An Introvert Reincarnated As A Demon... What Could Go Wrong?!

Chapter 2- Betrayal??

I cautiously approached the door, looking quickly around for any servants who might see me. I pressed an ear to the door. I can surprisingly hear the conversation on the other side of it pretty well, like... Wow 'Perks of the new ears I guess'. Snapping back to reality I start listening to the conversation going on in the throne room. Wonder what they're gossiping about.

"I don't know your majesty, isn't this a bit too harsh. Please I- I can't... It's... Why?" Ethan was talking and he seemed kind of anxious maybe? He sounded really sad.

"You just have to lure him away from the others. Or don't, either way they will all die." The King stated, was he talking about some kind of monsters or something? They must be pretty strong if Ethan doesn't want to fight them. Either that or they are actually super peaceful and Ethan doesn't want to take advantage which is actually kind of sweet- Back to the conversation at hand though "You do know that disobeying me is an act of treason don't you? The consequences of that would be execution. And we wouldn't want the others I talked about to face the same fate would we?" The King explained menacingly to Ethan. 'Jeez it sounds like he's treating him like a kid, and threatening him, glad I don't have to be a part of that conversation'.

"Yes Your Majesty, I will execute the order you have given me." Ethan sounded resigned and surprisingly upset, 'Well that sure was an ominous way to put it, all we have to do is hunt some monsters right?'.

I heard some footsteps approaching me and quickly backed away from the door. It was a woman, she seemed to be a bit older than me, she had blue hair and blue eyes.

"You are to be escorted to your room at once." She said in a cold voice. 'That isn't very welcoming, I thought we were supposed to be guests? This lady is totally giving me chills right now'. She immediately turned around and started walking away at a very brisk pace, I quickly went to follow her, stumbling a bit before regaining my bearings and catching up.

While we were walking I at least tried to start some sort conversation to clear the air. But I'm really awkward so it was the best small talk I could come up with on the spot. "So u-um w-what's your favorite... color?" I stumbled over my words a lot but congratulated myself on forming a somewhat coherent sentence at the very least.

"Red." After that she smiled quite maniacally and I decided not to start any more conversations, lest I risk my wellbeing, it was a tactical retreat. It's not like I'm scared of her or anything. Of course not...

After making our way through a maze of corridors and passageways we eventually made it to a small rather shabby looking door.

"Here we are." and with that she walked off 'Good I was shivering just from being in her vicinity she was so cold'.

I stepped into the room cautiously...

There really wasn't much to talk about in here. Pretty boring.

It's small... There's an uncomfortable looking bed... Of course they didn't even have normal electricity here. The throne room was well lit but the only light source in here seems to be a half-used candle. What the heck.

I think this might be the King's way of telling me I'm not really the favored hero... I mean I knew this but now I would honestly guess he thinks of me as more of a backup at this point. Well at least I won't have to worry about money or food for the time I'm here.

Speaking of food, someone seems to have already left something for me to eat here. It's not much really, but at least it's food. They left a small loaf of bread and some mashed potatoes.... 'I think they're mashed potatoes, I hope they're mashed potatoes'.

I ate the food quickly since I haven't yet had dinner. It's a bit tasteless... Okay very tasteless but who am I to judge really? I sighed, remembering my Mom's home cooked- Just kidding my Mom is always busy with work so she sometimes leaves me money to buy pizza, but hey at least it's good pizza. My Mom and Dad were busy at work all the time, but they had to afford me somehow didn't they? I don't even remember the last time I saw them. It must've been at least a month ago. Well at least that won't be a problem anymore.