Surviving with Killer Face and Sharper Tongue Chapter 75 : Chapter 75

Chapter 75: From Dusk Till Dawn (2)

Ibi was looking down at this scene with eyes that purely couldn't understand it.

anwhile, Lily was so absorbed in drinking my blood that she seed to have not noticed Ibi's presence at all.

Only after I silently patted her on the shoulder did Lily slowly remove her lips from my neck.

“Hoo──”

Lily, with a flushed face as if savoring the taste of my blood for the first ti in a while, belatedly realized sothing was strange and looked towards the entrance.

“──?!”

And then, startled, she fell away from .

“Th-This is…!”

Then she hastily wiped the blood from her mouth with her sleeve.

“…….”

Ibi, who had been watching her at a loss for a while without a word, slowly nodded her head as if she finally understood the situation, and then.

“…Haa.”

She finally let out a sigh and said.

“Keep it down.”

Then she slamd the entrance cloth shut.

At that, Lily and I looked at each other for a mont.

“W-Wait a minute!”

“N-No, it’s not!”

And without anyone having to go first, we imdiately rushed out of the tent.

Ibi glanced at us who had rushed out as if she had seen sothing she shouldn't have, and clicked her tongue.

“What? What is it?”

“First of all, whatever you thought, it’s not that. It's a misunderstanding.”

“…What did I think?”

“…W-Whatever. Anyway, it’s not.”

Seeing that reaction, there was no way Ibi had reached the truth.

So while I was montarily thinking about how to clear up the misunderstanding, Ibi shook her head again.

“Well, it’s none of my business if you guys are making out or whatever, just don't do it in front of .”

“…First of all, we weren't making out.”

Of course, my neck was bitten and my blood was sucked, but anyway, it’s a bit different from that.

“Besides, if we're going to get technical, didn't you co to see first this ti…?”

Would I show you this on purpose?

“….”

As expected, Ibi seed to have no reply to this.

“No, co to think of it, why did you co into my tent in the first place?”

“…Tsk. Ah, right! I couldn't sleep, so I ca out for a walk and heard a pained sound, so I ca to see! Happy?”

“….”

This ti, I didn't have much to say.

It was true that I was in pain….

“But I didn't know you were in the middle of enjoying yourselves and I interrupted? Oh dear, I'm so sorry!”

I saw Lily, who had been unable to intervene from behind, flinch at Ibi's sarcastic remark with her arms crossed and a snort.

“Huh? Why is everyone up and not sleeping?”

At that, Miki, who was on night watch, heard the sound and trotted over.

“Well, you see…”

Ibi seed about to grumble, but she suddenly stopped talking.

Then she looked at Miki with a pensive expression.

“…No, this isn't a story for you to hear, kid.”

“Huh…?”

Then she patted the shoulder of Miki, who had tilted his head at those words, and said.

“When you grow up, don't beco a guy who sses with a cleric like that. You'll go to hell.”

“I-It’s not Mr. Yubin…!”

At that mont, as if she couldn't just stand by and let my reputation (?) be ruined any further, Lily intervened with a determined tone.

“I-I asked for it!”

“Lily……”

But in this situation, such words would only fuel the misunderstanding rather than help at all….

Ibi, once again, said to Miki.

“…Try not to et a cleric who bewitches people either.”

“Ugh…!”

At those words, Lily flinched as if she had been hit where it hurts, but.

“Yeees……?”

Miki, for his part, only beca more and more confused.

Before long, Rine also ca out of her tent, probably awakened by the commotion outside.

“Hey, elf. Did you know?”

“Know what?”

“Their relationship.”

“…?”

Hearing such a question as soon as she ca out, Rine tilted her head once, then looked back and forth between and Lily, whom Ibi was pointing at.

Then, after a quick glance at my neck, which probably still had blood on it, she answered calmly.

“If you are referring to the draining, I was aware.”

“What?”

“Ah, you knew?”

This ti, even I was surprised and had to ask again.

“…? Yes.”

But Rine, who nodded her head nonchalantly, seed to have no idea why I was asking such a thing.

“Sister Lily’s magic, which had been in a state of exhaustion since I first t her, was overflowing overnight one day.”

“Ah, that ti…”

Ibi also seed to have guessed when she was talking about.

She must have imdiately rembered that day when she was so energetic, as if her personality had changed, and her skin was glowing.

“On the other hand, Mr. Yubin was weaker than usual. So I presud that a draining had occurred, but was I mistaken?”

“…No. You’re right.”

Was it impossible to hide it completely from the beginning?

“…So you did it, right?”

“I just gave a little blood like before.”

I let out a short sigh and continued.

“I’m just keeping my word that I would help her control her instincts, that I would take responsibility.”

Then, when I looked back at Lily, she had her head bowed low, completely hunched over like soone caught in the act of a cri.

Just looking at her, it really seed like she had been caught doing sothing bad. …No, well, from a cleric's point of view, it might actually be sothing bad.

“The reason I took on that role is because my blood is the most efficient for Lily among us.”

At least I hadn't committed a wrong (?) that would break the mutual trust between the party.

“What's so special about your blood?”

…I thought about telling them later, but it would be better to just say it now rather than let the misunderstanding grow and create distrust (?) among the party mbers.

I couldn't hide it forever.

“I have… demon blood flowing in .”

“……What?”

“Y-Yeeees?!”

At my sudden confession, Miki, who had been unable to follow the conversation at all, belatedly reacted with a loud voice.

“D-Demon blood?!”

Perhaps because Miki was shouting so loudly right next to , Rine's two eyes also seed to be much wider than usual.

“No…”

At that, Ibi, like Lily when she first heard this confession, seed to be looking over for horns and a tail.

