I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 39

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39. Going Out

 

Since that day, the number of rifts appearing in the Mortal Realm had increased.

 

The main occurrence site was the Northern Region where Theodor was located, and thanks to that, Theodor had to deal with and block rifts every day.

 

Two just this week, I think.

 

Theodor let out a small sigh and leaned back in his office chair, calling for Adolt.

 

“What’s the situation?”

 

“We’re blocking the rifts as much as possible for now.”

 

“You’re working hard.”

 

Looking at just the immediate situation, the uncontrollable monsters moving to another dimension was definitely beneficial for the Demon Realm.

 

There was no need to troublesomely block the monsters in the Demon Realm.

 

Yet the reason the Demon Realm helped other dimensions was simple.

 

If we can help, wouldn’t it be good to help?

 

The demons who had become comfortable after Theodor’s politics had friendly attitudes as much as they had gained leisure.

 

Because of someone, the Mortal Realm still feared the Demon Realm, but the Demon Realm had no way of knowing that situation, and Theodor had no intention of informing them of that fact.

 

Because once he killed Reina, the Demon Realm and Mortal Realm would have no reason to be connected anyway.

 

In the current situation, there was one way to freely move between the Demon Realm and Mortal Realm.

 

It was the method of directly moving while crossing numerous dimensions.

 

Unless one was a higher being like a dragon, their mind would collapse.

 

Theodor wasn’t even telling the other demons in the Demon Realm that he was in the Mortal Realm.

 

Because some of the long-lived demons knew of the existence of ‘demon contracts.’

 

Since the excuse of rifts had emerged, Theodor tried not to give even the slightest gap that could threaten his position.

 

“Hah…”

 

Theodor let out a quiet sigh and ran his hand through his hair, feeling slightly annoyed.

 

Because he couldn’t find traces of Reina.

 

If the rifts were her doing, there should have been traces of magic use, whether mana or magical power.

 

There was nothing.

 

Really, there were no traces anywhere.

 

Wondering if there was something he had missed, he had even gone to Cantabile, but all he could sense was divine power.

 

It was because of Pieton.

 

Those who thought they had killed Reina had purified all the energy.

 

Incompetent bastards…

 

While claiming to purify, they couldn’t even discover the most important magical diagram and ended up only erasing Reina’s traces.

 

The thought that her being alive was his misunderstanding didn’t occur to him.

 

Because his intuition told him so.

 

But he wasn’t certain.

 

A few days ago, when the Magical Diagram said it would inform him about Reina’s life or death, Theodor should have accepted that condition.

 

“Is there nothing today?”

 

[There is nothing to give you yet.]

 

The reason the Magical Diagram provided such information to Theodor was because of Shuria’s special wish.

 

Shuria’s wish was to become a true family,

 

For that, the Magical Diagram had to make Theodor and Shuria become close, even if by force.

 

In the first place, his giving missions was also after checking the probability of persuasion working and the possibility of raising favorability through various calculations, then giving appropriate missions.

 

And Theodor knew that fact.

 

In a way, it was natural.

 

If it suppressed too much, it would definitely earn Theodor’s resentment, and unconsciously, bad feelings toward Shuria might develop.

 

[That’s correct.]

 

Watching the Magical Diagram answer shamelessly, Theodor let out a hollow laugh.

 

Being able to converse just by thinking in his head meant that all his thoughts were being read.

 

That’s why the Magical Diagram always maintained just the line where he wouldn’t get angry.

 

That was even more annoying.

 

In other words, it meant harassing people just to the extent that they wouldn’t really get angry.

 

And thanks to that, Theodor didn’t need to move urgently.

 

“Next time, bring information about Reina.”

 

[I understand.]

 

At times like this, it’s really convenient.

 

Though he didn’t want to admit it, the Magical Diagram’s information network was far superior to his.

 

If Reina was alive, Theodor had no intention of letting her go peacefully.

 

She was no different from Shuria’s enemy.

 

But Theodor couldn’t think deeply about this problem.

 

The moment he tried to grasp information by his own will, the Magical Diagram would not provide him with any information.

 

The moment Theodor lowered his gaze to the documents to think about other things.

 

The door opened with a bang.

 

It was Shuria.

 

“Read this to me.”

 

What has she brought this time?

 

It would obviously be a fairy tale book with a princess.

 

Cabbage Princess, Ice Princess, Ladybug Princess…

 

Why are there so many princesses?

 

Don’t the people who write such things get arrested for insulting the imperial family?

 

Theodor thought nothing of it as he received the book, but when he checked the title, goosebumps rose all over his body.

 

‘Contract Romance with the Demon Lord.’

 

What the hell.

