"So, the moment she hit me, I opened my eyes in a white space and saw an angel dressed in white wings and black clothes. That's what you're saying?"
"That's what I said."
"And then that angel kicked you with her foot, and that's how you woke up back here."
"That's right!!"
[The Constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' avoids your gaze.]
Come to think of it, she was an angel too, wasn't she?
Should I ask if there was an angel who came looking for me?
"Still, I was happy I got to hit you, Oppa."
"..."
Kim Dokja scared me more than a Demon King.
"Anyway, this bastard was definitely silenced, right?"
"Right?"
"I don't know what method they used, but from now on, I guess we'll have to give up on using people like this to dig up information."
I couldn't assume everyone had been gagged like this, but checking them one by one would be too much trouble and take too long.
And it wouldn't be easy to sort out only the ones who had bought information from the Prophets.
Even so, if we kept this guy around, we could probably still make use of him.
...If his jaw healed, that is.
"Then what do we do now?"
"We need to meet Yoo Joonghyuk... do you know where she is?"
"...She's sleeping in the theater."
"Sleeping? That Yoo Joonghyuk?"
"Yeah, she's asleep."
Of course, it was sleep (physical), but still...
[A number of Constellations glare at you.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment scold you, saying lies are bad.]
Shut up.
Sleep (physical) was still sleep.
If I hadn't done that, Yoo Joonghyuk would've tried to steal the flag, so it was self-defense.
Anyway, that's how it was.
I wondered if the bump was still there.
Should I at least put some ice on it?
"Haah... I don't know what the hell you did, but... let's go."
"Where? To Yoo Joonghyuk?"
"Don't make me repeat myself."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Wow, she really is sleeping. Looks like she got hit somewhere too, with a huge lump on her head."
"Ahem. That's why I brought her here. Figured I'd ice it too."
"What about downstairs?"
I calmly pointed at myself.
At that, Lee Jihye nodded with an "Ah..." sort of expression.
"Well, with a monster like you around, mister, what is there to worry about?"
"I'm about the same as Yoo Joonghyuk, you know?!"
The Yoo Joonghyuk I'd met in person had pissed me off, but she was similar to me.
The drive to throw herself at her goal without caring about fire or water.
That quick temper, and strength no one else could match.
And on top of that, the fact that she had a younger sibling too.
Other people might see us differently, but from where I stood, we had a lot in common.
Let's not talk about looks.
In that department, she was just absurdly out of reach.
"Will our master... be okay now?"
"She'd better be. If she's acting weird, then until she gets better I'll smash her hea—!"
Smack!
"Just get lost, you idiot!"
Lately, it felt like the way Dokja treated me was getting lower and lower.
Good thing this was still early on. If she got stronger later and hit me then, I might actually die...
"She'll be fine. She might have a bit of trauma left, though."
"...Trauma?"
It was Regression trauma, something Lee Jihye was far too early to know about.
Regression was a new chance, but at the same time, it was a curse that never let you rest.
"That bitch is mentally weaker than she looks. If she gets some proper sleep, she'll improve, so hang in there a little longer."
"Strictly speaking, she's not sleeping, she's unconscious... but you talk like you know her really well."
"I know her better than anyone in the world. After me, Oppa knows her best."
Something about the phrasing felt weird, but it wasn't wrong.
"Don't read it. Give it to Yoo Joonghyuk later when she wakes up. Got it?"
"...Got it."
I should ask later what that note was.
I was absolutely against Joonghyuk becoming my sister-in-law.
"...But, can I ask just one thing?"
"Earlier at dawn, our master and mister and ma'am... um, that, the three of you..."
""What.""
"I mean, earlier, you were saying all that stuff. Ma'am was... and mister added onto it too..."
""So what.""
What the hell was she trying to say that she had to drag it out like this?
I didn't know what it was yet, but instinctively, I was already sure this was 1,000% nonsense.
"...We said we wouldn't get lost in that kind of sentiment!"
"Kgh!"
"You... you don't have to imitate it too..."
Ah, this was hilarious.
I never thought I'd hear Dokja's dark history come out through somebody else's mouth like this. Hahaha.
"The resolve you had the first time you did... that! Have you already forgotten all of it?!"
"...Huh?"
"Why do you think I followed you?! Why are you alone? The three of us are together!"
What the fuck?
"What the hell are you saying right no—!"
"We're always by your side! Don't lose hope! Think of our child! You read to us for the sake of our child!"
"We never said anything like tha..."
Things had gotten mixed together... exaggerated... twisted...
"Th-then is that really it? Ma'am and mister and our master, so, um..."
Just how did our words sound inside this kid's head...?
I genuinely had no idea how tangled our relationship had become in her mind.
This wasn't going to get filtered out... was it?
"D-don't worry, I'll make sure this love letter gets delivered!"
"If that's a love letter, then what exactly do you think I am?"
"Uh... a bamboo-grove boss who's secretly in love with Master and blocks the two of them out of jealousy?"
"What the hell is tha—?"
[Quite a few Constellations are greatly shocked by the true nature of the filtering.]
[Constellations who love pure romance denounce you as a devil!]
[The Constellation 'Goddess of Love and Beauty' cheers, saying that too is love.]
[The Constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' gets angry, saying Dokyun already belongs to someone!]
[The Constellation 'Demon King of Wrath and Lust' is delighted, saying it's good if the harem grows!]
[The Constellation 'Secretive Plotter' lets out a sigh.]
[1,500 Coins have been sponsored.]
Ah, for fuck's sake.
"All of you shut up before I turn to Absolute Evil."
[Constellations of the Absolute Evil alignment cheer, saying that would be even better.]
[Constellations of the Absolute Good alignment strongly oppose it as they imagine what you would look like as Absolute Evil!]
"I'm joking, so shut up already. Stop with the delusions."
Maybe it was because they were old bastards rotted through with dopamine, but their brains really spun fast in this direction.
And I'd been saying this whole time that I didn't like Yoo Joonghyuk, so what exactly had they been taking that as?
They didn't see it as flirting, did they? Fuck.
Picking on someone to show interest was what little brats did when they didn't know how to express it.
Did they really think a grown man like me would flirt like that?
I still wanted to kill her even now. I was only holding back because of Dokja, seriously.
"Wait! But whose child is it?! No way... mister's and Master's?!"
"Ah, that crazy bitc— mmph, mmmph!!!"
Dokja clamped a hand over my mouth.
[Quite a few Constellations are shocked by the hidden truth!]
What hidden truth, you sons of bitches!!!
Someday, when I meet them in person, I'm going to flip everything upside down.
"I-I already have someone I like, okay?! Ask Yoo Joonghyuk when she wakes up...."
Dokja dragged me away.
Because of my trait that made my stats drop below an ant's whenever it came to Dokja, I couldn't resist and had no choice but to get dragged off.
"I'll get my revenge! On the Constellations, and on you too!! I'll turn everything upside down!!!"
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