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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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As the month of family approached, the weather in Korea grew warmer.
Though it was a bit chilly at night, it was sufficient for eating noodles outdoors.
We sat on a bench on the hill we had come to earlier.
I listened as Se-hwa fixed her hair, ate her noodles, and grumbled about Yoo Seung-hyun.
Just without saying a word, with a face that said I understood everything.
“I’m truly speechless… Does he think I’m pissed off because he’s working at a place like that?”
She chattered on without even having fully chewed and swallowed her noodles.
This kind of defenseless appearance, it’s good to see.
“Say something! It feels like I’m talking to a block of wood!”
She was cute even when raising her voice.
Shrugging my shoulders, I said.
“I’d like to comfort you, but what can I say? You two have been dating for a long time and know each other well.”
“Ah… so the third party is going to stay out of it?”
“Hey, if you say that, what does that make me?”
“Did you see it from the beginning?”
“Not exactly… but I think I have a rough idea of what’s going on.”
“Then that means you know everything. Just tell me honestly.”
“What?”
“Everything you’re thinking right now.”
I could belittle Yoo Seung-hyun here.
But that’s what amateurs do.
They say blood is thicker than water; if I sympathized with Se-hwa and badmouthed Yoo Seung-hyun, she would try to defend him.
I slyly wet my tongue with saliva and loaded my mouth.
“It’s just… I can understand that you’re disappointed because Yoo Seung-hyun-ssi lied. But I can also understand why Yoo Seung-hyun-ssi did that.”
“Why on earth?”
“Just from looking at it, it seems that hotel also operates a room salon… honestly, who could proudly tell their girlfriend they work at a place like that? You admit that, right?”
“Hmm… that’s true.”
“Besides, if Yoo Seung-hyun-ssi, who loves you so much, was willing to risk lying, it must mean they pay a lot of money. He’d want to pay off the debt he unintentionally incurred as quickly as possible. From Yoo Seung-hyun-ssi’s perspective, the debt just fell out of the sky, right? Totally unfair..”
Se-hwa silently nodded her head.
Watching her bring the noodles to her mouth, I continued.
“He must have gotten impatient, wanting to pay off the debt quickly and live like before. That doesn’t mean his lying to you is justified. I fully understand how you feel, too. It’s just…”
I cut off there and stealthily glanced at Se-hwa.
At that, Se-hwa urged me on.
“Just what? Keep going.”
“It’s a little cringey, but I see this as an action that came from worrying about and considering each other too much. How great would it be if we could read each other’s minds? But people don’t have that kind of mind-reading ability. Not unless you’re that person…”
“That person?”
“Who let out that cough? You are full of devilish thoughts!”
I mixed in some exaggeration and imitated a character from a drama that had been incredibly popular in Korea’s past, and Se-hwa burst out laughing.
“Puhaha! That’s not the same at all.”
“Really? Anyway, we got a little off-topic, but the conclusion is, why don’t you both just take a step back and try to understand each other?”
I had implicitly let Se-hwa and Yoo Seung-hyun know that neither of them fully understood the other’s heart.
Seeing her listen intently to my words, this intention was bound to work.
Yoo Seung-hyun’s lie, and this little trick hidden in my advice, would become the fuse for the distrust that had begun to take root in Se-hwa’s heart, and it would gradually grow in size.
Having finished speaking, I reached my hand towards Se-hwa’s disposable bowl.
“Talking so much is making me crave some broth. Just one sip…”
At that, Se-hwa slapped my hand with her chopsticks.
“Ahem! I bought you water earlier, what kind of trick is this… this is all mine.”
“So cold…”
“I’m kidding. Just a sec…”
Se-hwa shifted her hips forward slightly and then held out the bowl to me.
I, who nonchalantly took the bowl, grinned.
At that, Se-hwa also gave me a bright smile.
The distance between us had closed.
Our hearts had surely grown as close as this distance.
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[He begged me for forgiveness, saying he was really sorry. I decided to forgive him. Thanks, Ji-hyuk. It’s late, so you’re probably sleeping, right? Sleep well.]
Glancing at the message, I smiled with satisfaction.
Yes, Se-hwa. You have to get along well with Yoo Seung-hyun like that.
That’s what makes the taste of stealing you so good.
What kind of expression will Yoo Seung-hyun make when he sees you, fallen in body and heart, by my side?
Just imagining it made my crotch swell up.
I used to not understand the guys who chose the corruption and betrayal routes, but now that I’ve become the Demon King, I understand it and then some.
