The Heavenly Demon Can't Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 7

News travels fast.

As soon as the Blood Fang group in Dimitri was defeated, news of it reached their headquarters in Lawrence.

“Is that really true?”

“Yes. Our sources say Roman Dimitri alone defeated the entire Dimitri branch. What should we do? The Dimitri Knights are also moving, so we could be in danger if we stay here.”

“Damn it.”

Ben Miles, the leader of Blood Fang, looked angry.

“I can’t believe it. The Roman Dimitri we know isn’t capable of that. Everyone thought Roman Dimitri was a fool, and he even failed to get into the Royal Academy of Swordsmanship. How could he wipe out the entire Dimitri branch? It doesn’t make sense.”

A few days earlier, when Ben Miles heard that Roman had defeated his men, he saw it as a perfect chance.

Most groups wouldn’t dare to attack a noble.

Nobles care a lot about their honor. If someone hurts a noble, the noble family will want revenge to protect their honor. That’s why Blood Fang was famous for attacking nobles, even though it was very risky.

This was a similar situation.

Ben Miles wanted to make Blood Fang famous for being bad again by getting rid of Roman Dimitri.

Roman was the perfect target.

Everyone thought he was a fool. Even though he was the oldest son of the Dimitri family, people said that Baron Romero supported his other two sons more than Roman. Ben Miles thought the Baron might even be happy if Roman died. After thinking about everything, Ben Miles ordered his men to kill Roman in Dimitri territory.

He was sure they would succeed.

Nobles are still human. If someone stabs them with a knife, they will bleed and die.

But things didn’t go as planned.

Not only were his men defeated, but the entire Blood Fang group in Dimitri was destroyed.

“If we run away, people will stop fearing us.”

The problem was their reputation. Ben Miles thought it would be easy because Roman was known as a fool. But if word got out that they were defeated by him, it would be hard to continue their activities. He needed to make a choice. If they disbanded, they would be safe for now. But it would be almost impossible to be as feared as they were before.

Ben Miles asked, “Where is Roman?”

“He just left Dimitri. He must have gotten information from the Dawn’s Dew. The Dimitri Knights are traveling separately, so Roman will probably arrive in Lawrence first. But if they catch him, he won’t be able to escape.”

“So, he’s alone.”

Ben Miles smiled coldly.

He was shocked that Roman would dare to attack their headquarters in Lawrence alone. How little did he think of Blood Fang?

And he was coming all the way to Lawrence, which was many kilometers away.

Ben Miles couldn’t back down now.

He didn’t want to fight the Dimitri Knights, but he had to deal with Roman for acting without thinking.

“Gather the troops now. Today, we will kill the Dimitri family’s brat and make Blood Fang feared again.”

Ben Miles, as the leader, was sure he was making the right decision.

The Dimitri Knights arrived in Lawrence territory as the sun began to set.

It took longer than they expected because the attack happened during training, which caused delays.

Jonathan, the leader of the Knights, rode at the front and announced why they were there.

“I am Jonathan, the Knight Commander of the Dimitri Barony! Roman Dimitri, the eldest son of the Dimitri family, has entered Lawrence! Open the gates now! Blood Fang is trying to kill Roman!”

Every second counted.

He shouted, his neck vein popping out, but the gates of Lawrence stayed closed.

A guard captain appeared above the walls. He was a square-jawed man with a serious look.

The guard captain didn’t answer Jonathan.

“I’m sorry, but we can’t open the gates to armed soldiers. If you want to enter Lawrence, you must put down your weapons and follow the rules.”

“Didn’t you hear me? Roman is in danger! We need our weapons to save him!”

“Please understand our position. No territory would open its gates to soldiers who arrive without warning. I know it’s urgent, but if Roman Dimitri is in danger, we will send our own troops. So, you can either turn around and leave, or drop your weapons and follow the rules. Those are your only choices.”

“Tch!”

Jonathan’s face turned red.

Lawrence and Dimitri were not strangers, but they still wouldn’t open the gates. Jonathan understood why, but he was still angry.

“You damn bastards. If something happens to Roman while we waste time like this, I won’t let you get away with it. I am Jonathan, the leader of the Dimitri Knights. I promise I will remember your faces. So, open the door. Now is not the time to waste time on rules. We need to work together and find Roman as soon as possible.”

Rumble.

His sword vibrated.

Jonathan was a 3-star aura knight, and the guard captain couldn’t handle his power.

The guard captain finally realized how serious the situation was, but he couldn’t make a quick decision.

It was a tense moment.

Just then, a soldier from Lawrence ran to the guard captain and whispered something to him.

The guard captain’s face turned pale. He was shocked.

“Is that true?”

“Yes. Lawrence Square is in chaos right now.”

“Oh, dear.”

Something was happening in Lawrence.

Jonathan lost his patience.

“Open the door, you sons of bitches!”

Lawrence Square.

Just a short time ago, it was calm and normal. People were buying food, talking, and going about their day. Children laughed as they chased pigeons. But then, everything changed.

A scream cut through the air. “Kyaa!”

“W-what is that?” someone else shouted, fear in their voice.

Drag. A heavy sound echoed across the square.

It was Roman.

