Chapter 22 – Mandible! Mandible! Max!

The doctor who was looking at my wounds said with a lot of questions.

“This, can’t it be like this?”

“What?”

“No this, huh?”

“Why are you doing that?”

“Excuse me, can I take a picture for a second?”

As I asked, his hand was already pulling out the phone.

When he was a hero, these scratches could be cured with simple magic. Looking at the wounds inflicted by the cursed blade that did not work with healing magic, the fact that there was no oozing or rotten smell was proof that it was healing well.

But as the doctor frowned and looked closely at my arm, I became more and more afraid.

The doctor who took the picture without my consent said, putting the phone in the pocket of his white coat.

“Patient, maybe… “

Seeing the serious expression looking at me through the black horn-rimmed glasses, I swallowed my dry saliva.

“Are you a superhero?”

To such an absurd question, I almost said that I was actually a hero for a moment. However, he barely endured it, and instead asked with a puzzled expression on his face.

“Yes?”

“No, this is it, patient.”

He grabbed my arm again and inspected it closely, pointing at the wound with his other hand.

“Now the wound is healing too quickly. Originally, it took two weeks, but it took more than a week at the shortest? But now, the patient seems fine even if the stitches are removed.”

He looked at the demon king when he was told that his wounds healed too quickly. Her parents, who could not come because of work or lectures, and she, who came instead of Yuri, made eye contact with me and smiled and nodded her head.

No, don’t nod and tell me what’s going on.

When I saw the demon king, the doctor called me again.

“Patient.”

“Ah yes?”

“Do you want to remove the stitches now? Or take it out in a few days.”

“You said you could pull it out now.”

“That’s the case, but I’ve never seen anything like this other than this person.”

When he said ‘this person’, he looked at the devil.

“If you really want to do it, you can do it, but the injured part is a part that moves a lot. If possible, I recommend not picking one.”

“Uh, then I’ll do it later.”

“Is it so? Because today is Monday… Will you come on Wednesday? Originally, that day is also the day of disinfection, so let’s see then.”

“Ah yes. I will.”

“I see.”

He rose from the bed he was sitting on, stretching his words. Then he and the nurse who came with him fluttered his doctor’s gown and left the hospital room.

As soon as the two of them left the hospital room, I asked the demon king.

“What is this?”

“Isn’t it obvious, since the soul has changed, the body has also changed.”

It was the same as the last time I cut the nylon rope.

Hearing that his body had changed, he raised his hands to examine it. It was a forearm not much different from before going to another world. However, with this hand, he cut the nylon rope and subdued the man with the knife. I felt like I was getting further and further away from humanity.

Perhaps knowing my fear, the demon king reassured me.

“Don’t worry. Even if your body changes, you are still you.”

“What?”

“That power must have been obtained through your efforts. He trained while vomiting blood, and he must have cast many spells on his body to increase his self-healing power. But your essence has not changed.”

“What is my essence?”

“Isn’t that boring?”

“Hey!”

“It’s a joke, it’s a joke, it’s a joke. How can the essence of a person be expressed with just one word? If you’re afraid, think of it as puberty.”

“No, that’s right, this… “

“Didn’t I tell you not to worry? Even if your body changes, if what’s inside hasn’t changed, you’re still you. And now I’ll slowly change. You should be discharged.”

She was right. No matter how hard I trained, I was still me. As the king said, it is accompanied by sluggishness.

Thinking about this gave me a bit of energy. I got up from my seat to go through the discharge procedure.

“Get it here.”

I received the clothes the demon king gave me. The clothes she wore at the movie theater were stained with her blood and she couldn’t wear them.

I was about to change, but the demon king kept staring at me.

“Why?”

“Why is that, not that. Why aren’t you leaving?”

“Was that the problem? Then let’s do it like this.”

Instead of leaving, the Demon King went into the bathroom inside the hospital room. It would be better to stay here, but it was still uncomfortable.

After confirming that the door was closed, I started to change my clothes. I took off the stiff yet rough patient uniform and picked up the clothes the demon king had brought. In the meantime, a problem arose.

Should I change my panties too? …

Among the clothes she brought were panties. If I didn’t change here, the demon king would think I was dirty when looking at my new panties. When I changed, I was showing her the underwear she had been wearing all day.

“Hmm… “

“What are you doing, don’t change.”

“What! Fucking surprise!”

The reason I was surprised while cursing was because I suddenly heard the demon king’s voice. But she was even more startled because she had half of her face stuck through the door to her bathroom.

Surprised to see her spying on me like a stalker or a ghost, I shouted as I put my hand on her beating chest.

“Oh, don’t look! A little!”

“Ah, isn’t it okay?”

“If you keep doing that, report it!”

“Then why don’t you look even more!”

“Uh uh!”

Rumble rattle!

When the door was about to open, I picked up my clothes and ran to the bathroom, covering only the main part. I grabbed her handle on the door and tried to keep her out.

“Why open the door!”

“Isn’t this the last view you see before entering prison!”

“Are you crazy!”

“Haha! Mandible! Max! What color are your panties today?”

“You know what!”

“I know it’s black, but I mean it!”

“Why ask when you know!”

I had no idea how hard it was to get dressed with one hand. At the same time, the other hand was holding the door that was about to open, so it was close to impossible. But as a former warrior, I made the impossible possible.

