The Returner

5. Mother, daughter-in-law (5)

At that time, Lee Hyuk's house.

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk was stunned and watched what Herkana did.

Erkana decorates her room, singing a nostril.

“… hey. ”

“Yes, Darling? ”

“I'm not putting a goat's head in a man's house.... ”

“Huh?"

On the table Lee Hyuk was looking at, Herkana raised the head of the black goat from the subspace.

“No? ”

“My mother will try to put my head next to mine when she sees it. ”

“Well, if you don't like it, I'll take it out. ”

“No, that's not all……. ”

Lee Hyuk sighed deeply while looking at the room Herkana had decorated.

This is not a fairy tale room.

No, don't call it a fairy tale.

When the children saw this room, it could never be good for emotions.

“... The curtain and everything has to be black? What kind of blind people live here? ”

“Oh! Black is the truth, Darling. ”

His truth.

If you've lived only for a few thousand years in black, don't you think it's time for a different color?

How long are you going to stay black?

“Ugh... ”

Looking at all the black furniture and linens, I thought I was going crazy.

It doesn't suit me at all.

It was Lee Hyuk who initially realized that it was crazy to have to live with people, but there was no escape from Herkana.

As long as the contract was made, she could always come back to him in her dreams.

“That's why I haven't slept... ”

Lee Hyuk dropped his head.

“Oh, you didn't sleep because you thought I'd come? ”

“Honestly, that's not it.... ”

“I was hoping you'd come at least once, but that lizard set up a barrier. I thought maybe I was having an affair. ”

“The wind.... ”

Lee Hyuk smiled helplessly.

It was a mockery to say that she, one of the most knowledgeable beings in the world of her relationship with the appendage, said this.

“Of course, I'm not going to stop you from fooling around with other women than me. But I don't want you to forget that I'm your home. ”

Lee Hyuk opened his mouth on a black couch that he didn't even know was made of.

“What are you thinking? ”

“Huh?"

“Why are you here? ”

“Darling's here to see you. ”

“Don't be ridiculous. ”

“Humans tend not to believe even if they tell the truth. Why would I be here if it wasn't for Darling? ”

“You came to see me? Simple?”

“Why? You don't believe me? ”

“I don't believe you, you devil! ”

“Hohohoho.”

Herkana laughed and looked back at Lee Hyuk.

“It wasn't so cynical before... Why can't I trust anyone else like this, darling? ”

Erkana slowly approached Lee Hyuk.

Lee Hyuk buried himself deep on the sofa where there was nowhere to go. Erkana climbs on his knees and strokes Lee Hyuk's cheek.

“Don't you trust me, Darling? ”

“Hnng.”

Lee Hyuk turned his head.

In fact, based on what he believes in most in the world, he must be the devil before his eyes.

It was this devil who reached out his hand to Lee Hyuk who had no place in the world to rely on, and gave him strength.

No cost to you.

In general, given that the contract with the devil was a guarantee of the soul, Lee Hyuk was unable to make a contract with the common devil.

But Herkana gave him a unilateral contract that did not pledge his soul, and provided him with free Mana.

No matter what else happened, Lee Hyuk would have returned to this world. It can be sure. Lee Hyuk, who has immortal flesh and indefinite time, must have gotten stronger somehow.

But if Herkana had not signed and acquired the Black Magic Power, he would never have been the throne of destruction and would not have been able to grasp Latrel's eyes.

It was a fact I had to admit even if I didn't want to admit it.

In that sense, Herkana was a savior who allowed him to return to this world at no cost.

I'm a savior...

“If it wasn't for my wife. ”

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk's eyes were covered with dew.

There's no better woman for anyone I know than a wife.

Who in the world is tougher and scarier than his wife? At least Herkana doesn't scratch things, so the relationship has always lasted.

I managed to stay married for more than a thousand years, saying that it was hard to live for twenty years.

“Hnng.”

After Lee Hyuk shakes his head, Erkana glances at him with a seductive smile.

“Darling.”

“Yes.”

Her mere black eyes met Lee Hyuk's eyes.

Black eyes, with nothing in them.

Every time Lee Hyuk looked at those eyes, he had to feel the tingling of being sucked into the Abyss.

“You don't trust me? ”

“… trust me. ”

“Then why do you doubt my words? ”

“You wouldn't have told me everything. ”

“Huh?”

Lee Hyuk's voice sank.

“Just like you or Apeldiche. He doesn't tell me everything. I'm just trying to figure out how to use people. ”

“Do you really think so? ”

“Can you say no? ”

Herkana smiles seductively.

“Yes, of course I can. No, I'm always working for you, Darling. ”

“Hnng.”

Lee Hyuk sighed deeply.

A born demon.

Those born as demons know too well how to deceive humans.

