I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 72

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72. Temple (3)

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Shuria’s steady breathing could be heard. She seemed to have fallen asleep again.

Relieved, Elisia tried to remove her hand, but she couldn’t because Theodor had grabbed her wrist.

Elisia quietly looked at him, and when she didn’t avoid him, Theodor reached out and wrapped his arm around Elisia’s waist.

Thus, Elisia ended up sitting beside him while being held in Theodor’s embrace.

Unable to hide her bewilderment, Elisia looked up at Theodor, but he was looking at her with a nonchalant expression.

“I’ll hold you steady.”

Certainly, with a substantial hand holding her waist, there would be no chance of bumping her head or her body leaning forward.

Elisia’s face wasn’t that thick-skinned.

The large hand she felt on her waist kept bothering her.

And it was the same for Theodor as well.

Is this what they mean by fitting in one handful?

Her height was much taller than Shuria’s, but her waist felt thinner than Shuria’s.

Would he be able to control his strength?

It seemed like it would break if he applied just a little more force.

It was a feeling he had never experienced even when he first held Shuria long ago.

“Thank you.”

But unaware of Theodor’s thoughts, Elisia only expressed her gratitude to him.

“Doesn’t it hurt?”

And at such a question from Theodor, Elisia burst into laughter as if it were absurd.

“Duke, no one would be in pain from something like this.”

“…I see.”

But no, it does seem like it would hurt.

At Theodor’s still cautious touch, Elisia opened her mouth.

“Even if I get hurt, I can just use divine power.”

It was meant to say it was okay.

But at her words, Theodor’s touch became even more careful.

“The pain doesn’t disappear, does it.”

It certainly wasn’t a gentle voice.

The same dry and stiff voice as usual.

But strangely, comfort could be felt within it.

“Noisy.”

At the voice that was heard at that moment, Elisia felt relieved.

If that hadn’t happened, she surely wouldn’t have been able to hide it.

Taking advantage of the gap when Theodor’s gaze moved to Shuria, Elisia lowered her hair to cover her reddened ears.

“Shuria, are you awake?”

She hadn’t done anything, yet she felt embarrassed.

But Shuria only shook her head with her eyes half-open.

“I want to sleep more.”

It seemed she wasn’t fully awake yet.

Shuria moved around in Theodor’s embrace as if her position was uncomfortable, and eventually sat up.

Then she left his embrace and headed to the chair on the opposite side.

Roughly estimating the length of the chair with her eyes, Shuria lay down on it.

She had to bend her legs a bit, but it was a length that posed no problem for lying down and sleeping.

Theodor looked at Shuria, who closed her eyes with a comfortable expression, as if it were absurd.

He thought she would wake up quickly once the carriage started shaking anyway.

But surprisingly, after Shuria lay down, the carriage had no shaking at all.

Though he had to keep watching Shuria in case there was any danger of her falling.

Just as Theodor was keeping his gaze fixed on Shuria, Elisia’s voice was heard.

“Duke, isn’t it okay now?”

Only then did Theodor realize that he was still holding Elisia in his arms.

He quickly released her waist.

Confirming that Theodor’s hand had moved away, Elisia felt relieved inside.

“Thank you.”

“…Not at all.”

Hearing his answer, Elisia turned her gaze outside the window.

Her face was too hot and her heart was beating fast.

Elisia closed her eyes.

Hoping he hadn’t noticed this fact.

“It would be better if you got somewhat used to it.”

“Hm?”

“Even if the Advisor noticed, we are formally in an engaged relationship.”

No matter how uncomfortable she was, it would be troublesome if she avoided him like that.

“…I know.”

She knew.

But knowing didn’t mean this could be controlled at will.

Looking at Theodor’s unbothered expression, she suddenly felt wronged.

So Elisia ended up saying something she would never normally say.

“Unlike you, I have no contact with the opposite sex.”

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“I’m not used to that kind of physical contact.”

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Having finished speaking, Elisia avoided his gaze, but Theodor had many things he wanted to say.

Because he too felt wronged.

“I don’t have any either!”

At Theodor’s exclamation, Elisia’s eyes widened.

“…How can that be possible for a Demon Lord?”

The world was a giant mass of prejudice.

Of course, most Demon Lords were like that, but each Demon Lord was different in their own way.

“That’s prejudice.”

“Then why are you so familiar…”

Elisia couldn’t finish her words and closed her mouth.

Is it natural talent?

The male protagonists in the novels she read probably didn’t act consciously either.

“Pink Princess.”

“Yes?”

“Whatever you’re thinking, I want to say it’s all a misunderstanding.”

Theodor was currently quite flustered.

He couldn’t figure out from where to where he should explain to convince her, and what exactly she was thinking.

Then, first and foremost.

“Was it uncomfortable when I touched you?”

He should find the root of the problem.

At Theodor’s question, Elisia looked at him with wide eyes.

That couldn’t be it.

“No!”

Elisia met his gaze.

At the sight of Elisia facing him and shaking her head as if it really wasn’t the case, Theodor found himself smiling without realizing it.

“Then, what exactly don’t you like?”

Composure returned again.

It was a gentle voice, as if coaxing and soothing.

But Theodor didn’t know.

The fact that his skillfulness and composure were making Elisia even more anxious.

Elisia avoided his gaze again and opened her mouth.

These weren’t words that were easy to say while sober.

“It’s not that I don’t like it.”

“Is that so.”

Theodor’s gaze was still directed toward her.

At some point, a faint smile had appeared on his face.

“Really, it’s just that I can’t adapt to it.”

So, what exactly.

Theodor couldn’t understand Elisia’s words at all.

He couldn’t figure out what there was to adapt to and get used to that made her keep saying such things.

“…You’re too skillful.”

No, so what exactly.

Elisia raised her head to check Theodor’s expression.

It was a face that couldn’t understand anything. Elisia couldn’t understand him either.

It took quite a bit of courage to say the next words.

After taking about five deep breaths inwardly, Elisia carefully chose her words.

“In dealing with me, I mean. With women.”

At her words that followed, Theodor finally burst into laughter.

Because that wasn’t the case at all.

Theodor was always treating Elisia carefully and with difficulty.

“That’s because I…”

Theodor, who had been pondering his next words, could finally understand the meaning of what Elisia had said.

There was a bigger difference than expected between just thinking something and actually saying it out loud.

But Theodor had rarely experienced avoiding things in his life so far.

“It’s because I think and am careful that much when dealing with Your Highness.”

Theodor said this while smiling.

Managing his expression was too difficult, so he wore the expression that was easiest for hiding his feelings.

You are experienced, aren’t you.

But facing his smile, Elisia realized that her heart was beating incomparably faster than before.

She had never read such words even in novels.

“…I understand.”

But strangely, her mood was good too.

Elisia barely managed to meet his eyes and nodded.

Nothing had been resolved.

Nothing had changed either.

Yet strangely, just a few words from Theodor made her feel like her stuffy chest had been cleared.

“Still, if you’re uncomfortable, I’ll try to be more careful.”

“No, I was being sensitive.”

Elisia said this while smiling.

Still not realizing the true nature of this emotion.

“When do we arrive?”

It was at that moment that Shuria’s voice was heard.

Theodor and Elisia looked at her simultaneously like children caught doing something wrong.

Relieved by her appearance of rubbing her eyes as if she had just woken up, Theodor rose from his chair.

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