I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 70

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70. Temple (1)

Immediately after that, Theodor began preparing to go to the Demon Realm.

He contacted Adolt to find the location of the rift and sealed it off.

After finishing the handover, he planned to quickly return to the Demon Realm to recover his magical power.

“A letter has arrived from the temple.”

Until the letter from the Advisor arrived, he really, truly intended to do just that.

He felt an uneasy feeling.

Theodor hoped his plans wouldn’t go awry as he read through the letter, but eventually couldn’t contain his irritation and slammed his desk.

That old fool again.

The sender of the letter was, naturally, Pieton.

He was boldly demanding that Elisia be sent to the temple.

Five years.

That was how long he and she had maintained their engagement.

Seeing them not marry despite being past marriageable age, Pieton realized he had been deceived.

But no more rifts had appeared, so there was no justification to demand Elisia.

But now it was different.

Since rifts had begun appearing again, he came with the justification that the reappeared Demon Lord might kidnap the princess, so the temple would protect her.

Theodor felt irritated in many ways.

Last time, after defeating Reina and kidnapping the princess, the cause of the rifts was concluded to be entirely the Witch Reina’s scheme.

And it was Pieton who made that declaration.

To conclude it that way and now use the Demon Lord as an excuse.

It seemed he was quite resentful about being deceived by their fake engagement.

Thinking that way, his irritation subsided a little.

Having regained his composure, Theodor continued reading the letter.

And lost his composure again.

Now that five years had passed, Pieton had become an even greater old fool.

Theodor crumpled the letter and used magic to incinerate it.

Though the letter disappeared without leaving even ash, he still seemed unsatisfied as he grimaced.

He intended to send Elisia to the temple as Pieton wanted.

Not alone.

But together with himself.

Theodor began walking.

His destination was none other than Elisia’s room.

Despite the long time she had stayed at the mansion, he could count on his fingers the times he had come to her room.

Theodor hesitated before knocking on the door.

“Come in.”

Elisia’s voice could be heard.

The door opened and Elisia’s eyes widened upon confirming the identity of her visitor.

“Duke?”

“…Good morning.”

Theodor offered a greeting uncharacteristically.

He didn’t know how to begin.

But fortunately, Elisia was still quick to catch on.

“The temple?”

Theodor nodded.

At his affirmation, Elisia furrowed her brow and ran her hand through her hair, perhaps thinking of Pieton’s personality.

She too had somewhat expected that Pieton would be suspicious.

But she also had no intention of easily becoming a priestess.

Thinking that whether it was her father or the Advisor, old fools were a problem wherever she went, Elisia spoke.

“I’ll just go and end this definitively.”

“Let’s go together.”

But Theodor’s following words were completely contrary to her expectations.

“Why would you?”

At Elisia’s question, Theodor spoke.

“I need information from the temple.”

It wasn’t a lie.

The temple stored vast materials about forbidden magic.

Though it was closer to sealing than storing, someone of Theodor’s status would be able to access the materials sufficiently.

And there might be more information about rifts than in the Demon Realm.

Theodor thought there must be a connection between his disappearing magical power and the rifts.

“I understand.”

Theodor’s condition was something Elisia had no reason to refuse.

For a very brief moment, she wondered if Theodor was going to the temple because of her.

But it didn’t last long.

He wasn’t the type of person to do such troublesome and useless things for her sake.

“But can the Demon Lord enter the temple?”

At Elisia’s question, Theodor clicked his tongue quietly.

Though divine power had been considered a weakness of demons since ancient times, that was actually nonsense.

Magic used in the Demon Realm, where strength was everything, had to develop with a focus on offense.

Divine power could only be used for healing, but it was absolutely not a weakness of demons.

“When spear and shield fight, the sturdier side wins.”

Elisia understood his words immediately.

“The side that runs out of power first loses.”

Theodor nodded.

But shields had no offensive power, and divine power couldn’t harm people.

Therefore, for the shield side to win, they had to have weapons.

That’s why the temple cultivated swordsmen called holy knights.

