24 – Why did I do that?
I lie down.
Now, even if you call it ‘my room’, you won’t feel out of place here.
There was no blood on my hands, and no water that washed away the blood.
Why?
For some reason, I couldn’t decapitate her in the end.
Because I’m a proud knight who doesn’t attack sleeping opponents? No.
You don’t want to get out of here and return to Earth? Absolutely not.
Whatever the reason, I came back to the pen on my own feet, like a sheep on the pasture. The opportunity I kicked with my feet today may never come back again.
But why?
‘I didn’t want to kill you.’
Maybe she has her magic cast on her. I wished for the many guys who had invaded this place so far. I hope you cut off the head of the demon king, and bring liberation to my soul bound here.
‘I don’t know…’
The drunkenness went away quite a bit, and even after thinking about it for several hours, it was difficult to find the reason. No, in fact, I came up with a very faint reason for being stepped on, but it was so bizarre that I quickly discarded it.
‘… Do I have affection for the Demon King?’
Damn it.
Whatever the reason, what I did as a prisoner, as a person trying to escape, is an incorrigible fool. That one thing is certain. It was nonsense to think of ways to escape again from tomorrow.
‘I can’t sleep.’
… Doesn’t he catch a cold?
A demon king who wears only a thin dress every day. Even after being hit by Dorothy’s absolute zero, she was fine, but now that her magical power has weakened, I don’t know.
… Shall we drink some water?
*
– Jeobeok, Jeobeok.
It was when I got out of my room and almost reached the kitchen.
‘… Huh?’
A low, plaintive cry.
I let go of all my strength at the insincere step and put it down carefully. Then he poked his head out and looked into the kitchen.
!
-Uhhhhh!
The Demon King.
That Demon King.
Sitting on a chair at the table, she was crying sadly, with tears and runny nose.
As if sadness overflowed her little body. Her whole body trembled and suffered.
…
I felt very dangerous under my feet. I can’t walk because I’m afraid I’ll break like stained glass stepping on a skyscraper.
As if he had witnessed a crime scene, he silently backed away.
I went straight to my room, under the blanket, and closed my eyes, hoping that Suma would come soon.
*
‘…’
I opened my eyes to the delicious smell. What I can still see is the ceiling of my room in the Demon King’s Castle.
Yesterday, I went through various things, and I had high hopes that there might have been some change… But it’s still everyday life.
‘It smells like grilling meat.’
-Brush
Remove the blanket, stand up, and stretch.
‘Huh?’
I didn’t have a hangover at all. There was no way this would happen. Yesterday I overdid my dose. How it happened
‘… Is it the demon king?’
Before I woke up, I might have cast a purification spell on him and left.
– Jeobeok, Jeobeok
Now, as if her promise had been fulfilled, she naturally heads to her kitchen.
‘…The last time yesterday was…’
The demon king wailed and cried as if about to be torn to pieces. In fact, I think that appearance is probably an illusion created by intoxication. I’m thinking. For some reason, the fact that she was drunk and crying… She was left there alone and crying came to me with fear.
‘Just around the corner.’
There will be a kitchen, and there will be a demon king.
-Wack
… As expected.
“Are you awake?”
“….. Uh.”
The demon king was grilling meat on the fire and fanning the smoke. Towards my room.
“… What are you doing?”
“I was waking you up. I tried to wake you up with ‘Call of the Berserk Dragon’, but I changed it to luring you with the smell of meat.’
What is that technical name that makes your eardrums tear apart?
“… What’s that in a paper crane?”
“No, I saw today that the paper crane broke its neck, right? So I put a bandage on it.”
…
As if nothing had happened. Everything has its place A strange sense of relief came to the appearance of the demon king, who was infinitely close to everyday life.
“…I’ll eat well for now.”
The moment he took a fork out of the cutlery box and reached for the meat the king was grilling
-Chang!
?
‘What, what? Is it a barrier’
There’s a barrier around the frying pan that’s really f*cking hot.
“It’s okay. You. Then you tried to eat this expensive meat for free?”
The demon king shook his head as if he could not be saved and said.
“Come to think of it, did you sleep, feed, clothe, and even wash for free?”
‘When did you ask me to do that? It’s just you locked up! And damn, did you secretly wash me while I was sleeping!?’
Chills stood at the level of s*xual harassment on a different level. This year. In the Republic of Korea, a country ruled by law with a 99 percent arrest rate, people will be arrested in less than half a day.
