I Summoned the Demon King and Got a Dad - Chapter 95

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95. Stepmother and Demon Lord

A few days later.

Shuria had already noticed the subtle changes between the two.

“Hmm.”

“Why?”

“Something’s strange.”

“What is?”

At Kan’s question, Shuria looked at him with an expression that said ‘how can you not know?’

“I mean, Dad and Teacher are being awkward. They must have fought!”

And Kan couldn’t understand what Shuria was saying.

Both of them were alive, so they fought?

In the Demon Realm, fights only ended when one of them died.

From Kan’s perspective, those two still seemed to get along well and love each other.

Enough that he could tell from the moment he first saw them.

“They still seem to get along well.”

“This is why clueless kids won’t do.”

But Shuria was thinking differently.

Those two were perfectly business-like.

It wasn’t that she opposed their relationship, but she absolutely didn’t think that way.

Shuria’s thinking was that if something was going to happen, it would have happened long ago – there was no way feelings would develop between those two now.

And Kan was a bit dumbfounded by what Shuria said.

Who was the clueless one here?

“…Right.”

Shuria nodded at Kan’s response and spoke again.

“If those two are in that kind of relationship, I’ll grant all your wishes!”

Without even knowing what situation would welcome her.

Shuria headed to Theodor’s study with Kan.

“Dad!”

She opened the door wide as usual, and at the same time witnessed it.

The sight of Elisia and Theodor looking startled.

Even clueless Shuria could feel that something was strange about the atmosphere between the two.

“…Dad.”

“Yeah.”

Like someone caught doing something bad, Theodor couldn’t meet Shuria’s eyes.

“Should I mention my wish?”

Even as Kan said this, he thought Shuria would be sad.

Not only would he have to grant her wish, but she had lost the father who only looked at her to someone else.

But contrary to expectations, Shuria ran to him without a moment’s hesitation and smiled brightly.

“So I have both a Demon Lord and a stepmother?”

Still saying nonsensical things.

At Shuria’s words, Theodor let out a hollow laugh.

This was how his daughter should be.

“It seems so.”

Theodor said this while gently hugging Shuria, and Shuria kissed Theodor’s cheek as usual.

“Yes! A prince will come to rescue me soon!”

“I wondered when you’d notice.”

Theodor chuckled softly at Shuria’s words, and Shuria laughed shamelessly.

“You could have just told me.”

“When it was obvious you’d say something like this, why bother?”

“…You’re right.”

She couldn’t argue with that.

Thinking about it carefully, those two had never hidden anything from her.

She really just hadn’t noticed.

“Are you two getting married?”

“Yes.”

At Theodor’s words, Shuria’s expression brightened.

“Then when a prince comes to rescue me, can I get married?”

“No.”

“That doesn’t work, what a shame.”

At Shuria’s response, Theodor met her gaze.

“Are you going to leave Dad behind?”

A gentle voice came through, but with more affection mixed in than usual.

But Shuria wasn’t a simple child who would fall for that level of charm.

She opened her mouth with a resolute expression.

“Now that you have Teacher, Dad should become independent too.”

“But Dad loves Shuria too much for that.”

“Hmm.”

Contrary to her words, an unmistakable smile appeared on Shuria’s face.

Shuria grabbed Theodor’s cheeks with both hands, met his gaze, and asked.

“You love me the most, right?”

“Yes.”

At his firm answer, a bright and radiant smile appeared on Shuria’s face.

“Then I’ll think about it a bit even when a prince comes.”

But Elisia’s expression wasn’t good as she listened to their conversation.

She was deep in thought with a serious expression.

Not because she felt bad.

…Shuria’s awareness, is it really okay like that?

Since Theodor became human, the two had never hidden their feelings from each other.

Yet she hadn’t noticed, which meant.

It was one of two cases.

Either she had no interest in Theodor and herself, or she really was clueless.

But since Shuria couldn’t be the former, it must be the latter.

And if that was the case…

At that moment, Elisia and Kan’s eyes met.

It seemed the two were thinking the same thing.

The two exchanged a silent conversation.

It was at that moment.

Shuria, still in Theodor’s arms, approached Elisia and said with a bright smile.

“Teacher!”

“Yes?”

“Please bully me!”

Those words were truly the most absurd thing Elisia had ever heard.

Not only had she never bullied anyone, but to hear it from the child who would become her daughter.

Elisia let out a small sigh.

“Solve five pages of the workbook by tomorrow.”

She spoke firmly.

“I’m sorry.”

And at Elisia’s words, Shuria quickly assessed the situation.

“I heard princes like princesses who are good at studying.”

“…I don’t like princes who like princesses good at studying.”

if she can’t even speak properly.

But Elisia was someone who knew how to turn crisis into opportunity.

“Would Shuria want a prince who will save her to not even be able to do 1+1?”

At Elisia’s question, Shuria thought seriously before shaking her head.

She felt that not knowing 1+1 was just too much, humanly speaking.

“Then you’ll have to study, right?”

At that moment, Theodor and Kan were admiring Elisia’s eloquence.

How could she have such a reasonable conversation with that child?

Elisia was truly the only person in the entire world who could handle Shuria this well.

“Yes…”

Watching Shuria answer obediently, Elisia patted her head.

“Shuria.”

“…Yes.”

“I’ll be counting on you from now on too.”

At Elisia’s words, Shuria felt a chill run down her spine.

Quickly turning her gaze to Theodor, Shuria looked at him and spoke.

“How can the Grand Duchess teach me my studies? That role doesn’t suit her. Get me a new teacher.”

It was an unbelievably quick judgment to come from Shuria’s mouth.

But the problem was that there was no way the two of them would accept that.

“No.”

Theodor answered.

“That too is the Grand Duchess’s role.”

Elisia answered.

“I’m against you two getting married!”

So Shuria shouted.

And the three of them burst into laughter at the same time.

Only Kan couldn’t understand this situation.

What part they were laughing at.

Why they looked happy at all.

So Kan awkwardly laughed along with them.

Because it felt like he should.

When the three stopped laughing, he stopped laughing too.

This kind of atmosphere was awkward and unfamiliar, but he didn’t dislike it.

He wanted to continue being with them.

And the first person to notice Kan’s behavior was Elisia.

“Kan seems to have caught on, haven’t you?”

At Elisia’s single remark, both people’s gazes turned toward him simultaneously.

Kan found that fact somewhat burdensome, but he tried to nod his head.

“You’re quick-witted, that’s impressive.”

“…Because I would have died if I didn’t notice.”

But at the answer that followed, the atmosphere instantly fell.

Theodor and Shuria simultaneously let out awkward laughter.

But Elisia’s social skills were truly exceptional.

“Originally, experiences that don’t kill you make you stronger.”

How could she say something like that in that situation?

Theodor admired Elisia’s quick thinking, and Shuria agreed with her words.

“Right! I got used to it after getting hit so much!”

But Kan, who didn’t know Shuria’s past, turned his gaze toward Theodor.

Reading the confusion in his gaze, Theodor hastily spoke.

“…It wasn’t me who did that.”

“Right, it wasn’t Father, it was Mother who did that!”

If you say that now.

Kan’s gaze this time turned toward Elisia.

“…It wasn’t me either.”

No matter how exceptional Elisia’s social skills were, there was no way to solve this other than direct denial.

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