I’m Playing as a Nun.

“What, why are you that shocked?”

For a moment, I thought I heard it wrong.

But no matter how much I thought about it, the words I heard so clearly kept lingering in my head.

No matter how hard I tried to ignore it, it echoed in my head.

“Repeat what you said earlier.”

“When you live long, there are things like this and that.”

“No, not that.”

“…Although the situations are clearly different, I fully understand as someone in the same position.”

Although I slightly furrowed my brows at the helmet’s words, which he recited like a machine.

Nevertheless, at the suspicious word that I heard clearly again, I slowly scanned him.

“What do you mean by the same position? Did I understand it correctly?”

“What did you understand?”

“Being in the same position means you’re not human either, right?”

“Ah, what. Is that what you were talking about?”

I’m talking quite seriously, but for some reason, this helmet is speaking very calmly without any signs of being flustered, as if it’s not a big deal.

The helmet doesn’t seem to intend to hide his identity at first glance.

He immediately began to remove the helmet covering his face indifferently.

– Swish

“…!”

The moment the suspicion I had turned into certainty.

However, surprisingly, even though he took off his helmet, his head, which should definitely exist, is not visible at all.

As if it had never existed from the beginning, the content is clearly empty without any sense of incongruity.

“I thought you knew.”

“…What, what’s going on…?”

His voice comes from the helmet he took off.

The voice was definitely the helmet’s.

But behind that voice, there was no longer any trace of a person or the feeling that he was alive.

It was cold and monotonous, like an echo reverberating in an empty space.

“As you can see, this entire armor is my body.”

“The inside is empty…?”

“I’d appreciate it if you don’t look inside too much since it’s embarrassing.”

Finally confirming the helmet’s identity, I had no choice but to be shocked in many ways.

Because I never thought of this helmet as a demon even once.

Most of the behaviors he showed so far were all things that could only be thought of as human.

Maybe that’s why I was not only baffled but also felt a strange sense of betrayal rushing in.

“What the… Then you’ve been deceiving me all this time?!”

“I never particularly hid it or deceived you.”

“If I had known from the beginning that you were a demon, I would never have brought you here…!”

“That’s just because you were indifferent.”

“Shut up!”

No matter how hard I try to regain my composure, the lightning-like shock spreading throughout my body doesn’t easily disappear.

“This is really unbelievable… How could you do it so seamlessly…”

“Is this something to be that shocked about?”

He put the helmet he took off back in its place with those words.

“Isn’t it obvious? There are children living here.”

“So what. Nothing happened until now.”

“The very fact that you’re a demon is the problem. Do I have to say this out loud for you to understand?”

Honestly, if I think about it calmly, my anger was excessive.

That’s because he would have already taken action if he had approached us with bad intentions.

But the helmet didn’t do that.

Despite being a demon, he didn’t harm us in any way.

Rather, he grilled meat for us at the picnic and even played with the children.

“… Aren’t you also a demon?”

“I’m obviously an exception. I’m the children’s guardian.”

“Hoho, if you think of me as staying here for a similar reason…”

Even though I know it’s a thoughtless remark, my expression distorted without my knowledge.

“Don’t push it. You can stay here only until sunrise.”

“How firm.”

Regardless of the situation, the fact that the helmet’s identity is a demon didn’t change.

I don’t want to create unnecessary confusion by deliberately keeping an unpredictable factor here.

“Ha… I definitely thought you were human… I never imagined you’d really be a helmet…”

“Even so, treating me like one is a bit harsh.”

“Anyway, don’t tell anyone about your identity as a demon. Just stay quiet and disappear like dust.”

“But at least let me say goodbye to the kids.”

“Why are you, a demon, mingling with human children in the first place? That’s why I was confused.”

I’ve only seen two demons so far.

But that was enough to somewhat grasp the personality and characteristics of demons.

Among those characteristics, the fact that demons hate humans is something you can roughly know, even without seeing it directly.

It was almost impossible to conclude that the helmet, who played with the children without hesitation, was a demon.

“I don’t think all demons hate humans.”

“…What?”

“Personally, I find it pointless, and I don’t like wasting emotions unnecessarily either.”

