The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 497

Alexsandr was confused.

He was also known as Kim Pan-seok, and he couldn’t understand how he could be the White-Robed Wizard.

He had lived two lives before. How could he now be the White-Robed Wizard?

He was sure he had died.

Defeated by Roman Dmitry and abandoned by the Demon King, he had watched himself fall into the Abyss, fading into nothingness.

Yet, no matter how much time passed, his consciousness did not disappear.

His body was completely gone, but he could still think, as if he still existed in the world.

He was plunged into confusion.

He could not understand his own state.

Then, one day, the world turned white, and a white space unfolded before his eyes.

Suddenly, a voice echoed in the white space.

“[Alexsandr. You are cursed with reincarnation.]”

“…What does that mean?”

“[Living as Alexsandr, you drove countless lives to their deaths, and all of that remains as karma on your soul. It is a sin that cannot be atoned for by death. From now on, you will live a life that repeats endlessly. In the moment you thought was most miserable, you will relive a time when even hope is not allowed. Alexsandr. Moving between worlds is not a good thing for you. Because you have surpassed the limits of humanity, even your death cannot be human.]”

It was a punishment.

For Alexsandr, who had violated the rules of dimension and plunged the world into chaos, God had given him a fitting punishment.

However.

It wasn’t as if there was no opportunity.

A being cursed with reincarnation had exactly one chance for atonement.

“[If you truly admit you did wrong and wish to die as a human, take this chance to make up for what you did wrong. You will live as a new being in a new world, but you must clear all your bad karma in this new life. If you don’t, before you die again, you will suffer the curse of reincarnation again. Remember. It is a single chance. The moment you waste even that last chance for personal desire, your future will not be allowed even a shred of hope.]”

Flash!

Rumble!

The world was engulfed in a massive explosion.

Alexsandr’s consciousness was swept away by the explosion, and when he came to, he existed in a new world.

Park Min-woo.

It was a new name.

After dying in a car accident at the age of nine, Alexsandr was able to obtain his body and live a new life.

It was an ordinary life as an orphan, with no parents or relatives, but Park Min-woo, who had experienced two lives as Kim Pan-seok and Alexsandr, quickly adapted to his new life.

A new life.

The goal was clear.

In order to clear his karma, Park Min-woo, who had become 20 years old, did everything he thought was a good deed.

If he saw elderly people pulling carts on the street, he would push them together, he would not tolerate injustice for students being bullied in the back alleys, and he would leave only the minimum living expenses from the money he earned with difficulty while working day and night, and donate it all.

People who saw him help others called him like an angel without wings.

Seeing him give to those around him even when his own stomach was empty, they had no choice but to acknowledge his good nature.

However.

But the truth was, inside, he felt different.

In a place where no one was watching, Park Min-woo squatted on the floor and lit a cigarette.

“…Damn it. How long will it take to clear all this karma?”

He had a pendant in his hand.

It was a gift from God, and it showed his karma in color.

A very dark black.

It meant that the nature of evil was still strong, and even though he had done so many good deeds by the time he was 20 years old, the color of the pendant showed no sign of changing.

Of course, if you looked closely, it had become a little lighter.

However, since the pendant had to turn completely white to escape the curse of reincarnation, he could not be satisfied with the current results.

“Haa.”

A sigh escaped.

Emperor Alexsandr.

How had he, who had once ruled the world, become like this?

It was then.

He was blankly looking at the sky in the back alley when suddenly the world was shaken and a huge change occurred.

“[Listen, humans.]”

The Absolute Being.

It was the moment he revealed himself.

He foretold a new world, and the life that had been peaceful until yesterday turned into hell.

Kyaak!

Grrrr.

This was the start of the first great disaster.

Monsters appeared.

The monsters that appeared all over the world, including South Korea, tore apart the bodies of people who had not yet grasped the situation.

The first great disaster was bound to be tragic. People did not know how to fight against the monsters, and modern firearms could not penetrate the monsters’ hard outer skin.

People fought back with anything they could find. Even though guns didn’t work well against the monsters’ tough skin, people used iron bars and anything sharp to attack their eyes, trying to survive.

In this desperate fight, people began to awaken special abilities.

South Korea at that time.

It was more tragic than any other country.

