61 – Cold
“Cough, Cough… Etch.”
Like an old, sick old man living alone, the dry cough didn’t stop.
“What can I do! Oh my god! Oh my god! Heel! Heel! Heel!”
‘Would wearing heels cure a cold?’
A demon lord whimpering around the bed. She was a woman who used various recovery magic, but she couldn’t get rid of her cold.
‘… It’s really going to end.’
This is all because of that bastard.
*
Last night.
The Demon King and I were chatting under the covers. Then, in the middle of the night, an intruder came. The guy who introduced himself as a water wizard or something suddenly turned the inside of the castle into a sea of water.
“No! Please don’t turn my house into a bathhouse!”
Even the demon king’s screams didn’t stop him. Thanks to that, even I became like a drowning mouse.
-Soowook
Pair!
-Kwaguawang!
After that, it was as usual.
‘…It’s all wet.’
Oops! Paper crane!
Just like the last children’s book burned, paper cranes could also get wet.
If the devil’s paper crane is destroyed in that way, the lies will be hidden forever, so should we be happy or hate the devil’s sadness?
-Wack
Fortunately or unfortunately, the paper crane was unharmed.
-Dumbing, rummaging
Unlike the guy who brought the board game the other day, the devil rummages through the body of an intruder who didn’t bring any luggage. The water wizard’s burden was a single money bag in his bosom.
“I still have some coins. Hee hee I have to put it in the piggy bank.”
It refers to the piggy bank in the middle of the hallway that she is filling up to buy her Eternity Orb.
– Jjallang, jjallang
The demon king smirks as he puts coins one by one into the piggy bank. The house was ruined by a flood… Even if I lived my whole life, I wouldn’t be able to follow half of her affirmation.
“… Did you get together a lot?”
“Yes. Then. How heavy has it become?”
-Wack
Raising the piggy bank like a chubby baby goat, she glared at me and said.
“I told you the other day… I know you will get really scolded if you take coins out of here.”
A black aura rises from her danjeon.
“I won’t take it out.”
“Whoops. That’s it! Let’s get him out quickly and let’s talk again.”
“Yeah…. Eh, ehch!”
*
Maybe because my whole body is soaked.
Or maybe it’s because she’s always telling her lies about being nice and kind, and making her cry every day.
I caught a bad cold.
-Chabak, chabak, chabak, chabak
The demon king with a frightened face moves busily, stamping his feet on the stone floor.
-Chabak, chabak, chabak, chabak
“No, no, no.”
I repeat the same words and only cast healing magic on me. If this were a game, I would have gone bankrupt even with the mana potion I spent today.
-Through
When I closed my weak eyelids, the demon king came running in surprise again.
“No! Why, why close your eyes?”
“… Let’s close our eyes.”
“Keep your eyes open. I mean, I’m anxious.”
What’s wrong with a cold?
… Of course, it would be sophistry to say that there are no hospitals or cold medicines here, and that there is nothing wrong with a cold that lowers the body’s immunity.
“Coke!, Coke…”
Let’s vomit another harsh cough, and the demon king jumps up.
“Heel! Cleansing! Cure! Restore!”
… Stop it. You can’t.
The bright light did not cease from the white hand that the demon king stretched out. Of course, her mana is close to infinite, but if she used it like that, wouldn’t she get a little tired?
“uuu…”
The demon lord, who was spinning around the bed, puts his head on my chest where I am lying on my stomach.
… At this point. I’m going to have a big day.
Colds are not the problem.
The face of the demon king is dark. No more ringing this week. It’s over the limit.
“It’s okay. Is it really just a cold? It is a disease that heals quickly.”
“uuu… Lie…”
Unlike her, she harbors deep doubts about my words.
Why? If it’s the usual innocent demon king, ‘Yes! Then I’ll read it from the perspective of an omniscient donkey next to you!’
“I’m not lying. And since you can carry it… get out of my room.”
