Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 405

Knock knock.

“Come in.”

As Hwang Jung-hoo’s aged voice echoed, Jo Gyu-min swallowed hard and carefully opened the door.

“Yes, come on in.”

Hwang Jung-hoo smiled, greeting Kang Jin-ho.

“You’ve seen my pathetic state.”

“It’s alright.”

Hwang Jung-hoo nodded slowly.

“Right. You’ll understand. You have to understand. There’s nothing as difficult as raising children in this world. Haven’t you experienced it?”

“I’ve never had children.”

“Then what have you been doing all this time?”

Kang Jin-ho completely gave up on the idea of comforting the old man. Hwang Jung-hoo was, after all, Hwang Jung-hoo. In that short time, he had regained his composure and returned to his usual self.

“Sit down first.”

“Yes.”

Kang Jin-ho and Jo Gyu-min took their seats on either side of Hwang Jung-hoo. Hwang Jung-hoo pressed the intercom to order coffee and then offered a cigarette to Kang Jin-ho.

“Have one.”

“Yes.”

Kang Jin-ho accepted it without hesitation.

In fact, considering how long he had lived, it was ridiculous to stand on ceremony. The two men lit their cigarettes and quietly puffed out smoke.

“You sold my name?”

“That’s what happened.”

“Good job.”

Hwang Jung-hoo smiled.

“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t even have a name to sell. I’m grateful that you used it like that. If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t have a chance to repay you.”

“Looking at those guys, I realize how much you’ve done for me. If it weren’t for you, those guys would have been running this company. It’s terrifying to think about.”

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho’s forehead twitched.

However, Jo Gyu-min desperately gave Kang Jin-ho a warning look where Hwang Jung-hoo couldn’t see.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho, who had now developed some sense, wore a dissatisfied expression but didn’t say anything in particular.

“How about we go fishing sometime soon?”

“Fishing…”

Kang Jin-ho tilted his head.

“I don’t know how to do it?”

“That’s something you can learn. There are people who are good at fishing, but no one who can’t do it.”

“Is it fun?”

“You’ll know when you try it. It’s not for nothing that people go to the rivers and seas every weekend.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded slowly.

“Let’s do that.”

“Hehehe, that’s refreshing.”

Jo Gyu-min secretly sighed.

‘Even if we get through today like this…’

Jo Gyu-min’s heart grew heavy as he thought about what was to come. There was a chance that Hwang Jung-hoo, who would never budge on his opinion, and Kang Jin-ho, who couldn’t speak his mind, would clash head-on.

‘That’s going to be a disaster.’

Jo Gyu-min clasped his hands together on his lap.

He prayed that if there was a god, please don’t let these two clash.

Of course, if God listened to everyone’s prayers, the world wouldn’t be so harsh.

“…So that’s what happened?”

‘I’m sorry, hyung [older brother/close male friend].’

He didn’t know why he was apologizing.

But for some reason, he felt like he had to apologize. Han Jin-sung turned his head with a desolate look, feeling like he had dropped a bomb by saying something unnecessary.

The other kids had similar expressions.

The kids, realizing that they had opened Pandora’s Box, looked at Choi Yeon-ha with awkward expressions.

Then, they couldn’t even look at her for long and turned their heads away.

Choi Yeon-ha’s face, which was radiating cold fury, was so scary that they couldn’t even look at her directly. If they opened their mouths carelessly, they felt like they would shout, ‘Please save me, Queen!’ instead of what they wanted to say.

“Han Se-yeon?”

“…Yes.”

“What is she doing now?”

“I, I don’t know?”

“You don’t know?”

“Why don’t you know? You should know!”

There was no logic, no basis. But he couldn’t argue. If he opened his mouth to argue here, he felt like he would be stabbed to death by an ice pick.

“So, what is it? Ha…”

Choi Yeon-ha, fanning her face a few times as if she was burning up, spoke in a venomous tone.

“So, it’s not that he’s not interested in women! It means he already had a girlfriend!”

“Y, yes.”

“Then it means he’s not impotent.”

Han Se-yeon, you are a leading actress in Korea.

If the reporters had recorded what you just said, it would be on the front page of the entertainment news tomorrow. Please, keep some decorum. Please.

“Why isn’t he impotent!”

“Noona [older sister/close female friend], you’re focusing on the wrong thing. Get a grip.”

“He should be impotent! If he’s going to ignore people like that, he should be impotent! But why isn’t he impotent? Does that mean I’m worse than that Han Se-yeon or whatever her name is?”

In Han Jin-sung’s view, Choi Yeon-ha was having a mental breakdown.

‘Amazing, really.’

Kang Jin-ho and Choi Yeon-ha were equally bad at living up to their looks. Kang Jin-ho, who was called impotent with that face, and Choi Yeon-ha, who was having a mental breakdown like an idol’s dating scandal had broken out after hearing that Kang Jin-ho had a girlfriend.

‘If you’re going to use your face like that, give it to me.’

Han Jin-sung had thought that these two were as incompatible as oil and water, but recently his thoughts were changing a little. Maybe these two could be a fantastic couple.

“…No, but it’s better that he’s not impotent. Then there’s a possibility. No. Maybe it’s better if he’s impotent? Then my pride would be less hurt. Which is better?”

Han Jin-sung sighed quietly as he watched Choi Yeon-ha, who had entered the stage of self-destruction. Seeing Choi Yeon-ha, who was clicking her tongue and biting her nails in front of so many people, he felt a little sorry for her…

‘Stupid.’