Still, it was fortunate that the Demon King weakened his power. She also didn’t open the door with all her heart, but deliberately shook it and made a noise. If it hadn’t been, my wounds would have been broken.

Of course, that wasn’t without complaints.

“Why do you keep stealing? It’s the same in the bedroom, and it’s the same here.”

While saying that, I tidied up the messy clothes I wore. Even after seeing me like that, the demon king said with a shameless smile.

“What is it? Wasn’t it fun?”

“See you next time you change. Is it fun even then?”

“Jim is fine.”

“What?”

“If you want to go to prison like that, you have to do it. Rather, it is fortunate that I did not harm others.”

“You, Mr. Lee, just say you’re a woman!”

“Do you think Jim is a woman?”

The demon king opened his chest while saying that. She was wearing the same green sweatpants as when she first called herself the Demon King, and her trademark silver hair was neatly placed on her shoulders.

I glanced at his chest, which was modest for a white man, and lightly slapped the demon king on the shoulder.

“Is it a woman or what?”

Hearing my words, she smiled brightly.

“Yes! If Jim isn’t a woman, then what!”

“Yeah, it’s a woman, it’s a woman.”

Leaving her delighted with her, she put her unchanged panties in her bag, hiding them in a pile of her laundry.

When I was hospitalized, the demon king helped me a lot. Bringing her clothes or playing with her so she won’t be bored. Besides, her father paid for her treatment and hospitalization, so maybe I should do a striptease naked in front of the demon king. It was a joke, of course.

I put a pile of laundry and game console parts in my bag and was ready to go.

“Okay, let’s go now.”

“Give it here, it will cost you.”

I put on my bag as I removed her outstretched hand.

“I will take it.”

“Aren’t you a patient? It will be a burden.”

“It’s okay. It’s a man, but I can lift this much.”

Saying that, she opened the door to the hospital room. Suddenly, the demon king pushed my back.

“Under! Yes, you were a man.”

My strength was weaker than I thought, so I left the hospital room and walked down the hallway without falling. She went to the elevator and asked the Demon King.

“What, then did you think I was a girl?”

“I thought you were a girl until recently.”

“What?”

“Isn’t it okay? I think of you as a man right now.”

Hearing that, I felt strange. I’m definitely a man, but the fact that the demon king thought of me as a man felt strange. Earlier, I wondered if she felt the same way when I said I was a woman.

The demon lord didn’t keep his mouth shut until he got into the elevator that arrived and reached the first floor. The content of the words was meaningless. What kind of dream did you have today, what kind of character came out in the game gacha, things like that.

I took her like a kid who was excited and said anything and headed to her counter. The nurse at the counter said she didn’t have to pay and handed out the prescription.

“You can take medicine with this. The pharmacy is right in front of the hospital.”

“Thank you.”

“Yes, but it’s Sohee.”

This nurse was not a person who came into the hospital room often. Like the doctor earlier, it seemed that there were few people in this hospital who didn’t know the Demon King.

The demon king, whose name was called, replied with a confident smile as usual.

“Um, why?”

“Are you still not giving up your habit?”

“This guy didn’t hurt Jim.”

“Nevertheless it is. How could you hurt your boyfriend?”

“You said it wasn’t a burden. By the way, is this guy Jim’s boyfriend?”

“No?”

“Heh, no.”

The demon king snorted and denied that I was his boyfriend. I felt a bit down watching that, but she didn’t mind me and continued to laugh.

“Hehe, this guy is your boyfriend. Whoop, whoop.”

It seemed a bit strange to keep eating. I laughed and denied it at such a funny appearance.

“Hey. He and I are not buying it, ah!”

Suddenly, the demon king kicked my heel. Rather than being in pain, I looked at the demon king in surprise.

“What’s the matter?”

“It is nothing. Stop going now.”

She pursed her lips, and as she said that, she headed for the hospital entrance.

I was staring at such a scene in bewilderment, but I heard the nurse talking.

“I thought I couldn’t date him. Aigoya~.”

Leaving behind a grumbling close to sighing, he chased after the demon king. She held her pursed lips until she pulled me into the jeep.

The Demon King’s shy version

“Yes, but it’s Sohee.”

This nurse was not a person who came into the hospital room often. Like the doctor earlier, it seemed that there were few people in this hospital who didn’t know the Demon King.

The Demon King, whose name was called, answered with a confident smile as usual.

“Um, why?”

“Are you still not giving up your habit?”

“What, what, didn’t this guy listen! You go away!”

Demon King gave her a puzzled look and she pushed me aside. The nurse looked at it and asked why she was like that.

“Why, don’t you know everything and meet?”

“I know, but isn’t it a little bit like saying it on purpose! Have you forgotten the Hippocratic Oath?”

“Nurses take the Nightingale Oath?”

“That or that!”

“Uh, Mr. Jiheon?”

The nurse read my name on the paperwork and called me.

“Yes?”

“He’s a bit like that, but he has a good heart.”

“No, I know that.”

After hearing my words, the nurse turned her head towards the demon lord with a teasing expression on her face.

“Oh oh! I heard you know~?”

“Noisy! If you keep doing this, I will file a complaint!”

“Yes, I understand. The exit door is over there.”

As she said that, she pointed to the doorway of the hospital. Then, the demon king led me to leave the hospital.

“Uh, wait a minute.”

“Hurry up and come!”

Seeing her embarrassed face, unlike her usual, I laughed involuntarily. Her ears, which were dyed pink, were especially impressive.