“I don’t like…”
… Yes. Could he catch a cold?
No matter how much he gets hit by the vaccine, he won’t be able to follow even the feet of the demon lord’s constant buff.
-Through
I closed my sleepy eyes.
“No! Do not be sleep! If you sleep, you will die!”
The demon king is torn apart like a mountaineer who has fallen between some kind of Everest crevasse.
“… I need to sleep. You’ll be fine when you wake up.”
“Lies! What if I don’t wake up forever?”
The demon king climbed onto my upper body and looked down at me.
“… Wake up. I’ll wake up. It’s just a cold.”
“Uhhhhh…”
It rang at last. I, the Thoroughbred of Demon King Crying, committed another one.
The demon king said to make a promise finger and promise to be safe. If someone finds out that we’re doing this because of a cold, we’ll spit and leave.
“I promise.”
“Wait, make a promise to paper cranes.”
She lowered her neck and the origami crane dangling from her dangle came down in front of her face.
…
I made a promise finger, put my ring finger on the tail, and stamped the crane’s head with my thumb. Only then did the demon king move over me and get down from the bed.
“… I have to warm it up first.”
Then, I lifted my head slightly and wrapped the scarf she had given me as a gift. Knowing that I have a weak neck, I seemed to be careful not to touch that part.
‘… It’s warm.’
“And. Umm… again.”
When the demon king snapped his fingers, round black flames rose around the bed.
“This will keep you warm.”
‘… Get rid of it. It seems like I’ve become a victim of black magic.’
*
“What, do you need anything?”
‘… A doctor.’
There’s no way
.
“…Do you have any medicine?”
“… uuu…”
… Yes, something like cold medicine in the Demon King’s Castle. There could be
The demon lord slumped over the helplessness of the demon lord’s castle where there was nothing. Wow, can you look darker than me?
Then, as if he had remembered something good, he opened his half-closed eyes and said.
“Right! What do you want to eat?”
“… Before, the secret pork belly you ate alone.”
I joked to laugh because his expression was so bad, but the demon king’s face turned blue. Because yesterday was the last pork belly.
“… I’m bad. Because I… ate it all by myself.”
The demon king tried to punch his face with his dainty fist. No! If you get hit by that, you’ll lose too!
“No, I’m kidding!”
I quickly grabbed the demon king’s white arm.
“Hey! Is it time to joke!? Do you know how I feel right now!?”
He doesn’t even have a fever like me, but the demon king’s face is flushed with electricity. This is what it means to die from a cold.
“Sorry!”
I managed to get her to put her finger down.
“T-Tell me what you want to eat. Huh?”
“…Chicken.”
…
“Chicken? What is it?”
Is it because you’re sick… Or is it because of the fever? Baek Dong-ha. In the demon castle where there is nothing.
Is it because I stuck with her all the time? These days, I sometimes feel like a child.
“You said it wrong. Boiled canned beans. That’s all you need.”
“… Ah, wait a minute!”
-Tadada dat!
The Demon King runs out of the door.
-Peakkom
Not long after I left, I came back and pushed my head through the crack in the door.
“… I’m sorry… I don’t have any medicine or doctors.”
“… Coke, it’s okay.”
*
-Knee
My nose is blocked and I can’t taste anything. My throat feels sore and I force myself to eat just enough to satisfy my hunger.
“I ate well.”
I ate about four tablespoons and returned it. I don’t think I can eat more than this.
“Why… Why? Why don’t you eat more…?”
‘…My throat hurts.’
To be honest, the demon lord must be nervous.
“I ate a lot. I am full.”
“uuu… My friend doesn’t eat like usual, munching, squeaking…”
f*ck! When did I get so dirty!
…
I think it was like that when I first ate kimchi stew here. This is why first impressions of people are important.
“Now I really need to get some sleep… Cough! Coke! Quarlock!”
