I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 19

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19. House of Helios Is Not Looking for a Grand Duchess (4)

The reason Theodor was able to return so quickly was simple.

The Demon Realm was running smoothly on its own.

So much so that he regretted coming back here.

Theodor handled the essential matters, but everything else was being managed by his secretary and Demon Lord Count, Adolt.

It was additional work on top of his already heavy workload.

Adolt’s work performance was so excellent that calling him “good at his job” would be an understatement.

So Theodor was able to return after simply providing additional manpower and raising Adolt’s salary.

But if he had known he’d witness such a scene, he thought he should have rested a bit longer before coming back.

“Papa!”

But Shuria, unaware of Theodor’s thoughts, just smiled brightly and ran toward him.

Oh my.

Treating her tutor and future teacher this way, yet smiling so shamelessly?

Despite thinking this, Theodor lifted Shuria into his arms.

“Who does Papa like the most?”

These were people who had already passed the basic screening.

He had completed his review of their character and family backgrounds.

Unable to understand why Shuria was asking such a question, Theodor opened his mouth.

“My opinion doesn’t matter, you need to decide.”

“Even if we’re family, Papa’s choice is the most important.”

The problem was that Shuria still thought she was choosing a grand duchess here, not her tutor.

Theodor frowned at Shuria’s still incomprehensible answer.

Since when was a tutor considered family?

“Shuri, I think you’re misunderstanding something. The teacher isn’t family.”

“That person’s name is Teacher?!”

Thinking they weren’t communicating, Theodor pressed his forehead.

“We’re looking for someone whose job is to be a teacher.”

Job, what’s a job?

“What’s a jyob?”

Ah.

If he explained it as someone who bears professional responsibility, he’d have to explain what professional duties and responsibilities were, and then he’d clearly have to repeat the same explanations again.

“We’re looking for your tutor.”

Finally giving up on explanations, Theodor said this, and Shuria’s eyes widened at his words.

“We’re not looking for a grand duchess?!”

Shuria’s surprised loud voice echoed throughout the room.

Lower your voice a bit…

Theodor deliberately ignored the interested gazes of the young ladies who were staring at them with wide eyes and opened his mouth.

“Right.”

At Theodor’s firm answer, Shuria’s expression changed subtly.

“Really…?”

After shouting loudly, now whispering in her own ear was quite something.

He wanted to give her a good smack.

Theodor deliberately ignored that feeling and raised his hand to pinch both of Shuria’s cheeks before letting go.

Right, what responsibility could you possibly have?

I should have properly explained it to you before leaving.

Obviously she was eating cookies or doing something else and didn’t listen properly.

“So, who do you like the most?”

Theodor said this while nodding his head.

At his attitude urging her to choose quickly, Shuria hesitated before opening her mouth.

“Papa.”

At Shuria’s answer, Theodor let out a chuckle.

That was already a known fact.

“Besides Papa.”

And at Theodor’s words, Shuria opened her mouth without hesitation.

“I called you Papa for a different reason.”

“…Then quickly tell me the reason.”

Theodor, his face reddening with embarrassment, answered with slight irritation, and Shuria let out a small laugh at his appearance.

“Is it okay if I choose the Princess as my tutor?”

Suddenly, what kind of nonsense is this?

It was the moment Theodor opened his mouth to say that the Princess wouldn’t come all the way to the Northern Region just to be your tutor.

One young lady who had burst into laughter walked toward her step by step.

With the first step, her common brown hair changed to sparkling platinum blonde.

With the second step, her green eyes changed to pink, a color in complete contrast to the first.

The ordinary young lady had become the most noble and beautiful woman in the Empire, with an appearance befitting her nickname as the Empire’s flower deer.

And with the final third step.

Princess Elisia, extending her long legs to reach Shuria in one stride, lowered her gaze to meet her eyes.

“How did you know?”

Her beautiful pink eyes sparkled with anticipation for the answer to come.

“Do you know the story of the Princess and the Pea?”

A prince who wanted to marry a real princess put a pea under the bed to distinguish princesses.

It was an old fairy tale about how a woman who could notice such a minor discomfort was truly a princess.

