89. A vacation that is not a vacation (5)
While the entire city fell into silence, Geisitel was the first to come to his senses.
After being dazed for a moment, he seemed to realize his rudeness and hurriedly slapped himself in the face, then turned around and shouted at his corps members who were walking along with the palanquin, making a path around him.
“What are they doing! Hurry up and turn off! “The demons around you seem to be bothering you. Get rid of them quickly!”
The expressions of the corps members changed subtly in an instant.
‘…I don’t know much about Commander 0, but no matter how I look at it, I think he’ll be more bothered by Geisitel than over there.’
Because they keep talking nonsense and flattery that doesn’t work. Even if that wasn’t the case, I think he had a headache, but when he started talking next to me…
Of course, I didn’t say those words out loud.
The corps members, who did not feel the need to get caught by telling their superior information that was not clear to their subordinates, simply answered quickly and approached the surrounding demons as if they were herding sheep.
The demons, who had already heard Geisitel’s remarks, looked annoyed and quickly retreated. He didn’t forget to curse with his eyes.
‘Should I be satisfied with having seen the rumored commander of Corps 0 in person?’
Most people thought this and retreated obediently, but
they thought, ‘Looks like I’ll be staying for a few days, so I guess I’ll just hang out near where I’m staying. Then maybe we can at least see the face…’
Some people thought this as they watched the colorful palanquin starting to move again from a distance.
Develania, feeling these gazes, chuckled.
“Hel is going to have a hard time.”
***
Get out.
This was never what I meant. This is force majeure.
Those were words that came from deep within my heart without me even knowing.
As the palanquin moves, Ben on the left asks intermittently whether your head still hurts or if you are in any other discomfort other than your head. On the right, Geisitel asks if you are comfortable in the palanquin or if there is anything you don’t like. Daemon is in the palanquin
. How could I not go crazy when he is giving me mind-blowing flattery, such as saying that it feels like a halo is shining from behind when he sits down?
‘Please get out of here, you bastards… I’m fine, I’m fine…’
So I unintentionally let out a moan-like whisper. Get out of here.
I had no idea it would grow this big.
“What are they doing! Hurry up and turn off! “The demons around you seem to be bothering you. Get rid of them quickly!”
no. There’s no need to go that far.
Are you planning to make the entire city’s demons my enemies? All you have to do is go away, just you!
I can feel the stinging stares. As I slowly rolled my eyes, I saw the demons’ distorted expressions.
It was dizzying. They were retreating, swearing with their eyes at the absurd order of the 10th Corps commander.
First, I looked at the 10th Legion members who were kicking them out, then at Geisitel, and then the place where my gaze settled was none other than me.
‘…I don’t feel comfortable living in this city.’
haha. ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha.
Anyone can see this situation right now, it looks like it happened because I gave an order. Of course he felt annoyed with me. If I continue to stay in this city, I don’t know when and where there will be people looking to stab me.
So I holed up in my lodgings – a splendid mansion that Geisitel had taken from the city manager.
…Why?
Oh, and thinking about it again, the kiln was really the worst.
To what extent, you can tell by looking at me now.
‘…Fuck.’
I was lying blankly in my room, and as a memory suddenly came to me, I quietly pulled the blanket up to my head.
Then, using the blanket as a medium, I struggled with all my might to escape the embarrassment.
Puk puk puk!!
“Ugh fuck!”
I sprained my ankle.
I sprained my ankle while kicking the blanket. I can’t even talk about it.
I was rolling around silently, groaning and clutching my ankle, and then boom! And the door opened. I quickly straightened my posture and turned my head, but I couldn’t help but be startled by the figure that caught my eye.
There was a doctor there who radiated tremendous energy.
Ben looked around the room with his eyes shining brightly, then walked towards me with long strides and started talking rapidly.
“Daemon, what’s going on! Do you have a headache again? Or is it a surprise attack? No, there’s no way you’d let out a moan just because of a surprise attack… If that’s the case…!”