It was a proposition that always plagued him as to how far to trust her words.

“Hmm, you don't believe me? I've been married so long, and I can't believe you don't trust me. It's a little sad. ”

“I don't trust you because you've lived a long life as a couple. ”

“Hehe.”

Erkana sticks out her tongue and licks Lee Hyuk's cheek. A red tongue like blood made fun of Lee Hyuk's cheek.

“If you really need to hear it, I'll tell you. ”

“Hmm?"

Erkana's eyes subside.

“Darling.”

“Tell me.”

“This place is too dangerous now. ”

Lee Hyuk secretly looked at Erkana.

Dangerous?

It's Lee Hyuk who survived in Beraf and the Magic System. No, it's Lee Hyuk who dominated those two worlds, not just survived.

But even if the danger is extremely low compared to those two worlds, is this Earth dangerous?

It was a story that made no sense.

“If only I had a more detailed explanation. ”

“How does Darling think I'm here? ”

“That's right…. ”

Lee Hyuk shut up.

Herkana can go anywhere in the world with contractors. But that doesn't mean you can move into the contractor's dream, not into the contractor's world.

If that were possible, Beraf would have been conquered by the Horsemen in an instant, leaving no grass behind.

Even though Beraf knew there was a world out there and was drawing on the energy of negative dimensions, the machete could not conquer Beraf.

It was because there were dimensional constraints.

“Are you saying it's different now? ”

“Hehe.”

Erkana leans his head against his chest.

“Treating me like the other Demon Kings. This is getting a little angry. ”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk trembled.

My body trembles at the thought of what happens when Herkana gets angry.

“No, that's not what I meant……. ”

“Yes, I know. We don't have a lot to say about Darling. ”

I can't believe Lee Hyuk isn't around!

If Diolet I heard about it, I'd be a rich man in a grave!

In that hell of a situation, one mouth never rests, and the mouth of Yi Hyuk, who caused everyone to wonder, is treated like this!

What have you seen for over a thousand years?

Lee Hyuk shook his head.

“I know that you are a person who pretends not to like and tickles because you are bad at expressing emotions all the time. ”

No, I'm not!

I hate it!

How come the Circus is so knowledgeable about human emotions that I don't always know how to feel?

“I can't let that happen to Darling. ”

“What do you mean, the world is in danger? ”

“Link.”

“Huh?"

“The Magic Cube and the world are linked. ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head.

“What's that supposed to mean? The world itself continues? ”

“Yes.”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk's face distorted.

That didn't happen in Beraf.

“Say that again. What's going on? ”

Herkana smiles.

Lee Hyuk's face, who was embarrassed and staring at her, made her flinch every time.

“You don't have to say it again. Right now, the world is connected to the mystic system. ”

“How does that happen? Is it possible for other worlds to connect? ”

The understanding of the dimensions of Lee Hyuk was the best throughout history.

But even with his common sense, it was impossible to understand that the other dimensions overlap one another.

I feel like Erkana's words are all made up, and I can't lie to him.

“The evidence is here. ”

“Proof?”

“Me.”

Herkana licks her lips.

“No matter how I feel about you, I have appeared to you beyond this summoned dimension. You of all people should know how ridiculous this is. ”

“… I know. ”

“The world is already connected to the mystic system. I don't know why, but it's progressing. It's time for those side effects, Darling. ”

Lee Hyuk's eyes shook.

Mahjong.

If the magic system and the world are connected, it means that creatures and horses in the magic system can enter this world without difficulty.

The Demon Monarchs pour into this world, where even one Demon King was prepared to destroy the world?

It was the coming of hell.

“And it probably started. ”

“Start?”

“Why are you acting like a child? Darling was not as stupid as I knew him. Where are all your cold judgments? Isn't it too wet for peace in this world? ”

Lee Hyuk couldn't make up his mind.

No matter how tense he was pulling the strings, it is true that he was looser on Earth than in the past.

“Darling, this is no longer a safe zone. And Darling is not Darling from the past. Too weak, too powerless. ”

“ ……. ”

“That's why I'm here. To protect you, to bring you back to the past. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“I can't go back to the past until I've lost immortality. I don't want to go back to the past. ”

Erkana gets up on Lee Yi Hyuk's lap and quietly confronts him.

It was a blatant mockery.

“The left hand of destruction. ”

Lee Hyuk gripped it.

“Your weakness saddens me, you who ruled the world and ruled the magic world. But you don't have to worry anymore. ”

Her voice distorts Lee Hyuk's ears.

“There will come a world where you can't stand being so weak anymore. Peace is over. ”

The sharp laughter of Herkana echoes through the room.

Lee Hyuk closed his eyes quietly.

He also felt that what she said was true.

The world is twisting.

A brief peace was about to come to an end.