He couldn’t understand why this story was coming up now, but he knew the plot and development well enough.

“Yes.”

Speaking informally.

Though she had rarely been spoken to informally in her life, Elisia wasn’t petty enough to blame a young child who was looking for a tutor to learn etiquette.

At least until the next answer came.

“Sister, you don’t know how to greet your elders.”

Elders.

Adults who are higher in age, position, or status than oneself.

Since the Crown Prince was currently her younger brother, there was only one person who could say those words to her.

The Emperor.

But even the Emperor, who cherished his daughter, didn’t want formal greetings from her.

So it was natural that Elisia couldn’t perform such greetings.

“Just from that one thing?”

“We’re looking for my etiquette tutor, and I didn’t think Papa would bring someone who couldn’t even do such basic greetings properly.”

Shuria was still speaking informally to her as she said this.

Elisia found this situation absurd.

But strangely, she wasn’t angry.

Perhaps because it resembled her past self?

The innocent appearance from just before, when she believed the young ladies had collapsed because of the apple she gave them, trusting the witch story from a fairy tale book, had completely disappeared.

“And the Princess is also a princess of the Empire, right? Princesses know how to recognize other princesses.”

“Puhaha!”

Finally, Elisia burst into laughter.

She had no intention of becoming a mere tutor.

The reason she came here was to obtain the position of grand duchess.

Elisia needed Theodor.

And that was still the case now.

She was doing this because the conditions here seemed better.

I need to change my plan.

Thinking this, Elisia looked at Shuria and smiled.

“Would you like me to be your tutor?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

The question didn’t hold much meaning.

Elisia had already made up her mind to become a tutor for the House of Helios.

And Shuria wanted her as well.

“Just, you were the prettiest, sister.”

“Oh my.”

But the answer that followed was so adorable and pleasing to Elisia that she elegantly covered her mouth and burst into laughter.

“You’re pretty too.”

She had come all the way to the Northern Region to meet the Grand Duke.

Contrary to the rumors, the Northern Region seemed quite livable.

The air was good and the scenery was beautiful.

Most importantly, wasn’t it warm?

“Since that’s settled, please take care of us from now on, Grand Duke.”

In contrast to the cheerful-looking Elisia, something was bubbling angrily inside Theodor.

First of all, Theodor had also never dealt with someone of higher rank than himself.

The reputation that came with the Pink Princess’s name was burdensome.

Moreover, judging by her behavior, it didn’t seem like she would teach Shuria proper etiquette well.

“Shuria needs to learn proper etiquette.”

“So?”

“I humbly submit, Your Imperial Highness, that your etiquette for Shuria…”

But Theodor couldn’t finish his sentence.

“People higher than her: me, you, father, my brother.”

The first reason was that he himself realized the flaw in his words.

The second reason was that Elisia cut off his words.

Having casually uttered words that could get her arrested for insulting royalty, she smiled brightly and spread her fingers.

“She doesn’t need to be formal with me, and she can just pretend with my brother or father. I’ll allow it.”

Just who gave you permission to decide that?

The words rose to the tip of his tongue, but Theodor couldn’t voice them.

“Is that good enough now?”

It was shameless, but it wasn’t wrong.

And honestly speaking, Theodor also knew deep down that it would be good for Shuria to learn etiquette from Elisia.

Shuria was also high nobility.

The etiquette that needed to be observed differed according to one’s status.

So, he was giving his permission.

It absolutely wasn’t because of this Magical Diagram that appeared before him.

[There’s no father who refuses his daughter’s request.]

Theodor deliberately ignored the Magical Diagram that was threatening him again today and maintained his pride that way.

“I understand.”

In the end, Theodor nodded his head.

Confirming that his permission had been granted, Elisia smiled and spoke.

“Then should I contact father?”

No way.

An ominous uneasiness enveloped his entire body.

“You didn’t leave the Imperial Court without saying anything, did you?”

“It’s a runaway, yes.”

He hadn’t asked her to be that specific.

But at the shameless answer that accurately grasped the questioner’s intent, Theodor grabbed the back of his neck.

Without doing anything, he had somehow ended up kidnapping two princesses.

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