I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 52

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52. Winter and First Snow (2)

 

Early morning.

 

Shuria, who had just opened her eyes, frowned due to the strong light coming in from outside the window.

 

Strangely, the sunlight felt stronger than usual.

 

With her eyes half-closed, Shuria was heading to the window to close the curtains when she was surprised by a sight she had never seen before in her life and opened her eyes wide.

 

“It’s snow!”

 

The reason five-year-old Shuria was seeing snow for the first time was simple.

 

She had never lived in a region where it snowed.

 

Cantabile, where Shuria had lived, always had a mild climate, so it never snowed.

 

But compared to that, Filton had distinct four seasons in most regions, and the northern winter was famous for its considerable amount of snow.

 

When she opened the window, cold wind and snowflakes began entering Shuria’s room.

 

When she touched the snow piled on the window frame, the cold substance melted smoothly at her fingertips.

 

Shuria burst into giggles.

 

“It’s cold.”

 

Without even closing the window, Shuria ran outside.

 

And at that moment.

 

Theodor, who had similarly awakened to the light, looked out the window and thought.

 

Garbage was falling from the sky.

 

Thinking about the people who would suffer cleaning that up and the labor costs involved already gave him a headache.

 

If only no accidents would occur.

 

As he was thinking this and blankly looking out the window.

 

Something black running around leaving footprints caught his eye.

 

It was Shuria running around the snowy field in her pajamas, seemingly not cold at all.

 

Theodor felt as if his sleepiness was completely gone.

 

Did she want to catch a cold or something?

 

Hastily putting on his outer clothes, Theodor grabbed Shuria’s coat and ran outside.

 

As soon as he opened the door, he felt the fierce cold wind.

 

In this weather, going out with just one layer of clothing.

 

He was worried in many ways.

 

If the Magical Diagram were still there, his whole body would have already gotten frostbite.

 

“Father!”

 

Shuria, unaware of his concerns, was just smiling brightly and waving her hand.

 

“Aren’t you cold?”

 

“Nope.”

 

What do you mean not cold?

 

It was strong cold even for Theodor, who was less sensitive than others.

 

Theodor placed his hand on Shuria’s reddened cheek.

 

“What do you mean not cold?”

 

Perhaps she had been cold inside, as Shuria also didn’t avoid his hand and rubbed her cheek against it.

 

“Father is warm.”

 

If only she couldn’t speak.

 

Theodor covered her with the outer coat he had brought.

 

This was also something Shuria had left behind when she came to play in Theodor’s room.

 

No matter how high children’s body temperature was, he was worried about Shuria who always left her coat behind.

 

As soon as autumn came, wasn’t she scared even after suffering all day from catching a cold?

 

After buttoning up to her neck and putting on her hat, Theodor spoke.

 

“How was it when you caught a cold last time?”

 

Theodor’s words were meant to instill awareness in Shuria, but.

 

“It was nice that Father worried about me.”

 

…Ah.

 

At Shuria’s answer with a beaming smile, Theodor couldn’t even break even.

 

“Even if you don’t catch a cold, Father is always worried about Shuria, so please dress warmly.”

 

“Hmm.”

 

Hmm, what a freezing hmm.

 

Theodor felt a thousand fires burning inside him as he spoke.

 

“You should say you understand, Shuria.”

 

“I understand.”

 

“…Yes, thank you.”

 

Though something felt strange, Theodor decided to be satisfied with the answer that she understood.

 

Theodor looked at Shuria and spoke again.

 

“You’ll dress warmly starting tomorrow, right?”

 

“But they said not to make promises you can’t keep.”

 

That meant she wouldn’t wear them.

 

Theodor hesitated for a moment before speaking.

 

If persuasion and coaxing didn’t work, the next method was inevitably.

 

Threats.

 

“No macarons.”

 

“I will dress warmly and take good care of myself.”

 

“Good.”

 

At that moment, a strong wind rushed in and hit Shuria and Theodor as it passed.

 

“Achoo!”

 

Sure enough, Shuria, who had let out a sneeze, began sniffling.

 

What do you mean not cold?

 

And that was enough action to end Theodor’s patience.

 

As if he had no intention of listening to Shuria’s objections, Theodor picked her up.

 

“Let’s go inside.”

 

Shuria, perhaps also feeling cold, didn’t object and clung to his shoulder, repeatedly sneezing.

 

What do you mean not cold?

 

At that sight, his heart…

 

Didn’t hurt, but was exasperated.

 

As they entered the manor, warm heat could be felt.

 

As soon as they entered Theodor’s room, Shuria ran and positioned herself in front of the fireplace, then looked at him and spoke.