Damn it, why are they so similar!

If those two meet, they’ll be the epitome of a harmonious couple.

“Noona, calm down first.”

“Uhh.”

She was out of it.

The Choi Yeon-ha who would throw a tantrum at anything Han Jin-sung said was gone, and only Choi Yeon-ha, who was spaced out and nodding, remained.

“Hey.”

“Yes?”

“Objectively speaking, even you, do you think that Han Se-yeon woman is better than me?”

“Objectively?”

“…It’s okay if it’s a little subjective. You know that I like you a lot, right?”

Han Jin-sung wiped the moisture from his eyes.

Who made this woman like this! This woman who was so confident and had nothing to envy in the world!

“This is Jin-ho hyung’s fault.”

The answer was given by Jong-seok, who was the main culprit of this situation.

Jong-seok, who would win a gold medal by beating up the medalists if there was an Olympics for being clueless, clicked his tongue and said.

“Look, noona is being so nice to you, but if you treat her like that, what does that make her?”

“…Jo, Jong-seok.”

“Wow, if you go this far, you won’t have any pride left. It’s a complete KO loss. No matter how strong the memory of your first love and first girlfriend is, if there’s this much of a difference, at least in Jin-ho hyung’s mind, Se-yeon noona…”

“Aaaaaah! Shut up, you bastard!”

Han Jin-sung picked up the pillow next to him and threw it at Jong-seok’s face.

“Ah, why!”

Jong-seok, who had been hit by the pillow, asked as if he didn’t know what was going on, and the girls who had been watching the situation launched a carpet bombing.

“Go die! Just die!”

“Are you clueless or just have no sense?”

“Don’t open your mouth if you can help it. It’s frustrating just hearing you!”

Even if he was clueless, he couldn’t help but know that if he opened his mouth any more in this situation, he would be beaten to death. As Jong-seok wiped away his cold sweat and quietly backed away, everyone’s gaze slowly turned to Choi Yeon-ha.

Stagger.

Choi Yeon-ha staggered and got up from her seat.

“…I, I have something to do…”

Something to do?

What kind of business does someone who came to play in the middle of the night have?

“N, noona.”

“Tomorrow… I’ll come tomorrow. Kids, sleep well…”

“Noona!”

“Ah, bye.”

Something seemed to be glistening on Choi Yeon-ha’s face as she waved her hand.

As Choi Yeon-ha, who was filled with injustice and resentment, ran out with a thud, the girls’ gazes all turned to Han Jin-sung.

“What are you going to do?”

“What are you going to do about our unnie [older sister] being so pitiful!”

“Ah, no…”

And Han Jin-sung was also wronged.

“Why me! What did I do wrong!”

“It’s because you led the conversation in a weird way!”

“Then you should say something to Jong-seok!”

“He doesn’t understand! You should have stopped him by hitting him!”

That makes sense.

I understand.

“…I’m sorry.”

It was a mistake that he failed to impose an iron fist on that clueless guy before he caused an accident.

“Noona… will she come back?”

The moment he heard those words, his heart sank.

“Sh, she said she’d come tomorrow.”

“She looks like she’s completely broken mentally, and she’ll be so embarrassed after some time, will she still come back? I don’t think I would if I were her?”

Upon hearing those words, the young girls asked with anxious faces.

“Sh, she won’t come?”

“…No, that’s not it…”

“She won’t come?”

Seeing the children’s eyes fill with tears in an instant, Han Jin-sung was startled and jumped up from his seat.

“Don’t cry! Don’t cry! Unnie will come! If she doesn’t come, I’ll drag her here somehow, so don’t cry! If one of you cries, this place will be a mess!”

The children began to sob and hold back their tears.

The problem was a little more serious.

The young girls could be like that, but the middle schoolers and even the high schoolers had expressions that weren’t good. Especially as you went higher up, the atmosphere was changing from sadness to anger.

“What are you going to do! If unnie doesn’t come now, I’ll curse you for the rest of your life!”

“Yeah!”

Han Jin-sung was wronged.

Even if he was framed for treason and his entire family was killed, he wouldn’t feel more wronged than this.

“Unnie is a really good person. She’s been so good to us.”

“That’s right!”

“Not because she’s rich?”

The girls’ eyes became venomous.

“Do you think we can’t tell the difference between someone who just comes and gives us money to make themselves feel good and someone who really likes us and plays with us? We’ve been reading people’s expressions for over a decade. We can tell just by looking at their faces!”

Yes, usually that kind of ability is developed.

But why is Jong-seok like that? He’s like some kind of alien.

“I loved it when unnie tied my hair…”

“When she taught me massage.”

“When she bought me clothes.”

“When she bought me expensive food.”

…You guys were very luxurious.

We were having a hard time.

“Do something! How can such a good unnie not come because of this!”

“Even if I…”

As Han Jin-sung showed his reluctance, Jong-seok raised his hand.

“I… I have an idea.”

“Don’t think!”

“You have no thoughts.”

“Okay, go back. We won’t listen.”

Jong-seok lowered his head with a sullen face.

“No, I really have an idea…”

“What? Don’t cause any trouble later, just say it here. Make it quick.”

Jong-seok, having gotten the chance, opened his mouth without delay.

“This, it’s because noona’s relationship with hyung wasn’t good in the first place, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then why don’t we step in and make them get along? Then she’ll come more often.”

“This bastard…”

Han Jin-sung said with sincerity.

“He’s a genius?”

But he has no sense.