I turned my head away from the demon king and fired the cough I was holding back. After getting her out of her room, I tried to soothe her tickling throat, but in the end, she failed.
“Ah! No way! Please! Please! Do not do that! Yah! Ugh…”
… Why are you making such a fuss? Even if I try to get better, I will return.
“… I’m really fine. Go out now I think you should get some rest.”
“Lies. Are you going to die If left alone…”
“Really. Leave me alone for a bit.”
Then, as if he knew that there should be no more demon kings, he shuffled his feet and closed the door.
It’s been a while. That door is closed
…
*
Cough, Cough, Cough…
My throat feels itchy, as if someone put a feather pen in my throat and tickles it, and every time I cough, my head throbs like a 3-700-chi Hell Chang-hyung acupressure on my temples with the tips of my fingers. I just want to die.
– Dongha!
-Mr. Dongha?
-Dongha!
I feel like I hear the voices of b*tches like the grim reaper for no reason.
‘… Whoa…’
As the body becomes impoverished, the bad past naturally comes back. Looking back, it wasn’t the first time I caught a cold in this world. I’ve had a bad cold in the past and had to take a day off.
– Dongha. Welcome to the hospital.
-…Nine? Coke, Coke! For some reason… What is this basket?
-Why did you come empty-handed?
-… You must have been human too. I’m sorry I put in a request to the raid guild to subdue you last time.
-Come on, open the basket.
-… That’s it. Coke! Later. I feel so bad right now.
-At times like this, you have to work harder. Hurry.
-… Well, thank you.
-… These are women’s clothes? Isn’t it like fruit?
-Yes. Suck until an hour later.
f*ck b*tch.
My head is tighter because of Nine. If I go to sleep now, I think I will have a bad dream.
…
I can’t help it. Still. I have to fall asleep.
*
“…”
How long have you been asleep? Her whole body was swollen.
Take a breath. I hoped that the condition would stop at least a little, but the sore head and stuffy neck lightly broke my expectations.
…
-Sueuk
I turned around and saw the demon king sitting next to me and looking down. You’re a tree frog that doesn’t listen to me when I say go out.
When I opened my eyes and our eyes met, a red light appeared on my bloodless face.
“I told you to leave… you’re infected.”
“… This.”
…
The demon king handed me a bottle I had never seen before. It’s definitely something I haven’t seen among the Demon King’s few tableware.
“What is this?”
“Drink. It’s medicine.”
…?
“About? Where did you get it from?”
“Eh. Drink it once It is a medicine that can cure any disease.”
The demon king quickly recommended me to drink. Where the hell did you get the medicine from? Medicines in this world are incredibly valuable.
A drug that cures everything?
It’s kind of cheap.
“…Okay.”
-Pong
Remove the stopper from the bottle. I just frowned and drank…
?
Isn’t it just water? Fresh water.
…
“Where did you get this?”
“…I bought it. Go outside.”
… You bought it?
From noble mtl dot com
Going out?
“Uh, how is it? Are you okay?”
The Demon King asked with a look of anticipation. If you drank some water, you’ll be fine. Where did you get scammed from?
“… I feel better.”
“…Whoa…”
At my words, she let out a sigh of relief.
-Jureureuk
-Pulseok
Two streams of tears flowed down her cheeks as if the tension in her whole body had eased. My name is Baek Dong-ha. He is the Guinness record holder for making the devil cry. It’s just f*cking garbage.
“I’m glad… Black.”
“… Hey. Why are you crying. I’m fine now.”
“… But… I almost killed you here… Here…”
“Cold? What to die And why is it because of you?”
“No. It’s because of me You are here because of me, and there are no doctors or medicines here.”
…
Now what?
The demon king blamed himself and hit him on the head with his fist. I was afraid that my hand would be smashed while drying, but I held it in and grabbed the devil’s white forearm again.
“It’s okay. I also took medicine.”
“… I’m not okay.”
“I’ll get better soon… Huh?”
