nothing wrong. Are you worried?â
âHng. Eung⊠Dad w, went to catch the monster but didnât comeâŠ.â
âSorry. Iâm sorry, princess. Dad is not late because Dad got hurt while catching the monster.â
Enoch hugged Lilith, who was exhausted and comforted her.
âThen, then why are you lateâŠâ
âEung, I was late because the warp gate was broken. My princess, Dad said Dad would pick you up, but Iâm sorry I couldnât keep my promise.â
âHng. Noo. Then thatâs all right. Iâm fine as long as Dad is not hurt.â
âOh, my.â
Enoch was about to cry. No, itâs a little.
âLilith, long time no see! Wow, did you really graduate in one month? A bird I havenât seen has grown so much?â
âNo, youâre draining all your tears and runny nose like this againâŠâ
âWhoa! Uncle Philip! Uncle Axion!â
Lilith waved to Philip and Axion, who followed him.
Looking at the child who sniffed and greeted them warmly, Enoch was amazed.
âHaa.â
A small, weak, fragile child who couldnât speak.
The child who seemed more appropriate to be called a creature rather than a human beingâ.
âDad, what are you doing! Are you crying? where does it hurt?â
âNo. Daddy doesnât cry.â
âLie!â
When did she grow up like this?
She talked, cried, and laughed, and went to the training center without her father.
âDad! Hehehe.â
âEung?â
âIâm back!â
Lilith, who wiped her nose and laughed, dug into Enochâs arms.
And she says.
ââŠI miss you.â
The father cried and hugged her little daughter tightly.
âEung, Dad too.â
* * *
Coming from the central region to the Capital, going to the temple first to see Dad, waiting for him, meeting Dad, and returning homeâ.
For more than half a day.
âNo oneâs really asking?â
I was dumbfounded.
No one asked me.
They didnât ask me anything?
âWhy the hell is no one curious about my gradeâŠ?â
Right, my grade.
After graduating from the training center, I thought it would be an issue my family would be most curious about.
I wondered if Uncle told them in advance, so I askedâ.
âThere was no time to talk.â
âand thatâs what he said.
On the other hand, everyone who heard Cheshireâs grade was shocked.
âDos?! Whoa. Really? Thatâs amazing?â
âCongratulations! But I thought Cheshire would be special. Uncle didnât teach you for no reason, right?â
âItâs really amazing. There are cases like this. Will you get a lot of attention in the future?â
âWell done. Work harder.â
I missed the timing to reveal my grade in the gap.
Because I realized that itâs not that my family doesnât care about my grade.
âOf course, itâs Dos, so I donât think thereâs any need to askâŠ.â
It was.
And the same goes for Dad.
âOh my, my princess. Who told you to be so pretty? Eung?â
Before going to bed. Dad, who even made me wash my face, wiped my face with a towel and kissed me on the side.
âOkay, now that weâve brushed your teeth, letâs go to bed!â
I lay down on the bed in my pajamas next to my Dad.
âBefore we go to bed, should Dad listen to where you made a lot of friends?â
âDad.â
âEung.â
âWhy donât you ask?â
âEung? About what?â
âWhat grade did I get!â
ââŠ.â
Dad quietly closed his eyes.
And then he laughed.
âAhaha, do I have to ask that? Since my princess is a genius, you must have received the best one, right?â
âThe best one? Dos?â
âYes, it is. Because my daughter is smart.â
âI see. Thatâs the best.â
When I pretended to be sullen, Dad jumped up as if he sensed something strange.
âPrincess?â
âEung.â
âWhere is the badge?â
âShall I show you?â
âEung.â
âOkay!â
I got up quickly and opened my teddy bear bag in one corner of the room.
And I wore a green rank slit on my arm and brought the badge to Dad.
âTa-da!â
ââŠ.â
Dad, who had been watching it quietly, blinked for a while, then tilted his head.
âWhose is this?â
As expected. The expected reaction.
âMine!â
ââŠWhat?â
âReally. I guess I wasnât a genius. Dad, are you disappointed that Iâm not the same as Dad?â
âNo, not that.â
Dad stared at my 4th-grade, Octava badge in his hand for a while.
