I’m Not That Kind of Talent - Chapter 76

76. Demon Realm Again (4)

“If I keep doing this, I’ll catch a mysterious demon. “There’s no way that Demon doesn’t know that he cares about that guy.”

“…Ben.”

“I guess he really didn’t mean to kill me. “This guy didn’t do anything wrong.”

“What about Demon?”

You talk back. Should we consider ourselves lucky that we didn’t kill the gardener?

Saying nice things to a guy like this doesn’t work.

Ben let out a deep sigh and immediately spoke bluntly.

“It seems like Demon doesn’t like it.”

“….”

“I told you that I would never let that incubus approach you again, but you didn’t seem to like it.”

Suddenly, the grip on Hien’s neck loosened.

Hien sits down on the floor, covers his throat and coughs. Ed, who was stroking his hair, clicked his tongue in annoyance.

Ben, who ignored Ed and passed by, sat down in front of Hien with his legs bent and lifted his chin with his finger to check his condition.

“…Luckily there are no problems.”

I let go and stood up. Ben glanced at Hien looking up at me and immediately laughed. A faint laugh dispelled the subtle silence.

“Understand. “He has bad memories of incubuses and succubi.”

“yes?”

“Ben.”

“He was originally an unbiased guy.”

Unbelievable. Hien opened his eyes wide and looked at Ed.

There are two main standards by which demons treat others. ‘Powerlessness’ and ‘a method of supplying energy necessary for biological activities’.

In the latter case, most demons gain energy through meals, and some demons do not need to do anything special or gain energy through something else.

It doesn’t matter how energy is obtained, but if energy can only be supplied through someone else, that demon will be looked down upon.

‘A disgusting and vulgar demon that barely survives by living as a parasite on someone. That’s the incubus and the succubus…’

I looked at Ed’s annoyed expression. The face immediately distorts as soon as our eyes meet. Hien swallowed the words floating around in his mouth.

…It seems full of prejudice.

“It seems incredible.”

“…I believe it.”

Regardless of whether I don’t understand it or not, I believe it. That way, you can understand him showing his irritation but not showing his disgust.

‘If you say that right… I’m not the problem, it’s the ‘Incubus’ that’s the problem, right? That’s also because of Ed’s personal feelings.’

Then, Ed, you just have to keep it out of sight!

A hopeful conclusion was reached.

It may be that Daemon himself ordered us not to be seen, but didn’t he say that he wanted us to keep seeing him?

If Deon heard, ‘I never said that?!’ Thinking about jumping up and down, Hien called out to Demon-sama with a once again moved expression.

Of course, if you say it out loud, the attention of those two will be directed towards you, so just keep it to yourself.

At that time, a boiling voice was heard.

“Ben, turn it off right now… no, no. “You go back.”

“yes yes?”

“Yes, gardener. “Nothing good will come of staying here, so I’d better go back.”

They’re staring at each other without even casting a glance, but I’m sure what they said to me was clear.

Since the two demons had the same will, there was nothing to worry about. Hien, who was watching the confrontation between the two with a bewildered expression, quietly retreated.

Ben, who was watching the back moving away, turned his head and made eye contact with the gaze glaring at me.

“Your facial expression is scary. “If you do well, they will try to kill me.”

“If I had said more there, it really would have happened that way.”

“more? what? This refers to a case where a succubus is mistaken for an incubus and a confession is made incorrectly…”

Boom!

The spot where Ben was standing caved in.

“shut up.”

“…This shouldn’t be a training ground.”

Ben, who had already moved to avoid the spot, mutters as he looks at the floor where the harpoon was placed. When I looked up, I made eye contact with Ed. A rare open face caught my eye and I burst into laughter.

“calm down. “Do you know what you’re like now?”

“….”

“It’s ugly. I’m sure you know that you can’t mess with the gardener unless you know that Master Daemon doesn’t want you to. Besides, the gardener didn’t do anything terribly wrong.”

“….”

“Why don’t you calm down and go to your place. By now, news of Demon’s return should have spread throughout the Demon Castle. “I guess there are a lot of visitors.”

“….”

It was too much. I was so embarrassed that I overacted.

Ed remembered the incubus running wild in strange places and sighed, filled with self-pity.

I know there is nothing wrong with the gardener. However, as a perfectionist, he just didn’t like it because it reminded him of the most shameful memory in his life.

I wanted to avoid it, but I couldn’t because of my position as Demon’s lieutenant. So I tried to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of it.

I knew implicitly that Demon-sama didn’t want to get rid of him completely, but I pretended not to know, using the excuse that it was for his sake.

Even excluding personal feelings, the existence of the Incubus was a factor in disparaging Demon’s name, so there was no hesitation, but ‘I never thought I

would say such a thing…’

He was the adjutant of the commander of the 0 Corps.

Considering that you should not put your personal feelings into acting for him, your current actions are disqualifying.

Ed, who had thought that far, raised his hand and wiped his face to come to his senses.

‘Let’s go back.’

In the past, whether the incubus played with his mind by lying about his gender or made him a laughing stock by publicizing his confession, that is just the past and has nothing to do with the gardener.

Let’s forget it. The more sensitive you are, the more ridiculous you become.

I quickened my pace, thinking of Demon, who was waiting for me as he had done until now, covering his memories.

It was right in front of Deon’s room that Edgar met the 8th Corps commander.

“Is it okay for me… to steal Daemon’s time…?”

“Why do you say that! Hel is a worthy corps commander! “I wasn’t able to greet you properly last quarter, so I need to do it right this time!”

“But…”

The quarter refers to the time when Demon goes out on a mission and the time he returns and stays in the Demon King’s Castle.

