After Ten Millennia in Hell

Chapter 450 - Aernor Delegation (1)

The first thing that Oh Kang-Woo did after waking up from the world of his consciousness was to settle the aftermaths of Ragnarok. The war had wrapped up as Olympus’s victory due to Odin’s defeat, but Asgard did not acknowledge their defeat despite losing their commander; they resisted aggressively and desperately.

Kang-Woo and Gaia focused on calming Asgard. It did not take very long since the difference in their power was clear now that Odin had been annihilated. In addition to that, Gaia proposed a compromise to all of the opposing factions to form a sort of association whose purpose was to ease the restriction. The anti-Gaia faction had no choice but to accept the proposal as they were despairing over the overwhelming difference in power.

“It looks like things in the divine realm have calmed down a little.”

Kang-Woo nodded as he looked through the documents that Uranus had sent him. The gods had worried that a large majority of the gods would die due to Ragnarok, but they had managed to come to a compromise without major casualties.

‘Well, I bet there are still gods who strongly oppose the law in their minds.’

Forget just their minds, Kang-Woo was sure that there would be gods who would ignore the law entirely and manifest into the physical realm anyway. Even so, they had managed to prevent the Earth from falling into chaos due to the gods. As long as the gods were afraid of being annihilated, they would not recklessly manifest into the physical realm.

“Haaa,” Kang-Woo sighed as he leaned on the backrest of his chair. He was exhausted after working his ass off needlessly in the divine realm.

‘If only I came to my fucking senses before things got this big...’

Multiple waves of regret swept over him.

‘I mean, I probably would have had to eliminate Odin sooner or later from what he was saying.’

However, he would have been able to do that without needing to cause an all-out war between gods.

‘And most of all...’

Kang-Woo closed his eyes. Someone knocked on his door and entered. It was Lilith, who had another pile of documents in hand. Kang-Woo flinched as he saw her bowing to him.

“What is it?” he asked.

“Hoho. This is the file containing the activities of Guardians while you were away.”

“Oh, okay.”

Kang-Woo took the documents awkwardly. He was not feeling down because he was given more work to do.

Kang-Woo peeked glances at Lilith in silence and gulped.

“My, what’s wrong, Master Kang-Woo?” Lilith tilted her head in confusion, wide-eyed.

“Huh? No, nothing.”

Kang-Woo shook his head frantically like a common dazed anime protagonist.

“My~ Is that so?” Lilith looked at Kang-Woo with a smile.

“What?”

“Nothing at all~”

Lilith smiled even wider. She hummed and walked toward the seated Kang-Woo as she looked at him teasingly.

“...”

Kang-Woo turned his head from her. He had gone through this several times already after that incident. Lilith giggled as she lightly placed her hands on Kang-Woo’s shoulders.

“Master Kang-Woo~”

“You can go if you’re done. I still have a ton of things left to do.”

“My, my. How cold you are.” Lilith placed her hands on her chest, overly acting like she was heartbroken. She then spread her arms out and continued, “Here, Master Kang-Woo. You can smother yourself in my embrace... like back then.”

“Kurgh,” Kang-Woo groaned and bit his lip.

His shoulders subtly trembled with his head lowered.

“Go on, hurry. You’ve been having a hard time lately, haven’t you? You can unwind in my arms...”

“S-stop...”

“And cry to your heart’s content.”

“Please fucking stop!” Kang-Woo shouted as he sprang up from his chair as if having a seizure.

“Hohohoho!” Lilith burst into laughter with one hand covering her mouth. She poked Kang-Woo’s chest with her finger and asked, “What’s wrong, Master Kang-Woo~? I, Lilith, am always willing to lend you my embrace whenever you need it!”

“...”

“Now, don’t hold back and jump into my— Kyaaah!”

Kang-Woo grabbed Lilith by her hips and threw her out of the room. Lilith turned her hair into tentacles and gracefully landed on the ground.

“I told you to stop...” said Kang-Woo as he panted heavily.

Lilith giggled even more. “Hoho, my apologies. I couldn’t help it from how entertaining your reactions were.” She elegantly bowed and continued, “Layla asked me to tell you that there will be a Guardians general assembly soon, so she would appreciate it if you could participate.”

“Okay.”

Kang-Woo nodded and flopped back down on his chair.

Clack.

The door of his room closed and silence fell.

Kang-Woo lowered his head. “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!”

He screamed as he clenched his hair.

“It’s... so heavy.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!!

“I feel like I’m... getting crushed to death!

“ilJASDHFKLJWHDFILFBWlidbflkjABDFKLBkldbfkljb.”

Kang-Woo muttered incomprehensibly. He jumped into his bed and clenched his hair. He kicked the sheets that he had left untidied after waking up and rolled around.

“Why... Why did I say shit like that...?”

He wept in deep sorrow. There was no darker past than this.

‘Deific Essence of Voracity, you fucking son of a bitch. Should I go back into the world of my consciousness and fuck it up again?’

Fwoosh, fwoosh.

A small ember set alight from Kang-Woo’s finger as he was deep in thought and wriggled as if it were wronged.

“What? What the fuck do you want from me?”

