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I threw gold nuggets at the lords who were just watching.

The dragon flew towards the lords like a dog chasing a frisbee.

They probably thought the crazy dragon was attacking them out of nowhere, not realizing it was after the gold.

And just like that, I dragged them into the fight.

Seeing the expressions of the lords who got hit by the dragon while standing still, I felt like I became the bad guy for no reason.

But what could I do?

I gotta survive too.

“Ha, dragging us into this kind of fight…”

“What! I gave you the title of Dragon Slayer, didn’t I?”

Asmodeus whined, probably still holding a grudge from getting beaten by me.

“Which do you prefer? Asmodeus, who lost to a human, or Asmodeus, who slayed a dragon? You choose.”

“…Fine, I’ll help just this once.”

Still, it’s better if they participate willingly, so I gave them a motive.

“Dragon slayer… That’s tempting. It’s a title you can’t buy with money.”

Mammon seemed to join on his own.

The other lords were ready to go without complaint, but Lucifer looked uninterested.

“Unbelievable, these so-called lords being manipulated like this.”

“…Just stay out of it.”

His expression was too annoying.

It’s not like we can’t do it without him.

After dealing with the dragon, we can spread rumors that Lucifer ran away at the sight of it.

“You think you can slay the dragon without me? Nonsense!”

“It’d be easier without you.”

It’s a universal truth that in a group, there’s always one troll.

And in my eyes, Lucifer is the prime candidate.

“Arrogant, I’ll show you my true power.”

“…?”

Whether the troll is in or out, it doesn’t matter to me.

In the end, things escalated.

It turned into an 8 vs. 1 fight.

Satan, throwing punches stronger than the Demon King Punch.

As expected, Satan’s skills matched his righteous character.

Mammon, stubbornly harassing the dragon by finding its weak spots.

I saw him secretly collecting the scales as they fell, but I let it slide.

Lucifer, who I thought was a troll, showed overwhelming power.

Asmodeus, the eternal weakling, still useless.

Leviathan, who flew far away after overexerting himself, probably annoyed that the other lords were doing more than him.

Baal Zebul, lying in a shady corner, casually throwing rocks.

Despite everything, the lords are still the lords.

The dragon’s body, which had no scratches, started accumulating wounds.

Of course, my Demon King Punch also contributed.

Turns out, the best weapon isn’t magic or telekinesis, but fists.

I lured the dragon to a spacious wilderness before it could cause more damage to the city.

Two hours later.

After a fierce battle, we finally managed to kill the dragon.

“I dealt the most damage, so I’ll take the dragon’s corpse.”

“What are you talking about? I was the one who found and broke all the weak spots. Without me, your attacks wouldn’t have even landed.”

“I only threw rocks, but I want a piece too.”

These greedy lords.

It’ll probably take days to settle the loot.

‘I’ll just stay out of it.’

If I take the dragon’s heart, Park Seol-hwa might create something amazing…

While I was looting ruins, the Dimensional Stone arrived from Asmodeus’s territory.

The butler said the ritual was ready.

Since Satan just needed to infuse it with magic to return to Earth, I decided to give up on the dragon.

‘If I join that bidding war, I won’t be able to go home for a month or two.’

Leaving the lords fighting over the dragon’s corpse, I headed to Satan’s castle with him.

I was a bit worried about seeing creepy rituals like at the Satan Church again…

But it was just a Reverse Paradox drawn on the floor.

And it wasn’t even blood, just magic forcefully engraved on the ground.

The butler must be quite skilled.

“Wait a moment, I need to infuse it with magic and stabilize it.”

“Sure.”

Heukgu and Heukrang were fake crying in the corner.

I ignored them.

I gathered all the treasures I had collected to take back with me.

I was waiting for Satan to stabilize the magic circle…

“Is that… for real?”

“What?”

Satan glanced at me and let out a disbelieving laugh.

I was covered in dozens of weapons.

And I was carrying more gold than my own body weight with telekinesis.

“If you take all that gold, the timeline or space or whatever will get messed up.”

“…Wow, I really picked and chose what to bring, and now I have to leave even this behind?”

My body trembled.

These are treasures I worked hard to get.

“If you don’t want to leave behind a part of your body, leave the gold. Just take a few and leave the rest.”

“Sigh…”

I can’t risk my body getting torn apart.

I’ll leave this…

And this…

Ah, this one’s really precious…

Money isn’t that important to me.

I can earn as much as I want back in Korea… I already have more than enough.

But I really want to take the accessories and weapons that have special energy…

I put two rings on each finger while keeping an eye on Satan.

I hung about four necklaces around my neck.

I twisted the remaining necklaces into bracelets and wore them.

After putting on the bracelets, I checked Satan’s reaction again.

Satan nodded as if this much was okay.