“… What is it?”
I was hungry, and I wouldn’t have had the option of saying no. Let’s just play the game quickly and throw it away and eat some meat before it cools down.
*
The one she bet on was the Iron Fist Revenge match. After losing to me, she secretly did special training at dawn, she says. How sincere are you really?
– It’s a joke!
Last time, I was embarrassed by the unexpected onslaught of beginners and gave up quite a score. However, there was no way that her spirit could reach me, a ranker who was 100% stance without any loopholes from the beginning.
– It’s a joke! It’s stupid! It’s stupid! It’s stupid! It’s stupid!
A demon character who was beaten and killed by the 5 wind gods of my main character. She puffed up as her face inflated like a balloon. It tasted very salty.
“This… This… How this…”
The demon king with an expression of disbelief. I touched the fallen demon character on the screen, but of course, there was no such thing as him being revived just by flicking the screen glass.
“… Come on, hit me. It’s a promise. It’s a joke. Hit that.”
She said, spreading her arms and touching her stomach.
“… No.”
“Hurry up and hit me. What are you doing? Are you looking at me? Hit me quickly?”
“…You have to remove the auto-reflection buff to hit it.”
“… It’s such a waste.”
This evil b*tch. Who the hell to make Captain Hook.
*
I almost choked while eating meat.
“Why, why?! I don’t know what it is, but I’m so f*cking sorry!”
Isn’t she suddenly bowing her head to me at the head of her table? I could hear the demons who had died so far wailing in hell.
“… This is the posture of asking… I have a request.”
-Gulp
What is it? It’s a request from the woman who reigns as the king of all demons. I was already prepared to give up an arm or so in my heart.
“I’m a b*tch, teach me…”
…
‘… Whoa.’
Isn’t this something I can hope for?
“…Okay. I have a condition instead. I’ll teach you, so don’t play other games until you defeat me with an iron fist…”
-Pajijijik!
!?
Lightning passed right next to my ear. I saw the black smoke rising from the tip of the devil’s index finger. No need to ask who shot it.
“Huh? Oh, there’s a fly in the back. But what did you say?”
“What price do you want between us? Of course you have to teach me.”
She accepted her as her disciple with a benevolent smile on her face. Even if you have a pretty face and a cute demeanor, if you go out a little bit, you’re a beam. There is no such thing as Hitler very.
After eating, we came to water the cabbage field. If you can make a sun the size of the palm of your hand, why are you handing it out one by one with a watering can? Have no clue
“It’s a big deal! A cabbage worm has appeared!”
“Yes. That’s too bad… Hey! Why, why are you pushing my back?!”
“They say it’s national rule for men to catch cabbage worms.”
Rules of the country… Like a four-year-old child, he learns languages very quickly.
‘Sometimes they say they won’t make me do things I don’t like… No… More than that.’
Here above the clouds, why are there cabbage worms?
“Wouldn’t it kill the bugs if I shot that beam of light that you use to catch flies?”
“What are you talking about? Then the cabbage becomes a lump of charcoal. You’re stupid?”
Then f*ck. Why doesn’t he care about stinging me when he catches flies?
“… Hey, I don’t like bugs either…”
As if it was an expected reaction, the demon king took out a coin tied to a thread from her pocket.
“Look here. Hon if you look elsewhere. You like bugs… You like bugs…”
“f*ck! Okay! I’ll catch it, so don’t make me an insect-eater!”
Crying and eating mustard, I caught and stole cabbage worms. His bullying style is very similar to Dorothy’s. He doesn’t hesitate to use force to get what he wants.
‘I should have killed him yesterday.’
You’ll regret it in less than a day… Stupid. Yes let’s kill today This time, I literally ate it with binge.
“Would you like another drink? Today?”
“If a man keeps asking for a drink, they say you shouldn’t drink. It was like that in a storybook.”
It is a practical children’s book that can be used as a compass for life. The personality of this monster here must have been the work of the nobleman. Writer, be careful at night.
“Utchacha… I picked out everything to pick out with this… I gave it all the water.”
The Demon King, with his arms stretched out, knocked on the cart.
“Now, you pull this.”
“…”
*
After her dinner, she decided to bet who would do her dishes, and she did. She said that she would play rock-paper-scissors accordingly, but she was rejected because she didn’t want to look at a game that involved luck now. Oak barrel roulette will also end service sooner or later, she says.
“…I’m going to sleep now.”
