I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 44

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44. A Princess’s Duty Is Not Kidnapping (3)

 

As soon as one was defeated, an even stronger monster appeared.

 

Since Adolt reported that he had blocked the rift entrance, no more monsters would come out, but why did he feel so anxious?

 

Elisia was by Shuria’s side.

 

It was clear she wouldn’t get hurt in most situations, and even if something like that happened, the Magical Diagram would inform him, but the strange uneasiness wouldn’t disappear.

 

“Your Grace, we need support!”

 

At the voice calling for him, Theodor pushed his anxiety aside and moved his steps.

 

What a waste of time this was because of these guys who wouldn’t even be worth a punch if he could use magic.

 

He wanted to quickly go to Shuria and tell her everything was okay.

 

“Ah, aaah!”

 

Elisia let out a sharp scream.

 

A deep pain rushed over her as if someone was gouging out her brain.

 

Tears began to flow from both her eyes.

 

Elisia couldn’t understand this situation at all.

 

Who was this woman attacking her, and why was she doing such a thing?

 

She only instinctively felt that she was targeting Shuria and that she absolutely had to protect her.

 

“Oh my, even your expression of pain is so pretty.”

 

That person in front of her was not in her right mind.

 

No, was she even human?

 

Elisia struggled to maintain her crumbling reason and opened her mouth.

 

“…Don’t touch the child.”

 

Even while speaking, she could taste the metallic flavor of blood in her mouth.

 

At Elisia’s appearance, Reina only smiled even more deeply.

 

“I’m the child’s mother, yet you say I’m touching the child. What kind of talk is that?”

 

What was that supposed to mean?

 

She couldn’t understand it at all, but she no longer had the energy to think about it.

 

Strength began to drain from her entire body.

 

She could no longer feel any pain.

 

Shuria woke up right after Elisia lost consciousness.

 

Her gaze immediately turned to Reina as she opened her eyes.

 

“…Mom?”

 

Shuria’s voice began to tremble as she faced Reina.

 

Reina tried to use magic to deal with Shuria, but she didn’t have enough mana for that.

 

Moving both Elisia and herself simultaneously required quite a lot of mana, so she had no choice but to kill her directly.

 

“Come here, Shuria.”

 

Reina picked up a blade that had fallen on the floor and said that.

 

Shuria, who hadn’t noticed the fallen Elisia, began to approach her while sobbing.

 

No matter how much she had turned away from her, to Shuria, her mother was irreplaceable family.

 

“I missed you, Mom…”

 

The distance between the two gradually closed.

 

At the moment when only a very small distance remained, the fallen Elisia and the blade on the floor came into Shuria’s sight.

 

Shuria’s eyes began to tremble.

 

Her head throbbed.

 

Something, it seemed like she would remember…

 

“Close your eyes.”

 

Theodor appeared from thin air, covering her eyes and embracing her waist.

 

He thought it was fortunate that he wasn’t too late.

 

Reina and Theodor’s eyes met.

 

Facing his eyes filled with rage, Reina stepped back at the primal fear she felt.

 

“Ah, Dad.”

 

At Shuria’s voice heard at that moment, Reina could understand what she had wished for.

 

She had somewhat expected it, but it was truly astounding.

 

Who on earth would make a wish to the Demon Lord to become family?

 

Now that it had come to this, she had to give up on taking Elisia as well.

 

“You won’t let me live, will you?”

 

Elisia, who barely blocked Theodor’s magic pouring down on her, asked in a trembling voice.

 

Could that even be called a question?

 

Theodor answered by attacking her again instead of replying, and Reina had no choice but to flee.

 

But since she had left so much mana behind, it didn’t matter much.

 

To her, she was now nothing more than a rat trapped in a jar.

 

Organizing the situation was the priority.

 

At that moment, he felt a strong pain in his chest.

 

There was only one reason.

 

When he looked down, tears were dripping from both of Shuria’s eyes.

 

“D-Dad. Teacher is…”

 

Theodor discovered Elisia collapsed on the floor.

 

Both her hands were covered in blood and her entire body was full of bruises.

 

It was clear she had become like this while protecting Shuria.

