I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 83

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83. Extremely Personal Emotions (5)

But Theodor wasn’t the only one embarrassed.

Elisia, her face red enough to rival a tomato, barely managed to fix her gaze on Theodor and opened her mouth.

“I love you, even if you weren’t the Demon Lord or a Duke. I surely would have fallen in love with you.”

Elisia said this with a smile.

It was a bright and radiant smile.

“I would have felt the same.”

Theodor said so.

It was sincere.

If Shuria had taught him happiness, then Elisia had taught him love.

Theodor carefully and tenderly caressed Elisia’s cheek.

“I’m sorry for making you wait so long.”

“In the end, after going around in circles, we’ve returned to where we belong. Isn’t that fine?”

Elisia buried her face in Theodor’s hand.

When his cool hand touched her, the heat in her face seemed to subside a little.

“I love you too.”

That’s why Elisia could regain her usual composure and smile brighter than anyone at his words.

“I know.”

Elisia turned Theodor’s hand and kissed it.

“Even that I love you more.”

Theodor smiled and shook his head.

That couldn’t be true.

Theodor was confident that he loved her more.

He just couldn’t admit it.

He kissed Elisia’s forehead.

Carefully and tenderly.

After pulling his lips away, when he looked down, Elisia was looking at him with her face completely flushed.

Theodor opened his mouth.

Because now he could understand why they said such things in Shuria’s countless fairy tale books.

“I will make you happier than all the time you waited.”

At those words, Elisia burst into laughter.

“That sounds more like a prince than a Demon Lord.”

“If you wish, I can become one for you.”

He wasn’t someone who spoke empty words.

Elisia realized that the safety of neighboring kingdoms now hung on her words.

“I prefer the Demon Lord over a prince.”

At her shameless answer, Theodor burst into laughter.

“In most of the novels you read, doesn’t the prince defeat the Demon Lord and save the princess?”

“But you saved princesses from bad parents, two of them at that.”

At Elisia’s shameless answer, Theodor burst into laughter.

He felt certain that life ahead would be truly happy and joyful with these two people.

Theodor sat up while holding Elisia and opened his mouth.

“I’m glad it was me who saved those two.”

At Theodor’s words, unlike before when she felt awkward, Elisia naturally leaned her head against his chest.

“I think so too.”

His heart was beating so fast it felt dangerous.

Theodor closed his eyes to calm his mind.

It would really take a long time to get used to this happiness.

For the sake of happiness, there was something he needed to resolve first.

He felt an energy from the east window.

It was time for a rift to appear.

The place Theodor headed to with Elisia was his bedroom where Shuria was sleeping.

At the unexpected situation, Elisia’s eyes widened as she looked at Theodor.

“…What is this.”

That was the moment.

Elisia also sensed the rift’s energy and turned her gaze outside the window.

“It’s fine.”

“How can it be fine when a rift has appeared!”

“The rift isn’t an exit.”

“What?”

“It’s more like an entrance to take me away.”

Only then could Elisia understand why Theodor had such thoughts and made such a decision.

Elisia asked no questions.

All she could do was trust Theodor.

“Be careful and come back safely.”

At Elisia’s words, Theodor, taking one last look at the two of them, opened his mouth.

“Please take care of Shuria and the Duchy for a while.”

Outside, the largest rift he had ever seen had formed.

Into the dark and gloomy giant shadow that would make anyone flee, Theodor entered without a moment’s hesitation.

Because it was a space all too familiar to him.

He felt the familiar air.

He saw the red sky and two large moons.

It was the Demon Realm he had returned to after so long.

As soon as he set foot on the land of the Demon Realm, he felt his depleted magical power surging back.

But Theodor’s resolve remained unchanged.

He headed toward the Demon Lord’s Castle.

His steps felt somewhat heavy.

At the news that Theodor had returned to the Demon Realm, the Demon Lord’s Castle regained its vitality.

Adolt, who ran out first, was shedding tears of joy.

But Theodor ignored their cheers and ordered everyone except Adolt to step back.

So Adolt couldn’t help but anticipate Theodor’s next words.

The fact that no one had threatened the Demon Lord’s position during his five-year absence was already an incredible achievement.

It meant he had conducted excellent politics that no one dared covet his position, while possessing power and authority that no one could oppose.

Now that such a person had returned, everyone believed without doubt that the Demon Realm would surely prosper even more.

But Theodor’s first words completely shattered Adolt’s expectations.

“I will now step down from the position of Demon Lord.”

Facing Adolt directly, Theodor said so.

A firm declaration, as if he had no intention of hearing other opinions.

Adolt couldn’t comprehend this situation.

“…What do you mean by that.”

His wide-open eyes trembled pitifully as if he couldn’t believe it.

But Theodor didn’t care at all.

“I’m quitting. Being the Demon Lord.”

“But why!”

“Retirement.”

At his shameless words, Adolt was at a loss for words.

He had never heard of a Demon Lord retiring in his life.

The only way to stop being the Demon Lord was to die.

But Theodor was now a perfect king in both public sentiment and power.

Who could dare kill such a person?

“There’s no reason for you to retire.”

“There is.”

It was a firm answer.

The reason Theodor could say that was simple.

“Anyway, hasn’t a suitable candidate already been selected?”

No matter how strong a Demon Lord might be, as long as he had been away from his position for so long, voices of dissatisfaction were an unavoidable problem.

And several of them were already building up their power.

One of those factions was.

Adolt’s.

Theodor looked at the demon standing before him with cold eyes.

“What do you mean by that?”

At Adolt’s shameless answer, Theodor laughed.

It was remarkable acting.

Certainly, traitors wouldn’t acknowledge his choice.

Theodor whispered in Adolt’s ear.

“This is what you wanted, so why are you acting like this?”

A voice so low and cold it sent chills.

It was clear killing intent.

Startled, Adolt instinctively used magic.

Bang!

Part of the Demon Lord’s Castle collapsed due to the magic Adolt used.

Through the falling debris and dust, Theodor’s figure could be seen without the slightest disturbance.

Looking at such a Theodor, Adolt shouted.

“One who has abandoned power has no right to be our king!”

“That’s why I’m stepping down.”

“Hand over your magic power.”

The reason a Demon Lord could only retire by dying.

Though forbidden by Theodor, demons could also absorb other demons’ magic power.

“I’ll give it to the person I choose.”

At Theodor’s words, Adolt’s expression crumpled.

A massive surge of magic power could be felt from beneath his feet.

Crash!

A louder roar than before echoed.

The Demon Lord’s Castle was completely destroyed and turned to rubble, and even Adolt who used the magic was injured.

But Theodor remained completely unaffected.

“You’re not alone, bring them out.”

Theodor had tried to proceed as peacefully as possible.

He had expected rebellion.

He had somewhat expected they wouldn’t let him go quietly.

…But he hadn’t expected this.

In the distance, he could see Demon Realm soldiers running toward them.

But Theodor’s attention wasn’t on them, but elsewhere.

At the back of the troops.

A young boy who appeared to be Shuria’s age possessed magic power as strong as his own.

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