05. Deal with the Devil (1)

I barely opened my eyes in a hazy mind.

It feels like a long sleep. There is no strength in the body, and even though the eyes are open, the head does not turn well.

I have hazy memories of where I am and what I was doing. Even after waking up after a long sleep, my head is not refreshed at all and my body is stiff.

It felt as if I had not slept, but had fainted and then woke up.

‘Passed out… ?’

Yes. That’s right.

Obviously having a conversation with my grandfather, entering the room and suddenly hearing tinnitus in my head… I suddenly lost my mind.

“Whoops!”

It was not the time to be dazed. I jumped up.

I hurriedly looked around, but no matter how I looked at it, it wasn’t my room. A fluffy bed, a spacious room that looks twice as big as mine, luxurious interior and wallpaper.

‘Where is this again?’

I couldn’t think of a reason other than Kertatus for such a sudden thing to happen.

How crazy was I? What the hell happened while you lost your mind?

As I was looking at the situation in confusion, I heard a knock on the door.

Smart-

“I’ll go in.”

The moment I thought it was a familiar voice, the person who opened the door and came in was definitely a familiar person to me. Exotic looking girl with golden hair shining bright in the morning sun. It was Yuna Claprot.

“Oh, are you awake? I thought you were still sleeping.”

“Huh? Uh….”

Somehow, the way you talk seems more polite?

I usually use honorifics, but somehow I feel like I’m dealing with a much older person, and I felt a bit more cautious in my attitude and behavior than when dealing with people of the same age.

A polite tone, as if dealing with a lifesaver. To be honest, I can’t understand this overnight change. I didn’t even know why I was here and Yuna was welcoming me.

“Is this your house?”

“Yes. I brought the unconscious Lee Jin here.”

Yuna said with a smile.

“I don’t think I should leave it as it is. I collapsed vomiting blood right in front of her eyes, so of course you wouldn’t be worried?”

“… ….”

What happened? The desire to ask again soared like a chimney. Obviously, Kertatus must have done something, but from Yuna’s point of view, who doesn’t know anything, she would know that I did everything. If you ask for an explanation of the situation, she will surely become suspicious.

If you noticed that the existence inside me is a devil, I wouldn’t look at you with such a friendly gaze.

“I’m fine. What do you like more than that?”

It is a very ambiguous and comprehensive question asking what is good and what is like. Roughly, it feels like ‘I remember everything, but more than that, I check your condition’.

Fortunately, Yuna nodded her head with a bitter expression.

“It’s okay if you’re asking about your physical condition. Because it just kind of strangled her. If you’re asking your heart… It’s not okay. She found out that her uncle tried to kill me, and she was betrayed by someone she trusted.”

Uh… That must have been a really big deal overnight.

I couldn’t understand the situation at all, but I nodded her head and agreed. It was because he seemed to be able to talk more if he showed that he was listening moderately.

“But Lee Jin, if it wasn’t for you, everything would have been over. Thanks to that, I was able to save my life and catch the traitor. I could never have thought that Philip had been conspiring with a demon worshiper and his uncle… This will be a great weapon for me. Did you say that this is a consolation on the phone in this language?”

“Hmm. No, I didn’t do anything.”

It’s not that I’m trembling, I actually didn’t do anything. Everything was done by Kertatus.

By the way, Kertatus… I wondered what he did after taking my body, and he said he did such an extraordinary thing? Saving people and beating demon worshipers?

I thought that if I got the body, I would just kill people and go wild, but am I wrong?

Looking at me in trouble, Yuna asked dubiously.

“Your tone of voice is back today? Are you not raising your head?”

“Huh?”

“My expression has become much more gentle… It’s like a different person. Whoops, that’s not going to happen. Is it because he is a man who is different day and night?”

Isn’t it a bit like the expression “A man who is different day and night?” Anyway, what did Certatus do to his other man’s hair? I think this hairstyle is the most natural.

