Chapter 62 – I’m Just Glad You’re My First Burden.

After the lecture, I was about to go back to my room, but the devil called me. She pressed the call button and all she said was one word.

“Hello.”

-You!

“Why.”

– You, you, you, you, you, you!

“Why why why why why why?”

When I answered according to the number of times I called, the demon king on the other side of the phone laughed out loud. After laughing like that for a while, she asked a question in a bright voice like when she answered the phone and called me.

-What are you doing today? Do you have any plans?

“No,”

-I know there is none, but out of etiquette, I asked once.

“… There is.”

She was annoyed for a moment and lied that she was unconscious. The Demon King asked in a teasing tone if he knew that too.

-Oh, you, who have no friends, have an appointment? Come on, tell me. Who are you meeting?

After thinking about it, I put the person I got close to at MT.

“I was supposed to meet Seon-ah.”

-Where is it?

Suddenly, her voice lowered and her tone shortened.

-Where do you meet Genga?

“Uh, blood, a PC room?”

-Hmm, is it a PC room? She decided to meet Sun-ah.

“But why?”

– Hmmm.

“Why?”

– Hmmm.

All she could hear was a simple moan. But this ringing sound made me feel pressured for no reason.

-Huuuuu.

Under constant pressure, I stopped telling the truth.

“No, actually, I was just going to my own room.”

– Was it like that!

Like when I was feeling down, it was only a matter of time before I felt better. Upon hearing the truth, the demon king exclaimed in a high-spirited voice.

-Why would you lie to Jim! You were scared! Haha!

Rather than reprimanding him, he seemed quite happy.

– Haha! So, do you have any appointments today?

“Huh.”

-Then where are you going with Jim?

“Where?”

I thought she’d say, “I’ll go and tell you!” It was because he always said that when he met the demon lord and took him somewhere. But today was different.

-It’s a manga cafe!

“What?”

– Don’t you know? Speaking of cartoon cafes. It’s a cafe where you can watch cartoons.

“I know! Did you think I didn’t know?”

-I thought a hikikomori like you wouldn’t know.

“What dude?”

-Or, I thought you wouldn’t have the courage to go even if you knew it with knowledge.

“That’s not right!”

-Hoho, then have you been there? Cartoon cafe.

I really wanted to tell a lie. However, it didn’t.

“Doesn’t exist.”

“Then let’s go with Jim!”

This time, the voice came from behind me, not from my phone. Looking back, I saw the Demon King standing there, as usual today, in a green tracksuit.

She looked like a Nordic beauty, with gorgeous silver hair, and eyes like the blue sea, and her eyes met mine. The demon king took his cellphone from his ear and waved it at me with his hand.

“Come here!”

“You come.”

Even as she said that, her feet were pointing toward her. She hung up the phone and asked the demon king as she walked over.

“Did you follow me?”

“Hmm! That’s right!”

“Are you going to talk while stalking her breasts? Since when have you been following me?”

The demon king answered by putting the phone in the pocket of his sweatpants.

“I haven’t been following you for very long. I found you and called you right away.”

“Did you follow me from the time I called you? Then you shouldn’t have called and talked to me right away.”

“Well, I thought you knew.”

“What do you know?”

“Is that true, are you doing that on purpose?”

She frowned in displeasure, but then she untied her face and slapped me playfully.

“Then wouldn’t it be fun?”

I don’t understand what you mean by not having fun. Still, seeing her mischievous smile on her face, the corners of her mouth went up on their own.

“Are you having fun now?”

“Well, more than just fun…”

Her speech trailing off, she looked me up and down. Then she laughed again.

“It’s a slightly different feeling. It’s hard to tell right now, but I will.”

“What is that?”

“Are you curious? Do you want to know what it feels like?”

Before she could answer, her face heated up when she saw those blue eyes looking up at me. I didn’t have the courage to keep watching, so I turned her head the other way.

“… Not really.”

“Ah, I know everything you want to know.”

“Because it isn’t.”

The demon lord moved to the side where I turned his head and forcibly met his eyes.

“Wait for the day you will be honest. Jim will also wait for the day he can tell you the truth. And now,”

She grabbed my wrist and led me.

“Time to go to the manga café!”

“Hey! Don’t pull!”

“Then come quickly!”

“Fall over, what!”

Cheeky!

“You fell!”

“So, didn’t I tell you to come quickly!”

After falling down twice more, I arrived at the comics cafe. The entrance to the manga cafe I saw for the first time was cleaner than I thought. While the smell of cigarettes greeted me at a comic book store I once saw as a child, here I saw a small locker room first.

“What are you doing without taking off your shoes?”

“You take it off now, now.”

I grumbled and took off my shoes. Now I was thinking about where to put the shoes I took off. In the end, when I chose a single seat, the demon king stopped me.

“Put it in here.”

Inside the shoebox, which is twice as wide as the personal shoebox, was already the sneaker worn by the demon king. Next to it was a shoe rack of the same size, and above it I could see two words written as a couple.

