An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride: Volume 16 [Parts 1 to 10] by Fuminori Teshima

Author:Fuminori Teshima
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter III: Misunderstandings Are Fun from the Outside, but Extremely Troublesome for Those Involved

“Long time no see, Barbatos.”

Several days after meeting Gremory, Vepar called Barbatos to the usual tavern. Vepar had planned to contact Barbatos sooner or later either way, but knowing how much of a pain the man could be, it’d taken some time for him to prepare himself despite this being a formal request.

Is my desire to defeat my teacher truly that pathetic?

He felt resentment toward Gremory for forcing this unreasonable demand on him, but it was his fault for not having the information on Asmodeus that Gremory was offering. It’d taken him a few days to convince himself of that face while holed up in an inn room.

“Yo, long time no see, Vepar. Been about a year, yeah?” Barbatos said, raising a casual hand without having any way of knowing about Vepar’s anguish. He then knit his brow. “Hey, you’re looking kinda pale. You okay?”

“Ha ha, do I look bad enough for you to have to worry about me? Sorry about that. I can’t see my own face.”

Vepar endured the impulse to shudder, blaming Barbatos for his troubles, and returned a frail smile. Vepar had severed his own sight, but his remaining senses and his sorcery were sharpened, allowing him to perceive his surroundings regardless.

His heightened senses naturally allowed him to read the flow of air on his skin and through his sense of smell. He was even capable of recognizing shapes based on sound. What the blind could do by touching an object to figure out its contour, Vepar could do by speaking and interpreting the sound that bounced back to him because of his own voice. It didn’t matter if all sound was blocked or if someone hid themselves with genius levels of skill, Vepar was capable of seeing it all with his closed eyes. Well, he still couldn’t go as far as reading a person’s mind, though.

To think this man would show any consideration at all... He sure has changed.

It was as if he’d mellowed out or had calmed down. If this man was starting to become more human, then it was surely like watching a patch of greenery sprout in the middle of a desert. And yet, Barbatos let out a vulgar laugh.

“Well, that’s ’cause you’ve got your eyes shut year round and can’t even look in a damn mirror. Hya ha ha!”

“I suppose people don’t change all that easily...”

In the end, Barbatos was Barbatos. Putting any hope in him was futile. Vepar was ashamed that he’d jumped to conclusions.

“Hm? What’s that?” Barbatos asked.

“I was just thinking about how there are people who can look into mirrors, yet still can’t see.”

“That so?”

Unable to understand the sarcasm in Vepar’s voice, Barbatos cocked his head curiously. After that, he slapped his back in an overly familiar manner.

“Anyway, never thought the helper Gremory mentioned was you... Well, here we are, so how ’bout a drink?”

“I’ll refrain,” Vepar replied, raising a hand. “I came to allow you to consult me today.

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