"This is my ho."
I knew. Because this was also the place where I had lived.
If you turn your head to the left from the main gate at the entrance, there is a cozy pavilion.
Before my regression, I used to enjoy drinking there before going to bed.
If you turn your head to the right, there is a pronade full of bamboo.
Before my regression, when my mind was troubled, I used to walk while listening to the sound of the bamboo rustling in the wind.
This place was exactly as it was before my regression.
It was also the only place I could call ho.
"Welco, Young Master."
"Head Steward! Say hello. I picked him up on the way."
Head Steward Gu.
He was one of the people I had relied on in the past.
"We have a guest. Hello. My na is Gu Dae-o, the Head Steward. Please just call Head Steward Gu."
"Yes. Hello. I am Yoo Jae-ha."
"So you are Young Master Jae-ha. Then, I will guide you to your room."
"Since Head Steward Gu is guiding you himself, I won't be needed. I'll co find you at dinner ti. Unpack your things and rest. Little brother! Got it?"
"Yes. Hyung-nim."
"Heehee. Hyung-nim. I like the sound of that."
After that, I was guided to the main building by Head Steward Gu.
The main building was also exactly as I rembered.
I opened the door to the guest room located in the main building.
"Is this where I will be staying?"
"I haven't told you yet, but you know well."
Oops, I must have been too excited. I had inadvertently said sothing from my mory.
"Haha! I just took a guess, I must have been lucky."
"If you have any inconveniences, please pull the rope over there, and a servant or a maid will co running imdiately. Then, I will co to get you at dinner ti. Please rest comfortably until then."
"Yes. Thank you."
Plop.
After Head Steward Gu left, I threw myself onto the bed.
"As expected, it's on a different level from the room I stayed in at the Little Demon Academy."
It was only natural. Because this is where the Young Lord of the Heavenly Demon Cult lives.
And this also ant that the Lord of the Heavenly Demon Cult also lives here. Because Hyeok Won-sang was the one and only son of the Lord of the Heavenly Demon Cult, Hyeok Sa-wol.
Perhaps I would et the Lord, Hyeok Sa-wol, tonight at dinner.
"I have nothing to hide, so there's no need for to be scared!"
Nothing had happened while I was staying here, and my only point of contact with the Lord was the tournant when the Blood Demon visited.
I got up from the bed and sat at the desk prepared on one side.
I crossed my arms, tilted my head back, and organized my thoughts.
The reason I ca here was partly because I had nowhere else to go, but also because I now understood the heart of the current Young Lord, Hyeok Won-sang.
Hyeok Won-sang must have grown up hearing that he was the Young Lord from the mont he was born. Therefore, to Hyeok Won-sang, the position of Young Lord was naturally his.
In fact, Hyeok Won-sang's martial talent was not bad.
As proof of that, he is currently called the number one rising star of the demonic path.
And before my regression, Hyeok Won-sang, that is, my hyung-nim, and I were on quite good terms.
So much so that it felt like we were real blood brothers.
But everything changed after I took my hyung-nim's position. At that ti, I didn't understand my hyung-nim's feelings well, but after I also had my position taken away by my junior sister, I ca to understand my hyung-nim's desperate heart.
And I even tried to poison my junior sister to protect my position, but my hyung-nim did not. Rather, he left the Heavenly Demon Cult himself and further solidified my position.
Looking at it this way, wasn't my pre-regression self a complete piece of trash? Ahem! I admit I was trash. Poisoning was too much.
Anyway, my hyung-nim, who had left the Heavenly Demon Cult, went over to the Blood Cult to regain his position. In a way, it was a natural choice.
At that ti, there was no place that knew the Heavenly Demon Cult as well as the Blood Cult, and the Blood Cult was also the second strongest force after the Heavenly Demon Cult.
But the Blood Cult did a very terrible thing to my hyung-nim. They used his desire to beco the Young Lord.
And my hyung-nim, who was used by the Blood Demon, died at my hands, and the Heavenly Demon went to the Blood Cult that day and killed the Blood Demon.
I often thought, what if the Lord had killed instead of the Blood Demon at that ti?
I still can't forget the look in the Lord's eyes as he looked at at that ti.
Thinking about it now, it seems he chose to be the Lord, not a father.
The law of the strong.
It's so simple, but that's why it can be the most cruel. I realized that on this day.
Perhaps it was from this point on that I beca so obsessed with the Demonic Zenith. Maybe I wanted to be acknowledged by my hyung-nim.