I took my eyes off my phone and stared straight ahead with a cold gaze.
“Puhuuuk! Huuk!”
A bizarre breathing sound.
The humanoid monster with a horse’s head bound in the laboratory, Amdusias, exhaled a hot breath from its nostrils.
A body three to four times larger than an adult, and muscular all over.
It was indeed Amdusias, the flimsy boss for Leona’s awakening.
I, who looked at the sight with satisfaction, asked Marcella.
“It’s the same as the old Amdusias, right?”
Our base, which had the condensed technology of parts 1 through 5, had various modification facilities.
However, if such modifications were performed on this Amdusias, the legend of the Beast Slayers would not even begin.
Because he would not just smash everything around him, but would even crush Se-hwa.
It was right to send Amdusias out without any modifications.
“Yes, of course. Not more, not less, exactly the old Amdusias.”
“Are the preparations for sending him out complete?”
“He can be sent out at any moment.”
“Good. Tomorrow, give Yoo Seung-hyun a day off for whatever reason.”
“Yes. Is it finally beginning?”
I could almost see Marcella’s pounding heart.
Me too.
But since I was the Demon King, I had to show dignity.
“Yes. It begins.”
Ah… I can’t help it, my voice is trembling.
“Do you think Dr. Cash will really show up?”
“I don’t know. But there’s a high probability she will.”
She has to show up.
If she doesn’t, it’s all for nothing.
Calm down, be calm.
Getting excited will ruin even things that would have worked out.
“The remaining Beast Slayers? Have you not found them yet?”
“No… there’s no one besides Yuria…”
“What is Yuria doing right now?”
“She’s just living her daily life. There are no signs of her looking for you, Demon King-nim, yet… but we can’t let our guard down.”
“You’re right.”
I, too, would be near Amdusias tomorrow.
It wasn’t to take Yoo Seung-hyun’s place, but for the purpose of getting noticed by Dr. Cash.
She was an engineering nerd.
She was not the type of person to just pass by me, disguised as a genius prospective engineer.
If I pretended to be groaning nearby, and when Se-hwa, after the battle was over, tried to rescue me… if I showed interest in something Dr. Cash was doing at that moment… she would also look at me with keen interest.
After that, if Se-hwa introduced me, it would be over.
I had such a plan.
Though I didn’t know if it would go according to plan.
Also, if it were this point in time in the game, Amdusias should have appeared long ago, and it was a time when news of Beast Slayer Leona would have long since spread beyond the country and to the world.
Since I was already a little late from taking root in Se-hwa’s heart, I also had to consider the possibility that Dr. Cash might not appear.
If she didn’t appear, I would have to save Se-hwa, so it was right for me to be there.
I, who had reviewed all my plans, said to Marcella.
“Make full preparations. We’ll proceed as planned. There must be no deviation. The location where Amdusias is dropped must also be precise.”
“Yes! Leave it to me!”
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On the evening of the day the legend of the Beast Slayers began, I, who had come to Se-hwa’s neighborhood, looked up at the sky.
A moderately gloomy weather, as if it were about to rain.
A feeling as if it were blessing the starting point of my grand scheme… my ass.
This was happening because Marcella was gathering magical power to open a portal just before sending Amdusias out.
Dr. Cash would have surely detected this energy.
‘Please come… please.’
I, who prayed and prayed inwardly while trying hard to hide my feelings, strolled the streets.
Right now, Yoo Seung-hyun has been given a day off.
He was with Se-hwa at his house.
They were probably getting ready to go out.
I had promised to meet the two of them today.
They, who were grateful for the introduction to the lawyer and for me being a mediator for their fight, insisted on treating me to a meal.
They said if it wasn’t today, they didn’t know when they would be able to see me again.
I, who had accepted their proposal, was on my way, carrying a set of high-end revitalizing tonics for show.
As I was crossing a studio apartment village that looked cheap just by looking at it, I manipulated the signal device attached to my finger.
It was a disposable signal for Marcella.
Tik!
As I pressed the button, the signal device disappeared with a small sound.
At the same time, a loud sound was heard from the sky.
Kugugung!
A deafening roar, as if thunder and lightning were striking.
People would mistake it for that, but I knew that it was Marcella opening a portal.
Not long after, a very large mouth appeared in the empty air.
A mouth with hundreds, thousands of teeth packed tightly together.
It was a picture that looked like it came straight out of a monster movie.
Jjeo-eo-eok!
