I’m Not That Kind of Talent - Chapter 121

121. Uncomfortable Daily Life (2)

“Welcome, Demon. “I’m glad you came back early.”

“Ed?”

“Give me your coat and sit over there.”

Ed casually took my outerwear from me and led me to a chair that was lying around. As soon as I sat down there, Ben, who was standing in front of me, started looking at me carefully.

I watched him blankly and belatedly called him out with a question.

“Ben…?”

“Yes, Demon. “Please excuse me for a moment.”

Ben, who was fiddling with his bandaged wrist, looked at the magic stone around his neck and frowned as if something occurred to him.

“Would you like to lie down?”

“…?”

“Ed what are you doing? “Why don’t you quickly put me to bed, Demon.”

No… As soon as I arrived, I thought, what is this?…

I was lost in the sudden situation for a moment, and then Ed came towards me with the intention of hugging me, so I stood up in shock.

Even if you don’t know what it is, it would be better to just follow it. If you don’t follow them, they will do everything in their power.

‘Rather than experience such shame, I’d rather just comply…’

I walked slowly and lay down on the bed. Ben pressed various parts of his stomach and tilted his head curiously.

“There were definitely signs of internal injury… but you’re feeling much better now.”

“Is that so?”

So it was this serious.

I think the test is over. I’m glad to hear you’ve improved a lot. I tried to slowly get up, but I couldn’t overcome Ben’s pressure on my shoulders and fell back down.

Why are you saying I’m okay? Can’t I just get up?

“Oh, it’s late to tell you. “Daemon, are you okay?”

“Didn’t you just look?”

“I don’t know what the problem is, but strong signals such as hemoptysis are coming, but signals from simple increases in blood pressure or faster heartbeat are not coming in. Should I say that it comes as if the signal is so weak that it is unintelligible?…”

“My body is fine. Rather, is that an error? In that case, I should change it….”

“No, if I change it, the correct signal will come only in the beginning, and after that it will be the same as now….”

Have you already changed it?

Wasn’t that my blood? From what I heard, it doesn’t seem like it was changed once or twice. When did you take it?

While I was rumbling to myself, I quietly spoke about a hypothesis that suddenly occurred to me.

“Perhaps there is a problem with distance….”

“Absolutely not. “If that were the case, the correct signal would have come now.”

Oh yeah…

I closed my mouth again.

“More than that, Demon, please take care of yourself. “Every time the signal comes, I can’t even go and my heart aches. Do you know how much it affects me?”

Come to think of it, this person was my doctor. And since he is a doctor with a strong professional spirit, it is definitely worth worrying about.

Should I say thank you or sorry…

I didn’t know what to say, so I hesitated, but I heard Ed babbling.

“I already tried to escape…”

“I was caught once by the Corps Commander Lirinel and once by the Demon King. Next time, I will definitely escape!”

I’m going to escape and go heal Demon’s body!

Even though I was shouting that, I couldn’t show any signs of it and was so scared inside. Are you going to come to the crazy human world? no way! Do not come!

‘The hidden hero was here…!’

I am shocked that a major crisis has passed without me even knowing. Lirinel and the Demon King. I sent a frantic thank you to the two of them. Thank you thank you.

“You still haven’t come to your senses after having a meeting with the Demon Lord.”

“Because I am Demon’s doctor. “It is my duty to rush to check on the patient when something is wrong with their body.”

“There are degrees of that too. You…”

“Oh, you’re noisy, Demon.” “I have a question about your physical condition. Are you okay?”

Ben, who had blatantly ignored Ed, turned towards me and smiled.

Hey, I’m fine… but are you really okay? Ed is staring at me from behind right now.

Anyway, Ben smiled sweetly as if nothing had happened and carefully asked the question.

“Have you… ever felt a change in your physical condition?”

Physical condition? I’m not sure.

…Oh, now that I think about it, it seems like the frequency of hemoptysis has decreased at some point.

But wasn’t that because of how you felt? The injuries I got from each situation seemed to be milder than expected, but my physical condition didn’t change much, so I thought it was just my mood.

When I told him this to see if it was just a feeling or if it was real, Ed jumped up and shouted with joy.

“The aftereffects can also be cured! I’m so glad! “It looks like it won’t be long until Demon-sama rides the Demon World’s horse!”

“…Did you remember that?”

“It’s a promise I made to Demon. I must never forget it, right?”

No, you can forget it.

Can’t I just stay sick…?

I barely stopped my hand from touching my forehead and clenched and unclenched my fist. Hmm, looking at it again, nothing seems to have changed… Has he really gotten healthier?

As a test, I lightly punched the wall.

“Oh Demon! for a moment…!”

Sigh.

“….”

“….”

…I didn’t even use my full power.

I looked back and forth between my throbbing, swollen fist and Ben. Ben, who ran over in horror and looked at his hand, made a sentence with a stern expression.

“It’s a fracture.”

“….”

This is the physical condition I know.

That’s strange. Is my physical condition going up and down?

As I was looking at my hand with a purple bruise without much emotion, Ben snatched my hand and quickly treated it, sighing deeply and muttering lowly as if reprimanding me.

“It wasn’t a change in that sense. I just feel like the signal from the magic stone is getting weaker as time goes by…”

—I thought it might be because something that makes up Demon’s body is constantly changing.

Silence came.

“…What is that…”

It was an eerie word.

I wiped my goosebumped arms.

“Are you saying my body is changing without me knowing?”

“It’s just a guess.”

“You’re crazy. “There are things that can be said and things that cannot be said. Are you saying that now?”

Oh, I didn’t say the last word.

