I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 63

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63. Cottage (4)

At Shuria’s words, Elisia pondered for a moment before opening her mouth.

A gorilla.

No matter what, such an animal didn’t suit Theodor at all.

“There’s an animal stronger than a gorilla.”

Among black animals, if it was similar to Theodor while being strong and black.

Lions were the symbol of the imperial family so that wouldn’t work, so then.

“A black panther would win.”

…?

They seemed similar though.

Unable to grasp Elisia’s intention, Theodor imagined a fight between a black panther and an orangutan in his head.

No matter how he thought about it, the odds seemed fifty-fifty.

But Shuria.

“Then Dad, you look like a black panther!”

She was easily swayed by Elisia’s persuasion.

Only then grasping her intention, Theodor’s ears turned red.

He was honestly a bit hurt by being compared to an orangutan, but still, a panther.

Wasn’t comparing a person to such an animal somewhat unfamiliar and embarrassing?

Still, he was strangely happy to have escaped from being an orangutan.

At that moment, Elisia and Theodor’s eyes met.

At the sight of Elisia looking at him with a proud expression, Theodor unconsciously averted his gaze.

To hide his awkwardness, Theodor turned toward Shuria.

“Is Dad the strongest?”

And he asked a question he would never normally ask.

“Of course.”

Right, of course.

Overwhelmed by belated self-loathing and embarrassment, Theodor simply picked up Shuria.

“Why?”

Though Shuria flailed her arms and legs as if asking to be put down, Theodor moved outside as he was.

The campfire Theodor had lit earlier was still burning with wisps of smoke.

“If you’re any later, I won’t give you marshmallows.”

“That won’t do.”

Saying that, Shuria sat on the log prepared in front of the campfire.

When she brought her hands close to the campfire, she felt the warm heat.

However, enduring the cold outside with just the warmth of a campfire was difficult.

Theodor carefully dressed Shuria in an outer coat and the scarf Elisia had knitted.

Though Shuria shook her head as if the scarf covering her ears was uncomfortable, she soon felt the cold and came back to Theodor.

“Do it again.”

It was a shameless request.

Even while thinking that, Theodor carefully wrapped Shuria’s face with the scarf again.

Shuria’s cheek that touched his hand had grown cold.

“Shuria.”

“Yeah.”

Theodor brought his hand to Shuria’s cheek and placed it there.

He couldn’t remember the body temperature preservation spell.

Shuria’s words weren’t wrong.

It was the moment when he thought himself a bit incompetent.

Elisia grabbed Theodor’s hand.

Without saying anything, Elisia removed his hand from Shuria and brought her own hand to her cheek.

“Warm.”

With both cheeks held by Elisia, Shuria’s expression stretched out foolishly.

Theodor could easily understand why Elisia’s hands were warmer than his.

In front of him was the hot chocolate that Elisia must have brought.

Theodor took a sip of the steaming hot chocolate.

He felt a sweetness so intense it made his tongue tingle.

“Thank you.”

Saying that, Theodor stood up from his seat.

Since she had prepared the hot chocolate, he thought it was proper etiquette for him to prepare the marshmallows and s’mores.

When he went inside, hot chocolate, marshmallows, and biscuits were neatly arranged behind the tray.

Elisia had already finished setting up.

Please don’t do things like this.

He was grateful and it was true that he was causing her the most trouble, but.

He didn’t want to make her, who had the highest status in the Empire, do such work.

Be aware of your position.

Though Theodor, who thought this, was also the Demon Lord, anyway Theodor thought this as he picked up the tray and moved outside.

“Roar! A big tiger has appeared!”

“Kyaa!”

When Elisia spread both hands and struck a threatening pose, Shuria let out a small scream and burst into laughter.

Elisia, who had been excitedly playing with Shuria while forgetting his existence, belatedly noticed Theodor and blushed.

And Shuria spotted the marshmallows in Theodor’s hands.