Or maybe I wanted to find a reason why I had no choice but to kill my hyung-nim.
Like, "I've reached the Demonic Zenith like this, so the one who suits the Young Lord position is , not you, hyung-nim."
In the end, I was also pushed out by my junior sister.
Just as it was for , the position of Young Lord would be everything in my hyung-nim's world right now.
At that ti, my hyung-nim would have done his best to protect his world.
As expected, thinking about it again, my hyung-nim suited the Young Lord position better than a guy like .
And currently, I have no interest in the Young Lord position at all.
Although the Young Lord position will go to my junior sister as ti passes.
Even so, my hyung-nim will make a different choice than .
I tried to protect that position even by using cheap thods, and my hyung-nim will try to regain that position through an upright thod.
What would my hyung-nim do if, unlike in the past, he realized that it was impossible even after trying his best to the point of death?
The hyung-nim I know would probably give up cleanly.
Because my hyung-nim is that kind of person.
I have regressed, and now the future where my hyung-nim is used by the Blood Demon will not co.
Because I will make it so.
For now, let's set a light goal.
Because it's more efficient to do things with a goal than to do them blindly.
The vacation period of the Little Demon Academy is three months.
And the biggest event that opens after the vacation is the Divine Demon Great War.
It's a competition where all the rising stars of the demonic path participate to select the number one rising star of the demonic path of the era.
Before my regression, my hyung-nim was narrowly defeated in the semifinals and had to give up the position of the number one rising star of the demonic path.
No one at that ti imagined that the Sura Cult was raising such a monster.
To think they had found a talent of the Six Yang Divine ridian.
The Six Yang Divine ridian was a body specialized in handling yang energy.
At that ti, that guy from the Sura Cult was a monster who used an enormous amount of yang energy.
After the defeat of that day, my hyung-nim beca a little strange.
He always showed behavior as if he were being chased by sothing.
Well, I didn't know at the ti, but thinking about it now, I think my hyung-nim felt the sa way I did.
The feeling I had when I looked at my junior sister.
My shabby self, looking at an opponent I could never defeat.
My hyung-nim was definitely outstanding in the ordinary category, but compared to the beings above the heavens in their own world, he was honestly lacking.
But don't worry!
As long as the top instructor, Yoo Jae-ha, is here!
Whether it's the Heavenly Killing Star of the Blood Cult!
Or the Six Yang Divine ridian of the Sura Cult!
Or my junior sister's Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones!
"I'll break them all!"
I can't guarantee it after the Demonic Zenith, but I'm confident I can reach the Transcendent Realm before the Demonic Zenith faster than anyone else.
"Three months?"
Hmph!
"For , the top instructor Yoo Jae-ha, one month is enough!"
Just imagining the scene of my hyung-nim reaching the Transcendent Realm and overwhelming everyone at the Divine Demon Great War makes my heart swell.
I must have used up a lot of ntal energy by letting my imagination run wild after a long ti. My eyes are slowly closing, so I should take a nap.
Since they said they would co to get at dinner ti, I have nothing else to do, so I should just sleep.
And so, I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes.
As expected of the place where the Heavenly Demon lives, the blanket was so soft and felt very good.
* * *
"Nom nom!"
"Little brother! Wake up!"
"Hyung-nim... little brother wants to beco a bear."
"Even if you're hibernating, you have to eat before you sleep! Get up!"
"Just one more minute."
"Here! I've brought water, I'll wash your face for you!"
"That's right! Good job. Now, hmph!"
"Hmph!"
"That's right! While we're at it, shall we change your clothes too? Your face is too good to be wearing only the Little Demon Academy uniform. Head Steward!"
"Yes, Young Master."
"Bring out so of the clothes I wore when I was young. And call the head maid to fix my little brother's hair."
"I understand."
A mont later, I opened my eyes.
I had a good night's sleep without any tension for a long ti, so my whole body feels refreshed.
The place I am in now is the Divine Demon Hall.
It's the place where the Heavenly Demon resides. This ant that it was the safest place in the Heavenly Demon Cult. So I had let my guard down too much without realizing it.
'I must have lost my mind at the thought of being ho after a long ti.'
This is strictly soone else's house.
I slapped both my cheeks with my hands and ca to my senses.
When I opened my eyes, there was a neat man I had never seen before in the mirror. The way he copied my movents was quite strange.
"As expected, my eyes were right! My little brother will surely make many ladies cry when he grows up!"
Next to , my hyung-nim was standing with a prouder look than ever.
