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Paeng Sin-hye, the legitimate daughter of the Paeng Clan, had been violated.
After Dokgo Yeon's abduction and Eul So-mi's assault, a new victim had emerged.
What was worse, the Sex Demon had humiliated Paeng Sin-hye by scoring her a '⅗', as if leaving a review after dining at a restaurant.
And still, the Sex Demon remained elusive.
Even though he had fled from Paeng Sin-hye's room, there was no way the Sex Demon could have escaped the Paeng Clan estate. No secret passages were used, and whether he soared into the sky or burrowed into the ground, he was nowhere to be found.
Where had the Sex Demon vanished to?
There was only one way to find the answer.
"I, Paeng Iwang, head of the Hebei Paeng Clan, declare this! Search every corner of the Paeng estate and root out the Sex Demon!!"
He had lost all his martial arts, but his aged voice spread far and wide like a Lion's Roar. Instead of vomiting blood at the sight of his violated daughter, he swallowed tears of blood and fervently threw himself into the search.
"Clan Head! We've searched every possible place!"
"No! He's definitely still here somewhere! Murim Alliance warriors are watching the estate walls with their eyes peeled—not even a baby ant could have escaped!"
"Even the storehouses have been checked! There is no Sex Demon!"
No matter how thoroughly the estate was scoured, the Sex Demon did not appear. Just as Paeng Iwang's boiling rage threatened to overwhelm him and make him collapse on the spot.
"There is one place we haven't searched yet."
Fan Dragon Eul Ji-sang spoke with a voice full of certainty.
"The Sex Demon violated a woman and fled with audacious confidence. In that case, perhaps... the bastard wasn't satisfied with just one!"
"......!! Yuwol!"
They had not yet entered Paeng Yuwol's room. She would have woken if she heard a commotion, and Paeng Yuwol was a martial artist perfectly capable of screaming if the Sex Demon had invaded.
"Let's go!"
But there was nowhere else to look. They had searched every possible hiding spot and found nothing, so by the process of elimination, only Paeng Yuwol's room remained.
"Yuwol!!"
Paeng Iwang roughly threw the door open. The Fan Dragon and the Thorn Dragon followed closely behind.
"Are you alright—urk!"
Jo Cheong-hong, who had been about to launch a swift spear thrust inside, recoiled in horror and turned his body away.
"My apologies. The child was fussing...."
Paeng Yuwol was nursing her baby.
Her simple mourning clothes, even the waist sash undone, were parted to the sides, slightly revealing Paeng Yuwol's beautiful naked form, which even after childbirth could stand proudly beside any flower.
"A-ah, ahem. I'm sorry, Yuwol."
"It's alright. ...But what is the matter?"
Paeng Yuwol tilted her head with a somewhat drowsy, half-asleep face. At the sight of her cradling and gently rocking the nursing child's bottom, the warriors hastily retreated outside.
"...The Sex Demon has entered the Paeng estate."
"What? The Sex Demon?"
Paeng Yuwol's eyes went round with surprise. With her other hand, she tidied her disheveled clothes.
"I-I'm sorry. I was asleep, so I didn't notice at all...."
Paeng Yuwol was drenched in sweat. Perhaps she had tossed and turned quite a bit, for the bed was just as rumpled as her clothes.
"I-is that so? Then it can't be—"
"Pardon me."
Everyone's expressions hardened at the sight of the Fan Dragon's actions as he strode into the room with a stiff face. Eul Ji-sang's steps were unhesitating as he walked into a woman's quarters, and what's more, a woman who was breastfeeding.
"What is the meaning of this discourtesy?!"
"I said, pardon me."
Eul Ji-sang approached the wall with a gaze brimming with murderous intent. A startled Jo Cheong-hong tried to grab his wrist from behind, but Eul Ji-sang had already employed his Lightness Skill inside the room to widen the distance.
Clatter!
Eul Ji-sang threw open a large wardrobe. Inside, Paeng Yuwol's clothes were hung in abundance, and Eul Ji-sang rummaged through them with rough hands.
"Eul Ji-sang!!"
"...Nothing. I have been rude."
Only after Jo Cheong-hong raised his voice in fury did Eul Ji-sang bow his head without a trace of apology.
"...The Eul Family Manor will hear a formal protest regarding this matter."
Paeng Iwang glared at Eul Ji-sang, his fist trembling. No matter the circumstances, Eul Ji-sang's behavior was a clear discourtesy.
"Yuwol. I am sorry for startling you."
"It's fine. I-I'm alright...."
Flustered, the red-faced Paeng Yuwol pointed outside. Her flustered shuffling of her legs caused her clothes to slip, fully exposing a smooth, bare leg to view.
"C-could you all please go outside for a moment?"
At Paeng Yuwol's words, all the warriors filed out. Only Paeng Iwang remained at the door, turning his body to speak with Paeng Yuwol.
