102.
He thought it wouldn’t be bad if the night continued like this – then a shadow shimmered outside the window.
As soon as he sensed someone’s presence, Do-jin covered the bed Seon-woo was lying on with his shadow, and Hyeon-woo jumped out. Just as he was about to break the window, he heard a familiar voice.
“It’s me, me!”
It was Alberg. Hyeon-woo almost crashed into the wall before he stopped abruptly.
“Ugh!”
He somehow stopped, but with a little more force he might have punched a hole in the wall. Hyeon-woo let out a sigh of relief and opened the window.
“Alberg?”
Spotty, slightly taller than usual, was flapping in the air with Alberg on board.
“Why are you here?”
“Can I come in and talk? If I stay out here any longer, I think someone will notice me.”
“...Come in.”
As Hyeon-woo stood aside from the window, Alberg, who jumped up in the air, naturally came in through the window. Then, Spotty made his body smaller to follow him, Kero and a fairy hanging from his tail.
“Aaaagh!”
“Wang wang!”
As soon as Kero landed on the floor, he wagged his tail furiously. The fearsome monster of the past, Kerberos, could no longer be found.
“I almost died! Hyeon-woo-nim, I don’t know. Do you know what Alberg-nim did?”
The fairy complained earnestly, but no one listened to it. The fairy shouted a few more times before heading to the corner with a sullen expression on her face. Right now, she was nothing less than Kero.
“What about Two-eyed?”
“It’s a long story to talk about.”
“Unless you have something pressing, there’s plenty of time.”
“Then let’s talk slowly? Huh? But why is Ji Seon-woo like this?”
“It just happened.”
Alberg poked Ji Seon-woo with his finger, with his eyes twinkling. But it was such a short moment that no one saw it.
“Do you want to a broken finger?”
“No.”
Alberg took his hand away from Ji Seon-woo as there hadn’t been a threat. Then, he sat down gracefully on the sofa and crossed his legs.
“I’m thirsty.”
After silently opening the small refrigerator, Hyeon-woo took out a drink and threw it at him.
“I would like something warm.”
“Drink anything.”
“Too bad. I’ve found out important information for Hyeon-woo.”
Alberg grumbled and opened the lid of the drink.
“What is it?”
“Tiamat’s whereabouts.”
“Didn’t you say it would be hard to find?”
“Usually it would be. But I found it all out for Hyeon-woo!”
Then he spoke in a triumphant manner.
“Tiamat, Libby, and Hydra are monsters who have been in the Demon Realm for a long time, so they know how to survive. It was difficult to find them with so few traces.”
“Then?”
“But isn’t there one of them who isn’t of the Demon Realm? Bacardi. Although he was human, he accepted demonic energy and became a half-demon. That’s why he is worse at handling demonic energy than the inhabitants of the Demon Realm. Tiamat seems to have made an effort to erase his traces, but she can’t fool me. Ah, this drink is good? Is there more?”
“Here.”
“Thank you.”
Alberg winked and uncapped the second bottle.
“Bacardi’s demonic energy is nasty, but it’s worth tracking. What comes next?”
Alberg swayed his foot.
“It’s a small matter to pursue it.”
Two-eyed and Spotty alternatively flew with him. In the process, they were somewhat overworked, but demons were originally resilient. Alberg easily self-justified his actions.
“Yeah, I know that far. But why are you here?”
Ouroboros, which had finished its work in the United States, was now destroying countries that were out of reach of the great powers. The new association had been running around asking for help, but he heard it wasn’t going easy.
No matter how much an organization was created to help each other beyond interests, there was a limit to extending help over the obligations to their homelands.
“The place where the traces continued was not far from here. So I looked around, and I could feel the demon not far away.”
To be precise, Kero was flying with Spotty and caught the smell from a helicopter that passed nearby.
“Wang wang!”
Kero jumped up and down as if to ask for praise.
“Yes, yes.”
Hyeon-woo stroked Kero’s hair. Then, this time, he lay down on his back while showing his stomach. He didn’t know where else he learned this.
“Anyway!”
It was going well, since they found the traces after all. Alberg spread his hands wide.
“I found Bacardi, and there seemed to be more others around him. For now, I left the lesser dragon for surveillance.”
Can Two-eyed really monitor properly? He felt uneasy, but he decided to trust him after Alberg’s words.