Around my hyung-nim, the tired-faced head maid was giving a double thumbs-up, and the head steward was giving a single thumbs-up with an exhausted face.
"In my entire life as a maid, I've burned myself out the most."
"This is why they say you should wash a stray cat you pick up from the street first..."
The head maid and the head steward, saying things I couldn't understand.
Only then did I realize who the man reflected in the mirror was.
"It's ?"
"How is it, little brother?"
Before my regression, I had never dressed up like this. I had only done my best to beco the Young Lord, and after becoming the Young Lord, I had lived a life of martial arts to reach the Demonic Zenith.
A sweat-soaked martial arts uniform was my daily attire, and my hair was either let down or I would just cut it myself because I was lazy.
But look at now.
Neatly combed, half-up hair.
A shiny face.
A set of a navy blue top and bottom and a dark black robe that looked like high-quality silk at a glance.
And navy blue shoes and a white belt.
"I'm quite alive, aren't I?"
"Heeheehee! As expected, my little brother is a fun person! I've never heard such a way of speaking in my life! Now that we're all ready, let's go quickly! Father is waiting."
Ah! That's right! I had forgotten for a mont that the most important thing on today's schedule was left because of my drastically changed appearance.
Following my hyung-nim into the dining hall, a long dining table that could seat at least a dozen people greeted .
The dining table was full of all kinds of delicacies, and at the end of it sat a being I wouldn't dare to even make eye contact with usually.
I was about to kneel on one knee to pay my respects, but I couldn't.
"I want to be comfortable at ho."
"This Yoo Jae-ha! I will follow the Lord's command!"
So I didn't take the posture, I just said the words.
Unlike my tense self, my hyung-nim went to the seat right in front of the Lord and sat down. And he continued to have a friendly conversation with the Lord.
Of course, the one talking was my hyung-nim, and the Lord was just listening.
A scene I had once longed for and thought I would never see again.
As I was staring blankly, my hyung-nim offered a seat.
"Little brother, co and sit here."
I sat in the seat next to my hyung-nim. And the al began.
Just then, the Lord, who had been silent until now, slid a dish towards .
This was sothing that had never happened before my regression, so I just stared blankly at the Lord.
"Eat."
Then the Lord suddenly said to .
The opponent is the master of the Heavenly Demon Cult and the number one master under the heavens.
If the leader of the Martial Alliance were sitting here and heard the sa words, he would have acted the sa way I did.
"Yes! Thank you!"
If you don't want your head to be cut off.
I ate a mouthful of the black beans the Lord had given . I don't know why he gave tasteless black beans out of all the delicacies, though.
As I was chewing the black beans, for so reason, I felt like the Lord was staring at intently, so I raised my head, and he was really staring at intently.
Just then, perhaps because I had slept without a blanket, or perhaps because a mosquito had bitten , my left wrist suddenly started to itch.
'Of all tis! I can't scratch it here!'
The person in front of is the Lord, who sits in a position above all others!
Before my regression, the Lord valued table manners very much. Of course, it would be the sa now.
If I act rudely, I might be kicked out!
The one who holds the right to my accommodation during my vacation period!
But it was too itchy to just endure it.
Is this the majesty of a mountain mosquito!
Ugh! I can't take it!
I rolled up my left sleeve, and as expected, a bump where a mosquito had deliciously sucked my blood was protruding from my wrist.
The situation has already been set in motion!
Scratch, scratch!
Forgetting that the Lord was in front of , I scratched my wrist like crazy.
Ahhh! It's the coolness that washes away a thousand-year-old thirst!
Since I had already scratched it, I finished by putting saliva on my fingernail and making a cross.
There was a folk belief that you would heal faster if you did this.
And so, I thought I was dood to be kicked out. As I looked at the Lord...
As expected, the Lord was staring at even more intently than before.
"A red spot has appeared."
The Lord's voice was very faint, but it was trembling.
How angry must he be?
I bowed my head low and replied.
"Yes. It was too itchy..."
"It wasn't there before?"
"No. It definitely wasn't there before..."
It's because a mosquito bit . I usually have very good table manners. Really.
"I see. Let's eat."
The Lord picks up his rice again.
I raised my head with surprised eyes.
My hyung-nim smiled brightly and put a at side dish on my rice.
"As expected, father likes my little brother too."
The Lord I know would never do that.
What's his sche?
Even if I get kicked out, I have to eat all the delicacies first!
I ate until my stomach was about to burst.
That day, I was not kicked out.
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