My Dad, the Demon King, Is a Big Problem

Ugh.
I couldn't help but scrunch my face.

Obsession? That's creepy.
Not only do I not want to be obsessed with him, I don't even want to be involved with him by chance.
In the end, one of us will end up killing the other.

Since Prima is a servant of the Demon King, he's not free from the Demon King's orders.
Ding!
<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ says he's nervous that you're really considering becoming a demon.>

<‘From Maid to Saintess—Astina’ says it might be interesting if you end up getting along with the top demon of the Demon Realm as the Demon Realm princess.>
<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ says he's also looking forward to that and is conflicted about which side to support.>
Huh?

What are they all saying?
I don't want to become a demon, and I don't want to get along with the top demon of the Demon Realm—I want to kill him.
I need to break the Demon King's strongest right hand.

Ding!
<‘Yuri-loving Druid Gabriella’ says she wasn’t worried in the first place. What’s more, you’ve been absent from the Holy Palace for two days without permission.>
“What?”

I couldn’t stop myself from screaming.
Oh, right. The temple!
I’d completely forgotten about it. I didn’t even say anything beforehand, and I didn’t return.

What should I do?
A sudden wave of worry hit me, and I let my body relax.
For some reason, I felt like I had reached a point of no return.
“I’ll just say I got caught by the demons...”

It wasn’t entirely untrue.
I’ve always been known for my high attendance in the Demon Realm, after all.
It’s not unusual for holy knights to get caught by demons and go out of contact for a few days, so it wasn’t a big deal that I’d been missing for a couple of days.

I rubbed my full stomach.
“Since this is how it is, I might as well stay here a little longer and learn about the Duke of Dimensions. If I’m going to kill him, I need to know something, after all.”
Ding!

<‘Yuri-loving Druid Gabriella’ says that’s not acceptable. If you don’t return to the Holy Palace soon, Meteor will be very worried about you. She’s worried that your actions will turn her stocks into toilet paper.>
What?
No, Gabriella, weren’t you not interested in that kind of thing...?

<‘Yuri-loving Druid Gabriella’ coughs lightly and holds her tongue.>
What? This is ridiculous.
I couldn’t help but laugh.

Now I see, the saints are all drinking their own "kimchi soup" and imagining love lines with their own preferences.
Sylvester is conflicted about who to support.
Astina seems to want to pair me with the Duke of Dimensions.

Gabriella must be firmly in Meteor’s camp.
“Well, it doesn’t matter anyway…”
I was legally a sibling to Meteor, but now we were worse than strangers, weren’t we?

A holy knight and the Demon King’s daughter can’t even be friends, let alone have a romantic relationship.
I just hope the Duke of Dimensions doesn’t see us through rose-colored glasses.
The thought alone makes me shiver.

Ding!
<‘From Maid to Saintess—Astina’ says that’s your choice and she’s not going to interfere.>
Oh, okay.

I kept quiet in the face of Astina’s fierce presence.
Well, it’s up to the viewer, right?
I was about to lie down and take a nap, but I got up instead.

I couldn’t just casually sleep here.
I carefully opened the door and stepped outside. When I came to this place from the banquet hall, it had been through Prima’s powers, so I hadn’t seen anywhere else.
Though the host hadn’t given me permission to explore the house, it didn’t matter, right?

The area outside the door looked like any other noble house in the human world.
There were flowers everywhere, and the indoor fountain was the only thing that seemed a little different.
It looked like the kind of vacation resort I’d want to stay at if I were in a sunny place.

Most of all, the warm temperature felt cozy.
I thought about this indifferently, turning my gaze to another direction.
Then I heard it.

“Where are you going?”
A soft, deep voice.
Sure enough, Prima had appeared in front of me at some point.

I was planning to sneak around, but he didn’t give me a chance.
He glanced over me once before speaking again.
“You should’ve changed into something more comfortable. All the clothes there are yours.”

“The Demon Realm has clothes I didn’t even know existed.”
“I prepared a few outfits just in case you decide to stay here for a while.”
“Unbelievable.”

Why would I stay here?
Although Meteor had figured out my identity, my goal hadn’t changed.
I was going to keep increasing my divine power and destroy Baal’s soul.

That’s why I had to stay at the Holy Palace and keep training.
“Look, Prima. I don’t have a home right now, but I have a dormitory. Why would I be crazy enough to live here?”
How did he even come up with that?

I could guess a little.
“I think I get your goal now. Since I’m the Demon King’s daughter, you want to keep me here, even if it’s imperfect, right? You’re holding me hostage until either Baal or our father wins and becomes the final Demon King. If Baal wins, you’ll kill me. If our father wins, you’ll at least be praised for treating me like a princess.”
“That’s not a bad idea.”

Suddenly, he gave a seductive smile.
“So that’s why you couldn’t kill me despite the Demon King’s orders. You must be having a headache trying to choose between Baal and our father, huh?”
“You’re smart, Crescent.”

It felt insulting.
I was being praised as “smart” for only this? I felt like a five-year-old.
I snorted in disbelief.

“Yeah, it must be difficult for you. Your two masters are divided, and you have to choose who to support. Though right now, you seem to be weighing things like a coward.”
“Seems like you want to take a look around. Want to take a walk?”
Prima grinned playfully.

Did he even hear what I said?
It was ridiculous.
Did he really think I’d go for a walk?

I wasn’t interested at all.
I clicked my tongue slightly and glared at Prima in annoyance.
He smiled with his eyes still crinkling and whispered.

“Come with me.”
He thinks I’ll follow him, huh...?
I reluctantly followed behind.

I couldn’t help but show my discontent.
But I had something I needed to ask him.
Right now, the Duke of Dimensions was the only one who could give me the answers I was looking for.

“I’ve got a place I want to show you. The view is breathtaking.”
“Let me guess. It’s the Demon Realm.”
Even if he said the view was great, I wasn’t excited at all.

After all, it’s the Demon Realm. How good could it look?
I wasn’t expecting much.
As we walked, sunlight suddenly poured down. We passed through a tunnel surrounded by fresh vines. Grapes hung temptingly in spots.

The room was too much like a princess’s room, but this garden... I could imagine living here with my dad.
Despite myself, I felt a pang of longing.
That thought made my eyes narrow in embarrassment.

He’s the top demon of the Demon Realm.
The demon of all demons. I shouldn’t let myself be fooled by what he shows me.
Soon, a white, wide railing stretched before me. Beyond it was pure darkness.

Was it a black sea?
No, it wasn’t. Countless starlights sparkled in the darkness.
At one corner of that darkness, a glowing crescent moon shone.

It wasn’t the Demon Realm’s typical red crescent moon, but a golden one.
When I reached the railing, I stopped walking.
The scene before me was so dazzling that I forgot to breathe. My mind went blank.

The crescent moon and stars glistened under my gaze.
It was my first time seeing the night sky from this angle.
The universe was right beneath my feet.

“How is it?”
Suddenly, Prima’s voice reached me.
I didn’t look at him and just replied.

“The Demon Realm’s moon doesn’t look like that. It’s all fake, isn’t it?”
“There’s nothing fake about it. That moon is the crescent moon from the human world, made visible through a dimensional portal.”