Chapter 85: Being a Demon Lord’s proud partner means you need to have a mean strut
With the way our conversation went, we naturally headed to the library. It was in a rather central part of the castle, so we had to go through a busy corridor for it, unlike the time Natha took me to the garden.
I already knew I would have to go through other demons today, and had prepared myself for that. But being rarely in a work-related environment, I underestimated the amount of traffic after breakfast. It was when workers moved about, sending documents and preparing for public services, so there were a lot of them.
The path from Natha’s private quarters was generally empty, saved for the servants, since no one would casually walk around the Lord’s living space just like that. But after climbing down the stairs, and reaching the sections where the realm’s administrators—or, to put it simply, the government officials—worked, the number of demons in sight was increasing.
And while I was desperately praying for them to just keep being busy and not realizing my presence...they certainly did. Being flanked by two of the Lord’s vassals was definitely bringing attention, not to mention two of the Lord’s personal guards.
And of course, there was me being...well, human.
The first group of demons was actually intended to greet Lesta and Eruha at first, before their eyes caught my presence. And just like the first time I came here, just like how the vassals were, they froze; eyes wide and shaking, as if they were scared of something.
Was...my—I mean, Valmeier’s—reputation as a demon slaughterer still prevailed? I swallowed a sigh and just trying not to meet their eyes. I shifted my body a bit, and took a half-step back so I was a bit hidden behind Lesta and Eruha.
It seemed like Lesta saw my awkward expression, because he immediately cleared his throat and the frozen officials snapped back. They stepped out of the path with a stutter and a deep bow and I just felt even more awkward and embarrassed than before.
"Young Master," Eruha stepped back and leaned down to whisper closely. "You are His Lordship’s proud bride, aren’t you?"
I blinked at his words and swallowed hard. Yeah, I shouldn’t back down and hid myself just because the first group that saw me froze at my presence, right? We were doing this so I could get used to it, anyway, so I couldn’t act like a coward now.
So I took a deep breath and remember what my grandpa taught me in my past life. I lifted my face and looked ahead, straightened my back, and relaxed my shoulder.