HPDBC Side Story Chapter 40: To Live as a Human (1)
Side Story Chapter 40: To Live as a Human (1)
“So in the end, that battleship had nothing to do with Akart?” asked Lilith as she narrowed her eyes.
“Yup,” Oh Kang-Woo answered. Three days passed since the giant battleship menacingly appeared above New York and was destroyed as soon as it appeared. “I think it was just a regular otherworldly invasion.”
He tried to gather as much information about the Galactic Federation as possible for the past three days but he couldn’t find any traces of Akart.
“Hmm. It’s even more worrisome that he hasn’t made a move at all.”
Lilith shook her head as she stroked her chin. It was like how developers got more worried when they didn’t discover any bugs in their program. According to the System, Akart was trying to end the Triad; it only amplified their anxiety since there were no signs of it.
“Yeah. It’d be better for my heart if he just appeared out of the blue like the Galactic Federation.”
Kang-Woo clicked his tongue and nodded. Lilith giggled and walked behind Kang-Woo, who was sitting on a chair.
She hugged him from behind and asked, “That aside, about the… android, was it? You said it managed to penetrate your Deific Essence barrier purely with physical power. Is that true?”
“Yeah. I didn’t feel Deific Essence from him. It was pure physical power.”
“That’s… surprising.”
Lilith widened her eyes in disbelief. As far as she knew, no one but Kang-Woo was capable of such a thing.
“It just goes to show we have to be wary of other otherworldly beings aside from Akart,” Kang-Woo remarked.
“It is as you say.”
Lilith nodded with a heavy expression. Most otherworldly beings would not even manage to get past Kim Si-Hun, forget Kang-Woo. Even if a being whom Si-Hun couldn’t handle were to appear, Kang-Woo, the Demon King who possessed the Demonic Sea, would take care of them.
Even with an immortal body and countless overpowered Authorities, Kang-Woo was not devoid of weaknesses. Even now, his body was unstable and incomplete.
Lilith looked down at Kang-Woo with deeply sunken eyes and recalled him weeping on the ground before the war against Bael.
It was a side of her king that only she knew— one of him weeping as if he would fall apart at any second. Her heart ached as she softly bit her lip.
No matter how many countermeasures they made to deal with the otherworldly invasions and Akart, their ultimate solution was always Kang-Woo. Lilith sighed because there wasn’t much she could do.
“What are you thinking so hard about?” asked Kang-Woo as he tilted his head.
“I was thinking about something from the past.”
“The past? What is it?”
“Fufu. Your true self… that only I know.”
“...?”
Lilith brought her lips to Kang-Woo’s ear and whispered, “It’s… so heavy.”
“Kurgh! ”
“I feel like I’m… getting cr—”
“Gyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhh!!!” Kang-Woo screamed like a madman as he twisted and turned. It looked as if he were getting tortured with a hot iron. “S-Stop!! Fuck! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!”
He screamed more, collapsing as he grabbed Lilith by her leg.
Lilith smiled and asked, “My, my, what’s wrong, my king?”
“L-Lilith… no, Master Lilith. Please… Anything but that…”
“Hoho. There’s no need to feel so embarrassed. It is a precious memory for me.”
“Gurgh. Guuuuuuuhhh.”
“Oh, my dear king.” Lilith held in her laughter as she looked down at the weeping Kang-Woo. She gently caressed his cheek and separated him from her in disappointment. “I should get going now.”
“Huh? Do you have something to do?”
“I want to check one more time Akart’s involvement in this incident.”
“You already did multiple times.”
“Even so…”
Lilith smiled sorrowfully and turned around. Even she knew that she wouldn’t get anything out of checking multiple times.
This was the only thing she could do to lessen the weight on Kang-Woo’s shoulders even a little.
“You can stay here and rest with Seol-Ah, my king,” Lilith remarked as she headed to the door.
“Wait.” Kang-Woo grabbed her arm. “Aren’t you pushing yourself too hard these days?”
Lilith was working so much that Kang-Woo had barely seen her face lately. Not only was she gathering and analyzing various information as well as checking for abnormal Gate phenomena daily, but she was even traveling to Aernor to
“I’m not surprised. I doubt demons even know what a massage is.”
Kang-Woo snickered and pressed with his fingers again.
“Haaaaaaang!” Lilith moaned, burying her face in the pillow.
Her reactions were extremely cute, nothing like her usual seductive self. Kang-Woo added more strength to massaging her back.
“P-Please stop, my king!!” Lilith scurried away from Kang-Woo. She sat on a corner of the bed as if shriveled up, covered herself with a blanket with only her head exposed, and glared at Kang-Woo in frustration. “Urghhh… I was going to take the lead today.”
“No chance.” Kang-Woo smiled as he wiggled his fingers. “Right, then. Come back here and lie down.”
“Th-That’s enough massaging for today!”
“Why? Doesn’t it feel good? I mean, you don’t have any knots on your muscles, but there’s nothing better than this in terms of fatigue recovery.”
“Th-That’s true, but…” Lilith pouted. “This isn’t what I had in mind!”
She sprang up and pushed Kang-Woo down on the bed. She got on top of him and placed her hand on his chest as she bewitchingly licked her lips.
“Haaa. My king.”
“Wait a second,” said Kang-Woo as he grabbed Lilith’s hand.
“No more… massages.”
“Not that. We do this all the time, don’t we?”
They had not done it lately because Lilith had barely been home, but that was beside the point.
“Why don’t we get some fresh air together?”
Kang-Woo had spent time with Seol-Ah and Yeon-Joo privately but could not remember the last time he spent quality time with Lilith.
“Pardon? R-Really?!” Lilith’s eyes widened in surprise, having never expected Kang-Woo to suggest such a thing. “Yes! Okay! Let’s go!”
She smiled radiantly and nodded. Her hair had turned into tentacles and was dancing before Kang-Woo realized it.