I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 69

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69. Tenth Birthday (4)

It was at that moment that magical power was felt from outside.

A cold and alien sensation.

Theodor fixed his gaze outside the window.

He hurriedly moved his hand to block Shuria’s view.

Shuria let out a disgruntled sound, but he couldn’t let her go.

He couldn’t show her that thing.

At the edge of Theodor’s vision was a black figure.

It certainly had the shape of a dog, but it was larger than a house to be called a dog.

Its four joints were bent to an abnormal degree, and beneath its sagging skin, faintly writhing blood vessels could be seen.

It’s a monster.

The rift was closed and Reina was definitely dead.

But how on earth.

“Ugh!”

Elisia’s voice was heard.

Theodor belatedly reached out to cover Elisia’s eyes, but she only avoided his hand with an incredulous expression.

“At this point, what’s the use.”

Elisia said this and opened the window.

She was planning to go out and catch the monster.

“Wait.”

But Theodor grabbed her arm.

There was no need for Elisia to step forward when he could resolve it in an instant.

In the first place, it wasn’t him who wasn’t taking any action.

It was that monster.

Theodor had been using magic to suppress its movement from the moment he discovered the monster.

He could resolve it instantly using magic, but there was no way no one had witnessed a monster of that size.

Theodor began moving while holding Shuria to go get his sword.

Elisia, who had been watching Theodor, got up.

“I’ll go.”

At Elisia’s words, Theodor hesitated to answer, but Elisia had already run outside.

Theodor quietly watched her retreating figure and drew the curtains.

It was a rational decision for Elisia to go.

So he shouldn’t be worried.

After all, he would help by using magic to suppress the monster’s movement, and her skills were not lacking either.

But strangely, all of Theodor’s nerves were focused on Elisia.

And it was Shuria who noticed this change in him.

“Dad.”

“What.”

“I’m not scared and I won’t look outside, so go.”

Shuria had recognized the anxiety that even Theodor himself hadn’t realized.

“Dad worries too much. I’m ten years old now, so I don’t need Dad.”

Though she didn’t know the cause of that anxiety.

Anyway, what was important was that Shuria’s words were enough to serve as Theodor’s excuse.

“Keep your eyes closed.”

Saying this, Theodor gently closed Shuria’s eyes and moved.

He instantly approached the window, drew back the curtains, and jumped down.

“Duke?”

Elisia’s voice was heard.

When he looked up, he saw the fallen monster and Elisia standing in front of it.

He could see her dress with a torn hem and dirt covering her entire body.

The moment he saw the bloodstains on her sleeves, Theodor couldn’t understand the reason for the emotion he felt instantly.

But before he could even recognize that emotion, his hand moved first.

Theodor’s hand grabbed Elisia’s arm.

After confirming that the owner of the bloodstains was the monster, not her, Theodor quickly checked her condition.

“Are you injured anywhere?”

Even after confirming with his own eyes that she was fine, Theodor asked this, wondering what he was so anxious about.

“No.”

Relieved by Elisia’s answer, he let go of her arm.

Theodor was still unaware of his own behavior.

But Elisia was already thinking he was acting strange.

If he was going to worry like that, wouldn’t it have been right to not let her go in the first place?

The problem was that she was focusing on the contradiction rather than why Theodor had acted that way.

Knights could be seen running from far away.

They seemed to have been dispatched after hearing that a monster had appeared.

Elisia tried to approach them to report the situation.

But she was stopped by Theodor.

Before Elisia could ask why, Theodor took off his outer coat and wrapped it around her waist.

Only then did Elisia understand Theodor’s action.

“Thank you.”

At Elisia’s response, Theodor nodded.

Not long after, the Captain of the Knights who arrived in front of them opened his mouth while panting.

“I’m sorry for being late.”

“It’s fine. The remains will disappear on their own, so everyone return.”

At Theodor’s words, the Captain of the Knights looked at them hesitantly.

Even though Theodor said it was fine, he had failed to fulfill his responsibility as a knight to protect his master.

And Theodor, who noticed their feelings, let out a small sigh.

“It wasn’t something that could be dealt with immediately. Don’t worry about it and return.”

Theodor said this and took a step forward.

It was to shield Elisia.

He was bothered by Elisia’s dress that had become short due to the torn hem.

Though it was somewhat covered by his outer coat, it couldn’t be longer than the original dress.

Theodor thought his action was because he disliked showing the Duke’s fiancée in a disheveled state.

But the knights, who had no way of knowing this fact, took Theodor’s words as consideration for them.

“We won’t be late next time!”

The Captain of the Knights shouted in a loud voice.

When he bowed and saluted, the other knights also followed and saluted Theodor.

He couldn’t understand why they were acting like that, but there was nothing bad about accepting it.

“Yes, go inside.”

The knights who had saluted with their best effort until the end began to return, and Theodor watched their retreating figures and thought.

If they’re going to be late, they shouldn’t come at all. Incompetent fools.

“You just thought they were incompetent, didn’t you?”

At Elisia’s words, Theodor nodded.

“Because it’s true.”

“I agree to some extent, but it can’t be helped.”

“I wish the people at the manor were even half as competent as the Pink Princess.”

At the unexpected compliment, Elisia burst into laughter.

“What an obvious thing to say.”

Saying this, Elisia staggered as she tried to move.

If Theodor hadn’t caught her arm, she probably would have fallen.

“Thank you.”

But despite Elisia’s gratitude, Theodor couldn’t give any response.

Because the cause of her stumbling was the outer garment he had wrapped around her.

After hesitating, Theodor lifted Elisia into his arms.

But Elisia wasn’t flustered by the suddenly elevated view.

She had expected it to some degree.

Perhaps due to Shuria’s influence, Theodor would occasionally carry her like this.

“I’ll take you there.”

“Alright.”

It was awkward at first, but now she was used to it.

Thinking it worked out well since she was already struggling, Elisia rested her head on his shoulder.

Relieved by Elisia’s usual demeanor, Theodor raised his head.

Then the rift that had appeared in the sky above the Duchy came into his view.

He had blocked the entrance for now.

But the problem wasn’t just the rift.

Theodor let out a quiet sigh.

Using magic continuously made him feel it more clearly.

The fact that his magical power had weakened.

At first, he thought it was because he hadn’t used magic in a long time.

So he believed that was why his magical power wasn’t returning.

But no matter how hard he tried to gather magical power, it wouldn’t work as he wanted.

He thought all of this was probably connected to the rift.

For the first time, he missed the Magical Diagram.

Usually by now, it would have been chattering away, saying it would give him the information he wanted if he did as it asked.

But when he recalled the Magical Diagram’s way of speaking, his longing was only brief.

Since rifts had started appearing again, there was no other choice.

I’ll have to go to the Demon Realm after a long time.

The moment Theodor finished organizing his thoughts, Elisia’s voice reached him.

“Will it take long?”

Her perceptiveness was still tremendous.

Her single comment eased his tension.

Theodor, who let out a small laugh, nodded his head.

“It probably will.”

“Be careful on your trip. I’ll be here protecting the Duchy well.”

Elisia spoke confidently, but Theodor couldn’t give any response.

“Duke?”

Only after she called him once more did Theodor nod his head.

Elisia didn’t know.

The fact that the reason Theodor couldn’t go to the Demon Realm wasn’t actually just because of Shuria.

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