Park Min-woo was also at the scene where people were dying.

“Aack!”

“Save me!”

“Ugh, Aargh!”

A one-sided massacre.

The square where people were living their daily lives was stained with blood and death, and Park Min-woo felt confused as he watched the monsters rampaging.

Lately, he had been angry at God. He knew that he had committed a great sin, but shouldn’t God give him a problem he could actually fix?

His karma seemed impossible to clear, no matter how much good he did. He started to think maybe it was better to become bad than to keep living like this.

If he was going to be cursed with reincarnation anyway, why bother trying so hard to be good?

However.

It was different now.

At the sight of the monsters, Park Min-woo felt his blood boiling.

He realized, ‘This is it! This monster attack is my chance to clear my karma!’

It was to solve the great disaster.

People were running away in fear. But Park Min-woo walked towards the monsters, who were attacking like a wave.

“All of you, become sacrifices to clear my karma. Chain Lightning.”

Bzzzt!

Magic surged.

For the past ten years.

Park Min-woo had not neglected his magic training.

He had not revealed it because it was a foreign power to people, but he had been steadily accumulating the power of his previous life.

It was time to unleash that power.

He put on a white robe that made his magic stronger. Then, he used his magic to defeat all the monsters coming at him.

From that day on, people called him the White-Robed Wizard.

He became the hope of South Korea. He was the first Awakened person, and he started the era of Hunters.

While people cheered, Park Min-woo looked at his pendant.

A very small part had turned white.

He was sure. This was the right way to clear his karma.

Park Min-woo made a decision.

To clear all his karma, he decided to live as the White-Robed Wizard and fight for what is right from now on.

That was the new life Park Min-woo had chosen.

And now.

Jo Dal-soo said once again.

“White-Robed Wizard. Please lend us your strength for the future of South Korea. You know very well. If the White-Robed Wizard, who is a top-tier S-rank, does not step forward, there is no way to punish Roman Dmitry, who is plunging South Korea into chaos, without harm. This is something only you, the White-Robed Wizard, can do. You must step forward.”

Someone spoke.

If things were normal, he would have said “yes” right away.

But he looked at his pendant. It was turning white. This meant he had to stop bad people. He knew he couldn’t let someone who caused trouble in South Korea keep doing it.

But something was different this time.

The person they wanted him to fight was Roman Dmitry.

Roman Dmitry was like a monster. Even when the White Mage was at his strongest, he couldn’t beat him.

‘Are they crazy? Telling me to fight Roman Dmitry now? That’s like asking me to kill myself. If I make Roman Dmitry angry, I’m finished. I won’t be able to fix my past mistakes, and I’ll lose my life right away.’

No way.

He would not let that happen.

The White Mage, Park Min-woo, spoke.

“I’m sorry, but I can’t do what you ask. Like Assemblyman Lee Jae-sik said, we need to save our power for the big trouble coming soon. The people in Incheon and Roman Dmitry are important too. We need them to fight the big trouble. We can’t just punish them without really knowing what happened.”

“But…!” someone started to say.

“I need to go now,” the White Mage said. “I have something else to do.”

*Creak.* His chair moved as he stood up.

He walked away without looking back.

He didn’t want to listen to the assemblymen anymore. He wasn’t going to do what they wanted, so there was no reason to stay.

The assemblymen were surprised.

The White Mage was saying no?

They didn’t expect this.

Park Min-woo walked out of the room. Jo Dal-soo looked angry and quickly ran after him.

“White Mage! Wait!”

Jo Dal-soo needed the White Mage to get revenge. He couldn’t let him go.

Suddenly, Park Min-woo stopped.

Jo Dal-soo almost bumped into him. “Wait!” he said, out of breath. “You can’t just leave! Come back inside, and I’ll tell you everything about why Roman Dmitry must be punished. This isn’t like you, White Mage. You always fight bad people to protect South Korea. It’s not right for you to ignore what’s really happening.”

Jo Dal-soo was trying to make the White Mage feel guilty.

He reminded him that he was supposed to be a good person, a hero. He said it wasn’t like him to not help.

“First, come with me…” Jo Dal-soo started to say.

“Hey, damn it!”

Jo Dal-soo’s eyes went wide.

He couldn’t believe his ears.

He thought he must have heard wrong.

