Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 806

“A person!”

*Vroooom!*

His foot slammed down on the accelerator.

“You should have some concept of a day off!”

Jo Gyu-min was yelling.

How long had it been since he had a break like this?

He couldn’t even remember the last time he had a full Sunday off without being tied to work. For the past few months, a day off for him wasn’t a day to rest at home, but a day to work at home.

The day had finally come when he could escape that terrible cycle and become one with his sofa! But what was this situation?

“Is this how you’re getting revenge?”

This was definitely revenge.

‘There are other things to get revenge for!’

Making a workaholic rest is something anyone should do. Especially if that workaholic’s condition isn’t good, anyone would recommend rest.

When you go to the hospital, the doctor always says the same thing.

Quit smoking, cut down on drinking, and get some rest.

Who doesn’t know that?

Isn’t that why we live like this because we can’t do it?

So, instead of scaring me by saying my blood pressure is rising, a doctor’s role should be to help me maintain my health while drinking, smoking, and being swamped with work…

What was I thinking about?

Anyway!

Jo Gyu-min shuddered.

He could feel the malice.

The schedule he sent without thinking wasn’t just random. He clearly knew it was the weekend, and he sent the schedule knowing that Jo Gyu-min would be resting right now.

‘Even though I had nothing to do and was feeling uneasy about just lazing around, so I was wondering what to do! Even though I was thinking that it might be easier next week if I went to work and did some of the things I had to do on Monday! Even though I didn’t have any plans or anyone to meet, so I was wondering what to eat for dinner!’

…No, isn’t it a good thing that I have something to do?

Jo Gyu-min, who had been staring blankly out the car window, shook his head violently.

‘That was dangerous.’

He almost accepted it.

No, he had already half-accepted it.

The fact that he was now driving back to the company was proof of that.

‘Damn it, returning.’

Returning means going back to where you belong. If he had to use the word ‘returning,’ it should be used when going from the company to home, not when going from home to the company like now.

“I’m done for.”

A hazy film clouded Jo Gyu-min’s eyes.

He had become someone who couldn’t live without work. In this world where others are fighting for their rights every day through labor unions and such, Jo Gyu-min was a voluntary slave, wondering how he could serve the company without pay today.

His worries should have ended with worries!

Seeing himself rushing to work on a Sunday without a moment’s hesitation or protest just because his boss called, a wave of sadness began to wash over him.

But what could he do? Jo Gyu-min’s body was already soaked in work, and his blood flowed with it.

Jo Gyu-min had already gone too far to turn back.

Last week, what his mother had said when they met briefly kept echoing in his ears.

“They say people don’t get married early these days.”

“A good person will always appear. There’s no need to rush.”

“Yeah, what’s so important about marriage?”

If she had been nagging him to get married quickly like other families, he would have just found it annoying.

But damn it! To be comforted by his mother!

It seemed that even his mother thought there was no way Jo Gyu-min would get married. Well, what she said was true. His mother knew that he was always at the company whenever she called him.

You have to look at the sky to pick a star, but how can a person who is always stuck in the office meet a woman and get married? It was impossible unless he met an office fairy.

Jo Gyu-min squeezed his eyes shut.

If he really wanted to get married, there was also the option of going on blind dates. But Jo Gyu-min knew how reckless that was.

Even if he met someone in this state and was lucky enough to get married, if he only came home once every three days, and even then, only after midnight, he would end up paying all his earnings as alimony and getting a divorce within three months.

So, what marriage?

‘This won’t do.’

How important is the quality of life?

A high salary and social status are certainly important. But if you don’t have time to enjoy all of that, it’s meaningless.

Even if you have money, you don’t have time to spend it, and even if you gain fame, you don’t have the chance to meet people who will recognize it.

Jo Gyu-min was now treated as a legendary office ghost, a rumor within the company.

“A life with evenings!”

Jo Gyu-min’s eyes blazed.

Jo Gyu-min, who had realized the importance of welfare after ten years of working, bit his lip.

He would fight!

He would resist and fight against this absurd reality!

And now, he would find his own life! Definitely!

Jo Gyu-min, burning with determination, stepped on the accelerator. Today, he would settle things with that evil boss.

“So?”

Everything collapsed.

Everything about Jo Gyu-min was collapsing completely.

The moment he met that wicked boss, Jo Gyu-min poured out all his pent-up resentment. His logic was perfect, and his voice was persuasive.

Even someone who didn’t know the situation would have shed tears or nodded in agreement while applauding after hearing Jo Gyu-min’s long speech.

Even if they didn’t show such an extreme reaction, they wouldn’t hesitate to cast their vote for Jo Gyu-min’s side.

But the person in front of him was not an ordinary person. He was someone whose emotions were completely dried up, whose personality was completely terrible, or who had a clear problem with his humanity.

It was Jo Gyu-min’s misfortune to have such a person as his boss.

Kang Jin-ho listened to Jo Gyu-min’s desperate cry with one ear and let it out the other.

He wouldn’t even dismiss the uninteresting TV sounds he heard while using his phone on the sofa so carelessly.

