I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 5

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5. That Demon Lord Had to Kidnap the Princess (4)

Shuria, who had been nodding off while listening to the fairy tale Theodor was reading, soon fell asleep in his arms.

Hearing her steady breathing, Theodor looked up from the book, confirmed that Shuria was completely asleep, and summoned a magic circle.

“Hey.”

[What would you like to know?]

Theodor hesitated for a moment at the text that appeared in the magic circle.

Honestly, he didn’t think that insolent bastard would answer many of his questions.

So he needed to extract as much information as possible.

Shifting his gaze to look at the sleeping Shuria, Theodor opened his mouth, thinking he couldn’t understand why he was doing this.

“She’s a princess, isn’t she? So why is she in such a state?”

Just because he knew about her past didn’t change anything.

There was nothing he could do for her either.

Even knowing this fact, he was bothered by it and ended up asking a stupid question he would never normally ask.

[The young lady has never once received proper treatment as a princess.]

That was something he had expected to some degree.

However, upon hearing a definitive answer, he felt angry for some reason.

Without even realizing that his expression had twisted frighteningly, Theodor nodded his chin as if telling it to continue.

[Her birth mother, Lady Fila, and Cantabile’s king, Milliam, showed no interest in the young lady. The fact that she, a commoner, could rise to the position of third queen was the result of using black magic to seduce Milliam. The young lady was merely a device to solidify the third queen’s position, and since the black magic cast on Milliam only applied to Lady Fila, Milliam felt no affection for the young lady.]

It was absurd.

No matter what, how could he treat his own daughter like that?

Theodor frowned in disgust and nodded his head as if telling it to continue.

[The maids and nannies who took care of the young lady pretended to love her and acted kindly, but this was all to embezzle the living expenses allocated to the young lady. They used the excuse of having no money to not provide proper meals and failed to supply necessities properly.]

At this point, he thought it was fortunate that he had used up all his magic power.

If he had magic power remaining, Cantabile would have been reduced to ruins by now.

After a brief silence, Theodor regained his composure and asked the questions he had originally prepared.

Fortunately, the magic circle answered everything he asked.

And among those answers was information about a country that met the conditions Theodor needed.

Now that he had obtained everything he needed, all he had to do was leave this place.

Having thought that far, Theodor sighed.

Shuria’s status bothered him too much.

Even if abandoned, a princess was still a princess.

If he just took Shuria away, she would probably spend her entire life being pursued.

An ordinary royal family wouldn’t let their bloodline leak out carelessly.

…Should I just destroy the country instead?

But the aftermath would be too complicated for that.

Since Cantabile wasn’t such a small country, the entire planet could fall into chaos.

Since he had to stay in the Mortal Realm for a while, he wanted to avoid such complicated matters.

Still, he didn’t want to just let it slide.

With the magic circle’s help, Theodor learned that the witch who summoned the demon lord was already dead and had prepared all those plans alone, which somewhat calmed his anger.

The fact that her materials remained intact in the Queen’s Palace also played a part.

Theodor had already organized all her materials and sent them to the Demon Realm.

He intended to completely eliminate that magic. So that such incidents would never happen again.

And honestly, Theodor just wanted to take out his anger on this country.

Since the witch who broke the covenant and committed the crime was already dead, his anger should have disappeared as well, but he wanted to bring the king and queen right now to make them kneel and apologize.

Even though he knew that the king and queen hadn’t committed such great crimes in relation to this matter.

Theodor couldn’t understand himself why such rage was welling up.

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The next day.

Theodor opened his eyes to Shuria’s shouts waking him up.

“Hurry, hurry and get up.”

Theodor, who had never had his sleep disturbed even once in his life, started to get up with slight irritation.

He met Shuria’s desperate gaze and closed his mouth.

“…What’s wrong.”

Even at his words, Shuria began pushing him as if there was no time to explain.

“It’s urgent, quickly!”

About to ask more questions, Theodor closed his mouth, thinking it was bothersome.

Thinking it wouldn’t be anything serious, he moved in the direction she was pushing.

And the place Theodor arrived at was none other than inside the wardrobe.

Even until the moment Shuria put him in the wardrobe and closed the door, Theodor thought this was just simple mischief.

Was she asking to play hide and seek?

Who would have thought someone would put him in a wardrobe.

The large wardrobe was spacious enough to have room left even after he entered, so Theodor leaned his back against the wall, planning to rest until Shuria found him.

“You, why is your hair that color?”

Without even thinking that such words would be heard from outside the wardrobe.

In the unexpected situation, Theodor tried to open the wardrobe door and go out, but his body wouldn’t move.

And that was naturally because.

