Chapter 96 – Is It That Good? Luggage?

Weekend and downtown, when these two words are combined, crowds arise. We felt it as we got off the bus.

“There are so many people. A lot.”

“Look! If you came by car, it would have been extremely blocked! Were you able to listen to Jim?”

The demon king followed me and boasted. Even today, she was wearing shorts and short sleeves that were comfortable for activities, silver hair shining in the summer sunlight and an innocent smile like a child reminded me of the phrase fashion is a face.

“It seems to be hotter because there are many people.”

Finally, when Sehee got off the bus, the door closed. In keeping with his cool image, he was wearing black slacks and a white short-sleeved T-shirt. It looks simple, but rather, her beauty is more alive because of that.

Se-hee cools off from the heat by shaking her long, straight hair like her older sister, probably because her hair is black.

“Go in quickly, it’s hot.”

“Yes, it is really hot.”

I was sweating profusely from the heat, even though I had just gotten off the bus with no people and full air conditioning.

“That would be better.”

Seeing how they attracted people, especially men, the sisters looked around to find their way. Then, her older sister Mawang pointed to one side of the street.

“Looks like we should go over there! Let’s go!”

“Hey?”

“Can we have something cool before we go? It is very hot.”

However, the Demon King also refused my words while sweating.

“I’d love to, but the Internet says you can’t eat or drink anything while in a cafe.”

“Okay?”

It was my first time going to an escape room cafe today, so I had no choice but to believe her words. I checked again with Se-hee, who said she had been to an escape room cafe with her friends.

“Really?”

“I can’t eat while doing it. Instead, you can eat before entering.”

“Is Sehee like that?”

“Why do you listen to what Sehee says rather than what Jim says?”

“Because Sehee is more reliable than you.”

“What?”

“But you are the one I love, so put your hands down!”

“… I will see you.”

It was worthwhile to speak without holding my breath. The demon king glared at me sharply, but she soon lowered her fist and the threatening atmosphere disappeared.

Still, it was hot and thirsty, so I recommended it again.

“Let’s go buy something to drink. If you sweat like this and don’t drink anything, you’ll get heatstroke.”

“Hmm.”

The demon king snorted lightly and looked at me and Sehee. Even if it was me, I could see that Sehee was sweating and hot.

“That would be nice. Let’s go to any cafe nearby.”

“Thanks sister.”

“Thank you for what. Thank you Jiheon for buying me coffee instead of Jim.”

“Me?!”

“You said you wanted to go. Then you should buy it.”

“That’s true, but Sehee also asked to go.”

“Are you asking a student without financial ability to pay?”

“I am also a student. Okay. Let’s go for now.”

After all, I’ve been eaten by the Demon King many times.

Thinking so, I headed to a nearby cafe. I called the staff through the window that was open so that I could order from the street.

“Hey.”

“Yes! Wait a minute!”

In the midst of the crowded cafe, a uniformed employee exclaimed energetically. Wearing a gray bread hat, he came to the window waving a brown apron.

“Would you like to order?”

“Yes, three iced americanos, please.”

“All right. 3 iced americanos? I’ll give it to you soon! What would you like to order?”

“A card.”

When I handed out my card, he finished the payment with a skilful movement and went to brew coffee. In the meantime, the demon king approached me.

“You. You can’t do that.”

“Why. Is Iced Americano not good? Did you want to eat something else?”

“No. However, when ordering an iced Americano, you shouldn’t order it that way.”

“What are you talking about again?”

At this time, Sehee spoke instead of the demon king.

“Ah, I have to say.”

“What? Ah?”

“It’s not just an ah, it’s an ‘ah’. Do you not even know this?”

“I don’t know.”

“Keuuu, unless you know these things.”

The demon king shook his head with an exaggerated expression.

“This is it, can’t it be?”

“What, what is it?”

Se-hee, like her sister, shook her head from side to side as if she couldn’t help it.

“You wouldn’t know any of this. I’m disappointed, brother.”

“Is it disappointing not knowing a single thing?!”

“How much did you do?”

Following my words, a demon king made an expression like an old man. Sehee also said with wrinkles between her brows.

“Brother. It is wrong to express ah as such.”

“What?”

Chin!

Suddenly, the demon king put his hand on my shoulder with a serious face.

“You just did something irreversible.”

“What am I!”

“I’ve come this far, but now I can’t help it.”

Sehee also turned her head and looked into the distance as if resigned.

“I did my best…”

“What the best! What have I done!”

“Customer!”

Just then, the clerk called us. Wearing a gray bread hat, he reached out to us with his two hands holding three cups of coffee.

“Three glasses of iced americano came out! Bon appetite!”

I hurriedly got my coffee and told them what I had just heard.

“Look! Even the clerk says it’s iced americano! Alas not!”

But my words were ignored by the coffee-sucking sister.

“Kya! I think I will live a little longer!”

“Eating something cold makes me feel better.”

“Uh? Hey.”

“I bought something to drink, so let’s go to an escape room cafe! It’s time to make a reservation!”

“Iknow, right. It must be a bit tight to drink all the coffee.”

“Hey, what is it?”

“Why are you standing so far away! You said you could be late!”

Then he took my hand and tried to take me to the escape room cafe.

By this point, I knew what was going on. That this sister messed with me again.

I can’t help but get angry or annoyed here. Not only did he not feel that way at all, but it was useless even if he did.

In the end, all I could do was drink a cool ‘Ice Americano’. Oh, not ‘Ice Americano’!