“There?”

I’ve never been to a manga cafe, but I’ve seen it online. Internet sites said that it is a place where mostly in-law couples go on a date.

When I hesitated and didn’t put it in, the demon king asked, wondering.

“Why?”

“No, can I put it in there?”

“Of course, alas!”

She said she knew why I was, and looked at her with a smile.

“Why are you ashamed of something like this?”

“When have I ever been shy?”

“I am doing it now. Give it to me.”

While asking for it, he took my shoes on his own and put them in the couple’s shoe cabinet. Then he closed the shoebox door and pulled out the key.

“Why do you think of couples that way? There is a saying that there are two people in a couple, not lovers.”

“!”

“Your embarrassing appearance is attractive to you, but please study.”

“Noisy!”

“Haha! Let’s go in now!”

After a bit of commotion, the demon king and I went inside the manga cafe. Upon entering, the first counter staff greeted us.

“Welcome.”

He, who had been watching from the shoe closet, asked the demon king with a kind face.

“Are you with me?”

“That’s right. Even though I’m not a ‘lover’.”

“Hey, why are you emphasizing that?”

“Is Jim like that? I’m sorry.”

Despite apologizing, the Demon King was still smiling. At the same time, he handed the key he had pulled out earlier to the clerk and said,

“Three hours, please. As a couple.”

“All right. Wait a minute.”

After receiving the key, he handed the two card keys to the demon king.

“You can take this and take an Americano. Do you know where to get it?”

“Um, I know.”

“You know they also take food orders there, right?”

“Isn’t it natural?”

“All right.”

“Hard work.”

After that, the demon king took me inside the manga cafe. Seeing that he hadn’t counted anything, he questioned her as she walked away.

“Can I not count?”

“That’s right. You can calculate it when you leave. Deferred payment.”

“I see.”

“You really,”

Suddenly she stopped what she was saying and looked at me. Because of the height difference, the gaze looking up at me was full of doubts.

“I guess this is your first time going to a manga cafe?”

Feeling an inferiority complex for no reason at the word ‘first’, I treated her with her brusque tone.

“Why is that bad?”

“No.”

However, the demon king smiled as if he was rather happy.

“I’m just glad you’re my first burden.”

“What?”

“Let’s take a seat here.”

Even ignoring my question, the places I chose were small rooms that looked like duplexes. Her ears red, she pointed alternately upstairs and downstairs.

“Where are you? Stomach? Or below?”

“Can I just go in? Aren’t you paying?”

“Of course, isn’t it? Just choose.”

“Uh, yes.”

The place I chose was upstairs.

“Let’s comfort you.”

“Hmm, it’s the first time, so I picked up.”

“Why can’t I?”

“It’s not bad that Jim is on top.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It is nothing. Let’s go in and see.”

The demon king tried to take the small stairs next to it. But he stopped with a small exclamation as if something had come to mind.

“Ah! Come to think of it, I forgot my drink!”

Then he lowered his leg on the stairs and spoke to me.

“You go upstairs first. Choose the book you want to see. In the meantime, Jim will bring an Americano.

“Uh, hey.”

“I’ll be back soon!”

The demon king left this place with the last words. I stood there blankly, watching my swaying silver hair. Then, while I was waiting as I was told, I thought of picking out a comic book.

The inside of the manga cafe was wider than expected, and there were as many books as there were. There were not only Japanese comic books, but also webtoons, internet novels, and even board games in that corner.

Anyway, when I picked up three or four books that looked interesting and returned to the seat I picked up earlier, the demon king, who had returned quickly, was reading the book.

She noticed me about to go up there and asked.

“Are you here now?”

“Are you here now?”

“Did Jim come a long time ago? Why does it take so long to choose a book?”

“It’s the first time you’ve come. Why did you come so soon?”

“It’s because Jim isn’t the first.”

It seemed that way. As if the demon king had been here many times, he showed an unrestrained behavior. She, of course, was naturally outspoken, but she seemed to be used to being here.

What bothered me more was the use of a couple’s shoe cabinet. It seemed that the two of them used it casually.

Asked her with her heart suddenly heavy.

“Do you come here often?”

“Is that so?”

“Alone… Are you here?”

“What’s the fun in coming here alone?”

“!”

When she was told that she hadn’t come alone, it felt like her heart stopped. The demon king, who did not even know about my situation, continued to open her mouth.

“I came often until last year. Luckily, the two of them came back after school ended at the same time.”

“The two of you?”

“Yes. We came at this time of day and stayed until dinner, and then we ate dinner together.”

“Dinner?”

When my reaction was unusual, the demon king frowned and asked.

“Why do you keep asking me like that?”

“What am I?”

“You look bad right now. Do you think it was wrong for Jim to come with Se-hee?”

“What? Sehee?”

“That’s right, Sehee.”

Her heart was lightened when she said that she had come with her own brother. But the demon lord seemed to have noticed my mood only now, and smiled mischievously.

“Why, were you jealous?”