Chapter 41 – My First Kiss Tasted Fishy.

I said hello as I walked out the front door.

“I had a good meal. Thank you.”

“No. We are more grateful.”

Mother smiled kindly and shook her head.

“If you happen to pass by here, come anytime. You can go to sleep if you want.”

“Yes? No, no, I’m sorry, how is that?”

“Never mind. But Mr. Jiheon. Do you know that Mr. Jiheon is Daryl’s son-in-law?”

“Deril’s son-in-law is that, Okjeo… “

“That’s the daughter-in-law, you idiot!”

The Demon King, who was standing next to her mother, interrupted. She came up to me with her silver hair flying and gave me a weak tap on the arm.

Seeing such an innocent appearance, Mother laughed and uttered meaningful words.

“It doesn’t matter if you have a son-in-law in our house.”

“Yes?”

“I just want you to know. Then bye. Now, should Se-hee say hello too?”

At those words, Sehee, who was standing in the front door, bowed her head.

“Goodbye. I will contact you later.”

At the word contact, both mother and demon king looked at Sehee. But she kept her expressionless and went inside her house.

The Demon King winked at me and asked.

“What do you mean?”

“Uh? Well, I exchanged numbers with Sehee earlier.”

“Are we Sehee?”

My mother opened her blue eyes resembling the devil’s.

“It seems like Jiheon likes you. Normally, we don’t talk much when we first meet, but suddenly we became close and wanted to know what was going on. It seems that we have become very close since we came together.”

“Ah yes. I did.”

For helping her surrounded by her thugs, Sehee couldn’t help but like me. But he was still in middle school, and he was attracted to me because of the rocking bridge effect. I guess I should talk to her separately before things escalate later.

Coming to that conclusion in my head, I bowed my head to my mother.

“I will go now. Good bye.”

“Yes, bye.”

Her mother greeted her with her still kind face. Seeing my mother like that, the demon king said while hitting my chest weakly.

“Mother, I’m going to see him off.”

“Really?”

She opened her eyes wide, just like when she heard that she had exchanged numbers with Se-hee earlier. Then the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, and she changed to a mischievous laugh.

“Then, be careful of cars, be careful of strangers, and it’s okay to stay overnight, so don’t worry.”

“I’ll only take you to the convenience store!”

The demon lord protested with a flushed face like me. But despite that response, her mother beckoned her daughter to come closer.

“Come here.”

“Yes?”

“It’s okay, come here.”

She put on a suspicious look, but she didn’t ignore the gesture. The mother whispered something of hers into the demon king’s ear.

“… “

“Yes?”

“Shh! Do you hear and… “

“Oh mom!”

The demon king didn’t listen and got away from her mother. The mother looked at her daughter with a mischievous, but strangely enchanting face.

“Do what your mother says. Understand?”

“No! Let’s go! Jiheon!”

The Demon King who shouted took my hand and forcibly started to cross the yard. She didn’t show her new blush until she got to her front door.

Just before she opened her front door and pulled me out, I greeted her mother with her delightful smile as she looked at us.

“Oh, good-bye!”

“Is it so! Go carefully! And blood”

“Ah ah ah ah ah!”

“Do as you please!”

The moment her mother was about to say something, the demon king suddenly shouted. She yelled as if she was leaving town, so I couldn’t hear what she was saying.

We went out into the street together and didn’t say anything until we walked away from the house. When I reached the point where I couldn’t hear my voice, the demon king let go of my hand and asked.

“Did you hear what your mother said?”

“I heard about it.”

“What?”

At my words, the demon king made an expression full of astonishment. Then she blushed enough to be seen in the dark night street.

“Sir, don’t take it seriously. I mean, my mother was just playing a joke.”

What on earth did my mother say that made the demon king react so embarrassingly?

“No, I didn’t hear exactly. What did you say?”

“Hmm? How far have you heard?”

“Did you tell me to do it right? But what are you trying to do right?”

At what I said, the demon king looked more flustered than before.

“Ah! That! Nothing! Wouldn’t it be enough if you heard that far!”

“What did you say?”

“Just go there! Jim won’t leave you alone if you ask any more!”

“Okay okay. I won’t.”

“That’s okay, but… “

After saying that, the demon king didn’t open his mouth and just looked straight ahead without saying a word. I didn’t have anything to say to her other than what she said, so he quietly followed her.

