Pretending to Be Human Is Exhausting Again Today - Chapter 6

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Struggling to Pretend to Be Human Today Episode 006

Oops, I pulled back my fist, but the incident had already occurred.

Fortunately, the curse had disappeared, but the bigger problem was Loreil, who had received an even greater shock.

“D-didn’t something just explode?”

“Your Highness? Are you alright!”

Even the maids who heard the commotion began frantically searching for me.

‘What should I do about this.’

I don’t know what excuse to make.

Should I just say there was a fly right in front of my face so I swatted it? And that the explosion sound was lightning striking?

While my head was getting complicated, Loreil opened his mouth.

“Just now… was that magic power?”

“Huh, huh?”

“Did you use magic power? Your Highness, you couldn’t possibly be…”

Ordinary humans cannot sense divine power or magic power.

Just as humans cannot see air, magic power and divine power were components of nature.

Of course, if it were a priest, they could sense my magic power, but it would be more accurate to say they detected the nature of the demon clan.

But Loreil, who wasn’t even a priest, had detected my magic power. That meant…

‘Could it be that demon clan blood really flows in him?’

But I couldn’t sense any demon clan aura from him except for his appearance. Loreil pressed me in his confusion.

“Why aren’t you answering? I’m asking if it was really magic power!”

“That…”

“And that disgusting magic power, you’re not an ordinary human…!”

Just as Loreil grabbed my shoulders to interrogate me.

“Cough!”

I coughed violently. As expected, black blood flowed back up again this time too.

‘Just from using that little bit of magic power…!’

I tried to cover my mouth urgently, but this coughing up of blood was worse than last time. With the feeling of even my breath being blocked, I unknowingly collapsed to the ground.

“Cough, cough!”

“What- Princess, Your Highness! Hey! Is anyone there!”

As I lacked breath, even my consciousness became distant. As I collapsed to the ground like that, Loreil caught me.

He held me in his arms and asked urgently.

“Answer me before you faint!”

‘This bastard, is that what you should be saying?’

I went to the trouble of saving him from the curse, and not only is there no word of thanks!

I closed my eyes while thinking I would never save him again.

I could hear Liribel and Emma’s voices from far away…

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   Inside the quiet carriage, Loreil, who had been looking out the window where the sunset was visible, let out a short sigh with his arms crossed.

‘What on earth was that?’

Since it was an incident that happened in a short moment, it couldn’t be organized in his head.

Deina, who didn’t know the ways of the world due to being confined in the separate palace, when he was trying to explain the marquis family’s situation to her…

‘I thought I was going to die.’

Her fist had been directed at him.

He didn’t know why she had swung her fist.

Whether it was an expression that she didn’t want to hear about the marquis family’s affairs, or if destructive impulses had arisen because she was the reincarnation of a demon as rumored.

What was most puzzling was the powerful and sinister magic power he felt from those thin arms.

‘It wasn’t a mistake. That couldn’t have been power that came from a human’s arm.’

Loreil wiped his still aching nose once. She had fainted immediately after that, so she probably didn’t know how the surrounding garden had changed.

Due to the shockwave from her fist, the tree behind Loreil was half-broken, and the flowers around were completely decomposed and flew up to the sky.

It was heavenly fortune that Loreil only ended up with a nosebleed.

‘Is she really a demon?’

Demon clan, demons.

Humanity’s nemesis passed down from ancient times, and monsters that disturb peace.

Recently, quite a few people considered them absurd fairy tales, but high-ranking nobles like Loreil knew that the demon clan actually existed. And that they were powerful beings worthy of appearing in myths.

Once he thought she might be a demon, he began to suspect that even her coughing up blood and collapsing at the end might have been an act.

Moreover, didn’t they say demons dig into people’s weak points?

‘Come to think of it…’

Loreil looked down at his arms that had embraced Deina.

Compared to her tremendous magic power, it was a light and gaunt body. But the moment he held her in his arms, somehow he didn’t want to let go…

‘Stop.’

Loreil shook off his thoughts. Seeing that he was having such strange thoughts, it seemed certain that she had some mysterious power.

Although it was a job he had taken on unwillingly, since he had taken on the role of Deina’s secretary, it seemed he would need to thoroughly investigate her.

Since she might be a monster threatening the marquis family, and furthermore, the Empire.

Inside the running carriage, Loreil, who had been inflating his solitary delusions, suddenly touched his shoulders as if he had realized something.

‘Strangely, my shoulders feel light.’

He didn’t yet know the fact that Deina’s magic power had driven away the curse that had been tormenting him for years.

