Chapter 16

Yuri’s pajamas were made of thin, sky-blue material . In addition, it was very revealing compared to the clothes she wore last night . The area around the neck and collarbone was transparent, and it was almost impossible to see the vicinity leading to the bottom .

Above all, whenever she walked, a thin vestige of pajamas would wound around her body, dimming her outline even in the dark . At that moment, Lakis suddenly turned his eyes to the side, feeling guilty .

‘Wait . I’m feeling guilty? What for?’

But soon, he frowned because it was such a gross response . Lakis’ conscience was as hard as a diamond .

So far, he has never felt uncomfortable doing all kinds of cruel things while playing the king of Carnot . And now he feels guilty just by peeking at a woman in her pajamas? Isn’t this why he has nothing to say when the parasite makes fun of him? Lakis clenched his fist .

If she owns the house she has the right to walk around freely . Yuri was now in the kitchen pouring water into a cup . Then she turned back to the direction of her room and reached out towards the living room .

“……”

—Huh? I just felt something strange .

Lakis saw something shiny come out from the tip of her finger .

When he narrowed his eyes to get a closer look, their eyes met .

She seemed surprised .

However, it seemed like her reaction was just simply forgetting the fact that he was there, and it was quite natural . So it was not clear whether she was hiding something or not . So, for now, Lakis pretended to have not seen anything .

After that, a brief and strange conversation ensued .

—Ugh, your way of speaking to the enemy has really changed . I’m getting goosebumps! It’s appalling!

‘Shut up . ’

–

After a while, Yuri changed her clothes and came out . She went into the kitchen and diligently prepared breakfast . In fact, she didn’t usually eat breakfast at home .

Even though she eats a full meal, she just makes simple recipes at home and combines them with food that she buys from outside . Yesterday, she only left some bread for Lakis, and realized that it wasn’t really appropriate for an injured person . For that reason, she was going to make a simple soup with cut-up vegetables today .

‘I’m sure that’s enough food for a patient who’s had a lot of time to recover . ’

It was a good idea, but if the said patient wasn’t invincible like Lakis, there would have to be a lot more stuff needed to take into consideration . In any case, Yuri started cooking with that common sense removed . She already knew how to cook it because she made it several times before .

There was only one minor problem .

‘It has always been my powers’ role to help with cooking . ’

Strangely, coffee tasted better made by hand, but other dishes were the opposite . It will be especially nerve wracking for Yuri to pull out her thread because Lakis was in the living room .

‘Was it like this?’

Yuri held up a barrel of salt and shook it .

Tap!

Once it’s in the boiling pot, shake things lightly .

Hwaak!

The white salt poured down like snow into the pot .

‘Is that too much? I think I should add a little bit more this time . ’

Tap!

Splash!

Using a strong force, Yuri unintentionally dropped more salt into the pot than originally planned .

‘… . . It’s just for the two of us, so it’ll be fine . ’

Yuri rationalized so .

Come to think of it, it was the first time in this life that she cooked for someone to eat . Suddenly, she felt a little strange, but she couldn’t keep thinking about it because the pot began to smell burnt .

***

“…”

Moment laters, in front of Lakis was something unidentifiable .

—Lakis, you’re not going to eat this are you……… . ? It looks suspicious?

As the parasite in his head said, the food didn’t look edible .

“It’s cabbage chicken soup . ”

—Lies!

The parasite shouted inside his head in disbelief .

Lakis had a similar feeling, but he relaxed his mouth and picked up the spoon on the side of the plate .

—La, Lakis? Wait a second, think again! This may kill you if you eat it!

‘I thought i told you to stop barking at me?’

Lakis chirped at the loud, squeaky, voice in his head .

‘Don’t you know that I won’t die even if I drink poison? Just shut up . ’

Then, he boldly put a spoonful of the thick liquid from the bowl into his mouth . He stopped moving . His spine started sweating profusely .

—Ack! It’s full of salt! Besides, it tastes weird! Get it out of here!

The parasite’s complaints were ringing inside of his head .

Because he was a parasite that shared senses with Lakis, he sympathized with it . If it had been someone different from Lakis’ character, they would have thrown the spoon and the plate away in one go .

If he was healthy, he would have devastated his surroundings . However, when he realized that Yuri was staring at him, as if caving in on him, Lakis managed to hold onto his spirit . Taking a glance at Lakis face, Yuri quickly noticed the state of her breakfast .

‘Well, it seems like it doesn’t taste very good . I’ll just go out and buy something . ’

Yuri pushed her share of soup to Lakis . The smell was somehow so bad that she knew the dish was a failure .

“Have lots of food Mr . Lakis . Eat well and you’ll get better soon . ”

Worried about Lakis’ health, she said that, but in fact, she was also trying to use it to deal with the failed soup .

It was a great deal of trouble doing that to the man in front of her now, but she tried it because of the gentle mannerisms he showed .

—Dump it! Dump it over, Lakis!

The voice rumbled in Lakis’ head .

Lakis didn’t blame it .

Rather than getting better by eating it, the taste was going to make you sick . Of course, there was no reason why Lakis had to force himself to eat the porridge .

He was the notorious king of Carnot, who would never let anyone hurt him . His hands were clenched as if they were going to break the spoon in half at any moment . His cool blue eyes slid from the woman to the plate .

***

—You fool……

A moment later, the parasite, who shared the same senses with Lakis, felt the taste of the terrible soup, and cried bitterly .

—You’re the most evil person I’ve ever known . Sob…

The same was true of Lakis, which had become more pronounced and hung out of luck than before . Lakis began gulping down water to cancel out the soup and wipe out the terrible taste left in his mouth .

Why?

The moment he faced the red eyes staring at him, he couldn’t tell himself to stop and throw away the bad food . Feeling in bad shape, Lakis buried himself furiously in the sofa . His face against the cushion looked even more pale and pitiful .

There was no sign left of the ferocious and cruel king of Carnot, whose name alone made everyone panic . Yuri, which had just come out of the room after preparing to go to work, stopped at the sight of Lakis .

“Mr . Lakis, you look even worse than before . Would you like to take some medicine?”

Yuri brought painkillers and fever reducers to him, not mentioning her own cooking .

Of course, what Lakis needed the most at the moment, was digestive medicine .

“I’m afraid I’ll be late today because I have an appointment …but I’ll be back as soon as I can . Get some rest . ”

But he couldn’t say it, and he was left unresponsive and lying on the couch as Yuri went to work .

…But he really needed digestive medicine .

After the door closed, the hands of the feeble-minded Lakis stammered and searched for the medicine box on the table .