I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 6

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

Having finished his declaration of war to the royal palace, Theodor moved with Shuria to a nearby palace.

There was no longer any reason to stay in the burned-down Queen’s Palace.

Just as he thought he could now naturally take the princess away, Shuria, who had come down from his arms, spoke up.

“But, Dad.”

“What.”

“I’m only a half princess. Is that okay?”

What is this now…

At that moment, the curses the maid had hurled at Shuria earlier flashed through Theodor’s mind.

…Ah, surely not.

‘Are you adopted?’

But his words couldn’t come out of his mouth.

[Please refrain from words that might hurt your daughter.]

Reading the magic circle’s words, Theodor felt slightly annoyed.

No, an adopted child is an adopted child.

Shouldn’t I be the one getting angry here, having caused such a big incident thinking she was royalty?

Though feeling slightly annoyed, Theodor tried to choose his words carefully, but was again restrained by the magic circle.

Finally, as Theodor’s expression soured in anger, the magic circle appeared again.

[With such vocabulary, you would only hurt your daughter. Your daughter’s biological father is not the King of Cantabile.]

Then you should have told me from the beginning.

Even while thinking he wanted to destroy that magic circle right away, Theodor desperately managed his expression.

“That kind of thing doesn’t matter anymore.”

Right, what fault could you have.

Thinking that Shuria had lived her whole life hearing such words, carelessly saying such things would indeed be hurtful as the magic circle said.

Since Shuria was officially a princess on the family register, it seemed faster to just consider himself deceived and move on.

His prestige might be lowered a bit, but he wasn’t planning to stay as a demon lord in this dimension anyway.

Having made his decision, Theodor looked at Shuria and spoke.

“Now, repeat after me.”

“Mm.”

“I will sacrifice myself as a princess of Cantabile in her place.”

“I will Canta… what?”

How is it that this princess doesn’t even know her own country’s name.

…Let’s just remove the difficult words.

“I am only taking responsibility for my mother’s sins.”

“I am only taking responsibility for my mother’s sins.”

He thought this should be enough to get by roughly.

“From now on, I will demand that a princess be offered as sacrifice. Then, you appear and say what I taught you.”

Theodor asked Shuria as if asking whether she understood, but what came back wasn’t the answer he expected.

“If I do that, can I stay with Dad forever?”

What was contained in Shuria’s answer was neither affirmation nor denial, but affection directed toward him.

He was momentarily at a loss for words.

Because he couldn’t understand why she trusted him so firmly.

Himself, who would leave without regret the moment the contract was broken.

“…Yeah.”

But even so, Theodor could only answer that way.

Whether lies weren’t subject to punishment, he felt no pain in his heart.

Even so, it seemed he couldn’t escape the pangs of conscience.

He became angry, unable to understand why he should feel such emotions over that little brat.

“Okay.”

It was at that moment.

The door opened and a woman entered the room.

Were they acquainted? Shuria’s eyes sparkled upon seeing her.

Not yet realizing that they had been hiding until just moments ago, Shuria ran toward her with an excited voice.

“Nanny!”

But Theodor had no choice but to stop Shuria.

Because the being Shuria called nanny was facing Shuria with strong hostility.

She ignored Shuria and approached Theodor, speaking.

“This child is not worth dealing with. This place is dangerous, so please evacuate and leave it to me.”

She seemed to mistake him for a nobleman.

Though that was far from the truth.

Theodor patted the back of Shuria, who had started whimpering in his arms, perhaps shocked by the nanny’s attitude, and spoke.

“I’m this kid’s father though?”

At his words, the nanny raised her voice, perhaps thinking Theodor didn’t understand the situation.

“What nonsense about Her Highness the Princess! If His Majesty heard this, he would punish you!”

Though her words were utterly loyal, her inner thoughts held completely different ideas.

You should only protect children worth protecting.

What’s so special about that witch’s daughter that I should protect and care for her?

He seems like some naive noble young master, so learning about the world through this opportunity would be good experience.

