Chapter 204

I left Aileen, Mark and Jang Hayoung to clean up outside and dragged the unconscious Han Myungoh back to the office .

To be honest, it was a revelation . I never thought Han Myungoh would still be alive .

Department Head Han Myungoh . Before we reached the third scenario, he was cursed by Demon King Asmodeus after killing the dark keeper . I thought he had died before I entered Chungmuro and hadn’t expected to meet him in the Demon World .

I placed Han Myungoh on a chair in the meeting room . I used a story suppressor that I had borrowed from Aileen .

「 Kim Dokja thought: The department head has aged a lot . 」

There were many small wrinkles on Han Myungoh’s face . Moreover, his whole skin was blackened . Putting aside the wrinkles, the skin discolouration was a sign of a species variation . The longer I looked, the more I could see the old face . Still, many human traces were missing and it was hard to know without looking closely .

Yoo Sangah . Lee Gilyoung . My mother and Song Minwoo… They were the people I couldn’t confirm using Character List .

All of them were people who were involved with me before the scenario or at the start of the scenario . Han Myungoh was also one of them . They survived in this world because of me . That’s why I couldn’t read their information with Character List .

“I know you’re awake so get up . ”

“Uhh… you…”

Han Myungoh… I asked the spy, no, the self-styled Aurelius . “Aurelius . Did you pick the name personally?”

“…!”

Han Myungoh opened his eyes and I was filled with a vague feeling of certainty . Aurelius . This was the decisive clue that convinced me this person was Han Myungoh .

「 A web novel? Hey Kim Dokja-ssi . How much time do you have to read this shit? 」

During my days at Mino Soft, I had heard these words after I was caught reading a web novel .

「 If you are going to read a book then you should read something like this . Read a good book if you want to build up your specs . 」

Han Myungoh was holding the book called ‘Meditations’, written by Marcus Aurelius . The first few pages of the book were completely discoloured…

“You usually carried the Meditations book that you can’t read . Your bluffing still remains . ”

“W-Who the hell are you?”

Han Myungoh didn’t recognize me at all . It was because I changed my face ahead of time . If I hadn’t done that, I might be the one to fall into the trap .

I smirked and asked, “Who do you think?”

At this moment, something flashed through Han Myungoh’s eyes .

“D-Don’t tell me…!”

As expected, Han Myungoh was Han Myungoh . Even the parachute department head needed to do some work to survive . I quietly brought a finger to Han Myungoh’s lips that were opening .

“Shhh . ”

“Oof . Oof . Ooof!”

“If you say anything then you will die here . Think to yourself . Do you understand?”

I was worried about another transcendental existence listening . There were no dokkaebi channels here . However, the lack of a channel didn’t mean there was no way for other beings to peep .

[The Fourth Wall says that the demon king ‘Demon of Rage and Lust’ is looking at stupid Kim Dokja . ]

…Better than expected . It could tell me something like this?

「 A hem . 」

Demon of Rage and Lust…

Like constellations, the demon kings had their own modifiers . After all, they were fallen constellations . Of course, there were those who didn’t use the modifiers as resistance against the constellations…

If I remembered correctly, ‘Demon of Rage and Lust’ was the nickname for Demon King Asmodeus . Han Myungoh seemed to be his subordinate . It was a high-level position where his vision was shared .

“Shouldn’t you pay coins if you want to keep peeking?”

Han Myungoh’s eyes widened again when he saw me speaking towards the air . He noticed who I was talking to .

Small sparks appeared in the air . If this continued, Asmodeus was likely to gain my information . One day I would reveal my story but now wasn’t the time .

I thought for a moment before pulling a sword out of my coat’s subspace . It was the Four Yin Demonic Beheading Sword .

It had been a really long time since I used it to destroy the Absolute Throne . It was a sword that could temporarily evolve to a star relic if the power of the Big Dipper was borrowed .

It was a sword that could break through the constellation’s affinity with the star relic . Originally, I required the help of the Big Dipper to manifest that strength . Now that I was a constellation, I could use the power of this sword without their help .

[The Four Yin Demonic Beheading Sword has responded to your story!]

“If you aren’t going to pay then get lost . ”

I swung the sword over Han Myungoh’s head . The message appeared as I swing the sword and strong sparks appeared in the air .

[The connection between the Demon King ‘Asmodeus’ and his household member is temporarily disconnected . ]

Han Myungohwas now shocked beyond surprise . He never thought I would have the power to break off his link with the demon king . I warned Han Myungoh .

