CH 4

After hearing the desired answer, I released the power from the mana that had bound her.

“Say youwr name.” (Say your name.)

“My name is Chiffon… Chiffonargos.”

When I heard her name, which was necessary for the contract, I nodded my head and poured my mana into her.

“If yew bethray me…” (If you betray me…)

A portion of my black mana escaped from me and seeped into her body.

“Dye.” (Die.)

At my words, the maid nodded her head over and over.

‘Think of it happily to be the first member of the Great Demon King’s family.’

Usually, this kind of humans aren’t brought in recklessly, though.

I have no power right now, so I can’t help it. I raised my hand and slowly reached forward.

Then the maid, who was staring blankly, grabbed her sore thigh and crawled over, came to me, took my hand and kissed it.

It was the first family contract after I became a human.

***

“M-Miss. I-I brought you a meal.”

It was the fourth day since Chiffon, the maid who took a sick leave and had a long vacation for a week, returned.

Of course, in the meantime, I haven’t been able to get a proper meal. I couldn’t even resist that because it was embarrassing.

I scolded Chiffon and signed a contract, but my mana was exhausted.

“Yesh, gwreath job.” (Yes. Great job.)

However, after Chiffon took charge of me again, I was fine.

There were no books in the demonic language, so she brought me some history books in ancient language.

Thanks to this, I was able to understand a little bit about how the times have changed.

Ah, after Chiffon returned, all the rest of the ungrateful maids were kicked out of my residence.

To be precise, they would have had no choice but to go out on their own feet. Because if they come to my place, only bad things will happen.

‘Every time they come, I put a small curse on them.’

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a strong curse.

It’s just that you trip over a jagged rock or sprain your foot while walking on the road. But if you get caught in a stone beak and there is a cliff in front of it or a wagon is running, well…

‘You could die.’

I laughed out loud.

Anyway, when I told Chiffon to tell them that the rest didn’t have to come, she quickly ran away until her tail fell out.

“Are you sure you want to eat?”

“Well…”

I saw a meal that was quite tasty compared to the first time.

Of course, it was all about a less hard bread in a dull soup, but it was good compared to the stone-like bread that I couldn’t even chew on.

“Phew.”

Of course, the taste wasn’t bad at all.

“C-Come to think of it, you got a call about a family dinner tonight.”

“A family dinner?”

“Yes, I heard that the merchant who came to make a big deal with the Duke this time is also attending the meal.”

“Mmm.”

Yes or no?

“Will thwere be a lot of tashty things if I go thwere?” (Will there be a lot of tasty things if I go there?)

“Yes, the chefs in the main building are highly skilled.”

“Chiffon is going too?”

“Yes, it’s possible to bring up to two servants.”

“Ugh, Chiffon is enough.”

I don’t need the others.

Shall we take a look at the faces of the humans I will avenge?

I giggled and swallowed the chewy bread.

“But Chiffon, I want to go out of hwere.” (But Chiffon, I want to go out of here.)

“…Yes?”

She was very surprised. I don’t even need permission to get out of here, right?

“Can’t I?”

“…”

“Hmm.”

“Ah, no. T-They don’t mind if you leave.”

I just muttered, “That’s right,” but Chiffon hurriedly knelt down on her knees.

“Yeah? Then a tro… ll? Ro… ll…?”

I don’t think it’s either of them.

“Mm. Shall we go to a troll?”

I don’t know if this pronunciation is correct. She’ll understand, though.

“Troll… Oh, are you talking about a stroll?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

That was the pronunciation.

I don’t know why human;s language has such a curly pronunciation.

“That, are you okay?”

“Yesh, why?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. I will prepare for it immediately.”

Chiffon, who was looking at me, shook her head. She seemed to be hiding something, but she didn’t seem to have any intention of telling me.

I wonder what that expression was.

“If it’s not too far away for a while, it’ll be fine. The other Young Prince and Princess must be in class… Instead, something like a cloak…”

Chiffon’s voice was saying that I should cover myself very carefully.

The memories of what happened to me are still vivid.

It doesn’t matter how many times I have to wear a cloak. Because magic is written with my mouth, not with my hands.

