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Lesson 11: Continuous excuses

"Dear Yout... What the hell does this mean...!?"

An awesome shaped Henri like I've never seen before. I am struck by the feeling that my heart has stopped.

"Why did you get your hands on such a human woman, not me!? I would always be ready...!!"

That way!? It's not about bringing humans into the castle, it's about getting angry that way first!?

But either way, it doesn't make a difference that it's a critical situation. If the castle finds out that I, the king, have mercy on humans, it will be a big deal. Something, nothing!? Any excuse to get through this situation...!!

That's when one thought came down on my head. [M] Yes, this is it!!

"It's Henri. Apparently, you're misunderstanding."

"... misunderstanding, is it?

"You may have thought that the rest of us brought you here with love for this human daughter, but that's a big mistake"

"So why!?"

"As you know, the rest is going to annihilate humans sooner or later. But the rest look like this, with a character to knock on a stone bridge and cross. We thought we needed to familiarize ourselves with human ecology before we could move it into action. I mean, this human being is just a sample, no, guinea pig."

…………

I close my eyes once. Of course you don't want to destroy me, but now that's all I could think of was an excuse.

What do you think, tough after all...!? I opened my horrible eyes.

"You were! The boulder is Master Ute!

There was Henri staring at me with a respectful eye.

I stroke my chest down. [M] Yay, we managed to get through this. Even so, I've been thinking about it for a long time, but Henri is pretty simple.

"I didn't know there was such an intention, and I worked a hell of a lot of disrespect. To atone for this sin..."

"You don't have to hurt yourself, do you?

"Self-harm - eh!? How did you know?!?"

Even elementary school students will know that.

"But then, Master Ute, why did you hide the human in your closet? It's like avoiding someone finding you..."

Giku!!

"... Hmm. I don't think this big room is as big as a human being. Small spaces like closets would suit you at best."

"I see. You're absolutely right"

I exhale in relief again. I don't know if Henri is sharp or dull.

"But if it's a human ecological survey, we can take it without Euth bothering you..."

"No, good. Watching a face distorted by human fear is one of the remaining pleasures. Besides, you and the rest of the demons will be tired from their usual work, so leave it to them."

"Yours sincerely, your care for us, as long as you do not suffer."

You don't know what you're gonna get when you leave this girl with Henri and the others. At least I'm sorry I'm not satisfied with five bodies.

"Enjoy yourselves, Master Ute"

"Uhm."

Henri walked out of my bedroom with a full expression. At the same time, fatigue has been pushing on my body more and more.

Hey, I managed to outdo it... I have often had such excuses for the next. Some of them were a little painful excuses, but I succeeded in deceiving Henri, so let's just say it's good.

For one thing, the most recent crisis has left, but the situation has not changed. If you keep hiding Lina in this bedroom, it'll be only a matter of time before you find out everything I said is bullshit. We have to do something before then......

"It's Lina. I'm sorry to scare you. - Hmm?

When I looked at Lina again, she was shaking her face bright blue and rattled as if she had seen it in hell. Were you so afraid of Henri? In fact, it was so powerful that I, the king, remembered my fear.

"Destroy humans...... guinea pigs......!?"

No, no, this is my fault! I believe everything I just said!

"Don't worry, Lina. What I said to Henri earlier is just a joke. The rest are not going to destroy humans or guinea pigs at all."

That makes it unconvincing to say it in such a hegemonic appearance... There was no indication that Lina's body tremor would stop.

"That's right, I'm fine, I'm a slave, so I'm ready to be a guinea pig with my thighs...!!"

No, I'm totally frightened. This is not the place to solve misunderstandings. Let's start by de-alerting this kid. But it's going to be very difficult to be alert to the King.

Here came an idea for me. [M] Yes, should I be the king temporarily? [M]

"Spell [Transformation (Transform)]!

I cast a spell and turned into something. [M] That's......

"... Hi, I'm Yuki Akumi"

It was me in the human age. Henri looks at me with a Kyotong face.

I checked my appearance with a mirror that was nearby. Yeah, this is me before I was undoubtedly reincarnated into the reigning king. I think it takes a little handsome correction, but maybe it's because of my chi.

However, there is only one downside to this [transformation] spell. That means that if you activate another spell, your transformation will be forcibly lifted.

Well even without that disadvantage, if we were to transform ourselves into humans in front of Henri and the others, we would rarely be able to use this kind of usage because it is the otherwording that pisses us off that "Yout and I will change our appearance from person to person!!".

"Um... you...?

Lina asks with a puzzled face. That's right, because the champion in front of you suddenly turned into a human being.

"Surprised? Is it weird to say that this is the real me... I'm not human anymore. For now, I've gone back to being human."

……!?

Lina seemed increasingly unintelligible. Ma, it's natural that you suddenly don't understand when people say this.

All right, I've made up my mind. Lina doesn't look like the kind of kid who tells people's secrets, and she'll be fine with revealing mine.

"Lina, I want you to listen to me very carefully from now on."

Then I told Lina about myself. That I was originally human, that I was from another world, that I would have been a king if I had been reincarnated and realized it, etc. Lina listened to me quietly all the time. [M]