When I passed the poorly lit streetlight for the fourth time, the demon king suddenly apologized.

“Uh, I’m sorry about that. About what happened at home.”

“What?”

“Didn’t your mother try to harm you with a Japanese sword?”

“Oh that? Are you okay.”

I have suffered so much from you. I didn’t say a word called fist together.

“Besides, it wasn’t as dangerous as you thought.”

I remembered the time earlier when her mother ran at her with a knife. Back then, her mother wasn’t that threatening. She felt like a child with a cleaver. However, because of that, she chose to avoid it because she was afraid that she would get hurt if she was mistreated.

When I told the demon king about it, she snorted.

“Heh, if you’re scared, just say you’re scared. Jim doesn’t say anything.”

“Is it real?”

“Okay, okay. And sleep.”

The Demon King was walking and kicked a small stone on the road. She asked while I watched the rolling stones.

“How did you become friends with Sehee? Sehee isn’t someone who would get along with you that easily.”

At that, I told her what had happened on the way to her house earlier. It wasn’t something she had to hide, and it was because the demon king was glaring at me as if she were going to kill me.

After hearing all the stories, she smiled again as if she understood.

“Is it. I thought you were flirting again, didn’t you?”

“How do I seduce him? Do you think I can seduce a girl?”

“Hmm?”

She opened her eyes wide, raising her silver eyebrows like her hair.

“You mean you twisted your luggage like this?”

“What?”

“Hot! It’s a joke!”

The demon king hit me in the chest like a joke. But it wasn’t the fist that made my heart tremble because of what she said. It wasn’t that it didn’t hurt.

“Gagging!”

“Don’t be afraid. It’s not that painful, is it?”

“It hurts!”

Haha! I know it’s a murder!”

Despite the heartfelt words, the demon king smiled naturally and walked down the street. She looked sideways to see that I was following her, and spoke softly without making eye contact with her.

“I was a little worried, though. Unlike Jim, Se-hee is an outstanding beauty.”

After hearing her words, I realized that now is my chance. I spit out the words I couldn’t say at the clothing store the other day.

“Don’t worry. Because I like you.”

I looked towards it, expecting the demon king to be thrilled. But what she did was laugh out loud.

“Puhahaha! Where have you seen such cheesy words!”

“Uh, huh?”

“Did you know that Jim would be thrilled with such gruff words? In a way, you are also very foolish, I think.”

“Noisy!”

I didn’t know that failing would be so embarrassing. I couldn’t see her face anymore so I walked faster.

“Where are you going first! Isn’t your favorite Jim left behind!”

However, I was caught up by the demon king who ran faster than me. She must have found what I said so funny, as she went, she muttered, “Heheh, Jim likes it.”

… I wanted to die every time I heard that. Shit! Next time, I’ll make sure to make your heart pound!

We passed the place where Sehee was surrounded by bullies and arrived at the main road. It was still 9:00, so I could see several cars coming and going leaving red trails. After coming out to the main road, I turned right and saw a brightly lit convenience store sign.

After seeing the bus stop in front of the convenience store, the demon king made eye contact with me and said.

“Okay, I’ll just see you off here.”

“Go now?”

“Actually, I want to stay longer, but it’s getting colder.”

Even though it was spring, it was a little chilly to walk around in just a thin tee without a coat.

I saw her wincing coldly and took off her blazer. I felt the chilly night air, but I handed it over to the Demon King.

“Put this on.”

“Oh, is the chivalry of ladies still alive?”

“Noisy. If you’re not going to wear it, give it to me. I’m cold too.”

“I cannot refuse your favor.”

The demon king smiled and took the coat I gave him and put it on. Then he took the loose sleeve of his dress with his fingers and brought it to his nose.

“Sniff sniff!”

“Why do you smell?”

“Well, I am.”

“Really?”

I remembered washing my face before coming here. Hair and every nook and cranny of the body, as well as fingernails and toenails, were neatly cut. Even the clothes I wore today couldn’t smell because I sprayed deodorant on them before putting them on.

On the embarrassing day, the demon king lowered his head and only looked at him with his eyes raised.

“I am not talking about the stench. It means you smell.”

“Is that so?”

