The Royal Military Academy's Impostor Owns a Dungeon [BL] novel Chapter 818

Chapter 818: A Hidden Guardian

Yeah. A hidden guardian.

"Uh huh!" Jax said with a laugh, hands still laced behind his head as he walked.

"You know, when we were younger, we were always getting into trouble. All the time. But somehow, we always survived it. So for a long while, I honestly thought I was just lucky."

He chuckled, clearly poking fun at himself before his voice softened.

"But then there was this one accident when we were just starting to learn how to pilot. A training mecha malfunctioned during drills, and things got really close."

Luca’s steps slowed.

"I once overheard my mom confronting my dad about overriding the mecha controls so the mecha I was using wouldn’t blow up." Jax continued, his eyes looking forward.

"!!!"

Luca stopped walking altogether and stared at him.

Jax stretched his arms up, rolling his shoulders before turning back to look at him. "At the time, everyone thought I was just extremely lucky. The energy drained on its own, so the mecha never exploded."

He shrugged.

"But apparently my dad had drained it. He discharged everything by remotely accessing the mecha."

"What?!" Luca blurted out. "Your dad did that? Wow!"

Jax grinned and nodded, pride flashing across his face. "Yep."

"It wasn’t even a one-time thing," he added. "Before that, our field trip hovercraft got hijacked."

The shorter cadet’s eyes widened.

"But it was rescued almost immediately because the vehicle ended up passing through an Imperial Guard inspection point," Jax went on. "Apparently, my dad was the one who forcefully routed that path."

While other kids bragged about parents who fought corruption on the battlefield or faced other enemies head-on, Jax actually realized at that time that his father was a little different. Because no one else really got to know what he had done.

And yet, he was always there.

It was probably that quiet realization, early and steady, that let Jax grow up the way he did.

Happy.

"But back then, my parents actually fought over it," Jax added with a laugh. "Hahaha!"

Luca looked utterly confused and deeply bewildered.

And honestly, Jax understood. Because at that time, he too found it strange that they had argued over something he had always thought was undeniably good.

"My mom was obviously thankful," Jax continued, voice thoughtful now. "She really was. She knew my dad had saved me and the other kids. But she was also worried."

He glanced at Luca as they walked. "She said it might be dangerous if kids start thinking they’re invincible. What if we grow up thinking little of those threats? What if we start acting like daredevils because nothing really disastrous ever seems to happen?"

That part had shocked him back then.

Because if Jax was being honest, as a kid, there really had been a tiny voice in his head that thought exactly that. That maybe he really was just lucky. That maybe nothing bad could touch him.

But then he heard his father answer.

And those words had stuck with him ever since.

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"Because sometimes, it is not actually a consequence. He didn’t ask to be born into a family where simply existing makes life dangerous. None of that was the result of his actions. If anything, that was the consequence of my life choices."

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