These were the words that Ed, who had grimaced in front of me for the first time, said as he grabbed Ben by the collar.

It was so ferocious that everyone watching was shocked, but unfortunately, it didn’t affect Ben. The manly doctor, who would never lose to Ed, grabbed him by the collar and shouted.

“then! Could it be that the magic on the magic stone has become corrupted? In magic, there may be ‘disappearance through time’, but there can be no ‘deterioration’! So what’s left? “The only thing that matters is that the blood currently flowing through Demon-sama’s body is different from the blood used to create the magic!”

“Maybe it’s not a problem with magic, but an error with the magic stone itself!” “

That’s why you said you’ve already changed it several times! You think it’s easy to draw Demon’s blood! “Demon-nim turned a blind eye to it, so I got it every time, but even without that, my conscience is pricked because I don’t have enough blood!”

…I’ve never turned a blind eye to you?

When did you draw my blood, you damn doctor?

“It all worked well in the beginning! “The signal just gradually weakened over time!”

“….”

“This is a reaction that doesn’t seem to be true even though it is Demon’s blood!”

Ben won this time too.

After blocking Ed’s speech, he huffed for a moment, then took a deep breath as if trying to calm down and turned his head to look at me. There was a look of disappointment in the eyes we met.

“…sorry. “I dared to raise my voice in front of Demon.”

“No, well… more than that, it’s about my body changing…”

There’s no way I could be angry about something like that. So stop apologizing and move on.

It’s directly related to me, so I can’t be unaware of it.

Ben carefully examined my expression to see if it was genuine, nodded slightly and said.

“I didn’t even notice it at first. I thought it was an illusion. But since this is repeated….”

“….”

“I will tell you now. Demon’s body has been changing steadily since the day we first met. “Something that I can’t pinpoint is changing very slightly.”

“Isn’t your body recovering?”

“If it was something like that, I would have known right away.”

He seems particularly nervous towards Ed…

He rolled his eyes, looked at the two, and cautiously opened his mouth. Normally I would have kept my mouth shut, but now there is nothing I can do.

“So is it good or bad?”

It’s my body.

Even if I’m so weak that I can’t help but sigh, it’s still my body. Even if you don’t know what’s happening, if it’s a good phenomenon, you’re fortunate. If it’s a bad phenomenon, you have to prepare your mind.

“First of all, it seems like a good thing. Nothing is particularly worse than before. On the contrary, the frequency of hemoptysis has decreased, so it should be viewed as a good thing.”

“If that’s the case, then that’s a good thing…”

Knock.

Everyone’s heads in the room turned toward the door. I also closed my mouth and looked at the door.

It’s good timing to visit when the conversation is almost over. As I nodded in exclamation, Ed, who had been observing me, got up from his seat and opened the door slightly.

As soon as a small gap opened, a hand came through the gap.

“…?!”

What a fucking surprise! I can’t help but curse. who is this?

This time, Ed also seemed quite surprised and quickly tightened his grip on the door handle to close the door… and then released it.

As if he had just managed to control his emotions, a calm voice called the other person’s name.

“Dvelania, you are joking too much.”

“Oh Ed. “Did you manage to figure it out?”

“What’s going on?”

“Now that Demon has returned, wouldn’t it be polite to meet him?”

I haven’t been out long enough to say hello this time, so why bother?

In an instant, the 2nd Corps Commander Develania bursts in through the crack in the door and taps Ed on the shoulder, then approaches me and grabs my hand. The silent movement like a cockroach gave me goosebumps that were different from before.

“Demon Niim, why is Ben next to you? “Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No, not really.”

“Hmm…”

She narrows her eyes and examines me, as if she doesn’t quite believe my answer without hesitation.

If it was going to be like this, why did you ask? No, rather, let go of this hand….

“Oh my god!”

“!”

Why, why again…

I looked at her in surprise at the voice that clearly conveyed my emotional shock. D’Vellania’s eyes were on my fingertips.

“You broke your fingernail!”

“….”

“The nails were carefully maintained….”

Wow… this is the first time I’ve seen him scream. But the cause is my fingernails.

Can’t you see the bandage wrapped around the other wrist? A fractured hand would be more visible than a broken fingernail.

As if she felt a rough texture from the fingertips she was holding, she kept fiddling with my fingernails and made a sad expression, then looked back at Ed with a sharp expression.

“What are you doing, Demon, if you can’t even take care of your nails?”

“…sorry.”

Don’t apologize. It was strange that you took care of my nails in the first place.

Ed and DeBellania usually take care of my nails. Ed usually trims it, Develania inspects it, and sometimes he trims it himself.

They made it so obvious that I ignored it, but now that I think about it, it’s not true. Why is the adjutant trimming my nails? Why is someone as strong as two corps commanders taking care of my nails?

“The doctor there. What are you doing? “Hurry up and let’s not restore Demon’s fingernails.”

“…I think you are confused about the role of the attending physician, Develania.”

“Daemon, there’s a crisis with your nails, but that’s not the role of a doctor?”

Of course not. If anyone hears this, they will think that their life is in danger.

She looked at Develania with slightly cooled eyes, but as if she knew that was an unreasonable statement, she tilted her head and changed her words patronizingly.

“If it doesn’t work out, give me some nutrition.”

“…All right.”

Ben, who realized that this workshop would never end if he continued to hold on, let out a deep sigh and rummaged through his bag.

“Daemon’s hand…”

“Ah…yes.”

I had to look at him with anxious eyes the whole time I was leaving him doing his nails, wondering if he might be upset and do something strange.

This happened less than a day after arriving at the Demon King’s Castle.