Chapter 18: Pave 10 Paths and Earn a Penny
“Pardon me, Sir Dantalian, but are you an idiot?”
“……I’m sorry.”
My shoulders were trembling. Standing before me was a girl who was emitting a black aura that was asking ‘Do you know how dumbfounded I am?’. She’s been in a bad mood ever since she returned to me after I had chased out that old goblin.
“I definitely told you before that you should not speak to demons in a formal manner.”
“I-I’m sorry.”
Apologize first, everything else comes later. I don’t know why, but my mind only becomes this fragile whenever I was with Lapis. Like some people would say, was it because first impressions are what instantly decides the relationship between people? It might be because I behaved simplemindedly and in a very non-Demon Lord-like way since the first day we met, but even if I could act in a more dignified manner now, putting on a false show in front of Lapis was difficult.
Lapis let out a small sigh. I withdrew my shoulders further.
“Sir Torukel, no, Torukel is a legendary executive in the Keuncuska Firm. Although he was born as a goblin, a lesser demon, he became an archmage and has been alive for almost a thousand years now. It would not be a stretch to refer to him as a living monster.”
“That wrinkly old prune was actually that great?”