248. Emotions have always killed someone (3), so
an untimely snowball fight broke out.
Deon looks down at the monster plant as if he were silently putting pressure on it, and the monster plant faces him without averting its gaze. His obsession with plants was so strong that he felt like he would stay like this all day. Finally, after a strange confrontation, he raised his hand and poked the strange plant.
“Sweet!”
The monster plant that pierced the center of the most delicate flower bud glowed.
This time, the stem flies fiercely as if it is going to give it a blow. Deon, who was flicking away the stems that were attacking in various patterns, such as swinging or stabbing, simply rolled his eyes and glanced at the people standing on one side. The three people who were standing awkwardly watching this direction made eye contact.
“I’m out.”
A light order was given.
It is an order that there is no reason not to follow. Even if a plant were to attack me for 100 days, there’s no way it could even scratch Deon. Ben turned around without saying anything.
Dan also goes outside with his luggage, and Ed casts a disapproving look at the monster plant. A low, disgruntled sound rang out.
‘How can a plant be taught to dare to attack its owner?’
I can see that Deon is happy, so I’m just watching it for now, but if it were originally, it would have been an uproar right away. Just like that time a long time ago, even if the garden burned down and the Demon King strangled me, I wouldn’t have had anything to say. Was that all it took? The person responsible must have been prepared to take responsibility by dying.
But…
‘Did you say it was given to you by the incubus gardener?’
Even if there was an uproar, he wouldn’t have died. Because he is someone that Deon secretly cares about.
‘As expected, there’s nothing I like about this guy.’
My eyebrows furrowed as if I could see them.
Ed politely bowed his head, going out and closing the door, determined to say the least about the plants.
Calmness came.
Deon quietly looked down at the monster plant, which had stopped attacking at some point. Even though I can’t say for sure whether it really has eyes, I can feel the monster looking up at me with its dead gaze. A thought suddenly occurred to me.
No matter how much I messed around here first and it’s not even a threat, I wonder if the reason I keep this reckless and dangerous creature by my side that dares to attack me is because I know that its gaze is filled with goodwill… Such a foolish thought.
…I raised my finger again, feeling uncomfortable for an unknown reason.
“Sweet?!”
The green stem hastily grabbed my wrist.
“Yuuuuuuuuuuck!”
“…okay.”
Now is not the time.
I took off the one that was still wrapped around my waist and placed it on the table. There was silence again.
‘….’
Tuk. Tuk. Tuk. White fingers tap on the table next to the flower pot. Deon, who was looking down at the strange plant with an inexplicable gaze, suddenly opened his mouth as if attracted by something.
“Don’t like me.”
“Yuk?”
what is that.
“Don’t like me.”
“Suck.”
How do you do that?
“This bastard?”
“Sweet tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!”
With words! Let’s say it in words!
The green stem that acts as an arm slaps the back of the hand holding my torso without causing pain.
…What am I doing now? Deon, who was quietly watching this, withdrew his hand with a deep sigh.
“It’s not that he didn’t notice. He must have known that I pretended not to notice at the time.”
[Do you like me?]
[Fuck!]
[Fuck.]
The words I mumbled after that conversation.
[You should be able to understand what is being said….]
I usually understand it well, but there is no way I couldn’t understand it that time. That was a clear rejection.
“Kyu…Kyu-ae?”
“Don’t pretend not to know.”
I’m tilting my head as if I don’t know where I am.
Wow…. The plant quickly wilts at the stern voice. Deon stared blankly at the guy who was watching him and then slowly began to sing.
“If I take you to the battlefield like this, you will struggle to protect me.”
“Suck.”
“Even if it means throwing away your own life.”
“….”
Tuk. Tuk. Tuk. Tuk.
The speed of the fingers tapping the table slows down. Deon lowered his gaze and blinked slowly. Red eyes sunken deep beneath long eyelashes.
Maybe it was because of my mood, but my voice came out a little dark. Hey, I am.
“Someone’s pure affection and favor is too much.”
Even if the opponent is a human, a demon, or at least an unidentifiable plant.
Just having someone care for me is a burden in itself. What did I say?
That’s why I felt most comfortable with Dan, who had a somewhat calculated relationship. Crazy dog… No, the Lofty Knights have been with us since before they realized this burden, so they are just keeping them by their side, prepared for the repercussions that may come someday.
‘There are some that will stick even if you push them away, so I left them alone.’
anyway.
If someone were to sacrifice their life for me based on pure emotion rather than calculation, I would suffocate under the weight of that. Maybe he will suffocate to death. What you do for me will end up strangling me.
‘And…’
He smiled faintly at the guy who was tilting his flower bud as if he couldn’t understand. Another reason I had kept inside was revealed through my mouth.
“I don’t have the confidence to give back as much as I received.”
Deonhardt desperately learned ‘affection’ through the death of his older brother Cruel.
That’s the kind of affection I know, so I don’t even have the courage to imitate it.
“Yuck…!”
“It’s even more burdensome not to have to give it back.”
The plant drooped.
Deon smiled lowly and gently rubbed the bud with his finger.
“Anyway, it’s a simple story. If you want to follow me, I can take you. But you can’t come forward, especially if it’s for my own good.”
“Ugh….”
“If you still want me to take you.”
Before I could finish speaking, a stem stretched out. It wraps around its body and hangs on to a flower pot.