To have both spear and shield.

Theodor recalled Elisia’s fighting style.

Holy knights who fought while continuously healing themselves with powerful healing abilities would be very troublesome enemies.

She was certainly a talent Pieton would covet.

But Theodor had no intention of sending Elisia away, no matter how strong her divine power was.

Wounds would heal immediately, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t feel pain.

The image of Elisia fighting Reina came to Theodor’s mind.

He still couldn’t forget the sight of Elisia covered in blood.

He thought the reason he couldn’t erase that memory was because he had failed in his responsibility as an employer.

“Are you taking Shuria too?”

“Yes.”

Theodor answered as if it were obvious.

Usually people would leave their children behind for safety reasons, but Theodor was confident.

That his side was the safest place.

It was true.

Even if dimensions collapsed or meteors fell, Theodor could protect at least Shuria and Elisia.

“My side is the safest.”

At Theodor’s confident voice, Elisia wanted to say that wasn’t the reason.

But realizing that trying to persuade him wouldn’t work, she kept her mouth shut.

Experiencing it directly would be fastest.

Shuria, who had turned ten.

And there was a dangerous disease that came with the age of ten.

A disease called adolescence.

Elisia, who had been severely dealt with by her ten-year-old younger brother, knew how dangerous puberty could be.

“Don’t be too shocked.”

And it didn’t take long for Theodor to understand the meaning of what Elisia had said.

“I’m going to the Temple.”

Because Shuria’s expression crumpled completely at Theodor’s words.

Lying sprawled on the bed, Shuria opened her mouth with a sullen voice.

“I don’t want to go.”

“If you don’t go, you’ll have to stay alone at the Manor?”

“Antonio is there and Lora is there too, so it doesn’t matter.”

…?

Theodor couldn’t understand this situation.

He had never thought that Shuria wouldn’t follow him.

“You still have to go.”

Theodor spoke as calmly as possible.

It would be troublesome if a Rift appeared while he was away.

But Shuria, who had entered puberty, couldn’t filter her words before speaking.

“I get carriage sick.”

It was a sullen voice that was hard to believe belonged to Shuria.

“I’ll make sure you don’t get sick.”

“I don’t want to sleep anywhere other than home.”

“You slept well at the Cottage.”

At Theodor’s rebuttal, Shuria’s expression crumpled.

Because she realized that he was determined to take her with him no matter what.

“Ah, fine! I’ll go. Get out of my room!!”

???

Saying that, Shuria got up from Theodor’s bed and grabbed Theodor’s arm.

And after kicking him out of the room, Shuria slammed the door shut.

Just as Theodor was staring blankly at the closed door in this completely unexpected situation, Elisia appeared.

Elisia, who had spent more time with Shuria than Theodor, already knew that her puberty had begun.

She had followed Theodor out of concern.

Standing in front of Shuria’s door, Elisia took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

“Who told you to slam the door like that!”

?????

Theodor had never seen Elisia raise her voice so loudly before.

But for Shuria, this wasn’t the first time.

Since puberty began, Shuria had been getting scolded by Elisia quite frequently.

Shuria’s voice could be heard from inside the room.

“I didn’t do it, it was the wind!”

“Shuria!”

Elisia’s voice was heard once more and the door opened.

Shuria, who opened the door and revealed herself, was gauging the mood of the two people.

“…I was wrong.”

“About what.”

“I’m sorry for slamming the door and being rude to Father.”

At Shuria’s words, Elisia looked at Theodor.

Finally coming to his senses, Theodor patted Shuria’s head and spoke.

“You shouldn’t do that in the future.”

“Yes.”

It was completely different from the attitude she had shown him earlier.

Shuria went back into her room, and this time the sound of the door closing was barely audible.

Theodor once again realized that Elisia was an outstanding talent.

“How did you do that?”

At his question, Elisia smiled.

“Standing with hands raised for thirty minutes, and ten pages of reflection essays solve everything.”

At her following words, Theodor unconsciously assumed a respectful posture.

He didn’t particularly want to do that punishment either.

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