I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 58

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58. New Year Festival (5)

The day after returning home from watching the meteor shower, the year finally came to an end.

January 1st had dawned.

Now it was truly the new year.

Theodor was taking a break from work to celebrate the new year.

Not doing any work on New Year’s Day was one of the Filton Empire’s cultural traditions.

For once, there was a culture he actually liked.

Theodor slept in for the first time in a while.

He had a feeling today would be enjoyable.

It was the moment when Theodor was leisurely drinking tea with cookies loaded with chocolate chips.

“Dad!”

There was always only one person who could disrupt Theodor’s peace.

At Shuria’s appearance, Theodor set down his teacup.

“What.”

“Happy New Year!”

Shuria was smiling brightly as she said this.

Something felt ominous.

When Shuria was this cheerful, she always said things he could never imagine.

“You too.”

And Theodor’s prediction didn’t miss the mark by even a bit.

“Give me New Year’s money!”

What was this supposed to mean.

What could she possibly need money for that she was asking for New Year’s money.

Still, there was no reason he couldn’t give her some.

“How much.”

“What do you mean how much?”

“Never mind, just…”

It seemed like she had just picked up this phrase from somewhere and was saying it.

This was a culture he didn’t like.

“Not how much, give me that, that thing.”

Shuria pointed to the cookie Theodor had been eating.

There was exactly one chocolate chip cookie left.

Theodor looked back and forth between the chocolate chip cookie and Shuria, then popped the chocolate chip cookie into his mouth in one bite.

Seeing Shuria’s despairing expression felt like ten years of built-up frustration was melting away.

“Why.”

Theodor said after finishing off by swallowing the cookie.

“Childish!”

Shuria glared at him and shouted.

“What is.”

“You can’t give your daughter one cookie?”

“How was I supposed to know what ‘that thing’ was. You should have said cookie.”

Shuria couldn’t argue with Theodor’s words.

She knew that if she went down to the dining hall right now, she could get 10, no 100 of those cookies, but she was strangely upset.

“And you call yourself an adult?”

“Dad is still young.”

“And you call yourself a dad?”

“That’s right, should I bring the family registry?”

Unlike his playful words, Theodor had actually spent quite a lot of money and effort to register Shuria, a girl, in the family registry.

Ah, thinking about it made him angry again.

How dare they try not to acknowledge whose daughter she was.

Not being able to be written in the family registry just because she was a girl was truly a strange culture.

Theodor looked at Shuria, who was puffing out her cheeks and glaring at him, then patted her head.

“Did you eat?”

“I ate.”

“Snacks?”

“I ate.”

“Then why are you coveting Dad’s cookie too?”

“Other people’s rice cakes always look bigger.”

It was a shameless answer.

Theodor poked Shuria’s cheek.

Then the air escaped from her puffed-up cheeks and they became thin again.

But that was only momentary, as Shuria caught her breath again and puffed air into her cheeks while glaring at him.

Seeing her refuse to let the air out even with her face red from being out of breath, Theodor burst into laughter.

“Doesn’t that make you short of breath?”

“Expressing that I’m angry at Dad comes first.”

“Now I know you’re angry, so let’s breathe.”

Only then did Shuria exhale.

Confirming that color was returning to her face, Theodor extended his hand to Shuria.

“Shall we go get cookies?”

At his words, Shuria smiled so brightly that she seemed to forget she had just been angry.

“Yeah!”

How simple.

But he didn’t dislike that side of her.

No, rather, even Theodor was becoming more and more childish.

In fact, Theodor was inwardly surprised at his own behavior of stealing Shuria’s cookie.

Looking at Shuria strangely made him want to keep playing pranks.

“Dad.”

“What.”

“By any chance, macarons too?”

“Did you eat carrots when you had your meal today?”

“I ate two whole ones.”

Seeing Shuria speak proudly, he thought she was admirable.

But that didn’t mean he was going to let it slide.

Theodor had already figured out Shuria’s behavioral patterns.

“Then one.”

“Why? I said I ate two?”

“You ate one.”

Hit right on target, Shuria opened her mouth wide and stared at Theodor.

“Dad, are you a genius?”

Words he had heard countless times felt different when Shuria said them. He felt strangely proud.

Still, trying to deceive an adult was a bad thing.

Theodor pinched both of Shuria’s cheeks and spoke.

“I told you not to lie.”

“But I cut one in half and ate it, so isn’t that two?”

