The Devil Who Grants Wishes

246 – Daughter (Complete)

“Dad…”

“Oh yeah… Lucia!?”

Lucia, who suddenly ran off on her own and said that she wanted to try granting wishes, came back, but Lucia’s condition was unbelievable.

Even on the outside, I can clearly see that she is greatly exhausted, and in addition, the overwhelming unknown that surrounds Lucia’s entire body is stimulating my vigilance.

This… Is a system.

“Lucia, what happened!?”

“I just… Met the system… My dad said he was my friend?”

“Huh?”

The moment she urgently checks Lucia’s condition and asks what happened, words come out of Lucia’s mouth that are completely different from what she expected.

Friend?

Me?

Him?

Why?

…………

“…Anyway, that’s what happened.”

“Umm…”

I made a fatal mistake.

If Lucia had handled it poorly, something very dangerous could have happened to her, but fortunately she handled it very well.

The system, while retaining its power and knowledge, was reincarnated as an insect and attempted to conquer the earth by multiplying at random like the insects in some SF game. What is that…

Obviously, the system I saw gave up all of its power when it created a soul and went down to the underworld…?

‘No, power and knowledge are different. Even if you don’t have the power, if you have the knowledge to arrive at the correct answer, it won’t have that big of an impact.’

According to Lucia’s testimony, the system created bugs at random through something incomprehensible. In that case, it is highly likely that it was created using the fundamental laws that make up the world rather than magic or demonic energy.

As Lucia said, the system has now forgotten all the knowledge it has accumulated over tens of thousands of years, so it is fortunate that it will start from scratch again and continue research and countless reincarnations to reach the origin of the world, but… Still, I can’t help but think about what might happen. I am quite nervous because it seems like it will not be long before the system reaches the pinnacle of knowledge again.

Well, shall we ask them to erase the knowledge again? Yes, it worked once, so it might work again.

Kkoookㅡ

“You worked hard, Lucia.”

“Ugh…”

After realizing that, I was so proud of Lucia that I couldn’t resist hugging her. Of course, that is not the only reason, and because she anticipates the emotions that Lucia must have felt, her body moves on its own and hugs Lucia as it pleases.

Lucia, who suddenly received my hug, momentarily took a shaky breath, then closed her eyes and surrendered her body to me. Just a little while ago, Lucia was shaking a little as she remembered what happened with the system, but now she doesn’t do that anymore. I’m just feeling my body temperature.

“…Tsk, I should have gone.”

And when other wives see us like that, they click their tongues or close their eyes, showing jealousy. This is because everyone intuitively realized through her instincts that I truly cared about Lucia and that she was behaving like this.

Her wives are jealous of Lucia. Lucia, who made me worry with her sincerity.

“I hope you don’t worry about us.”

“That… Haven’t you gone far beyond the point where you can worry?”

Even though I didn’t understand Gong Yoo’s sentence, Iris perfectly read my inner thoughts and said that with an eerie smile, and a rebuttal came out of my mouth without me even knowing.

No, how can you worry about strong kids like you? To be honest, even if you are struck by lightning from the sky while walking down the street, you can still walk around fine.

Lucia is that strong, so when she said she wanted to experience having her wish granted, she didn’t worry too much, right? This is just because there is a variable called the system.

“Lucia, there is so much to talk about.”

“We’re just at home so I don’t have much to tell you… Hmm…”

“No, what’s wrong with everyone?”

And soon her wives focus on the fact that Lucia has created a lot of things for her to talk about.

Because their daily lives are extremely monotonous, such as staying at home or going for a walk nearby, it is very difficult for them to experience the dynamic daily life that comes from granting someone’s wish, so they don’t have much to talk about.

The thought that runs through the minds of wives is that if their wishes are granted and they create more things to talk about, they will be able to share more stories with me.

“Hmm…”

“As expected, it seems like there are a lot of things to talk about when you walk around outside. I think it would be a good idea to go and make a wish come true.”

“There won’t be as much of a threat as the system anymore, but… Well, it’s not a bad thing to have something to talk about.”

Soon, the wives who turned into devils finally come to the conclusion that they, too, must go out to grant wishes like Lucia and I.

Well… It’s not bad.

After all crises disappeared, everyone’s daily life became too monotonous, but if you grant wishes, that monotonous daily life can become fun. Wives will also be able to enjoy leisure time and an interesting life.

However, it is very difficult to expect that everyone will properly grant their wishes.

If you ask for money, wouldn’t you just give it and say it? Then it would be no different from just throwing money on the street… Write.

“Don’t worry, we’ve seen it from the sidelines, but would you really grant a wish so thoughtlessly? Oh, there’s already one coming. See you later then!!”

“I’ll go too!!”

“Hmm, it’s been a while since I’ve had a wish granted in person… Well, I guess it’ll be okay. Sir, I’ll be back!!”

“…”

The storm passes in an instant.

The wives who sensed those making wishes opened a portal and left for where they were. Following me and Lucia, Irene, who is not a devil but cannot respond to wishes, is left behind. Irine and Elias are in the magic tower with Katara, respectively.