Look at that, as it opens its maw, sticky saliva stretches between the top and bottom.
Amdusias is…?
“Kwooooaaaar!!”
He’s out.
Amdusias, who fell from the sky, landed gently a block away from Yoo Seung-hyun’s house.
Kuuung!
To be honest, I say gently, but he smashed all sorts of buildings and raised a cloud of dust.
“Wh-what is that!?”
“Kyaaaaaaak!!”
Starting with the screams of the people remaining on the street, the full-blown chaos began.
Amdusias completely ignored the people running away and destroyed the buildings.
Kwaaaaaang!!
The giant club in his right hand crumbled a building built with sturdy rebar as if it were a cracker.
The police of the year 2533 had a system where they were dispatched immediately upon receiving a report, and as if someone had reported it, a heavily armed car arrived in an instant.
Then, it fired state-of-the-art weapons at Amdusias.
But with their weapons, they couldn’t even put a single scratch on Amdusias.
‘He’s a guy for the magical girl’s awakening, it would be strange if that kind of weapon worked on him.’
Kwajik!
“Khhihihihiing!!”
Amdusias, who had snapped the police car in two as if breaking a candy stick, let out a roar once and then finally struck the building next to Yoo Seung-hyun’s house.
Kwang-!
One of the fragments, shattered by the immense force, broke off the corner of the studio apartment where Yoo Seung-hyun lived and flew away.
This is it, this is it.
Here, Yoo Seung-hyun and Se-hwa, who live on the top floor, discover Amdusias through the broken building.
And they face a life-threatening crisis.
Because Amdusias, having discovered the two of them trembling, tries to eat them.
I, who had created a situation where I was pretending to be stuck in a space between the collapsed debris near the building close to the two of them, sent a reconnaissance monster to survey that building.
‘Where… where… there.’
The monster transmitted the scene to my eyes in real-time.
I can see them, the two of them hugging each other and trembling, just like in the game.
I can also see him, the horse-headed Amdusias, licking his tongue.
Now, Dr. Cash has to come out.
Quickly fire the still-incomplete future weapon at Amdusias.
And while trying to rescue Se-hwa and Yoo Seung-hyun, see the latent sense of justice emerge from the two of them and change your mind!
After that, transform Se-hwa! That’s your role!
It was when I was having these thoughts.
Pusshuuung-! Kwaang!
A green laser was fired from the sky right above Amdusias, striking Amdusias’s shoulder.
“Puhihihing!”
The naked Amdusias was thrown back by the immense destructive power of the laser cannon and crashed into a building.
While shaking his huge cock.
‘Fuck… he looks so filthy.’
I should have at least put some pants on him.
Anyway, I felt like I wanted to let out a cheer inwardly.
Because the scene from the game was materializing right before my eyes.
The unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle that had suddenly appeared in the sky turned its muzzle towards the fallen Amdusias.
But…
Pshiiik-!
Only smoke came out of the muzzle, and the same laser as before did not come out.
This too was just like the game.
The incomplete weapon had encountered an error.
Now Amdusias is going to get pretty pissed off…
“Krrrrrr…!”
Seeing the growling sound coming from the horse’s maw, it was done.
That was funny no matter when I saw it.
Amdusias, who shot up using the collapsed building as support, promptly struck the aerial vehicle.
Peoong!
The unmanned aircraft exploded helplessly.
It must have taken years of hard work to make, what a shame.
When I infiltrate the lab, I’ll improve it for you.
“D-damn it…! My masterpiece…!”
A husky woman’s voice reached my magnified senses.
I could even hear the sound of the owner of that voice running towards the studio apartment where Yoo Seung-hyun and Se-hwa were.
Wiiiing-!
At the same time, a transport aircraft appeared in the sky.
I, who saw it, sent a signal to the monster.
‘Show me the area below the transport aircraft.’
The monster, following my will, turned its gaze and illuminated the area below the studio apartment.
Blonde hair tied in a ponytail and blue eyes.
The rimless glasses resting on them were quite intelligent.
A white dress shirt and a scientist’s gown of the same color.
To top it all off, a black suit skirt that clung tightly to her hips and legs, and high-heeled shoes.
‘It’s Dr. Cash.’
She appeared…! She appeared!
Now, if she just transforms… if Se-hwa just transforms, I can push forward with my plans smoothly, regardless of whether the story’s flow changes or not.
I felt the heavy lump in my chest fall away refreshingly.
Now, let’s watch.
The process of Se-hwa becoming Beast Slayer Leona.
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