Will You Cry for Me If I Die? - Chapter 11

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Chapter 11

“Hey? Shut your mouth! You Small Demon!”

“Waaaah! Ghost!”

Since talking was useless, I jumped down and rushed at him.

Then I grabbed the Small Demon who was trying to run away, covered his mouth with both hands, and dragged him next to the fallen Rainbow Stone.

“Mmph mmph!”

“Small Demon. I’m hiding here! The demons can all hear! We’ll get caught!”

“Mmm mmph!”

“If you scream, I’ll do that to you!”

When I pointed to the fallen long-necked animal figure, the Small Demon blinked his eyes and looked back and forth between it and me.

He nods his head.

Then as soon as his mouth was freed, he shouted.

“You’re an intruder! I know everything! Why are you here? My big brother told me not to play with you.”

“Small Demon! You screamed!”

I immediately gave him a good whack and made him like the long-necked animal figure.

The Small Demon who fell to the side lay there looking at the ceiling, then suddenly started giggling.

And his eyes began sparkling brightly.

I watched quietly for a moment, then asked.

“Did you use magic on your eyes? Can you see better that way? What kind of magic is that?”

“You talk weird! Are you a grandpa?”

As expected, the Small Demon could understand what I was saying too.

But while he could understand, he found it strange.

“Is that an answer?”

“I asked you first!”

“I asked too!”

After staring at each other while blinking for a moment, I shouted again.

“Close your eyes, you Small Demon! You have to blow out candles during the day!”

“Candles? What’s that supposed to mean? And why am I a demon! I’m Theo. Theo. What about you?”

“I’m No. 1… No, that’s not right! Go away!”

“But why did you hit me earlier? You’re incredibly strong. Are you a magical beast? Magical beast, let’s spar with me. Huh? My big brother said not to play, but this is sparring so it’s okay!”

I really don’t know if he heard what I said or not!

“I’m not a magical beast!”

“Then are you a monster?”

“That’s right!”

“Then are you stupid?”

“Small Demon, I’m not stupid!”

“Nah. You’re not fooling me.”

“…!”

Strangely, the Small Demon’s words made me suddenly want to destroy something.

“But then what are you? What was that No. 1 thing earlier? Why won’t you tell me your name?”

“Tch. My name is No. 1!”

“That’s a name? That’s weird. Why does your name have a number?”

“That’s because I’m a monster!”

“What does being a monster have to do with that? I’m a monster too, but my name is Theodor!”

“…!”

I blinked for a moment with my mouth hanging open, then swallowed my saliva and asked.

“Did you say you’re a monster too?”

“Yeah! All my teachers said I was like a monster! Hehe.”

The Small Demon liked being called a monster.

I tilted my head, then opened my mouth again with difficulty.

“Are you… smart too? Like me?”

“I’m smarter than you!”

“Can you move around on the ceiling too? Like me?”

“Of course! If I try, I can do anything! But why do you keep changing the subject? Why is only your name different?”

I moved my lips and shouted.

“No. 1 is my name!”

“Huh…?”

Then the Small Demon frowned slightly and tilted his head.

Then he brought his face close to mine and spoke in a voice that had somehow become gentle like that blue-clothed demon.

“Hmm. You’re young, aren’t you?”

“What did you say!”

“You’re young. You’re a baby. Hmm hmm.”

“Th-this!”

“Dummy. If you say No. 1, it sounds like the name of an object!”

“…Huh?”

“That’s not a monster name. When you get a monster name, tell this big brother. Or is it oppa? Anyway, tell me. If you do, I’ll let you call me Theo!”

What is this?

Since yesterday, I couldn’t stand these strange feelings that kept washing over me.

“I am! No. 1! Immortal No. 1!”

“Huh? Immortal?”

The butterflies in my stomach all seemed to turn into flames at once.

I rushed at the Small Demon who was saying “Hey, say that again! What did you say earlier…” with a “Waaaah” and grabbed that golden hair tightly in my hand.

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“Use your fists! You cheating intruder!”

“Waaaaaaah!”

“Ack! Huh, hueng! You! Why are you trying to make me a bald old man! Uhueeng!”