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  What I faced as soon as I opened my eyes was Liribel’s tearful face.

“Your Highness! Are you alright?”

I pushed away her face that was intrusively close and got up from the bed.

“What time is it now?”

“A full day has passed since you fainted! You don’t know how surprised I was, they said lightning suddenly struck the garden…”

“Lightning?”

“Yes! That young master said so!”

I heard from Liribel how Loreil had explained the situation.

That I had fainted from being startled by lightning that suddenly struck.

It seemed he had recited exactly the flimsy excuse I had been thinking of.

“I didn’t cough up blood, did I?”

“You did! The head maid thought it might be because of a chronic illness and called a physician last night. But actually…”

Liribel, who knew the truth about the coughing up blood, pursed her lips. I shook my head telling her not to worry.

“It’s right that it was because of magic, not illness. I’m all better now.”

“I thought so, right? The physician said he didn’t know the cause either. I was worried he might have noticed…”

‘No, Liribel. That quack physician wouldn’t tell me even if I really had an illness.’

I smiled bitterly while thinking to myself.

He had prescribed me worthless medicine even when I was suffering from poison and curses. He was probably a parachute physician planted by someone who wanted me dead.

He definitely hadn’t examined me properly this time either.

“Then why did you use magic? Was the lightning actually dropped by you, Your Highness?”

“It’s not like that. I just had some business for a moment.”

It was a dangerous curse that activated just by speaking about it. Since I couldn’t tell Liribel, I vaguely changed the subject.

“Liribel, how was Lord Loreil’s mood?”

“Hmm, it was the same as when he came. Except his nose was a little red…”

Despite interrogating me like that, he showed no particular reaction in front of Liribel, which was quite strange.

‘Does he have some other scheme? Or…’

While I was continuing my thoughts, Liribel asked carefully.

“Your Highness, what should we do about this afternoon’s schedule? It would be better to cancel it, right?”

“Schedule?”

“The young master said he would visit again…”

‘Right, we were supposed to tour the event venue together.’

I remembered the promise we had made to inspect it together.

​’I’d like to refuse if I could, but that would only make me more suspicious.’

​Besides, it was right to meet him quickly to understand his intentions.

​”No, I’ll go out. How much time is left until the appointment?”

“About 3 hours.”

“That’s enough. Please prepare a simple meal and clothes.”

​Thanks to Liribel preparing everything right away, I was able to finish getting ready before my appointment time with Loreil.

​Liribel seemed worried about my condition, but I was actually healthier thanks to sleeping well. My magic power was also stabilized.

​’As long as I don’t use magic, I won’t be caught again.’

​Thinking calmly, no matter how much Loreil suspected me, he had no evidence. Of course, if he reported me to the temple, problems would arise, but surely he wouldn’t go that far against a princess?

​Just as I was calming my mind, Loreil’s carriage arrived in front of the Separate Palace.

​Loreil, who opened the carriage door, spoke to me with a much kinder expression than when we met yesterday.

​”Good afternoon, Your Highness. I hope I’m not late?”

“No, you’re right on time.”

​He smiled brightly and extended his hand to escort me.

​”Then please get in, I’ll guide you to the event venue.”

“Yes, excuse me for a moment…”

…​Just as I was smiling back and about to take his hand, I sensed something strange.

​’These gloves are soaked with divine power?’

​He was wearing pure white cotton gloves on his hands, and I could smell divine power from them.

​They seemed to be gloves dyed with holy water.

​The inside of the carriage visible behind his shoulder was even worse.

​’Sun god sculptures, sacred emblems, cushions soaked in holy water…’

Even an idiot could tell.

This was a trap.

​Inside the carriage, divine power was swirling so strongly that a weak demon would burst into flames the moment they entered. I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh at such a blatant trap.

​I understood being suspicious, but trying to kill me right from our meeting.

​Unexpectedly, Loreil seemed to be quite an aggressive man.

Or an idiot.

​’I misjudged him.’

​From the looks of it, he definitely suspected me of being a demon. Then I couldn’t back down here.

​I stared straight at Loreil and firmly grasped his hand.

​”…!”

​I raised the corners of my mouth as I watched him in surprise.

​’I’m not at a level to fall for such a trap.’

​I vigorously entered the carriage and approached him. I felt the powerful divine power enveloping me, but I didn’t even blink.

​After getting close enough to feel his breathing, I spoke to the ungrateful man.

​”Thank you for the kind escort, Sir Loreil. By the way, your nose seems a bit… crooked today. Was it cold outside?”

“…”

​The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

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