The tone was light, as if asking about lunch nu. I was carelessly about to answer, but quickly closed my mouth and stepped back.
His expression was strange, but now was not the ti to pay attention to that.
Every word I spoke carried soones life. I have never been able to comfortably speak since entering the kingdom of the demons, but now more than ever I must be careful.
Im telling you
Haa Im going crazy.
What?
I said it was already over.
It seed like I heard sothing strange, but the Demon King focused on the last words.
Then what are you going to do?
That plant is not to be grown.
Its too weak.
What?
Displeasure appeared on the Demon Kings face.
You were attacked. Thats not just a simple problem that ends there. You are a treasured talent, you should not be seen as weak by anyone. I hope that wont happen, but if you let your guard down and get hurt, then the level of evaluation you have received so far will drop. You cant let that happen. You cant easily let go of your pride, even if I respect you, this is not acceptable. At least a limb should be cut off.
I dont know where to start pointing out the problems. To cut off the limbs of the gardener, or saying that you respect are both issues.
I feel like my blood pressure is going up after hearing such absurd words.
Seeing the blood from my nose, I dont think its because of my mood.
Demon?!
The panicked Demon King threw Hien aside and approached .
Hien, who suddenly fell to the floor
Sir Demon!
Why are you just lying down.
As if he was going to co to , he stood up and ran towards , even showing off his acrobatic skills.
I felt the ground shake Co to think of it, I was hung upside down by the damn plant earlier. No wonder blood rushed to my head.
I grabbed my broken arm, which was in agony, with my other hand to try and keep my balance, as my body was collapsing.
My weak skin was burning, and my eyes, which faced the fire, were aching. My vision blurred, and my ankle, which was grabbed by the plants stem, was sore.
This damn body of mine, really
Demon!
Demon can you hear my voice?
I guess this is a new kind of record. F**k.
In the midst of the faint voice, I closed my eyes slowly, resenting my weak body.
It seed as if I heard Bens voice behind before closing my eyes, but I didnt have the ti to confirm whether it was real or not as darkness consud .
Yeah, it must have been an illusion. His room is far from here, how could he have known where I was? Even if soone called him, itd be impossible for him to get here in such a short ti
***
As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a very familiar ceiling. As I looked at the walls more closely, I saw that large frad-puzzles were hung on the walls. It was definitely my room.
I tried to get up without thinking, but I let out a short groan as a faint pain spread throughout my body.
Then, a familiar voice ca from the room where I thought no one was.
It will feel quite uncomfortable to move it for a while.
Ben?
Yes, Sir Demon.
Ben, who was preparing dicine on the table in the middle of the room, pushed his chair back and stood up.
He approached and checked my eyes, then, with a faint sigh, picked up my arm and lifted it up. My arm was wrapped in a white bandage that extended all the way to my fingertips.
As you can see. Youve suffered so burns all over your body, although they are minor.
.
Your eyes were also exposed to the fire for too long, so they are a bit irritated. Fortunately, itll self-regenerate, but it could have been permanently damaged if you werent careful.
Uh, okay.
Why did you light a fire when just 20 minutes of exposure to sunlight causes your skin to turn red? If you were angry, couldnt you have just killed the person responsible?
He was always so aggressive? No, he wasnt. He was usually quite gentle.
But right now, the atmosphere isnt right for a conversation. His eyes, they are more ablaze with fla than the one I saw in the garden. Even the emotions in those eyes are rage?
Its a bit unfair, but itd be best to move away from this topic quickly. I reluctantly shook my head, trying to shake off the unpleasant mories.
At that ti, I seed to have heard Bens voice.
Ben. Did you co to the garden when I was bleeding from my nose?
Yes? Why are you asking again? You even talked to .
Huh?
After talking with Ben, I was able to roughly understand the situation. In a nutshell, I had lost my mind.
I faced the Demon King while half out of my mind, and as a result, Hein survived with al lintact.
According to Ben, I had spoken to the Demon King confidently.
If he respected , couldnt he respect just this once more.
To be exact, I said Do you respect ? and the Demon King affird, the I said, If so, could you please respect once more?'
The Demon King asked, What?, then I pointed my finger at Hien, along with the arrogant words What for, indeed.
Ah, the expression arrogant here is sothing I put in on my own. Theres no way Ben wouldve said such things.
In any case, the fact that I dared to speak and act like that in front of the Demon King does not change.
I couldnt openly get frustrated, so I barely spoke to Ben, who looked at with a curious expression on his face.
You have a good mory.
Thank you. In fact, none of the people who were there at the ti will forget the scene. No matter how much ti goes by.
It ans that it was just that intense. Oh, I want to be alone. Everything is going wrong.
I silently buried my face in the pillow.
Its difficult to believe I did sothing so extre. If I could, Id deny it ever happened. If I rembered what happened at the ti, I would have done anything to forget about it. So its not that I dont understand why I have no mory of that ti.
I dont want to think about it anymore. I just dont want to rember what happened at that ti.
Fortunately, the number of people who talk to from Demon Kings castle is extrely limited. So if I keep my mouth shut, no one will probably bring it up anymore.
