Shake the Carrot if You Are Caught by the Devil

50 – Return home

I’m f*cking tired.

Yesterday’s shooting star… To the demon king… Anyway, it was too embarrassing because I became emotional. Of course, I wasn’t too bored watching her face all night… But the fatigue of the body was different from that.

“… Haaam.”

“Are you sleepy?”

“A little bit.”

“hehehe. I’ll have a good night’s sleep when I go home tonight.”

“…”

It’s home…

Yes. It fits home

Before climbing the tower. There was only one home I wanted to return to. 5Th floor of an apartment in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.

‘…But.’

Even so, she has no intention of killing her and going back.

‘…’

A night of arm wrestling with old skeletons. It was the first time she ever thought she might have feelings for her. And I struggled to deny that idea. That’s nonsense.

…

‘Is there anyone with as much emotion as this one?’

How many of the wicked inhabitants of this world with dried up emotions can look up at the stars and get sentimental? It’s nonsense for them to say that she is her monster.

‘… But why? The demons…’

Suddenly, the battle with Leviathan came to mind. Speaking of battles, I was only watching from a distance.

-Quooooo!

– Dorothy. Is this lizard really Leviathan? Is there anything wrong?

-That’s right. Mr. Nine. I’ve already messed up the wings with fire magic. I can’t fly anymore.

– Due to the poisoned arrow, all muscles will soon become stiff. It took a long time because it was unnecessarily big.

-Push Shoot! Push!

– Chow! Chow!

-Kang! Kang!

-.

…

As they climbed the tower to kill the demon king, the demons they encountered attacked the adventurers without hesitation.

Because they were people whose hatred towards the demons reached its peak, they did not hesitate to strike back and did not hesitate to slit their heads.

… No. If you look at it, is it natural?

If you touch the hive, the bee stings. Even if they and humans were in the opposite position, it would have been the same.

…

I kinda feel like Jake fighting alongside the natives in Avatar.

“Hey, now, ah~ do it.”

I was immersed in my own thoughts, but the devil brought a round piece of meat into my mouth.

…

“… That’s it. I’ll just eat it.”

“hehehe. Don’t do that. Oh~”

“…Ah.”

-Tap

Crunching, anyway, bastards without eyes to see. What did such a nice and innocent kid do so wrong…

…

“Oops!?”

– Coke! Kellogg! Qualok!

What the f*ck! What is so spicy!?

“Awesome…! Is it hydrochloric acid! It feels like the roof of my mouth has melted!”

“Oh, that was it, too.”

Only then, with a relieved expression on her face, did she pick up something else and eat it.

“… What, what…”

“Yum… I accidentally got a bundle of meat with a bunch of hot sauce in it, but I got confused.”

“Ugh… A lot of it… Uhhh… Just take it out.”

“What?! You will be punished for leaving food like that!”

What are the words of the four years old, who pick out all the carrots every day? And sir, use the friend you held hands with all night as a lab rat?

What I said earlier is cancelled. Also, she is the king of evil.

*

“Okay, before we go…”

“Let’s go quickly. Just. Because it is a request.”

Before she could pull out another f*cking camera, she jumped ahead.

“Why?”

“… Just, anyway, let’s go quickly.”

“No. You must take a picture. I’ve already made a Section. No matter how much I do, I can’t concede just this time.”

…

-Slurping

I was drawn to her and took three pictures of her around her lake.

-Click

“hehehe. Let go of your hair and take another picture.”

… Should I take the camera and throw it into the lake?

Well, if that’s the case, they’ll try to get it back by scooping out all the lake water.

*

“Then please drive safely to the 100th floor.”

“No. She forgot to stop by Leviathan. Oops.”

…

As expected.

I can’t.

I wanted to sneak past.

“Right, before you go.”

She reached for her bag. And she took out a piece of paper and an envelope. The envelope must have been made by herself, and the shape of the fold was sloppy.

“… What is it? Letter?”

“Yes. I will give it to Leviathan.”

…

“Why?”

I asked with the feeling of grabbing at least a straw.

“… Last time I broke my promise… Didn’t I say Leviathan was angry? That’s why I wrote an apology letter.”

“…”

“Huh? You don’t like your complexion. Is it because you’re tired?”

She pulled out her letter from her envelope and showed it to me. The language I have never seen in my life is written crookedly.

“Oh, come to think of it, I can’t read it because it’s the language of the Balaur. I’ll just read it, so tell me if there’s anything strange. This is the first time I’ve ever written an apology letter.”

“… No…”

“Hmmm.

Dear Leviathan.