“…Over there.”

“Why are you doing that?”

“Please make me a devil too. Working at a pawn shop is fun, but I think being a devil would be fun too.”

And Irene, who watched her wives leaving with envious eyes, eventually asked me to turn her into a devil.

…It’s really frustrating.

What on earth is this?

……

A lot of time has passed.

The wives, as if competing with other wives, tried to grant as many people’s wishes as possible, which led to me spreading my faith even more firmly to those who received help from the wives. Now there is no place in this world that my faith does not reach.

Of course, wishes that merely unleashed ugly desires were not granted. Pierre, who was unable to retire even when he reached retirement age thanks to the hard work of his wives, continues today to supervise the “Labor force” Who flocks from all over the world to scream.

He was begging me to retire, but he thought it was just reparation for being corrupt when he was young.

“Mom!!”

“Yes, yes, nice…”

And the time that had passed was equally applied to Lucille, Aili, Celes, and many other children.

Lucille runs to Lucia on two waddling legs and clings to Lucia like a koala clings to her parents. Even though Lucille is no longer a newborn and must be quite heavy, Lucia does not show any signs of distress and accepts Lucille just fine.

No, it doesn’t look like it’s difficult, but it’s probably true that it’s not difficult. It’s surprising, but I could pierce my own chest with my fist, so why…

“This house is so strange. It stinks.”

“hahahaha, it makes sense. It’s the first house my dad and mom lived in.”

“Is that so?”

Lucia Lucille, who came to the abandoned house with us to celebrate her mother’s death anniversary, tilts her head and looks around her.

Since I am using preservation magic, nothing has changed since then. Even now, when I close her eyes, I can see Lucia’s mother handing Lucia to me and closing her eyes.

“Mummy met her daddy well, she always said she needed to meet someone like daddy, that’s why.”

“Lucia, what are you talking about to the child?”

“Why, that’s right.”

Even as Lucia and I are talking to each other, Lucille opens her eyes wide and looks at the house where we first met, the house we lived in together.

Well, even if we lived together, the entire structure of the house was changed through subspace magic, so technically it is a different house, but it doesn’t change the fact that it is the house where we first met.

Seueuuu

Put the prepared flowers in the place where Lucia’s mother was until the end.

I still can’t feel Lucia’s mother’s spirit just like I did before Lucia and her wedding, but the feeling that Lucia’s mother is somewhere watching over us never goes away.

“Okay then, now turn around~”

“I want to marry Dad too!!”

“What?”

The moment she puts down the flowers, opens the portal, and is about to go home, Lucille, who has been constantly observing her house, suddenly starts making noises like she is being rude.

What do you mean by marrying me?

“Dad made her mom happy, right? Her mom tells her to marry a man like her dad, and then shouldn’t I just marry her dad?”

“hahahahaha, are you smart? Then shall we give it a try?”

“There’s nothing I can’t say to Lucille!”

“Why, I’ll forget it when I grow up anyway. Lucille is only 4 years old. I don’t even remember anything before I was 8 years old.”

Lucia gets very angry when she seriously listens to what her daughters say about her father and her husband, but I have no intention of listening to her seriously. Won’t you forget it anyway when you grow up?

In the first place, a child’s emotions are so mixed up that they will change drastically as they grow up.

“Come on, let’s go back.”

“Ugh… It’s not… I won’t forget…”

“Okay, okay, okay.”

Perhaps because she thought I was ignoring her, Lucille puffed out her cheeks and expressed her dissatisfaction with my words. However, even if she expresses dissatisfaction, it is not a gruesome complaint like her wives, so in my eyes, she just looks cute enough to make me want to pinch her cheek.

“Ugh…! Yes, Lucia. Was today the day we all ate together?”

“Yes, after becoming a devil, I don’t have to eat anything to survive, but I still feel like I’m losing some of my humanity if I don’t eat anything. Should I eat, too, Dad?”

“That’s right, we all eat together, but I can’t be the only one left out.”

“Hey…”

“Huh? Why are you doing that?”

She was walking towards the portal and talking about various things with Lucia, when at that moment Lucille stopped puffing out her cheeks in her displeasure, opened her mouth, and trailed off.

“Why does mom call her dad dad?”

And the question that came out of Lucille’s mouth as she was so speechless was truly difficult to answer.

Answering directly can have a big impact on Lucille’s emotions, so Lucia stops speaking in a friendly and gentle manner and answers Lucille’s questions firmly and sharply.

“That’s… You call your dad daddy, so I just call him daddy too.”

“But my aunts call my dad my husband or my husband…”

“That’s something special about those people. Now, let’s stop and go eat.”

“Ugh… Really?”

Lucille, who heard Lucia’s sharp answer unlike usual, tilted her head and thought deeply about something, but then she smiled broadly.

“Well, that’s okay! Let’s go home, I’m hungry.”

Even as Lucille was saying that, she was glancing back and forth between me and her Lucia out of the corner of her eye.

Lucia, holding her Lucille in her arms, did not notice it, but she spoke.