I’m Not That Kind of Talent Chapter 127

127. Tightrope Walking (1)

Their eyes moved again and landed on the only remaining human. Yes, damn me. Me.

“….”

“….”

What… Why aren’t you saying anything?

The expressions on their faces when they look at me are subtle. An expression that doesn’t tell you what he’s thinking.

It was strange for them to take the initiative to defend themselves, so I just waited for the words to come out of their mouths, and then the fairy tribe who had left after receiving orders, probably because they had retrieved the brown liquid, fell in front of the fairy king.

“I saved you.”

“Is this…”

A familiar smell passed my nose.

This….

“It smells like coffee.”

“Is it coffee?”

Even if I smell it again, it still smells like coffee. A vaguely familiar coffee scent.

But even if it’s coffee, it’s strange. Even though coffee makes you mentally alert, it doesn’t have the effect of turning monsters into mutants… is there?

‘You have to have fed coffee to a monster to know that.’

The answer came from the Fairy King.

“It is said that monsters became stronger after eating this, so it must not be coffee. “Where did you get this?”

“I collected what fell from the monsters’ mouths. “I wanted to find the source, but I couldn’t follow it because the traces led to the demons’ territory.”

“Our territory?”

They said something about wide-range magic, but it looks like they actually used it. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been possible to come this quickly.

The demon lord, who looks so disheveled that even if he went for a walk nearby and is not a monster opponent, looks at the unknown liquid without any sign of fatigue. After a moment of interest, a laugh was heard as if it was ridiculous.

“It seems like they wanted to frame our race. “I’ll allow it, so just find the source.”

I’m curious about the culprit’s face.

It was a low, threatening voice, like a growl. The Fairy King stared at him for a moment and then spat out a word.

“Did you hear?”

“yes.”

He’s really busy too…. He

looked at the back of the fairy family disappearing again with sad eyes and then lowered his gaze. The heads of the two tribes made eye contact.

…?!

“This person has no reason to do something like that, right?”

“Yes.”

“But if you look at the ‘reason’, there really is no culprit.”

“That too.”

The atmosphere takes a strange turn.

Does it feel like you’re questioning each reason one by one, only to turn it over again and start doubting it from the beginning? But it seems like it started with me.

“This man is special, but getting him out of the dragon’s wake is another.”

“Yes.”

What, so you’re doubting me now?

I couldn’t understand what was going on so I just stayed silent, but the Demon King came out with his face crumpled in dissatisfaction.

“Wait a minute, are you suspecting Daemon now?”

Demon King…!

He confirmed with annoyance, as if he was very uncomfortable with the situation of doubting me.

“Not a demon.”

“How can you be sure of that….”

“I told you that when you asked me before if I could trust you. He is very trustworthy ‘as long as he is here’. He’s here next to me now. “You can trust me.”

I don’t know what the conversation is about, but I know he’s defending me.

Honestly, I was a little impressed. As I was looking at the Demon King with new eyes, the fairies appeared again. He was holding a familiar-shaped water bottle in his hand.

…uh? wait for a sec.

‘Why are you holding that?’

It was a tonic… a container… that Remember had brought with him when he came to the demon world… but

he was quick to grasp the situation.

‘I went crazy.’

I am the cause. What on earth did Gonggui make?

I’d like to discuss the palace’s alchemy… no, the medicine-making skills, but the situation is not right now. What we need to think about right now is how to die without getting sick.

While I was half out of my mind at the shocking truth, the vulgar fairy politely offered me a bottle of water and immediately opened my mouth.

“There was this at the entrance to an unnamed mountain range to the west of the demon realm. “There were several cans, but I thought one was enough, so I brought only this.”

“That one smell is the perfect coffee scent. Was it disguised on purpose? I don’t know who he is, but he’s really meticulous… The devil? “Why is your expression like that?”

“No… nothing…”

The Demon King seems to have noticed too.

