I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 66

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67. Tenth Birthday (1)

Time flowed like running water.

Seasons changed.

Years passed.

But why doesn’t this one change?

“Daddy!!”

Theodor thought this as he watched Shuria running into his office.

She had definitely grown taller and lost much of her baby fat.

Strangely, her mental age remained the same.

“Hug me.”

It really was exactly the same.

Theodor inwardly sighed at her tone and voice that hadn’t changed one bit from when she was five.

“Stand on your own two feet.”

“You’ve changed.”

“You’re about the age to become independent too.”

Contrary to his firm words and voice, Theodor’s arms were already holding Shuria.

Shuria smiled brightly in Theodor’s embrace.

“Daddy.”

“What.”

“What day is tomorrow?”

Theodor knew very well that it was Shuria’s birthday.

But seeing that expectant face, he didn’t particularly want to say it.

“Wednesday.”

“Not that!”

“X month XX day.”

“You know what I mean!”

“There’s no present.”

Though Theodor said this, Shuria knew.

She knew that he would play piano for her again this year.

“Because Daddy is my present?”

At Shuria’s words, Theodor barely managed to suppress his rising smile.

“No.”

But it was already too late.

Shuria was already looking at him with a sly smile.

Shuria and Theodor eventually burst into laughter at the same time.

As their laughter died down, Theodor’s voice could be heard.

“Is there anything you want?”

“A mom.”

“Besides that.”

“A sibling.”

How could this also remain so consistently unchanged?

Theodor thought this as he patted Shuria’s head.

“Daddy doesn’t need any other family besides Shuria.”

But Shuria knew that Theodor’s words were a lie.

Theodor thought she hadn’t grown, but logically that couldn’t be the case.

Shuria had mastered multiplication tables a month ago.

She also knew Santa’s true identity.

Such a Shuria had finally, after four years, noticed the strange current flowing between Theodor and Elisia.

Shuria opened her mouth with a determined expression.

“Then how about Big Sister?”

“What?”

At Shuria’s words, Theodor’s eyes widened as he looked at her.

Seeing his unusually flustered appearance, Shuria drove the point home.

“Let’s make Big Sister my sister!”

At Shuria’s words, Theodor’s tension instantly relaxed.

The age difference between Elisia and Theodor wasn’t large.

It meant they could never become daughter and father.

Theodor reached out to pat Shuria’s head.

No, it was closer to ruffling it up.

Shuria’s hair became a mess from the sudden attack, and though she glared at him after barely escaping from Theodor’s touch.

Theodor didn’t back down either.

Meeting Shuria’s gaze with an equally incredulous look, he spoke.

“Daddy’s not that old.”

Theodor was still in his twenties.

And at Theodor’s words, Shuria scrunched up her face.

“Big Sister stays the same, but Daddy got wrinkles.”

Normally, this would be nonsense.

There was no way demons aged slower than humans.

But if the opponent was Elisia, it was a different story.

Not only did she possess divine power, but she seemed to be naturally youthful-looking, as Elisia hadn’t changed a single hair over five years.

Moreover, because of her white hair, gray hairs wouldn’t show either.

But the important thing was that the mention of wrinkles was taken sensitively by Theodor too.

“Where are there wrinkles?”

Theodor approached Shuria and said this.

Shuria pointed to the vein that had appeared on Theodor’s forehead.

“Here!”

Theodor was incredulous when he figured out the identity of the “wrinkle” Shuria mentioned.

“That appeared because of you.”

“They say having kids makes you age, but don’t use me as an excuse.”

Theodor gave up on persuading her.

It was obvious that only his mouth would hurt.

Theodor sighed and looked at Shuria.

She was still smiling brightly and shamelessly looking at him.

“Because of you, Daddy will get gray hair soon.”

“Will you give me allowance if I pluck them?”

“If you can find any.”

Gray hair for a demon like himself? That was ridiculous.

But Shuria seemed to take Theodor’s words seriously, as she sat on the sofa and began patting her knees.

Chuckling at this sight, he stood up.

Slowly approaching Shuria, he lay down with his head on her small knees.

“One gold per strand.”

“Wow, when you’re a Duke, even your hair is that expensive.”

At Shuria’s words, Theodor smiled and closed his eyes.

He could feel small hands diligently searching through his hair.

Though he felt a bit sorry knowing she would never find any, that feeling was brief.

Theodor slowly fell asleep feeling Shuria’s touch.

At some point, Theodor had become able to sleep soundly for similar hours as ordinary people.

But Theodor’s sound sleep wasn’t important to Shuria.

What was important to her was, naturally.

The gray hairs on his head.

However, no matter how much she searched, she couldn’t find any.

With hair this black, it should have been easy to find.

Just as Theodor had said, it seemed he really didn’t have any gray hairs.

But Shuria couldn’t give up that easily.

If there weren’t any, she could just make some.

Shuria confirmed that Theodor was asleep and then quietly closed her eyes.

If she waited a little, someone would surely come.

As expected, it wasn’t long before she heard a knock.

Confirming that Theodor hadn’t woken up, Shuria called out in a small voice.

“Come in, sister.”

Elisia, who entered at Shuria’s words, confirmed Theodor’s sleeping figure.

Theodor was sleeping so soundly that he wouldn’t notice even if someone carried him away.

Not wanting to wake him, Elisia was about to leave the documents and go, but.

“Sister.”

Shuria had business with Elisia.

“What?”

“I need just one strand of hair.”

That’s right.

If there weren’t any, she could just make some.

Though it was an incomprehensible request, Elisia nodded and handed her a strand of hair.

If you asked kids that age why, it would surely be for a simple reason.

Having obtained Elisia’s hair, Shuria plucked a strand of Theodor’s hair.

“?”

Theodor woke up from the sudden pain.

And upon waking, he discovered the white hair in Shuria’s hand.

The pure white hair was glittering under the light.

“That’s impossible.”

Theodor muttered without realizing it.

Even for Theodor, aging wasn’t easy to accept.

But Shuria, unaware of what shock she had given him, just smiled brightly and held out her hand.

“Give me one gold!”

But it didn’t take long for her lie to be exposed.

It was only natural.

There was no way Elisia’s hair length would be the same as Theodor’s.

At the overwhelmingly obvious hair length difference, Theodor flicked Shuria’s forehead.

Shuria grimaced at the sharp pain in her forehead.

“I told you lying is bad.”

“Hmph.”

Still, he felt relieved that it was fake.

Aging would mean his magic power was disappearing.

If that happened, Theodor would have to return to the Demon Realm.

He could no longer stay in the Mortal Realm.

Theodor didn’t want to leave Shuria alone yet.

Naturally, he didn’t want to age either.

But Shuria, unaware of Theodor’s feelings, just puffed out her cheeks.

“Dad is bad too for asking me to find something that doesn’t exist.”

“Then is the Demon Lord good?”

“Hmm.”

Shuria couldn’t argue with that.

At Shuria’s speechless appearance, Theodor burst into laughter.

Shuria always made him happy.

Except for things like this.

Theodor got up and approached the mirror.

His hair was a mess from how thoroughly she had searched through it.

After fixing his hair, Theodor looked at Shuria and spoke.

“Let’s go eat.”

Shuria knew that those words were Theodor’s way of making peace.

She smiled and ran to him.

“Yeah!”

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