“Quickly, quickly roast them!”

Shuria, who came running with quick steps, grabbed his arm and began urging him.

He found that sight cute.

After patting Shuria’s head, Theodor skewered marshmallows on a long metal stick and began roasting them.

At least he was confident in roasting.

He put the perfectly roasted marshmallow between chocolate and biscuit, then handed it to Shuria.

The heat from the marshmallow had turned the hard chocolate into something like jam.

The biscuit, chocolate, and marshmallow disappeared instantly in Shuria’s mouth.

“It’s hot but delicious.”

An undeniable smile appeared on Shuria’s face.

Watching Shuria, Theodor smiled with satisfaction and also roasted marshmallows in the same way, then ate them layered with biscuits and chocolate.

A thrilling sweetness spread throughout his mouth.

Theodor grabbed his cup to finish with hot chocolate.

But the black liquid that entered his mouth wasn’t hot chocolate.

It was coffee.

At the intense bitter taste he hadn’t felt in a long time, Theodor barely swallowed the coffee while coughing.

What Theodor had grabbed wasn’t his but Elisia’s cup.

Belatedly realizing he had mixed up the cups, Theodor turned his gaze to look at Elisia.

But Elisia burst into laughter without showing any sign of displeasure.

“Isn’t that being a bit dramatic, Duke?”

It seemed like only he was being conscious of it.

Though it was his mistake and his fault, he felt like he had lost somehow.

Theodor silently made another marshmallow chocolate biscuit and handed it to Elisia.

Theodor knew well that she didn’t enjoy sweet foods.

“Princess, please have one too.”

But at Theodor’s words, Elisia only smiled and pointed to her hands.

She was holding knitting needles in both hands.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have hands available right now.”

But Theodor wasn’t one to give up at that.

“Give it to me!”

Ignoring Shuria’s words, Theodor strode toward Elisia.

He held the biscuit right up to her face and said.

“Please, have some.”

Elisia seemed momentarily flustered by his action, but soon opened her mouth and took the biscuit in one bite.

The sound of the biscuit crunching and breaking could be heard.

“…Sweet.”

At the voice that followed, Theodor let out a small laugh.

Returning to his spot, he didn’t forget to make some for Shuria as well.

“Can’t I try making some too?”

“No fire for you.”

“Aww.”

After devouring five marshmallow chocolate biscuits, Shuria snuggled into Theodor’s arms and began nodding off sleepily.

With her belly full and body warm, drowsiness began to wash over her.

“Should we go inside if you’re sleepy?”

“…Don’t want to.”

Her cheeks were this cold, yet she was so stubborn.

Even as Theodor thought this, he warmed his hands with the campfire’s heat and made Shuria’s cheeks warm.

“Hehe.”

Seeming pleased by this, Shuria smiled and pressed her body closer into his embrace.

It was the moment Theodor heard Shuria’s steady breathing as she slept that he sensed the killing intent.

In the darkness of the deep forest, something was there.

Theodor fixed his gaze.

He couldn’t move carelessly.

Shuria might wake up.

Fortunately, what emerged from the darkness was a starving wolf.

As long as it wasn’t a person or monster, that was fine.

Having lost its reason to hunger, killing intent wouldn’t work on it, so he’d have no choice but to kill it.

As Theodor thought this, his gaze fell on the skewer they had just used to roast marshmallows with Shuria.

With this level of sharpness and thickness.

I’ll send you off painlessly in one strike.

The moment Theodor thought this and moved his arm.

“Mmm.”

Shuria, sensing his movement, stirred.

Theodor had no choice but to freeze in place.

The magic he could use to drive off the wolf consisted only of large and noisy spells.

It would be terrible if Shuria woke up from that noise.

While Theodor was hesitating.

Elisia blocked his path.

“Hold this.”

What she handed him was the scarf she had been knitting just moments before.

And so Theodor found himself holding Shuria and sewing supplies while watching Elisia face off against the wolf.

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