In fact, this barrel was discovered in the mountains of the Demon World, and although it is said to be an ‘unnamed mountain range’, there is nothing that cannot be inferred since the direction is also known.

He raised his hand and gently touched my shoulder. As I slowly raised my gaze, I saw the corners of my mouth turned up a little stiffly, unlike usual.

“Anyway, he’s not the criminal… so don’t be suspicious. “We’ll just have to go.”

“Without even solving this case?”

“I have a corps commander meeting soon. We’ll talk about this separately later. “Okay then.”

“sleep…!”

My perspective has changed.

Back in the central garden of the Demon King’s Castle, I quietly raised my head and saw the Demon King.

It’s not something I should say in this situation where I made a mistake… but I still feel like I need to say it.

“You left Hien behind.”

“ah.”

***

We need to reduce the use of magic, but do we really need to bring it in?

I thought about it for a moment, but I had no choice. Anyway, Hien is a talented gardener who oversees almost all the plants in the Demon King’s Castle. It was obvious that without him, managing the plants would be quite difficult.

“Demon King?”

“…Okay, I should bring him. wait a minute.”

Actually, using magic is an excuse. Even without looking, I could clearly see how the Fairy King would look at me, so the Demon King quietly sighed.

It’s because I’m so embarrassed. I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been this embarrassed. It must have been several decades.

After looking with admiration at the cause of the emotional turmoil, I moved back to the central garden, which had been magically treated for interaction with the heads of each race, as a medium.

“…excuse.”

He turned away from the Fairy King, who was looking at him with a bewildered expression, snatched the gardener with a bewildered expression, and returned to release him in the garden. He still seems dazed, but like a demon who has survived in this demon castle for a long time, he quickly comes to his senses and walks away.

I looked at the guy’s back and then turned my gaze to Deon, who was still standing still. He rarely twitched his fingertips, as if he knew he had done something wrong.

“…Deon Hart.”

“…yes.”

“….”

“….”

There is a lot I want to say, but there is not much I can say.

If you say something wrong, the guy who was walking the tightrope might decide where to stand and end up on the floor. As a demon lord with my arms wide open underneath me waiting for this guy to fall on me, I couldn’t say anything carelessly.

“…There are situations where I can roughly guess, but it would be better to be sure.”

“….”

“First of all… you brought those drugs, right?”

“yes.”

“It was probably for your body.”

A weak body full of aftereffects.

“you’re right.”

“It was probably built by another human.”

Are aftereffects just aftereffects?

Deonhardt’s body is not the kind that can be healed. So, Deon himself wouldn’t have asked for the medicine. He probably was forced to give it to him even though he didn’t need it.

As expected, Deon nodded in the affirmative. The Demon King, who gained confidence, continued to make assumptions in his head.

“I guess the reason you came over here and threw it away is because you were forced to take care of it, right?”

“yes.”

“To just throw away such a dangerous drug… No, no. “You probably didn’t know either.”

Even if I ate it myself, I wouldn’t have felt such a big effect.

Rather, we should pay attention to the person who created that level of medicine. What on earth is it? Judging from the effects, it felt like he was determined to make Deonhardt’s body better… no, it felt like he had a desperate determination, as if his life depended on it.

‘Did any of the humans succeed in the alchemy they had only talked about?’

It was only for a moment that a trembling feeling crossed my smiling face.

The Demon King, who has an expression on his face again as if he had never done that before, takes a step closer and places a hand on Deon’s shoulder. A light touch, as if comforting rather than pressuring, was delivered to Deon with the intention of reassuring him.

“Okay, as long as it wasn’t intentional, it’s okay.”

“…!”

“You would be very surprised too. “Go in and get some rest.”

“The corps commander’s meeting…”

“Oh, it’s already been this long… It’s okay to take back what I’ve already said… It’s okay to leave.”

Permission to leave, not a command to leave.

