Chapter 49 – However, Hiding is Useless (3)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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Grind

It was natural for Baek Yi-seol’s, no, the Succubus’s pride to get cracked.

Because she felt as if her self-esteem had plummeted at the unexpected answer.

Moreover, the chattering around her.

Even insignificant humans grating on her nerves.

“Wow shivers. It seems like Baek Yi-seol would be really embarrassed?”

“You want me to capture her expression? I’ll do a clean close-up when she turns around.”

“By the way, that knight is beautiful too. Shall we ask for her name at least later, hyung-nims?”

The Succubus ground her teeth.

‘……How dare you?’

To me, holding a mere human subject?

Lee Ho-yeol or whatever.

She had a strong urge to tear him to pieces.

But the Succubus was cunning.

She had hidden the fact that she was a demon without being caught until now.

How could she not hide a mere facial expression.

“It can’t be helped. I will come to visit again soon.”

The Succubus turned around with a smile towards Jesica.

‘Your flaunting is only for today too.’

Right, a twist is meant to grow bigger the more dramatic it is.

Even if the time wasn’t right today.

As long as he faces her once.

It would only be a matter of time before Lee Ho-yeol falls into temptation.

‘Enjoy whatever you can while you can.’

Whether it’s Lee Ho-yeol, the Yusra Kingdom, or that arrogant female knight.

In the end, they would all kneel before my lewd dream.

But that was merely the Succubus’s own delusion.

Merely one time being turned away at the door.

The revenge was only just beginning.

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Politics, society, sports, entertainment…….

A newspaper’s topics to cover differ for each section.

Naturally, the subject matter to cover would also differ.

However, there was a figure who decorated the front page of all of them simultaneously.

It was none other than the Master of the Myth Guild, Baek Yi-seol.

Conceding a hundred times, politics and society sections were understandable.

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Assemblyman Park Sam-bong, “It is regrettable that negotiations were not smooth…… The growth of Myth can be considered the growth of the Republic of Korea.”

[Exclusive] Ministry of Strategy and Finance Official says, “The trickle-down effect is a proven theory…… The Republic of Korea’s economy will survive only if the Myth Guild survives.”

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From the days they were a conglomerate group to now, having reached their hands into guilds.

Because Myth was a regular customer in the politics and society sections.

But who would have thought she’d even decorate the front page of the entertainment section.

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[Exclusive] Baek Yi-seol, completely defeated in push-and-pull? Femme fatale crumbling?

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And with a humiliating title and photo on top of that!

There was no appearance of the confident Baek Yi-seol in that article’s photo.

The back figure of Baek Yi-seol being turned away at the door in front of the Golden Palace.

Even the extremely short unnecessary addition attached below it.

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▲The moment of the seventh time being turned away at the door.

It is an appearance distinctly different from in front of the photo line.

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Lightly surpassing the third solicitation.

She was running towards a whopping tenth solicitation.

It was a back figure that could even be felt as pitiful but…….

Regrettably, there wasn’t even the slightest sign of sympathy blooming towards Baek Yi-seol.

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-………………I knew it’d be like this, I did

-Like Lee Ho-yeol is easy to deal with ah lol

-Receiving her karma back properly, serves her right

-Implementation of justice lol

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Right, everything was karma.

Baek Yi-seol’s pupils were dyed pitch black.

“And what you are accumulating must also be karma.”

……Lee Ho-yeol!

The humiliation as a demon having been shamed multiple times by a human.

Likewise, the crumpled face of the Succubus.

That man who brought her pride crumbling down several times over.

Upon recalling this shame, the appearance of the demon she had barely managed to hide felt like it was about to pop out like now.

But it wasn’t a matter she could just endure forever.

“I will make you pay for that karma today of all days.”

In proportion to having grown strong enough to covet a Higher Demon level.

The boiling demonic nature had also thickened.

The Succubus barely managed to collect the flowing malice.

And headed towards the Golden Palace.

Denied again today?

It didn’t matter.

Today, she intended to wait until Lee Ho-yeol, he reveals his appearance.

There’s no way she would be bored waiting either.

Since she could just have a staring contest with the arrogant female knight.

……She had made such a resolution but.

“I will guide you inside.”

Even though she hadn’t even expected it.