Deon chuckled at the clear expression of his will and slightly raised his arms to make it easier to hang on. After waiting for the guy to settle down, he pretended not to sweep away the flower pot hanging from his waist and walked towards the door for those who were waiting.
“…by the way.”
“Yuk?”
“What gender are you really? I really didn’t understand that at the time.”
“Yuk-aek (yuk-aek).”
“…That’s meaningless crying, right?”
“Kyu…Kyu?”
This bastard.
***
I didn’t know where Dan and Ed had gone, but when I opened the door and came out, the only person waiting for me was Ben.
Deon glances at Ben in the empty hallway, then fixes his gaze on Ben. A question appeared on his face and before he could open his mouth, Ben spoke one step ahead.
“Ed and Dan left first to double-check that Deon had properly packed the supplies he needed. They asked me to tell Deon they were sorry.”
To be exact, Ed dragged Dan away.
The way he was dragging his feet with a bit of jealousy and anger, saying that since he couldn’t help Deon himself, you should take care of him instead…. [I’ve already checked everything!] [In case you don’t know,
again
. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to check it out.]
[….]
It’s a little absurd and funny, but neither of them are really likeable, and this is a feeling they both need to resolve. Ben, who did not feel the need to bother interfering, chose to simply turn away.
Deon Hardt mutters, ‘I owe you an apology…’ Meanwhile, Ben glanced down and saw the plant hanging from Deon. A green stem is wrapped around him, hanging on him and shaking a flower pot.
The flower bud seems to have sensed my gaze and turns towards me. Our eyes met what was inferred from our eyes.
“….”
“….”
A strange snowball fight began.
Deon has great taste… Ben, who was mindlessly examining the plants, made a subtle expression.
‘What can you believe and be so confident about plants…?’
He seems like a guy who can handle small things on his own, but that’s it.
Even if it were a plant from the demon world, it would be possible to understand the magical power of the demons, but even so, they could make direct eye contact like this.
As Ben is not a personal doctor, he possesses powerful magical power that exceeds the average of demons, so sometimes when he goes for a walk in the garden, the plants bend down on their own or avoid his body, so he couldn’t help but find the current situation a little absurd.
‘There’s no way it’s not a plant from the demon world…’ An
ambiguous observational look and a proud gaze collided in the air.
This one-sided energy fight between one plant ended with Deon taking a step forward.
“Then let’s go.”
He walks with a flower pot hanging from his head.
Ben, who was looking at the plant as if it were dumbfounded, didn’t take his eyes off me even though it was moving away, quickly laughed silently and ran after Deon.
‘It sure looks like a fun plant like that.’
The liver seems to be swollen and stinging.
I partially understood why Deon cared about that plant, and I made a laughable expression at the plant that was still looking at me.
‘Yuk!?’
The plant flinched at the unexpected provocation.
“Sweet!!”
“Why are you like this all of a sudden?”
***
“That bastard might not be a plant….”
These were what Lirinel said when she saw the plant wrapped around Deon’s upper body.
The handkerchief he had brought with him to give to Deon, claiming to have studied the culture of the human world, is cruelly bitten into small pieces under his white teeth.
This guy isn’t normal either. Geisitel, commander of the 10th Corps, was watching with a bored look on his face.
5th Corps Commander O.L., who was out to see and see off, tilted his head when he heard those words.
“That’s not a plant? Then what is it?”
“…It’s not real, it’s just something I said.”
“Just what you said? Why?”
“…Dernivan!”
I’m already in a bad mood, but I don’t have time to answer the barrage of questions.
Dernivan, who had been watching nearby, heard a nervous cry and immediately took Oel away from Lirinel. He was quite good at drawing people’s attention and leading them to walk with other stories, as if he hadn’t been here for a day or two.
Only then did Lirinel, who had removed the handkerchief she was biting, spot me and her eyes lit up as she saw Deon approaching. New combat uniform! Tied hair! It looks completely different from the previous expedition!
“Lirinel, why are you here? Are you sure you came to see me off?”
“Yes! I heard that Deon is going on a mission, so unless he is far away, I have to see him off! I recently studied the culture of the human world and prepared something for Deon… Ah.”
I belatedly felt the damp handkerchief in my hand and closed my mouth. Lirinel secretly unfolds the handkerchief in her hand and crumples it up with a tearful look on her face. If it had simply been damp, I would have tried to show at least the embroidery part, but because I had bitten it so hard earlier, even the most of the embroidery was torn and it was all a mess.
A heart was embroidered with red thread on a black handkerchief especially for Deon. The atmosphere surrounding her suddenly became gloomy.
‘…That handkerchief was prepared for me.’
Deon, who did not miss Lirinel’s actions and the handkerchief that was unfurled for a moment, quickly grasped the situation. I don’t know why it’s a mess, but red embroidery on a black background… I think I know what was engraved on it.
‘I wonder if someone is the leader of the Demon Cult…’
It’s not a gift I really like, so I don’t mind.
however.
“….”
“…?”
I looked at her blankly.
As if it was strange that he was silent, Lirinel slowly raised her head. After confirming that she was ready to listen, Deon finally said what he had been unable to say due to the atmosphere.
“…Someone is screaming in your arms right now.”
“ah.”
– Lirinel! Lyrinel! Can’t you hear me?! Don’t just talk to Deon and give me a chance! You fanatic!
