LIGHTNOVELWORLD My Daddy Hides His Power
Chapter 205
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Lunch hour. In Oscar’s office, I kept looking at the bracelet. ‘The Emperor’s Imperial Guard! How do I release the Paladin Uncle’s subordinate magic?’ 3months ‘As expected, everything works out.’ After several attempts, I definitely figured it out. ‘It’s because of the holy relic.’ Unlike the original, What I didn’t have then, but what I have now. A holy relic that can determine fate. It was the heart of the disciple. If my guess is correct, then unfortunately, the providence of power has not disappeared. However, the brainwashing of the Imperial Guard is something I can undo, by disregarding those laws. Why? Because their lives are sacrificed innocently for the victory of the protagonists. In other words, it falls within the range allowed by the holy relic to change one’s destiny. ‘Then maybe…’ At the last minute, I remembered Dad who would be brainwashed by the emperor. “That’s just totally pathetic.” At that time, Oscar, who was looking out the window, spoke. “Who?” I quickly went next to him and looked outside. “Aah!” A festival commemorating the conquest of the Moarte Islands. That perfect finale, Punishment for criminals! ‘That’s bad!’ A middle-aged nobleman was seen touring the islands barefoot and looking like a beggar. It was Count Jenkins. As soon as I saw his face, the original story came back to me reflexively, so I shook my head to shake off the thoughts. Riko’s episode was truly terrifying. “Phew.” Now that I’ve done everything I can, I hope Rico makes them pay as cruelly as possible. “Why the sigh? Do you feel sorry for them?” “Not at all. That sigh came from thinking about all the bad things that guy has done until now.” “Wow, is that all? You don’t feel anything? You’re the one who put that person in that state, you know?” “Yes, so?” I shamelessly lifted my chin. Count Jenkins will never know, even in death, that it was I who orchestrated his downfall. He was going to die soon, but I didn’t feel sorry for him at all. “When you do something bad, of course you have to think about showering in hell fire afterwards.” * * * Richelle, guild member of <Red Hawk>. She was a spy for the Marquis of Onyx and had once helped the young and abused Cheshire Libre escape. The reason Richelle felt particularly sorry for Cheshire was because his life was very similar to that of her boss, Rico. “Rico.” “Why?” Richelle visited the guild for the first time in a long time. “Duke Rubinstein’s position has become incredibly strong.” Enoch Rubinstein, a noble who accompanied the <Red Hawk>, was strong and just. <Red Hawk> helped him for quite some time, and Richelle. “Speaking of Count Jenkins, why don’t you ask the Duke?” Wouldn’t it be possible to ask a personal favor at least once? That’s what she thought. “Asking what?” “Isn’t this the guy you want to tear to death with your own hands? He’s still alive and kicking, while you can’t even get revenge. How can you just turn a blind eye to injustice?” “….” “The Duke can help.” Rico was silent. And he recalled his mother’s desperate cries for mercy during his own childhood. There are many nobles who touch their maids. So Rico’s story was nothing special. “Please, consider it. Taking care of someone like Count Jenkins is child’s play for him right now.” “Has the Count committed a crime?” Rico lay down on the sofa and laughed. “My younger sister almost became a victim, and my mother was beaten to death while pregnant. Even afterward, bodies are occasionally carried out of the Count’s house. There’s no attempt to hide it. Because it’s not a crime.” “….” “How can we punish him when he didn’t commit a crime? Can you kill Count Jenkins without justification?” But could he ask Enoch to secretly kill the Count? He knows very well about Enoch, right? “Isn’t it enough to just create something like a justification? Duke Rubinstein is possible.” “That’s right. Just as you said. If I want revenge, the Duke would find a way to capture the Count, even if it meant making up a cause that the Duke didn’t have.” Rico quietly closed his eyes. “So, that’s why it’s not happening. My personal revenge shouldn’t interfere with his path.” “It’s frustrating. Why did you decide to go down this path in the first place? It was because you wanted to avenge your mother, right?” As Riko stood up, he spoke coldly. “I don’t want to throw a tantrum at the duke like a child out of personal emotions. Don’t do something foolish.” “Ha, you really.” It was then. “Brother, brother, brother!” “Rico, are you there?” Two guild members wearing robes rushed in. Jetty, the maid of the Rubinstein family. Billy, the owner of the Capital’s beer house. Their main occupations are a spy and action leader for the guild <Red Hawk>, respectively. “What’s the matter?” “It’s showtime outside!” Jetty lifted up her robe and grinned. * * * Rico couldn’t believe his eyes. The nobleman, who always wore expensive clothes and smiled meanly, was standing miserably in front of the crowd, wearing an old mat and bare feet with swollen feet. “Deprivation?” “I heard they turn him into a non-capable individual.” “Tsk tsk. What crime did he commit that made His Majesty so angry?” Rico was dazed and heard voices calling from around him. Punishment by deprivation. The ultimate punishment is Primera shutting down the core of the person with the ability. Unlike when opening the core, closing it required vitality proportional to the ability of the user. Because it was a burdensome punishment for Primera, it was rarely carried out, and Rico had never actually seen it. ‘This… what on earth is going on?’ The noble who suffered the stripping punishment was none other than Count Jenkins. The knight who was walking around the Capital, dragging him around like a dog, unfolded the rolled-up edict. Eventually, the Count’s sins rang out one by one from the knight’s mouth. “Oh my, you crazy b*stard!” “Die!” “He’s terrible!” The crowd, enraged by the ugly crime, threw stones and spit at the Count. Rico was confused. “What’s this? How did the Count’s crimes fall into the hands of the royal family?” All of the crimes being read about in the article were information that <Red Hawk> had collected from the Jenkins family. It has never been leaked anywhere. No, it shouldn’t have been there. “Who is it?” Rico looked sharply at the guild members next to him. Richelle, no. Billy, no. “It’s you?” Jetty smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, brother.” “Are you crazy? You stole my information without even telling me? To whom?” “…My Lady.” Lilith Rubinstein. At that moment, Riko remembered what Lilith said when she came to see him the other day. “Hehe. It’s something Rico has wanted for a long time…” “…Any guesses~? He must have wanted it badly~?” “To be honest, I was expecting a bit more when you asked for information about Count Jenkins. It seemed like the lady knew something about brother’s situation. I wondered if she might be willing to help in some way.” Jetty added timidly. “But I never imagined the gift would be so perfect.” “Haa.” When someone becomes powerless, naturally, they are also stripped of their rank. They are instantly relegated to the lowest depths of this tower. “Argh! Can’t you stop?! These lowly beings know who I am!” “Who are you! Now you’re no different from us!” The Count screamed as he was hit by flying stones. “Y, you there! Are you the only escort? What if I get stabbed on the way to the port!” Perhaps frightened by the aggressive attitude of the crowd, the Count clung to the knight with his pale face. “I guess that’s your fate too!” “Hey! Argggh!” The Count was not only sentenced to deprivation but also ordered to be exiled abroad. Since the sin was so great, it wouldn’t have been surprising if someone killed him before he could safely board the ship. “Tsk tsk. I guess he still wants to live like that.” Billy clicked his tongue. Even though the crowd was all commoners and non-capable people, the Count was afraid. Now, he no longer has the blessing-like “ability” anymore. Just like a lion easily tears a rabbit to death. Just as a rabbit cannot attack a lion. That was the gap between the capable and the non-capable people. Even if the class system disappeared, those with magical abilities could continue to threaten those without. That’s why Rico couldn’t imagine tearing the count, a man of his power, to death with his own hands. “Are you going to catch him?” Billy waved his thick forearms menacingly. The muscles he had boasted about during the Children’s Day festival, where he competed in strength against Enoch, were still there. “Rico?” “Haha, hahahaha…” Rico covered his face and laughed. “I’m sorry, my son… I’m sorry for leaving you alone in this world…” His mother was sad to the end. Leaving the two siblings behind in this hellish world. “In the next life, let’s be reborn in a good place…” Although she is no longer there, Rico wanted to show her. In a place that is no longer hell, in a country that has finally become peaceful. How he lived the rest of his life. ‘So…’ So, for that. For a slightly bigger dream. In the end, it was a revenge he had promised to put aside. Revenge. Rico, a boy who was infinitely weak. The very emotions that have shaped him into the towering figure he is today. The moment Rico finally held the sword in his hand, he felt it. Those emotions, in fact, remained completely untainted and intact. “You’re going to catch him, right? Huh?” “…Yeah.” Rico answered from a distance, looking at the Count with a cold gaze. It was a debt that was barely repaid after more than ten years. ‘Ah.’ Suddenly, Rico hurriedly rummaged through his pocket and pulled something out. A note left behind by Lilith. Rico had never once spoken of his own story, but Lilith must have known everything. ‘I see.’ Rico laughed. [A gentleman’s revenge is not too late even if it takes 10 years.] Now she knew what it meant.
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