I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 34

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34. Fifth, Birthday (2)

 

Theodor.

 

Born with powerful magic, he received education to become the Demon Lord before he even learned to read.

 

The previous Demon Lord Asmon was considered the worst tyrant who ruined the Demon Realm, so everyone’s expectations gathered on Theodor, who was born with enough magical power to defeat him.

 

However, at the age of fifteen, his existence was discovered by Asmon.

 

Asmon would never let live a child who would eventually threaten his position, but the problem was that he had become so strong that no other demons except him could touch Theodor.

 

The Demon Lord is a position for the strongest demon.

 

Asmon had to prove it.

 

The fact that he was still going strong by killing Theodor.

 

But the result was Asmon’s defeat.

 

In the year Theodor turned fifteen, he became the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm.

 

And Theodor gladly accepted that fact.

 

All demons pursued power, and the stronger they were, the more they desired to sit in higher positions, and Theodor was no different from them.

 

Theodor considered his strength and the position of Demon Lord to be inevitable.

 

As if proving that confidence, he led the Demon Realm excellently.

 

For him, the position of Demon Lord was the reason for living, and ruling the Demon Realm properly was his purpose.

 

Theodor had lived his entire life that way.

 

He fell into contemplation while looking at the cake and cookies he made with Elisia.

 

A gift filled not with material things, but with sincerity and heart for others.

 

He had no such gift to give, having never had the need or reason to make efforts for others.

 

“…Did I give unnecessary help?”

 

So, he should have answered no to Elisia’s words.

 

If it was a gift prepared together with her, she would acknowledge that the Magical Diagram was also a proper gift.

 

And yet, why.

 

“I’m grateful for your help, but I still want to prepare a gift myself.”

 

His mouth moved on its own.

 

And at Theodor’s words, Elisia smiled brightly.

 

“I understand that feeling.”

 

Saying she understood feelings that even he himself couldn’t understand.

 

Elisia said she would bring the cookies and cake at dinner time and left, while Theodor fell into deep regret.

 

Uncharacteristically, he thought he had done something useless.

 

How could he possibly be capable of acting for others?

 

He had neither Elisia’s excellent handiwork nor sincere feelings to convey.

 

[Whatever gift you give doesn’t matter.]

 

At that moment, Theodor stared blankly at the Magical Diagram’s words that came to mind.

 

Actually, Theodor knew it too.

 

The fact that the Magical Diagram hadn’t told him to put sincerity into the gift or that Shuria’s satisfaction was necessary.

 

The Magical Diagram was just an excuse; his worries weren’t because of the Magical Diagram.

 

Theodor was worrying about a birthday gift for Shuria for no reason at all.

 

“…Ha.”

 

Theodor sighed lowly.

 

Even without any more excuses, why was he still worrying about Shuria’s gift?

 

[Shall I tell you?]

 

“…What.”

 

[There is one gift filled with sincerity that you can give, isn’t there.]

 

Then, Theodor’s eyes widened as he confirmed the word that appeared on the Magical Diagram.

 

“That could be a gift?”

 

As if he couldn’t believe it, he asked back, but the Magical Diagram’s attitude was firm.

 

[Yes]

 

Looking at the Magical Diagram’s confident answer that appeared before his eyes, Theodor moved his steps.

 

The sun was already setting.

 

* * *

 

“Papa called for me?”

 

This was the first time Theodor had looked for her.

 

Shuria looked at Elisia as if she couldn’t believe it, but still followed her.

 

The place they arrived at was in front of a door Shuria had never seen before.

 

“Is this right?”

 

Remembering when she was forcibly locked in a room, Shuria couldn’t readily open the door.

 

At that moment when she was hesitating.

 

The door opened and Theodor came out.

 

“What are you doing not coming in.”

 

Feeling relieved upon seeing Theodor, Shuria smiled brightly and stretched her arms toward him, meaning she wanted to be hugged.

 

But Theodor avoided her gaze.

 

However, before Shuria could feel hurt by that fact.

 

A sweet and soft fragrance from inside the room tickled her nose.

 

The scenery inside the room was visible beyond the open door.

 

A room decorated with pink ribbons, cake, and various types of dolls were cutely arranged inside the room.

 

Shuria’s eyes widened.

 

“Wow, what is this?!”

 

Shuria, who burst open the door and entered the room, began to look around the decorated room one by one with a bright smile.

 

At Shuria’s joyful appearance, Theodor forcibly suppressed the corners of his mouth that kept rising.

 

Shuria, who had finished looking around the entire room, approached him.

 

It seemed she had figured out what day it was.

 

Contrary to his desire to say happy birthday first, his mouth wouldn’t open easily.

 

As if sensing Theodor’s contemplating heart, Shuria spoke up first.

 

“Papa, you did something wrong to me.”

 

…?

 

It was completely off the mark though.

 

Theodor looked at Shuria thinking it was a bit absurd.

 

To think she would be this oblivious.

 

Thanks to that, his tension was relieved.

 

Theodor approached Shuria with a smile and knelt down to meet her eye level.

 

“Happy birthday, Shuria.”

 

Shuria’s eyes widened in surprise at Theodor’s words.

 

Shuria’s voice began to tremble as she finally grasped the situation.

 

“I didn’t know, I didn’t know. …Thank you.”

 

Tears welled up in Shuria’s eyes.

 

But strangely, he didn’t feel pain in his heart.

 

Theodor reached out and wiped away her tears.

 

“On such a good day, why are you crying.”

 

“I’m crying because I’m happy.”

 

So you can cry when you’re happy too.

 

It was a fact he learned for the first time.

 

He was going to give her the gift first, but seeing her tears, he had no choice but to comfort her.

 

Holding Shuria, he patted the back of her as she began to sniffle.

