I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 35

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35. The Beginning of Autumn (1)

 

“Running around like that, you’ll catch a cold. Shuria.”

 

At Theodor’s words, Shuria, who had been running around in a sleeveless outfit, rushed to him and stretched out her arms.

 

It was a shameless attitude as if she was entrusting herself to him, but by now he was getting used to it.

 

Theodor took off his outer coat and put it on Shuria.

 

Shuria’s height was in the early 80 centimeters, smaller than the average height of five-year-old children.

 

But in comparison, Theodor’s height was over 190, making him quite tall, so it was natural that his clothes would cover Shuria’s entire body.

 

“It’s heavy.”

 

“Then take it off.”

 

“No, thank you!”

 

Shuria, who answered like that, seemed to have been cold inside as she ran off like an arrow.

 

Behind Shuria running around to catch dragonflies, Theodor’s outer coat swept across the grass.

 

Looking at the coat getting stained with dirt and water droplets, Theodor frowned.

 

He didn’t remember raising a broom.

 

“The Duchy won’t need a gardener.”

 

Elisia, who seemed to have the same thought, was also sighing while looking at Shuria.

 

As autumn approached, Theodor and Elisia were suffering from anxiety.

 

Even though the weather had gotten colder, Shuria still.

 

Enjoyed eating cold ice cream and drinks, kicked off her blanket every night, and wouldn’t wear outer clothes no matter how much they told her to.

 

She even hated drying her hair, so she walked around with wet hair every day.

 

The two people’s worries only deepened as the days went by.

 

“It’s hot and tiring.”

 

At that moment, Shuria, who had succeeded in catching a dragonfly, approached the two of them.

 

Theodor’s outer coat had already slipped down to below Shuria’s shoulders.

 

“I’m not cold anymore, I don’t want to wear it.”

 

Fine, you’re the one who’ll get sick, not me.

 

Just as Theodor, who thought that way, was about to retrieve his outer coat from Shuria.

 

[Father will also get sick.]

 

He ended up reading the text that appeared on the Magical Diagram.

 

Sudden temperature changes increased the probability of catching a cold.

 

As Theodor was wondering how to persuade Shuria, he felt something strange.

 

Surely by now Elisia should have been nagging and putting clothes back on Shuria.

 

But strangely, no voice could be heard from her.

 

When he turned his head to check Elisia’s condition, she was already far away.

 

Theodor could easily understand the reason.

 

“Shuria, let’s release the dragonfly.”

 

“I just caught it, why? I’m going to raise it in my room!”

 

At Shuria’s words, Elisia turned pale and Theodor imagined a dragonfly flying around inside the room.

 

…I don’t like that either.

 

“If you release the dragonfly and put your clothes back on, I’ll give you hot chocolate.”

 

At Theodor’s words, Shuria released the dragonfly and approached him with her arms spread wide.

 

“Hug me.”

 

Theodor, who burst into laughter at that sight, picked her up and wrapped her tightly in his outer coat.

 

When he looked at Elisia, she had also approached nearby, seemingly relieved.

 

Her appearance vaguely reminded him of memories from the picnic.

 

“Dragonflies are scary indeed.”

 

At Theodor’s cheeky remark, Elisia burst into laughter.

 

“Should I only be afraid of sheep?”

 

“If the two fought, the sheep would win.”

 

“At least I didn’t use divine power on a dragonfly.”

 

He couldn’t even break even.

 

Theodor thought he wasn’t very good at verbal sparring.

 

How could he not win against even one person?

 

[Shall I teach you?]

 

Shut up.

 

As soon as they entered the manor, Shuria threw off her outer coat and jumped down from Theodor’s arms.

 

“I want hot chocolate, what about teacher and father?”

 

“Add marshmallows to mine.”

 

“I’ll have a hot americano, please.”

 

Perhaps wanting to drink hot chocolate quickly, Shuria excitedly ran to the kitchen, and the two people familiarly made their way to Theodor’s room.

 

There was a lot of work to handle.

 

A little later, Shuria entered the room with Lora, carrying hot chocolate.

 

The two people put down the documents they were reading and received their respective coffee and hot chocolate from Shuria.

 

“Well done.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

At Theodor’s words, Shuria smiled brightly and sat next to him, starting to sip her hot chocolate.

 

At least when she had something in her mouth, she didn’t interfere with their work.

 

Just as Theodor took a sip of hot chocolate and focused on his documents again.

 

“Achoo!”

 

With Shuria’s sneeze, hot chocolate splattered onto both people’s documents.

 

Fortunately, thanks to Theodor’s quick reflexes, it didn’t get on the documents, but seeing the hot chocolate splattered all over the desk, Shuria sniffled and opened her mouth.

