The Returner

3. Didn't you miss me? (4)

Ma'am?

Did he say wife, now?

She's the wife I know, right?

So... you mean the wife of someone else, right now?

Jung Jeong-min stared at the woman in front of her eyes dazed.

“Your name is Erkana. ”

“Erkana.”

His name is Ercanara......

What does it matter now that Lee Hyuk's wife suddenly appeared?

“Now, wait a minute. ”

Choi Jung-hoon shouted.

His voice was filled with tremors and embarrassment.

“Wife?”

“Yes.”

“Are you saying that Lee Hyuk is married? ”

“That's right.”

“Phew……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon looks at Herkana with frightened eyes.

So Lee Hyuk is married, and this woman is Lee Hyuk's wife!

That's why!

“You said it was the Demon King!”

“Yes, it is. ”

“It's the Demon King and Lee Hyuk's wife? ”

“What's wrong? ”

Ask him what's wrong with him!

It's all wrong!

“Oh my God."

Even Choi Jung-hoon in the world could not clean up this mess. I was dumbfounded by what was happening.

“Yu, married man? ”

Jung-min's voice trembled.

“Phew……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon hurriedly approached Jung-min and grabbed her shoulder.

“Calm down.”

“Married men?"

It would be ridiculous for the chosen few.

Suddenly, even though it turns out that the child is a married man, I can't believe my wife showed up.

I'm having coffee in a cafe with my boyfriend, and I think the woman with the baby band next to her grabbed my hair!

“Ugh... ”

“Psst, don't start it! ”

Hey, lady! There's a Demon King in front of me. Don't blow up the sonic weapon!

But Jung Hae Min didn't seem to see anything.

“Aaahhhhhh!”

“Huff!”

As the sound weapon exploded right in front of him, Choi Jung-hoon vomited.

The sound of high-toned tears digging into my ears turned my insides upside down.

“Ugh! Sis! ”

Seo Ah-young shouted, but she couldn't stop the crying that had already exploded.

“Aaaaahhhh!”

“Oh, my God, what is that? ”

Erkana stares at the resolver in wonder.

Crying all of a sudden is weird, but crying isn't a joke. It was a wonder that there was such a sound coming from that little body.

“Sh, calm down! ”

When Jung Jeong-min wept without hearing anything, Choi Jung-hoon looked at her with eager eyes.

“Silence.”

The appendage is only silent around you.

― Qiik!

At that moment, Choi Jung-hoon's radio rang.

- Wha, what's going on?

Did you hear that?

“First of all, it's nothing. We'll be in touch soon, so stay tuned. ”

- Okay.

I could hear Christopher's voice, but Jung-hoon ignored it cleanly.

I can't waste my heart on this right now.

This is where the bomb goes off.

“So... ”

Choi Jung-hoon tried to clean up the situation.

“So... this is the Demon King... ”

“Yes.”

“You're the Demon King and Lee Hyuk's wife? ”

“Yes.”

“Was Lee Hyuk married? ”

“That's right.”

Huff.

Jung Jeong-min, who stopped crying, was listening to the conversation with a hiccup next to her.

Crying is also crying, but for now, he decided that listening to the situation was the first thing.

If you do, you'll be finished!

“Marriage, why haven't you said anything? ”

There's no reason to talk, but I felt betrayed by the fact that I've been hiding such information so far.

But I thought he was my friend...

“Maybe it's because there's nothing new? ”

“Yes?”

“It's not the first time we've been married. ”

“ ……. ”

What the fuck is this?

Choi Jung-hoon asked for an explanation with his eyes and replied as if the appendage was not bulky.

“You don't know how many years Lee Hyuk has lived, do you? who had lived for thousands of years in his youth. If you count all the dead wives, ten fingers won't be enough. ”

“ ……. ”

Oh, my.

What the......

“Aaahhhhhhhh!”

Oh, why did you break the silence?

This is crazy!

It took a long time for Jung-min to calm down.

“Sniff.”

Seo Ah-young was arguing with Jung-min who was still sniffing. Seo Ah-young was calmly pacifying me for something that she would stab me deeply because she was annoyed at crying.

“Sis, calm down. ”

“Ahhhh.”

“That's why I told you not to hang out with him. ”

“But……. ”

“You're in trouble for hanging out with that scumbag in the first place! ”

At that moment.

Kwaek!

Seo Ah-young's eyes widened.

Black Margaery threatens her with a sharp, piercing grip on her neck.

“Hmm, what about our darling? ”

“ ……. ”

I had a lot to say, but I couldn't open my mouth.

“How dare you speak ill of us, Darling, on some trivial human subject? You're not gonna die well. ”

Her slimy voice pierces Seo Ah-young's ear like a messenger's deceit.

“Stop it.”

“Huh?"

After a lesser appendage has taken hold of her, Erkana's eyes turn towards her.

“Did you stop me? ”

“These are the people Lee Hyuk cares about. Lee Hyuk won't like it if you get whiplash. ”

“Really?"