The Small Demon wailed while picking up the handful of hair that had fallen out with trembling hands.

After pulling out his hair, the flames subsided a bit, but when the Small Demon started wailing, I hesitated.

Then after thinking about it, I rushed at him again.

“Small Demon, crybabies need to be hit!”

Crybabies need to be hit. That was one of the things I heard most often from the researchers.

That’s why I don’t cry.

“Huh? …What? Uh uh, what. Why are you really like this, ah, ah! Why are you so strong? You’re really at intermediate magical beast level? What?”

The Small Demon who had been dazed and got hit a few times started laughing wildly after a while.

“Uhehehehe, you decided to play with me!”

Then he swung his hands and feet back at me.

Thwack thwack thwack thwack! Crash bang clang!

We hit each other enthusiastically.

Since I’m a monster, I used my magical power like a monster and only aimed for spots that wouldn’t kill him.

When hitting someone for crying, they shouldn’t die.

That way I can confirm they stop crying.

“No, when children spar, using magical power is forbidden! Uh, uh uh? Ack! Hey, it’s forbidden!”

“You can’t cry!”

“You’re the one making me cry! And you should say that with words!”

“I did say it!”

“…I surrender! I lost! I lost! This means it’s over!”

The Small Demon shouted that he surrendered.

Since he wasn’t crying anymore, I decided to stop too.

Then the Skirt-Wearing Demons who had just arrived opened their mouths wide and all rushed over at once.

“Young master! There are wounds on your face! What about other places, other places!”

“You fought evenly with the young master. My goodness, how long has it been, young master?”

“Two years! Uhehehe. Ah, I found you!”

The entire time being carried out, the small demon [demon] kept saying “I found you!” before suddenly fainting.

“No, but how did you two meet?”

“Yuhan, you go tell the aide! Our little one, it’s okay. Let me take a quick look here? I need to treat…”

I was panting by myself when I bit the hand of the skirt-wearing demon [demon] approaching me.

“Oh my?”

The demon [demon] tilted her head, then brought over my snow lump that had fallen during the fight and placed it beside me.

I watched this quietly, then hugged the snow lump to my chest.

My breathing kept coming out trembling.

As I remained still, the skirt-wearing demon [demon] who had been watching me carefully examined me all over, then spoke cautiously.

“Then I’ll treat you here. I’ll bring medicine, so wait just a moment. Understood?”

I wiggled my toes and fingers, then stared intently at the demon’s [demon] brown eyes.

They looked incredibly kind.

So I nodded.

“Yes.”

“What a good child.”

While waiting, the yellow-haired demon [demon] quietly cleared away the rainbow stones around me and sat nearby, crouching down to my eye level.

I watched her quietly, then turned my head away and looked around the room again.

It had been fascinating earlier, but now it wasn’t.

“I’m No. 1.”

“Baby? What did you say?”

The demon [demon] sitting beside me said something, but I couldn’t hear it.

Because what the small demon [demon] had said was spinning in my head.

‘If No. 1 is the name of an object rather than a monster, am I an object?’

Thinking about it made flames rise inside me again, and even when I tried not to think about it, it kept coming to mind.

I knew.

That in the whole world, only my name consisted of just numbers.

Even the names of old emperors like Aldor I had many other things attached besides the number.

I had never disliked that difference.

But now…

I missed Nanny.

“Baby. May I come closer?”

The yellow-haired demon [demon] who had been beside me asked quietly.

I blinked and said to the demon [demon].

“Yes!”

I had definitely shouted loudly, but the sound that came out was too small. Flustered, I bit my lip, hugged the snow lump tighter, then hurriedly ran out of the room.

“Ah, baby!”

Then I scurried along the ceiling toward the spot with the best sunlight that I had spotted while running around earlier.

It was a place where there was a gap between the column and ceiling, and the column was wide enough for about two of me to fit.

If I climbed up there, I could stay on the ceiling for a while without using magic.

Since it was evening, everything was dyed red as if red cloth had been spread.

I felt my body also being dyed red as I hid on top of the column.

Then I held my breath and curled up my body as much as possible.

So that no sound would leak out.

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