I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 29

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29. The Demon Lord and Two Princesses (2)

The sun rose and sunlight streamed into the room.

Shuria frowned at the strong sunlight that touched her eyes.

“Papa, the light…”

At Shuria’s voice, Theodor sighed softly and used magic to draw the curtains.

He had been sleeping better and didn’t want his daughter’s peaceful rest to be disturbed.

But once awakened, Shuria couldn’t fall back asleep, and her patience wasn’t very good either.

Not long after, fully awake, Shuria squirmed trying to escape from his embrace, but the blanket made it difficult to move.

“Phew.”

Having barely escaped, Shuria looked at the blanket and Theodor from outside the bed.

Normally, she would have been grateful to Theodor for covering her with the blanket.

But Shuria’s thoughts were a bit different.

He must not need it!

Shuria looked at Theodor’s blanket and pillow with scheming eyes.

Among them, what particularly captured Shuria’s heart was the pillow.

The large pillow made for adults seemed like it would be the perfect size if she lay on it.

“I’m taking this.”

Leaving only those light words, Shuria got down from the bed carrying the pillow and blanket in one hand.

But here she overlooked one thing.

The pillow and blanket were bigger than she thought.

In the end, Shuria had no choice but to drag them along as she moved to her room.

But she couldn’t go far before stopping again, as her hands were too small to carry both items.

Currently, Shuria hadn’t even made it out of Theodor’s room yet.

She had somehow managed to drag them to the door, but opening and closing the door like this was impossible.

Realizing she had to give up one of the two, Shuria began to ponder.

…When winter comes, Papa will need the blanket too, so I’ll just take the pillow.

It was spring.

Early spring when buds were just beginning to bloom.

Having given up the blanket, Shuria picked up the pillow with both hands and started walking.

But the real problem started from there.

The blanket that Shuria had abandoned on the floor got caught in the door gap.

Naturally, the door couldn’t close, and the first person to discover this was none other than Elisia.

As per their contract, Elisia took charge of two tasks at the Duchy.

First was teaching etiquette to Shuria.

Second was helping Theodor handle affairs of the Mortal Realm.

Therefore, Elisia came and went from his study within the bounds of proper etiquette.

“…What’s this?”

But this was the first time she had seen such a case.

There was a blanket hanging from the door.

Tilting her head, Elisia carefully knocked on the door.

But no sound came from inside.

Feeling somewhat uneasy, Elisia carefully pushed the blanket aside and opened the door.

“Excuse me.”

The lights in Theodor’s study, which were always on, were strangely turned off.

She knew his study doubled as a bedroom, but the Theodor she knew had never slept with the room’s lights off.

It was natural.

He was too busy to deliberately go to sleep.

Being a demon, he could somehow endure with mental strength even without sleep.

But Elisia, who couldn’t know these circumstances, only approached Theodor while extremely tense.

She didn’t know where the light switch was, and with curtains drawn in the room, this was the only way to check his condition.

And so Elisia, facing Theodor’s face.

“Pfft!”

Barely managed to hold back her laughter.

Fortunately, Theodor didn’t wake up, and Elisia approached closer to check his condition.

He’s just sleeping.

Elisia felt relieved that Theodor was safe and looked at the accessories he was wearing.

She had felt that black and pink went well together when looking at the princess.

But who knew they would suit him this well.

Elisia nodded while looking at Theodor adorned with pink gems and ribbons.

It was funny at first, but the more she looked, the more it suited him.

Certainly, with such a handsome face, anything seemed to look good on him.

She had also somewhat grasped the situation.

It seemed like all of this was the princess’s doing.

She must have played in the Duke’s study.

Having checked Theodor’s condition and felt relieved, Elisia tried to look away from him.

And she succeeded in looking away.

Thud.

The problem was the sound she shouldn’t have heard and the sensation she shouldn’t have felt.

Elisia found herself embraced in Theodor’s arms, lying on his bed.

And the cause was naturally Theodor.

Just as the flustered Elisia was about to say something.

“Shuri, stop moving around.”

A voice tinged with slight irritation was heard.

Looking up at Theodor, she could see him frowning deeply without even opening his eyes.

It seemed he was mistaking her for Shuria.

“D-Duke?”

Elisia called to him softly, but no answer came.

He seemed to be in deep sleep.

She knew better than anyone that he had worked for days with almost no sleep.

But that was separate from this situation.