 

No, has this dimension gone insane?

 

Until just recently, weren’t they saying the Demon Lord was scary, what about rifts, the princess was kidnapped?

 

And then they publish something like this?

 

“You, where did you get this book?”

 

There was no way he would have bought something like this.

 

And to Theodor’s response, Shuria shouted proudly and energetically.

 

“I found it in the garden!”

 

It seemed one of the maids had dropped it.

 

Thinking he should find the owner, Theodor placed the book on his desk.

 

“I’ll read you something else.”

 

He’d rather read Cabbage Princess ten more times than read a book like that even if he died.

 

He wasn’t curious about even a single bit of content.

 

At Theodor’s words, Shuria puffed up her cheeks.

 

When she had flipped through the book, it was full of pretty princess pictures, so she wanted to read that book.

 

“Then give it to me, I’ll ask my teacher to read it.”

 

“That’s not allowed either.”

 

Though it was a fact only Theodor knew, that title was somewhat identical to Elisia’s situation.

 

And she was going to show that book?

 

He felt strangely unpleasant.

 

At that moment, with a knock, Elisia entered the room.

 

“Teacher…!”

 

Thinking Elisia would take her side, Shuria pretended to cry and ran to her.

 

“What’s wrong, Shuria?”

 

“Daddy won’t read me the book!”

 

Shuria said that while pointing to the book on Theodor’s desk, and Elisia’s face turned red when she confirmed the book’s title.

 

‘Contract Romance with the Demon Lord.’

 

None other than she was the owner of that book.

 

I wondered where it went, so Shuria had taken it…

 

Calming her flushed face, Elisia gently patted Shuria’s back.

 

“It’s a bit difficult content for Shuria to read.”

 

It wasn’t explicit, but the subject of contract romance didn’t seem very suitable for a young child.

 

Whether Elisia’s words got through, Shuria answered with her head deeply bowed.

 

“Okay.”

 

She thought it would be nice if Shuria listened to her words that well too.

 

But Shuria quickly regained her spirits and looked at Theodor with sparkling eyes.

 

“Then, let’s go see a musical!”

 

Should she be relieved that the incident didn’t leave any trauma?

 

The problem was that the theater had collapsed due to the monster that appeared last time.

 

Reconstruction would probably take at least a year or more.

 

“Shall we?”

 

But for some reason, Elisia said that, and Theodor looked at her in surprise.

 

As far as he knew, there was only one theater in Helios Estate.

 

“What are you thinking?”

 

Theodor bowed his head and whispered to Elisia so the delighted Shuria wouldn’t hear.

 

“There’s a way for everything.”

 

At Elisia’s confident appearance, Theodor nodded.

 

It was because Theodor still had trauma from musicals.

 

He didn’t want to see the same thing repeatedly.

 

Especially if the title was something like Pyoro Bong Bong.

 

But his opinion wasn’t very important.

 

With the danger of rifts lurking and unable to determine Reina’s life or death, he couldn’t send just Shuria and Elisia alone.

 

Just imagining something happening to Shuria was horrifying.

 

“…I’ll go too.”

 

“Guards will accompany us, and I’ll be there too, so you can rest.”

 

“No, let’s go.”

 

At the two people’s words, a bright smile spread across Shuria’s face.

 

It had been really long since the three of them went out together.

 

Shuria grabbed both people’s arms with her hands and smiled brightly.

 

“It’s been so long since the three of us went out together, I’m so happy!”

 

If she was happy, that was enough.

 

Though he was a bit anxious, with him there, no particular problems would arise.

 

When Theodor, who finished preparing for the outing first, went out to the garden, Elisia had already arrived.

 

Confirming that Shuria hadn’t come yet, he opened his mouth.

 

“By the way, is there a theater?”

 

“There’s an old theater that stopped operating, it finished remodeling a few days ago and started showing performances.”

 

…Excellent.

 

No matter how much the threat of rifts existed, they couldn’t completely stop daily life because of it.

 

The theater gave joy and comfort to people trembling in anxiety, and the theater troupe members who had suddenly become unemployed could find work again.

 

This led to the revitalization of the local economy.

 

Though he had handed over part of the domain management authority to her, Elisia showed abilities far superior to his expectations.

 

Still, please don’t show Bong Bong.

 

Theodor thought that and opened his mouth.

 

“Take the book tomorrow.”

 

At his words, Elisia’s face turned red.

 

“How did you know it was mine.”

 

With that kind of expression management, how could he not know?

 

Realizing that fact, he became more embarrassed himself.

 

I’m talking about you.

 

Theodor couldn’t bring himself to say those words and turned his gaze away from the embarrassed Elisia.

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