Chapter 118 – Shivering Like an Aspen, Will It Burn Well if You Light It?

When I saw the man approaching the demon king, even though I was angry, I was a little proud. Of course, I didn’t date her because of her looks, but it wasn’t a downside that her men saw her and found her attractive.

“Did you fight with her boyfriend by any chance?”

Of course, it felt bad to dash.

“Wait a minute.”

I apologized to the bartender who was cleaning up the alcohol I had spilled on the counter and left. I approached the man holding the drink that the demon king had ordered.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

As I touched his shoulder with his fingertips, the man turned around. Like the men who talk to the demon king, he was a nice guy.

He smiled politely and asked me.

“Are you the woman’s boyfriend?”

“By the way. Why.”

I didn’t hide the bad feelings from the guy. When I answered in a brusque tone, he looked me up and down, smiling embarrassed.

“That’s right. But you can’t do that.”

“Yes?”

What kind of bullshit

“No, look at this.”

The man took a step to the side and showed the demon king sitting in his seat. The black dress that clings to his body, the snow-white skin, and the silver hair that adds to the mystery. The figure resembled her mother’s.

… I’m a little bit crazy though.

Anyway, he was still laughing and talking nonsense out of his mouth.

“You dressed up like this, but how disappointed and embarrassed your lover must have been because he was dressed rudely.”

After pointing out my casual outfit in jeans and a blazer, it was a cocktail in my hand.

“And what else is that? Cocktails, I’m not a coward. Isn’t it?”

Asking as if he agreed, the man turned his head. As he looked at her, she sipped the whiskey he ordered, furrowing her brow, perhaps trying to cool her boiling anger.

When he found it, he pointed at it and said,

“Look. This woman is much more manly. In that sense, I’ll buy you a drink. Here you go!”

Right!

The man snapped his fingers and called the bartender.

“Yes.”

The bartender, who answered with a clean yet respectful pronunciation, walked gently in front of the man. And when he arrived, the man ordered like water.

“Give me a shot of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. And this elegant woman,”

He pointed to the Demon King.

“Give me a Glenfiddich 12 Year Old. Women secretly like this.”

“Oh, you don’t have to!”

“!”

She welcomed her words that she, who had been quiet until now, would buy it with a smile.

I was surprised by this appearance, but the demon king sneaked out of the man and met her eyes and winked. Even though I was anxious inside, I thought that there would be something to decorate.

As I signaled to stay still, she drew the man’s attention not to look back at me.

“It was the first time I had that drink. How many degrees do you have?”

“Well. I heard that it is about 40 degrees.”

“Forty degrees?! Isn’t that enough to catch fire? Is it too high?”

Haha, don’t worry. Or should we order another drink and check it out?”

Just then, the bartender held out a glass of whiskey one by one.

“I ordered Johnnie Walker Blue Label and Glenfeed 12 Year Old.”

The demon king kept a smile on his face and grabbed one of the glasses the bartender offered. Then he looked at the man and shook his head.

“No. You don’t have to.”

“Is that so?”

“Like this,”

Chew!

“What?!”

The demon king, who poured alcohol on the man without the slightest hesitation, smiled and continued.

“You can check it like this.”

“Oh, no… !”

“Bartender?”

The smell of alcohol, strong enough to make him frown, began to waft from his suit. It would be the same for the nearby demon king, but she ordered one more thing from the bartender with a rather kind face.

“Could you lend me a lighter here?”

“!”

“Yes, I understand.”

“!!!”

Widely

The bartender answered casually and took a Zippo lighter out of his pocket and put it on the counter. The man who saw that opened his eyes wide and looked at the bartender and the demon king alternately.

“No, what is this?”

“I want to check it out.”

“Yes, eh!?”

Fire!

The demon king suddenly grabbed the man by the collar. Her face got close enough that I could kiss her if I just stuck her head out, but she continued her words with the impetus that if he kissed I would rip her lips off.

“Are you curious? Does it really catch fire or not? I’m not the one putting it on instead,”

She stopped and slipped the bartender’s lent lighter into her free hand. As a metal lighter approached, scratching the counter, I unknowingly grabbed it.

Widely!

The demon king, who was watching this scene with the man, made eye contact with her again and finished her words.

“He is my boyfriend. He is dressed ‘out of the box’, but he is my boyfriend whom I love.”

“Ah, ah, ah, ah… !”

The blue flames glared at him, and the man forgot a word and groaned. The reason why he didn’t sit down, even though his legs were weak, was thanks to the collar that the demon king was holding.

“Hmm,”

Like a wild beast playing with prey, the demon king scanned the trembling man from top to bottom.

“The thing that is shaking like an aspen tree, will burn well if you light it?”

“!”

At her words, the man tried to move away from her, stepping on her floor with her trembling legs.