Fwoosh.

The ember flinched and went back into Kang-Woo.

“Urghhh,” Kang-Woo groaned bizarrely as he clenched his hair again.

Clack.

“K-Kang-Woo?!”

Just then, Han Seol-Ah opened the door anxiously after hearing Kang-Woo’s groans.

“Darling.”

Kang-Woo stared at Seol-Ah with shaking eyes. All the humiliation that he had experienced at Lilith’s hands swept over him. He let the surging emotions take him.

“Darliiiiiiing!”

“Wh-whoa!”

Kang-Woo jumped into Seol-Ah’s arms. His face buried into her well-endowed chest. His cheeks were enveloped by a warm and soft sensation. A delightful scent entered his nose. He could feel his stress melting away in a flash.

“Aaaahh.”

‘I’m so fucking happy. I can’t even remember the dark past anymore. I’m sure my darling won’t make fun of me. She’s... she’s different from Lilith.’

“Is something wrong?” Seol-Ah asked as she looked down at Kang-Woo in worry.

Kang-Woo regained his composure and stepped away from her as he cleared his throat.

“No, nothing at all.”

“It doesn’t look like it.”

“I was just worked up over a past mistake.”

“A past... mistake?”

Seol-Ah tilted her head in wonder, but Kang-Woo forcibly changed the subject so that she couldn’t dig into it.

“How are you doing lately, darling? I’ve barely been able to see you.”

It had been to change the subject, but he was considerably worried about it.

‘Darling doesn’t only just get sad because we haven’t been able to see each other.’

Kang-Woo did not know why, but Seraph’s soul was within Seol-Ah. She had awakened through Seraph’s power and ended up becoming an angel in the body of a human, similar to Kang-Woo, a demon in a human body. However, she was unable to control her obsession because the change had been too sudden, and the target of her obsession was none other than Kang-Woo.

‘She won’t fall from grace again, would she?’

Kang-Woo looked at Seol-Ah uneasily.

“Ah...” Seol-Ah bit her lip aggressively and nodded. “Yes... That’s right. You’ve been... fairly busy lately.”

“...”

“I-I’m f-fine!”

‘You don’t look fine.’

“I-I know that you’re very... busy. Grit. So... I’m fine. Grind. Even if you’re not here... I can take care of myself just fine.”

‘You seriously don’t look fine.’

“...”

Seol-Ah bit her lip, brought her legs together, and twisted them as if she were holding in her pee, possibly having recalled the time that Kang-Woo was away. Her bloodshot eyes were staring intently at Kang-Woo’s limbs.

‘The hell? It kinda looks like she’s contemplating whether or not to cut them off. You’re not, right? Huh? It’s all in my head, right, Darling? You’re not gonna dismember me or anything, right? They’ll grow back even if you cut them off, so don’t cut them. You better not.’

“Haaa, fuuu~ haaa.” Seol-Ah shut her eyes tightly and took deep breaths. Her bloodshot eyes returned to normal. “A-ahem. I’m sorry, Kang-Woo.”

“Are you sure you’re fine?”

“I-I’m sure! I...” Seol-Ah’s eyes darted around. She grabbed Kang-Woo’s hands and then kissed him. She said quietly as she blushed, “... I missed you, Kang-Woo.”

Kang-Woo smiled faintly.

‘It looks like she can control her instincts somewhat now.’

Her condition was not as bad as when she had fallen.

‘But you never know.’

Suppressing one’s desire was easier said than done. Even Kang-Woo himself had made a huge blunder because his desire had almost taken control of him.

‘It’s not good to suppress it at all times either.’

It would only have the opposite effect. Just like how Kang-Woo unleashed his instinctive desire to eat whenever he faced powerful foes like Tai Wuji, one needed to unwind and fulfill their desire every once in a while.

“Darling. It’s just gonna be the two of us today after all this time, so is there anything you want to do?” Kang-Woo asked.

“Pardon?” Seol-Ah’s eyes widened due to Kang-Woo’s sudden question.

Kang-Woo smirked and continued, “The matters in the divine realm have more or less been resolved, so... I have some free time today. If there’s anything you want to do, let me know.”

Seol-Ah’s target of obsession was himself, so the best way to fulfill what she desired was to let her do what she wanted to him.

An awkward silence fell. Seol-Ah’s eyes darted around as she stole glances at Kang-Woo.

“Wh-what I want to do...?” she asked.

“Yeah.”

“Well...” Seol-Ah lowered her head as her face reddened. “I-is it really okay for me to say it?”

“Haha. Of course, anything.”

It was obvious what a pure and innocent woman like Seol-Ah would want to do.

‘Yeah, I’ve been wanting to go on a date with Seol-Ah after so long.’

It would be nice to go to a cinema with her as they held hands, or even spending some quality time in a nearby cafe would be nice in its own right.

‘We could even go to the department store that we went to with Echidna a while ago. Mhm.’

Kang-Woo smiled in satisfaction as he thought of date courses in his head.

“Umm... In that case,” Seol-Ah cautiously said. She took off the house slippers that she had been wearing and said, “P-please lick my... feet.”

“...”

Excuse me?