As one can see, she ended up entering the Golden Palace.

The corners of the Succubus’s mouth rose.

‘I do not know the reason, but you are hastening your life.’

Indeed.

Lee Ho-yeol, he was also nothing more than a foolish human.

Thinking of taking his essence, the demonic energy she had barely gathered started to leak out.

But there shouldn’t be a need to suppress it any longer. Since she had arrived right before his eyes anyway.

“You may go inside.”

Bow

Jesica bowing her head and retreating.

The Succubus knocked on the door immediately.

‘……I can’t hold it back!’

In an instant, a soaring thirst.

She opened the door even before Lee Ho-yeol’s answer could be heard.

And faced Lee Ho-yeol.

An upright posture without an inch of disarray.

Ho-yeol, seated at his desk.

Without even giving her a glance, spoke.

“To open the door even before an answer is heard.”

A cold voice followed.

“Formality cannot be found in you at all.”

……Wait a minute, something is wrong.

Only then did the Succubus realize the unusual signs.

But her gaze met Lee Ho-yeol’s.

Chills

From head to toe.

A feeling as if stiffening up rigidly.

That was ‘fear’ she felt for the first time in her life.

“……!”

An arrogant gaze to the point of feeling humiliation.

Lee Ho-yeol was looking down at her.

Clearly.

In an instant, her mind went blank.

Could it be he noticed I’m a demon and brought me here……?

……No, that can’t be!

I have to escape before he finds out.

Let’s buy time with temptation.

……W-Wait a minute! Why isn’t he falling into temptation?

The Succubus frozen stiff in that spot.

The voice of a natural enemy was heard in that demon’s ear.

“Indeed, befitting an insignificant demon.”

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The thought of it being questionable did cross my mind.

That was the same for Nam Tae-min too.

“Actually, recently, it’s been excessive to the point where even we can’t understand it. No matter how much lobbying they did, those aren’t folks who would push for them to the extent of blatantly eating insults. Those snake-like folks?”

Because the political arena is originally a place like that.

According to interests, whether it’s school ties, regional ties, or blood ties.

Cutting off and splitting is that neighborhood over there.

“I certainly do have a thought that there’s something to it but……. Because this side of ours can’t figure it out. I have no face because it seems I made Ho-yeol-ssi go through trouble for nothing. Really.”

Nam Tae-min had politely offered an apology.

But looking at it now, it’s only natural they couldn’t figure it out.

That Baek Yi-seol was possessed by a demon.

Who would have possibly imagined it.

‘Even I didn’t know.’

If I had known, see.

I wouldn’t have troublesomely turned her away multiple times.

A demon breathing perfectly fine and wandering around?

Putting aside petty revenge, as long as Granfel’s setting exists.

I wouldn’t have been able to just watch that sight unfold.

[Skill, ‘Natural Enemy’ is triggered.]

Right, if it wasn’t for that message.

It meant I wouldn’t have known even in my dreams.

The Natural Enemy triggering and turning off was.

It was truly an instant.

‘She must not have been able to completely hide her presence.’

So it naturally started to make sense.

The relationship between the Myth Guild and politicians that couldn’t be understood.

‘What if it was a status abnormality of a demon of all things?’

Handling civilians who aren’t even Players.

Would be easier than eating cold porridge.

That was the reason I let Baek Yi-seol in.

Click, clack

The sound of shoes growing louder.

A message popping up once again simultaneously with that.

[Skill, ‘Natural Enemy’ is triggered.]

Baek Yi-seol is a demon.

The moment my deduction becomes a certainty.

Knock knock

The door opened simultaneously with the knocking sound.

“To open the door even before an answer is heard. Formality cannot be found in you at all.”

I opened my mouth while holding a quill pen.

What I was writing down was the basic theory of black magic.

It was only after putting a period on the sentence that I lifted my head.

Indeed, I saw Baek Yi-seol’s pupils dyed pitch black.

“Indeed, befitting an insignificant demon.”

Remaining sitting upright at the desk.

I said so while still holding the quill pen in my hand.

Really, there wouldn’t be an attitude full of bluff like this one…….

Just a while ago, that is.

But at least now, it wasn’t.

The moment our gazes met.

The one trembling was actually Baek Yi-seol.