“That, there is a story about how you looked last night.”

“A story?”

“Yes. A little excited, what should I say? Anyway, it’s not like I was hiding my personality or anything like that, the current me is the real me. So don’t pay too much attention to how you looked at night.”

“Hmm… is that so?”

Yuna said in a small voice, ‘That’s a bit unfortunate… ‘ he muttered to himself.

What are you sorry about?

“Binary by the way. I’m asking because work came out last night, what the hell did you come to my house for?”

Ugh. You’re here.

I thought that question would come out. But there was nothing to answer. How am I to know why Certatus came to visit her when she hadn’t even heard of everything that had happened yesterday?

‘Hey, get up! Hey! Kertatus!’

And Kertatus was unmoved no matter how much he called. Are you ignoring me for not saying anything or are you asleep… Can a demon with only remaining consciousness fall asleep? Anyway, I couldn’t hope for Kertatus.

“And the black aura that Jin Lee showed as she swung her scythe at that time… Wasn’t that Magi?”

I caught my breath at Yuna’s words.

You even wrote the magic in front of people? Are you really crazy? It’s okay if you run wild, but it’s my job to take care of things!

I could only see the future of being taken to the public security interrogation room if I didn’t explain properly. I desperately shook my head and tried to explain that everything was a misunderstanding.

“Yuna. That’s-“

“Whoops, it’s okay. You don’t have to tell me. I have already figured out the whole truth.”

“What?”

You noticed? The truth I don’t know?

You mean you already knew that the person I was yesterday wasn’t actually me?

Like a detective who has found out all the truth about her, Yuna confidently nodded her head and began to recite her thoughts.

“You were watching Philip in the living room when you came to my house to test the gunblade, right? Lee Jin must have noticed that Philip was strange at that time. Since I was an insider, Jin Lee, who was an outsider, immediately noticed the difference that I hadn’t noticed. That Philip was acting suspiciously. Did you notice from then that he was a devil worshiper?”

“…… ?”

Isn’t it?

I would have known if he was holding a three-person sword, but I saw Yoon Seo-hee staring at him strangely, so I just sneakily checked to see if he liked that kind of face.

However, Yuna did not notice that she was wrong from the first reasoning and continued with a smile.

“That’s why Jin Lee, who was worried about me, secretly visited her mansion. But just in time, my uncle’s assassins were already raiding the mansion… Lee Jin, who saw that, took out a weapon from the warehouse. You’ll need at least a semi-S-class weapon to fight a demon worshiper.”

“Um….”

Certatus, did you mean to rob the warehouse?

How did that get twisted and somehow you met the attackers? No matter how I think about it, I think this is correct.

“You knew that Philip was a devil worshiper, and that he was the type to be immune to normal attacks. So you brought Grim Reaper’s Death Side from the warehouse? You, who can’t use an aura, thought of catching him with the magic that permeates the Death Side!”

Wasn’t that just the magic of Kertatus? He’s not a devil worshiper, he’s a real devil in name and reality.

“I wondered how I was able to draw out demonic energy instead of mana… I get it now Jin, isn’t your unique skill the kind that brings out the potential of your weapon? Maybe it’s the material. The reason why you made such an excellent sword and showed amazing prestige at the fairgrounds… Isn’t it because of that unique skill!”

“Uh….”

Amazing.

I never thought everything would be so completely wrong.

No, from Yuna’s point of view, is it worth it? Since he did not know the most important clue, the existence of Kertatus, he would have thought over and over again in order to piece together the situation with only what he knew. That’s how I came up with this absurd speculation.

Should I say this is smart or not?

But if the other person misunderstood me, there was only one thing I had to say.

I nodded my head firmly with the expression of a criminal who had been grasped by the detective.

“… You’re right. Awesome.”

“As expected! My guess was correct!”

Yuna expresses delight at her success in deduction while clenching her tiny fists.

Sorry, Yuna.

Thank you for misunderstanding….