I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 48

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48. The Witch Did Not Die (2)

 

And so, for a week.

 

Theodor was enduring the situation with superhuman mental strength.

 

He felt as if someone was constantly muttering in his head, drowsiness poured over him, and his heart throbbed.

 

Theodor grimaced and spat blood.

 

At this rate, he would die from excessive blood loss first.

 

But strangely, he felt that being in pain was actually better.

 

If he remained in his right mind, it was obvious he would be brainwashed by that thing.

 

Take it easy.

 

The Magical Diagram, noticing the words were directed at it, mockingly displayed text.

 

[What remarkable mental strength, Father.]

 

At the shameless words of the Magical Diagram, Theodor quietly cursed under his breath.

 

Even when he tried to ignore it, it appeared before his eyes, making it impossible to look away.

 

Feeling irritated, Theodor turned his gaze and began tracking Reina’s traces.

 

He should have done this from the start, but he had realized the Magical Diagram’s brainwashing too late.

 

Theodor, who had been using magic, coughed and spat up blood.

 

It was the Magical Diagram’s doing.

 

His body was beginning to strain.

 

The Magical Diagram knew him better than he knew himself.

 

From the fact that he could heal even fatal injuries, to the fact that he would never give up on this matter.

 

But Theodor knew just as much.

 

The Magical Diagram could not kill him under any circumstances.

 

So if he endured pain close to death, something similar to it, and killed Reina.

 

The Magical Diagram could not interfere with that.

 

It was about half a gamble, but he felt fortunate.

 

He had just been able to confirm one more thing.

 

The Magical Diagram could only inflict internal injuries like now, but could not inflict wounds visible to the naked eye.

 

The Magical Diagram was the same in that it could not make Shuria sad.

 

If the Magical Diagram had torn him apart or restrained his limbs, there would have been nothing he could do.

 

The Magical Diagram also knew this.

 

That such methods could not create a true family.

 

The words “true family” that the Magical Diagram had been forcing on him had instead created a variable in the contract.

 

A somewhat very painful variable.

 

Theodor, who couldn’t quite call it a benefit, spat out blood and wiped his mouth.

 

He could taste the fishy metallic flavor.

 

No one had ever driven him this far before.

 

Being strong didn’t mean being accustomed to pain.

 

Rather, wasn’t it the opposite?

 

Because Theodor was strong, the times he had felt this level of pain could be counted on one hand.

 

“Hah…”

 

It was the moment Theodor quietly let out a sigh.

 

His vision was dizzy and his head was spinning.

 

For some reason, Elisia came to mind.

 

Was it because she was the only person who had stayed by his side when he was hurt?

 

Finding it somewhat absurd, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

 

Theodor emptied his mind and focused on finding traces of Reina.

 

He had changed his approach.

 

Instead of tracking traces of mana, he was looking for the center where mana was heavily concentrated.

 

Scattering mana in various places to confuse him had been an even bigger mistake.

 

He could definitely feel it.

 

Reina was somewhere near here.

 

“Found you.”

 

Theodor stopped in front of a small cottage.

 

Still fond of underground places, I see.

 

What kind of sinister plot was she hatching beneath the cottage this time?

 

Theodor, who had used magic to destroy the cottage in one blow, let out a hollow laugh.

 

What was beneath the cottage was none other than a rift.

 

As expected, Reina was definitely the cause of the rift.

 

Having confirmed definitive evidence, Theodor had no doubt that the rift would disappear if he killed her.

 

There was no longer any reason to show mercy.

 

At that moment, Reina’s voice could be heard.

 

“Even if I break the contract for you, you won’t spare me, will you?”

 

Theodor did not answer.

 

Instead of answering, he used the same magic that Reina had used, directing it toward where the sound came from.

 

The sound of countless blades cutting through the air could be heard.

 

“If that’s not enough, I’ll even tell you the magic for contracting with demons.”

 

“Shut up.”

 

It was a firm answer.

 

Reina gave up on negotiation.

 

In that case, there was only one method left.

 

Ignoring Theodor, Reina used teleportation magic toward the rift.

 

Even Theodor couldn’t prevent teleportation, and the moment Reina arrived in front of the rift and showed him her middle finger.

 

Bang!

 

With a dull sound, Reina crashed into an invisible wall.

 

Something was blocking the rift.

 

“Who do you think blocked the rift?”

 

Looking at Reina who had fallen before him, Theodor sneered lowly.