The Sex Demon had infiltrated the Paeng estate, so she must be careful—that sort of warning. Jo Cheong-hong, still wearing a grim expression, grabbed the collar of a contemplative Eul Ji-sang.
"Have you lost your mind?!"
"There is only this place. My instincts are clearly telling me it's here...."
"And was he there? Was there any other space large enough for that giant of a man to hide? There wasn't!"
"......."
Only when Jo Cheong-hong let go of his collar did Eul Ji-sang nod. There was no place in that room for a middle-aged man standing well over six feet tall to hide.
"Let's search one more time. He's definitely somewhere."
"Hmm...."
"Hurry. Find the Sex Demon quickly before the Clan Head gets angrier!"
"Tsk......."
Eul Ji-sang could not easily abandon his lingering suspicion.
And then.
After everyone had left.
Paeng Yuwol sighed of relief and detached Wol-a.
Snooze, snooze.
Wol-a, having drunk her fill of milk, had fallen asleep again. Paeng Yuwol gently laid Wol-a down on the fenced-in bedding made specifically for infants, then looked to the small space hidden behind the bed.
"...Huh."
Before her eyes, a young man who had just shed his boyish looks was pressing his body flat to hide. The massive, middle-aged man whose very gaze seemed capable of impregnating her was now shrunk like a child who had done something wrong.
He was a completely different person.
But the member fiercely asserting its presence toward the ceiling was exactly the same.
"Ha, haha."
Paeng Yuwol was dumbfounded by the sight of a man whose manhood alone was perfectly adult but whose face still held a trace of boyhood.
"...Did you change your body for this too?"
"No. ...This is my real body."
The young man answered sullenly at having his identity exposed, and his face felt strangely familiar. Paeng Yuwol searched her memory.
"......Ah!"
Paeng Yuwol couldn't hold back her laughter. She had definitely seen this young man before.
"The Divine Doctor's disciple?"
"...is what I'm pretending to be."
As the commotion outside gradually died down, the young man crawled up onto the bed. He buried his face in Paeng Yuwol's chest and pushed his member between her thighs.
"Do you know what I'm thinking right now?"
The young man looked up from between her breasts, and he was clearly embarrassed. Paeng Yuwol draped the rumpled blanket over the young man and parted her legs slightly to the side.
"Do you want some milk...?"
"Huh."
The young man looked dumbfounded—
"...Peek-a-boo."
—and latched onto Paeng Yuwol's breast. At his childlike behavior, Paeng Yuwol gently stroked the head of the young man hidden under the blanket and leisurely enjoyed his warmth.
"Really, who does Wol-a take after, aah...."
Squelch.
The young man pushed his member between the petals of Paeng Yuwol's flower. The angle from his prone position made it curve as it entered, but Paeng Yuwol held her breath, covering her mouth with her hand.
Squelch, slosh.
"Lady Paeng Yuwol, we shall be standing guard outside from now on."
"Please tell us if anything happens."
"Yes, I understand."
At the voices of the warriors outside, Paeng Yuwol held her breath. She barely managed to suppress the laugh bubbling up at the Sex Demon's infant-like assault, pressing her breasts together to stimulate both milk glands at once.
"...When I met you, I was going to pester you for the Mating Thousand-pound Hammer, but...."
Paeng Yuwol felt a deep sense of comfort from the calm, leisurely insertion.
"This is... nice too. My lord."
Paeng Yuwol waited until her milk glands felt completely empty, until the baby Sex Demon was satisfied.
***
I came to understand what a breast-burial truly was. After a slow, intimate battle with Paeng Yuwol that lasted about an hour, I finished with a thick ejaculation inside her and ended the act.
"I am called the Sky-Soaring Lust Demon."
I revealed my identity to Paeng Yuwol. Just as I had with Sagong Hee, Lee Si-a, and Dokgo Yeon, I clearly disclosed the level of my martial power and my strength.
"I intend to stop the Blood Cult."
And I revealed the hidden side of the Murim that I had not yet disclosed to them either. I had no choice but to speak of the entities lurking behind the Great Righteous-Demonic War, working in the shadows.
"Paeng Sin-hye. As a follower of the Blood Cult, she tortured an innocent woman, extracted her blood, and intended to offer her as a sacrifice."
Paeng Yuwol took my words with gravity. Even though these were the words of a man who had violated her, fathered her child, and then left, Paeng Yuwol listened with her full attention.
"I violated Paeng Sin-hye with my member and placed a Forbidden Restraint on her, but the Hebei Paeng Clan is dangerous in many ways. So, Wol-a."
I turned my head toward Paeng Yuwol, who sat beside me holding my hand.
"Will you take the child and come with me?"
"Are you saying you will kidnap Paeng Yuwol and her daughter as the Ice-Colored Demon?"
"Yes."
Unlike the feigned abduction of Dokgo Yeon, this time I would have to truly flee while carrying Paeng Yuwol and the child. Breaking through the encirclement might be quite difficult, unlike before.