Margie, who was aiming for Seo Ah Young's neck, got sucked back into Herkana.

“Then I'll have to endure it. But you'd better be careful, mortal. ”

Herkana steps in front of Seo Ah-young and gently strokes her cheeks with her fingernails.

“I hate people who insult our darling. Should I say I hate you? You seem like our darling pet, so let's take a look. ”

“Ugh…. ”

Seo Ah-young had to keep her mouth shut.

It was not easy to resist this provocation with her personality, but the presence of the Demon King felt right in front of her closed her mouth as well.

The instant I open my mouth, I feel like my whole body will explode.

‘Is this the Demon King? ’

Up until now, I have not had a chance to fully absorb the Demon King's energy by myself because I have attacked from a distance or pressured many people.

Lee Hyuk fought alone with this Demon King? ’

It's not a person.

Herkana must never be unleashing a powerful energy on her right now. And yet you're afraid to let your back get wet, and you're fighting like this against the Crown Prince?

It wasn't a man's job.

“Ma'am?"

But Jung-min was not like that.

Her eyes felt a young fierce hostility towards Seo Ah Young.

Looking at the Demon King with those eyes, Seo Ah-young's heart sank.

“Hmm?"

Erkana looks at the settlement as if it were interesting.

“You're interested in Darling, right? ”

“Hehehe.”

Jung-min started hiccuping.

“No, no, no. We Darlings don't like humans very much. A little affection will kill Pic, but you can't like people. Isn't that right?”

The appendage sighs.

“He's not immortal anymore, either. It's just a human being. It takes 100 years to live. ”

“Huh?"

Herkana tilts her head.

“If you're not human, ”

“Yes, but he is so obsessed with his identity.... ”

“That's because you couldn't be human. If you live as a human, you'll feel uncomfortable and tired, and you'll want to go back. If you don't feel bad, you can just be a Horseman. ”

“… but you probably hate it the most? ”

“It's okay, it's okay. It's your wife's job to make things right when her husband goes the wrong way. I used to have a knack for internal affairs. ”

The appendage sighs.

I don't usually communicate with this person.

The archetype of MyFace. People who don't consider other people's feelings and positions at first.

It has been, and it will be, and it will always be.

Only Lee Hyuk was the one she was considering, and was not particularly interested in other beings.

And the problem was that the attention to Lee Ji-hyuk was also going in a slightly different direction than Lee Ji-hyuk wanted.

“Wife?”

Jung Jeong-min's eyes open and stares at Herkana.

Erkana smiles at the hostile gaze.

Seo Ah-young felt ominous from the smile on Herkana's mouth and unknowingly stood in front of her.

“Hmmm, interesting man. But what did I do wrong? Why are they looking at me with those scary eyes? ”

Herkana's smile grows deeper.

“Do you have proof? ”

“Proof?”

“Yes! Evidence! ”

Seo Ah-young turns her head back, thinking she's crazy.

Sister, what's wrong?

What are we supposed to do with the evidence here?

And there will be no earthly, legal marriage, no evidence of that!

“Sis, why are you... ”

But even before she finished speaking, Erkana ran to Jung Minh, grunting.

Seo 'a-young tries to stop the sudden rush of Herkana, but Herkana squeezes her arms tightly as if she doesn't care.

“Huh?"

What, the Devil?

What's he trying to do?

“Vow! Proof? I said evidence! Oh, my God! ”

Are you crazy...

Seo Ah-young stares at Erkana dazed.

However, there are no sane things related to Lee Ji-hyuk.

“Yes! Yes! I've always wanted to show this to others, but there's no one who wants to see it! The Horsemen are so insensitive, they don't care! ”

“To……. ”

I looked at Herkana with my eyes trembling.

This woman, I told you she's the Demon King...

Are all Demon Kings like this?

It felt completely different from the horrid Demon Kings she had seen so far.

I don't know if it's the difference between male- and female-type or individual.

“Now, would you like to see? ”

Herkana puts her hand in her pocket and pulls something out.

Oh, my.

Obviously, the pouch was small, but what came out of it was something like a big book.

It's not magic. How did that come out of that little pocket?

“Look, look! ”

Herkana opens her book, singing a nostril.

“Huh?"

I opened my eyes wide and looked at the book as if Jung-min was torn.

There was no writing where it was supposed to be, just a bunch of pictures.

“This, this.... ”

There were pictures of Lee Hyuk and Herkana kindly taking one by one.

“Darling told me that when you get married, you make a scrapbook like this. It's a culture we don't have on our side, but we've made it magical. I wanted to show you this, but no one understands, so I've had a cold heart.... Hehe.”

Jung Jeong-min's shoulders were cold.

A knockout. Perfect knockout.

“That's an understatement.”

An unnoticed Choi Jung-hoon slammed a can on Jung's head.

“But where is Lee Hyuk? ”

“Huh?”

Herkana smiles like a cat.