293. Because they did not ask about my happiness (3),
it was easy to catch the culprit.
***
On the second day, Deon didn’t come out of his room. He probably wants to rest because he had a lot of work the day before.
‘Or maybe he expected uncomfortable stares and avoided them.’
The Demon King quietly looked at the Demons who were conscious of Deonhardt’s empty seat. If Deon entered this place, he would probably have to receive a lot of attention.
‘Of course, I always received attention from demons… but this is different now.’
Seeing this makes me feel glad I got some rest.
Even if that wasn’t the case, if I came out here with the aftermath of yesterday clearly still remaining, I would have been subject to uncomfortable stares. Even just now, isn’t there a subtle sense of tension throughout the banquet hall?
‘I can’t believe I ended up becoming more nervous at a banquet that was meant to be relaxing.’
What is this when we are almost there? The Demon King let out a laugh.
‘What should I do about this, Deon? ‘Is it going to be difficult to be active in the future?’
In order to proceed smoothly in the future, we must erase some of the doubts about Deon Hardt. I wonder how Deon will get through this, but…
‘Well… I’m slowly running out of patience too. ‘It’s also frustrating to live without magical power.’
If possible, the Demon King was thinking of adding a little help this time as well.
Of course, even the ‘Devil King’ is under suspicion. If you go out and cover it carelessly, you will face backlash.
So, I think about ways to help him from a passive position.
The premise underlying the idea was realistic and not greedy.
‘It’s honestly impossible to completely eliminate suspicion about Deon.’
Because demons are not stupid. However, it may be possible to make it stop at only a slight suspicion.
So now I have to find a way…
“…What?”
The Demon King asked back as if he was taken aback by the situation he suddenly encountered at the place where the 3rd Corps Commander Ashild had called him and moved to his place.
“This guy dared to try to cause trouble.”
“I tried to cause discord between the corps. I hunted monsters at will in the territory of the 3rd corps and carved the number 4 in the territory of the 4th corps.”
“…under.”
As if assessing the situation, the gaze that had been going back and forth between Ashild and Idelia lowered slightly to focus on the messed up human.
The human brought in by Deon Hardt himself – Dan – was quietly lowering his head, as if he had left his master wandering around alone.
“You did something funny.”
The disaster occurred due to a slight misunderstanding between the two corps commanders.
The relationship between the 3rd and 4th corps commanders is not necessarily the worst. If I were to put it in easy-to-understand terms, it would be closer to a ‘slightly heated bickering’. It wasn’t that there was any major incident that caused us to fall out, it just happened naturally because our personalities didn’t match.
I don’t know what made him move so hastily, but this time he was uncharacteristically impatient.
‘Usually he had a calm demeanor and got along well with the corps commanders.’
While keeping the lead just barely.
Well, anyway, thanks to that, I came up with a way to lessen suspicion towards Deonhardt. The inside of the station glowed secretly with an ominous energy.
“This guy is Deon’s subordinate. Shouldn’t we call Deon?”
“…okay.”
The suspicion in the eyes of the two corps commanders can be seen growing. The Demon King nodded without hesitation. His hand went up and touched his temple, as if he was tired.
“I’m going to interrogate this guy in the basement, and you two go and get Deon.”
“All right.”
Ashild, who was tilting his head as to why they were ordering it from us and not the employees, soon lowered his head as if he understood.
I guess they were convinced by giving reasons such as ‘because he was a hero’ or ‘because he was the general commander’. I turned my head and looked at Idelia. She hesitated as if reluctantly, but when our eyes met, she rolled her eyes and lowered her head as well.
“then.”
The two corps commanders disappeared and the Demon King called a servant.
The demons who came inside are shocked when they see Dan’s condition. Either way, the Demon King pointed at Dan with his chin and gave an order.
“Take it and follow me.”
“yes yes.”
The servant trembles pitifully and carries the platform. His trembling grew even stronger when he realized that the direction the Demon King was going was underground, but he did not manage to drop the platform.
‘If you drop, you die… If you drop, you die…’
The servant, who had been carefully walking up the stairs step by step while reciting a spell that no one knew, raised his head when he realized that he had already arrived in the basement. The Demon King, who had gone about ten steps ahead, was looking back at him.
“Just put it somewhere.”
“yes.”
The worker did as instructed and faithfully placed the human in an empty spot. When I looked at the demon king with the meaning of what should I do now, the long-awaited command came back.
“Go back now.”
“yes!”
Lived!
The user quickly disappears upwards. The Demon King, who had been looking at the back as if he was taken aback by his honest attitude from beginning to end, looked down at Dan again. A complicated gaze met Dan.
‘…How should I get rid of this?’
The timing of what he did was good.
Because something happened the day before and this happened the very next day. With this one person, a way to allay doubts has been opened. In the first place, suspicions and rumors should be caught at the beginning, and this turned out to be very successful.
However, I wonder if this guy will be able to understand being told to die… I looked at him quietly and slowly opened my mouth.
“You…”
“I’ll carry everything with you.”
“….”
As if he knew what the Demon King was going to say, Dan struck first. For a moment, the Demon King’s expression became disturbed.
Dan grinned proudly.
“From the beginning, if something happened like this, I was planning to take it all on my own.”
From the beginning, it was a plan that had a high chance of being discovered. There’s no way they didn’t even take into account the number of cases in which they were caught.
