My Dad, the Demon King, Is a Big Problem

The fabric still carried Dad’s unique, warm scent, vivid as if he were right here.

I let that scent envelop me, as if it could fill the void his absence left behind.

“...Dad, we’ll meet again. I’ll save you. I promise.”

In the end, it’s the male protagonist who will save the world from destruction.

But as for me, I’ll save innocent lives doomed to perish because of the Demon King. And most of all, I’ll save my dad.

Since things have turned out this way…

“I’ll become strong… unbelievably strong. Strong enough to bring my dad back.”

I vowed to myself with all my heart.

Not as the Great Demon King Baal, but as Lloyd Delight—the dad who loved me more than anyone else.

I would begin my very own Delight Project.

***

With my resolve firmly in place, I stepped out of Dad’s room.

The first thing I did was gather all the portraits of Dad and me and store them in my inventory.

Before my regression, I had burned every painting of our family before fleeing the house. I didn’t want anyone recognizing me as the Demon King’s daughter based on the portraits.

Thankfully, this time I had an inventory. What a lifesaver.

I also put the vial of the mysterious potion Dad had consumed into my inventory.

Sigh... Now, let’s take another look at the system window.

After tidying up the frames, I grabbed one of the loaves of bread Mrs. Marsha had baked earlier and started munching on it as I opened the system.

Having played this game countless times before, I was already familiar with the process.

The first thing to do was change my profession. Without a profession, gaining abilities quickly would be nearly impossible.

Besides, thanks to the additional tutorial rewards, I could gain ten levels immediately upon switching professions.

Perfect.

Sure enough, the job advancement quest was active.

There were over 500 jobs I could choose from—everything from candy seller to florist, cotton candy expert, top-tier perfume maker, and even master teddy bear craftsman.

I scrolled through the endless list without paying much attention to the random options.

Among all these jobs, I already knew which one I needed to choose.

“Found it!”

The name of the profession I had decided on sparkled on the list.

“Yes!”

I chose the profession without a moment of hesitation.

If I wanted to find my dad and venture into the Demon Realm, this was a must-have ability.

I couldn’t become a demon like my corrupted father. To face him and bring him back to his original self, no profession was better suited.

“Yes!”

At that moment, I felt an invisible yet profound force envelop and fill me.

Divine Power—a sacred energy—was coursing through me, rising steadily in intensity.

“Oh, wow.”

Starting at Level 10 upon job advancement?

It normally took at least half a year of grinding to reach Level 10. Not too long, but definitely not short.

The thought of having saved six months of effort was a huge relief.

<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ cheers loudly in celebration!>
<‘Yuri-loving Druid Gabriella’ smirks with satisfaction.>
<‘From Maid to Saintess—Astina’ grants you a job advancement reward item!>

“Hmm?”

Could it be… that item?

It was exactly what I thought. This was the same reward given in the game when you first advanced to Holy Knight.

I was handed the ‘Basic Double-Edged Sword of the Holy Knight,’ just like before.

I gave a polite yet cheerful thanks.

“Thank you very much!”

Now that my job advancement was complete…

Time to move on to the next destination.

***

I decided to use one of the ‘Teleportation Tickets’ I had received as a tutorial reward.

“I probably won’t be coming back here for a while.”

Before leaving, I took one last look around the mansion. The people of Neverland would undoubtedly wonder what had happened to Dad and me after our sudden disappearance.

At least, for now, they still loved both of us. At this point in time, no one had cast stones at me or accused me of being the Demon King’s daughter.

However, in just two months, the news of the Great Demon King Baal’s revival would spread, and Magi would begin flooding the empire.

Soon, people would flock to our home after someone claimed to have seen a winged man flying through the sky.

Once again, Dad would fall under suspicion.

After a brief moment of hesitation, I turned toward the saints.

“I want to use the ‘Patron Wish Ticket.’”

<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ is surprised you’re using it already.>
<‘Yuri-loving Druid Gabriella’ advises you to make a sensible wish this time.>

“…This time, it’s a practical wish. Please make everyone who knows me and Dad forget about us entirely.”

<…>

“And make it so this house has been considered a ruin for ages. Spread rumors that it’s haunted by ghosts to keep anyone from entering.”

I wanted everyone to forget about us.

That way, no one would come after me for being the Demon King’s daughter.

<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ asks if you’re sure you want to use your wish for this.>

“Yes! Please do it!”

<‘Dragon Slayer Sylvester’ has accepted your patron wish!>
<‘Patron Wish Ticket’ (1) – Used.>
<Everyone who knew you and your father has had their memories erased!>

It worked.

Truly, no one remembered us anymore.

“Thank you.”

With that, I fully turned away from the house.

My heart felt both lighter and heavier at the same time.

The relief came from knowing that, in this lifetime, the people of Neverland wouldn’t come to despise Dad and me.

They had been kind and warm to us, and we had loved them deeply in return.

No matter how much Dad had changed into the Great Demon King, his kindness toward them had always been genuine.

It was enough for me that they could forget us without hating us.

***

The Ebony Orphanage.

That was the name of the orphanage where I had lived for nearly four years during the tutorial.

Using the ‘Teleportation Ticket,’ I instantly transported myself there and opened the map of the Sientri Empire that I’d received as a reward.

The orphanage was far from Neverland—much farther than I had expected.

“How did the tutorial version of me manage to run this far with such a tiny body?”

Of course, I had secretly hitched rides on wagons here and there, but still.

I hadn’t returned to Ebony Orphanage to live as an orphan again.

“There’s someone here I absolutely have to meet.”

This was about the right time, wasn’t it?

During the tutorial, I’d only heard rumors that she had visited the orphanage. I’d never seen her in person.

At the time, I had been locked away in the orphanage’s storage room, studying herbology and conducting experiments on my own.

“This time, I have to meet her.”

Just then, I spotted the orphanage director in the front yard. Eva, a kind young woman, was her name.

“Oh, hello!”

I approached her with the brightest, most pitiful smile I could muster.

Eva’s eyes widened at the sight of me.

“My goodness, I’ve never seen you before! But oh my! What a stunningly beautiful child you are!”

Her eyes sparkled with astonishment, and I offered a bashful smile.

This was the reaction everyone had when they first saw me.

“You look like a doll. Where are your parents? How can someone so cute and lovely exist?”

People were captivated by me at first glance.

Which meant that she—Lady Rearwin Pluto, Marchioness of the Pluto Ducal House and mother of Meteor Pluto—would certainly notice me too.

During the tutorial, Rearwin had visited Ebony Orphanage because she desperately wanted a daughter. However, due to the Duke’s objections, she hadn’t been able to adopt anyone.

Instead, she had tried to take a young girl under her guardianship.

But none of the children had caught her eye, and she had left empty-handed.

If I managed to catch her attention this time and become a ward of the Pluto Ducal House?

“Then I’ll become a small part of the Pluto family!”

It would be the perfect opportunity to get close to Meteor, the man destined to kill my dad.

And besides, as a Holy Knight, I needed to head north anyway.