About five minutes.
And from then on, his hands began to tremble.
His mouth slowly opened, and he made eye contact with me after a long time.
âOctavaâŠ? You?â
âEung, Iâm sorry. Because it is not a good grade.â
âNo! Oh, damn it!â
Dad got up.
âIâm sorry, Princess. Dad was so surprised that I ended up using bad words.â
âItâs okay.â
âNo way. This. This is. How the hellâŠ.â
Dad clasped his head with a confused face.
Soon, Dad, who sat down on the bed as if he had lost all his strength, burst into laughter.
âWhoa, no. Whoa.â
How can a person like thisâŠ
It was such a look.
âHaa. To this point. In fact, itâs Primera, so Dad would be in trouble if he knew it would be my death.â
So I had to be the only one who was worried and sick.
âMy princess.â
An emotional Dad hugged me.
âGood job. You did so well. Good job, my princess. Congratulations on graduating and receiving your grade.â
âAm I good? But this is Grade 4âŠâ
âAh, of course! Good job! Princess did the best in the world! So what if youâre 4th? To Dad, our princess is number one!â
âHehe.â
Dad kept looking into my badge, hugging me, kissing me, and being moved for a very long time, as if he still couldnât believe it.
Then, I noticed that Dadâs eyes got sharper in an instant.
âOh, heâs thinking terrifying thoughts.â
Dad has no weaknesses now.
I am a 4th grade with no compulsory obligation to belong to the imperial elite army.
No matter how much the Emperor was, he couldnât force a person with a low rank to enlist.
Itâs like an implicit promise between the Emperor and the powerful people.
âIf he starts making exceptions at will, the nobles will be dissatisfied.â
There are many aristocratic parents who shed bloody tears while sending their children to the battlefield because of the forced conscription system.
I suddenly thought about how Duke Schmidt cried when he saw Gerard, who had just been discharged.
Both of his sons were killed in battleâ.
âBad emperor. Letâs hit it.â
With nothing you canât do, what will the God-like Primera do?
The number of powerful people is much higher.
Even the Emperor canât do anything if everyone fights with one heart and mind.
Thatâs why Dadâs rebellion in the original work was also successful.
âOh right!â
Rebellion reminded me of something I had forgotten.
How could I forget this important thing? I grabbed my head and was horrified.
âDad, Dad, Dad!â
âEung?â
âI saw Uncle Joseph!â
âReally?â
For some reason, Dad was calm, but I couldnât care about his reaction because I was nervous.
Obviously, in the original story, Joseph was the Dadâs irreplaceable machinator.
If he made up his mind, it would be a disaster indeed!
âEung. Dad, listen. You know. I have a friend with whom I fought in the training center.â
âHuh. Why did you fight with your friend?â
âHe was a very, very bad friend! He bullied my commoner friends and asked them to bring bread?â
âReally? Then you fought well. What did princess say?â
âEung, it was! Anyway, he was such a bad kid, wasnât he? It must be because he learned that from his father, right?â
âThatâs right. He got the wrong home education. Whatâs his name?â
âBruce! Bruce Chambers!â
When he heard the name of the Chambers, Dadâs face hardened slightly.
I continued to talk.
âBut, but. Uncle Joseph is going to make friends with his father!â
ââŠ.â
Dad stared at me.
I explained it as much as possible, but Dad is smart enough to understand, right?
I said the machinator he chased seemed to have caught another manâs rope, so check it out quickly.
Please!
âDad! What if Uncle Joseph doesnât make friends with Dad and becomes friends with other Uncles?â
âPrincess.â
Dad called me
For some reason, Dad looked at me with strange eyes.
At that time.
When I looked at the main characterâs sharp eyes, I knew something was wrong.
âDonât worry about Uncle Joseph. Actually, Uncle Joseph came to see Dad first.â
âAh.â
âBy the way, can Daddy ask you something?â
No, donât ask.
My heart was beating wildly.
âIs it the princess who wrote the letter to Dad?â
âEung? Letter? What letterâŠ?â
The smiling Dad said, throwing his fist vigorously in the air.