 

“Sorry…”

 

But her voice was drowned out by Theodor’s voice.

 

He reached out and placed his hand on her forehead, looking at Shuria.

 

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

 

At Theodor’s appearance, which seemed to be worrying about her, Shuria felt a strange sense of guilt and avoided his gaze.

 

“No, I’m not hurt.”

 

“Father told you to dress warmly.”

 

“Yeah…”

 

Looking at Shuria’s completely dejected appearance, Theodor sighed.

 

Just seeing that expression made his heart soften.

 

Giving up on further nagging, Theodor brought a blanket from the bed and covered her with it.

 

“Go to bed early today.”

 

Saying that, Theodor laid Shuria down on his lap.

 

Shuria also nodded and buried her head between his lap and the blanket.

 

“…Yeah.”

 

Before long, Shuria fell asleep breathing evenly, and Elisia and Theodor focused on their respective work.

 

Darkness had already fallen outside the window.

 

After quite a long time had passed, Elisia, who had finished her work, looked up from her documents.

 

When she turned her gaze to check the clock, it was past eleven o’clock.

 

“Duke, I’ll be going now…”

 

But Elisia, who made eye contact with Theodor, couldn’t continue her words.

 

It was because his condition was obviously strange at first glance.

 

While his face was pale and haggard, his eyes and nose tip were flushed red.

 

However, the person himself seemed unaware that his condition was strange, as he breathed roughly and opened his mouth.

 

“…Thank you for your hard work.”

 

At that sight, Elisia, who was at a loss for words, stood up abruptly and approached Theodor.

 

Without giving him time to stop her, her hand went up to his forehead.

 

“Are you alright, Duke?”

 

Theodor couldn’t answer her question.

 

He wasn’t fine at all.

 

This feeling was completely new to him.

 

His whole body burned like fire, his ears were ringing, and his head was spinning.

 

Only after hearing Elisia’s words did Theodor realize he was sick, and he looked toward Shuria.

 

He wanted to check on her condition, but his body felt heavy.

 

If he was in this state, Shuria must be suffering even more.

 

“Shuria, first…”

 

His voice barely came out from his constricted throat.

 

Elisia watched him struggle to finish his words with a cracked voice, then naturally shifted her gaze to Shuria.

 

Shuria’s condition also looked serious.

 

After looking back and forth between Theodor and Shuria, Elisia seemed to make up her mind and picked up Shuria.

 

Seeing this, Theodor felt relieved.

 

But then Elisia took off her outer coat and wrapped it around Shuria, then pulled him into her arms.

 

Theodor’s face, much taller than her, touched her shoulder as Elisia struggled to lift him and began moving.

 

“What is this…!”

 

His panicked voice rose higher.

 

But he couldn’t finish speaking due to his coughing.

 

Elisia looked at the coughing Theodor and sighed.

 

She found it both understandable and pathetic how he worried about his daughter when he didn’t even know his own condition.

 

“You’re already heavy enough, so stay still.”

 

Theodor was dragged along to the bed just like that.

 

His pride was severely wounded, but he had no energy to move, let alone argue back.

 

After laying Theodor on the bed and covering him with blankets, Elisia finally checked his fever and spoke.

 

“I’ll take care of Shuria, so rest easy.”

 

This was the first time he’d ever felt so helpless.

 

Theodor could only nod quietly in response as he lay still.

 

Still, he felt somewhat reassured.

 

Feeling the cool hand leave his forehead, Theodor opened his mouth.

 

Their eyes met.

 

“The documents, please…”

 

Seeing him try to work in that condition, that man was really stubborn.

 

Like someone who had never been sick before, why was he acting like this?

 

She thought he was being foolish.

 

Elisia spoke with a firm expression.

 

“When you’re sick, it’s better to rest.”

 

This pain wasn’t his.

 

It was Shuria’s.

 

So all this pain was just an illusion.

 

“I’m fine…”

 

But Theodor couldn’t continue speaking.

 

Because Elisia was looking at him with eyes that seemed ready to cry at any moment.

 

“I said rest.”

 

He was about to say he was really fine.

 

But Elisia’s hand fell over his eyes.

 

With the strange sense of security that came with the darkness, Theodor nodded instead of arguing further.

 

Carrying Shuria, Elisia rushed out toward the physician’s room.

 

Perhaps awakened by the vigorous movement, Shuria’s tearful voice could be heard.

 

“…Teacher, I hurt.”

 

At the pitiful voice, Elisia tightened her arms around her.

 

It reminded her of her younger brother who was living alone.

 

“It’s okay.”

 

Elisia gently patted Shuria’s back with a tender voice.

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