chapter 2
Demon king bastard…
What woke me up the next morning was neither the alarm clock that rang every morning nor the noise from upstairs.
Chwaaa!
It was a cold splash of water that chilled you down to the bone.
“Wake up.”
It’s hard for me to open my eyes because I’m in a poor state, but I’ve never wanted a wake-up call like this.
“What do you want me to try?”
I got irritated for no reason, but when I saw the blue eyes staring at me as if they were going to eat me, I had something to say.
I put up with it because I really want to live.
Dr.
Serena pulls a wooden chair in front of me and sits down, taking out her small notebook and pen.
“I will begin the interrogation.”
Serena stares at me with cold eyes and speaks.
It seems like he is implicitly saying that he will cut my throat if I don’t answer correctly.
‘Can I, not Oran, answer properly?’
At most, the only information I know is what’s in the novel.
In the end, as far as I know, I had no choice but to ask her to bury her.
“Where is the devil’s treasure hidden?”
No, how do I know that?
I tried to ask right away, but I barely endured it.
The Demon King’s Treasure. I remember screaming to find it because it was hidden somewhere on this continent right before the demon king searched for it.
Treasures are real or something.
Importantly, there was no pie in the novel about the treasure.
Yes, I was blocked from the first question.
“Don’t you know?”
“That’s…”
“Useless.”
The vitality slowly disappears from the blue eyes that were staring at me.
Serena’s pupils are left with only a chill.
It feels like I’m about to pull out a knife at any moment.
“Oh, I know!”
She had to say that she knew in order to live.
“Oh, is that so? Then it might be useful.”
Serena raises her eyebrows and shows her curiosity.
In order to live, I had to give a plausible explanation.
“Is there an area called the Land of Dragons in the southern part of the continent? I heard that it was entrusted to the Guardian who guards it.”
The Land of the Dragon, one of the remote areas briefly introduced in the novel.
It is an area shrouded in mystery to the extent that it is said that no one who set foot there returned alive.
So if I tell you there’s a treasure there, there’s no way to check it.
Even if Serena went to find it herself, she’d be killed faster than realizing that she didn’t have the treasure.
“Land of Dragons… I didn’t expect that place.”
Fortunately, Serena nodded her head alone and scribbled something in her notebook… ….
“Did you think I was right and believed you?”
The pen tip came close enough to sting my eyes.
“The treasures of the Demon King were in the basement of the Demon King’s Castle. It’s not even after they’ve already been collected.”
Ink runs down the cheeks like drops of blood.
It didn’t take long to realize that something was wrong.
“Then why did you ask me this…”
The corners of Serena’s mouth quiver as if she had waited for this moment.
“I thought you might be trying to trick me, so I asked to check.”
f*ck.
In my preoccupation with thinking of a plausible answer, I lost sight of the fact that she might have played a trick on her.
I thought you were a crazy b*tch who treated people’s lives like flies, but I never thought you’d be a brainy idiot.
“Poohyo, it’s pitiful to see you trying to cheat.”
Serena painted an eerie grin on her lips with her flushed face.
It’s a face I really want to punch.
“I will punish you for lying.”
I was about to close my eyes and hit him in the head, but with just one word, I came to my senses at once.
“……Bee?”
“Yes. As punishment for you trying to trick me.”
She tried to cheat and gave her a reason to bully me.
Should I have said I didn’t know?
No, even if I said I didn’t know, she would have said something similar in the name of not cooperating.
…… Wait for a sec.
If I tell the truth and Serena denies it, then am I lying?
“I will punish you.”
“Wait before that.”
It was strange when you think about it.
Demon Castle collapsed due to the battle between the demon king and the hero, but you found a treasure underground?
There was an error in her words.
“Why? Did you want to beg for help?”
Serena looks down at me with a fishy smile.
She was somewhat intimidated by her self-confident appearance, but I think she will be punished anyway, so let’s check the truth.
“I never lied to you?”
As she was drawing lines, her smile hardened for an instant.
“He said he found a treasure in the basement of the castle.”
“But the demon castle collapsed, so how?”
“…I dug up and found it.”
“So? What was in the treasure then?”
“……What does that matter?”
The speed at which she responds slows down, and at some point she starts to spread only her sophistry.
“What does it matter? Saying you don’t know is a lie…”
“You, you are the devil’s dog. I, you who will die after suffering a lot from me, was curious about that, so I asked what it had to do with it!”
So that’s what he meant.
I’m going to bully you anyway, so what’s the point of the truth?
Whether she tells the truth or lies doesn’t change the fact that she punishes me?
“What a crazy b*tch.”
“Listen as a compliment.”
That mean b*tch.
In the first place, all I could do was hope that the ‘bee’ she mentioned wasn’t harsh.
“Are you ready?”
“Would it be okay if I was like you?”
Her stiff smile widens.
Serena’s index and middle fingers above my lips.
