Will You Cry for Me If I Die? - Chapter 8

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Chapter 8

“Ahem, my apologies. Oh, Lord Nocturne has come as well. Are you here to see your junior?”

The Blue-Clad Demon glanced at the Black-Clad Demon and spoke to the Snowman.

“Shall we begin?”

I looked at the Snowman and leaned my upper body against the basket’s railing.

Then the Snowman with his hair tied up made eye contact with me.

He finally opened his mouth.

“I will begin the interrogation.”

Among the adult demons whose expressions had turned strange, I clenched my fist heroically.

“Assassin, what is your name?”

I answered loudly.

“Number 1!”

A strange silence flowed for a moment.

“Number 1!”

To be precise, it was Undead Number 1, but I deliberately left out “Undead” since only our Lord called me by that full name.

Everyone else besides the Lord called me Number 1 or Monster.

That was my own name.

My Mother, who disappeared when I was 18 months old, called me Monster, but Nanny gave me a name.

No, the Lord did, right?

“You are now Undead Number 1. It’s a precious title given by the Lord. When called Number 1, you must immediately stand in place and wait for orders. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“I understand! I am Number 1! Number 1!”

I liked that name.

So I gave the name Number 2 to my poison needle.

Yes, to those daggers that are now in the Snowman’s possession instead of mine…

‘Why isn’t he asking the next question?’

When I stared at him, the demons’ faces, which had momentarily darkened with deep shadows, brightened again.

The Snowman showed no change, but his voice sounded slightly strange when asking the next question.

“Your age?”

“Four years old!”

“…Four years old. You’re saying four years old. Who gave you that name earlier?”

I felt a bit pleased seeing the demons treat my name as important information.

So I answered readily.

“The Lord gave it to me!”

“What is the Lord’s name?”

“The Lord is the Lord!”

Someone let out a long sigh.

But as I got excited and answered smoothly, I realized something was wrong.

“Ah, this isn’t right! Do it again!”

“…What?”

“Assassins don’t give information quickly!”

“How unfortunate that you finally realized that.”

One of the four people watching the interrogation coughed and covered their mouth.

But the Snowman didn’t even glance in that direction and continued speaking.

“But you’re captured now, and you’ve even received a Snow Lump as a gift and bribe, so wouldn’t it be okay to spill everything?”

“…!”

The blue-clad one let out a hollow laugh.

I checked the demons’ expressions once, tilted my head, and answered the Snowman.

“The Snowman is right! Continue!”

“Good. Who is the Lord?”

“The Lord is the respected Lord! The Lord I must serve loyally forever!”

Then the Black-Clad Demon, who hadn’t said a word until now, spoke.

“…It’s memorized. The whole thing. Not quite brainwashing, but close.”

Then the Snowman stopped talking.

He slowly closed his eyes, opened them, then looked toward the burly old man who was watching this way with a serious expression.

When the old man nodded slightly, the Snowman continued speaking.

“Then, is there anyone in the family whose name you know that has five or more characters?”

“…Ergen Clofford!”

I searched my memory and shouted the name of our family heir’s younger brother.

* * *

At my words, the Snowman remained still, but the other four sighed.

“A name we know.”

“As expected. Tsk. I could tell from that hard cushion.”

“I want to go destroy it right now.”

“…If not for the Royal House’s protection, I could have gone and returned immediately.”

Ergen Clofford must be important information too.

As I waited for the next question while staring at him, he looked at my Snow Lump.

What?

“I’ll give one more of those as a reward to the assassin who spilled information so readily. You can use them alternately.”

“…!”

“Today’s interrogation ends here. Eden.”

“Yes!”

The blue-clad person, who had straightened their posture at some point, answered.

“We’ll interrogate the assassin again next week. Prepare a warm room to confine them and maids to watch over them until then.”

“Yes!”

Strangely, the blue-clad one answered while looking at me instead of the Snowman.

* * *

‘I’ll give one more of those as a reward.’