“…There aren’t any?”

And asked again as if she didn't understand.

“It's a bit of a, peculiar constitution.”

I scratched the side of my head and added.

“To be precise, I’m human… but I should say that the power of a demon is dormant within .”

“Dormant?”

“I rembered a part of my lost mories. Soone warned . That the power of so devil is dormant within , so I should go to the Demon King's Castle to put it to sleep.”

At these words, I saw Miki's jaw drop.

“What devil?”

“I don't know that far yet.”

Actually, I do.

It's the ‘Demon King’.

To be precise, a certain being who was once called the Demon King.

“Anyway, that's why Lily can easily satisfy her hunger by drinking just a little of my blood.”

I deliberately spoke in a nonchalant tone, but for the listener, it must have been a shocking content that couldn't be heard that way at all.

In fact, Ibi, who was staring at with her mouth agape, soon said this.

“……This guy is making up all sorts of stories.”

“…Huh?”

So you weren't surprised?

“No, I really don't care if you're rolling around in a tent with soone in the middle of the night or if you're going to hell for ssing with a nun, okay?”

Ibi seed to think that I was making up a lie to get out of the situation.

“But why are you making up such ridiculous excuses like a guy caught cheating?”

“It's not an excuse….”

Indeed, it was a story that was hard to believe right away unless I showed so proof.

But I couldn't let her drink my blood like Lily…

While I was pondering this, I suddenly heard a sniffling sound from sowhere.

Surprised, I turned around.

“S-Sister?!”

And saw tears welling up in Lily's two eyes.

“Wh-Why are you crying?!”

“I should have protected Mr. Yubin’s secret… I-I… because I couldn't control myself…”

At that, even Ibi was flustered and checked Lily's reaction, saying, “Wh-What? What's wrong with her?”.

“I am, disqualified as a cleric…!”

She must have thought that it was because of her that I had no choice but to reveal my secret, the ‘confession’ that she had to keep solemnly.

“No, Lily. I was going to tell them soon anyway. I can't hide it forever.”

I first tried to calm Lily down by gently stroking her arm.

“And honestly, it wasn't really sothing to hide.”

“…That you have demon blood, you an?”

At that, Lily, who had raised her head, asked back in puzzlent.

It was a look of incomprehension.

Lily had spent her whole life thoroughly hiding her identity, the ‘secret’ of her horns and tail, under her veil and clothes so that they would never be discovered.

It was impossible for to now tell her, ‘Actually, it’s no big deal, so you should confess right now’.

It's not possible in the first place, and I don't want to.

“I might be saying this so casually because I don’t have visible horns and a tail. No, that’s probably it.”

However, I could give her ‘clues’ little by little.

“Still, I was actually glad that I had demon blood.”

“What…?”

“Thanks to that, I can help you, can't I?”

And Lily, too, because she had the power of a demon, could do things that ordinary clerics couldn't.

At that mont, Ibi suddenly let out a small sigh, “Haa….”.

Seeing Lily's reaction, she must have realized that my words weren't just a made-up excuse.

And also that she had touched on a part that could beco a little troubleso for her.

“So, anyway, you're saying that you weren't subjected to any strange things by that guy, or that you didn't do anything to him, right?”

Lily quietly nodded her head with a tearful expression.

“I told you from the beginning. It's not that.”

“Would you believe it if you saw that?”

“……Well, it would be hard.”

“M-Mr. Yubin has done nothing wrong…!”

Suddenly, Lily wiped the tears from her eyes and said.

“It's all because I'm lacking…”

“Ah, why does she say everything is her fault again? Isn't it tiring to live like that?”

“…What?”

At that, Ibi waved her hands as if she couldn't listen anymore.

“Bla God instead. Isn't that what you believe in him for?”

“What are you saying in front of a cleric…”

“Hey, if things go well, it's my credit, if they don't, it's soone else's fault, that's how the world works. And a god can't even listen to such an excuse?”

Then, as if she was embarrassed for having misunderstood (?), she scratched the back of her head and said.

“No, well, if it was really because of control, why would I say anything about that.”

“…Doesn't it, make you feel bad?”

“What?”

“T-That I have to drink… soone else's blood…”

“Do I look like I'd feel bad about that? It's not my blood.”

“T-That I… visit Mr. Yubin, every night…”

“…What nonsense is that?”

“B-But, last ti, you were clearly, jealous…”

“Are you picking a fight with now?”

“…!”

At Ibi's sharp glare, Lily flinched and instinctively grabbed my arm next to her.

At the sa ti, I, who had learned the full story of the mystery I had forgotten for a while, could only make this sound.

“Ah…”

So that was the source of the misunderstanding.

I had only said it to tease her playfully, but for the always serious Lily, it must not have been taken that way.

She really, had misunderstood that Ibi had feelings for .

“So that's why Ibi appeared in my dream…”

“……Ah?”

I have to be careful with my words.

The mont I unconsciously muttered that realization.

“……What? In your dream… what? … what?”

I saw Ibi, who had frozen in place, repeat the sa question like a broken wind-up doll.

Then, as if the spring had completely unwound, she froze in place.

But that was also for a mont.

“──!?”

Whoosh! Ibi's face turned beet red, and my vision imdiately flipped.

“Th-Th-This bastard…!”

Ibi had grabbed by the collar and started to shake violently.

“Wh-What did you do, you bastard!? What the hell did you do to ?!”

“I-I didn't do anything…!”

And strictly speaking, it wasn't you either…!

“M-, with those eyes…! I’ve never been with anyone── h-how far did you go, you crazy pervert bastard!?”

“H-Help…”

“Erase it from your mory! Erase it!!”