I said it wasn’t a stench, but I was more embarrassed than before. I looked away from her and looked towards her bus stop. There was information on the electronic board there that the bus I was about to board would arrive in 14 minutes.

Even though it said 14 minutes there, it actually took more than 20 minutes. In the meantime, it was better to go inside a convenience store where the wind wasn’t blowing rather than shivering outside.

I said to the demon king who was still sniffing the clothes.

“Let’s not stand here, let’s go inside. I’ll buy you something.”

“Why? Do you want to be with Jim that much?”

“Huh.”

Uh? What did I just say?

I answered without thinking and looked at the demon king in surprise. She opened her pale pink lips slightly, showing off her dainty white front teeth. But she asked with a smile on her lips.

“Is it? Do you want to be with Jim?”

“Oh no! Words came out wrong!”

“I heard Jim clearly. To admit that you want to be with me.”

“Isn’t it?”

“It’s okay. Jiheon, who likes Jim and wants to be with him, come here.”

Demon King grabbed my wrist and walked to the convenience store. Contrary to what she expected to go inside, she climbed the small steps in front of the convenience store entrance. Standing slightly taller than me, who was one inch taller than her, the demon king said with a mischievous smile.

“Ruler. This is the burden you longed to be with. Engrave it in your eyes slowly so you don’t forget.”

Fluorescent light streamed from the convenience store, but the blue eyes looking at me seemed to shine brighter. Seeing how shiny she was, her face hot, I couldn’t make eye contact with her, so I tried to back her up.

“Oops, where are you going?”

Just like in the room before, the Demon King wrapped her arm around my neck to prevent me from escaping.

That action brought her closer to her face than before I ran away. Feeling dizzy from the heat in my head, I turned my head away to avoid eye contact. But the more I did, the demon king pushed her face in every direction I turned.

“Why do you do that? Didn’t you want to be with Jim?”

“Oh, no.”

“If you don’t, you might not see your luggage until the bus arrives. Be still.”

“Isn’t it?”

“No? What is not Let me tell you.”

“Wrong, did I say that?”

“I didn’t hear you. Why don’t you tell me while looking at the luggage? Huh?”

“… “

“What are you so ashamed of? It’s the burden you wanted to be with. What are you doing without looking?”

Even if he raised his head or lowered his head, the demon king tried to make eye contact with me even while standing on tiptoe or bending his body.

I turned my head around so as not to make eye contact for a while, and found someone standing in the alley we came out of. A dwarf physique wearing a common gray hoodie was staring at me. It resembled the glass I saw at a clothing store.

The moment I found it, the demon king who was standing on tiptoe on the stairs slipped.

Beep!

“Ah.”

The slippers rubbed against the marble and made a bird sound, and the demon king let out a deathbed that was close to sighing. As she turned her head at her voice, her surprised face came quickly. And,

Right!

“Ugh!”

“Kuk!”

My lips hit the hard part of the demon king’s face. Even in the midst of her pain, once she held her body and prevented her from falling. Although she was smaller than I thought, she came into my arms, but I prioritized her pain over the touch.

It must have been the same for the demon lord, the two of us separated from each other and covered the painful part with our hands without anyone saying anything.

“Ouch…!”

I covered my sore lips with my hand and looked at the demon king. She turned her body, bent over her back, and cupped her face with her palms. Turning her head away from her demon king, who was trembling up to her shoulders, she looked at the place where she found the gray hoodie earlier. But she didn’t see it.

At this moment, she felt a slippery, damp sensation in the palm of her mouth. When I removed her hand, there was red blood on the palm of her hand.

“Be careful, please!”

He looked at her again, shouting at her sloppy demon lord. Then she objected and turned to me.

“You must have caught it properly!”

“You’re right, huh?”

“Hmm?”

I tried to say something when I saw her red-hot attitude, but when I saw her red lips, I was at a loss for words. It was because her lips, which were pale pink and reminded of cherry blossoms, were now as red as tint.

Jureuk

A trickle of blood flowed from the slightly parted mouth of the demon king. Seeing that, she remembered her lips hitting something hard on her face earlier. Besides, I didn’t know it before, but my lower teeth also collided with something soft at that time.

As if thinking the same thing as me, the Demon King smiled and said with bleeding lips.

“I’m glad you didn’t pack your bags well, right?”

My first kiss had a fishy iron taste.