Then just a little more…

I picked up three of the prettiest swords and hung them on my waist.

I slung a bow over my shoulder and picked up a shield.

“Is, is this okay? Is this much okay?”

“Haha, are you really going like that?”

“…What’s wrong with how I look? So this much is fine, right?”

“Yeah, that should be fine.”

Sigh…

I thought I’d have to leave everything behind, but this is still a relief.

I managed to bring enough to give souvenirs to the people back in Korea.

“Then, step onto the magic circle and protect your body with magic power.”

“Thank you for everything! I’ll come visit again!”

“…Really? I don’t think that’s necessary.”

“No! I’ll definitely come back!”

Honestly, it’s a shame to leave all the treasures behind.

I’ll find a way to bring all these treasures to Earth and return to the Demon Realm.

‘I will be back.’

As soon as I stepped onto the magic circle and wrapped myself in magic power, Satan did something.

The magic circle started glowing.

It was similar to the light when the Satan Church sent me to the Demon Realm.

It felt like it was working.

I was worried Satan might backstab me at the last second.

I feel sorry for doubting him even for a moment.

Our Satan would never do that. Of course not.

Soon, a light so bright it was hard to keep my eyes open burst forth.

The light slowly faded.

When I opened my eyes.

I was in the underground of the Satan Church.

The place where I was transported to the Demon Realm.

But what’s this?

Why do my cheeks feel so heavy…

I couldn’t turn my head to check, but…

This feeling, this texture.

And the sound of a heartbeat.

It was a chest.

As soon as I struggled out of the chest trap, Park Seol-hwa looked at me with sleepy eyes.

“…In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen?”

Really, what is this?

“…What are you doing?”

“J-just in case it’s Satan…”

“…Sister, do you want to try a Satan Punch?”

Our Satan is such a kind and gentle gentleman.

I was considering throwing a punch on his behalf.

“…Thank goodness. Gyeoul.”

Jeong Ha-yul hugged me, tears streaming down her face.

“Waaaaaah!”

Lee Ha-yoon burst into tears and collapsed on the spot.

“…Why, why are you crying! Don’t cry! No one cry!”

This Lee…

Seeing them cry makes me tear up too.

“Don’t cryyyyy!”

Drip.

In the end, tears flowed from my eyes too.

“Waaaaaah!”

This isn’t me crying.

It’s Jeong Gyeoul crying.

Anyway, that’s how it is.

By the time I had drained all the moisture from my body, I finally calmed down.

“…It hasn’t even been a day?”

“Yeah, not even a few hours.”

“It felt like I was suffering there for almost twenty days.”

Mostly filled with eating and resting, but…

I beat up Dantalion, explored ruins, fought a dragon.

Wrapped myself in treasures…

…?

Now that I think about it, it feels like I just went on a vacation.

A 19-night, 20-day Demon Realm travel package?

“But… what are all those?”

Finally, they noticed the treasures hanging all over me.

I thought they’d be shocked when they saw me return with treasures, but no one mentioned them.

I was covered in them, how could they not notice?

But eventually, things went as I expected.

“It was really tough… I fell into a desert, almost starved, then two demons saved me… Got betrayed in the first village, almost sold into slavery… Became friends with Satan, stayed at his castle… Explored ruins with the two demons I first met, found Gilgamesh… Met a dragon that came for the treasure, fought alongside the lords of the Demon Realm…”

“Wait, wait…”

“…?”

Jo Se-hee looked at me incredulously and cut me off.

“You expect me to believe that? If that’s true, you just finished a full-length drama in 20 days in the Demon Realm…”

“Yeah, Gyeoul, I know you like to show off sometimes, but… this is too much.”

Even Park Seol-hwa didn’t seem to believe me.

“Huh?”

Unbelievable! Seriously.

This time, I told the truth without any exaggeration.

Why won’t they believe me?

“…Ha-yul unnie, you believe me, right? Ha-yan, you believe me too?”

“…”

“S-sorry…”

Turns out, no one believed me.

I was just wasting my breath…

Fine, I won’t say anything.

“S-so, you met Satan?”

“There was no need to eliminate you after all. I didn’t know Satan was like that.”

…

The ones I wanted to believe me didn’t, but…

The cult leader and Jang Gil-yong seemed to believe me.

But their belief doesn’t mean much.

The cult leader kept whining for me to tell more about meeting Satan.

He’d probably be disappointed if he heard the truth.

Satan isn’t the demon you think he is.

Jang Gil-yong apologized for his past actions…

What’s the point of apologizing after beating someone up?

Sounds like a school bully.

I ignored both of them lightly.

Anyway.

The Demon Realm trip that followed the Satan Church incident is over.

It felt like I was wandering for half a year, but it wasn’t even a month.

“Let’s go home, unnie.”

“Yeah, let’s go home.”

 

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