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Hyunseong followed Angela’s guidance to the room where the messenger was waiting. The door opened, and Angela stepped inside first, announcing, “”We have brought the Savior.”.” Hyunseong took a deep breath and stepped inside the door.

In the room, a woman was standing with her back turned and looking out the window. Although only the back of her head was visible, Hyunseong could tell who she was right away. Black wings, long black hair. It was Lilith.

Hyunseong held his breath. He was momentarily speechless at the unexpected reunion. Liris was the Demon Lord’s messenger. It was something he had never imagined.

Lilith slowly turned around. Her red eyes were focused on Hyunseong.

“Long time no see, Mya.”

Lilith’s voice was as cold and proud as before, but she looked somewhat dry and weary. Her face was gaunt and pale, bloodless. There were faint shadows on her cheeks, and the corners of her eyes, which had been sharply raised, were drooping as if they held sadness.

Her wings were also different from before. The pitch-black feathers were still beautiful, but they had lost their luster and were stiff. They looked lifeless, like a bird that had not been able to flap its wings for a long time.

Hyunseong was silent at Liris’s changed appearance. The Liris he remembered was always strong and beautiful. She was cold and proud, but she had her own charming aura. However, the Liris in front of him now felt like a doll with only an empty shell. It seemed as if her vitality and liveliness had disappeared. Instead, she was filled with a sharpness that seemed to pierce through, a firm determination, and a strange venom. Her eyes were dangerous and fierce, like a beast standing on the edge of a cliff.

Sending the second-in-command of the Demon Army as a messenger. Hyunseong held his breath at the audacity. The Demon Army was truly sincere. It wasn’t a simple protest or negotiation. They were now planning to confront with full force.

He felt the dark clouds hanging over the world of demons and heaven. If war were to begin, one of the two worlds would have to be destroyed. The two worlds were entangled in a long-standing hatred and conflict, and now his presence had brought that conflict to the brink of explosion.

Hyunseong realized his own presence once again. His presence was driving the world into madness.

Heaven called him a savior, but in reality he was a destroyer. Behind him, the shadow of Armageddon loomed.

silence.

There was only a heavy silence in the room. That silence was completely different from the strange and uneasy silence that Hyunseong had felt when he woke up in Liris’s mansion in the past. At that time, Hyunseong was a helpless being who knew nothing about the world of the demons, but now it was different.

Now Hyunseong could ‘talk’ to Liris. It was thanks to the special magic amplification substance injected by Leah. Now he was no longer a human who made [meow… meow] animal sounds.

And above all, Hyunseong now stood on an ‘equal’ footing with Lilith as the ‘savior’ of the heavens. At least, that’s how it seemed on the outside.

But Lilith’s eyes were sticky and full of obsession, as if all those changes were meaningless, without any change at all. No, rather, it felt as if Hyunseong’s absence had deepened that obsession and twisted affection. Just as mold grew in an empty room, her love seemed to have taken on a darker and darker color.

Hyunseong broke the silence and opened his mouth.

“Long time no see, Miss Liris.”

What came out of Hyunseong’s mouth was no longer the [meowing] of an animal, but human language. His voice was calm and composed, but strangely tense.

Liris stared at Hyunseong without moving. Her red eyes were intense and sharp, like blood-red jewels shining in the deep darkness. Her gaze seemed to bind Hyunseong’s ankles like shackles, and he could not move.

“Oh my.”

After a while, Lilith opened her mouth. Her voice was still cold and proud, but it was trembling subtly. It was as if she was trying to suppress her emotions, as if she was struggling to speak.

“Yeah, Mya. It’s been a while.”

It’s been a while. It’s never been a ‘long time’ for Liris. The day she first discovered Mya, no, Kim Hyunseong, in the forest of the Demon World came back vividly as if it were yesterday.

_That’s when I found a small, frail human shivering alone in the forest._

_Was it curiosity, or… an instinctive attraction?_

_Liris was seized with an overwhelming desire to hold the little creature in her hands._

_It was a complete fulfillment, as if I had found a long-forgotten…lost piece._

_It was a feeling I had never felt before. I had never felt anything but contempt and disgust towards humans… but from that small creature, I felt a destructive cuteness… and a desperate beauty._

_So, without hesitation, she took him in. Locked him in her mansion, in her prison, to be hers alone._

_She named him ‘Mya’. It was her pet name, not his human name._

_She doted on Mya. She fed her delicious food, dressed her in soft clothes, and bathed her in warm water. She poured all her love and affection into the little creature._

_Myaa did not dislike her touch. Rather, she leaned against her, as if yearning for her affection._

_That was, for Liris… the happiest time. She didn’t need anything else but the time she was with Mya._

_But… that happiness was so short-lived._

_One day, when I opened my eyes, Mya was gone. Her prison was empty, and her world had fallen apart._

Hyunseong shook his head slowly.

“My name is not Mya.”

At Hyunseong’s firm voice, Liris’s red eyes shook slightly. She stared at Hyunseong with an expression that instantly hardened, as if she had been stung by a bee.

“My name is… Kim Hyun-seong.”

Hyunseong spoke his name clearly once again. He no longer wanted to be called [Mya] by the demons. He wanted to regain his identity as a human, Kim Hyunseong.

But Lilith shook her head as if denying his words.

“No, you have to be Mya.”

Lilith’s voice was firm, and her eyes were firm. She spoke with conviction, as if declaring the truth of the world.

“Not the savior called by the celestials, but my beloved Mya.”

She slowly stood up. Her movements were slow and languid, but there was an irrepressible, intense power within her. Her red eyes burned like fierce flames, and her gaze was fixed only on Hyunseong.

Lilith walked slowly towards Hyunseong. With each step she took, the sharp sound of her claws echoed across the red velvet carpet, and the sound was menacing and tense, like a beast chasing its prey.

Hyunseong held his breath without realizing it. Liris’s intense gaze seemed to be enslaving his soul, as if he were possessed by a vampire. In her red eyes, he read blind love, mad obsession, and uncontrollable anger.

When Liris came close to Hyunseong’s eyes, she stopped. There was a tense atmosphere between her and Hyunseong, so tense that even their breathing could be heard.

Liris stared intently at Hyunseong’s face. Her gaze scanned his face like a hot flame. Her eyes were filled with fierce longing and uncontrollable possessiveness toward Mya.

She slowly extended her hand. Her fingers were thin and long, but they had sharp nails. Her hands felt dangerous and threatening, like the claws of a wild beast.

The moment Liris’ hand was about to touch Hyunseong’s cheek, Angela moved as fast as light. In an instant, she stood between Hyunseong and Liris. Her white uniform fluttered in the wind, and her gray eyes behind her gold-rimmed glasses shone sharply.

“Stop.”

Angela’s voice was cold and firm. She spoke sharply, as if warning Lilith.

“Disrespectful behavior toward the Savior is unacceptable.”

She stood firm in front of him, as if protecting Hyunseong. Her small figure was hidden by Liris’s huge shadow, but her eyes never retreated. She showed a firm will, as if she would protect Hyunseong even at the risk of her life.

Lilith glared at Angela. Her red eyes were blazing with anger, and her lips twisted sharply like a snake. Behind her, the wings of a giant demon spread out. The pitch-black wings were majestic and threatening, like shadows cutting through the night sky. The black magic emanating from the tips of the wings felt heavy, as if it was weighing down the surrounding air.

“Get out of the way, angel.”

Lilith’s voice was as cold as ice. She commanded coldly, looking down on Angela as if she were some insignificant insect.