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The heart of the demon world, the plaza in front of the palace, was literally filled with intense heat. This place, surrounded by magnificent buildings, was usually overflowing with the energy of demons, but today the excitement was on a different level.

‘Mya Management Competition’

There was a crowd of demons who had gathered from all over the demon world to express only one topic, ‘my love for Mya.’ The splendid stage and decorations that filled the entire huge square were enough to overwhelm the onlookers, and it was difficult to even find a space to step in the surrounding area.

There was constant shouting and footsteps in preparation for the ‘Mya Management Competition’ throughout the square. Because such a huge event had to be prepared in just a few days, the preparation headquarters was in complete chaos. The people in charge of each department were sweating like rain and shouting at each other, and the magicians were busy checking the stage equipment, flashing lights all the time.

“Hurry, hurry! This is the stage that you will step on yourself, and you absolutely cannot tolerate mistakes!”

“Are the lighting installations complete?”

“Have you checked the list of participants? Isn’t there some trickery going on in the noble family?”

“The number of applicants for participation has already exceeded 20,000?! If this continues, the entire demon world will flock to the palace!”

“What is the competition schedule? How about setting up the stage? How about recruiting judges? Ah, nothing went right!”

“I heard that Mya is personally reviewing the exam, so you must not show any shortcomings!”

Even in the midst of the chaos of the shouts of the preparation staff and the busy footsteps, there was a strange sense of excitement and anticipation on everyone’s faces. A situation where you have to prepare for a festival that will shake the entire demon world in just a few days. But no one complained.

Only one, ‘Mya’

There was only a passionate passion for the one thing that captured their hearts.

The theme of this ‘Mya Management Competition’ was only ‘My Love for Mya’. There were no restrictions on the forms and methods, including song, dance, theater, poetry, sculpture, painting, and cooking. The only goal was to capture the heart of Mya, or Hyeonseong.

Just a few days ago, as soon as the news of the ‘Mya Management Competition’ was announced, the entire demon world fell into a crucible of enthusiasm. This is because it is a golden opportunity to express one’s feelings for Mya and an opportunity to meet Mya up close. As a result, the main plaza in front of the palace was becoming suffocating with the heat of demons engulfed in madness towards Mya.

Meanwhile, the interior of the palace had a calm and peaceful atmosphere, in contrast to the chaos of the main square. Hyeonseong was looking down at the bustling demons through the large window.

“It’s really amazing… to do something like that…”

Hyeonseong felt dumbfounded at the fact that so many demons were all doing this for him. It was unbelievable that he, who had been an ordinary college student just a few days ago, had now become something that shook the entire demon world.

“Hehe, it’s not surprising, mya.”

Sepia, who was watching Hyunseong next to him, spoke in a soft voice.

“Because you have become an indispensable being in this demon world.”

She placed her hand on Hyeonseong’s shoulder with meaningful words. Hyunseong got goosebumps for a moment at her cold touch, but he tried to act calm and turned his head.

“You are so amazing that we can’t even imagine.”

Sephia said with a smile as if she was enjoying Hyunseong’s reaction.

Luciferia placed the delicately carved obsidian pen holder down on the desk. The pen tip, which gave off a subtle magical glow, looked luxurious, but her touch was extremely rough right now.

“What is this again?”

The desk in Luciferia’s office was filled with documents pouring out. She liked to keep things neat and tidy, but now she couldn’t handle it.

Most of them were official letters containing protests and demands regarding the ‘Mya Management Competition’.

The documents that had just arrived were all decorated with fancy sentences and high-quality magical parchment, but the contents were as harsh as a rose hiding sharp thorns.

“Does this make sense that there are only five days until the competition begins?! A large-scale opera company prepared to honor our family is still on its way from the southern part of the Demon World!”

“My daughter’s ‘Serenade of Pure Love for Myana’ is a great song that you have to listen to for seven days and nights to feel truly moved! The 5 minute time limit is too harsh!”

[…In my opinion, it is clear that this Mya Management Competition is being carried out too quickly. Our ‘Drakenspiter’ family is in the process of airlifting a burning meteorite to perform a lava ballet that has been passed down from generation to generation, and all preparations were completed in just five days! This is nothing but clear discrimination and atrocity! Jim is officially protesting against this and is strongly requesting that the competition schedule be postponed!