It squeezed between my lips and forcibly opened my mouth.
“Tell me you’re a demon lord.”
Serena whispered in her ear.
…… Did I hear you wrong about cutting off one of her fingers?
Serena, who was glaring at me with her ferocious eyes, said the unexpected words that came out of her mouth, and her head went blank for a moment.
“Demon king bastard, I told you to talk.”
After I was still, Serena spoke again, as if telling me to listen carefully.
I didn’t hear that wrong.
She was urging me to curse the Demon King.
…… Is that really the end? Is it okay to say that the demon lord is a bastard?
Well, this isn’t an ideological verification.
I didn’t even know the demon king in the novel, so there was nothing I couldn’t do.
“Demon king dog…”
But as I was about to speak, an idea suddenly popped into my head.
Is this also a trap?
Maybe I overreacted because I had a history of being deceived by Serena’s fakes.
No matter how much you think about it, it’s strange to say that swearing at the demon lord is punishment.
‘Oran is a being bound by a contract with the demon king.’
Wouldn’t there be a penalty for swearing at the demon king, such as choking or losing one limb?
For some reason, it reminded me that this place is a fantasy world, so it seemed like anything was possible.
“Are you afraid to do it? Guess, your expression of pain is truly spectacle.”
Even if you look only at Serena, who is crying, it seems that there is something in her.
It’s better not to…….
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll cut off your fingers one by one. Once all the fingers are cut off, the toes and toes will be cut off, and then I’ll leave it to your imagination.”
f*ck, I have a reason to do it.
If you have to choose between going behind with an uncertain probability and going behind with 100 percent, of course it’s the former.
“The Demon King… You bastard.”
Immediately after spitting out, she immediately closed her eyes.
I didn’t feel short of breath or my head hurt.
Are you okay? Am i alive right?
“It’s really good to see you, the devil’s dog, curse the devil in order to live.”
When she opened her eyes, she saw Serena with the face of her dying for good.
That crazy b*tch. You made it
Serena, who was ridiculed, scribbled something on her notebook and then opened her mouth.
“Now, let me ask you the next question. Where is the Demon King?”
Why did you ask that? No matter what I do now, I heard doubts.
‘What answer do you want?’
Trouble even if you know, bully even if you don’t know.
Thanks to you, I don’t know how to answer, but my head hurts.
“Aren’t you curious too?”
In the middle of deepening my troubles, a hint was casually thrown in a voice full of laughter.
…… That crazy b*tch
That’s what you intended.
“Is the demon king alive?”
“I thought you would be curious.”
The corners of Serena’s raised mouth told me that the answer was correct.
“The Demon King is dead. Immediately after being pierced through the heart by the warrior’s sword, I even smashed his head, so there’s no chance he’s still alive.”
As expected, I was saying this because Ji wanted to boast about killing the demon king.
“Then the Demon King is…”
“Yes, it must be buried in the ground and rotting.”
Or maybe it was because he wanted to destroy Oran’s hopes.
No blow to me.
“Puhuh, don’t be heartbroken. The opponent was us.”
Serena barely held back her laughter and offered comfort.
No, is this a provocation?
The warrior’s colleague was ugliest.
“Kuhm, but you answered correctly this time, so I guess I’ll give you a prize. Do you have anything you want?”
Did Serena realize that too? She made an unexpected offer.
Even if I told you to tell me what you want, you won’t listen to me asking for release.
A trivial request that won’t damage the current relationship.
Perhaps that is the bottom line.
“Can I get you something to drink?”
My throat was burning even now, so I wanted to drink something.
“I’ll listen as much as I can.”
I should have asked for something to eat.
She readily agreed.
……
…
“Didn’t I tell you to give me water…?”
Serena said she would give her water, but even after several seconds passed, she sat still.
“There is a lot, so drink as much as you like.”
“So where is the water?”
“Isn’t it okay to drink water from the floor?”
She said how easy it is to go easy.
Drinking water spilled on the floor.
Not only was the source of the water unclear, but it was dirty as it was mixed with soil.
Anyway, this seems to cross the line a bit.
“If you don’t like it, raise one finger…”
Yes.
She brought her face to the floor.
A mud puddle mixed with soil. To be honest, I don’t even want to get close to it.
…… Still, I won’t go back to eating.
I made up my mind and stuck out my tongue.
“Wait a minute!”
But just before the tip of her tongue touched the puddle, Serena hurriedly pulled her head up.
Drinking? But why are you blocking it all of a sudden?
Is this part of bullying?
She lifted her head at her slightly upset heart and saw Serena, her chin shaking.
“I didn’t stop because I was worried about you… ….”
Serena reluctantly responds after confronting my gaze.
“Yeah, yeah, it’s okay if you eat the wrong food and die quickly. So don’t, just block it.”
Her earlobes turned red, and she hurriedly added her words.