I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 88

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88. The Ruler of Rulers (3)

Kan stared blankly at the sky.

The blue sky and warm air, so different from the Demon Realm, felt awkward and unfamiliar.

But the most unfamiliar thing here was still…

Kan looked at Shuria sitting beside him.

The pink eyes that looked up at him, as if sensing his gaze, were so…

“What.”

But Kan couldn’t continue his thoughts.

It was because Shuria had called out to him.

“…It’s nothing.”

“Then pile it over there.”

At Shuria’s words, Kan shifted his gaze back to the sand.

He never could have imagined he’d be playing with sand.

“Is this how I do it?”

Kan piled up the sand as Shuria instructed, then spoke.

Then Shuria examined the sandcastle Kan had built with a serious expression before opening her mouth.

“It’s disappointing, you have no talent for sandcastles.”

At her firm assessment mixed with playfulness, Kan let out a hollow laugh.

But strangely, he didn’t dislike those words.

Talent had always been nothing but a constraint that bound him.

“I think I built it better than you though.”

At Kan’s words, Shuria looked at her own sandcastle and scrunched up her face.

Shuria’s sandcastle was already half-collapsed.

“Your sandcastle lacks artistry.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, watch carefully.”

The day he had fought Theodor to the death was just yesterday.

The fact that he was playing with sand with his daughter in just one day felt miraculous.

Kan grasped sand in his hand and then opened it.

Like a mirage, the sand slipped through his fingers.

He thought that the Demon Lord, or the entire Demon Realm, was all meaningless.

“You look like you think everything is meaningless?”

At Shuria’s voice that came at that moment, Kan’s eyes widened as he looked at her.

Then Shuria smiled with a confident expression.

“When you’re around thirteen, you start feeling that way, I understand too.”

What could a ten-year-old possibly know to say such things.

Kan couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh.

“Dad told me to get along with you, since you’ll become the Demon Lord later.”

It was something he always heard.

Kan nodded.

“Yeah.”

At Kan’s response, Shuria opened her mouth as if she couldn’t understand.

And once again, she exceeded Kan’s expectations.

“But why do you want to be the Demon Lord?”

It was the first time he’d heard such a question.

If you were a demon, you naturally pursued power.

Then naturally, you’d want to become the Demon Lord, the strongest demon.

That was truly a given.

So much so that even Theodor thought Kan wanted to become the Demon Lord.

But in truth, Kan didn’t want to become the Demon Lord.

He wasn’t interested in such things.

Having absorbed even Theodor’s magic power, Kan would undoubtedly be the strongest being in the Demon Realm.

It was quite unusual for a demon with such power to think this way, but Kan truly felt that way.

However, he wasn’t even aware that he had such thoughts.

It was because he had been raised his entire life to be the Demon Lord.

“Because I’m the strongest demon.”

“If it were me, I still wouldn’t do it.”

“…Why?”

Thinking there might be some other secret about being the Demon Lord, Kan found himself asking seriously without realizing it.

“If you do that, you have to work late every day.”

At Shuria’s firm words, Kan burst into laughter.

“That would be pretty tough.”

“Right!”

At Kan’s agreement, Shuria burst into laughter.

“What do you want to do besides being the Demon Lord?”

It was a question he had never thought about.

Leaving Kan to begin his contemplation, Shuria started chattering as if she had forgotten she had even asked the question.

“I want to become a mage and also a traveler, I want to design amazing dresses and I’ll also become a pretty bride.”

Things he wanted to do.

There weren’t any.

After much thought, Kan opened his mouth.

“…I wanted to go to the academy.”

“The academy?”

Shuria asked back.

Kan nodded, though he felt a bit embarrassed.

“Yeah. To attend classes, receive teachings, and make friends…”

Kan, who was about to say he wanted to make friends, looked at Shuria and closed his mouth.

Come to think of it, a friend was right here.

But Shuria wasn’t particularly interested in what Kan was trying to say.

She just.

“That’s a nice dream, but I’m not interested.”

Remained as blunt as ever.

But fortunately, Kan was already accustomed to Shuria’s way of speaking.

“Why?”

“I’m fine as I am, since I have Dad and my teacher.”

He felt a little envious.

That affection which, if not for magic, he could never have even imagined in his lifetime.

Strangely, his mouth tasted bitter.

“I see.”

At Kan’s response, Shuria smiled and leaned her head against his shoulder.

“Yeah, now I don’t need friends either.”

It was an unexpected statement, but Kan knew.

The fact that Shuria wasn’t the type to lie about such things.

He had naturally thought she was getting along with him because of Theodor’s words.

“…Then, why me?”

At Kan’s question, Shuria opened her mouth as if asking why he would ask such an obvious thing.

“Obviously because you’re here, I don’t need them. Are you stupid?”

Shuria said this and burst into laughter.

Her bright, giggling laughter echoed throughout the garden.

His heart felt strangely fluttery.

Kan couldn’t take his eyes off that bright smile.

So a person could smile that beautifully.

Without even asking, Shuria took Kan’s hand and stood up from her seat.

He could feel the rough dirt and dust.

Yet strangely, it didn’t feel unpleasant.

“Now let’s play over there, Kan.”

Kan walked as Shuria led him.

Before he knew it, a smile had appeared on his face too.

Kan thought.

It was surely his own wish, not Shuria’s, that had come true.

If this was a dream, Kan hoped he would never wake up for the rest of his life.

He felt certain that taking Theodor’s hand instead of Mother’s was the best choice of his life.

Arriving at the largest fountain in the garden, Shuria kicked off her shoes without hesitation and stepped into it.

Splashing in the water, Shuria reached out her hand to Kan who was watching her.

“You come in too.”

“…Is it okay to go in?”

“What’s not okay about it?”

At Shuria’s firm attitude, Kan carefully took off his shoes and extended his foot.

His shoulders trembled slightly at the cold water temperature, but hesitation was a luxury for him.

Because Shuria had grabbed his arm and pulled.

But Kan was a trained knight and the Demon Lord.

He wasn’t someone who would fall for such pranks.

That’s certainly how it should have been.

But strangely, Kan easily fell to Shuria’s weak strength.

Splash!

Naturally thinking she posed no threat and not defending himself, Kan looked at Shuria who had knocked him over with an expression of disbelief.

His magic power and strength didn’t work on her.

At that moment, the pink magic circle floated in Theodor’s mind.

It’s because of magic.

He became curious about just how strong a magic was cast to be able to bind him this much.

And also how far Shuria’s friend could go.

Kan reached out and grabbed Shuria’s clothes, pulling her.

Splash!

But strangely, he felt no pain in his heart.

And Shuria, who raised her head, smiled and splashed water at him.

“You’re the first to treat me like this.”

While saying incomprehensible words.

Kan let out a hollow laugh.

Who was saying what he should be saying.

Strangely, he felt like he could become very close friends with that child.

Whether it was because of the magic circle, or if it was really because they got along well, he couldn’t tell.

But he vaguely felt that way.

After playing with Shuria at the fountain for quite a while, Kan’s eyes widened when he saw his reflection in the water.

It was the first time he had seen himself looking so happy.

He realized belatedly.

The fact that he was truly enjoying himself and feeling happy right now.

Though Shuria and Theodor didn’t know it.

They were like saviors to Kan.

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