46 – Ghost Plateau (3) Camping
“Now, this nail-shaped thing is a pack! Something like this is called a string, and it connects the tent ceiling and floor…”
She explained camping terms with excitement, like a child describing stag beetles she caught on summer vacation.
“So, you connect the pack by inserting it into this groove?”
“Right! Smart you.”
“Then shall we assemble it now?”
“Yes!”
-Kujak, Kujak
-Chabak, chabak, chabak
-Kirik! Kirik!
-Cheap! Cold!
Her whole body making the tent does not think to stop.
…
The tents in the books that she read worn out, such as And , Were always placed on the table. They are now becoming a reality before her eyes.
“Here! We have to hammer here first.”
“Yes. I’ll go.”
-Quack, knock, knock
“It’s getting more and more similar to what I saw in the book!”
Simply setting up a tent on the ground made her happy, as if she were building a great secret base.
“All right. Now, if you build the skeleton…”
The skeleton of the tent bent and crossed in the middle. The doom-shaped structure that rose up was completed, and she jumped up and overjoyed.
“Woowa … It actually looks like this.”
…
How many times did she assemble an imaginary tent at the top of the tower? As much as the dinosaur doll in the sack? As much as the coins in the piggy bank I saved to buy the Eternity Orb?
“Now I just need to put on the cloth!”
“Yes. Walk on a wire here…”
-Kirik, Kirik.
-Woe!
“Wow!”
When the tent curtain was hung on the frame and erected, all the crumpled wrinkles were smoothed out and tightly wrapped around the tent.
‘Oh…’
A space that won’t be cramped even for two adult males. It is the perfect tent.
-Tadadat
She slipped into the tent. And then I lay down on the dirt floor and rolled around.
“What, what are you doing?”
“Hee hee hee. Ehehehehe!”
This tent has an open floor, so you have to sit on something. Of course, the place she tumbles is the sticky dirt floor of the Ghost Highlands.
“How are you! It’s our tent!”
“But…”
– Tuk, Tuk
She went up to her and brushed the dirt off the black dress she had been wearing today with her hand.
She yanked my arm as she brushed her off.
-Quadang!
I fell right next to her. Hooked! His face was buried in the dirt, not knowing what was buried underneath.
“Hey…”
“Kihihihi, ahahahahaha! Your face is so funny!”
She laughed as she lay on her floor and held her stomach.
… Isn’t this usually done at the sea or in the valley?
A demon lord who unknowingly applies a mud pack to someone who tried to shake off the dirt. This is why they don’t harvest animals with black hair.
“Eight.”
She scooped up some dirt with her hand and put it on her cheek.
“Ahahahahaha! It looks like a half-moon bear!”
…It must be a panda bear. And panda bears have stains on their eyes, not on their cheeks.
I couldn’t help it because the demon king’s animal dictionary was crap.
… In a situation like this, it would be the right thing to pay back, right?
I was going to scoop up some dirt and spread it all over her cheeks.
“Ah, will you do that!? For a moment!”
Then he starts to turn off all the buffs on his cheeks.
…Well, even if you try to play a joke, the process and procedures are so complicated… Won.
For a while, we played with the demon king who removed all the buffs on his features, putting mud on each other’s faces. I can’t help it even if I’m mad
At first, I started to match her rhythm… But honestly, it was a bit… No, it was quite enjoyable.
“Uh ha ha ha… Hee hee… I think I’m going to die of laughter.”
… That’s troublesome.
“Should we prepare a bonfire now?”
“What, you?”
“…Why?”
“… Ehehehe. It’s always nice to see my friend’s smiling face.”
She laughed and stopped her movements and looked at my face.
‘…Did you just laugh? I.’
“Let’s go make a bonfire!”
“Yes.”
*
Her f*cking god must hate her. I don’t think I like that guy very much, but she seems to particularly dislike it. Proof of this is that I, who would have been second to none because of her unluckiness, had never beaten her to her oak barrel roulette, rock paper, scissors, or model crocodile games.