But contrary to the nanny’s expectation that he would be flustered by her words, Theodor was still patting Shuria’s back.

Thinking she was being ignored by his behavior, the nanny tried to speak again.

But strangely, no words came out.

“Mmph, mmph!”

Her tongue wouldn’t move as if it had stiffened.

Her steps wouldn’t budge.

Only then realizing he wasn’t an ordinary person, the nanny began looking at him in terror.

Seeing her state, Theodor smiled brightly.

Right, this is the normal reaction.

“You have one thing to do.”

As Theodor wiggled his finger, her body began to move again.

“Bring them.”

She wanted to run away immediately from this primal fear she was feeling for the first time in her life.

But she instinctively had to realize.

The fact that no one in this palace could escape from him.

“All the bastards who touched my daughter.”

Therefore, all she could do was follow his orders.

Watching the nanny flee the room, Theodor checked on Shuria’s condition.

Seeing her looking like she would burst into tears at any moment, Theodor felt somehow conscious of her gaze and spoke.

“What should I do for you?”

“What?”

Shuria’s voice as she spoke was muffled as if submerged in water.

Normally, hearing such a voice would prompt comfort, but Theodor was definitely not normal.

“Revenge.”

At his firm words, Shuria shook her head.

“…I don’t need it.”

Who would believe such words said with an expression about to cry?

‘Should I tear their limbs apart? Cut out their tongues, eyes, and ears? Or I could kill their families.’

He was about to say that.

But once again stopped by the magic circle, Theodor felt annoyed and spoke again.

It seemed impossible for him to punish them alone unless Shuria requested it.

Though his anger was directed at them not for Shuria’s revenge but for his own rage, Theodor didn’t even notice this fact.

Therefore, holding Shuria in his arms, he only whispered in her ear with a gentle voice.

“I’ll grant you anything. Tell me.”

At his words, tears began to flow from Shuria’s eyes.

“…It’s okay if daddy just comforts me.”

An ordinary father would have been moved by such words. But as expected, he was not ordinary.

“I’m not okay.”

Theodor’s attitude was firm.

In the end, he admitted that it wasn’t about wanting to get revenge for Shuria, but that he was angry at them and wanted to vent his fury.

At that moment, the door opened and the nanny returned with three maids, speaking in a trembling voice.

“One of them was caught in an accident earlier… I couldn’t bring her.”

The nanny hesitated, recalling the horrific scene from before.

Unfortunately, Lira, who had been alone in the Queen’s Palace at that time, was covered in burns all over her body, looking no different from a living corpse.

It was a sight that could only be called horrific.

Then a fact flashed through her mind.

Surely Shuria would have been in the Queen’s Palace at that time too.

But how on earth was she in such a perfectly fine state…

But that concern didn’t last long.

The man standing before her had transformed into the Demon Lord with horns and wings who had turned the royal palace upside down just moments ago.

“Congratulations.”

As soon as Theodor finished speaking, with a loud crash, the palace crumbled to ash.

Probably, most of the buildings would have ended up like this.

Though these five were the only ones who received such direct punishment.

Theodor smiled brightly as he looked at the four people who had met the same fate as Lira.

“You became the Demon Lord’s sacrifices even faster than the princess.”

Theodor turned his gaze to Shuria. His appearance as he looked at his daughter with an affectionate expression was so unbelievable that he had just delivered cruel punishment moments before.

“Stop crying, and if you want to come with daddy, you have to keep your promise, right?”

When Theodor finished speaking, Shuria was wearing a gorgeous dress and a sparkling tiara.

As if announcing to everyone that she was a princess.

At Theodor’s words, Shuria stopped crying and looked up at him.

“…Promise?”

When she stopped crying, Theodor felt relieved and patted her head as if praising her.

“Yes, the task of becoming a good and beautiful princess and being kidnapped by the Demon Lord.”

This was the story.

Of how the strongest being in the Demon Realm, who ruled over an entire dimension.

Had to become the father of a five-year-old child.

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