197. For the One Who Left (3)
This is not an ordinary hallucination.
I couldn’t believe I had that dream and experienced this phenomenon. Isn’t this what my brother was trying to prevent in the dream?
Deon, who was quietly looking at his feet, frowned at a thought that suddenly occurred to him.
“Could it be… is this the Duke’s curse?”
It was the first sleep since the duke cast the curse. I cursed him, draining all of his remaining magical energy, but there was no way it would have any effect, and since I happened to encounter this phenomenon at such an odd timing, there was no way I wouldn’t be suspicious.
It may be an elixir… but if the unidentified liquid that came out of the dream is really a curse…
“Damn it.”
…If that happens, my brother would have tried to protect me from the duke even in death.
Cursing comes naturally to a family that is falling apart. Feeling like he was choking again, Deon reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette.
I lit the fire and prayed and prayed.
‘Please don’t.’
I hope it’s just a ridiculous leap of mine.
It was not for nothing that I felt fear when I found out that the person I was dealing with was my older brother. Because Deon is not ready to face Cruel. To be precise, I wasn’t ready to face Cruel, who ‘wouldn’t hold a grudge’ against me.
I would feel more at ease if he poured out his resentment towards me. However, Deon knew very well that a person who sacrificed himself could not hold a grudge against the person he was trying to protect.
‘Even I couldn’t forgive myself.’
How miserable would it be to hear that the other person has already forgiven you or that you will not be forgiven.
You will be miserable and will hate me even more, and in the end, you will do your best to hate me. Maybe I can’t overcome my emotions and end up pointing a knife at my neck.
…So, bro.
Deon bowed his head.
‘Please don’t do that.’
It’s okay to suffer from nightmares. I don’t even care about being exposed to a curse.
What is more painful is your intervention. So, please don’t keep expressing that you don’t blame me like this.
….
I think I stood like that for a long time. Just as Deon was just about to wake up and gradually sort out the emotions that were bouncing around at random, and gradually regain his senses as his consciousness, which had been soaked in crushed despair, began to rise, Deon noticed a sound coming from outside.
‘…sound?’
Outside at this hour?
Obviously, as per the request I made when I first joined the Demon King’s army, this room must be in the most remote location. Because the room that was used as a warehouse was renovated, there was no one staying above or below. There is a public training area under the window, but thanks to the huge commotion that was caused by the use of magic to destroy the warehouse room, the rumor spread that Commander 0 absolutely hates noise, so no one comes.
It’s also a place where there’s no reason to come in the first place.
‘It’s a bit surprising.’
It is a public training ground for horses, but it is abandoned because no one uses it.
Those staying in the inner castle are high-ranking positions and employees, including the Demon King and corps commanders. The corps commander and corps members had their own dedicated training hall, so they did not use the common training hall, and the users had a common training hall in the outer castle, so they did not want to make a fuss in the inner castle and attract the attention of high-ranking people who were picky, sensitive, and foul-tempered.
Of course, there is no way that there were no demons using it at all, and I expect that occasionally one or two users secretly stopped by to train or used it as a secret meeting place… Anyway, no one has come since I received this room.
‘…Ah, it recently found an owner.’
Deon let out a short exclamation at the belated fact that came to mind.
Crazy dogs. It has become their exclusive training ground.
Because I stayed in the human world away from those guys for a long time, I forgot about their existence for a while.
‘What did they do again?’
Do they not even sleep? I put out my cigarette, which was barely lit, and walked to the window. Every time I took a step, a puddle of blood clattered under my feet, appealing to me for its presence, but I ignored it.
As I reached out to open the window, I paused for a moment when a vase came into view. To be precise, Deon saw something different about the flowers in the vase than before, so Deon withdrew his outstretched hand and bent down to bring his face closer to the flowers.
“what? “I think it was fine until Dan changed the water.”
Why is it a little withered now?
It is not an illusion or a misreading. The flower that seemed to be always vibrant was withering a little.
It wasn’t a long time, just enough time to fall asleep and wake up.
“I really can’t figure it out.”
Should I think it’s amazing that I’ve made it this far?
I looked at the petals, whose tips had dried out and turned dark, for a moment, then looked away and opened the window. Because that’s not important right now. We need to find out what the crazy dogs have done and are doing.
‘When I think about it, it’s even more suspicious that there was no disturbance while I was away.’
They can’t do that. There’s clearly something going on, but they’re hiding it.
A cool breeze comes in through the open window. At the same time, the faint sound became clearer…
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
…A baby crying?
“Shhh! You can’t cry! If you get caught like this, you’ll be in big trouble. Are you nice? Let’s do it!”
“Not only you will die, but we will all die together…! So stop crying! peekaboo!”
“Bwaaeaeak!”
“Ahh! “My ears!”
“I cry more because of your dirty face! Get rid of your face! hurry!”
under.
Deon, who had been standing blankly because he did not fully understand the situation, seemed to have come to his senses and leaned his upper body against the window frame. The pitiful gaze was clearly directed at the owners of the disturbance.
“What are you doing…?”
Why am I becoming a nanny while I haven’t seen him?
“Ah, Captain!”
“Are you awake!”
“Long time no see!”
“Bwaaeaeang!”
“Acha pop!”
There is no other mess like this.