He had arrived in Lawrence an hour before the Dimitri Knights. He held a man by his hair, pulling him across the stone ground. Blood covered the man’s face. Roman dragged him to the middle of the square.

People stared in horror. They stepped back, making a wide circle around Roman and the bloody man. Slowly, more and more people gathered, whispering and pointing.

“Oh, my god,” someone breathed.

“What on earth is going on?”

“Shouldn’t we stop this?”

People were panicking.

But Roman ignored them.

Instead, he gripped the man’s hair even more brutally, prompting the man to beg, his lips dry.

“Plea… Please, spare me.”

The man was Ben Miles, the leader of the Blood Fang.

When Ben Miles ordered Roman’s elimination, he did not expect this at all.

He thought Roman was Dimitri’s simpleton.

He thought he could quickly deal with him and disappear, but what happened next was unbelievable.

Roman arrived at the Blood Fang’s hideout, and from that moment on, the massacre began.

Even with dozens of members charging at him, Roman didn’t move back at all, and whenever his sword flashed, the members fell, spraying blood.

It was an overwhelming sight.

His head was spinning.

Everything he knew was wrong.

‘Is this Dimitri’s simpleton?’

He couldn’t believe it even after seeing it with his own eyes.

Criminal organizations valued information above all else, and thus, they knew how pathetic and insignificant Roman was.

Even acts of revenge were selective.

If Roman had been a strong person, they wouldn’t have dared to even consider it.

But the reality was different.

Faced with a Roman who was completely different from what he generally knew, Ben Miles was very scared.

‘I have to escape.’

But the decision came too late.

From the moment he showed his face to eliminate Roman, his remaining options were limited.

As a result, Ben Miles was in this state.

He couldn’t think clearly because of the pain, and he couldn’t see clearly because blood was in his eyes.

‘I’m going to die like this.’

It was instinct, so he begged.

He grabbed Roman’s trouser leg and sobbed.

“I was really wrong. If you spare my life, I will do anything for Master Roman. I will offer the Blood Fang organization to you, and I will give you all the gold and jewels I have collected. So please, spare me. Just think of it as saving a lowly dog who doesn’t know his place. If you show mercy just once, you can gain a dog who will give his life for Master Roman.”

He was desperate.

He didn’t care what people thought.

He struggled to live, and he gave up everything to live.

Abruptly, Roman stopped walking.

“A dog who will give his life for me, huh.”

He chuckled.

Having reached the center of the plaza, Roman looked down at Ben Miles.

“You should have made that judgment before threatening me.”

“Lo, Lord, please…”

Squeeze!

He gripped his head tightly, and then, he spoke to the people watching him.

“This man I’m holding is the leader of the Blood Fang, who has been sucking the blood of innocent citizens with unfair loans. You all know how terrible the Blood Fang is.”

Murmur, murmur.

The people stirred.

They couldn’t help but be taken aback by the identities of Roman Dimitri and Ben Miles.

Blood boiled.

In the tense atmosphere, Roman directly carried out what he had intended to do since setting foot in Lawrence.

“The Blood Fang has extended its reach even to Dimitri. They plunged the people of Dimitri’s territory into despair with their evil plans, and even showed the intention to kill me for hindering them. The Blood Fang’s sins are clear. Therefore, in front of you all, I will destroy the source of evil.”

There was no time to close his eyes.

As soon as he finished speaking.

Thud!

Roman slammed Ben Miles’s face hard into the ground.

Blood splattered.

His face was a bloody mess, and Ben Miles’s eyes went wide.

That was the end.

Ben Miles, who had uttered countless pleas for mercy while being dragged, lay limp and unmoving.

The people held their breath.

Even in a world where death was commonplace, the scene they were witnessing was shocking.

And then.

“Lo, Lord?!”

Jonathan and the Dimitri Knights arrived late at the scene, their faces horrified.

News of the events in the plaza would soon reach every corner of Lawrence, including the Lord’s office where Flora waited.

Flora paced back and forth in front of her father’s office.

“……Haa.”

A sigh escaped her lips.

Immediately after visiting Dimitri’s territory, after formally expressing her intention to break off the engagement, she had returned to Lawrence but had not yet told her father the truth.

A broken engagement was a matter of utmost urgency for Lawrence.

Her father’s plan to solve problems based on Dimitri’s financial power would all be in vain, and as a father who had raised Flora as a precious daughter, his disappointment would be immense.

She didn’t have the confidence to face her father’s disappointed expression.

Even though she had judged it was the right thing to do for her life when she declared the broken engagement, Flora had become a coward in the face of the reality that had befallen her.

‘Yes, let’s tell him. It’s my life. I can’t be sold off to a man I don’t even like through a political marriage.’

She steeled her heart.

Even if it was a political marriage, she wanted to marry a man she could at least respect, not a man like Dimitri’s simpleton.

This is the right choice.

Just as Flora was about to open the door.

“Lord! Lord!”

A soldier came running hurriedly.

As if something big had happened, he gave Flora a quick hello and went straight into the office.

Flora was confused.

With the door closed right in front of her, a question mark appeared on Flora’s face.

“……What’s going on?”

She couldn’t know.