Chapter 3 – 20 Gold Demon King (3)
Roden, who left Roxia lying on her stomach naked and went to the closet without a word, took out a white shirt from there and held it up.
ㅡPoof!
I threw it at Roxia, who was still lying flat.
“Okay, since you’re naked, put on that and wait for a while.”
“Yes… ? Ah, I see.”
Responding in a voice mixed with her doubts and relief, Roxia looked at the white shirt her master had thrown at her, quite curiously.
The clothes she wears are clean without a speck of dust.
It was truly an awe-inspiring experience for the girl, that she could wear such clean clothes!
Leaving her behind, Roden takes the rags she had just taken off and slips out of her room.
Well, Roden is also a hot-blooded man, so it’s not like he doesn’t have sexual desire at all.
Wasn’t he just about to head to the red light district to hug a girl when he was downtown?
If the other person was a healthy and mature woman, he would have taken off her clothes without hesitation.
‘What do you see people as? ，It’s not humanly possible to hold a child like that. Let’s take some medicine for now.’
Roden crumpled the rags he had picked up earlier into the trash can and immediately opened the door to the workshop in the basement.
Experimental beakers and glass bottles of various sizes are lined up on the workbench located in the middle of the interior, and on the workbench next to it, glass rods combined with gearwheels are mixing the contents inside in a strange way.
Every time he sees an automatic blender made with the knowledge he learned while on Earth and the newly acquired knowledge in this world, Roden couldn’t hide his expression as if he were looking at a child who had just started to walk.
Glancing at the blender that moves on its own, Roden found the lid of the box in the far corner of the workshop, took two different kinds of medicines, cotton swabs, empty syringes, and disinfectant and returned to the room where Loxia was waiting.
“Oh, are you here, Master?”
Compared to Roxia’s slender body, which showed a nervous look, the relatively large shirt did not fully perform the role of her clothes.
Both of her hands were covered by long sleeves, so they were completely invisible, and her upper and lower body were also unprotected, so if she tilted them slightly up and down, her breasts and groin could be seen clearly.
But what can I do? Right now, I don’t have the right clothes.
It is at least several times cleaner and warmer than the previous rags.
‘Tomorrow I need to prepare some clothes and underwear for a girl to wear…’
Sitting on the bed, Roden took out the syringe he had just prepared, lifted it, inserted the needle part into the top of the medicine bottle, and pulled it out.
Loxia, who was next to her, was busy watching blankly, as if the sight of the contents in the bottle being transferred through the small needle was quite strange.
The look in her eyes changed to her straight look of fear.
Because her such terrifying-looking needle is pointed at her own body.
A transparent liquid sizzles from the tip of the needle, and her fear grows even more.
‘Ah, they say that there are many different types of rich people, but the master is a man with such a bad taste…’
Roxia, who had already learned thoroughly with her body that all kinds of swearing and hand-smacking were the only things that would come back if she resisted in the current situation, closed her eyes tightly and lowered her head.
She prayed and prayed and prayed in her heart that the torture that was about to begin would be as short as possible.
“… ?”
But no matter how long I waited, there was no feeling like being stabbed with something sharp. It felt like fumbling my forearm with something like a cloth soaked in cool water.
“Preventive medicine is enough…”
When he raised his head again at Roden’s muttering voice, the needle he had been holding a moment before was left in the seat next to him, and the contents were empty.
Roxia, who could not stand her curiosity, spoke cautiously to Roden, who was rubbing her forearm with a wet cotton pad.
“Wasn’t Master trying to stab me with that needle?”
“It has already been stabbed. By the way, that’s not just a needle, it’s a syringe… Well, I’ll explain the details later.”
‘It’s already been stabbed… ，I didn’t feel anything?’
Roxia felt as if several question marks were floating above her head.
Seeing the confused girl’s face, Loden chuckled inwardly, took out a bottle containing the thick medicine and a cotton swab, and stuffed the cotton swab into the bottle so that it was filled with medicine.
“Take off your clothes again, this time sitting down.”
What the hell does her master want to do now?” Loxia put on an expression, but anyway, since she had no right to reject her, she took off her shirt and exposed her scarred body.
ㅡSue… Shuk…
“Huh… ?!”
When her cotton swab with her ointment came in direct contact with her scar, Roxia, who felt the tingling sensation at her wound, let out an excited moan.
“Don’t move, stay still.”
“… Ugh… Yes… ．Huh… !”
It was a bit irritating for a child as young as Roxia, so she twitched and groaned, but she exerted her best patience even as she gripped the blanket.
“Yes, yes. Nice. That’s it.”
“Ah… Ahh…”
Lastly, the minimum necessary treatment was completed by applying ointment and antiseptic solution to the long marks on her back.
Although he had the position of being a slave, when he thought of his age, he did not run away in pain or scream and endured it without screaming, so Roden gently stroked Loxia’s head.
“Ha… Haha… ! Master… Is the torture over?”
Torture?
Roden, who learned in a few seconds what she meant by her torture, burst into laughter with just one insignificant word.
“… Big! Hehe…”
‘Maybe I was sold to a very scary person…’ .’
It’s really strange to think that Roxia, who actually made him laugh, is rather anxious.
“Whoa… ! After! Hehe… It’s torture… Torture. Phuhh…”
Roden, who had been hunched over for a while and trembling, looked much brighter thanks to a hearty laugh for the first time in a long time.
“Kuhm! Greatness!”
