I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 15

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15. Father and Daughter (4)

“Me, me over there! Over there!!”

Held in Theodor’s arms, Shuria pointed her finger at the candy shop.

Shuria was completely excited by the sparkling and colorful appearance of the shop, but Theodor was having twice as much trouble holding her as she wiggled and rejoiced with her whole body.

“Calm down.”

It felt like raising a small animal rather than a person.

There was one more reason why Theodor was struggling so much.

His body, which had not yet adapted to the Mortal Realm, could not fully contain his power.

Naturally, he was superior to ordinary people, but since he had been forcibly summoned to the Mortal Realm for an immediate contract, without using magic he was nothing more or less than a slightly exceptional human.

Even that magic power required double the amount when using magic in the Mortal Realm.

Of course, this would improve once his magic power and body finished adapting to the Mortal Realm.

But right now.

“Me, buy me that! That too!! Two of those!!!”

Even watching one five-year-old was difficult enough.

Theodor sighed and followed Shuria’s steps.

How many shops had they visited like this?

They had probably visited every toy shop in the entire Northern Region.

Since he couldn’t ask to have these items sent to the Mansion of the Duke while they were out from the temple, his hands were full of shopping bags.

To think that he, the ruler of the Demon Realm, would end up in such a state.

Even thinking about it himself, it was so absurd that he laughed.

Time passed, and Theodor moved to a dress shop with Shuria to pick out clothes.

Despite his offer to just buy everything, Shuria insisted she had to try everything on before buying, trying on each item one by one.

“Dad, how about this one?”

…It was pretty, but he couldn’t understand what difference there was from the clothes she had tried on earlier.

He wasn’t sure except for the color.

Even that color, he couldn’t really tell if there was much difference.

Wouldn’t it be fine as long as she didn’t wear black clothes at night?

“Pretty.”

Theodor had given the maximum praise he could manage, but his insincere answer didn’t seem to please Shuria.

“Look properly!”

At Shuria’s words, Theodor’s gaze fixed on her.

Naturally, it was the Magical Diagram’s doing.

“Where and how is it pretty?”

At Shuria’s question, this time his tongue began moving on its own.

He would rather endure pain and handle it himself, but this attempt to control his body at will was indescribably unpleasant.

Stop it.

Struggling not to move according to the Magical Diagram’s will, Theodor shouted inwardly, and perhaps sensing his anger, the control disappeared.

After controlling his emotions with a brief silence, Theodor looked at Shuria and spoke.

“You’re the prettiest in the world, like a princess from a neighboring country.”

She actually was a princess from a neighboring country.

So he could say that much.

“Is that really all? Try harder.”

Try harder.

The shock those words brought to Theodor was considerable.

Had there ever been anything in his life that he couldn’t do well?

The enormous amount of magic power he had possessed from the moment of birth.

Theodor had never once felt that he was lacking compared to others.

To dare use the expression “try harder” to such a person.

“Our daughter’s skin seems to suit pink better than sky blue. Should I say it has a slightly warm spring feeling? So among all the clothes I’ve seen so far, that pink dress suits you best.”

But what could he do? If he didn’t want to die, he had to do well.

Feeling the pain in his heart subside, Theodor felt relieved.

“Hmm, really?”

“Yes, shall we buy that one?”

“No, buy them all.”

If this was the case, why did she try them on one by one?

Though he thought it was incomprehensible, he wasn’t angry.

Because he was happier about finally being able to escape this shopping.

Just as he was trying to hide his joy, Shuria’s eyes met his.

“You can leave out all the sky blue ones.”

Saying this as if for Theodor to hear, Shuria finished speaking and smiled brightly.

As if asking for praise for listening well to his words.

And seeing Shuria like that, Theodor thought.

Acting like she’s doing me a favor when it’s my money anyway.

The money Shuria had spent today alone would easily cover a year’s living expenses for an ordinary commoner family.

Still, it was better than not trusting his abilities and saying she’d starve like last time.

