MTLNOVEL Chapter 2
Chapter 2 : Lord of Hell and Super Daughter-Doting
“Hey～ Old Dad? You’ve already called three times today, what do you want now?”
Iphilia casually answered the phone in her hand, pouting her small lips and asking in a very annoyed tone.
“Er… My dear daughter, isn’t it because Dad missed you? Besides, your old dad, I, just saw another beast’s soul with a karmic chain related to you enter Hell. Isn’t this because I’m worried you’ve been taking action too many times recently and might get targeted by those arrogant and biased birdmen (angels)?”
Iphilia’s old dad, who was also the Lord of Hell, ruling over the entirety of Hell and all demons-Satan, was currently using a nearly fawning tone, quite unbecoming of his status, to curry favor with his own daughter, simply like an incorrigible daughter-doting father.
“Oh? Our great Lord of Hell would actually take time out of his busy schedule to actively care about a little demon like me? What an extreme honor～ It’s just that… Lord Satan, do you really think cross-realm phone calls are free?”
Anyone could hear the passive-aggressive sarcasm in Iphilia’s words.
Clearly, she was complaining that her old dad’s frequent cross-realm calls were wasting her phone credit.
Demons need to eat too!
“Ah, this… Liya ah, isn’t it because Dad still doesn’t quite understand these high-tech products for young people? When I asked you to teach me back then, you even said I was stupid. In the end, Dad had to find your Uncle Lucifer to finally figure this thing out.”
Lucifer was a fallen angel who fell from Heaven to Hell, and also one of the few in Hell, this “impoverished region” where birds don’t even shit and technology is fucking backward, who knew how to use modern technology.
He was also the one who taught Satan the basic operations of a mobile phone.
Tsk, next time I go back to Hell and see Uncle Lucifer, I must scold him properly.
If he hadn’t taught Dad how to make phone calls, how would I end up receiving harassing calls from my old dad every two or three days, like he’s some old woman?
Mm, that’s right! Since it’s all Lucifer’s fault, then I’ll just have him reimburse my phone bill for this month.
You know, in a remote place like Hell, cross-realm long-distance call fees are super expensive, and with Dad calling three or four times a day like this… Hehe.
Iphilia, who was silently making a note against Lucifer in her heart and already starting to imagine his pained expression, had a delighted smile tugging at the corners of her lips.
Paired with her angelically gentle and beautiful, delicate face and slightly youthful appearance, she looked just like a mischievous little girl whose prank had succeeded.
If anyone else were present at this moment, they probably wouldn’t be able to resist rushing forward to hug her tightly and rub their face all over hers.
Of course, such behavior would inevitably be met with Iphilia’s righteous judgment (referring to a rocket headbutt).
“Cough cough… Actually, Dad didn’t call this time for any major issue. After all, even if my dear daughter, you, were really caught by that bunch of messy-feathered birdmen, Dad would definitely lead all of Hell’s forces to attack Heaven one more time and rescue my most precious daughter!”
“Hehe.”
Iphilia’s “hehe” wasn’t to mock Satan for bragging.
After all, as his only precious daughter, she knew very well that Satan wasn’t joking; he really was capable of doing such a thing!
He wasn’t the kind of bragging old dad who only made empty promises; when things happened, he truly acted!
“Since Old Dad, you’re not worried about this matter, then could you please tell your daughter, what exactly do you want, making three cross-realm long-distance calls a day”
Iphilia was no longer in a hurry to hang up the phone as before.
Since she had already decided to let Lucifer be the scapegoat, she naturally didn’t need to worry about the phone bill anymore.
On the contrary, she rather hoped her old dad could “wrap some wheels” more.
She was already somewhat impatient to see Lucifer’s face full of black lines! Hehe, it would definitely be quite interesting!
“It’s not that I want anything, I just want to care about you, daughter. Did you eat well for dinner? Were you injured during your operation? When are you coming back to Hell to see your old dad, me?”
Alright, no need to listen anymore. Iphilia already knew what her old dad would say next.
As for the reason she knew…
Let’s put it this way, the question he asked during his cross-realm call at noon today was: whether she had eaten her fill for lunch, and whether he should have Mephistopheles transfer some more pocket money to her account.
Actually, regarding her old dad’s terminal stage daughter-doting attribute, Iphilia found it very hard to believe when she had just become a demon.
The dignified Lord of Hell, the symbol of blood and terror, Satan, was actually a severe daughter-supremacist, a heavy daughter-doter!?
Who would believe that if it were said out loud?
Even Chinese light novels wouldn’t dare to write it like this, right?
But, the facts were right in front of her. No matter how much Iphilia couldn’t believe it, facts were facts!
This guy was an incurable daughter-doter!
And the reason why Iphilia currently lived in a human city instead of Hell also had an inseparable connection to her old dad’s severe daughter-doting attribute!
Simply put, Iphilia worried that if she were in Hell, her willpower would be completely worn down by a life like that of a celestial being!
Thinking back to that year in Hell, apart from the time spent practicing magic, Old Dad doted on her to death in almost every aspect!
If she wanted to eat something, he would send Mephistopheles to get it; if she wanted something, he would have Lucifer arrange it.
If she lived continuously in such an environment where clothes came without needing to reach out, and food came by just opening her mouth, even Iphilia couldn’t guarantee whether she would stick to her ideal of pursuing justice.
Such a life probably wouldn’t even be available if one ascended to Heaven, right?
For example, there was one time Iphilia, in order to make things difficult for her old dad, deliberately mentioned in front of Satan that she wanted to know what dragon meat tasted like.
And guess what? After Satan heard it, he slammed the table on the spot, picked up a bloody greatsword forged from lava, and personally went to the Dragon’s Village, and then…
In less than half an hour, he returned, dragging an almost thousand-meter-long black dragon that was on its last breath.
Iphilia at that time: !!!
He even, to let Iphilia have a bite of fresh meat, specifically kept it barely alive, just to kill and cook it fresh after returning to Hell!
All in all, to prevent herself from being spoiled by this convenient old dad, a year later, after Iphilia had thoroughly mastered all the magic she had studied, she resolutely left Hell and returned to the human world to live alone, leaving only the solitary old man Satan drifting alone in the fiery winds of Hell.
Who knew that this terminal-stage daughter-doter wouldn’t give up!
He even rather cunningly learned from Lucifer how to use a mobile phone, calling her with harassing calls from morning till night every day, without even considering the phone bill.
Seriously, if Satan weren’t genuinely doting on her as his daughter, and if his feelings for her weren’t absolutely real, Iphilia would definitely have blacklisted this damn daughter-doter without hesitation.