The helmet said that and slowly moved his steps towards the window.

“Regardless of the race, if you can get along well, that’s enough.”

A low mutter that strangely feels like early morning sentiment.

The ethereal moonlight faintly shining through the window gently reflects the helmet’s body, further heightening the current atmosphere.

“Well, I say this, but… In the end, when an order comes from above, my personal thoughts become completely unimportant.”

For a moment, my mind turned blank at the sudden calm atmosphere.

Nevertheless, the helmet’s words that he spoke indifferently strangely felt sincere.

I never thought there would be a demon who seriously has these sentimental thoughts.

“…For being empty inside, you’re quite sentimental?”

When I asked curiously while slightly tilting my head, the helmet suddenly started dully tapping his chest.

“Although I don’t have a physical body like you, my magic stone here contains everything. It’s like a heart for humans.”

I was listening with one ear and letting it flow out the other ear, thinking it wasn’t a very important story.

But suddenly, I belatedly noticed a strange detail.

“…That just now, isn’t that a fatal weakness for you?”

“Yeah! I’ll die if this magic stone is destroyed, so it’s definitely a fatal weakness!”

“No, but why are you openly telling me that…?”

“I already know your weakness. Isn’t it a bit unfair if only I know?”

“Even so…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. It won’t be a big problem.”

I don’t know what he’s so confident about.

Is this guy also looking down on me because I’m a vampire?

“Tsk, I can’t understand you at all.”

“There’s definitely a reason that we’re both demons, but more than that, it’s also because I’ve figured out your personality to some extent now.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“In short, as long as I don’t touch the children, there’s no reason for us to be enemies, right?”

His mind works well despite his appearance.

He didn’t tell me his weakness because he looked down on me.

“That’s true.”

Although a strange uneasiness crept up.

In conclusion, it ended quite warmly, so I don’t think I need to pay much attention to it.

He’ll disappear as soon as the sun rises anyway.

As he said, there’s no problem for now.

“Since you seem to be well aware of the current situation, I don’t think I need to say anything more.”

“Are you going back to your room?”

“Well, is there anything else to talk about?”

“No, there isn’t.”

As soon as the somewhat chaotic conversation was settled.

Indifferently leaving behind the helmet standing in front of the window, I immediately moved my steps toward my room without hesitation.

Then…

“Ah, right. Come to think of it, I forgot to ask, but was there anyone else in the forest besides me?”

The helmet’s indifferent voice quietly echoed behind my back.

“What?”

“I told you at first. I was heading to the destination with an intermediate-level mission.”

“Ah, yes. That’s right.”

I fell into thought for a moment.

But since I only saw this helmet, there was no need to think for a long time.

“Well. Other than you, not really…”

“He had an old face and was wearing strange round glasses.”

At the helmet’s words that suddenly cut in, I momentarily lost my words and showed a slightly blank expression.

Normally, I would have immediately furrowed my brows and openly showed discomfort.

However, the characteristics of the colleague he mentioned somehow felt familiar, so I had no choice but to tilt my head in doubt rather than furrow my brows.

“An old face… and round glasses…?”

“Yeah. And his attire was quite neat.”

For some reason, each characteristic of the colleague coming out of the helmet’s mouth sounds familiar, as if I’ve seen it somewhere before.

An old face and round glasses.

Neat attire and a demon.

Calmly putting together the clues the helmet gave me one by one in my head.

Gradually, a scene that was getting clearer and clearer began to come to mind.

“……”

“I just asked in case. Why are you so angry?”

My furrowed brows somehow became deeply furrowed against my will.

This is definitely not furrowed because I’m angry.

“Or is there something that comes to mind?”

Even at the helmet’s continuous questions, I kept silent until the end and only slowly blinked.

“……”

There are parts that I can grasp, but…

No, actually, I can say it’s almost certain…

Nevertheless, I couldn’t bring myself to say my thoughts directly to the helmet.

Although he has a rather rational personality, he’s still an unavoidable threat.

“I don’t know.”

“… Something’s strange. Can’t you think about it a little more?”

“I don’t know.”

“……”

Unintentionally, another reason to quickly kick this guy out of here has been created.