Elisia called his name several more times to wake Theodor, but he showed no response or movement.

Having given up on waking Theodor, Elisia pondered how she could escape from him and spoke quietly.

“Excuse me for a moment.”

If words didn’t work, then it was force.

Elisia placed her hands on Theodor’s shoulders and chest and put strength into her arms, but pushing him away with her strength was impossible.

After a brief attempt that exhausted all her energy, Elisia panted to catch her breath.

“Please wake up now, Duke.”

But still no answer came from him.

Finally giving up on escaping, Elisia lay comfortably and began untying the ribbons and gems tied in his hair.

It was because she had nothing else to do.

Just as she was untying the last ribbon among them.

The door opened and Shuria entered.

“Shuri!”

Elisia called Shuria’s name with the expectation that she would rescue her.

And Shuria, seeing Elisia embraced in Theodor’s arms, looked at the two of them and puffed out her cheeks.

“Shuri wants to sleep together too.”

Saying that, Shuria went to Elisia’s side and spread her arms.

“Hug me.”

When she said that, she had to be hugged first.

What fault could Shuria have?

Elisia first hugged Shuria, then opened her mouth as calmly as possible.

“Shuria, could you wake up the Duke?”

“No, Papa didn’t get enough sleep.”

Why was she being so filial at a time like this when she usually wasn’t?

But what teacher could say anything against a student’s devotion to their parent?

Elisia eventually gave up on escaping from Theodor and closed her eyes.

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Unfortunately, Theodor was the first of the three to open his eyes.

The first thing Theodor did as he began to regain consciousness was to doubt his own eyes at the sight of Elisia nestled in his arms.

…What?

Was this a dream?

It had to be a dream.

But his denial of reality didn’t last long, and as Theodor fully awakened, he slowly sorted through the situation and reached one conclusion.

It seemed he had mistaken her for Shuria in his sleep.

Anyone could ask what kind of idiot would confuse the body types of a twenty-year-old adult and a five-year-old child, but Theodor felt truly wronged.

To him, there wasn’t much difference in how Shuria and Elisia’s weight felt.

Even he thought it was an excuse no one would ever believe.

Even if he tried to manipulate memories with magic, Elisia’s divine power would block his magic, so ultimately there was only one thing he could do.

Apologize.

Whatever reason he might give, this was clearly his fault.

Theodor moved as carefully as possible, but ended up waking Elisia anyway.

Looking into the blue eyes that were gazing at him, Theodor opened his mouth.

“I’m sorry, I seem to have mistaken you for Shuria in my sleep.”

Once again, it was an excuse that no one would ever believe.

Forget it, abandon dignity.

At the sight of Theodor looking completely flustered for the first time, Elisia let out a small laugh.

He didn’t seem like the type of person who would do such a thing.

“It’s fine, at least you didn’t mistake me for your wife.”

It was a joke meant to lighten the mood, but no response came from Theodor.

To say it again, Theodor was twenty-four years old.

Having lived a busy life as the Demon Lord, he had no romantic experience, let alone ever holding hands with a woman.

From Elisia’s perspective, she had said it because she thought he was married, but Theodor, being completely inexperienced, didn’t know how to respond to those words.

“…I’m sorry.”

So he apologized once more.

“I said it’s fine.”

“Still, I’m sorry.”

“I know it wasn’t intentional, so it’s fine.”

With those words, Elisia sat up.

It really was fine.

Whether Theodor had truly confused her with Shuria or not, he hadn’t done anything inappropriate and had simply been holding her.

Of course, the act of holding her itself was a bit strange, but honestly speaking, it hadn’t felt that bad.

Was it because he was handsome?

Thinking this, Elisia began to walk away, but Theodor, unaware of her thoughts, was seriously contemplating.

Should I really abandon my position?

[You’re quite irresponsible.]

It wasn’t wrong, but Theodor felt frustrated at those words.

What am I supposed to take responsibility for?

[Your promise, of course.]

[Didn’t you agree to eliminate the Princess’s divine power?]

…Right, I’m sorry.

Honestly, he knew it too.

It was impossible to change his identity again, and it wasn’t right to run away after making a mistake.

Elisia was also someone he absolutely needed.

Suppressing the strange anxiety that today’s events would somehow come back as karma, Theodor hoped that Elisia’s words saying it was fine were sincere.

“Papa, hold me.”

…Just like this child.

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