“…”
“…”
-Shoot aaa!
-Thuduk, thuduk, thuduk
A torrent of rain pours down, pounding hard on the floor of the always damp Ghost Highlands.
-Wack
-Wack
… Looking back at her demon lord, she hurriedly turns her head to the other side. It seems he doesn’t want to show me his disappointed face. At her feet is a barbecue set and precious pork belly. What I like.
“Wait until the rain stops, then bake and eat…”
There, he closed his mouth tightly. A long time ago, when I was wandering around looking for the stairs going up here with my party members, I remembered that it rained heavily.
-It rains here on the 32nd floor once every few months. It takes about a week to come once. By the way, Dong-ha, take your umbrella straight. Before putting cockroaches in your clothes when you sleep.
I was reminded of the laws of nature here with my f*cking conversation with Dorothy. Of course, today is once every few months after that.
“… How can it not be done with magic?”
“…Sorry. There is no such magic in this world.”
I know. Even so, I asked her about her anticipation, wondering if it would be possible if it were her.
She seems transcendent at times, but she doesn’t always get what she wants most. Skeleton friends, clean carpets, children’s books, and barbecue parties you may have been waiting for since now.
“… I can’t help it. Ehehehe…”
As she turned around, she forced a smile on her face, assuring me that it was okay.
…
“Let’s go to Mist Lake and eat barbecue.”
“…Yes.”
“Originally, playing inside a tent is fun.”
“… Yeah… Hee hee. You’re Camryn, but you keep pretending you know? Lol…”
She smiled broadly and pulled my hand into the tent.
-Shoot aaa!
The heavy rain pounded the ceiling of the tent roughly as if her laughter was not pleasing to her.
*
As we entered her tent, I was shocked by what she took out of her bag.
“… What is that?”
“Uh-huh-huh. I knew you would react that way.”
She holds a bag and shakes it.
“Me, me! You can follow Look Carefully.”
She suddenly refines her voice and prepares to copy her vocal cords.
“Wow, kimchi stew is so delicious.”
…
…
The voice, the lines, and the dick don’t even resemble each other. Sincerity. It’s so cheesy that chicken meat is sprouting on your arm.
“…”
“…”
I couldn’t even force myself to smile. Her face turns red
“I-I won’t give you this!”
She hides the bright red bag behind her back.
“Sorry! I’m sorry!”
The bag she hides is ramen noodles. It was also the food she most wanted to eat once she returned to Earth.
“How much are you sorry?”
“As much as paper cranes.”
“Okay. Pass.”
I made a very small bonfire on the floor. If you smoke it loudly like at a barbecue party, the rain and wind can spread the fire and burn the tent.
Of course, if it was her, it would be about removing the boiler in her room, but if it was me, it would be a fine powder the next day.
-Gurgling
The demon king pouring water into the pot.
“Stop. What are you doing?”
“Um? What’s the matter?”
She made a very little han river to see if she wanted to eat wheat flour soup instead of ramen. Five bags of soup are sure to be bland even if you pour them in.
“Water control is the life of Ramen.”
“Huh? Okay? Are there too many?”
“John… No, there are a lot anyway. From here on out, leave it to the experts.”
She took her pot initiative from her. She almost ate the one bag of ramen with water.
*
– Bubble Bubble Bubble
-Gulp
-Gulp
Rainy days, in tents, outdoors.
Indeed, the elements that make ramen the best are all beaten. It reminded me of an old cartoon where the main character with fire attribute abilities awakened and made the villains go sightseeing after entering magma.
-Gulp
Even the demon king looks at the ramen as it cooks, as if his salivary glands aren’t drying up. Perhaps, if an intruder kicks the pot, the Demon King will kill him this time.
“It is fully cooked.”
“Yes, yes… I am nervous.”
… Until I shudder.
No, it could be. From her point of view, this ramen is the food she has been looking forward to eating on her long-awaited trip.
“Give it to me. Bowl.”