“it’s nothing!”
I quickly stopped talking for fear of another misunderstanding. Even so, Ben narrows his eyes and looks at me, as if he still doesn’t trust me.
…As I look at his face, yesterday’s events come to mind again. Yes, go. I was riding in a palanquin…
I was embarrassed and lowered my head, but they started making a fuss about it, asking if I had a headache, how much it hurt, what the aftereffects were, etc., so I had to raise my head again and fix my eyes straight ahead.
As I was wondering how to let him know that I was okay, Develania stuck his head out from the hallway beyond the open door.
“Ben, when you look at him, it seems like you are looking at Mr. Demon too weakly?”
“…Isn’t it natural since he is the attending physician?”
“Anyway, it’s ‘that’ Demon.”
“….”
“Well, it doesn’t matter to me anyway. Rather than that, it’s a demon-.”
She lightly shrugs and looks back.
The voice was more sinister than usual, so I suppressed my body from jumping up and barely answered. The soft voice returned as if it had been waiting.
“There are curious rats snooping around outside. Are you feeling uncomfortable? For example, you didn’t want to go out to buy clothes because it was annoying…”
“That…”
Even if that wasn’t the reason…
“Did you say you didn’t want to go out to buy clothes?”
Where did you come from again?
Geysitel suddenly appeared from the ceiling, unfolding and folding the bat wings behind his back as if asking me to look at him, and clapped his hands twice toward the outside.
Chrrrrrr.
Chrrrrrr.
“….”
“Oh my?”
“Maybe you’re annoying! So I called the designers in advance! …Actually, that is the only reason to come to this city with the commander of the 2nd Corps…”
I can hear it all.
Develania’s clothing purchases are also famous here.
I looked around the room at the designers who were smiling with their faces turning pale and the corners of their mouths quivering. It was obviously empty except for the bed and closet table, but it quickly filled up with clothes.
If the first city was a ‘city of entertainment’, the second city was a ‘city of shopping’ or a ‘city of trade’. There are certainly many different types of clothes. In the human world, you can see everything from northern-style clothing to southern-style clothing.
‘…But strangely, it looks more southern.’
Now that I think about it, I think the southern culture particularly caught my eye in this city.
The new clothes that Develania gave me when I just arrived in the Demon World, as well as the clothes hanging here in addition to the damn palanquin.
‘Well, was there a passage connected to the south discovered somewhere?’
Oh no way. The Demon King doesn’t go out of his way to tell me unless it’s something I need to do, so even if that were the case, the empire would have already known and taken action, so there’s no way the news wouldn’t come to me.
‘It’s probably just a coincidence.’
***
The empire, no, the emperor is going crazy. It is said that after leaving internal affairs to the Crown Prince, he personally went into battle and wielded his sword.
The king of a small kingdom in the south, who was on high alert due to the situation, touched his forehead and sighed at the new news that followed.
Sadly, it seems like heaven is about to give our kingdom a trial.
“The border with the demon world has been discovered?”
Here in our kingdom?
“Why, in this situation…”
Under normal circumstances, he would have reported this to the empire and discussed a plan together.
The empire was implicitly in charge of matters related to the demon world, and other kingdoms, who did not want to waste their attention or energy, accepted this without much opposition.
But I can’t do that now. In a situation where the empire is running rampant for no reason, isn’t it a situation where if we conquer the kingdom we are currently facing, the next opponent might be our kingdom?
We cannot hastily hand over such important information to a country that may be our enemy.
The King, who had been leafing through documents while sighing, twitched his eyebrows as if he had discovered something.
“No major accidents?”
Demons have come over and are wandering around here and there wearing clumsy robes, but there are no major incidents.
“Yes, they are mainly seen snooping around markets and places where small festivals are held, and other than the occasional theft of clothes or items, they do not cause any serious trouble.”
“So there have been no serious crimes such as murder yet?”
“yes.”