[Matriarch Drakenspiter, Valeria Drakenspiter]

“Ha!”

Luciferia snorted as if she was dumbfounded. Lava ballet! Who would think such arrogant and exaggerated thoughts! She quickly turned her attention to the next complaint.

[…What on earth is the reason?! Our ‘Silverfang’ family planned a joint stage with the Moonlight Wolf, who had awakened after thousands of years, for Myanam, but why are we not even given the qualifications to participate?! Make the judging criteria clear!

Silverfang matriarch, Luna Silverfang]

“Moonlight Wolf? under! Does it look like it can be controlled?”

Luciferia stroked her hair irritably. As soon as the Mya Management Competition was announced, it was like this. All kinds of families and factions made outrageous demands and protests.

[…Our ‘Ironhide’ family was planning to present a fashion show of ‘Armor of Love Forged from Millennium Steel’ for Myanam at this contest, but we are having trouble finding the lava flame welders needed for the stage production. . Please support the royal family’s lava flame welders and help us convey our family’s warm hearts to Mya!

Ironhide matriarch, Lucrezia Ironhide]

“Ha! If you don’t have enough lava flame welders, you can make your own! Don’t waste your magic on useless things!”

Luciferia slammed the desk and shouted. Feeling my head throbbing, I picked up the next complaint.

[… The ‘Nightwhisper’ family is a prestigious family that has contributed to the demon world through assassination and information manipulation for generations. For this competition, our family was preparing a musical that would expose the dirty secrets of competing families with sincerity toward Myana, but due to a sudden change in competition rules, we were forced to completely revise the performance! This is clear oppression and an act that tarnishes our family’s honor!

[Night Whisper matriarch, Belladonna Night Whisper]

“Huh! Don’t be funny! The sincerity of the Nightwhisper family! Where can you find something like that?”

Luciferia snorted as if she was dumbfounded.

[…For this competition, our ‘Mellodia’ family was planning to restore the musical instrument of the legendary fairy ‘Lia’ and play a tribute song to Mya. However, because the competition rules did not allow the use of living creatures, it was forbidden to inject ‘Lia’s’ soul into the instrument! This is an act that violates the freedom of artistic expression and deprives us of the opportunity to receive Mya’s grace!

Melodia matriarch, Aria Melodia]

“Fairy soul? That is such a cruel and scary love!”

Luciferia sighed and touched her forehead. The Mya management competition was already out of control.

“Queen, this is a protest sent from the ‘Luciella’ family.”

“What else?”

“We captured a legendary sea monster to participate in this competition, but we are requesting additional budget payment for the monster’s food and tank management during the competition.”

“….”

Luciferia couldn’t stand it any longer. She screamed, hitting the desk.

“How long on earth do we have to watch this mess!”

“Queen, how will you respond to all these protests?”

The aide who was organizing the documents next to me asked cautiously. Luciferia sighed deeply. The ‘Mya Management Competition’ was not a simple event.

It was a matter directly related to her authority, and it was an important matter that could throw the entire demon world into chaos if done incorrectly.

Although the content was different for each, they were all filled with complaints about the tight schedule and unclear progress of the ‘Mya Management Competition’.

Luciferia muttered to herself as if she were annoyed. ‘Holding the tournament is clearly Lilith’s fault, so why are the complaints coming to me?’

It wasn’t wrong. It was Lilith who announced the opening of the Mya Management Competition and was in charge of the actual operation. However, the Demon World nobles thought that all of this was taking place with Luciferia’s implicit consent. It was judged that such a large-scale event could not have been held outside the eyes of Luciferia, Lilith’s direct superior and the most powerful person in the demon world.

“Anyway, are you going to hold such a grand contest?”

Luciferia picked up one of the documents. It was a plan for a management competition. The plan detailed a spectacular stage setup for Mya, top-class chefs and musicians invited from all over the demon world, and even a list of special gifts to be given to the winner.

‘Is that girl Liris sane to prepare all of this in one day?’

Luciferia stuck her tongue out. But on the other hand, I thought this situation was not that bad.

‘Mya will be mine anyway, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to clearly show my influence to the nobles.’

Luciferia smiled coldly and picked up the pen again. A faint magical power flowed from her fingertips, and she soon began filling out the answer form in sharp, beautiful writing.