… What is this?
There is a small scratch on the devil’s soft cheek. First time. To see the devil’s wounds. She, like me, had red blood.
…
A demon king? Hurt?
Why?
“You… here… hurt.”
“… I must have been injured while cooking.”
“…?”
“Rather than that, do you really think you’re going to be okay?”
“Uh. I feel better.”
She even lied about the cupronickel hat again, but her white arms still trembled as if she was so scared.
“Wait, you… Take a break.”
Then, the weak demon king walks step by step towards the door.
– Chabak, chabak.
She grabbed her doorknob and turned to me.
-Wack
It stayed like that for a long time.
“…”
“…Why?”
The demon king didn’t answer. She had an expression that seemed to fill up with something inside her.
-Wack
I just left.
…
What kind of worried face is that?
Her complicated expression doesn’t escape her head.
…
-Pulseok
I lay down again. Let’s sleep one more time. You should get well soon. To lie that the cold was cured thanks to the fresh water the demon king saved.
*
Could a cold be a disease that can be cured with spirit alone?
I really took a deep breath and woke up and felt better. The headache disappeared, and my body felt light. If you do this, you can really convey your gratitude to the demon king.
-Because you’re all healed?
-Wow!
I have to tell you soon. I want to see the happy face of the Demon King.
-Sueuk
-Turbuck, turbuck
-Kiik
I got out of bed and opened the door. As it was, I headed towards the kitchen where the Demon King would be.
…
Huh?
I stopped my steps, which had been indifferent to the sense of heterogeneity.
…
Where did you go?
A piggy bank that the devil used to refill coins while defeating intruders. Even a dedicated wooden desk was made and the piggy bank placed in the middle of the hallway disappeared.
…
No way?
I don’t think so.
– Contusion! Bruise!
I arrived at the kitchen. Dark kitchen with lights off. The demon king was lying face down with both arms covering his face. Even when he was drinking before, the demon king lay down like this.
-You’re here now… If you don’t leave… You’re here…
?
What are you talking about? The demon king was lying on his stomach and mumbling, changing his accent as if he were rehearsing something.
“Hey.”
The demon king, who had been muttering something at my call, suddenly raised his head.
“… What!? Uh, when did you come?”
“Just now.”
“Are you okay now!?”
As if he had been crying all day, the demon king, whose eyes were swollen, asked in anticipation.
“It’s perfectly fine. Everything was fine It’s all because of that drug.”
“Wow, wow..! Thank god. I… I know you’re wrong… Ugh.”
The demon king swept his chest several times. I will never have to worry about someone this much because of a cold again in my life.
“…But what about the piggy bank?”
“…That, that’s…”
“Did you buy the medicine with that?”
“…”
…
‘This idiot…’
Did you give all the money you saved to some swindler to buy fresh water?
It’s a coin that you collect one or two while being attacked every day. He said he was going to buy an eternal orb that he couldn’t even buy.
…
“Thank you so much.”
… What else can I say. To her.
A demon king who knows nothing about worldly affairs spent all his money on me.
To express gratitude to a friend for his sincerity. That’s all you can do to the demon king who bought fresh water with all your possessions.
“…More than that.”
“… Huh?”
-Gulp
A lot of spirit went into the demon king’s body.
-Tumbling
Her delicate body trembled.
“Whoa, whoa…”
The demon king takes a deep breath.
…
The demon king who called me was silent for a while. Is he fighting a war alone in his head? His face wrinkled, then straightened, then relaxed. The expression that had been spinning for a while suddenly stopped.
I don’t know because she doesn’t make that expression often, but I know one thing. That her expression was made after thinking and thinking over and over again.
With that look on her face, she stared at her origami crane for a while, then moved her gaze to me.
“This, you know. Therefore.”
Your voice is so trembling that it’s almost pitiful.
“…Why?”
“… You, you get out of here. If you don’t leave, I’ll kill you…”