However, apart from that, he got up from his seat with an exaggerated clearing of his throat, as if he was a bit embarrassed that he was suddenly giggling like a madman.
“Follow me. It’s getting late now, so let’s make dinner simple.”
‘… Bob!’
ㅡGulp!
As soon as she heard that, Roxia, who imagined herself eating the bread deliciously, swallowed her saliva and followed Roden like a puppy.
… Shortly after, Roden simply prepared a fried egg topped with bacon, a salad made with mashed potatoes, and a bit of leftover hard bread.
Roxia, of course, decided that the leftover bread that was placed at the end of her table was her share, and tried to move to the place without notice, but was stopped by Roden.
“Your seat is here, not there.
“Really, this far I… Can I eat a meal that looks so delicious?”
“Of course.”
Roden motioned for Loxia to have a bite first, but she shook her head, saying that as her slave, she couldn’t eat before her master.
Because of this, Roden, who was too lazy to order her, took her tableware first and started eating nearby food as Roxia wished.
“Well, then… I will eat it with thanks. Master.”
Only then did Roxia clumsily pick up a fork, stab the bacon and fries at the same time, and thrust it into her mouth.
“… !!!… !!!”
Roxia’s expression, as she opened her eyes to the juices bursting out of her mouth, was so ecstatic that I wondered if it might have melted.
What should I compare… If a dog that has only eaten food for the rest of its life eats meat for the first time, it will feel just like that.
Whether it was because she was eating the food she made so deliciously, or because he had aged secretly, Roden, who quietly watched the girl happily eating, felt happy.
At first, Roxia was pretending to use her utensils, but from the middle she picked up food with her hands and hurriedly stuffed it into her mouth. She must have been quite hungry.
The appearance of mercilessly feeding food to the point where the cheeks swelled up like a hamster was quite similar to those seen in past eating contests.
‘Considering that she was a slave, she must have been starving, so there’s nothing I can do about it… No matter what, I’ll have to teach you table etiquette next time.’
While thinking about that, Roden chewed on the bread he had prepared for his mouth.
The meal that the two men and women shared for the first time ended very quickly, and Roden, who led her demon girl to an empty room right next to her, spread an extra blanket on her floor.
“First of all, this is the room you will be staying in from now on. What… I’m a little dissatisfied with the room right now, but there’s nothing there.”
“Everything, I don’t even dare!!”
‘Oh, look at his hardened expression. I can’t joke.’
“Then see you tomorrow.”
Loxia would be uncomfortable if it took longer, so Roden tried to leave her room, but she was about to close the door when she heard Loxia’s voice.
“Excuse me… Master… If you don’t want my body… Uh, why did you buy me?”
“It’s because I need a clerk. In that sense, there’s a lot to learn from tomorrow, so don’t think about anything else and get a good night’s sleep.”
As soon as Roden had finished her words, she meant that she would not wait for the girl’s answer. Immediately she shut the door and she went back to his room and lay down on the bed.
‘The cost of buying and constructing this building… I ordered a little bigger, so it cost about 10 or 11 gold… ? A clerk who costs 20 gold more than the store.’
Roden, who mocked herself for not being able to properly attach a plausible reason even if she thought of it, fell asleep in a pleasant mood.
* * *
The next morning.
Two workers from the furniture store Roden had visited the day before are coming and carrying the furniture he picked out in order.
“Wow! Can I put the mirror here?”
“Yes. Put the mirror down there…”
Even the heavy-looking furniture was put down exactly where Roden wanted it, and the work did not take long.
“Huuuuu. I moved everything to this one. Teacher. Did you say it was a potion shop the other day? Looking at it again, it looks like you built it pretty big.”
“I was a bit greedy to have both a house and a workshop.”
Roden, who served light tea to the employees who had finished their work, brought out her important words just before they left.
“I would like to order more, but I would like you to bring me one more bed and wardrobe identical to the ones I ordered last time.”
“What? Does it look like someone lives with you?”
Roden didn’t feel the need to convey the fact that she had purchased demon slaves, so she decided to look around casually.
“… I have to take care of my relatives.”
“Well, I see. See you again tomorrow.”
As soon as her employees left, Roden went inside her shop and called her in front of Loxia’s room.
“You may come out now.”
The door opened cautiously. Roxya, who had been waiting patiently to avoid the eyes of the staff, bowed her head to Roden and came out of her room.
Her appearance was markedly different from the day before.
Thanks to washing clean in the morning, her sloppy body gave off a subtle scent, and her crumbly purple hair became silky smooth.
Thanks to the medicine she had applied the day before, the large and small scars all over her body had been healed with pale pink flesh.
As if it was hard to believe that so many scars had healed overnight, Roxia continued to play with her new skin.
“From now on, I’m going to pick out clothes for you to wear, so you should follow me closely.”
“Are you going back to the city…”
She was Loxia, who nodded her head calmly, but she couldn’t hide her fear. Anyone can see that she is a demon of hers, and she knows well what kind of gaze she should receive if she goes to a human city in the middle of the day. Because there is.
Whether or not he knew her feelings, Roden brought her Loxia in front of her mirror with a calm expression on her face and handed her the black ring she took out of her inventory.
“Put it on and take a look in the mirror.”
“Yes.”
Roxia obediently put the ring on her left little finger. The ring, which was a bit large for her finger size, shrunk to a perfect size for her finger.
Then she turned her head and looked at her mirror.
What she reflected in the mirror was not a demon, but an ordinary human girl.
