I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 28

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28. The Demon Lord and Two Princesses (1)

A week after the rift in Cantabile had closed.

Another rift was discovered elsewhere in the Mortal Realm.

This time, the location wasn’t Cantabile, but the capital of a small kingdom called Arellan.

Unlike the kingdom, Arellan’s capital didn’t have proper defensive measures in place, and the rift caused numerous casualties… or rather, it didn’t.

Naturally, everything was thanks to Theodor’s efforts.

The rift’s location in the Demon Realm was once again in a forest where many monsters spawned, but its discovery wasn’t as delayed as last time.

Unlike the Mortal Realm, the Demon Realm was a single continent and everything was under Theodor’s management.

The Demon Realm, following Theodor’s orders, had established proper defensive measures against rifts, and the Magical Diagram taught Theodor the rift’s location as promised.

Thanks to this, the Demon Realm was able to control the rift immediately.

Several monsters had already passed through the rift to the Mortal Realm, but their numbers weren’t large.

The rift was closed immediately and an investigation was also conducted.

Consistent with the first discoverer’s testimony, it was confirmed that demons with magical power could not pass through the rift to the Mortal Realm.

Though what benefit they sought by opening rifts remained unknown.

In Shuria’s memories that Theodor had seen, all Reina wanted was beautiful appearance.

But even after using her looks to rise to the position of queen, she tried to summon the Demon Lord, and didn’t stop there but even caused rifts to occur.

What her purpose was, he had no clue whatsoever.

What was certain was that she wasn’t in her right mind.

When he went to Cantabile, Theodor confirmed the number of demons and humans that Reina had offered as sacrifices to summon him.

The number of humans far exceeded thousands and was impossible to even count, while the number of demons also exceeded hundreds.

He felt incompetent for not noticing that such numbers had disappeared.

Theodor let out a small sigh and irritably ran his hand through his hair.

Theodor thought that trying to deduce the thoughts of an insane human was rather a loss.

Frankly speaking, even if she said she did such things just because she was bored, he would have to accept it.

Nevertheless, this incident was too massive in scale.

It was meticulous, left no traces, and was planned.

There was definitely some purpose behind it.

And honestly, even without attaching such reasons, Theodor wanted to catch and kill Reina right away.

For killing innocent demons.

For suffering bound by such a contract.

For becoming the villain who created rifts.

She was the fundamental cause of all these problems.

But no matter how much he traced her tracks, nothing was discovered.

As if the story of her death was really true.

But Theodor didn’t think she was dead, and ultimately had to work day and night on affairs of both the Mortal Realm and Demon Realm, conduct investigations, and strive to close rifts.

Therefore, Theodor had no time to spend with Shuria, let alone time to rest, and today marked the seventh day since Theodor hadn’t slept.

I’m tired.

Pressing both eyes to chase away sleep, Theodor looked away from the documents and closed his eyes.

If he didn’t sleep right now, he felt like he would collapse at any moment.

If I start working again tomorrow, wouldn’t that be somewhat okay?

Thinking this way, when he opened his eyes, documents from the Mortal Realm piled up like mountains came into view.

Adding the documents from the Demon Realm that hadn’t arrived yet, he would probably have to pull all-nighters for another week.

“…Ha.”

Finally sighing, Theodor turned away from the documents and moved toward the bed.

At this rate, he felt like he would be the first Demon Lord to die from overwork.

Just as Theodor was moving toward the bed, the door burst open and Shuria entered.

“Daddy!!!”

Shuria called him with her usual bright smile.

But Theodor wasn’t in a normal state right now.

His fatigue was greater than the pain the Magical Diagram gave him.

I’ll just endure it.

Thinking this way, Theodor ignored Shuria’s words and lay down on the bed.

Perhaps the Magical Diagram had some conscience, as he felt no pain whatsoever.

If he had felt pain, Theodor would have just endured it and rested.

But since he felt no pain, it bothered him even more.

