The Unfilial Heir Who Tries to Kill Me Tempts Me - Chapter 64

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Episode 64.

“What are you talking about, suddenly buttering me up? I’m going to do what I told you to do properly anyway.”
“No, that’s not it. You’ve really grown.”
“…Huh?”
“Look, your head used to come up to right about here before.”
I recalled the boy’s eye level from just a few weeks ago and waved my hand through the air to mark the height.
“Now that I think about it, my line of sight has gotten a bit higher too.”
“Right?”
It wasn’t just a matter of height. Just weeks ago, he’d looked unmistakably like an irritating fifteen-year-old, but now his features seemed to have sharpened and matured in subtle ways.
Eden scratched his head roughly, then suddenly looked down at me with a triumphant grin.
“Ha, see? I’m not far from adulthood now.”
Already? Has it come to that?
So it’s really happening.
Demons maintain their youthful appearance until adulthood, then their bodies undergo a sudden transformation. Depending on the strength of their authority, some reach adulthood around two hundred years old, while others don’t until as late as six hundred.
Given that Eden had only just passed two hundred, his approaching maturity was remarkably swift.
To be nearing adulthood already—just how powerful is his authority?
Don’t tell me this brat’s going to become the Demon King or something later.
That would be troublesome.
“Just wait until I grow up. You won’t know what hit you. Even the Lord won’t stand a chance against me.”
Yeah, sure.
You’re the best.
“Tell me if you start entering your mature phase.”
“Why, are you nervous I’ll grow too cool?”
“No, I’m going to give you time off.”
“…When you’re itching to put me to work, you never think about being generous. Why the sudden kindness? That’s suspicious.”
Look at that skepticism.
“Your body will ache terribly during the mature phase. I can’t very well make you work through that. And you’ll need to visit the Demon Realm for your coming-of-age ceremony anyway, won’t you?”
I’m not a cruel master.
Of course I should give him the time off he needs.
But Eden didn’t answer. I looked up to find him staring at me with an odd expression.
“What?”
“I’ve been curious about this for a while.”
“Yeah?”
“How do you know so much about demons?”
“…What?”
“Well, you brought up the One-to-One Contract from hundreds of years ago without me saying anything, and how did you even know that demons have to descend to the Demon Realm for their coming-of-age ceremony?”
“Oh.”
Right.
That’s something only demons know.
I got distracted with paperwork and forgot.
“Why are you avoiding my eyes? You look suspicious.”
Eden’s gaze swept over me with suspicion. He clearly had no intention of letting this drop.
God, really.
I guess there’s no way around it.
It’s time I told this brat the truth.
I interlaced my fingers seriously and leaned my upper body forward onto the desk.
“The thing is…”
“The thing is?”
“I created the Demon Realm.”
“Damn it.”
Why is he cursing like that?
“Every time you say stuff like that, you sound like a complete lunatic.”
“I’m serious.”
Eden shook his head vigorously as if thoroughly exasperated.
Really.
If you’re not going to believe me anyway, why even ask?
Squeak.
Golsoon placed a buttered roll in my mouth.
Good heavens, even Golsoon.
Now you’re telling me to shut up and just eat bread?
I’m so frustrated I can barely stand it.
But there was no point in raising my voice—I’d only get a look of profound disappointment—so I clamped my mouth shut and chewed the bread Golsoon had given me, working it steadily.
It’s delicious.
Did Pepe make this?
I should head down to the kitchen later and ask for more.
“…Wait, where did I put those settler documents?”
Barely a moment’s distraction, and the papers had vanished. I looked everywhere, but with nothing but scattered sheets surrounding me, there was no telling where they’d gone.
I was rummaging through the desk when a small hand suddenly appeared and held out the documents to me.
“Here you go.”
“Oh, found… huh? Jack?”
“Good afternoon, Mage.”
“How long have you been standing there?”
“Just a little while. I noticed you two were talking, so I was waiting for you to finish.”
“You should have said something. I didn’t even know you’d come in.”
“It’s all right. You were busy anyway, and I couldn’t interrupt.”
It’s true—being too immature is a problem, but maturing too quickly is one too. Here I am, a two-hundred-year-old demon, still in the throes of adolescence, while this boy, barely past fifteen, carries himself with such composure.
“What are you looking at?”
“Even when you reach adulthood, I don’t think you’ll ever grow up, will you?”
“Have you ever seen snow fall in the middle of summer? I’d like you to make it from this letter.”
“I’m sorry.”
Please, just don’t tear up the letter.
I made a placating gesture toward Eden, who was snorting dismissively, and offered Jack a seat.
“Could you sit here for a moment? I’m sorry for making you wait. Just let me organize this, and then we can talk.”
“Take your time, please.”
Such a good child.
I reached over and patted Jack affectionately, then tried to focus on the documents.
“Um… the pages are out of order. The page you’re looking at now should be at the very end. The table you just turned past was at the beginning. There’s a mark on the fifteenth line.”
“Right, thank… what?”
What did you just say?
“Oh, I’m sorry. I wasn’t trying to look intentionally… I just saw it while organizing the papers.”
He saw it once and remembered all that?
Now that I thought about it, Jack had also remembered the path he’d only traveled once while wearing a burlap sack.
I stared at the boy, and a sudden thought flashed through my mind.
“Jack, do you know how to read?”
“A little of the continental common tongue. My mother taught me before she passed away.”
No way.
I found it—my personal human scheduler.
“Jack, would you like to work for me? I mean, would you be willing to help me out? Of course, only when it’s convenient for you. I’ll make sure you’re paid.”
“Work…for you?”
Before Jack could change his mind, I summoned a small children’s chair with magic and placed it right in front of the desk.
“Here, come sit down properly. This stack of documents here needs to be finished within the week, and the stack on the other side contains official letters and correspondence from outside.”
“So I should organize the task list and the contents of the letters into a simple summary and pass it to you?”
Oh my God.
What do I do?
He seems smarter than a smartphone.
I won’t need any AI assistants.
“Exactly! Think you can do it?”
“Yes, I’ll try. Can I use one side of the desk?”
“Of course, of course. Use whatever you need!”
I swept all the documents off one side of the desk and made space for Jack.
Eden, standing with arms crossed and watching us with clear disapproval, shook his head slowly.
“You’re sure excited now that you’ve found someone to work like a dog.”
“Oh, come on, don’t say such things.”
Jack, don’t listen to him.
You’re my absolute best scheduler.
I gently covered Jack’s ears with my hands.
“Honestly.”
With a sigh, Eden swiftly snatched up Golsoon, who had been scampering across the desk.
Squeak.
“Looks like we’ve got a new helper, so let’s make ourselves scarce, Golsoon. I’ll scratch your back for you.”
Squeak…?
Eden stuck his tongue out at me with a teasing grin, pushed open the window frame, and vaulted clean through the glass.
“Off to be a child model.”
What am I supposed to do.
I absolutely must not explain what that means.

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