Let's Make a Deal - An Exhausted Girl Living With a Caring Demon ch1: Carefree Life

p1
>I'm done.
>Thank you.
>...

>For now, please remain on standby until 9pm.
>Okay...

>My name is Hitsuji Ryouko.
>I waited, but nothing came for me...

>Single. No hobbies. No free time.
>I don't have a lover, but...

>I have gotten myself a roommate recently.
>I'm home.
>Oh.
>Welcome back.

p2
>Her name is Adele-san. She's a demon and a wonderful lady.
>Go ahead and take a bath.

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p3
>When I get home, she has dinner and a bath prepared for me...

>Is this Heaven...?

>Wait, there's a demon here, so maybe it's hell?
>Ryouko~ I'll leave your change of clothes here.
>Ryouko~?

>I don't care if it's Hell when it feels this good.
>Hey! I told you not to fall asleep in the bath! You'll die!

>My demon roommate, Adele-san.
>I'm out.
>Your hair's still wet. Hurry up and dry it.

>It'll dry out on its own...
>No. You'll catch a cold.

>She's a kind demon.
>Don't get the wrong idea.
>It'd be a problem for our contract if you died now.

>What was that just now?
>Non-washout treatment.
>You really are kind...

p4
>How is it?
>It's the tastiest stew on this planet.

>As someone who's bad at cooking, I'm grateful.
>The carrots are star-shaped...
>The flavor is good, but...

>the fact she made it for me
>and is eating with me...

>brings out tears of happiness.
>The salt in this rice is really good.
>That's your own salt.

>This potato salad is awesome too.
>Of course it is.

>Potato salad takes a while to make compared to how long it takes to eat.
>Yeah. I always eat side dishes from a store.
>>Boil
>>Rince
>>Cut
>>Mash
>>Boil
>>Cut

>But yours is the most delicious, Adele-san.

>...Shall I make you extra?
>My stomach's full for today.

p5
>Let's have some after dinner tea.
>Green tea
>or black tea?

>Wah~ What should I go with?
>Hot chocolate you can make easily with bars of chocolate.

>Finely chop the chocolate,
>and milk and cook in the microwave!

>If you want to drink that then say so!
>There's nothing easy about chopping chocolate!
>I thought it'd be a pain to make...
>>I wanna drink it
>I can see your inner voice peeking from behind your back!

>Um... I've been wondering for a while, but why don't you just poof it out with magic?

>Look here. Magic is all about picturing an image.
>How do you picture something you know nothing about?

>First, you need to study throughly.
>Hmm, so this is potato salad...
>Mashing by hand is pretty tiring.
>It all begins with learning.

>But I've been eating your potato salad for three weeks now, Adele-san.
>Surely that's enough?
>I feel like there's still something missing...
>The type who follows something through to the end

p6
>Does that apply to cleaning and laundry too?
>That's right. I've been studying a lot.
>So diligent...

>I figured demons would be more strange and lively.
>There's a certain beauty in making it look that way.

>How's your test studies going?
>Man~ I'm getting nowhere! More importantly, this manga's fun, so you should read it too, Hitsuji.

>She said that even though she was actually studying properly.
>Oh. Could that have been another demon?

>Delicious...
>My weeknights have become so tranquil since you started living here, Adele-san.

>What?
>All you do is bathe, eat and sleep.
>Isn't it the same?

>No.
>The Quality of Life is completely different.

>My dinner used to be more half-assed.
>I guess I'll have these bean snacks I got from that guy at work...
>Hitsuji-chan, you can have these! Gahaha!
>>bean snacks
>Why?

p7
>For one thing, I don't have the strength to make dinner.
>One beef bowl.
>Comin' up!

>I get sleepy when I eat,

>so I end up sleeping on the floor...
>Put out a futon.
>Feels so good...

>I end up waking up in the middle of the night, which is when I finally lay it out.
>My body hurts. Time to go back to sleep.
>This sucks.
>You moron...

>Thanks to you, I now have enough energy to wash the dishes.

>...I can do that for you.
>Why don't you just enjoy your hobbies or something?

>I don't really have any hobbies...
>There must be something you enjoy doing.

>All I did yesterday was pluck my arm hairs.
>It's exhilirating when they come straight out.
>I can grow them with magic for you if you want.

p8
>I used to enjoy reading for a hobby.

>I was bad with school,

>but when I read books, it was like I was in another world...
>That's a huge book.

>There you reading the bible or something?
>It was a short novel.
>The thicker the book, the longer I could stay there...

>So when you say you used to, I take it it's different now?

>That's right. For me, reading books
>was a means to get through the bad times.

>...But one day, I realised.
>School will end if you endure it for a few years, but work won't...

>I can't escape from that no matter how much I read.
>Once I started thinking that, I couldn't touch them anymore.

p9
>I never thought I'd be living with a human...

>Phew~
>but it's a surprisingly nice experience.

>It was always this until now.
>Wealth!
>Fame!
>Girls!
>I wanna eat potato salad.
>I wanna relax in the tub.
>But this kinda thing... feels fresh.

>Well, whether it's a good use of a my demon skills is a seperate matter.
>Tomorrow is burnable trash.

>Besides...

p10
>if you ask me if looking after this girl is a pain, I wouldn't think so.

>I thought she'd become dependant on me, but that's not the case.
>I'll fold it!
>Please leave the dishes to me.
>Um... I got you a souvenir.

>Maybe she's the type that's surprisingly not troublesome...

>Ah. It's that popular essay blog! You really are studying, huh?
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>I suppose.
>Now go to sleep.