There is nothing specifically preventing you from participating in the meeting, so if you miss the meeting like this, you are doing so out of your own volition, so you are not breaking the rules of the game.

‘It’s already been so long… what is it?’

I knew this and said this on purpose.

If his semi-contractor is a snake, then the Demon King is a thousand-year-old snake, or rather, an imoogi. The Demon King, who naturally narrowed the way to participate in the meeting and reduced the leakage of information, said with a grin.

“Ah, if resting here isn’t enough. If you miss the daylight, you can always go to the human world.”

The location tracking stigma is still clearly engraved.

Additionally, he would have earned points for his response to this incident, so there would be no problem if he were sent to the Empire right away.

‘The demon world and the human world are at war, and there are high-ranking beings from both sides going back and forth between the two camps…’ That

would be fun.

Even though he knew that the moment Deon Hart returned to the empire would be the start of an all-out war, the Demon King calmly raised his other hand and touched both of Deon’s shoulders. The evil eye, the symbol of the devil, faced red eyes.

“Instead, I hope you don’t bring drugs or anything like that. “Even if you bring it with you, don’t throw it away anywhere… so you’d better bring it to me right away.”

“…yes.”

***

It only took a moment for me to cool off from the talk about drugs.

‘You can skip the meeting…’

What kind of scary words are you saying?

Did you know that I would just be happy? I’m not a clueless idiot. I always wanted to skip the meeting, but I knew that if I accepted the devil’s words and skipped out, I would never get good results.

‘You don’t have to live only for today. You have to look at the future rather than the present.’

Even if I don’t, I feel pricked by my conscience for lounging around instead of working, so why should I even indulge in this? So be sure to participate.

In the grand scheme of things, life is at stake. I participated in the meeting with the enthusiasm of a newbie who had just gotten a job, and…

I regretted it.

‘Yes, if a meeting were held in the current situation, the topic would naturally be this.’

War with the Empire.

…Passion is shit. Let’s not make a fuss and just stay still.

From now on, I am a bean bug. I quietly lowered my eyes, hoping to avoid being noticed by the Demon Lord as much as possible.

***

Deonhardt is not stupid. After all, he is a human walking a tightrope between the devil and the emperor, so he can’t be stupid. If I was stupid, I would have died long ago.

The Demon King, who was staring at Deon, who had entered the meeting with his chin tilted crookedly at the head of the table, raised the corner of his mouth as if he could not be seen.

‘You noticed.’

Deon Hardt saw through the devil’s intention to prevent information leaks and participated in the meeting in the nick of time. The proof is that even though he participates in a meeting, he lowers his eyes and shows no interest as if he is not interested. Close your mouth, keep your ears open, and focus on the information coming to you.

Well, actually, it was a situation where I had no choice but to participate even if I didn’t like it. You can’t go back to the empire without any information.

Even so, in a precarious situation where you have to choose a side in the near future, you go back and meet the emperor, but there is no information to give?

‘It will arouse the emperor’s suspicion.’

It was a sensitive time, with monarchs on both sides paying close attention to Deonhardt’s actions. Doubt in this situation could lead to death, so from Deonhardt’s point of view, he had to get something that could answer the emperor’s question and return home in order to survive.

‘I guess I’ll remain neutral for now.’

The emperor won’t just sit back and watch, but how long can he continue like that?

The Demon King has never been pressed for time and is relaxed even in the current situation, but he is not a human emperor. It seems like he is holding out for fear that Deonhardt’s choice will have a negative impact, but in the end, it is human patience. The Demon King was confident that the Emperor would urge Deonhart again as soon as possible.

That too, with the option of killing being considered.

Either join me or die.

‘And Deonhardt, feeling the burden, will come to me.’

It is a mask worn for that moment. Deon Hart, feeling the gaze, quietly watched as he turned his head in this direction and smiled at the moment our eyes met.

“—Let’s begin the self-doubt. I’m sure everyone has guessed the topic, right?”