“Whoa, okay. First of all, I guess I should say that I am fortunate about that alone.”
For now, we will have to increase our own surveillance and vigilance and hold off on informing the empire. The current empire cannot be trusted.
The king, who had been skimming through the documents, thinking that this fact should be kept a top secret because he could not add more anxiety to the kingdom’s citizens who were already anxious due to the war, stopped when he read the report on the demons’ clothing.
Without exception, all demons are different from humans in some way. For example, it would be a horn or a tail, or if we take the Demon Lord as an example, it would be ‘eyes’.
So, if you want to come to the human world, you have to cover your teeth well, but these clumsy demons…!
‘If you have a tail, you should cover it. Why cover your face?’
If there was a tail in the world, it should be hidden mainly by the tail. Why is it so obsessed with the robe hood? Why does a guy with horns pull the front of the hood tightly when talking to people? Don’t the horns stand out!
Fortunately, since it was a festival at the time, it was considered nothing more than a prop, and they almost made it known that there were demons roaming around here.
‘Do these guys have any intention of hiding it?’
It felt like fatigue was already building up at the thought of having more things to worry about.
***
“First of all…”
I looked around at the clothes that filled the room.
…Well, it’s also burdensome.
“Let’s put these away first.”
“yes? “Are you sure you don’t have any clothes you like at all?”
Geisitel’s eyes widened in surprise and soon turned sharp and turned to look at the designers.
The designers’ faces turned white as if they had been squeezed. Even though it wasn’t pale, it became even whiter, so it was almost like being coated with flour.
I hurriedly waved my hand in fear that he might be bothering the designers.
“No, no. “It’s not that…”
“It’s not that?”
“….”
Despite Gaisitel’s question, I trailed off and just kept my mouth shut.
How can I just say I’m not interested in clothes? There is a demon next to me listening to the conversation with his eyes open and blue.
When I glanced at Develania, my eyes met surprisingly. She must have read something in my gaze and nodded and opened her mouth.
“Thank you, but I think Demon wants you to go around the store and look at the clothes in person. “When you come to a city, it’s fun to walk around and see things.”
“Ah… I was foolish. “I’m sorry, Demon.”
“Oh yes… well….”
…I don’t want to go out. Let’s leave that mess behind…?
Develania’s eyes narrowed as she was unable to speak and just mumbled as she willingly left.
She kept looking out the window and at me with her arms crossed, nodding as if she understood something. Then she opened the window of her room, put one leg over her, and smiled.
“Then I’ll take care of the rats outside first.”
“yes? “No, wait!”
When you say rats, you’re referring to the demons wandering around nearby, right?
I quickly stopped Develania and sighed, fearing that I would create another needless grudge relationship. I guess he thought the reason I was mumbling was because of the demons outside.
Damn it. Okay, I’ll go out. I’m leaving.
“There is no need to do that. “Let’s just get out.”
I waved the designers away and took the robe from Ben’s hand and put it on. Ben, who doesn’t leave me alone on a day like this because I look like such a child, naturally reaches out and straightens the hood and ties the knot of the robe tightly. It was a very skillful and natural touch.
‘…Why can I feel Ed’s touch in this guy’s touch?’
Since Ed is a lieutenant with nothing to do, he said he would do this. Even so, why is he doing this?
Since the two of you encounter each other so often, have you unintentionally become similar?
As I stood there in a daze, thinking that if either Ed or Ben heard anything, a fight would immediately break out, shocking words pierced my ears.
“Ah, are you trying to leave? Then, take the palanquin…”
“You’re crazy… no, no need… um, it’s okay.”
The rejection engraved in my spinal cord jumped out immediately. I had a bit of trouble expressing what was supposed to be a swear word in a friendly way, but judging by Geisitel’s reaction, it seems to be okay.
If you look at the face, it’s not an angry expression, but a pale, tired face.
“Bah, I just swore…”
Haha, that’s right. There’s no way it’s okay.