I’m sorry the last time I came, I broke my promise to everyone and tried to sleep for a few more days.

I did it because I wanted to stay even a little longer. I won’t do that again. I’m reflecting.

Still, Leviathan. I was so sick and sad at that time. I apologized, so you apologize for scratching me too. I’ll forgive you if you ride me on my back five times.

I brought you a whole roast pig as a reconciliation gift. Is this as expensive as the 6 Wind Gods?

Oh, by the way, you don’t know what the 6 Wind Gods are, do you? I made a new friend, let me introduce you! He’s a very good boy You will like it too.

Then let’s be friendly again like before.

P.S. I kept exactly two days this time.”

…

“How is it? Strange?”

… Uh.

It’s f*cking weird. I want to take it and tear it apart.

…

That’s strange.

Someone writes such a letter to a dead person.

“You know what? I saw it in a magazine… Water slices?”

“…The waterslide.”

“Yes! That’s right! Leviathan’s back is so long and flat? Do you really feel like burning it? I might let you ride too if I ask.”

…

I wish the final page of the trip was last night’s meteor shower.

It seems that there are some appendices left that will make people feel depressed.

If this were a book, I would have covered it here.

*

-Shoo Woowook

The box goes up and down.

I hoped. I hope she incorrectly injects her magic power, and she goes up to the 100th floor like this, and the box explodes with a bang when we get off.

However, the box stopped on the 82nd floor.

-Drreuk

The door is open.

“It snows a lot here, so a snowman… Huh?”

Her eyes widened.

*

A place where snow was piled up on dark brown trees like in the tundra area. Rare of Leviathan.

It was like that until last time. Now there are no eyes left.

At that time, Leviathan’s ice-attribute magic remained here.

“… Huh?”

“…”

She also quickly looks around as if this is the first time she has seen a landscape where her eyes have all melted.

“… Oh. What? Why? Snow… Obviously… When it came before…”

Her face turned white and she started running.

-Cheap! Cold! Cold!

Her white bare feet leave small footprints on the damp ground covered with melted snow.

-Turbug! Turbuck! Turbuck!

I also ran after the demon king. The direction she is heading now is… Unmistakable. This is where Leviathan is.

“…Ha ha, ha ha.”

-Truck Truck Truck

How long did it run? You can see the tree that was cut down by Nine’s long sword. Right around the corner from that tree…

-Wack

“…Huh… Hah…”

She sighed and turned her head. She saw her back.

Fortunately.

Fortunately.

There was nothing in the nest.

He will too. Leviathan is a dragon worthy of a name. Bring the wings or horns and you’ll get ridiculously high prices. There was also a huge bounty.

…

I’m just. The devil

I thought it was fortunate that the demon king, who was so kind and innocent, didn’t see Leviathan’s body. He was deeply relieved.

“…”

“…”

-Truck Truck Truck

I tried to suppress her fear and approached the demon king and stood next to her. And I saw her face…

…

Achromatic crimson eyes are aiming at the empty nest without focus.

…

This is not something I can handle.

And what shame did I say to her here?

It was my party that killed the Leviathan, and although I didn’t join the battle, I was part of it.

She is honoring the death of Leviathan.

-Turbuck

I took a step back without a word. And helplessly, I had no choice but to entrust everything to her.

“…”

“…”

“… Liar. Just say you’re fine.”

“…”

…

If she is.

If, due to the current sadness and anger, they kill me as the representative of humans.

Maybe he would die.

‘… No.’

How about just going out of the tower and wiping out all the humans? It wouldn’t be impossible for her. Okay. This is fine If you can’t erase your anger toward the demons, shouldn’t you block the place where the anger is expressed?

After all, there is nothing but trash outside the tower.

I am silent. He stood there and silently followed the demon king. That was the f*cking simple atonement I could do.

*

She magically burned the letter she brought. And the whole pig was buried under Leviathan’s nest.

-Chabak Chabak Chabak

…

-Truck Truck Truck

Me and the Demon King walked to the box without saying a word. I didn’t realize it when I ran, but strangely, the same distance feels long.

The woman who was walking in front of her stopped her steps and said. She didn’t turn her head.

“… You know.”

“… Uh.”

“Leviathan… You didn’t attack…? Isn’t it?”

…

“… No.”

…

It’s not a lie.

“… That’s good.”

-Chabak Chabak Chabak

-Truck Truck Truck

While walking like that, she stopped again. She still speaks without turning her face away from the direction she was walking.

“Hey…”

“…”

“Did you see… When you came up the 100th floor?”

“… What?”

“You see the kids upstairs…? Did you see Are you still okay?”

