How to Be a Dark Hero’s Daughter

‘Huh?’

At that moment, Baal surged towards me like a stream of water.

“Ah, cough…”

It felt as if my heart was burning.

I clutched my chest and bent over.

“Cough. Cough.”

I coughed violently, and something sprang from my throat.

‘This is…’

Isn’t this Cedric’s gem?

‘The gem Cedric transferred from his heart to mine when he imprinted on me…’

At that moment, I instinctively realized.

‘I should feed this to Collen?’

I remembered that day with Cedric.

Young Cedric, with his monstrous arm, fed me this gem when I was fatally wounded and dying.

‘Now it’s my turn…’

Cedric’s hand in my memory became my own.

Shush.

I took a breath and picked up the gem.

I stumbled towards Collen.

‘Is it because this gem came out of my heart? It hurts.’

I managed to push the gem into Collen’s mouth.

‘His heart… It’s beating.’

Collen’s body jerked upwards. At that moment, a torrent of demons surged out.

‘Huh?’

Bang!

I reached out and grabbed the gun.

‘Baal entered my gun.’

And after Baal, something else surged in, but I couldn’t see. Because Collen started to move.

“Dad!”

I crawled over to Collen and checked his breathing.

“Breathe…”

Fortunately, he was breathing. I sighed in relief. The gem shone in Collen’s chest, and the demons exuded power.

“Collen’s wounds are healing.”

Truly, his whole body shone brilliantly.

“It hurts…”

Responding to my call, the gem jumped out and returned to my heart.

‘I’m relieved to get back Cedric’s precious gem.’

I caressed my chest.

Tears welled up in my eyes.

“Dad, are you okay? Dad…”

I couldn’t hold back and cried uncontrollably.

“Ugh…”

Collen groaned.

“Ah, sob, Dad. Sob. Dad…”

“Leticia?”

Collen looked at me.

With his wounds still fresh and a bloodied sheet, he stared at my crying mess with disbelief.

“What on earth happened?”

I clung to Collen and explained everything in a frenzy.

“So, to steal Baal, they killed me once? And it was Baal’s doing?”

“Yes. Baal showed me a future where Collen survives. Through a dream… Plus, I got a guarantee from the goddess.”

“Indeed…”

Collen pondered, touching his chin.

“The only way to break the contract with the demons is for me to die once. So the plan was to stop my heart, then heal and revive me…”

“…”

“I have a feeling it wasn’t just Baal but all my demons involved.”

I gasped.

“Collen, the demons love you…”

“Is that what’s important now?”

“Then what is?”

Collen looked as if he didn’t know where to begin with this mess.

“Moreover, with the gunshot causing such a ruckus, why has no one come to check on us?”

“It seems like Baal somehow blocked the sound.”

“Baal used a spell to block the sound?”

I nodded, sobbing.

“That’s how I was sure Baal was involved. I felt it the moment I fired the gun.”

“…”

“Dad… Now, I will maintain Baal with the power inside this gun. You don’t have to kill against your will. So…”

“…”

“Let’s be a family for a very, very long time. Okay? Promise.”

Collen’s hand trembled.

He stroked my cheek and held me as if to calm me down. I barely stopped crying in Collen’s arms.

“I can see why you’re really hard to handle. Moreover, you’ve grown up to be a daughter so much like me.”

“That’s right. So, please don’t scold me too much. I did this because I’m your daughter.”

“What?”

“I was so scared to make up my mind. What if I’m wrong? But if I did nothing, you’d die…”

Shouldn’t I have at least tried something as a dutiful daughter? I really don’t want to do it a second time.

“Leticia, I’m not joking. If I had died because of a failure, you would have been the culprit.”

“But… so far, all my deductions were right.”

I was afraid, but I didn’t think I was wrong.

Collen looked at me in disbelief and patted my head.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

I nodded, sobbing.

“And always be my daughter.”

“Yes.”

Then Collen seriously suggested signing a contract saying I wouldn’t marry and would live with him, making me both cry and laugh.

‘I’ve really tried everything and received all sorts of requests.’

This request was the hardest one I ever accepted. A request from a demon god.

Baal, are you satisfied? I wanted to ask.