episode_0078

“Sigh… .”

I managed to safely hang up the tent and lock it, avoiding Elia’s clutches.

“Harang? Excuse me?!”

I ignored the urgent voice of someone outside.

If that had failed… I probably would have gone to bed with Elia.

-Brrr

Even though I only imagined it, it was so horrible that it made my body tremble.

“No, no, no.”

He shook his head roughly.

There is no such future anymore, is there? There is no need to imagine such ominous things unnecessarily.

It may seem like I’m overreacting, but from my perspective, there’s nothing I can do about it.

Of course, I also want to sleep with my only disciple, Myeong.

First of all. I can barely hide my discomfort just by being around her, so how could I go to bed with a saint? That doesn’t make sense.

If we sleep together, won’t my stomach turn inside out?

I have a sense of pride, so I can’t show myself like that, right?

Hmm, right.

He was nodding his head in celebration like that.

“… Is it okay to leave it like that?”

“What.”

Anonymous blurted out words that got on my nerves.

I turned my head slightly and saw Myeong-i tilting his head with a somewhat worried expression.

He frowned.

“Then what do you want me to do?”

What came out was a naturally sullen tone.

…Is this guy more worried about that guy than me right now?

At my strong reaction, the anonymous person flinched and trembled, and soon began to sweat profusely.

“That, Master… That’s not what I meant.”

“Huh.”

He turned his head roughly.

“Master, let me say this first… .”

“ done!”

I turned my back to Nameless, throwing myself onto the sleeping bag he had spread out.

Words are truly like water; what has already been spilled cannot be picked up again.

In short, it’s already too late.

From now on, I will not exchange a single word with Nameless until tomorrow morning.

To convey my intention, I let out a sigh.

“… Master?”

“…”

I heard an anonymous voice fidgeting behind me, and for some reason my heart became weak… .

This time, I really made up my mind.

I wrapped the sleeping bag tightly around my body and closed my eyes to fall asleep.

…

I squinted my eyes at the suddenly brightened surroundings and sat up.

“Hmm… Anonymous, is it morning already?”

Normally I would wake up naturally before the sun rose, but today for some reason I felt like I only woke up after it was bright outside.

No, how can that be?

There’s no way I’d be up this late unless there was some special reason.

As I thought about that fact, I began to feel a little uneasy.

“Anonymous?”

If it were normal, the anonymous person who would have answered right away even if he was sleeping or doing something else is not answering now.

I rub my eyes with one hand, open my eyes half-asleep, and look around. The nameless person who should have fallen asleep next to me is no longer there.

No, it’s not the place I remember.

This is my room in the cabin.

I clicked my tongue and shook my head after making a judgment in a situation that felt somehow awkward.

“Tsk… It would be nice if you at least gave me a heads up.”

I muttered with a small sigh, and slowly, a silhouette began to appear in my pupils.

Someone who flaps their plump wings at their waist and constantly sways their tail.

“Harang! It’s Lily! Lily! ”

He frowned and wiped his face.

… As expected.

As expected, it’s Lily.

The face I see as soon as I fall asleep is Lily… Isn’t that a bit too much?

I too want to rest comfortably today.

I’ve been through a lot and have had some emotional struggles…

However, Lily, who couldn’t possibly care less about my reaction, ran towards me.

“Thank you, Harang!”

He turned his head away, pretending not to know Lily’s question, and opened his mouth slightly.

“… What are you talking about?”

“Hey~ You know!”

Lily chuckled and tapped my shoulder with her elbow. It really was annoying.

When he waved his arms in disapproval, Lily stepped back exaggeratedly and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Honestly, I was worried! Thank goodness!”

“Tsk.”

If you were so worried about giving me a job, why are you asking me to do this?

Lily continued speaking slyly as she clicked her tongue and turned her head.

“Contrary to what you might think, Jackal is actually an important kid~”

He stuck out his lips.

Since Lily said she was important, she must be someone who would definitely be helpful to the Demon King.

Conversely, this guy is a huge headache for humans.