“I’ll cut one macaron in half and give you two pieces.”

Shuria closed her mouth.

It was Theodor’s victory after a long time.

At the sight of Shuria instantly becoming dejected, Theodor let out a small laugh.

He tapped his own cheek.

“One more if you give me a kiss.”

At Theodor’s words, Shuria spread both arms wide as if she had been waiting for this.

When Theodor lifted Shuria into his arms, she stretched out her neck and kissed his cheek.

The fact that this made him feel good suggested he wasn’t quite in his right mind either.

An unmistakable smile appeared on Theodor’s face.

Just as he was forcibly suppressing his twitching lips.

He ended up running into Elisia coming out of the dining hall.

Theodor, who had instantly returned to his usual expressionless face, watched Elisia’s reaction.

He felt embarrassed that someone else had caught him in such a state.

“Did you come to eat?”

“I came to have a snack.”

“Haven’t you had your meal yet? You need to eat properly to live long, Grand Duke.”

There’s no one here who will live longer than me though?

Sometimes Elisia seemed to forget that Theodor was the Demon Lord.

But the problem was.

Shuria had learned that Theodor hadn’t eaten his meal.

“Dad, you have to eat your meal before having snacks.”

Oh no.

With this belated realization, Theodor looked at Elisia.

It was a silent signal asking what to do.

Elisia, who quickly caught his signal, hastily backtracked.

“The food I brought you earlier. I forgot about it. Did you eat well, Grand Duke?”

“I ate it gratefully.”

Elisia and Theodor quickly checked Shuria’s expression.

She still looked unconvinced.

“What about the snack I brought with it?”

At Shuria’s sharp question, Theodor sent another signal to Elisia.

He mouthed words so only she could see.

‘Chocolate cookies.’

Elisia also seemed to understand his words and nodded with a confident smile.

“Choco…”

She was definitely quick-witted.

“…cake?”

I take that back.

At Elisia’s answer, a bright smile spread across Shuria’s face.

Theodor had a premonition that meal times would be a war for a while.

“Wrong!”

Shuria, who had shouted loudly, turned her gaze to Theodor.

“Dad, you have to eat your meal before having snacks.”

Damn it.

Actually, the reason Theodor had come to the dining hall with Shuria was also to eat other desserts.

Forced to eat a meal, Theodor looked at Elisia with resentful eyes.

Seeing his expression, Elisia also seemed to feel awkward and opened her mouth with an embarrassed laugh.

“While waiting for Dad to eat, shall we have a meal together, sister?”

“Yeah!”

At least she seemed to be managing things so Shuria wouldn’t eat too many desserts while Theodor was eating.

It was dangerous to give too many snacks just because the child was cute.

Wasn’t there such a thing as childhood diabetes?

Seeing how much Shuria loved sweet foods, Theodor was genuinely worried about her health.

Of course, Theodor could eat sugar by the sack without risk of diabetes, but Shuria was different.

I should tell them to reduce the amount of sugar in the desserts.

Only in Shuria’s, of course.

So the three people who entered the dining hall each stated what they wanted to eat.

“Steak, small portion.”

“Please bring macarons and chocolate cookies!”

“Only two of each.”

At Theodor’s firm order, not forgetting their promise, Shuria puffed out her cheeks.

Finally, it was Elisia’s turn.

She seemed to ponder her menu selection for a moment, then opened her mouth.

“Cucumber tomato canapé, please.”

At Elisia’s words, Theodor and Shuria simultaneously turned to look at her.

Hadn’t she said it was for a snack?

Could cucumber tomato canapé possibly count as a snack?

Shuria looked at Elisia with a serious expression.

“Sister, are you doing food torture?”

Theodor sincerely agreed with those words.

Cucumber tomato canapé – where could such horrible food exist?

“Cucumbers are delicious though.”

“Ew, should I give you one of my macarons?”

Saying this, Shuria placed one of her macarons on Elisia’s plate.

It was a display that showed no respect for personal taste.

But even so, Elisia smiled brightly and accepted the macaron.

She knew how significant it was to receive a macaron from Shuria when there were only two.

“Thank you.”

“Yeah!”

But contrary to Shuria and Theodor’s expectation that she would eat it right away, Elisia placed the macaron on her plate and began cutting it.

Even if nobles valued refinement, this wasn’t right.

She was even removing the cream in the middle.

Theodor simply could not tolerate Elisia cutting a macaron in half to eat it.

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