“…”

…

My neck was filled with sadness and fear.

The answer to her question was no.

There is no one in this tower.

Only she herself knows that.

…

The truth does not come out of her mouth as if something is tightly blocking it.

I have already committed too many sins.

A paper crane hung around her neck,

On the filmless camera in her bag.

…

Nevertheless.

I’m really sorry.

I know I’m a piece of garbage.

Look at me one more time.

I’m afraid you’ll be ruined right now.

I’m afraid I’ll shed tears every time I think of this trip.

I’m so scared right now.

Because you are stronger than me.

Because it’s much stronger.

Only once.

Please understand me just once.

“… If there were demons… I avoided our party and only came up the stairs.”

…

“… Yeah… That’s right.”

-Chabak, chabak

… Yes.

This is correct.

You don’t have to suffer a lot at once.

Little by little, slowly, it’s okay if your heart hurts. Then I can hurt you by your side.

Catching multiple colds is better than getting a fatal disease.

…

I was afraid of what would happen if the demon king went to the 83rd floor and checked it, but she didn’t.

Did you believe me?

Or not.

Does she just want to believe in herself?

*

After coming back, we washed up, ate a simple dinner, and went into our respective rooms. She tried to treat me normally, but at the age where she only saw her all day, I could see a strange creak.

…

I came back to my room after a long time. Above the bed.

I couldn’t sleep.

…

-Swoop

I pulled back the covers, got up, opened the door, and walked to her room.

-Trudge trudge

I arrived in front of the closed demon king’s door.

…

“You know.”

I said to the demon king.

…

The answer is not coming back.

Why? She wouldn’t sleep

-Pulseok

I crouched in front of the door like a demon king. If she was like this, wouldn’t she be able to understand her loneliness at least a little bit?

…

I’m sleepy, but I couldn’t sleep. It would be cowardly to leave her to stay up all night in her sorrow and run away into her dreams alone.

… As it is… Let’s sit here today.

At that time.

-Kiik

…!

“… You…? What are you doing?”

She opened the door and came out.

…

-Tap

“Let’s go.”

I grabbed the demon king’s hand and pulled him. She is drawn to me powerlessly like vinyl with no contents.

-Truck Truck Truck

-Chabak Chabak Chabak

This time I walked in front, and she walked behind her.

-Kiik

I opened my door and entered. I put her on her bed.

“…Why?”

“… Come on.”

“….. What?”

“Sleep, I will look after you today.”

As she lay on the pillow I was sleeping on, she made a puzzled expression.

“…”

“…”

I want to make her run away from her sadness, just for tonight. Or it seemed that he would be tormented by the thought of Leviathan’s death all night. Until tomorrow morning. Isn’t that too painful

…

“… Heh.. hehehe. I’m fine. There are so many things like this now…”

“I will protect you today. You can sleep.”

…

It was a mass of contradictions. She lost her friends to humans and that her humans protect her from humans.

But in the end, it is her choice whether or not to question this contradiction.

“….. Puffy.”

“…”

“…. Ahahahaha.. You… Weakling… Hee hee…”

Still, she lay down on her bed.

“Then please keep it. Today.”

I lay down next to her who turned to her side. I pulled the duvet over, leaving only her head and me outside.

“…”

“…”

“… Growing up. Because I’m not going to take responsibility.”

“… It’s been so long… I forgot how to sleep.”

… To sleep.

“Think about the fun things… over and over again.”

“…Was it fun?”

“Yes.”

…

…

“You can’t sleep if you keep looking at me…”

“…But…”

“Come on. Trust me.”

“…Yes.”

She closed her eyes.

After such a long time.

-Socks

I put my head under the blanket and buried myself in my chest.

“… Ugh… Heh heh…”

I felt her clothes wet with her chicken poop-like tears.

It was pitiful.

Her heart ached terribly at the fact that the only shelter that could soothe her sorrows because of her humans was the arms of a human like me.

I wrapped my arms around the small body of the demon king under the blanket and hugged him tightly. I didn’t have the courage to look at her face. ‘Cause I’m a coward

How long has it been?

Her sobs, which had been sobbing quietly, gradually stopped, and the echo diminished.

The demon king fell asleep.

…

I can see why she is the strongest in this tower.

It must be because I have to endure all these sorrows alone.

This is small.

Soft.

With a delicate body.

With a pure heart.

…

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t sleepy because I didn’t sleep for two days. But I didn’t sleep. Because what I’m holding right now, inside the blanket, is so precious.

I hope she has a good dream today.

May the shooting stars fall in my dreams all night.