It's Troublesome That My Doting Dad Became A Villain

A chilling shock spread through my entire body.

Without me knowing, there were now two Meteors.
The memory of saving Meteor during the tutorial and dying in his place resurfaced vividly.
That single moment had twisted his life so much that he ended up becoming a demon.

Prima’s voice carried on, heavy with emotion.
“I wondered if maybe you hadn’t died but had instead fallen into the Demon Realm. I was desperate to hold onto even the faintest hope. So I went to the Demon Realm and searched for you blindly. Eventually, through the Duke of Dimensions, I learned that you were alive in another dimension, and I decided I had to come to you.”
His words passed through my ears like a fleeting dream.

Every single word felt like a tidal wave crashing over me.
“To do that, I needed the power of the Duke of Dimensions. That’s why I had to become a demon. It wasn’t even something I had to think twice about. If you were alive, what else could possibly matter? There’s nothing more important than protecting you by your side.”
“...”

There was no trace of a smile on his face anymore.
The voice I had heard at the dimensional gate came back to me once again.
‘I will protect Crescent no matter what. You can rest in peace.’

That promise had been real.
It hadn’t been spoken lightly. Meteor had become a demon and even crossed dimensions for it—his words had been filled with unwavering sincerity.
The sheer weight of it pressed against my chest.

I felt a surge of anger.
“Why did you go that far? Saving you wasn’t some grand act.”
“A debt must be repaid.”

He flashed a brilliant smile with his eyes.
That only made me angrier.
“You’re unbelievable. Did you think I’d be happy if you abandoned your faith and became a demon?”
“I never really thought about that.”

“Hey!”
Before I realized it, my hand shot up.
Just as I was about to hit Prima—no, Meteor—square in the chest, he suddenly grabbed my wrist, grinning.

I instinctively tried to pull away, but my arm wouldn’t budge.
How did things turn out like this?
I never needed him to protect me. I never wanted him to go so far as to become a demon just for me.

Meteor could have lived his own life, and I could have lived mine.
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“This doesn’t make me even a little grateful. Do you think I saved you just for this? You should’ve just killed the Demon King and lived happily as a human. Are you planning to stay a demon for the rest of your life?”

“If you’re alive, what does it matter if I’m a demon?”
“What?”
Ugh!

I shoved Prima’s chest with both hands.
Thud!
The unexpectedly loud impact echoed through the dimly lit room.

Did I hit him too hard?
I should’ve hit him harder.
If there was even a chance that knocking some sense into this lunatic would bring him back to normal, I’d hit him a hundred times more.

Prima smoothed over the spot where I’d struck him, still smiling.
“This is fun. Watching you mess with me.”
“I’m not messing with you.”

This guy!
The more my frustration boiled over, the heavier my chest felt.
What kind of hardships had he endured after destroying the Demon King and the Duke of Dimensions in the tutorial world just to get here?

I couldn’t even begin to imagine.
Thinking about how he must have wandered the endless Demon Realm, searching for me despite knowing I was already dead, made me feel dizzy.
I grabbed onto Prima’s sleeve tightly, biting my lip to suppress the emotions rising within me.

Lowering my gaze to the floor, I spoke.
“I wanted to protect you, too. I wanted you to grow stronger as a holy knight in that world and defeat the Demon King. If I had known you’d chase after me as a demon, I wouldn’t have saved you.”
I never even dreamed of this.

What had I done?
All I wanted was to save Meteor.
And yet, I had completely ruined him.

A holy knight, more devout than anyone, had willingly turned into a demon.
It wasn’t just that the original game’s setting had been destroyed—this was practically an entirely different story now.
Both Meteor and I had become demons, swallowed by the Demon Realm.

And now, there were two Meteors in this world.
What the hell was I supposed to do with him?
“Crescent.”

Suddenly, his voice fell over me like a heavy weight.
The hand gripping his sleeve was gently pulled downward.
In the next moment, my vision was filled with nothing but Prima’s upper body. My cheek pressed against his skin.

“...”
I blinked.
But nothing changed.

His arm wrapped around my back and shoulders.
Was he... hugging me?
The realization hit, yet I couldn’t move a single muscle. I even forgot to breathe.

Thump, thump...
The sound of my heartbeat rang loudly for no reason.
“I thought it wouldn’t matter if you didn’t recognize me, but I was wrong. Now that you do, I can’t believe how happy I am. I was being greedy.”

His arms tightened around me.
My vision narrowed.
Lunatic...

That word floated in my mind, but strangely, I couldn’t bring myself to push him away.
Even if he had become a demon, he was still Meteor.
The Meteor who had shattered and gone mad because of me.

“You’ve become a demon, just like me.”
His words carried a faint hint of laughter.
I coldly shot back.

“That’s nothing to be happy about.”
I hadn’t become a demon by choice.
“But I’m still happy. Since things have already come to this, why don’t we just stay in the Demon Realm together? We can kill Baal, make your father the Demon King, and save the humans. Then, we can live here peacefully.”

“You’ve lost your mind.”
Thud!
I finally shoved him away.

Of course, he’d already lost it.
The fact that I had been frozen in his arms for even a few seconds made me sick.
“I’m serious. Now that you’re the Duke of Time, do you think the other Meteor will just let you be? I know him better than anyone. He’ll try to kill you.”

“...”
I clamped my mouth shut, unable to say anything.
Would he really?

Meteor had decided to hide my identity once I became a saint.
But now, I wasn’t just the Demon King’s daughter—I was also the third-ranked demon in the hierarchy.
I didn’t even want to imagine what he’d do if he found out.

“That’s why we should just let this world’s Meteor go. Once the Magi disappear and the Demon King is quieted, humans will stop trying to eliminate him. He can marry his fiancée and live a normal life.”
Marry his fiancée?
Live a normal life?

Thinking about the meaning of those words made my mood sink.
Meteor’s happiness wasn’t far away.
The image of him with his fiancée came to mind—a beautiful, well-matched pair.

They truly suited each other.
Imagining that scene made it feel as if he lived in an entirely different world from mine.
That distance between us weighed me down.

“Crescent.”
Once again, Prima’s voice fell over me like a shadow.
He cautiously reached out and wrapped his hand around mine.

I wanted to pull away, but I didn’t even have the strength to resist.
“Let’s go. I’ll give you something delicious.”
Lunatic...

He was absolutely insane.
But I let him pull me along anyway, pretending to resist just a little.