Since they are demons who don’t have any special seasonal changes and basically live a long life, their concept of time is poor, so I roughly divided them by watching his movements. After listening to the conversation, I think I know who that black figure is.

A corps commander who was unable to say hello to Demon during the last quarter.

Various weapons hung not only on the back but also all over the body. And a black figure from head to toe.

“Commander of the 8th Corps?”

“…!”

I knew it.

Ed, who was convinced that the opponent’s identity was the commander of the 8th Corps, immediately bowed.

“The greeting was late. This is Ed, the adjutant of Corps Commander Daemon Arut. “Commander of the 8th Corps, what are you doing here?”

***

The commander of the 8th Corps, squatting in front of the door, blames himself as if he were going to fall into the ground. Next to him, his adjutant enthusiastically cheers him up, and Develania, who caused this situation, giggles under his breath.

‘…haha.’

This is shit.

I quietly watched the scene in front of me, then turned my head and looked at Ed.

The intention was to try to sort out this mess, but Ed just lowered his head further and didn’t do anything.

‘Bad guy…’

After Ji brought him in.

I looked at him with cold eyes and then turned my head. The priority is to resolve this crazy situation.

Clap –

The two hands lightly touched each other. As if by magic, everyone’s attention was immediately focused and silence came.

So….

“That’s shit.”

“It’s not… you’re the devil?”

I was startled and stood up from my seat.

What, why is the devil here?! There is even Lyrinel behind him.

After being the commander of the 2nd corps and the 8th corps, now the devil and the 11th corps commander. What is this?

“Master Demon….”

“…?”

Unlike the Demon King’s calm expression, Lirinel stamps her feet nervously with anxious eyes.

I was so nervous that I looked at her, and when we made eye contact, she was shocked and then started crying.

“I’m sorry…”

What what?

“Oh, it’s none other than Lirinel, who received something interesting. “It was a unique-looking cookie.”

The Demon King, with a fox-like grin, shakes something.

What was in his hand was none other than a bag of cookies. It was obvious without having to ask where it came from.

But why is that? I thought I gave something quite ordinary. What are you trying to say for giving something strange to the commander? Because you can’t trust cookies given by humans?

“Sin….”

“Why don’t you give me something like this?”

“Song… yes?”

“It’s too much. “You can’t believe you only give this to Lirinel.”

“That’s right, Demon Nim, you didn’t even say a word to me, but you only gave that to Lirinel? “You’re doing it too much-.”

“….”

Before I was relieved, I was at a loss for words.

So you came to me now because I didn’t give you a gift? The devil?

Even the commander of the 2nd Corps, who had been exposed by the Demon King, began to wish for a souvenir. It seemed like he was trying not to show it, but Ed was also staring at me, and even the 8th Corps commander had stopped blaming himself and was looking at me with an expectant look in his eyes.

‘…Why do you just keep blaming yourself?’

“Daemon?”

“Ah yes. “For a moment…”

I quickly looked away and started rummaging through the luggage I had brought with me when I came here.

What was in it? There has to be something good. If you don’t give me something, I don’t think it will continue like this.

On the way here, I roughly checked what Remember had brought for me, but I couldn’t take a closer look, so I was a little worried… ‘

Wow… unexpected…’

In the end, it was a useless worry.

Silver pocket watch, white gloves, cookies. Somehow, if I put the meaning together, items that seemed to roughly resemble a gift caught my eye.

‘Besides, it’s new.’

It is perfect.

It’s a bit odd that I don’t use a pocket watch, that gloves are stuffy so I don’t wear them unless it’s a formal event, and that the cookies are shaped like flowers and hearts, unlike the ones he usually serves.

What could Remember have known? I guess I kept it there just in case.

‘…Then you don’t know this either…?’

Are you preparing for when you return to farming…?

When I found a flower seed in a corner of my bag that I didn’t even know was there, I made a subtle expression, forgetting to control my facial expression.

“Pocket watch?”

“yes.”

“I don’t know if I can accept something this good.”

The Demon Lord smiles and puts the pocket watch in his pocket. My cold, narrowed eyes followed the figure.

The words I couldn’t say lingered in my mouth.

As Ji looked at….

“I was thinking about cookies. But I never thought they would give me something this good. Anyway, thank you.”

“…!”

Did I tell you what was on my mind?

Looking at the Demon King turning around, I don’t think that’s the case. As I watched him leave, saying he had a lot of work to do, I made eye contact with Lirinel. He still has a tearful expression on his face and his mouth is open.

‘really sorry.’

It’s not okay, but it’s okay. It’s obvious to me that it wasn’t intentional, but I can’t say anything.

When she roughly expressed her intention that it was okay, her face brightened, she bowed, and quickly disappeared after the devil.

I turned my gaze and caught Ed in my eyes. He was changing his gloves.

‘It’s the same shape and the same color, so why bother…?’

The black and strange patterns on the backs of the hands, always hidden by white gloves, are revealed and then disappear.

I felt a little scared for no reason, so I slowly averted my gaze, and I heard Ed’s satisfied voice.

“Thank you, Demon.”

Well… if you liked it, that’s fine. I nodded roughly and took out two bags of cookies from my bag.

Of course, this belongs to the 2nd and 8th Corps commanders.

There were only two bags of cookies left, so it was a shame. If I wasn’t careful, I would have been in big trouble. My liver is still too small to listen to the corps commander’s complaints.

However, the expression on Develaina’s face as he looks back and forth between Cookie and the 8th Corps commander is strange.

How can I say it, it feels like a mix of grumpiness and playfulness?

“Huh-.”

“…?”

“Hey, Commander of the 8th Corps.”

There was no answer, but Hel responded to the call and raised her head. Develania smiled sinisterly.