Chapter 93

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"……Eh……Eh!?"

Wearing a beautiful dress, the person who entered the room was, without a doubt, a maid.

Moreover, it was the maid who had told me the location of this room and had taken care of me in various ways.

"……A maid, right……?"

I timidly asked the Demon King and Parfait.

"Yeah, my wife, but?"

"…………Eh?"

What do you mean?

She’s not a maid…?

Well, the Demon King’s wife…?

"Wh-What do you mean…?"

Even though I thought it might be the case, I timidly asked the Demon King.

"It seems my wife’s dream was to be a maid, so she’s doing it because she wanted to."

"Eh…"

Does something like that usually happen…?

I had no idea how I had been treating her, thinking she was a maid.

I might have been rude or done something inappropriate.

So, the current statement that ‘there’s no need to bring Lili’ might mean something else, right…?

"……"

I didn’t know what to say and fell silent like Parfait.

"Hmm, what do you mean there’s no need to bring Lili?"

Just then, the Demon King asked the question I wanted to know.

I couldn’t help but feel a bad premonition and stiffened.

"That—"

Finally, the maid, or rather, the Demon King’s wife, spoke.

What would she say?

The time until the Demon King’s wife responded felt very long.

"—I think she will come here on her own."

"——Eh?"

I slowly raised my face at the Demon King’s wife’s words.

"Wh-What did you say…?"

Before I knew it, I was asking the Demon King’s wife.

"I said I think Lili will come here on her own. Is there something wrong with that?"

The maid, still expressionless, repeated her answer.

But I couldn’t help but feel relieved at her words.

"But I heard Lili has a cold?"

At that moment, the Demon King spoke up.

Indeed, Parfait had said that Lili had a cold.

The Demon King and I looked at Parfait, who was still looking down.

As if sensing our gaze, Parfait’s shoulders twitched.

"Don’t worry, Lili isn’t sick."

"……Eh?"

If that’s the case, why did Parfait say that?

Well, if Lili is fine, I’m happy, but…

"What do you mean by that?"

As expected, the Demon King, curious about what was going on, pressed Parfait.

"N-No…"

Parfait managed to lift her face but fell silent again after that.

"……"

During this time, I couldn’t do anything and just watched the situation unfold.

"……Mmm, so what’s actually going on?"

The Demon King, perhaps thinking that Parfait wouldn’t tell him anything more, turned to his wife.

"You can ask Lili herself."

However, the Demon King’s wife didn’t provide any more information.

The Demon King, seemingly giving up after hearing this, decided to wait and ask Lili when she arrived.

"……"

Still, when would Lili arrive?

The Demon King didn’t seem to care much about this and didn’t ask.

"Um, Lili is…?"

I couldn’t help but ask the Demon King’s wife.

"Probably soon, I think."

But her response was not what I had hoped for, and she only said that much.

"……Ah, yes."

I couldn’t press further and fell silent again.

"……"

After that, no one spoke, and time just passed.

"……Sigh."

I couldn’t help but sigh.

‘Rumble…’

At that moment, I thought I heard a sound like something collapsing from a distance.

"……Eh?"

I looked in the direction where I thought I heard the sound, but there was only a door, and nothing seemed to have changed.

Looking around, the Demon King’s wife didn’t react at all, and Parfait’s shoulders twitched again. The Demon King, surprisingly, looked around curiously, just like me.

"……What was that?"

The Demon King, making eye contact with his wife, asked her, but she didn’t respond and remained expressionless.

"……"

The Demon King, seemingly ignored, looked a bit dejected but quickly regained his composure.

‘Rumble…’

‘Rumble…’

‘Rumble!’

While this was happening, the sound continued to echo and seemed to be getting closer.

Each time the sound got closer, not only Parfait but also the Demon King and I flinched.

Only the Demon King’s wife remained expressionless and didn’t seem to care.

‘Rumble!’

Finally, the sound, or rather, the rumble, seemed to be right outside the room.

"……"

At that moment, for some reason, the Demon King’s wife moved to the side.

I didn’t understand why, but I didn’t think it was important. Instead, I focused on the rumble that was getting closer.

"……"

Suddenly, I felt a strange urge to look at the door.

I kept staring at the door, and for a moment, the previous sounds stopped, and I felt a bit relieved.

‘Rumble!!!’

"——Eh?"

But just as I let my guard down, it happened.

Before I knew it, the door I had been looking at was coming towards me.

"Kyaa!!"

And just like that, I was blown away by the door that should have been in its place.