Chiffon looked me in the eye and made a simple cloak out of some pretty old and dirty looking fabric and carefully wrapped it around me.

To be honest, only my face was exposed.

“This way.”

When I came out, I was dazzled by the bright light.

I closed my eyes and opened them without realizing it. I opened my eyes wide involuntarily at the sensation of touching my skin.

‘I’m really back.’

To the human world.

‘It’s been thousands of years.’

Originally, I was a mixed-race demon in the human world, and I wasn’t seen much, but later, I emerged as a seed of the demon and became the Demon King.

Living as a demon was miserable, but after becoming the Demon King, I completely forgot this feeling.

It reminded me of the past and something new.

“What is that dirty thing?”

“Ugh, I know right. It smells awful. Brother, Sister. I think that I smell trash somewhere.”

Whoo, I heard the wind blowing.

“Isn’t that the fishy smell of an animal?”

“You too, gosh. Come to think of it, I think I heard that you’re silently raising a beast.”

As I looked around the mansion as spacious as the old Demon King, breathing in the air, I heard a voice.

“Hm, right. There is a filthy beast.”

They also seemed to be humans who torment someone.

‘Anyway, they’re humans. They don’t change even after a thousand years.’

I clicked his tongue and shook my head.

It’s quite unfortunate, Chiffon’s expression was strange as she tried to find a way to go as it wasn’t my job to be involved.

She was restless.

“Why do you look like that?”

“That… I greet Sir Niphel, Miss Hyra, and Sir Othello.”

As I glanced at my eyes and saw Chiffon greeting the three little children who stopped in front of me, I immediately grasped the situation.

Oh, so the ‘someone’ among the words ‘humans who torment someone’ refers to me?

‘I never thought of this.’

The twist was so severe that the back of my head tingled.

I should have been treated like this for nearly a thousand years.

“Hey, you’re that idiot, right? That stupid idiot! Why don’t you kneel down in front of me, you j*rk?”

Kneel down?

‘Hmmm.’

How can I, who is the Great Demon King, kneel down?

Although I’m young, it was clear I had a high status.

Still, I had too many eyes to see using my mana to subdue that young and ignorant human.

“He’s the Duke’s third son, Nigel’s son, and he’s Miss’ cousin.”

“Aha.”

Oh, but why would I kneel before my cousin?

“That, Miss always bows her head to everyone…”

Chiffon whispered in my ear as if she had guessed my question by looking at my frown.

‘I hate it, though.’

After thinking for a long time, I smiled, tearing my lips apart like a child who knew nothing.

“What… ish kneew?” (What is knee?)

“…What?”

“Ish kneew yummy?” (Is knee yummy?)

Just pretend that I don’t know.

Of course I’m great, but there’s no shame in stepping back once in a while. I tilted my head like an idiot and put my finger close to my lips.

I twisted my tongue as hard as I could.

“Knees are this! I can’t believe you don’t even know this, you stupid.”

Child 1, who looks to be about 9 years old now, said, pointing to my knee.

I squatted down ignorantly and pocked Child 1’s knee with my finger.

“Where do you dare touch me, you filthy thing! Dirty!”

“Ish thhish a kneew?” (Is this a knee?)

I said, pointing to the hem of his cloth.

“It’s not kneew, it’s knee! The knee is the part of my body behind this cloth!”

“Bwody…? Whath ish bwody…?” (Body…? What is body…?)

“I’m speaking about my body!”

“Whoa, thath’s sho cool. I don’th know… Then… How do yew kneewl down?” (Whoa, that’s so cool. I don’t know… Then… How do you kneel down?)

“That’s so easy!”

“Eashy? I don’th know about thhath.” (Easy? I don’t know about that.)

With my lips protruding and shaking my head, I played him with all my heart.

“Kneeling is like this!”

The boy’s face, who had raised his voice with a pathetic expression and bent one knee, turned red as if he understood the situation.

The boy hurriedly got up.

“Do you dare make fun of me!” He raised his voice with a bright red face.

“Now do you undershtand…?” I blinked a few times, then smiled broadly as I said that.