[The young lady does not wish for father to be in danger.]

What nonsense was this?

Even if all the armies of this planet mobilized right now, they couldn’t touch a single hair on Theodor’s head.

But Shuria, who had no way of knowing such things, simply wanted to protect Theodor.

“Remove it.”

Theodor muttered quietly.

He was angry.

Whether it was because he was being protected by Shuria, who was much weaker than him.

Whether it was because it seemed to Shuria that he couldn’t even defeat a single human.

Whether it was because his body was fundamentally restrained.

Or for some completely different reason, he couldn’t tell.

But what was certain was that Theodor was furious right now.

Curses and criticism harsh enough to be uncomfortable even for him to hear were being poured on Shuria, but he couldn’t even properly grasp the situation because of the wardrobe door.

At that moment, Shuria’s scream was heard, and Theodor finally opened his mouth as if shouting.

“What kind of father would stand by and watch his daughter being treated like that?”

As soon as his words ended, his body felt lighter.

As soon as he confirmed the restraint was lifted, Theodor opened the wardrobe door.

Bang!

With a loud sound, the wardrobe broke in half, and both Shuria and Lira’s gazes turned to him simultaneously.

Seeing Theodor in an obviously ominous atmosphere, Lira became frightened and stepped back, and just as Theodor was approaching her.

Shuria blocked the space between them.

The small body and arms blocking his way were trembling.

“I, I forced him to come play with me. He has nothing to do with me at all. Don’t touch him.”

At Shuria’s words, Lira looked Theodor up and down.

The undeniable dignity and aura flowing from his entire body told her that he was definitely not a commoner.

But having an unauthorized man enter the Queen’s Palace was certainly a serious crime. Having something to rely on, Lira held her head up stiffly.

“By royal decree, the Queen’s Palace is a place where outsiders are not permitted entry regardless of status. If you do not apologize to me immediately, I will report your crime to His Majesty.”

It seemed she had failed to grasp the situation.

At her words, Theodor burst into laughter.

“Try it.”

If you can leave here alive.

Theodor was about to embrace Shuria who was blocking his way, but hesitated.

He remembered what happened a few days ago.

“You might get hurt, so come here.”

With those words, Theodor pulled her into his embrace.

His touch was careful, as if handling porcelain or precious objects.

Holding Shuria in his arms like that, Theodor stroked her cheek and checked if she had any injuries.

Seeing no wounds anywhere, it seemed fortunately she hadn’t been hit.

Relieved by this fact, Theodor gently patted Shuria’s back.

“It’s alright now.”

Saying this, Theodor wrapped his cloak around her, both shielding her view and concealing her appearance.

Lira, who had been watching the two with disbelief, shouted loudly as if to announce her presence.

“His Majesty will not forgive…!”

But her words couldn’t reach the end.

Because a massive explosion struck the Queen’s Palace with a tremendous sound.

The Queen’s Palace instantly turned to ash and disappeared.

As if nothing had ever existed in that place.

It was a sight so precious that one might not see it in a lifetime, but no one witnessed the spectacle.

Lira was swept up in the explosion and fainted on the spot from the intense pain.

And Shuria was safe within his protection.

The palace servants and nobility who came running after hearing the thunderous explosion sound found themselves face to face.

With a man who had black horns and massive wings, his entire being proclaiming that he was no ordinary person.

Everyone froze in place, overwhelmed by the man’s aura, and he spoke in a low voice.

“I, Demon Lord Theodor, have discovered traces of magic in this place.”

In truth, no traces of magic had been discovered, and even if they had been found, it wouldn’t have been such a big problem.

But how would humans know that?

Thinking that things had become troublesome, Theodor frowned.

Originally, he hadn’t planned to make such a big scene.

But anger had surged up, and it felt like he’d need to blow away about half of this rotten palace to calm down.

As soon as Theodor confirmed that most of the humans had gathered here, the sky turned dark, and meteors falling from the sky began mercilessly destroying the castle.

Looking down at the humans staring at him with pale faces, Theodor spoke.

“I demand that the princess be offered as sacrifice in payment for using power not permitted to humans.”

Someone knelt before Theodor.

Someone couldn’t contain their shock.

There were even people shedding tears before his overwhelming presence.

But the very person who had caused this chaos was.

“There’s a banging, banging sound.”

“Here, asking to be destroyed.”

“Next time just show me, I want to watch too.”

Only making such carefree remarks.

She really was a strange child.

She seemed like a weak-hearted and kind child, yet in some aspects she was as wicked as himself.

Theodor let out a chuckle and stroked her head as he spoke.

“If you do well with what I ask this time, I’ll think about it.”

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