I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 26

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26. Picnic (2)

“Baa-“

At the small voice that came at that moment, Shuria turned around.

A small ball of fluff was chewing on her dress.

It didn’t take long for Shuria to figure out what it was.

A pink nose, clean and fluffy fur, small ears.

“It’s a sheep!”

The young sheep was smaller than Shuria.

Kneeling down to meet the sheep’s gaze, Shuria looked at the sheep with sparkling eyes.

So cute.

“Can I touch it?”

Shuria forgot her thought that Philip was scary and looked at him as she spoke.

At her question, Philip smiled and nodded.

“Of course.”

When his permission was given, Shuria smiled brightly and reached out her hand.

Perhaps because it was raised by humans, the sheep seemed accustomed to human touch and accepted Shuria’s caress.

But while it didn’t reject her, the sheep turned its head as if Shuria was bothersome and began grazing on grass.

“Here, look here, baa!! Baa!!”

No matter how much she tried to get its attention from the side, the sheep never looked back at Shuria.

When things didn’t go her way, Shuria puffed out her cheeks in frustration, and Theodor found that sight somehow pleasing.

“Our daughter is now being ignored even by sheep.”

The moment Shuria turned her head at Theodor’s words and looked at him with a sulky expression.

Tap.

Something touched her forehead and fell onto Shuria’s hand.

It was none other than a long-cut carrot.

Seeing the carrot in Shuria’s hand, the sheep’s eyes sparkled as it began approaching her.

“You need to use tools.”

But Theodor’s words were already unheard by Shuria.

It was because of the sheep munching on the carrot.

Seeing Shuria like that, Theodor placed the basket of carrots he had received from Philip next to Shuria.

“Thank you, Dad.”

At the sight of Shuria looking at him with a bright smile, he let out a small laugh and watched Shuria and the sheep.

How cute.

[Right?]

The sheep, not Shuria.

[Yes!]

Annoyed by the Magical Diagram’s attitude, just as Theodor was about to say something.

A faint pain and Shuria’s scream reached his ears.

Something had definitely happened.

When the startled Theodor turned his gaze to Shuria, he saw sheep beginning to gather around her, apparently having realized she had carrots.

The sheep that had gathered in an instant began bleating as if asking for carrots, and Shuria was sniffling at the number of sheep that had increased to an unmanageable level.

“Give it here, Shuria.”

It would be terrible if she started crying.

Theodor reached out to Shuria to take the basket from her, but Shuria’s short arms couldn’t reach him.

Seeing the sheep positioning themselves as if they would rush at Shuria any moment, Theodor shouted.

“Throw it this way!”

He intended for her to throw the carrots, which were the sheep’s objective, far away.

But Shuria misunderstood Theodor’s words.

The basket flew toward him, and while he caught the basket itself without problem, the issue was that the basket’s lid wasn’t properly closed.

Thud, thud thud.

Countless carrots fell at Theodor’s feet.

He should have run away at this moment.

He shouldn’t have checked to see if Shuria was okay.

She managed to escape from among the sheep in that gap, but Theodor ended up trapped by the sheep instead.

The sheep formed a sea of people, no, a sea of sheep in front of Theodor.

Looking at the flock of sheep blocking his path and frantically eating carrots, Theodor seriously considered having lamb for dinner tonight.

There were too many to kill them all, and it was certain he couldn’t do such a thing in front of Shuria.

Just as Theodor was pondering the most peaceful method, one sheep began chewing on his pants, and his patience hit rock bottom.

“Shuria.”

“Yes?”

“Close your eyes.”

At Theodor’s words, Shuria closed her eyes.

For a moment, a chilling and cold energy swept through her entire body.

Wind?

Shuria didn’t think much of it.

“Open them now.”

When Shuria opened her eyes again at Theodor’s words, the sheep were either inside the pen far away or hiding behind Philip.

What?

The baby lamb she had been feeding went between the legs of Shuria, who still hadn’t grasped the situation.

That sheep was trembling with fear and crying.

“Why, why? Does it hurt somewhere?”