“Heh”

When the demon king let go of his collar with a smile, the man pretended nothing was wrong and arranged his clothes.

“Oh, I have to go because my clothes are wet. … !”

But he still had his hand shaking, and with that hand he pulled out his wallet and held out a card to the bartender. And until he finished the calculation, he looked at me alternately with the demon king with eyes full of fear.

“Here it is.”

Widely!

When the bartender finished the payment, he held out his card, and the man took the card as if he had taken it out and ran out of the store without looking back.

“… Haha”

The demon king, who had seen it all from the beginning, smiled cheerfully and apologized to the bartender.

“I’m sorry, I messed up the store.”

“No. It’s about spilled alcohol, it’s just a matter of wiping it up.”

Even after seeing the demon king return to his usual tone, the bartender treated him casually. Then, with her eyes down, the man took the glass he hadn’t even touched.

Cheak

Watching him dump it in the sink, I grabbed a lighter and sat down right next to the Demon King. She smiled proudly and sipped her whiskey.

“Haha, did you see it? That guy gets scared and runs away.”

“Yeah, he ran away well.”

“How can you seduce Jim when you’re so cowardly!”

“If I threaten to set myself on fire, won’t everyone run away?”

“I hear that you are running away too.”

“No, if it catches fire.”

I set the lighter down on the counter for the bartender to take. And pointed to the fire extinguisher, which can also be seen here.

“You can turn it off.”

“Haha, it’s easy to say.”

“Why don’t you want to hear it?”

“Who said no? So sweet,”

The demon king drank the last remaining drink in one go.

“Big! You don’t even need snacks.”

As I said that, I drank the rest of her cocktail with her smile as her snack. Of course, it was a drink so sweet that it didn’t even need a snack.

So we both emptied our glasses, and the bartender served us a new drink.

“Here it is.”

“Oh, we didn’t order it.”

“This is a service for cleaning instead.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a service. Just drink! Thank you.”

She smiled brightly, thanked the bartender, and took two drinks.

The glass he gave me as a service was filled with a red cocktail. In addition, the rim of the glass was sprinkled with white salt or sugar, so it was impressive that it looked like snow.

But since it’s free, the amount is small.

Contrary to my reaction, the demon king exclaimed in admiration.

“Hmm, you’re quick-witted.”

“Uh?”

“No. Once done, do it.”

I don’t know what it is, but I raised my glass as the demon king ordered. She also raised her glass, and she lightly bumped her glass with me.

Crack!

A clear sound resounded, and we simultaneously brought our glasses to our lips.

“Hmm! It’s good!”

The thing on the rim of the glass was sugar. Thanks to that, the first taste was sweet, but the sour taste of the cocktail and the bitter taste of the alcohol came one after another.

“It’s delicious, really.”

“Haha, that’s what I mean.”

The demon king met my eyes and smiled. Oddly enough, even though she hadn’t had much to drink, her blue eyes were enchanting.

“Come to think of it, hey.”

“Uh?”

The demon king changed the subject, as if he didn’t know what I was thinking.

“When the man left earlier, the bartender thanked him for cleaning.”

“Ah, yes. It did.”

“Coming to think of it, I think he messed with the women in this bar.”

“Really?”

“I’m guessing, but let’s just say.”

Since it was an estimate based on what she said, she decided not to believe it. However, it seemed that the demon king was right.

By the way,

“Do you know how scared I was earlier?”

“Hmm? What are you talking about?”

“When you laughed at him earlier. I was very scared.”

“Ah, sorry about that. Jim apologizes. At that time, he couldn’t be considerate of you because he only thought of playing tricks on him.”

“…”

The demon king lowered his eyes and showed reflection. Unlike before, my mind was immediately relieved as I felt cold.

“Well, because I had fun too. But don’t do that next time.”

“Okay. You lived because you had a big heart.”

Again she smiled and she looked at me. And then she added a little word.

“Even though I’m a little short on notice.”

“What?”

“Do you know what the bartender gave you?”

“Service.”

“Don’t say anything like that. I’m talking about your name The name of this cocktail.”

“Uh… I don’t know.”

“It’s a kiss of fire.”

“What?”

“And of course you remember the drink Jim gave you a while ago, right?”

At this time, as if the demon king was testing her, she looked at her with mischievous eyes. I deliberately glossed over the naked words in my reply.

“Uh. Count on the beach..”

“Yes. Sex on the Beach.”

“No, some.”

“That drink is usually a drink that a man gives to a woman he likes. Did you know?”

“Mo, I didn’t know.”

“And if you drink it,”

The Demon King leaned over to me while sitting.

“There is a custom that says that a woman must kiss a man who has given her alcohol.”

“… What?”

“I guess you didn’t know this either. Coincidentally, this cocktail is also a Kiss of Fire. I will tell you now what this drink means.”

The demon king who said he would tell me didn’t say anything. He was just acting.