Chapter 4.1

Even with my eyes shut tight, the light was so strong that I could feel the glare. I moistened my thirsty lips with my tongue. As I tried to move my body around to avoid the light, I was blocked by something and could not move at all.

“Huhk.”

What? What is this indecent moaning?

Ironically, it felt like it just popped out of my mouth. And I woke up to the damp feeling of the tickling in the corner of my ear.

“Are you up?”

Amnesia Demon King and an open field.avi

This isn’t it! I opened my eyes and pushed him down with all my strength. But it was just like throwing eggs at a rock.

“What, what are you doing now… ”

“We arrived at Sejain. I didn’t rest for a second.”

As if asking for praise, the Demon King licked up my ears while being naughty.

Uhh.

Come to think of it, the sun was clearly passing through the middle of the sky and was falling down the hill, but before I knew it, the sun was scattering from the highest point in the sky.

“Have you been walking all night? Continuously?”

“Yes.”

Why is this person…Demon King so foolish? The red eyes captured my attention more intensely than the sun.

‘Please put a praise sticker on it.’

Ugh… It was like saying something like that. Without realizing it, I raised my hand and gently stroked the back of his head.

“Thank, thank you for your effort. Good job.”

Then the Demon King smiled. I was almost blinded. I felt my cheeks heat up and I pushed him back. The Demon King was satisfied, so this time he easily let me push him back. Unsurprisingly, my body that had been lying on the grass was messy as if I had been dressed up in grass-woven clothes. The Demon King carefully removed the grass with his large hands. One by one.

I rejected the Demon King’s touch and plucked the hem of my clothes! Pluck, pluck! The grass was blown away through the light wind.

By the way, what should I do now?

The surrounding area was literally nothing but paddy fields and green fields. Except for the mountain we (the Demon King) had just crossed, there was only a river flowing through the vast plains.

First of all, I thought that I should find a private house and get some help, so I walked blindly. After the rice paddies and fields that seemed to stretch out endlessly, sparsely populated houses were seen. I ran to the first house I found and knocked on the door.

“Excuse me.”

“Who?”

The wrinkled grandfather opened the door, making more wrinkles around his eyes because his eyes were dim. It was a look that showed he was very surprised to see an outsider after a long time.

“I’m not familiar with this place, so I wanted to ask a question…”

“Oh my, it’s been a while since there’s been an outsider. Come inside. Ah, hurry!”

My body reacted naturally to the sudden shout and jumped inside. When I entered, the Demon King followed me quietly.

The grandfather touched the flesh of his shriveled neck a few times, and then went out the door. What was he doing? When I looked at it with my head sticking out, I could see Grandfather taking a deep breath.

Morning workout?

It wasn’t.

“An outsider is here! Everyone, gather at the house that raises cows-!”

It hurts – my ears hurt. I was startled by the loud voice. Grandfather patted his neck with satisfaction. And, grandmothers and grandfathers were gathering in this place, with a huff and puff. In an instant, the house became noisy, and the Demon King and I were trapped among the villagers.

“Ex, excuse me.”

“Oh my, this young man looks really good. Why did you come to this countryside?”

“Are you two doing that? You know?”

As the grandmother lifted her little finger, the other lady next to her took her hand in disbelief and lowered it.

“Idiot!”

Murmur, murmur.

Aahh, this is very wrong. The atmosphere was so distracting that I couldn’t come to my senses, but the polite grandfather shouted again. “Quiet!” As the atmosphere became chilly, it was organized at once. Only then could I open my mouth.

“I think we’ll have to stay here for a while…”

“Oh my!”

The happy old woman jumped up and clapped. Then, seeing the grandfather’s eyes, she bit her mouth again.

“As you can see, I have nothing. I want to know how to make money here.”

It was a question that might have been a bit blatant. The villagers seemed to want to think about it for a while. Soon they buzzed again. To summarize, a young couple (?) said they had no place to sleep. There’s nothing to eat. So, it’s a big problem.