I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 77

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77. Foreseen Change (3)

Shuria and Elisia entered the classroom through the rear entrance, guided by a priest.

The priest who was teaching class noticed them and bowed his head slightly in greeting, and a few quick-witted students turned around to look.

And unfortunately, one of those children was particularly quick to notice.

No, since it was a child with strong divine power, perhaps it was only natural.

The problem was that this child had held a blade to Shuria’s throat.

Not only Elisia, but the priest who had been guiding them was also skilled.

Nevertheless, neither of them could react to the boy’s movement.

The first to react was Elisia.

Elisia instantly pulled Shuria into her arms and created distance, keeping her guard up against the boy.

The priest who had been teaching and the priest who had been guiding them restrained the boy, and only then did Elisia, relieved, turn her gaze to Shuria.

The classroom instantly became chaotic.

Now everyone knew of their presence.

She hadn’t wanted to disturb the class, but since a direct threat had been made against Shuria, Elisia didn’t have the capacity to look after the other children as well.

Elisia knelt down to meet Shuria’s eye level.

“Shuria, are you okay?”

But contrary to Elisia’s worry, Shuria was calm.

Shuria answered Elisia with a nod and looked at the boy.

“What are you?”

The boy was kneeling with both arms held by the two priests.

Even so, his gaze was still directed at Shuria.

“I can sense an evil aura from you.”

Unlike Shuria, who showed no reaction to the boy’s words, Elisia’s eyes trembled slightly in confusion.

And the boy didn’t miss that subtle change.

The boy’s gaze turned to Elisia.

His blue eyes, resembling the winter sky, were piercingly cold.

“I don’t sense any manners from you.”

It was Shuria who broke the silence.

The first to grasp the situation from Shuria’s statement were the two priests.

The Pink Princess and the Duke’s daughter.

No, even assuming they were just ordinary people, what the boy had done was beyond a matter of discussing manners.

Simply put, it was attempted murder.

The boy’s head was forced down by the priests who had quickly assessed the situation.

“We’re sorry!”

Here’s one important fact.

Shuria’s teachers were two people: Theodor and Elisia.

Having received good teachings from them, Shuria knew exactly when she should assert her authority.

“Not you gentlemen, he should be the one speaking.”

Elisia didn’t stop Shuria.

There was no need to stop her.

Shuria gestured for them to release the boy.

The boy raised his head.

Their eyes met.

Anger still lingered in the boy’s eyes, but fortunately, he wasn’t completely lacking in sense.

The boy’s eyes left Shuria.

And his head also lowered.

“…I’m sorry.”

And hearing the boy’s voice, Shuria said.

“According to the five W’s and one H, again.”

This was what Elisia used to say whenever Shuria wrote a reflection letter.

Elisia felt a strange sense of pride seeing Shuria make good use of what she had learned from her.

“I, Serdin, threatened the Princess in the classroom just now. I apologize for this.”

Elisia was impressed by the immediate response.

It was a perfect answer.

Except that nowhere in those words did he include expressions like “my misunderstanding” or “my mistake.”

It meant he would step back for now, but it wasn’t an error.

He was emotional but quite clever.

Seeing that he had detected magic power from Shuria showed he had considerable potential, not to mention the amount of divine power he possessed.

It would be a waste to kill such a child here.

Elisia looked at Shuria.

The child’s life or death would be decided by Shuria’s response here.

But fortunately, Shuria didn’t have much practical experience.

This meant she wasn’t at the level to grasp the hidden meaning in the boy’s words like Elisia could.

“Good enough!”

Having answered thus, Shuria just smiled proudly and looked at Elisia.

Her expression contained the question of whether she had handled it well.

Elisia answered by stroking Shuria’s head and then turned her gaze to the boy.

Now it was her turn.

“Rash actions are not good. Be careful in the future.”

The boy’s judgment had been accurate.

Since that ability might be helpful someday, Elisia couldn’t bring herself to lie.

Even if he understood her words, it didn’t matter much.

Understanding didn’t mean he could do anything about it.

Elisia returned to her original purpose.

“Is there another classroom?”

At Elisia’s question, Shuria shook her head.

“It’s okay now, it’s more boring than I thought.”

“I see.”

Having answered thus, Elisia took Shuria and left the school.

The priest who had been guiding them was still watching their reactions.

“We’re sorry.”

“It’s fine. Rather than that, I’d like to provide separate compensation for the children whose class was disrupted.”

Elisia said this while taking out five gold coins from her pocket.

One gold coin was a month’s living expenses for a commoner family.

“Make sure it’s used for the children.”

She hadn’t planned to donate this much, but thinking of it as an investment wasn’t bad either.

There were many capable children in the classroom besides that boy called Serdin.

This kind of thing is really good.

As long as Peyden managed the temple’s funds, embezzling temple donations rarely happened.

“Well then, shall we go rest now?”

“Yes!”

At Elisia’s question, Shuria smiled and extended her hand.

The moment the two joined hands.

“Priestess!”

Along with urgent footsteps, the sobbing voices of children could be heard.

The children who had been sitting in the classroom just moments ago were running toward them.

Fear filled the eyes of the children facing Elisia.

“What’s wrong?”

At Elisia’s question, the tallest child opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“A, a strange monster…!”

Before the child could finish speaking, Elisia looked up.

It was as expected.

A rift was floating in the middle of the sky above the temple.

From within the rift that trembled faintly like a tear in the air, another monster was poking its head out.

As long as there was faith, the temple should have been the safest place.

Even in war, even in rebellion.

Everything was equal before God.

A rift in the middle of such a temple.

It was something that should never happen.

Elisia pushed the children behind her and looked at the priest.

“I’ll go. Please take Shuria to a safe place. And request support.”

Her words were calm, but tension was clearly evident in her expression.

The temple was no longer a safe place.

Elisia, who was rushing to the classroom, picked up a toy wooden sword that had fallen on the ground.

She was always without a weapon whenever she was in a hurry.

It was a moment when she understood Theodor, who always carried a sword with him.

Having secured a weapon, Elisia hurriedly moved forward.

The closer she got to the classroom, the more the air changed.

The temple’s characteristic sense of stability was disturbed, and the divine power brushing against her skin was subtly distorted.

Elisia stopped walking.

A cool sensation descended down her spine.

It was the presence of a monster.

A blatant and rough presence with no intention of hiding.

“…It’s inside.”

Elisia muttered lowly and opened the classroom door.

Bang!

A loud sound was heard.

“Are you alright!”

The first thing that entered Elisia’s eyes when she opened the door was Serdin fighting a monster and the priest assisting him.

The moment she was relieved that there were no casualties and moved to help with the fight.

“Got it!”

Serdin defeated the monster.

Although it was a monster smaller than others, about the size of a tiger, it was impressive that a child of that age had defeated a monster.

The moment Elisia moved to check on the condition of the two people.

Serdin’s gaze turned upward.

His eyes, which were always upright, trembled greatly.

“…What is that?”

Elisia, who was raising her head following the direction of Serdin’s gaze, stopped right there.

It was because the air became heavy as if crushed.

The divine power that had been flowing throughout the temple was twisted in an instant. A cool energy brushed over her skin, and an instinctive warning sounded.

It was on a different level from the monsters she had seen before, or rather, up until now.

The rift was opening.

The torn gap in the sky widened further, and a massive shadow slowly revealed itself from within.

The first thing visible was a claw.

A claw of unrealistic size that wouldn’t even fit through the window protruded from outside the rift.

With each of its movements, the air shook and divine power scattered around as if being pushed away.

It was not an existence they could handle.

Elisia injected her divine power into Serdin and the priest to restore their stamina.

“Run!”

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