 

Theodor, his expression twisted with a mix of guilt, anger, and various emotions, lifted Elisia in his arms.

 

Elisia, who woke up from that movement, looked at Theodor with a relieved expression.

 

“Your Grace, is Shuria…?”

 

“Thanks to you, she’s safe.”

 

“That’s a relief.”

 

Elisia lost consciousness again, and strength entered Theodor’s arms as he held her.

 

He couldn’t have made such a stupid mistake.

 

Reina’s purpose was clear.

 

Shuria’s death.

 

In such a situation, for him to leave Shuria unattended was an utterly foolish act.

 

There was only one cause for this.

 

The Magical Diagram.

 

Just as it had made him feel deep affection for Shuria, this was definitely something that thing had done.

 

The unpleasant sense of déjà vu he had been feeling was because of this.

 

The Magical Diagram had deliberately confused his mind.

 

To create this situation.

 

It seemed he had been taken lightly because he had acted somewhat friendly until now.

 

The Magical Diagram appeared before his eyes.

 

Reading the text written on it, Theodor let out a hollow laugh.

 

He was so dumbfounded that no words came out.

 

Shut up and wait, I’ll deal with you after I finish organizing the situation.

 

Reading Shuria’s emotional changes, Theodor put everyone in the Mansion of the Duke to sleep and defeated the monsters in an instant to use magic without being detected.

 

He had no time to worry about the aftermath.

 

He only thought about protecting Shuria.

 

Upon arriving at the infirmary, he saw Mila sleeping.

 

Mila, who opened her eyes at Theodor’s call, checked Elisia’s condition and was shocked with fright.

 

That was brief, as Mila brought bandages and wet towels and began treating Elisia’s wounds, while Theodor checked her condition beside her.

 

Although her divine power was greatly depleted, she would be able to recover from that much quickly.

 

It was fortunate.

 

Just as Theodor let out a sigh of relief, Shuria tugged at his clothes.

 

Large tears were dripping from her eyes.

 

“D-Did Mom do this?”

 

“Shuria.”

 

Now a gentle voice came out reflexively.

 

At the touch that embraced her and patted her back, Shuria began to pour out tears, almost wailing.

 

“I know Mom is a bad person, but I still can’t hate her.”

 

Shuria also knew better than anyone that Reina was a bad person.

 

It was true that she had kidnapped and killed many people.

 

But Shuria couldn’t hate her.

 

Not knowing that her mother’s body had been taken over, she was the last remaining family Shuria had.

 

And Theodor now knew the reason.

 

Because he understood what family meant.

 

“You don’t have to hate her.”

 

Theodor couldn’t tell what the right thing to do was.

 

Because he couldn’t tell which would hurt her more – teaching her the truth or hiding it.

 

The only thing Theodor could be certain of was that he needed to comfort Shuria right now.

 

After a long bout of wailing, exhausted Shuria blinked her reddened eyes.

 

When Theodor offered her a handkerchief, Shuria wiped her eyes and blew her nose thoroughly.

 

Then she looked up at him and said bravely.

 

“I’m done crying.”

 

Despite her confident attitude, her voice was still damp, but it was fortunate that she had regained her spirits.

 

Brushing the moisture still remaining around her eyes with his hand, Theodor spoke.

 

“Well done.”

 

“And now I’m going to hate Mom.”

 

Her small, determined fist was both cute and pitiful.

 

“Alright.”

 

So Theodor decided to postpone telling her the truth a little longer.

 

Since Shuria had made such a resolution, it wouldn’t be too late to tell her after revealing Reina’s identity and settling the grudge of her mother who had been used.

 

Whether she had exhausted all her energy from crying, Shuria, who had been nodding off, fell asleep next to Elisia not long after.

 

After confirming that both of them were sleeping with peaceful expressions, Theodor moved his steps.

 

The place he headed to was his office.

 

After confirming no one was there, Theodor spoke in a low voice.

 

“Now, start babbling.”

 

It contained cold and chilling anger.

 

The magic circle that appeared again at his words had this written on it.

 

[Appropriate trials are helpful for a family’s growth.]

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