Thats what I used to think.
Ugh.
I laid in bed, hugged my pillow, and narrowed my forehead as hard as I could.
If soone cant even tell that I am feeling uncomfortable just by looking at , then they are soone who doesnt have any sense of perception.
Right now, I am very uncomfortable. If soone were to talk to , Id glare at them with all my might.
The reason why I am feeling this way is because of the people who co to talk to about the incident that happened in the garden. All of them, without exception, bring up that incident.
All of them! Every single one of them!
[I decided to spare you because I respect you.]
Even the insensible Demon King who ca to visit on my sickbed.
[Sir Demon, Im really grateful for what happened before. And Im sorry. Just because of ]
Even the originally tactless gardener, Hien, who was always too clumsy to even eat his al properly.
Even Ben, the doctor who visits every day to tend to my wound, ntions the incident in the garden whenever he had the chance.
[A lot of people were probably impressed. You stopped the Demon King to save a gardener.]
Did you all plan this? How can you all be so tactless? Is that a characteristic of demons?
Mmm.
Are you feeling uncomfortable?
No, Im fine.
Ben was changing the bandage on my side today as well.
Well, Ill stop thinking about it now. But I dont think its as frequent these days.
Bens fingertips flinch whenever I narrow my brows, and I wonder where the spirit he used to scold when I had just woken up after what happened in the garden had gone.
By the way, I thought it was full body burn in words, but I had really suffered from minor burns all over my body. I didnt jump into the fire, I was only exposed to the heat for a while, its embarrassing that I was burned just from that.
I wish I could also forget this mory. No, because of the wound, itd be hard to forget, so Id rather distort the mory and rember it as if I had directly touched the fire. Then it would be less embarrassing.
Unfortunately, a miracle like that did not happen.
While desperately trying to think of sothing else to distract myself from that embarrassnt, a question that I had before suddenly ca to mind.
But, Ben.
Yes?
Isnt your room quite far from the western garden?
Yes, it is.
Then how did you get to where I was in such a short ti?
Its weird if I think about it.
After the day I submitted my resignation letter to the Demon King, whenever I felt strange or hurt, like a ghost, Ben would sense it and imdiately rush over to .
I thought it was an illusion at the ti, but given that he had appeared in the garden, I no longer think it was.
I looked at Ben with open suspicion. Ben, who blinked a few tis as if my gaze was burdenso, smiled as if it was nothing and took off the necklace hanging around his neck.
Thanks to this.
It was a necklace with a coin-sized stone that emitted an odd glow.
At first glance, it looked like a simple necklace ornant, but there was sothing oddly captivating about it. Where have I seen sothing like this before? Its a very familiar image. Oh.
A Magic Stone?
Yes, it contains a few drops of Sir Demons blood as well as so of the Demon Kings magic. If the quality, speed, or flow of blood in your body appears abnormal, a signal will be sent imdiately. Weve made nurous efforts to ensure that the sa thing does not happen again.
If its the sa thing as last ti, it must be when I vomited blood in front of the Demon King. It really doesnt have to be that way
It even gives you the location. I pretended not to care, but I could see that he was proud, so I couldnt bear to say anything out loud, so I muttered inside.
You crazy b*****d. When did you take my blood?
As I was keeping my mouth shut, the room naturally fell silent. The atmosphere that could have been very awkward was soon changed by Ben, who smoothly started a conversation
Are you planning to eat in your room today as well?
What its been
I never asked Sir Demon to stay in bed all the ti.
Thats right. Its been three days since I locked myself in my room and havent left.
Originally, this was how most of the daily life in the castle went, but Ben doesnt seem to like it. He diligently finished the end of the bandage, and determinedly said.
I saw the corps commanders cafeteria nu today, and it wasnt bad.
I am a patient
It was minor burns to begin with. Besides, since I asked the Demon King directly and used the best dicine, it should have been nearly all cured. Your eyes mustve recovered as well, and your ankles, which were chafed by the stems, wont hurt even if you run.
I have nothing to say because everything he said was correct.
Only then did I realize Bens switch. The switch, that causes the normally calm man to open his mouth and spit vicious words without hesitation.
Health.
Its almost impossible to have such a strong work ethic. He gets angry just at the thought of my health deteriorating.
Of course, its not that Im happy or worried, hes just faithfully following the Demon Kings orders, but Im still impressed.
Apart from that, it is quite annoying.
I smacked my lips and got up from my seat.
Im going to change my clothes so please step out.
Thank you for listening to my presumptuous request.
He left with courtesy until the end.
I cant hate him if he does that. Im sure he knows that and does it intentionally. I opened the closet, grumbling inside.
Clothes hanging on hangers co into view at a glance. All of them were put there by the Demon King and the Second Corps Commander.
The Demon King was expected, by why does the Second Corps Commander want to dress so much?
I only buy clothes that fit well, I dont intend to wear them casually. If I wear them once, Im sure Ill keep it for a long ti before deciding on a new outfit.
Shivering in anger, I shoved away the clothes the Second Corps Commander bought for and took out the clothes the Demon King had given .
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