“Oh, yes.”
I served her a bowl full of ramen in her favorite flower-patterned bowl.
“Uh… Uh… Hey. I have too many of mine.”
“There is no difference. Eat you.”
Why is she not so greedy even though she is her own… These days, I think that there is no title that is less suitable for her than the Demon King.
“Puff, puff and eat.”
“Yes. Whoo, whoop, hururuloop.”
…
…
“How is it?”
“Oops, this is…”
The demon king crouched down as if he were about to explode. And soon the pod! Stretched out and shouted
“Wow! Damn it, it’s delicious!”
“I can’t use that word.”
*
Even though we shared half of each, strangely, the amount was not lacking. Demon King listed the instant ramen he had just eaten for the first time in his life as the number one ‘most delicious food in the world’. Ssangsangba, who had been number 1 until then, had to step down from the throne.
“Haaam…”
“What? Are you sleepy?”
“… A little bit?”
I spent the whole day searching for treasure… Maybe it was because of the hibiscus flowers for a long time, so I was drowsy. The time would have been well past midnight. It would be much less active than when I was rolling outside in the past, but these days, when I was living peacefully with the demon king, I could have been overloaded.
“…Then would you like to lie down?”
“… Yes. That should be it.”
She spread her mat on her floor. Unlike her, I lie down right on top of her because her clothes are clean.
“Oh, I’ll change my clothes.”
-Wack
Before the demon king could tell me anything, he turned to the other side. I’ve had parties with only girls before, so it’s become a habit to look away immediately in situations like this.
-Brush, rustle
…
-Brush, rustle
– Plop
She lay down next to me.
‘…Reminds me of the past.’
The day the demon king secretly planned to escape. The day he made a rescue letter while bleeding his hands. She secretly lay on my back behind her, thinking I was sleeping, and the memory of her gone came back.
“… Are you going to sleep right away?”
I heard the demon king’s voice from the back of my neck.
“Huh? No. I am not that tired.”
-Shoot aaa!
-Tuduk, tududuk
…
“Eight.”
She put dirt all over my neck.
“Kiaaah! sh*t!”
?
Her
Her startled stare at her and she rolled behind her in her startle. She opened her mouth with surprised rabbit eyes.
“… Uh… That, that. As a joke…”
…
‘Alas.’
Back of the neck. Oddly enough, when I pressed this place, a very violent reaction came out. He was discovered by former party members and became a target for bullying.
– Puck!
-Kiaaah! f*ck!
-Kyahahahahaha!
-Good. Nine 3 points, now 2nd place behind Dorothy who is 5 points. It’s my turn this time.
-Stop throwing dirt. You rotten b*tch b*tches!
… I’m sure the demon lord wouldn’t be bothered by this…
“Mi, I’m sorry.”
…
Huh?
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know you would hate it that much.”
…
“… It’s okay. I didn’t even know.”
…
The demon lord rolled around because I screamed.
“… I’m fine too. A little surprised.”
I didn’t know that the boy who didn’t blink an eye even when a fire dragon flew in would be surprised that a mere porter shouted. She even felt guilty.
“Ah, yes. Sorry for yelling.”
…
The demon king kept glancing at the seat next to me like a puppy hungry for poop.
“…”
“…”
“Come if you want to come.”
He patted the seat next to him and said. Then, the demon lord’s expression suddenly brightened. Immediately get into gear and sit down next to you.
“…Ehehehe.”
“…”
“Hey, you know. There is something I want to do.”
The demon king said to me with his face blushing. You screamed a little while ago… I’ll listen to anything other than asking for a good night’s sleep or a golden hoe.
“…”
“… Tell me.”
“… I am here.”
The demon king just kept twitching his pale pink lips as if he was quite ashamed. Her cheeks glow redder than the color of her eyes.
“…Me. Can I give you an arm pillow?”
“…”
-Chuck
Since the demon king was lying on his left side, I gave an OK sign by extending my left arm. Then she gently puts her right cheek there.