Natural Enemy.

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Natural Enemy : Combat power significantly increases when battling the demon-kin.

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I get to experience the effect of that skill, which I had forgotten about for a while, once again.

Above all, before and after defeating the Great Evil, my state had changed tremendously.

Even just my level, simply put, was like that.

Because my level jumped by 50 in a single breath upon defeating the Great Evil, Seven Deadly Sins Greed.

Not just that, the growth that cannot be explained by levels, skills, or numerical values cannot be left out.

The manifestation of magic developed from self-studying magic books in the Mage Tower, of course.

Black magic, although it’s merely at a beginner’s level.

And even swordplay training on top of that.

‘In the end, I dragged in everything I had and didn’t have this time too.’

Whether it was pathetic or whatsoever.

All that growth became my combat power……!

I felt my grown combat power significantly increasing due to the effect of [Natural Enemy]. The demon possessing Baek Yi-seol’s body must be feeling it too.

“……W, what are you talking about?”

To feign ignorance only now.

To the point of not even being able to distinguish right from wrong.

‘There was a reason for everything.’

I understand the reason why she constantly tried to meet me even while suffering indignity.

I could also guess the purpose.

It was probably a plan to plunge me into a status abnormality to take over the Yusra Kingdom.

But regrettably for that hardship.

I have a policy of not mixing unnecessary words with prey.

Swoosh

Magic manifesting straight away.

Complex interference processes weren’t even needed.

Because there existed a disparity in weight class that couldn’t be defied between me and that guy.

That difference in weight class was to the point I didn’t even need to consume a demon’s item for the [Exorcism Ritual].

[Skill, ‘Exorcism Ritual’ is triggered.]

What was needed.

Was only the basic effect that deals damage exclusively to demons.

There was no need to invite the guy to a ritual, nor was a mental power battle necessary.

“Th, this makes no sense!!”

That’s because the guy was already terrified.

“I am no longer an intermediate demon! A Higher Demon, no, I might perhaps be even stronger than that. But how! How could a mere human against my temptation……!”

It was an appearance of not being able to comprehend it at all.

Higher Demon?

It’s a pride that didn’t waver even in front of the Great Evil.

Even if you bring a ‘Demon King’.

There would be not a single slight change to this confident attitude.

However, I did not answer.

Enough to explain its backstory to something like an insignificant demon.

Granfel was not kind.

What floated in the air was thousands. No, tens of thousands…….

No, countless silver short needles to the point they couldn’t be counted.

[Pure Silver Fur]

[Rank : Magic]

[Restriction : None]

[Effect : None]

[Description : It looks like fur but its essence is pure silver. Because it’s silver, its absolute value isn’t great, but depending on its utilization, it might be recognized for a high value.]

This too was my desperate struggle where nothing could be used carelessly.

A monster defeated during Sword Energy training.

A material item obtained from the Silver Mane Panther.

I had explored that material item and discovered the possibility of utilizing it like a weapon.

To realize that possibility.

An inventive manifestation of 『Magic』 that [Skills] could never follow.

Rustle

It was no different from each and every strand of fur becoming my weapon.

There was no reason to feel it a waste saying I blew away material items.

Just like the silver dagger was.

With 『Reversal Magic』, I could return them to their original state.

It meant there was nothing to hesitate about.

Swish, swish, swish!

Tens of thousands of silver short needles rained down on Baek Yi-seol.

Since it’s a material item with no attack power.

Its destructive power would be solely up to my magic power.

Therefore, I didn’t think it would end in a single strike.

Really, I thought so.

“A, aaaaaaghhh!!”

Thud

Even until the moment Baek Yi-seol sank to the floor.

At first, I wondered if she was acting.

……Even so, they said she’s a Higher Demon?

No matter how rapidly I had grown.

The magic just now wasn’t even a proper attack magic.

It was nothing more than a simple restraint based on alchemy.

So I also suspected.

Thinking, indeed, true to a cowardly demon, it even acts dead.

But it wasn’t.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]…….

Because the popping up messages were telling me.

That what occupied Baek Yi-seol’s body was truly a Higher Demon.

And that I had grown enough to crush such a Higher Demon.

I ended up flinching.

……Wait. Just what level is this?