“Please wrap those dresses together, they suit the child.”

Even while thinking this, Theodor separately ordered several blue dresses that would suit Shuria.

Absolutely not because those dresses would look good on her,

but because Shuria had tried them on and he had money to spare, convincing himself that’s why he was buying them.

When Theodor checked his watch after finishing the dress shopping, it was almost time to return.

“Let’s go back now, Shuria.”

At Theodor’s words, Shuria seemed satisfied with the day and followed him outside without complaint.

Her face was full of satisfied smiles, and somehow it seemed to make him feel good too.

Thinking the reason was because she listened well to him, just as Theodor was about to take a step.

“Restroom.”

Saying this, Shuria went back into the dressroom.

Being left alone was absurd for a moment, and Theodor considered following Shuria.

But the dressroom had glass walls so the inside was visible from outside, guards were stationed indoors, and he couldn’t enter the women’s restroom.

Theodor thought it would be better to just wait outside and began organizing the shopping bags.

That was the moment.

The hair tie that Shuria had tied came loose and fell into the shopping bag.

At the situation that happened in an instant, Theodor sighed.

If Shuria thought he had untied the hair tie, she would definitely throw a tantrum.

So Theodor put his hand into the shopping bag to find the hair tie.

“Kyaak! Thief!!”

But at that moment, hearing a woman’s voice, he jumped up and looked in the direction the sound came from.

But there was no one there.

The moment Theodor frowned at the strangely quiet atmosphere.

Three shopping bags, including the one he had been searching through, disappeared.

Since it happened in an instant while his attention was distracted elsewhere, even Theodor was helplessly caught off guard.

That thief was really unlucky.

Of all people, they stole Theodor’s belongings.

And those happened to be his daughter’s things.

On top of that, it even contained the hair tie his daughter had tied for him.

The word unlucky couldn’t fully explain that situation.

Ding.

At the sight of Theodor opening the door and entering, the dress shop owner who had been waiting to escort Shuria rushed to him.

“Your daughter is still inside.”

Since his heart wasn’t hurting but it was taking a long time, it didn’t seem like there was any problem, and she was probably taking care of serious business.

Theodor, who had roughly guessed Shuria’s situation from his own condition, pointed to the entrance of the restroom where Shuria had entered and the shopping bags that hadn’t been stolen, placed in front of the door, and spoke.

“Watch these bags for a moment.”

“…What?”

But his response didn’t reach Theodor.

Having entrusted Shuria to him, Theodor was already running fast, chasing after the thief.

As mentioned earlier, Theodor’s physical abilities were moderately outstanding among ordinary people.

About the level of a Sword Master that appears once per century, which would be around the top 10% among demons.

While this body was certainly unsatisfactory for Theodor, who had been the strongest demon, it was more than adequate for chasing a thief.

It took Theodor only three minutes to catch the thief, knock her unconscious on the spot, and carry her to the nearby police station.

Having retrieved his hair tie, Theodor grabbed the elastic band to tie his hair before entering the dress shop.

The humiliation of tying his bangs up didn’t matter.

What mattered was not letting Shuria discover that his hair had come undone.

“Daddy, that’s not how you tie your hair.”

Theodor couldn’t help but panic at the voice he heard from behind him.

Oh no.

Regretting that he should have moved faster, just as Theodor opened his mouth to make an excuse.

Shuria approached him and extended her hand.

“Give it to me.”

At her words, Theodor handed over the elastic band as if entranced, and lowered his head when she gestured for him to do so.

It was his own will, not the Magical Diagram’s.

Thus, Theodor’s hair was once again tied into an apple shape by Shuria, and seeing him like this, she smiled with satisfaction.

“If you like it, just say so, I’ll tie it for you again next time!”

Really, even though he sincerely wanted to decline.

The only answer Theodor could give was an affirmative one.

“If our daughter is doing it for me, then it’s all good.”

With a slight regret that if he had known this would happen, he should have just let it be stolen.

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