… Again, I wasn’t annoyed or angry. I’m not mad!

Anyway, we made our way through the crowd to the escape room cafe. Upon entering, the store clerks were surprised by the beauty of Mawang and Se-hee, but welcomed them with friendly smiles.

“Welcome!”

Dressed in a white shirt and neat clothes, she greeted and asked.

“Have you made a reservation?”

“Yes.”

The one who answered was Sehee, the youngest among us, but the only one with experience in escaping a room. While she went to the counter and talked, Maou and I sat at a table near the counter.

The demon king looked around the room and admired it while drinking coffee.

“Hoho, it’s cleaner than I thought, isn’t it?”

She was right. The interior of the cafe was painted white to give a neat impression. In addition, the strangely shaped butterfly picture on the wall and the clock hanging for some reason showed the time in a foreign country, not Korea.

I looked closely, wondering if that might be a clue to our escape room. But the demon king hit my forearm and distracted me.

“Hey, look over there.”

“Huh? What?”

She pointed to a wall thick with plastic vines and a black metal bench in the middle.

The demon king said while drinking coffee again.

“It looks like they’ll be taking pictures over there after they escape.”

“Okay? How do you know?”

“I saw it on the Internet.”

“I’ve seen everything, very much.”

As she said so, she touched the demon king’s little finger holding the coffee cup. Unlike the calloused hands, this skin was soft and cold because of the ice.

Her frail, soft fingers, like a child’s, fiddled with her more. Then the demon king asked in a voice full of questions.

“What are you doing?”

“Uh, just touching.”

“Is it that good? Luggage?”

“Yes.”

“That’s great.”

At my words, she snorted, but didn’t stop her from doing it. Rather, she moved her hand and intertwined her little finger with mine. As if making a promise.

“Sister.”

At this time, Sehee approached us. The Demon King seemed ashamed to do this, so he untied his fingers and pretended not to know while drinking coffee.

“Chew, why is that?”

Seeing her sister like that, Se-hee talked casually.

“I couldn’t go to the bathroom while I was in, so I went once for a long time. And tell me when you finish your coffee.”

“Okay.”

“Yea, I got it.”

I was a little shy, so I nodded while drinking coffee. However, the demon king seemed to be quite shy, and emptied the cup while inhaling the coffee.

“Chew wow! Whoop whoop whoop! Keugh!”

I stood up, clutching my aching head from an ice cream headache. Then she frowned and told us.

“Jim, Jim will go to the bathroom, so you can keep this.”

What she held out was a plastic cup with nothing but ice in it.

“Why this? Who will take it.”

“Someone like you could take it.”

“What am I doing!”

“Ha ha, just kidding. Come back once.”

The demon king left and headed to the bathroom.

“Brother.”

When her own sister disappeared, Se-hee apologized as she sat down in her seat.

“Sorry.”

“Uh? Why?”

“You want to be alone with the two of you, but I’m in the way.”

“No, that’s fine. It’s fun even with you.”

“I didn’t see anything like that before.”

“Oh no, that’s-“

“Are you okay. That’s it.”

Se-hee pulled a straw from the cup that the demon king had emptied. Then he switched to the one in his cup. The only time I reacted when I saw it was when she started drinking.

“Hey.”

“Shoooook! Jade! Swhhhhh!”

“Just mouth and drink!”

“Side! Side! Whoops! Then it doesn’t make any sense, ugh!”

It seems like her sister was the same, and she, like her own sister, suffered from her ice cream headache from eating in a hurry. But that wasn’t what I was paying attention to.

“What’re you doing!”

“It’s shameful to only tease my brother. Ugh, it still hurts.”

“It’s because you eat so quickly!”

“Are you okay. It doesn’t hurt much.”

“It’s okay, but why are you looking at my straw?”

“I want to taste your brother’s straw too.”

“Ah!”

Can’t you turn around and say something!

“What are you talking about?”

At this time, the demon king returned from his errands. Sehee also noticed this and pretended not to.

“It’s nothing. Did you go to the bathroom well?”

“Um, I did.”

She nodded and raised her cup. And she drank her icy water, holding the straw that Se-hee had exchanged for hers in her mouth.

“You… !”

“Jororororok!”

Seeing that, I was stunned, and Se-hee raised the corners of her mouth and smiled happily.

The demon king, completely unaware of what had happened, raised his eyebrows and looked at us.

“Hmm? Why?”

“No, nothing.”

There are things in this world that are much better not to know. Like, for example, that her sister is bisexual and sees herself as her love interest.

After the brutal incident, we emptied our coffee, went to the bathroom, and were ready to begin our escape room.

Then, the employee simply explained how to unlock the lock and handed out eye patches.

“Put on an eyepatch and follow my instructions. OK?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Um, okay.”

“Yes? No, please stand in one line and hold the shoulder of the person in front of you.”

Standing at the front, I just stood still, wearing only an eyepatch. But then, an unknown hand grabbed my shoulder from behind.

Everyone must have obeyed her words, and in the dark, the staff could be heard talking.

“Now we will begin.”

I heard that and the hand that I thought was an employee took my hand and led the way.

It’s starting now It’s my first time escaping a room, can I do it well? I want to show a cool side to Mawang and Sehee.

While I was thinking about that, someone’s breath reached my ear. But what surprised me was what she said in a very small whisper.

“You’re wearing an eyepatch like this, so you’re reminded of your bed?”

“?!”

It’s the devil! The person behind me is definitely the Demon King!