I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 64

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64. Cottage (5)

A strange tension flowed between Elisia and the wolf.

However, contrary to Theodor’s expectation that she would attack using the skewer, Elisia began bending it.

Watching Elisia bend the iron as easily as paper, Theodor realized that she was stronger than he had thought.

What Elisia had made was none other than knuckles.

Elisia clenched her fist.

She planned to knock it unconscious in one blow, then heal it and give it food.

This was because the smell of blood was hard to wash away.

Since they had to stay at this cottage for a while, she didn’t want to leave such memories for Shuria.

And seeing Elisia like this, the wolf sensed that the situation was taking an ominous turn.

No matter how starved it was, its instincts hadn’t disappeared.

The wolf realized that Elisia was a formidable opponent.

But it couldn’t keep starving forever either.

The wolf charged at Elisia.

“Kyaing!”

And let out a single scream.

It happened in just one moment.

The wolf flew far away and collapsed.

After confirming the wolf had fainted, Elisia quietly exhaled a deep breath, then went into the cottage and brought out a chunk of meat.

And she put that meat in its mouth, then grabbed the wolf with her bare hands.

“Did Shuria not wake up?”

Instead of answering, Theodor nodded his head.

Relieved by his response, Elisia carried the wolf into the cottage.

At this unexpected action, Theodor stared blankly at her retreating figure.

After a short while, Elisia came out carrying a large wooden box.

…?

Did she kill it?

Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.

He could still feel signs of life from inside the box.

“I put meat and a blanket in there, so it won’t come back.”

Saying that, Elisia began walking.

She planned to take the wolf to a distant place and then heal it.

“…I understand.”

She really was a strange person.

Returning like that, Elisia picked up the skewer she had used and began straightening it again.

Then the skewer straightened out maintaining perfect alignment, as if it had never been bent.

Though he had somewhat expected it from the earlier events, Elisia’s strength exceeded Theodor’s imagination.

How absurd.

“Were you originally that strong?”

“I was weak as a child, so I ate a lot of good things.”

No matter how good the things she ate were, she couldn’t have eaten better things than himself, who was revered as the next Demon Lord.

From what she said, it doesn’t seem to be the imperial family’s constitution.

Theodor realized that Elisia’s strength was innate.

But good things apparently didn’t raise intelligence.

Theodor nodded while looking at Elisia’s confident eyes.

“I see.”

But even the perceptive Elisia couldn’t seem to read such inner thoughts.

“Since Shuria is also asleep, let’s go inside and sleep.”

“I understand.”

Theodor stood up while holding Shuria.

Looking at Shuria sleeping with steady breaths, he smiled.

Bright stars were twinkling like they were pouring down overhead.

It was the moment when Theodor, who had come inside, laid Shuria down and then lay down beside her.

The door burst open and Elisia entered the room.

“Wake up quickly, Shuria!”

Calling her name as she did.

The moment he thought he couldn’t understand Elisia’s action of now waking her from sleep after going to such trouble to send the wolf away so as not to wake Shuria.

Bright light came in through the window.

Theodor looked up as if enchanted.

It was an aurora.

A brilliant and beautiful aurora was floating in the night sky.

“Shuria!”

Forgetting that he had just thought he couldn’t understand Elisia, Theodor called Shuria’s name.

But even with the aurora she had so wanted right before her eyes, Shuria was deep in sleep.

Due to traveling in the carriage for a long time, great fatigue had accumulated in young Shuria’s body.

Seeing Shuria frowning but not waking up, Theodor finally spoke.

“Let’s just let her sleep more.”

“Huh?”

“There’s next year too, isn’t there.”

If they lived in the Northern Region, they would surely be able to see the aurora someday.

If not, he could learn magic to create auroras himself.

Theodor thought it would be enough to show her until she got sick of it later.

But Elisia seemed to think differently.

“She might be able to see it later, but today won’t come back.”

It was an incomprehensible answer.

But hearing Elisia’s words that followed, Theodor could no longer argue.

“We can’t be together forever, can we.”

Strangely, he felt as if his heart was sinking.

He wanted to ask what that meant.

But the words stuck in his throat and wouldn’t come out.

This feeling was a first for him.

Unaware of Theodor’s thoughts, Elisia wanted to create even a few more memories with Theodor for Shuria.

This was because Elisia thought Theodor could leave her and Shuria at any time.

“Shuria.”

Elisia’s gaze moved away from Theodor.

She called Shuria’s name again.

It was an affectionate and gentle voice.

“Ah, why!”

Then came Shuria’s sharp voice that pierced the ears.

She seemed quite annoyed at having her sleep disturbed.

Though it was clearly Elisia who had woken her, the resentful gaze was directed at Theodor.

“Why are you waking me up.”

Theodor felt wronged.

Just as he was about to say that an aurora had appeared, Elisia made eye contact with Shuria and smiled with her eyes.

“Shuria, I’m sorry for waking you. But I really wanted to see the aurora with you.”

At those words, Shuria’s eyes widened.

Shuria ran to the window in one bound and threw it wide open, forgetting that she was wearing only thin pajamas.

Cold wind entered the room, but Shuria didn’t mind.

“It’s an aurora!”

Theodor embraced Shuria, who looked like she might jump over the windowsill and run outside at any moment, and wrapped her in an outer garment and scarf.

Shuria, who had been stamping her feet and sparkling her eyes, grabbed Theodor’s hand and smiled brightly.

It was a lovely smile.

“Dad, thank you for waking me up.”

At those words, his mood improved strangely quickly.

Realizing the smile that had appeared on his lips, Theodor managed his expression and nodded.

He learned for the first time that he could be such a simple person.

“Yeah.”

“Thank you too, sister!”

Saying that, the three of them each took one of Shuria’s hands and went outside.

Magnificent pillars of light descending from the sky came into view.

It wasn’t the first time seeing aurora.

But strangely, the aurora in the Mortal Realm was different from those in the Demon Realm.

Theodor gazed at the sky in a daze.

It was truly beautiful.

Looking at Shuria, she too was staring blankly at the aurora.

Theodor unconsciously raised his gaze.

Where his gaze was directed, there was Elisia.

Her white hair sparkled in various colors under the aurora light.

That sight was truly beautiful.

It was the first time he felt such emotions looking at a person.

Taking advantage of the gap when both their gazes were directed at the sky, Theodor continued to look at Elisia.

Until he heard Shuria’s voice calling for him.

Continuously.

“Dad!”

“Yeah.”

Turning his gaze, Theodor looked at Shuria.

Then Shuria looked back and forth between Elisia and Theodor, opened her eyes wide, and shouted.

“Oh!”

He felt an uneasy feeling.

“Sister’s hair looks like aurora too!”

It was the first time he was so grateful for Shuria’s lack of awareness.

“I hear that often.”

Elisia said that and smiled.

Thanks to Shuria’s words, Theodor could look at Elisia a little more without worrying about their notice.

But there was a fact that Theodor overlooked.

Unlike Shuria, Elisia was quite perceptive.

Noticing that Theodor’s gaze was directed at her, she opened her mouth with a playful voice.

“Am I that pretty, Duke?”

“Yes.”

?

She naturally expected him to say no.

But Theodor affirmed her words without a moment’s hesitation.

His appearance without any change in expression could have been thought of as a compliment without any emotion.

Nevertheless, that shock did not easily fade.

Elisia’s ears were strangely red when she entered the cottage.

Even though she surely wouldn’t be affected by cold due to her divine power.

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