“‘Deon Hardt’ will become a person who arouses suspicion simply because he has the wrong subordinates.”
“….”
From the Demon King’s silent attitude, Dan became convinced that what I intercepted was what the Demon King was trying to say. If it wasn’t for this, I would have said something else.
‘I wonder who is the devil.’
As the situation becomes like this, I immediately start thinking about taking advantage of my life. It’s a shame that I thought the same thing in advance and made a move, otherwise I would have felt quite a bit of resistance.
He continued speaking with a confident smile.
“Of course, there will be doubts about Deon Hardt’s insight in having me by his side…” “
…that can be alleviated to some extent by his recent attitude of distancing himself from you.”
“you’re right.”
“Ha…”
This guy was quite insane. …Well, there’s no way a person could be sane enough to live well in the demon world. The Demon King let out a sigh-like laugh.
‘But I guess it’s okay because I can take a breather with this.’
That’s good.
However, it seems that Dan was mistaken about one thing… but the Demon King chose to keep his mouth shut. Because it is more profitable this way.
I just thought to myself.
Although Dan knows how to use a few tricks, he is immature when it comes to ‘relationships between people’.
‘This guy probably acted because he thought Deonhardt didn’t care about him.’
That’s probably not it.
The Demon King made a mistake in calculating the relationship between the 3rd and 4th corps commanders and gained confidence from Dan’s current attitude.
‘Well, thanks to you, things are going smoothly, so it’s okay.’
I feel sorry for Deon and this human, but there is nothing we can do.
The Demon King’s face was relaxed, without any sign of guilt or regret. Dan, who saw this with an expression that seemed to have taken a breather, opened his mouth. ‘but’.
“Could you please call the 9th Corps commander? I have something I must say before I die.”
“…That’s shameless.”
A criminal who dared to cause discord between legions.
“But you will listen, right?”
“That’s right.”
The Demon King grinned, as if asking when he had lowered his voice.
It’s not a difficult request, and it’s better to grant it than to refuse it for no reason and have it turn into a bomb that doesn’t know where to go.
Dan also seemed to have expected this and had a calm demeanor.
‘I wonder if the Demon King abandons Deonhardt.’
Unless that’s the case, I have no choice but to listen.
The Demon King opens his mouth as if to give a definitive answer, then glances at the stairs and nods instead of speaking. Next, Deon appeared.
He seemed to have heard the explanation as he arrived, accompanied by Ashild and Idelia, and looked quite angry.
‘ah.’
And Dan had a hunch.
‘I guess I’ll get hit.’
***
I tried to relax in my room today, but the corps commanders came to visit.
With his eyes growing more suspicious than the day before, he takes the lead, saying that the Demon King is calling him… What on earth is going on? At first glance, I was puzzled by the wariness in their eyes, but then Idelia started explaining the situation as if she was thinking about it. It was just an explanation to raise suspicions and check reactions, but it was enough to understand the context.
And Deon was furious.
“You move on your own…”
You’re good at doing things you’re not told to do.
A growling voice came out through my teeth. Idelia, who had been quietly observing the reaction, was startled, and Ashild, who had been leading the way, glanced back. Either way, Deon noticed the direction they were going and increased his walking speed and headed underground.
The two corps commanders, who had stopped at the sinister energy that could be felt even from behind, looked at each other and hurried after them.
So now.
The Demon King, who had checked Deon’s condition, who seemed to be completely emotional and unable to see anything, stopped after checking the corps commanders who were following him.
‘Looking at it, it looks like it’s going to be an accident… Should I buy it all now?’
If you make a mistake like this, you will be in big trouble.
When he quickly motioned for the corps commanders to leave, Deon moved first.
Wow!
“…!”
Dan’s head turned.
The corps commanders’ eyes widen as if they had not expected him to act like this, and the Demon King, having confirmed that his worries were useless, lets out an exasperated laugh.
Either way, Deon, who suddenly slapped Dan on the cheek, didn’t care about the reactions of those around him and just glared at Dan, spitting out words.
“You crazy bastard.”
“….”
Dan wordlessly spat out the blood that had accumulated in his mouth.
There was a bloody atmosphere.
Ashild, who was frozen and just rolling his eyes, glanced at Idelia. She had a different look in her eyes as if she felt the same thing as me.
‘…This is definitely sincere.’
The two corps commanders were confident. The voice that came out softly, filled with chills, clearly contained sincerity.
The boundaries disappeared from both of their eyes.
Without missing the opportunity, the Demon King sends a signal to leave. They had confirmed everything, but they had no hesitation and immediately turned their backs.
The last thing Idelia saw as she glanced back while going up the stairs was Deon Hart raising his hand again.
“…”
Dan looked at Deon, who had raised his hand again.
This happened because I was moving for him, but even though my mouth was burst and my cheek was swollen after being hit by the person in question, I couldn’t bear to blame him.
Because I saw his eyes. Deonhardt was truly angry.
…I was so sad and angry.
‘I’m afraid of losing myself.’
Despair at reading about a situation where sadness could not be saved sublimated into anger.
It was a miscalculation. I wouldn’t have guessed that Deonhardt was still attached to Dan, who was no longer of much use to him.
As I just look at it, my raised hand begins to tremble, and then I clench my fist and drop it. A broken voice was heard.
“…Why did you do that?”