It seemed like Shuria understood his situation.

The moment Theodor let out a small sigh and turned his gaze toward Shuria.

Their eyes met as she looked at him with worry filling her expression.

“Daddy, does it hurt?”

At that moment, why did his heart ache?

It was quite different from the pain the Magical Diagram gave him.

But Theodor only thought that pain was punishment from the Magical Diagram.

Dismissing that pain as insignificant, Theodor gestured with his hand for Shuria to come here.

Though hesitating, Shuria approached him.

The moment Shuria approached the bed that was as tall as she was, her body floated into the air.

Theodor had pulled her up.

Thump.

Shuria’s body sank into the bed, then soon entered Theodor’s embrace.

He had simply confined her in his arms so he could focus on resting without her running around frantically.

Theodor patted Shuria’s back and spoke.

“Let’s sleep early today.”

“…Mm.”

Perhaps really thinking Theodor was sick, Shuria stretched out her arms and hugged him.

Her short arms barely covered his shoulders, but Shuria seemed satisfied with that.

It was the first time Theodor had held her on the bed.

Theodor’s embrace was warm, she could smell his now-familiar scent, and her heart felt at peace.

Certainly at first, she was happy just with that fact.

But Shuria was a five-year-old child.

A five-year-old who would say she disliked sleeping when told to sleep.

It didn’t take long for her to get bored.

Eventually, Shuria squirmed and escaped from his embrace.

Confirming that Theodor didn’t wake up, Shuria left the room with relief.

Normally he would wake up at the slightest sound, but due to the Magical Diagram’s influence and accumulated fatigue, Theodor was still in deep sleep.

Even when Shuria opened the door again and entered the room.

Certainly when she left, she had nothing in her hands, but when Shuria returned to the room, both her hands were full of something.

Terrible things that would make Theodor turn pale.

Approaching Theodor with a bright smile, Shuria grabbed his head and began mercilessly inserting the things she had brought into his hair.

“Pink~!”

She even started humming a song.

If Theodor had been in his right mind, he would have run away the moment he saw those weapons.

That’s right, what Shuria had brought were accessories like ribbons, hairpins, and jewels.

All of them were made in pink, her most cherished and favorite color.

“Oh, so pretty!”

Among them, a few actually suited him surprisingly well, perhaps thanks to Theodor’s handsome face.

But there was no way Shuria would know moderation.

She was only satisfied after hanging all the accessories she had brought onto Theodor’s head.

The moment satisfied Shuria looked away from him.

Pop.

The ribbon she had worked hard to tie came undone from his head.

Shuria’s handiwork was far too lacking to put anything on Theodor’s short hair.

After five attempts, Shuria finally gave up on tying a ribbon in his hair and threw the ribbon on the floor.

“I don’t want to do it anymore.”

It was because it had become boring now.

Looking out the window, she saw that the sun was setting and it was getting dark.

After thinking for a moment, Shuria decided it was too bothersome to go to her room and lay down right next to Theodor.

“Dad, move over a little bit.”

When she tapped and pushed away Theodor’s arm, he understood Shuria’s voice and moved his arm aside, and Shuria went back into his embrace.

However, Shuria, who had lain down on the bed like that, couldn’t stay still for long.

The reason was simple.

She had forgotten to turn off the lights.

After pushing his arm away again and running over to turn off the room’s lights, Shuria smiled with satisfaction and lay down next to him.

“Hold me.”

It was truly a shameless request.

If it weren’t for the Magical Diagram, how many times would Theodor have woken up from sleep?

What was certain was that even though the Magical Diagram was doing its best to conceal Shuria’s presence, he had still woken up twice.

But Shuria wasn’t even aware that she had disturbed his sleep.

“Now let’s really go to sleep.”

It was a quiet voice tinged with slight drowsiness and irritation.

While warning her as if it were the last time, Theodor still held her affectionately, and this time Shuria also fell asleep obediently.

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