I wasn’t paying attention, but when I heard Lily say that, I started to feel annoyed for no reason.

Why should I care about this?

As I was frowning like that, Lucius and Elia suddenly came to mind.

The sight of him struggling to defeat the demon known as the Jackal, and then failing and blaming himself.

“Um… .”

Even though I don’t like them that much, I have feelings for them.

I feel a little uneasy in a corner of my heart.

This way, I will be uncomfortable with them the whole time I am with them… .

He let out a small sigh and opened his mouth.

“Lily.”

“Huh?”

Lily tilted her head with a questioning expression at the voice that had become extremely serious.

“Can I ask you a favor?”

“Uh… Is this a favor?”

Lily looked at my clenched fist and smiled awkwardly.

I smiled at the sight of Lily like that and nodded my head, veins appearing on my fists.

“Of course.”

“Ahahaha… I have to do whatever Harang asks me to do!”

Lily and I continued our negotiations.

…

After some small negotiations.

Lily, who was sweating profusely, clapped her hands once and changed the subject.

“By the way, there are people that Harang has entrusted to you, right?”

Well, it was really funny how he blatantly beat around the bush.

I have already achieved my goal.

I raised the corners of my mouth at Lily’s appearance and tilted my head to agree with her as she changed the subject.

“Huh? Human?”

“Oh… You didn’t forget, did you? What was it? The Heavenly Demon Sect?”

“Ah.”

Sure, I did make something like that, but why the Cheonmasingyo… .

I felt like my dark past had been brought up for no reason, so I coughed slightly.

Of course, it wasn’t my will that made it into that name, but the will of anonymity was greater.

“I remember.”

Lily, who had been looking at me with disrespectful eyes for a moment, flinched at my narrowed gaze, shuddered, and opened her mouth again.

“… Anyway, the group that Harang created is growing very well!”

“Growing very well?”

I tilted my head, not understanding what Lily was saying.

“Uh… Specifically, how many times has the number of people gathered increased?”

“… How many times?”

My eyes opened wide, as if they were going to tear apart.

… Did I mishear?

How many times? Isn’t that an absurd number?

In the first place, what wisdom do they have, leading a group? Are you talking about being called that big?

Besides, it hasn’t even been a month since I broke up with them.

The current growth rate is so fast that it would be impossible to achieve it without someone’s help.

Could it be that Lily helped? If so, there is at least a slight possibility… .

Looking at Lily with those eyes.

Lily shook her head and raised the corners of her lips slightly.

“Harang’s disciple did it all!”

“Anonymous?”

He frowned.

… What on earth is this? There have been a lot of things I don’t understand since earlier.

Did he have a talent for running a group that even anonymous people didn’t notice?

No. That could be quite possible, even if it was the nameless one who had the talent to run the group from the beginning.

There’s no way I could know since I have absolutely no knowledge of that sort of thing.

But what concerns me now is that Anonymous was always with me… .

When on earth did you interfere with the growth of the Cheonmasingyo?

As I tilted my head at Lily’s incomprehensible words, Lily raised the corners of her lips.

“Yes! I’m still talking to Harang’s disciple!”

“… What?”

Both eyes opened wide.

how…?

At me making that expression, Lily hardened her expression as if she found herself bewildered and pointed at herself.

“I think you forgot… That succubus?”

“What does that matter… Ah.”

A succubus, or dream demon. And a dream demon is someone who controls dreams and makes a living by eating them.

As such, when it comes to dreams, it can be said that no one can match Lily.

…then maybe?

He opened his mouth with a trembling voice, looking unsightly.

“So you were meeting with that anonymous person as well as me?”

“Yeah!”

Lily nodded brightly.

“…”

On the other hand, unlike Lily, I feel like my legs will give out and I will collapse at any moment.

Anonymous, you were meeting Lily without telling me?

It’s unlikely that will happen, but surely not the two of them… .

Sigh… For some reason, Myeong-i hasn’t been giving me strawberries lately.

His expression became extremely gloomy.

An unknown emotion was simmering inside me.