“Even lesser dragons do a good job of hiding their existence. Haven’t you ever hidden somewhere? It’s a bit different, but if you keep quiet, you won’t get noticed.”
“Okay. That’s it. Guide me there.”
“Right now? Isn’t your brother sick?”
“It’s true that he’s sick. I don’t want to leave him behind either.”
He had to leave this time. What would continue from now on would be one-sided violence, so Seonwoo, who was still in an unstable state, could not be taken with him.
“Do-jin Hyung, please take care of Seon-woo.”
“Wouldn’t it be better for Alberg to take care of him than for me?”
Do-jin knew who Seon-woo wanted to kill first when he woke up.
“Seon-woo hates Alberg too. If he hates both of them, it’s better to leave him to the one you trust the most.”
“What, you don’t trust me? Even though I found Bacardi too?”
“You’re a demon.”
“How could you discriminate by species?”
However, Hyeon-woo responded with a snort.
“I would put my faith in the angels before the Demons.”
“No. The angels are no different from the Demons. Only the faction is different. They also seduce and corrupt humans, just like demons.”
“It wasn’t like that.”
“That’s because Miriel is still a kid. If you meet an older angel, you’ll change your mind. Come to think of it, where is that kid?”
“Ga-jun is taking care of her.”
It was exactly what he had been doing, but he didn’t care what he did. Ga-jun did a great job.
“Hmm. Well, he’s a bit like a nanny. Then, if that guy decides to stay, can I guide you?”
“You can stay here too.”
“Why?”
“Because you intend to cause trouble.”
He didn’t want to take Alberg, who would encourage that. Instead, Hyeon-woo picked up a fairy who was sniffing in the corner.
“My head hurts! Aww! Grab some other part of my body, please!”
“It doesn’t matter where I grab.”
“My head is gonna fall!”
“You’re not going to die that easily, are you?”
“I’ll die, I will die!”
The fairy whined and managed to escape from Hyeon-woo’s grasp.
“You know where it is, don’t you?”
“I know.”
At the same time, she glared at Alberg.
“Then you guide me.”
“Me?”
It was unfair that she was pushed out of this world because of Alberg, but now he wanted to guide her to the place where some accident would happen.
Hyeon-woo was a human, but the other party was definitely related to demons. It would be a big deal if the Demons or Tiamat she had seen before appeared. If they fought, they would emit demonic energy in all directions.
Just imagining it made her stomach feel like it would melt.
“Heukheuk. It’s my arm.”
“I don’t want to know about your arm, can you guide me?”
“I can.”
The fairy walked along, dragging her feet with tears falling.
“Fly properly. Unless you want me to carry you.”
“Yes! I’ll fly properly!”
The fairy floated into the air again. The window opened and Spotty, who jumped out first, grew in size. Hyeon-woo jumped through the window and landed on the back of Spotty.
“Wang!”
With the fairy in his mouth, Kero climbed through the window and clung to the speckled back.
“Hyeon-woo-ya!”
He heard Dojin’s worried voice, but he waved his hand in the sense that it was okay.
“It’s dangerous to go alone! Go with me!”
“I’ll be fine, so protect Seon-woo just in case!”
Even in the dark, he could see Do-jin’s trembling eyes. He was conflicted now. Should he protect Seon-woo or follow Hyeon-woo?
“Wait a little, wait just a little longer. I’ll follow you.”
It seemed that he was trying to call someone else to entrust Seon-woo. As soon as Do-jin disappeared through the window, Spotty immediately left the place. A streamlined, beautiful black body floated through the dark night sky.
***
“Wow, how would they do this. Just how!”
When Hyeon-woo left, Ga-jun, who was left alone with Miriel, complained.
“Can’t you just call a helicopter?”
Saying that, he took his phone out of his pocket, but it was in a strange state. It was dented as if it had been hit by something. Because he moved too quickly, he was unable to consider the sensitive electronic device, the mobile phone.
Ga-jun stood blankly and then looked back. He entered the villa again, but there was nothing to contact someone. The phone that was available had already been damaged. He tried to touch it to try to save it, but to no avail. It just seemed like a waste of time.
“Nothing is working.”
In the end, it seemed like he had to drive himself. Ga-jun headed to the garage. Fortunately, the garage was a bit far away, so the car was fine. Although there was just one problem.
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor/Proofreader: Davine, YaagRabRag
HM: That one problem is probably the keys. Lol. who knows….
YRR: everyone’s personality is so different from the beginning
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