Surprised, Shuria petted the sheep’s back to calm it down, and watching this, Theodor endured the self-loathing that came belatedly.

Who would have known he would use his killing intent for something like this.

Himself, who had been the Demon Lord.

Himself, who could make even high-ranking demons tremble in fear with just his killing intent.

Against mere sheep…

This is all to protect the Demon Realm.

Because who knows what might happen if this picnic is ruined.

Theodor thought this way and tried to overcome his self-loathing, but Shuria, seeing him like that, made a big misunderstanding.

“Dad, were you scared?”

What is she talking about now.

But without giving Theodor a chance to argue, Shuria came to her own conclusion, handed the baby lamb to Philip, and approached him.

“Oh my, what would Dad do without Shuria?”

Theodor was at a loss for words at her acting as if she had driven away the sheep.

But that only added to Shuria’s conviction.

“If you’re very scared, shall I give you a hug?”

Saying this, Shuria approached Theodor and spread her arms wide.

It seemed it would be more comfortable to just hug her and prevent accidents.

“Alright.”

He didn’t have the energy to clear up the misunderstanding, and it was too shameful and self-loathing to explain that he had shown killing intent to sheep.

As Theodor picked up Shuria like that, his eyes met with Elisia’s.

…She didn’t notice, did she?

He had controlled his killing intent appropriately, so it probably didn’t reach that far.

Suppressing his slight anxiety, Theodor sat down on the picnic mat.

“Well, um… it is scary when sheep rush at you in a herd…?”

Elisia said this, but Theodor caught the hidden meaning behind it.

Using killing intent even on sheep, he must have been very scared?

It seemed Elisia knew that he had used killing intent to drive away the sheep.

Ah… really.

Having become the person who drove away a flock of sheep using killing intent, Theodor opened his mouth to deny that fact, but.

“No, that’s not…”

“Shuria protected Papa!”

His voice was blocked by Shuria and couldn’t reach Elisia.

Before he knew it, Shuria had slipped out of his arms and was lying on Elisia’s lap, acting cute.

“Shuria is really amazing.”

“Teacher, if anything happens to you, tell me! Shuria will protect you!”

“Yes, yes.”

Saying this, Elisia moved her hands properly, tidying up Shuria’s disheveled and messy hair.

Her technique was skillful.

Both handling children and fixing hair.

“Papa dropped the carrots! The sheep came running~! Papa was blocking them! Shuria saved Papa!!”

If the topic of their conversation hadn’t been about him, Theodor would have admired her hand movements.

Before he knew it, he had become a character in the heroic tale Shuria was telling.

Seeing how excitedly she was chattering, it was surely only a matter of time before this spread throughout the Duchy.

Theodor absolutely did not want to become a Grand Duke who was afraid of mere sheep.

Taking advantage of Shuria being distracted, Theodor opened his mouth to correct the misunderstanding.

He thought it would be right to silence Elisia first, since not many people would think of him that way based on a child’s words alone.

“I am not afraid of sheep.”

At Theodor’s words, Elisia avoided his gaze and nodded.

“…Ah, of course. I understand.”

She absolutely didn’t look like she believed him.

It seemed like no matter what he said, she wouldn’t listen.

In the end, Theodor had to have Philip bring a sheep and show himself calmly petting the sheep’s head.

When the oblivious sheep chewed on his trouser hem, he felt another wave of self-loathing.

Fortunately, Elisia now seemed to believe his words, and relieved, Theodor stood up from his seat.

“Please also forget that I used killing intent.”

In the Demon Realm, killing intent was a technique that only two people could use.

Theodor thought the Mortal Realm would be similar to the Demon Realm, but in the Mortal Realm, even knight commanders could use killing intent.

Unlike the Demon Realm, the Mortal Realm had spread the chivalric spirit of not using force against the weak.

It wasn’t strange at all that he, an outstanding knight and hero who ended the war, could handle killing intent.

So Theodor’s words ultimately meant.

The Grand Duke… must be really ashamed that he used killing intent to chase away sheep.

It only planted a deeper misunderstanding in Elisia.

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