Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1979

Definitely…

Just a moment ago, there wasn’t a single doubt in his mind.

He had found the path forward, and all that was left was to act on his decision.

But at this moment, Kang Jin-ho had to realize anew.

That when standing on a shore where a raging typhoon and house-sized waves crash down, human will is of no value.

“Hello…”

“Hellooo?”

Kang Jin-ho pursed his lips and forced an awkward smile.

It’s a good thing when a person’s intuition grows, but sometimes it can be cruel. Just from the emotion in that voice, he could already clearly foresee what kind of trouble he was about to face.

“To Korea…”

“If you’re going to sneak in here,”

“You should be reporting immediately where you got hurt, if your body is okay, if your head is still working! Instead, you just slink in and say, ‘Hello?’ ‘Hellooo?’ Do you think I’m going to be okay, you little shit!”

“I, I’m sorry. I apologize…”

“I don’t need it!”

Choi Yeon-ha roared.

Kang Jin-ho, who hadn’t even blinked an eye while facing the Shaolin abbot’s roar, reflexively raised both hands to cover his face now.

If he had a tail, it would probably be curled up and drooping by now.

“No, that’s…”

“What?”

“…It’s nothing. It’s all my fault.”

“What? Do you think I’ll let you off just like that? If apologizing was all it took, why would there be prisons!”

That’s the truth.

“Anyway…”

Choi Yeon-ha’s eyes blazed.

“I thought things were a mess, so I was going to wait until you finished cleaning up before bothering you, but what is this! If I had just left it, I would have seen you next year, next year! Oh my, if I had known, I would have made a reservation in advance! Who knew the wait would be this long? Did you change the chef?”

His ears felt like they were bleeding.

No, maybe they were already bleeding.

Every single thing she said was right… No, it was even scarier because everything she said was right. It was impossible to argue, let alone make excuses.

“So, do you have anything to say?”

“Well…”

“What?”

“…I’m sorry.”

Choi Yeon-ha gestured with her chin towards the inside of the cafe.

“Then, coffee.”

“I’ll bring it right away. The usual?”

“No. A macchiato with lots of syrup. I’m so stressed, I need something sweet.”

“Why are you stressed…”

“Do you even need to ask?”

“I, I’ll bring it right away.”

Kang Jin-ho dashed into the cafe. Seeing this, Choi Yeon-ha sighed deeply.

“This is my fate. Oh, this is my fate.” How did I end up meeting someone like that?

A man who is good-looking, rich, and good at fighting, but otherwise useless…

What? Isn’t that enough?

That’s not the point!

“It’s so frustrating!”

A person should find peace of mind when they are with someone, but that man is chaos itself, a destroyer who shatters peace of mind.

Her skin, which used to be firm and radiant without spending a penny at the dermatologist, seems to be getting rougher and rougher since she met that man.

What? Who was the bastard who just said it’s because I’m getting old?

Choi Yeon-ha scratched her head vigorously.

Even though it was a quiet cafe table on a secluded coastal road where people didn’t often pass by, it wasn’t the kind of behavior a celebrity should be doing in public.

But Choi Yeon-ha’s mind was not on that right now.

“Ugh.”

Choi Yeon-ha sighed deeply.

She had thought a lot before coming here. Whether to rush in and bite his face off, or to pat him on the shoulder and tell him he had worked hard.

Logically, she knew the latter was the right thing to do, but emotionally, she felt like she wouldn’t be satisfied unless she bit him quite a bit.

In the end, she decided to pat him on the shoulder…

“…I’m still a child, a child.”

Why does she get angry as soon as she sees his face…

Even though people can’t always do everything they think they should…

“Jin-ho must be having a hard time too.”

It’s not like Choi Yeon-ha doesn’t know what situation Kang Jin-ho is in. That’s why she was angry.

She was first angry that he didn’t look for her at all when he was having a hard time, and she was even angrier at herself for getting angry as soon as she saw his face, even though she knew Kang Jin-ho must have been struggling.

“I should die, I should die.”

At this age, not being able to control my own temper…

Choi Yeon-ha took a deep breath.

The first button was not only buttoned wrong but had fallen off, but anyway, when Kang Jin-ho came back, she would smile…

“H-here you go.”

Choi Yeon-ha’s face twitched.

‘Ah, he’s not my boyfriend anymore.’

Choi Yeon-ha understood what she was feeling.

A boyfriend is someone you miss even when you’re together, and you miss even more when you’re apart, but a husband is someone who makes you feel annoyed when you see them, and frustrated when you don’t…

From the moment she faced him, heat was bubbling up from her entire body.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo!”

Choi Yeon-ha took a deep breath.

Otherwise, good words wouldn’t come out of her mouth…

“Are you sick somewhere?”

Snap.

Something snapped somewhere in her head.

“Kkeueue…”

Seeing Choi Yeon-ha trembling, Kang Jin-ho quietly shut his mouth. The survival instinct alive within him was sending out a fierce warning signal that if he opened his mouth now, he would really die.

Choi Yeon-ha turned her head sharply and glared at Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho flinched and slightly turned his head away, and finally, a sigh escaped from Choi Yeon-ha’s lips.

