Chapter 198 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 6 Chapter 12

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The door to his room was gently knocked upon.

Vermudol, who was sitting in his chair and looking through a document, noticed that, and turned his eyes to the outside of his window.

He knew that it took time for a woman to get dressed, but he ended up waiting longer than he thought.

It was still early for lunch, but would it be best to go through a meal once they reached the location?

「Yeah, come on in.」

When Vermudol answered like that, the door clicked open.

That appearance, it certainly was completely different from a maid outfit.

What covered their entire body was white full body armor.

Platinum white hair, white armor, and then a white shield carried on their back. Even the sword on their waist was white.

Making a troubled looking smile, that figure, it looked as if they were Shironos.

──No, it was Shironos himself.

「……」

「Is something the matter, Vermudol-dono?」

After placing the document on top of the desk, Vermudol lightly rubbed his brow.

And then, after letting out a small breath and looking up at the ceiling, he once again stared at the one who stood in front of the door.

As he thought, no matter how he looked, it was Shironos.

After Shironos entered the room, he closed the door behind him.

「Do you need something, Shironos?」

「Yes. A sudden matter has occurred that cannot be dealt with unless Ykslaas does it. I have been appointed as her replacement.」

Hearing that, Vermudol turned his gaze towards Shironos looking exasperated.

「Her replacement you say……Why you, did you accept this knowing the meaning of this time’s observation?」

「Yes, of course. With all due respect, Vermudol-dono, although Ykslaas-sama looks like that, she is quite ignorant of the ways of the world. She may act mature, but she also has many child-like parts to her. After all, even now, when she sees spicily seasoned cuisine, she……」

「Ahh, yeah. I got it. So?」

「On that point, I believe that I can offer a more accurate opinion.」

After being told that, Vermudol had no reason to refuse.

For the sake of an even better sightseeing plan, if there was an even more appropriate person for the job, it was obvious that that would be better.

「I see, I understand. In that case, let’s hurry up and go.」

「Eh!?」

Vermudol, who was about to stand up, came to a complete stop at Shironos’s surprised sounding word.

「Ah, no. Ahー……This is just a sudden thought, but if we think from the viewpoint of the sightseeing plan, I believe that taking the thing known as the mentality between a man and a woman into consideration would be necessary for drafting the plan.」

「……」

While averting his eyes from Vermudol who was staring at him while still in a half standing pose, Shironos added to his words.

「Well, to offer a full report to a superior from that point……Um, how should I put this. Vermudol-dono, how about your most……ahー, trusted woman?」

「I see.」

After Vermudol sat back down in his chair, he glared at Shironos.

「Was this Ykslaas’s idea?」

「Ahー……well……」

Seeing Shironos hesitate to say, Vermudol breathed a deep sigh.

「Well, I’m also at fault. It can’t be helped if she thought of this as an invitation under the pretext of being work.」

「R, right.」

「But you know, I am able to differentiate between work and private matters……And above all, now is not the time to be thinking about such things. I would like for that to be understood.」

Speaking that far, Vermudol called out to the other side of the closed door.

「Well, that’s how it is. Were you able to understand?」

As if answering to that voice, the door clicked open──First was the displeased looking Nino, then a wryly smiling Ykslaas, then a sleepy looking Rokuna and the expressionless Ichika showed their faces.

「……For even Ichika to be amongst them, honestly……」

After Vermudol breathed a deep sigh, Ichika averted her gaze looking awkward.

「That goes for you too, Ykslaas. Even though you should understand the talk about work.」

「Ara, it’s troubling if you think about things with such a man’s way of thinking, you know?」

「What do you mean by that?」

「There’s no way there’s an on and off switch to a maiden’s feelings, right? It’s obvious that they’ll hate it if they’re not number one at all times.」

Going “I see”, Vermudol understood.

In other words, it was that sort of thing.

After Vermudol placed a hand on his forehead, he once again breathed a deep sigh.

「……I understand the situation.」

Solemnly muttering that, Vermudol carefully thought about what he should do.

Just as he had said earlier, the current Vermudol didn’t have the leeway to think about that sort of thing.

Even if he did have the leeway, this was not the time to be occupied with it.

After all, there was an enemy that he was unable to predict when they would start a fight.

Being a special existence to him, wouldn’t just that be a primary factor for them to be targeted by the enemy?

And then, if such a situation happened, Vermudol could hardly say that the enemy wouldn’t come up with a trap that would make use of that.

Placing his own happiness and the happiness of the whole of the Mazoku on a scale, if he were to choose his own happiness, that would make it so that he himself was denying his qualifications as King.

And if he were to instead choose the Mazoku’s happiness, it meant that he would be abandoning himself as an individual.

No matter which one he chose, Vermudol would be unable to stay the current Vermudol.

That is why he chose nothing right now.

He needed to be a king where everything was equal to him.

「Ichika.」

Vermudol looked at Ichika.