They can’t understand the situation and are just waving their hands. The child is crying as if they are showing off. They realize it too late and are in a hurry to take care of it. Deon laughed again at the empty sight and put his foot up and stepped on the window frame.
Those who had been waving their arms at the unexpected action froze.
“Hey, that…”
“Uh…uh…?”
“Now, captain for a moment!”
“Calm down! Life is beautiful…but it’s not! Life is precious… If we do that, we’ll be in trouble! “The captain is precious… I think the captain won’t like this, but damn it!”
“…What is he saying now.”
As expected from a castle, the Mawangseong Castle has a high roof and wide gaps between floors. The second floor alone is more than the 3rd floor of a regular building, and Deon’s room is on the 4th floor.
Jumping from there means committing suicide. It was natural for them to be scared since their leader, not anyone else, was ready to jump.
Deon clicked his tongue in regret at the untimely fuss and jumped down.
“Wow!”
“receive! receive!”
“Oh my, our captain! “You are willing to throw away your life!”
“Please live just a little longer before we die!”
They must know that if they collide with someone falling from this height, there is a high possibility of death, but whether they are thinking or not, they come rushing in, saying they will accept you and me too.
Deon, seeing this, frowned and twisted his body in the air. As he flexibly avoided Milan, who was about to stretch out his arms to catch him, and landed lightly on no man’s land, sighs of relief broke out here and there for a moment.
“Oh, please don’t make people’s hearts break!”
Shouting broke out.
At the same time, the baby’s crying, which had barely stopped, broke out again.
“Hwaaaae!”
“Oh right.”
“Hey…”
“Sorry.”
Cleter, who was glaring at the guy scratching his head, sighed.
If I say more, they will quickly forget it anyway and make a fuss again. The child’s courage is only being strengthened. Grinding my teeth, I moved to a place a little further away from them while holding the baby.
Deon, who was watching this, tilted his head.
“Are you Cleter? When did you have the baby? “Did you take good care of yourself?”
“Captain… It’s good that you don’t have any prejudices, but men can’t have children. “I’m not a Cleter kid.”
“No, I don’t think it would be impossible in the Demon World.”
“that…! Not this, boss! Why do you jump out the window instead of leaving the good stairs behind? “Dangerously!”
I almost fell over.
You’re trying to skip over an important issue. Milan opened his eyes fiercely, but after seeing Deon’s face from up close for a moment, his expression relaxed as if he was surprised. The eyes that had been so intense were gone everywhere, and the round eyes were turned towards Deon.
“Guys, the captain’s face is shining… is there something wrong with my eyes?”
“What kind of thing… huh? Captain, what on earth did you do to your face? I can even see a halo…”
“What, the captain’s face is glowing?”
In an instant, members of the Knights Templar flocked in.
Deon sighed at the familiar yet tired sight, but regardless, those who came close to Deon and looked at his face let out a soft exclamation. The guy in front who was looking at it carefully touched his chin and sighed.
“What can I say… Your face doesn’t seem to have changed much…”
“You originally looked like you would make a lot of women cry… but now I think you’ll make the whole continent cry?”
“No. What is a continent? “You look like you would make an entire race cry.”
“So, boss. “What did you do to your face?”
Deon frowned as he watched each of them add a word about a meaningless topic.
“…What did you do? All I have to do is become a hero, so that’s it…”
“A hero?!”
“Oh my god, our captain is a hero?”
“It’s crazy, it’s crazy. Choosing a captain? Even the sky is crazy.”
“But it’s good.”
“It’s good… because you won’t have to worry about the captain in the future.”
“So that’s why you jumped. “I’m confident I won’t get hurt.”
“But refrain from doing that! “I thought my heart stopped!”
There will be no end to this.
Deon snapped his fingers to attract attention and pointed to the child Cleter was holding on one side.
“So whose kid is that?”
“Oh, it’s not our child… another demon entrusted it to us.”
…Demons?
I turned my head again and looked at the child.
“No matter how you look at it, it looks like a human… A demon entrusted you with a human baby?”
“Yes, we think they are a bit of a unique demon.”
“Now I’m out to get baby food for my baby.”
A demon so unique that it picks up human babies and raises them. Deon frowned because there was one person that immediately came to mind.
No matter how much I think about it, there is only one such demon.
“…5th Corps Commander?”
“!”
“That’s right.”
Looks like he just came back.
Red eyes look beyond the crowd. In this direction, the people with good sense moved aside, dividing the crowd, and Deon was able to easily face Orel and Dernivan standing at the end.
OL, who had been standing still without blinking as if frozen, belatedly wiggled his fingers and stuttered to open his mouth.
“Uh… Mr. Deon….”
He looks like a child who has been caught in the wrong. Looking at this figure, who would say he is a corps commander?
As if he realized that leaving this as is would only lower the corps commander’s dignity, his adjutant, Dernivan, who was holding baby food ingredients in one hand, stepped forward in his stead.
“Master Deon.”
Deon tilted his head and crossed his arms as if asking me to say something. His eyes narrowed at him, but he calmly spoke without any agitation.
“As for sneaking in a human baby…”
“I’m not interested in that.”
“….”
Although he is blunt about everything, he still seems to have some insight. He immediately said something else.
“…I apologize for arbitrarily entrusting the work to my immediate knights.”
“I know.”
