Lady Milicent and Elias were having a picnic in the courtyard of the estate when the most unexpected thing happened. A man came up behind her and hugged Lady Milicent! The Lady of the estate being touched! What surprised me the most was that I didn't even notice the man coming up!Suddenly,'DARLING' My mother screamed"Darling? What!?" Eli said...The man hugging Lady Millicent and Milicent herself slowly looked to Eli and slowly started talking,"Eli honey, this is your father Theodore Meix Belphegor...He's your papa...'Theodore M. Belphegor POV.Italics are in his mindAfter being away for so long I came back early without anybody knowing. When I arrived the maids all said my wife was in the courtyard having a picnic. I missed her so I went straight here. After hugging her she talks to this boy saying that I'm his father.huh...'IM A DAD FINALLY(⋟﹏⋞)(⋟﹏⋞)(⋟﹏⋞)'Suddenly it hit Theo like a train...IS MY SON AN ANGEL??????'Wait... keep it together Theo, your son doesn't know you yet,BUT HE'S SO CUTE AND MY SON'Theo had a stoic face to try and show an indifferent attitude but to people who could read eyes, all sorts of alarms were going off in his head. However, some other things were being said in his mind...'MY SON''DOES HE LIKE HOW I LOOK''He looks like mini Millicent(✧∀✧)/''I want to hide him away so cute (✧∀✧)/''I LOVE MY SON ALREADY'Back to 3rd person POVElias and Theo stared at each other for a couple seconds waiting for the other to do something, while Theo was fanboying over his cute son, Elias had some different alarms in his head. Namely, "WHERE WERE YOU FOR 9 MONTHS" and the sweeter sounding, 'should I really call him papa, I'll wait it out to see his personality...'Millicent understood the awkwardness and the reason so she quickly interjected,"Eli, this is your papa and I love him very much and it would make him very happy if you call him Papa, It's not his fault he was gone, he was fighting in a war in the west while our manor is in the Central Lands."Upon hearing geographical terms of where he was, Elias pricked his head up a little, unfortunately, Theodore got his hopes up because he thought this was a cue that Elias accepted him as his father. Milicent didn't know why his head tilted but she did know that the sign wasn't for Theo. She made Theo sit in between her and Elias and talk to both of them to share what they like.Millicent and Theo talked for a while as Elias watched. At least at this point, the parents realized that Elias wanted to watch how the two interact and if Theo was as nice as he seemed. Elias didn't really care, but they were talking about him and his intelligence. After hearing how much of a prodigy Elias was, Theo was crying tears of happiness.'Ohhhhh my little boy come hug your papa please right now, and you are even really smart, I have no issues giving the entire dukedom to you right now if you say, I love you, papa"AN: That's not happening Theo, stop kidding yourself ('益')Milicent saw the two awkwardly so she said,"Elias, your father is really smart in everything. What if he teaches you some things later today?"This indeed was the right idea to get the young boy's attention so he looks up and nods slowly because his fear of his father doesn't trump the chance to figure out the history of the world from a true native!Theodore Thoughts- "I love my son, come get close to papa and I will teach you everything in this world."After some lessons through history booksElias sat on his father's lap and allowed himself to call the man papa 3 times a day in his head. Obviously, the man deserved his respect, while studying he read his status and he was quite impressed, to say the least.Theodore Miex BelphegorStatus: Duke of Belphegor Duchy12,000 MP/ 12,000MPTitles: The War DemonSoncon (Like siscon or brocon)Prodigious TalentMagic Affinities- Wind, Lightning, Darkness______Aki thought- 'War Demon hmmm... I imagine he truly is faithful to his wife. He checks out so I'll allow him to be close. If he's as nice as Mama I will like him.'Theo- 'Wahhhhhhhh, my son on my lap, LOOKING AT ME. Wait, is that my good side??omg, what if he doesn't think his papa looks good. Wahhhhh sonn love me like your mama.'History of Pheonia lesson by Theodore M BelphegorItalics are Elias' thoughtUnderlined are Theo'sPheonia was created by the two twin gods, the god of beauty and forgiveness and the god of reverence and power. The names of the two were Ach and Lys respectively.'Achlys what the hell are you doing with these religions'Once Pheonia and all of its wildlife was created the two gods interlocked arms and created humans. However, they realized a mistake was bound to happen if they left it. The beasts and wildlife were much stronger than the humans and the humans were bound to be treated as livestock if they weren't more powerful. As products of gods themselves, this would be an atrocity, so the two gods came together once more to give us humans magic that no other beast can use this power. As a son of Belphegor house, you are one of the strongest in the nation already and can even transform into a Qilin. Each duke house has a beast to transform and Eli, you would be happy to know your papa's beast form is the strongest of his generation of dukes.Elias your mama told me she might have mentioned this to you before so I'm about to tell you about the prophecy for your generation. You along with all the sons of the other houses are to be much more magically gifted than any previous generation to take care of something for the world. Elias, remember you don't need to do it alone so please, make sure you aren't injured, I know that your intelligence is extremely high so please give that great brain of yours to keep yourself safe. Promise?""Okay, papa..."'PAPA????'*cough cough, 'Well son I'll keep reading going to wars on Pheonia. Pheonia is the only empire as all the neighboring countries united into one a couple hundred years ago to band against the beasts. The beasts in the West all band together to attack as well however they don't have as high of intelligence except for a select few. They are the biggest threat to the empire so there is a magic academy for some magic soldiers to go to the West. However, you probably won't so don't worry.""Oh okay could you tell me about~~~~~~""Yeah sure~~~~"The two talked for hours about the history and knowledge of Pheonia.