 

“Don’t cry, okay?”

 

“I thought I was a bad child, so my birthday disappeared.”

 

“How could that be when our Shuria is so good.”

 

Even knowing he shouldn’t do this in this situation, Theodor glanced at Elisia.

 

He was anxious that she might notice.

 

Fortunately, she seemed to have no particular thoughts about it, and relieved by this fact, Theodor began to move while holding Shuria.

 

He sat down in the chair, and Shuria ended up sitting on Theodor’s lap.

 

After some time had passed, the piano came into view for Shuria, who had stopped crying.

 

“And this is the gift Papa prepared.”

 

Theodor placed his hands on the keys and began to play.

 

The piece he had prepared was called “Fairy’s Dream.”

 

It was a famous children’s song in the Filton Empire, often played as a lullaby for young children.

 

Though it was notorious for its rather brutal difficulty level for a children’s song, fortunately Theodor possessed professional-level skills.

 

He never imagined the day would come when he’d play a children’s song.

 

Both Elisia and Shuria were captivated and entranced by Theodor’s unexpectedly excellent performance.

 

When the performance ended, Theodor looked down at Shuria.

 

Seeing her lack of reaction, Theodor unconsciously grew tense.

 

But soon after, a bright smile appeared on Shuria’s face.

 

“That was totally amazing! Papa is so cool!!”

 

Shuria jumped up from the chair and threw her arms around his neck.

 

Elisia watched the two of them with a pleased expression.

 

At that moment, their eyes met.

 

Theodor gave her a meaningful look, and understanding what he meant, Elisia quickly brought over the cake.

 

A bright smile spread across Shuria’s face at the pretty cake presented before her.

 

“This is Teacher’s gift. Papa and I made it together.”

 

“Wow! Teacher is the best!!!”

 

Saying this, Shuria stood up on the chair and kissed Elisia on the cheek.

 

This made Theodor feel strangely conflicted.

 

Somehow, he felt like he had lost.

 

“Let’s make a wish too.”

 

Elisia, pleased by Shuria’s kiss, smiled and lit the candles.

 

Seeing the five candles placed on top of the cake, Shuria smiled brightly.

 

“Okay!!”

 

Since Shuria’s breath was still weak and couldn’t blow out all five candles at once, she extinguished all the candles in two attempts.

 

Confirming that all the candles were out, Shuria smiled brightly and spoke.

 

“I wished for a big brother like Papa or a big sister like Teacher.”

 

“…You’re not supposed to say your wish out loud, Shuria.”

 

“Why not?”

 

When asked why, she really had no answer.

 

Elisia couldn’t find words to respond and closed her mouth.

 

But it seemed Shuria hadn’t asked out of genuine curiosity, as her gaze was fixed on the cake.

 

“Can I eat all of this?”

 

“Sure.”

 

She definitely wouldn’t be able to finish it all anyway.

 

With Elisia’s permission, Shuria smiled brightly, and seeing her like this, Theodor finally burst into laughter.

 

“Just for today.”

 

With Theodor’s permission, Shuria excitedly jumped down from the chair.

 

It was a monumental day when she was allowed to have cake as a meal.

 

But contrary to her declaration of eating it all, Shuria gave a slice each to Elisia and Theodor.

 

“I’ll enjoy this, Papa and Teacher. Thank you for everything!”

 

Theodor cut the cake in front of him with a fork and put it in his mouth.

 

…It’s delicious.

 

It tasted much better than expected.

 

Shuria seemed to think the same, as she waved both arms up and down excitedly.

 

“Is it good?”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Without thinking, he had answered.

 

Elisia turned to look at him.

 

Pushing aside his bewilderment, Theodor pretended he hadn’t said anything and continued eating the cake.

 

Seeing him like this, Elisia thought she had misheard.

 

Confirming that Elisia’s attention had turned away again, Theodor was grateful that Shuria’s voice was loud.

 

Contrary to expectations that she wouldn’t finish the cake, Shuria cleaned her plate completely.

 

Since the slices he and she had eaten weren’t that large, it was no different from her eating it all by herself.

 

Having finished all the cake, she seemed overwhelmed and began to get drowsy.

 

Theodor stood up, holding the nodding Shuria.

 

He planned to take her to her room to sleep.

 

Looking at Elisia one last time, he hesitated before speaking.

 

“Thank you for today.”

 

And at Theodor’s words, Elisia smiled and shook her head.

 

“Not at all. Since you prepared such a wonderful gift, didn’t you help with my gift as well? The thanks should come from me. That was beautiful playing.”

 

“I also enjoyed the meal. It was an excellent cake.”

 

A gentle smile had appeared on Theodor’s lips.

 

It wasn’t a mechanical smile—it was the first genuine smile she had seen from him.

 

Having finished their farewells, Theodor began to walk away, but Elisia remained frozen, staring blankly in the direction he had disappeared.

 

Arriving at Shuria’s room, Theodor set her down and tried to leave.

 

But Shuria held onto his arm, refusing to let go.

 

Theodor sighed inwardly and reluctantly lay down on the bed with her.

 

“Papa.”

 

Shuria’s voice reached him.

 

Thinking he had woken her, he panicked and checked on Shuria’s condition, but her eyes were still closed.

 

Relieved by this fact, Theodor answered.

 

“Mm.”

 

A bright smile of relief appeared on Shuria’s face.

 

“…I love you.”

 

It was the first time in his life he had heard those words.

 

Theodor’s eyes widened.

 

It seemed the Magical Diagram was playing another strange trick.

 

Otherwise, there was no way he could be feeling this way.

 

His heart felt ticklish and warm.

 

Theodor’s lips trembled.

 

He didn’t know what to say.

 

In the end, Theodor silently embraced the sleeping Shuria.

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