“Sit down.”

“Yes.”

Kang Jin-ho quickly sat down, and Choi Yeon-ha snatched the macchiato from Kang Jin-ho’s hand and gulped it down in one go.

“Ah, it’s hot!”

“Why is it so hot! It’s annoying!” Thud!

Choi Yeon-ha slammed the cup on the table as if it would break, took a deep breath, and looked at Kang Jin-ho.

“Hey!”

“Yes, it’s all my fault. I’ve committed a crime worthy of death. If you could just understand and forgive me this once…”

If…

If the Azure Demon was in front of him right now,

What kind of expression would he have?

Kang Jin-ho, who had never shown weakness even when the elite of the righteous faction surrounded him and attacked him together, and who had even terrified them when he finally lost his life, was now showing a weak side.

The Iron-Blooded Demon.

The Great Devil who plunged the world into hell.

But there was no perfect strength in the world, and there was no eternal strongman.

“No…”

“Yes, I…”

“Ah, shut your mouth! That’s not it!”

Choi Yeon-ha glared at Kang Jin-ho, who had closed his mouth tightly.

“Didn’t you miss me?”

“I asked if you didn’t miss me!”

“I, I missed you.”

“Then why are you like this?”

“I’m sorry…”

Choi Yeon-ha shook her head.

Seeing Kang Jin-ho’s face, who didn’t know what to do, she wasn’t angry anymore.

This person must have had his reasons.

“Tell me.”

“Why didn’t you come? It doesn’t seem like it should have taken this long.”

As Choi Yeon-ha’s voice became serious, Kang Jin-ho also changed his expression. Seeing Kang Jin-ho’s slightly expressionless face, Choi Yeon-ha took a short breath.

“It’s just a little…”

“Yes.”

“No.”

Kang Jin-ho shook his head.

“I wanted to meet you after everything was settled.”

“I didn’t have the courage to meet you without making a firm decision.”

“Are you afraid that meeting me would make you make a strange decision? Or are you afraid that what I say would shake you?”

Kang Jin-ho closed his eyes for a moment.

He didn’t know how to explain this feeling.

“If I had met Choi Yeon-ha before today…”

“Yes.”

“It’s because I knew what kind of decision I would have made.”

Choi Yeon-ha bit her lip slightly.

She knew too.

That the most important decision in life can only be made by oneself.

It’s not because Choi Yeon-ha can’t influence Kang Jin-ho. Rather, it’s because Choi Yeon-ha has too much influence that he wants to avoid it.

‘I really hate this.’

Even when she wants to get angry, her mind understands his intentions. What’s even worse is that it’s hard for her heart to accept what her mind understands.

“You know, Jin-ho.”

“Yes.”

“I think I know why you did that. But.”

“I still wished you had consulted with me a little.”

“…I’m sorry.”

Choi Yeon-ha shook her head.

“No. I know this is just me being whiny. It’s not something you need to apologize for.”

Choi Yeon-ha would do the same.

If it was the most important thing related to her life, she would decide for herself no matter what Kang Jin-ho said. Even if Kang Jin-ho tried to stop her.

“So…”

“Yes.”

“What are you going to do?”

The main point came out.

Kang Jin-ho silently looked at Choi Yeon-ha.

Perhaps this long time was a preparation process to say these words in front of this person.

“I…”

“Yes.”

“I will fight.”

Choi Yeon-ha’s expression changes in an unreadable way.

It was like she had heard the words she was supposed to hear, and also like she was forced to hear the words she didn’t want to hear.

“How?”

“Jin-ho.”

“Yes.”

“You know what those people are doing, right?”

“I know.”

“You also know that it’s a nuclear weapons launch facility, right?”

Kang Jin-ho nodded silently.

“But you’re going to fight? How?”

Choi Yeon-ha bit her lip.

“I actually knew it. That this would be the answer I would eventually hear. That it would be useless to try to stop you. That even if I cried and begged, got angry and flipped out, you would eventually go.”

The emotion in her voice pierced Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho couldn’t say anything and closed his eyes.

“So, I want to ask you one thing.”

“…Yes.”

“Why do you have to go, Jin-ho?”

Choi Yeon-ha’s eyes are getting redder.

“Until now, it was an area I couldn’t interfere with, so I couldn’t say anything. Because it was a story of your world. Because it was a place I couldn’t step into. So, all I could say was to come back alive no matter what you did. Do you understand?”

“…Yes, I understand.”

“But this time it’s not like that. This isn’t your business. Now it’s my business too. Now this world isn’t a place where your world and my world are separate, you know.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded.

The world was already mixing together. Just like Choi Yeon-ha said.

“There are countless people who can solve it even if it’s not you. There’s America, there’s China! If necessary, Korea, Japan, or even Europe would step up and do something. But why does it have to be you again? Tell me. Tell me and convince me. Why? Why you again! Why!”

Choi Yeon-ha, who had spoken fiercely, raised her hand and pressed her eyes. As if she was afraid of showing a side of herself she didn’t want to show.

“I…”

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho slowly began to open his mouth.