‘… Soft.’
It’s not too heavy, and it’s incredibly soft. Her tiny breaths tickled her arms a little.
If I had been lying on her side, her horns would have hit her floor and she would have been sick. I’m glad.
“…”
“…”
Because I’ve been eye contact with the demon king for a while.
“… Hee hee hee.”
She laughed, opening her big mouth prettily.
Is it because of the trauma with the former party members? Because she was also a woman, I couldn’t always look at her face properly.
White and clean skin without a single blemish, pale pink lips that cannot be imitated with makeup tools such as lipstick or tint, and my favorite cheeks are dyed red. Her red eyes filled with my face above the tear point in an exquisite position brought me to the clichéd expression that shines like a jewel.
“… hehehehe. I am happy.”
…
Me too.
More than the first time she broke her bubble, more than when she got her hoodie from her, more than when she ate the pork belly she grilled.
You seem happy… Now.
“You know. Can I ask you a few more favors?”
“Uh.”
“Thank you. Then… Can I put my arms on your stomach?”
Since she’s smaller than I am, she’s practically asking if I can hold her.
“Uh. Of course.”
She put her arms around her and hugged her with a face that seemed to melt with joy. Her soft body touched me.
‘… Good. Smell.’
A fruity scent you’ve never tasted wraps around your whole body. It seemed to permeate all the scars in every corner of my body.
… I also felt that she was a woman.
“… Me.”
“… Uh, tell me.”
I liked her small, white arms. I felt that the Suma was slowly approaching.
“… I know I’m really greedy…”
“…”
“Can you tell me about your past? It’s okay to fall asleep while doing it.”
“…Yes.”
…That’s an old story.
A story from Earth?
No. Even so, she is the one who has lived a life disconnected from the outside world. You will not be able to understand. She doesn’t want to make her feel left out anymore.
… Ha ha.
After much deliberation, I decided to purify the story of my adventures after coming to this world.
“… So… First time in a rural village…”
In a daze, I unwrapped the bundle of her stories to her. Picking out the dirty things as much as possible, and picking out the fun things. Soon after, the bag was empty.
“…So then Nine…”
!?
“Why, why?”
Tears flowed from her eyes. It fell on my arm, which was being cut by gravity.
“Why? Why? Sorry. Don’t cry.”
Isn’t there a defense buff applied to the eyes as well? The bizarre thought of doing so came to my mind for a moment, but strangely, her hand moved first. She wiped the tears running down the corners of her pretty eyes. It does not dry even after wiping and wiping.
“Why? What could you say? Sorry.”
“…Sigh… Ugh… Black… Sorry… So dark… So sad…”
… Sad?
“What is…?”
“… Your story… Huh… Ugh…”
… Even though it was delivered in a very refined way, it seems that it was stimulating for her to hear. Apparently, I have a natural talent for making demon lords cry. That’s a f*cking talent.
“… I’m fine.. I’m with you now.”
“…Huh…hhhhh…”
The Demon King is crying with his ears red.
For me.
… I don’t know if this is correct.
-Kokok
I hugged the demon lord without hesitation at the subject of my cry. If there’s one thing she’s better than her, it’s the size of her body. She continued to sob in my arms.
…
Thank you.
…
She talked about the crop efficiency of her Little Farm potato farm to placate her. Then the demon king’s tears stopped. Suddenly, she stopped and told me the contents of two children’s books that burned until I fell asleep. As expected, it was also bizarre.
I think it would be okay to talk to her all night someday.
…
No more.
…
I am so sleepy.
…
Suddenly.
I have something I want to say to her.
“So. Then the Snow Queen…”
“You know.”
“… Huh?”
I cut off the words of the demon king who was probably talking about the Snow Queen. His sleepy eyes were closed, so he couldn’t see her face.
“…Why?”
“… I. You are the first friend I met in this world.”
“…”
I don’t remember from this point on. I fell asleep after saying this.
-Jureureuk
“I’m sorry. I just wiped away my tears.”