“Here, my name is Yoo Jonghyuk . ” Nod if you understand . ”

Han Myungoh stared at me with a complicated gaze and barely nodded after thinking about it . He made the correct judgment because he knew that his life was precious . I released his mouth and Han Myungoh gasped as he looked up at me .

“H-How the hell… I heard you were definitely dead…”

“I’m not dead . Thus, I’m alive . ”

The terrified Han Myungoh asked, “W-What are you going to do with me?”

“We’ll see . I’m thinking . ”

“H-Help me! The years we spent together aren’t short!”

“I don’t have any good memories of those years . ”

“I-I am a spy . I can help your revolution! I can see other people’s positions!”

It seemed to be true that Han Myungoh was a spy . Indeed, the spy didn’t emerge in the 111th regression . It wouldn’t be strange if a surprising person appeared as the spy .

“I don’t need a spy . I found the executioners without you . ”

Han Myungoh’s eyes once again shook at my words . Then Han Myungoh spoke the question he had been curious about . “That reminds me… how did you find the executioners?”

I roughly knew what was going on but I decided to be fooled for a bit . “I didn’t know they were executioners…”

“What? Then how…”

My words were true . The descriptions of some executioners appeared in Ways of Survival but it was written in passing and I didn’t remember them . It would also be hard to recognize just based on the description .

I didn’t kill them because I knew they were executioners . I just used a skill to figure out that they had a special position .

「 That information was enough for Kim Dokja . 」

Han Myungoh didn’t know anything and exclaimed, “The people you killed could’ve been innocent or have important positions! Y-Yes! For example, a fighter or…!”

“Stop talking about useless things . If you are trying to drag out the time because you think other nobles will come to rescue you… they won’t come . ”

“Ha, haha . What do you mean?”

“It is only the executioners that the citizens are afraid of . Without them, the nobles can’t easily invade the civilians’ area . ”

Now that he realized that things were wrong, Han Myungoh’s struggles became worse . He stared at me with red eyes and yelled,

“If you kill me, you will receive the demon king’s wrath!”

My previous self would’ve been afraid .

“Do I look like I’m afraid of the demon king?”

I raised my constellation status . It was to such a slight extent that the dukes of the industrial complexes and the demon kings of other demon realms wouldn’t notice . No matter how light, I was a constellation and it was sufficient to kill Han Myungoh .

Han Myungoh trembled before finally giving up . “…What do you want?”

It was the question I had been waiting for . In any case, Han Myungoh was someone who had made contact with the demons here . It would be wiser to use him as much as possible .

“Make an Oath of Existence . Do you know what it is?”

“T-That…”

“Do it if you want to live . Or you can go out and be beaten to death by the common people . ”

Han Myungoh sighed . “What do you want me to swear?”

“You won’t interfere in the revolution . You won’t lie . You will truthfully answer any questions I ask and cooperate with me wholeheartedly . ”

“…For how long?”

“One year . ”

“Shit…”

It was better to have a deadline when making such a violent oath . If I forced a permanent oath then the object of the oath might go crazy . If they were given hope that the oath would one day end, the other person would agree to the oath more easily .

“…I understand . I will make the oath . ” Sparks sprung from Han Myungoh’s heart and the oath was completed .

Now there was a question I wanted to ask Han Myungoh . “Department Head Han Myungoh . How are you still alive?”

Han Myungoh started telling his story . The hardships he suffered after separating from us at Chungmuro and how hard it was for him…

He tried to make himself look as poor as possible and I interrupted in the middle .

“Tell me the important things . ”

“W-What do you mean?”

“At that time, you obviously received the demon king’s curse . How did you become a subordinate of the demon king? Asmodeus isn’t that simple an existence . ”

The 72nd demon king, Asmodeus . No matter how long Han Myungoh’s tongue, he didn’t have the ability to bewitch the demon king .

In addition, Han Myungoh didn’t have a unique story . The demon kings were just as jaded and bored as the constellations . The story of a department head of a big company wouldn’t be sufficient to even talk to the demon king .

Han Myungoh licked his lips for a long time and his expression distorted in a miserable manner . I was about to rush him when Han Myungoh opened his mouth . “…I gave birth . ”

“Huh?”

“Kuock… I, I…

I thought I heard wrong . I was about to ask again when Han Myungoh burst out crying . “I gave birth to a child!”

TL: Rainbow Turtle