A bad word came out of Park Min-woo’s mouth. Jo Dal-soo was shocked.

Park Min-woo walked closer to Jo Dal-soo.

He looked down at him and took off his mask. He had been hiding his true face for so long.

“Hey, you jerk. Do you want to die?”

“What…?” Jo Dal-soo asked, confused.

“Stop telling me what to do,” Park Min-woo said angrily. “I told you, I’m not doing it. Who do you think you are to order me around?”

Jo Dal-soo felt like his brain stopped working.

Who was Park Min-woo really?

The White Mage!

The symbol of doing good!

The hero of South Korea! But now, his face was angry and mean, completely different from his usual kind face.

Jo Dal-soo couldn’t understand.

The truth was, Park Min-woo, who was once called Kim Pan-seok and then Alexandre, was not a hero at all. He was more like a bad guy.

He was selfish and had done terrible things in the past.

Park Min-woo had been hiding his true self to try and fix his past mistakes. But Jo Dal-soo’s words, asking him to do something so dangerous, made him lose his temper.

Roman Dmitry.

He really didn’t want to fight him.

He had made enough mistakes in his past life. He didn’t want to make more now.

“I’ve been trying to be nice,” Park Min-woo said, his voice cold. “But if you keep telling me what to do for South Korea, I will hurt you. Don’t think I can’t. You are just in charge of a small area. Killing you is nothing to me. So, stop it. Don’t make me angry.”

Jo Dal-soo stood still, frozen with fear.

Park Min-woo laughed a little when he saw Jo Dal-soo’s white face.

“You’re weak,” he said.

He turned to leave.

He thought Jo Dal-soo understood now.

As he walked away, Park Min-woo turned his head back and said, “Oh, and everything you saw and heard here today is a secret. If you tell anyone even a little bit about my real self, I will know it was you. And you don’t want to know what I will do to you. I’ve been pretending to be the White Mage for 20 years. I won’t be nice if you tell my secret.”

Jo Dal-soo understood the warning.

Park Min-woo left Jo Dal-soo and walked out of the building.

Park Min-woo’s head hurt.

Outside, he thought for a long time. He didn’t know what to do.

Fight Roman Dmitry?

That was crazy.

Roman Dmitry was so powerful in his past life. He couldn’t even guess how strong he was now.

Park Min-woo was not as strong as he used to be. He knew Roman Dmitry could beat him easily.

So, he had to try to be on Roman Dmitry’s side. But he couldn’t tell Roman Dmitry who he really was.

Alexandre, from his past life.

He was a terrible person.

He was the one who made things very bad for everyone. Many of Roman Dmitry’s friends and followers had died because of him.

Would Roman Dmitry ever forgive him?

Never.

If Roman Dmitry knew who he really was, he would kill him right away.

‘This is a real problem.’

His head hurt even more.

Actually, when the Absolute Being first showed up, Park Min-woo thought he was chosen to fight it. He thought God had picked him.

He still thought that for 20 years. But then Roman Dmitry came along, and everything changed.

He realized something.

He was not the main hero anymore. Roman Dmitry was the one who would defeat the Absolute Being. He was just a helper.

“Wait, am I not the main character?” he thought.

Suddenly, a new idea came to him.

He thought about it. Why should he be afraid of Roman Dmitry?

“Roman Dmitry thinks I am dead,” he said to himself. “I am famous as the White Mage. No one knows I am Alexandre. So, how will Roman Dmitry see me? As a strong and helpful person, a good ally. Yes! Everyone wants me to be on their side.”

Big countries, like the United States, wanted him.

Every year, they asked Park Min-woo to join them.

Even if he didn’t join their country, they offered him amazing things just to live there.

That’s how important he was.

Park Min-woo was valuable because he was the White Mage.

“If I join Roman Dmitry’s side,” he thought, “and help him defeat the Absolute Being, will my past mistakes be forgiven?”

He used to be jealous of the people who were Roman Dmitry’s friends.

Now he thought he could be one of them. Park Min-woo felt happy and excited.

“Yes! I will go to him as the White Mage, not Alexandre. I will become Roman Dmitry’s ally!”

For anyone who knew the truth about him, this was a crazy idea.

But for Park Min-woo, it was a big and important decision.