Jo Gyu-min, despairing at the overwhelming indifference, squeezed out a voice with difficulty.

“It’s not ‘so?’…”

“I understand what you’re saying.”

That translates to ‘I don’t understand what you’re saying.’ Probably.

“But that’s not important right now.”

Why isn’t it important, you jerk!

Why isn’t that important! It’s about my rest!

Even a squirrel gets tired of running on a wheel and comes down to drink water and eat sunflower seeds, but what sin did he commit to be sentenced to a forced ban on getting off the wheel?

“I said I understand what you’re saying.”

Kang Jin-ho turned his head slightly.

“So, today is a holiday, and because it’s a holiday, you should rest, and because you should rest, this is difficult, right?”

“That’s right!”

Usually, when Kang Jin-ho acted like this, Jo Gyu-min would lower his head and say he would do his best. That’s how it had been until now.

But today’s Jo Gyu-min was different.

The Jo Gyu-min of yesterday was dead. The foolish Jo Gyu-min who couldn’t balance work and life was dead. The one here was the reborn Jo Gyu-min.

The new Jo Gyu-min, who knew the meaning of struggle and resistance, and who knew the importance of welfare and quality of life, was here!

Jo Gyu-min said firmly.

“It’s difficult today!”

Then Kang Jin-ho nodded as if he understood.

“Okay, then let’s cancel it.”

“…Huh?”

Jo Gyu-min tilted his head.

‘That’s strange?’

Kang Jin-ho wasn’t someone who would do this.

Jo Gyu-min knew. Kang Jin-ho pretended to respect people’s words, but in reality, he was someone who never gave up his own opinion. If there was something that needed to be done, he would make it happen by any means.

Sometimes he would push with logic, and sometimes he would use his power to force it, trying to get the desired result.

Yes, so it was like…

‘Like Chairman Hwang Jeong-hu.’

Little Hwang Jeong-hu. Little… no, not even little. He was older.

The difference was that Chairman Hwang Jeong-hu focused on work even at the expense of his family and relatives, while Kang Jin-ho still prioritized his family and relatives over work.

That was it.

There was only a difference in where they placed their priorities, but these two were doing the same thing. They were the type of people who, if you said you couldn’t do something, wouldn’t ask ‘why can’t you do it?’ but would ask ‘have you tried?’

But why was the reaction…

“They said it can’t be done.”

Kang Jin-ho turned his head slightly and opened his mouth.

Then, Han Jin-sung, who had been waiting, nodded as if there was nothing he could do.

“They said it can’t be done.”

“They said it can’t be done?”

“They said it can’t be done.”

“…We’re screwed today.”

“They said it can’t be done.”

Jo Gyu-min’s eyes widened.

The children who had been waiting outside the door were all coming into the room with gloomy expressions, nodding their heads.

‘Ah, no.’

Wasn’t this the opposite of what should be happening?

Shouldn’t the children inside be going out after hearing that it couldn’t be done?

Why were they coming in when it couldn’t be done? Why, what were they going to do here?

“They said it can’t be done.”

“…Uhhuh.”

The children stood behind Kang Jin-ho with gloomy expressions. One by one.

Seeing their numbers increasing, Jo Gyu-min unconsciously pulled his chair back slightly and leaned back.

‘Just yell at me, you guys!’

If the children had thrown a tantrum or gotten angry because they wanted to go, Jo Gyu-min would have been able to deal with it firmly. He had already dealt with countless difficult situations. He was originally from the security team. Jo Gyu-min was someone who was skilled at dealing with people who insisted on unreasonable things.

But this was…

Slightly teary eyes stared at him.

It wasn’t ‘Is there really no way?’ It was ‘It’s a little disappointing, but it’s okay. We’re used to this.’

A person who could be firm after receiving this look?

There would be. Of course, there would be someone somewhere in the world.

But Jo Gyu-min wasn’t one of them.

If you didn’t waver after receiving that look, you weren’t human.

“If you’ve all heard, go back and finish what you were doing. It can’t be done today. Don’t bother an innocent person.”

That bastard…

Seeing Kang Jin-ho speaking so calmly made his stomach churn.

“…Yes.”

The children nodded weakly and trudged out. A small child hugged by a slightly bigger child stared at Jo Gyu-min with big eyes.

He had to endure.

Yes, he had to endure.

If he endured this, he could rest today…

‘Rest?’

With this feeling?

It would be a miracle if he didn’t bite the sofa, damn it!

“…I’ll prepare it.”

“Huh?”

“I said I’ll prepare it! If I prepare it, it’ll be done! Don’t worry and go out! I’ll take care of everything!”

Jo Gyu-min jumped up from his seat and shouted. The children’s eyes instantly brightened.

Kang Jin-ho’s calm voice reached Jo Gyu-min’s ears, who was feeling both wronged and proud at the same time.

“If you’re going to do it, just do it. Why are you getting angry?”

It was the moment when kicking Kang Jin-ho’s shin was added to Jo Gyu-min’s bucket list.