‘Give one more.’

‘Give.’

“…”

The next morning.

I hugged the Snow Lump tightly with both arms and stayed dazed for a long time.

“A reward…?”

Something you receive when you do something well.

Something only the heir always received.

I was going to receive that.

From a damn mage, a demon.

But I couldn’t refuse.

My voice wouldn’t come out, so I had no choice!

The green-eyed demon said they would complete and give me the second Snow Lump within today.

“Then after receiving interrogation ten times, I’ll have eleven!”

I imagined Snow Lumps filling up all around me.

It was perfect.

A moment later.

I carefully got down from the bed, avoiding the water beside it, then climbed up the wall with a rustling sound and went up to the ceiling.

With the Snow Lump tied and carried on my back.

After that, I traveled wildly through all the ceilings I knew and shouted.

“Two Snow Lumps! Twooo! One on the snowman assassin’s back, one on the belly!”

As I went around singing “Wooooo,” I saw demons looking up at the ceiling with round eyes and waving their hands.

“Two! Two of them!”

Every time they waved their hands, I did forward rolls and side rolls on the ceiling.

The first snow lump I had been carrying on my back rolled around with me.

It was disappointing that it didn’t grow as big as the snow outside, but it was fine.

Now there would be two of them!

After rolling around to my heart’s content, I panted and wriggled my way down.

And from earlier, I had been following the scent of bread.

By the sunny window, there was bread and soup and salad, and meat that melted in your mouth.

As I quickly looked around, someone passed by and shouted.

“Ah, I set out my meal by the window but suddenly I’m full? I wish someone would eat it for me!”

Oh.

I immediately approached the food.

“He said he wished someone would eat it! He threw it away! …But it’s still so warm!”

I tilted my head in confusion.

Then I hid in the shadows and waited until that demon disappeared far away, before approaching the food again.

The smell was so rich and fragrant.

I was standing on my tiptoes, frantically sniffing that aroma, when a small cylinder came rolling from somewhere with a rumbling sound.

“Who’s there! Come out here!”

I shouted while glaring fiercely around, but only silence flowed.

I peered at the cylinder, then confirmed once more that no one was around and poked it with my toe.

The cylinder that stopped in front of the window was exactly the right height for me when I stood it up.

I used my magic power to safely sit on that cylinder.

“Uu. Uu…”

After taking one more threatening look around, I finally carefully examined the food up close.

Gulp.

After swallowing my saliva, I scooped up some soup with the spoon first, and it tasted just like what I had eaten in the dining hall yesterday.

After that, I was in a daze.

“Nom nom, nom nom nom, mmm.”

After finishing everything, I lay down flat next to the cylinder, hugging my snow lump.

And at that moment.

Without me noticing when he had arrived, the yellow-haired demon was trying to take my snow lump.

“No!”

Smack!

“Ah. But if we don’t wash it, something bad for the baby might stick to it, and then you might get sick,”

“Waaaaah!”

I ran away from the demon who tried to take my snow lump without saying another word.

I wanted to go to the ceiling, but as I ran, I liked this better, so this time I ran.

While running, I bumped into someone and ended up falling backward.

Thud.

“…”

“Who are you! You’re a demon!”

As I shouted while looking up from where I sat, the person I had bumped into looked down at me quietly.

“A demon?”

He had gray eyes with a blue tint.

His pupils didn’t shine like stars, but glinted like a blade.

After glancing at him as he looked at me quietly without saying more, I brushed myself off and stood up.

Then I quickly ran over and hugged my snow lump to my chest.

And as I was about to start moving again to go on my way,

“Hmm. Aha.”

From behind, I heard the belated voice of the blade-eyed person.

“So you’re that intruder.”

His voice was like the sound of rain.

Curious, I turned just my head to look back at him, and he was looking at me with a completely different expression than before.

Just like… an expression imitating the person in blue clothes.

It seemed both real and fake. It was strange, but I liked what he had said.

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