Child Rearing Hero and Children of the Demon King - Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Once they wore the clothes, they looked like ordinary children .




They covered them with hats, so their small horns also weren’t visible, and Ilya hid her tail under the skirt . Her tail is apparently small just like her horn .
Will the horns and tail grow bigger when they grow up?
Until then, I would like to raise them normally . Of course, with a human common sense .

「Nii~chan, do you have to report to the human King that you have defeated Tou~chan?」

While making the preparations for the journey, Iric suddenly asked .

「…… Ah~…… I forgot」

I really forgot .

「But you know…… it’s not like it was me who defeated him……」

because I have defeated him . He was already on the verge of death when I arrived at the throne room, and he passed away immediately after entrusting the children to me . With the sense of accomplishment from defeating the Demon King nonexistent, I had my hands full with the worries about what I am going to do with the children . I haven’t imagined at all that things would settle in such manner .

「Why~? You will receive many rewards, right? Wouldn’t you become an important person?」
「N~ actually, I don’t have much interest in that」
「Why is that?」

Ilya also looked at me .

「I might have said it before, but I have not come to defeat the Demon King in order to obtain fame or status」

I just have something I wanted to protect .

「Fu, you hypocrite . There’s no way you don’t want fame or status . You are just putting up a front to hide your greed!」




「Shut up, Pochi」
「Be quiet」

Leaving alone Pochi who was burnt silent (he will recover anyway), I tilted my head .

「…… Indeed…… it might be better to return for once…… either way, I’d like to report of the Demon King’s passing……」

Anyhow, I would like to report the Demon King’s death . It will reduce the anxiety of the frightened people .

「You bastard! You are not planning on disclosing Prince and Princess’ existences, are you!?」

Just as I thought, Pochi immediately revived, so I lightly hit him with the scabbard of my sword .

「There’s no way I would . I just want to report and intend to go living somewhere quiet . Would returning to the countryside be a good idea……?」

My birthplace . It’s a place with lots of nature, it would be a blissful place to raise the Demon King’s children .
It’s just that it’s a countryside, so they will immediately stand out as oddballs .
Not to mention, I who have lived there before would be returning with children .

「No, that wouldn’t be good after all」

Children!? → Grandchildren!! → What about the bride!? → Did she escape!? → This good for nothing! → There’s no way you can raise children all alone, go find a bride! Such combo will surely come into existence . Definitely .
Also, the neighboring aunties would start meddling in my business . Definitely .
I feel like a surge of marriage proposals would come my way . Very hard .
And, once it becomes like that, I don’t think I would be able to escape no matter how hard I work .

「Yeah . Returning would be no good after all . Let’s end it with a letter . Ah~ also, let’s work out a solution for the living expenses」

Naturally rejecting to return to my birthplace, I first have to take care of the living expenses = treasure problem .

「Are you going to change Tou~chan’s treasure into money?」
「Yes . To put it frankly, I will do just that」

I obediently nodded to Iric’s words . I will gratefully use it as child-rearing expenses .

「Then, are we going to a big town next?」
「Let’s see…… yeah . Let’s do that」

Report to His Majesty, refuse all rewards, convert the treasure into money, find a safe place to live .
If possible, I would like a help from someone with parenting experiences .
I have no confidence in raising children after all .