It would be disappointing if you stick around and ask to do a little farm. I quickly cleared the table and turned to my door.
“You know. I will tell you my secret.”
“… What?”
She ran to her room and brought her piggy bank.
“You said you were curious about what to buy with this?”
“… A little bit.”
“……. You said you were curious, right?”
“I think I’m going to die because I’m so damn curious. Could you please tell me?”
She smiled broadly and shook her piggy bank.
“… hehehe. Friend. Friend.”
“… What?”
“Yes. I will buy a friend.”
… I never thought human trafficking would be a hobby. In fact, this world is a place where prostitutes in the slums and children who are not sick are caught and sold in the slave market. There’s nothing strange about a wickedly evil demon king having such a hobby.
Even so, I was reluctant and couldn’t help but ask.
“… It’s about saving people, right?”
“What? Do you see me as the villain?”
You’re a villain. Demon King of Evil.
“I will buy the Eternity Orb.”
…What?
“What is the Eternal Orb…”
“I know. You make a target with a limited life force live permanently, right?”
The demon king’s mouth was wide open and he clapped in claps.
“Right! That’s right! I will make friends with it!”
“You want to use it for something like a summoned skeleton?”
“Yes! How is it? Good idea”
…
The reason she is saving her money is revealed. That must have been the reason.
‘I’m sorry, but your wish won’t come true.’
I heard that there are less than 10 Eternal Orbs left on the continent. The amount is astronomical. Even if that little piggy bank was full and increased by the number of coins in it, I probably wouldn’t be able to live.
“…Yes. I would like to collect them.”
“Yes!”
She smiled brightly. Even so, she let out a sad smile. I could clearly see the difference.
“I’m going to bed.”
“Yes.”
*
I lie down looking at the black ceiling. I couldn’t sleep because I was nervous as if the drawer in the room was open.
‘… I’m sick. It’s serious.’
Daily life in Mawang Castle was no different from usual. I felt a strange relief in this daily life today.
Is this the right attitude for a person who wants to escape?
‘Calm down.’
Just because I didn’t kill her yesterday doesn’t change how I am. It was just rain. Due to the reverse of emotions that can’t even explain themselves.
But.
Why, yesterday I was so desperate to get out that I messed with her mind, but today I’m worried about her feelings.
‘Now that I’ve done that… I’m not in a good mood.’
It wasn’t sweet at all, like a piece of cake covered in muddy water.
‘Next time… Let’s use a different method.’
It’s hard to explain why I’m doing this to her… But I don’t really want to hurt her with my own hands. Either physically or mentally.
…
“Why? Do you have something to say?”
I turned my head and asked the door.
The Demon King is standing in front of my door. Often there are times like that. A sign that is no longer unfamiliar.
-Now?
“I don’t sleep.”
Today’s day.
The demon lord laughed as usual, played games as usual, and was mean as usual. If so, maybe it’s time for it to be a little darker as usual.
– You know. Do you like playing with me
“Yes.”
A usual question with a fixed answer. I didn’t hesitate.
-…hehehehe…hehehehe.
From the other side of the door, the face of the smiling demon king was drawn covering his mouth with his palm.
-Tell me again. Do you like to play with me?
“Good.”
-Do you like playing with me?
“Yes.”
-The two of us, do you like to play?
“Yes. Good.”
-Me too. By the way.
“…”
It wasn’t until after a while that she spoke her mind.
-You know what I said earlier. Eternal Orb. After saving up the money to buy it…
And after a long time passed, the next words were put together.
-After an accident… Then… You’ll have friends… Then, if you want… Yes, you can go out.
I couldn’t see it, but I could feel her neck vibrate. It is a habit. A habit that comes out when you forcefully squeeze out words that are difficult to say.
‘Does he remember… I hope he forgets.’
Memories of yesterday’s awkward drinking party. I hope the demon king will forget the muddy-like memories of getting nothing.
…
‘… I won’t let you out of here.’
She’ll never get her orb.
‘Then…’
Then you’d be saying she wouldn’t mind telling you some lies that made her feel better.
“I’m not going out.”
-…… Huh? What now?
“I’m not going out. If the number of friends increases, the three of us can play together.”
-……?!
…
-Jump! Jump! Jump!
After a while, I heard the sound of her footsteps jumping excitedly in all directions. It must be the bean-bean sound she makes when she is jumping for joy.
Hearing that sound made her feel a little better. Only then did my eyes slowly close.