 

The cause of all this chaos was right before his eyes.

 

Before he knew it, countless blades had been summoned above Reina’s head.

 

Crash!

 

The blades became nails, pinning Reina to the ground.

 

Even while screaming from the pain crushing her entire body, Reina struggled desperately to survive.

 

“If, if you kill me, you won’t be able to learn the secret of demon summoning!”

 

But unfortunately, Theodor, who had captured Reina, had already figured out all the conditions.

 

Cutting off her tongue, Theodor smiled.

 

“The demon summoning magic can’t be used anymore anyway.”

 

The reason Reina couldn’t summon him even after completing that magical diagram was simple.

 

It was because of the incomplete magical diagram.

 

Demon summoning required one more sacrifice that wasn’t human.

 

Namely, a demon.

 

That’s right, the one who completed the magical diagram was none other than.

 

“You were the final sacrifice.”

 

It was Reina.

 

Reina had indeed died by the temple that day.

 

Reina, who had barely escaped just before her body died, moved to another body after some time had passed.

 

She was still mimicking the appearance of Shuria’s mother.

 

Her obsession with beauty was beyond Theodor’s imagination.

 

“Wasn’t insulting her honor to that extent enough?”

 

What was appearance that she would go to such lengths?

 

Theodor could never understand it.

 

Since I knew that I would kill her anyway, interrogation was meaningless.

 

Theodor reached out his hand toward Reina.

 

It was to read her memories and obtain information about breaking the contract.

 

But no matter how much he searched through her brain, she didn’t know how to break the contract.

 

The only method he found was not much different from what he already knew.

 

The method where either Shuria or himself would die.

 

Theodor was angry at the fact that Reina had tried to kill Shuria in the process.

 

There was no way.

 

At this rate, he would have to stay here, in this place forever.

 

He was gradually reaching his limit.

 

Theodor felt his consciousness becoming hazy.

 

There couldn’t be anything wrong with his magic.

 

Even though Theodor knew this fact well, he ended up releasing the magic he had cast on Reina.

 

“Tell me, how to cancel the contract.”

 

“Die!”

 

It was natural that she wouldn’t listen to reason.

 

At Reina’s response, Theodor sighed and tried to silence her mouth again.

 

At that moment, his head spun with a ringing sound.

 

There was no way Theodor wouldn’t notice his body’s condition.

 

It was the Magical Diagram’s doing.

 

The moment he stopped was brief, but it was enough time for Reina to struggle desperately.

 

A huge meteor was summoned in the sky.

 

Theodor tried to block the meteor using magic, but the magic wouldn’t activate.

 

He could feel the Magical Diagram’s intervention.

 

In fact, the Magical Diagram could also block Theodor’s magic. It just hadn’t informed him beforehand.

 

In that brief moment, as Theodor cursed the Magical Diagram countless times inwardly and braced for the coming pain.

 

Pure white light spread out before him.

 

It was Elisia.

 

“Duke, are you alright?”

 

It was truly an unimaginable person’s appearance, but Theodor didn’t even have the energy left to be surprised.

 

He had lost too much blood.

 

He didn’t even have the strength to move a single finger.

 

The moment Theodor collapsed like that, the Magical Diagram appeared before his eyes.

 

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

 

That phrase again.

 

It was so absurd that he let out a hollow laugh.

 

When the Magical Diagram disappeared, he could see Shuria and the priests running toward him from far away.

 

Why did that fact bring him relief?

 

It must be because of the Magical Diagram’s schemes, naturally.

 

His reason was telling him that, but strangely, he felt not even a bit of resistance to that emotion.

 

Shuria, who had approached at some point, hugged him while crying loudly.

 

He didn’t want to see her crying.

 

That’s why he had tried so hard to break the contract.

 

Yet I made you cry again.

 

The words “I’m sorry” rose to the tip of his tongue, but Theodor couldn’t say them.

 

Because he knew that saying such things would hurt her even more.

 

Theodor embraced Shuria.

 

Her weight pressed against his wounds, causing a sharp pain.

 

Shuria began hitting his shoulder while crying loudly.

 

He could hear Elisia trying to stop her, but strangely, it didn’t hurt at all.

 

It felt as if all his wounds were healing.

 

This too must be the Magical Diagram’s doing.

 

Theodor reached out his hand to pat Shuria’s back and opened his mouth.

 

“…It hurts, Shuria.”

 

With a slight playfulness as usual, Theodor muttered those words and lost consciousness.

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