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“Of course, that blank face.”

The woman smiled brightly at me, as if she had met someone she really liked.

She had a white robe like a jangsam draped over her shoulders, and underneath she was wearing an ornately embroidered black robe.

“If you’re seeing your teacher after a long time, shouldn’t you be polite?”

Even though she made a face that blamed her for being rude, she had a smiling face.

It’s clear that she’s the one she’s happy about, but it’s not me.

Everyone is having a hard time except me.

Namgung So-yeon’s colleagues who had doubted me were already on the floor and could only wriggle.

All Namgung So-yeon could do was stand with her legs shaking, as if she could barely withstand being pressed by a huge hand.

“Che… Cheonma!”

At Namgung So-yeon’s words, which squeezed her neck, I realized that the woman in front of me was ‘that Heavenly Demon.’

Whether Namgung So-yeon growled or not, she stood in front of me regardless.

So close that you can feel each other’s breath.

My reflection in her ruby eyes looked quite exhausted.

She grabbed my left hand and placed my hand on her cheek.

As if feeling the warmth of a winter’s day, she closed her eyes and craved the temperature of her hands.

“Yes… it was this hand. I’ve been waiting 12 years to feel this touch.”

She mumbles as if she is dreaming.

“I won’t miss it anymore. You will never miss it. I will protect you even if I have to set the world on fire. Ah… my lovely disciple.”

Could this woman, who looks to be in her late twenties, be the Heavenly Demon who made everyone tremble with fear?

“Hey, over there.”

When I talk to her, who is now purring and inhaling the scent of my palm, she gently opens her closed eyes.

And a finger covering my lips.

“Be quiet. You just have to stay still like that.”

“Ugh….”

Behind her, who feels my touch, the people who fell slowly begin to get up.

Namgung So-yeon also seemed to have weakened the force exerted on her body, so she took a good stance and turned her body this way.

“You damn devil!”

A man with bronzed muscles shouted loudly and threw a punch at her.

Without realizing it, I tried to avoid her by hugging her.

I wasn’t sure if it was for the purpose of protecting her or simply to avoid me.

But there was no need for that.

“You are trying to save this teacher again.”

A satisfied voice came from under her chin, and her body disappeared without realizing it.

“Quaaa!!!”

Before we knew it, the Heavenly Demon was standing next to the man, and his bronze arm was raised in his right hand.

The man screamed while spraying blood, and it didn’t seem to look very good to Cheonma.

“Noisy.”

Her arms drawn from left to right.

“Nooo!”

Namgung So-yeon swung his sword and tried to remove the Cheonma, but the man’s head had already fallen to the floor.

– Phew.

“Wow!”

The gushing fountain of blood made me feel sick, so I sat down on the floor and started to vomit.

Did you see me like that? Cheonma said in an expression of regret.

“Oh my… I saw something I couldn’t see. Please wait a moment.”

Black flames filled my eyes.

The black flames engulfed the man’s body, and before long, only charred marks remained on the floor.

“Cheonmaaaa!!”

Namgung So-yeon screamed and swung his sword, but it only cut into the air.

“Tsk, are you feeling okay now?”

Before I knew it, she was sitting next to me and stroking my back.

She looked down at me like a mother worrying about her child, put her lips close to my ear and murmured.

“Just wait a little while, I will come after burning all the obstructionists. Let’s continue after that.”

With me behind her, I could see lava-like energy boiling from her body in front of her.

I am learning martial arts and I am naked… How can I not notice the haze rising from my body?

And the fighting spirit and presence she exuded felt dangerous, even to me who didn’t know any martial arts fighters.

If you leave it like this… everyone, including Namgung So-yeon, will die.

It was Namgung So-yeon who helped me get here. I can never let you die like this.

I mustered up the courage to take one step.

“Huh?”

I grabbed the hem of her clothes and pulled her back slightly, and the Heavenly Demon looked back as if she was puzzled.

“Well, please send them.”

I tremble and beg her.

“Hehe… How dare you protect a woman other than me? A noble guy.”

“Je, this is the person who helped me live until now. Just take me with you. Leave them alone.”

He stumbles to his feet and makes direct eye contact.

The untimely start of a snowball fight.

Cheonma snorted as if she was dumbfounded, then raised her hand and stroked my head.

“Yes, yes. I get it. I lost.”

Surprisingly, it went smoothly, so I was even more surprised.

“You feel sorry for the weak, and you hate unnecessary killings… You have always been like that.”

After using a little more force and completely messing up my hair, she took her hand off my head.

“Okay then, let’s go. Well, our future is more important. What’s so important about those bastards?”

Smiling brightly, she took my hand and started to leave.

“Let him go!! Heavenly Demon!!”

When Namgung So-yeon’s sword, flying with golden energy, fell precisely between me and the Cheonma, I saw the Cheonma click her tongue.

– Boom!

Namgung So-yeon, who was sent flying far away by Cheonma’s single kick, was unable to get up from her fallen state, and Cheonma snorted as if it was funny and picked up my body.

Also known as princess hugs.

“Young Demon, follow me.”

The Heavenly Demon muttered somewhere in the air, then climbed up off the ground and flew through the air.

I ran away from the Demonic Cult and was caught again two weeks later.

And that too in the hands of their leader, the Heavenly Demon.