 

“I want hot chocolate.”

 

“Eating that from morning.”

 

“Give me hot chocolate for breakfast.”

 

“No. From morning.”

 

“Isn’t it okay to have hot chocolate for breakfast?”

 

Would that be okay?

 

“Are you still cold by any chance?”

 

“No? I’m warm.”

 

“You keep saying irritating things, so I asked.”

 

Seeing that she didn’t object any further, it seemed she wasn’t completely clueless.

 

After eating bread and soup heartily for breakfast, and even having hot chocolate that came out for dessert, Shuria spoke.

 

“Let’s make a snowman!”

 

“Alright.”

 

Since Elisia was here too, one day should be fine.

 

As soon as Theodor’s answer ended, Shuria, who was about to run outside, was caught by him.

 

“Why??”

 

“You need to dress warmly.”

 

“I’m wearing my coat.”

 

Right.

 

The problem was that only her upper body was warm.

 

While Shuria’s upper body was in winter, her lower body wearing thin pajamas was no different from summer.

 

Shuria, who had been changed into fur clothing by a maid, ended up wearing a scarf and hat as well.

 

Though she frowned as if uncomfortable and stuffy, Theodor only looked at her with satisfied eyes.

 

Having come out to the garden like that, Theodor put on gloves to make a snowman.

 

But strangely, Shuria was looking at Theodor without putting on gloves.

 

“You need to put on gloves before touching the snow.”

 

“Can’t Dad just make it with magic?”

 

At her firm answer, Theodor was at a loss for words.

 

…She was right though.

 

Of course that would be more advantageous time-wise and efficient too.

 

But normally you don’t say things like that.

 

“Wouldn’t it be more meaningful if we made it ourselves?”

 

No, why does this kid have no romance whatsoever.

 

When I, who was forced to come here, offer to make it with magic because you find it bothersome, shouldn’t you be the one to refuse?

 

He was the one who had been dragged here, yet somehow it seemed like he was more sincere than Shuria.

 

“If Dad insists that much, I guess I have no choice.”

 

Should I just make it with magic.

 

Today too, he felt like he had lost somehow.

 

But Shuria, who crouched down and began touching the snow, frowned before long.

 

“This snow won’t clump together well.”

 

No matter how much she tried to clump the snowball, it wouldn’t grow larger than her fist.

 

Shuria’s expression grew worse at the sight of the snowball that kept falling apart.

 

“You make a small snowball and roll it to increase its size.”

 

Having said that, Theodor demonstrated.

 

Under his hands, a small snowball instantly grew in size, completing a snowball as big as Shuria’s head.

 

“Dad, you actually wanted to make a snowman.”

 

Let’s just go with that.

 

Giving up, Theodor handed the snowball to Shuria.

 

Not knowing how that would come back to him.

 

“Now Shuri will do…”

 

Thwack!

 

The snowball hit Theodor’s face with perfect accuracy.

 

At that sight, Shuria burst into giggles.

 

“Dummy.”

 

Normally, he would have naturally dodged that snowball.

 

Really.

 

But the person holding the weapon happened to be his daughter.

 

So he had let his guard down.

 

And because of that, he got hit in the back of the head.

 

At this point, Theodor’s pride was truly hurt.

 

Enough to think he should seriously face off against his daughter.

 

“Shuri.”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“Dad doesn’t go easy just because you’re his daughter.”

 

Having clumped together a snowball like that, Theodor tried to throw it at Shuria.

 

Certainly, he had tried to throw it.

 

But strangely, he couldn’t do it.

 

Even though the Magical Diagram that used to control him no longer existed.

 

Even though he knew that Shuri wouldn’t get hurt even if this snow hit her.

 

No matter how strong his power was, there was a limit to the impact a softly clumped snowball could deliver.

 

Still, what if it hurts?

 

Such worry arose.

 

Unaware of Theodor’s feelings, Shuria only clumped snow and threw it at him again.

 

Only after Theodor was covered in snow all over his body did Shuria stop throwing snow.

 

“Are you satisfied now.”

 

At Theodor’s question, Shuria nodded brightly with a smile.

 

“We made a snowman together.”

 

Only then realizing how he must look, Theodor chuckled at that shameless comment and nodded.

 

“Right, now will you help make a friend for Dad?”

 

“I’ll specially help you.”

 

Having said that, Shuria gestured to him.

 

When Theodor noticed and bent down to meet her eye level, Shuria reached out to brush off the snow from his hair and smiled brightly.

 

“How would Dad live without me?”

 

The same silly talk as always was now familiar.

 

Theodor nodded with a smile.

 

“That’s right.”

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