But if Paeng Yuwol desired it, I was more than willing to take that risk.
"No. I refuse."
Paeng Yuwol cut down my proposal with a single stroke.
"I am a woman of the Hebei Paeng Clan. The Paeng Clan is me, and I am someone who cannot leave the Paeng Clan."
"What if I forcibly abduct you?"
"Then I would persuade you, my lord. If I were merely a woman, it would be fine to be raped and kidnapped in front of everyone. But I am not alone."
Wol-a, sleeping peacefully in Paeng Yuwol's arms, was the spitting image of both me and Paeng Yuwol.
"I cannot take the child all the way to distant Hubei."
"......."
The same was true for me. Even a normal carriage journey posed dangers, but dragging a one-year-old child around while on the run from the pursuit of Murim warriors was utterly out of the question.
"I will protect the Hebei Paeng Clan. And I will raise your child to be the greatest of this clan."
At Paeng Yuwol's bold declaration, I gave up trying to persuade her. Paeng Yuwol was not just my woman—she was the mother of my child.
"...In the distant future, a place called the Cheon Clan estate will appear."
I stroked Paeng Yuwol's head.
"On the day peace settles over the Murim, and the entire Central Plains knows the name of the Cheon Clan, a marriage proposal will come to the Paeng Clan. From the family of the World's Greatest."
"Hehe, the World's Greatest making a proposal to a widow with a child."
"Do you not like it?"
"No. How could I?"
Paeng Yuwol pressed her lips to my cheek.
"It's much better than the Chu Estate or the Baek Estate. Thank you for granting me the honor of serving a husband as great as the heavens. Lord of the Cheon Clan."
"Yes. ...Let me hold Wol-a for a moment."
I placed my hand on the back of Wol-a, who was nestled in Paeng Yuwol's arms. Inner Energy flowing from my dantian slowly opened every Blood Meridian in her tiny body.
"Oh my, could it be...?"
"It is the Marrow Cleansing technique."
Although the technique normally requires considerable time, I used my Inner Energy to complete it.
"I've infused a fair amount of Martial Power, so Wol-a will not fall ill. The effect will be more potent than a hundred doses of any typical Spirit Medicine."
"But what about her father's absence?"
"Urk."
At Paeng Yuwol's words that struck a sore spot, I could say nothing. Paeng Yuwol giggled softly and rested her head on my shoulder.
"I wish the Cheon Clan estate could be established soon."
"Of course. ...And there's something I've let you misunderstand."
I placed my hand on Paeng Yuwol's lower abdomen. I spread the Yang Energy I had poured inside her throughout her entire body.
"...Oh my."
"It doesn't mean I won't come to you before the proposal. Always look forward to the day the Great Roc descends."
I turned Paeng Yuwol's head and kissed her lips. It was a short, fresh kiss that didn't quite suit us.
"I'll give you the Mating Thousand-pound Hammer next time I come."
"Next... time?"
"Yes. The Cheon Clan estate is gradually taking shape, you see."
I rose to my feet. Paeng Yuwol grabbed my hand wistfully, then gently let it go.
"How many nights must we sleep before you return? So I can tell Wol-a if she asks."
"That's quite a difficult question."
"Hehe. I'm joking. I do enjoy the pleasure you give me... but I have received a love that is second to none in this world."
Paeng Yuwol smiled brightly as she held Wol-a in her arms.
"I am sincerely grateful, my lord. Our first meeting was a bit... but the gifts you have given me are treasures that nothing can replace."
"You are the same."
I tapped Paeng Yuwol gently on the head.
"For you gave me Wol-a."
"Oh my. Don't tap my head. I'm sensitive there."
"...Ahem."
"Have you forgotten? Where you promised to hit me instead of my head?"
"Huh."
As if I could forget. I shared one last kiss with Paeng Yuwol, and also gave Wol-a a kiss on the forehead, before turning away.
"Have your bottom ready for next time. I'll be coming prepared to give Wol-a a little sibling."
"...Really, you certainly know how to raise expectations."
Paeng Yuwol turned her reddened face away. Wiping away the tears forming at the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, she bowed her head deeply to me.
"Oh, right. About Paeng Sin-hye."
"What about her?"
"Paeng Sin-hye got a 3 out of 5. What score do I get?"
"None."
I opened the narrow window. Escape was impossible for the Ice-Colored Demon, but my original body could slip through without difficulty.
"I can't rank my wives with scores. What about you?"
"I can't rank them either. How could I when there's no one to compare with? It's just...."
Paeng Yuwol smiled and waved her hand.
"If you leave a woman alone for too long, even a good score might drop, you know? So...."
Paeng Yuwol extended her pinky finger toward me.
"...Promise me you'll come to visit a little more often."
"I promise."
I hooked my finger around Paeng Yuwol's.
"Don't be too surprised if I visit far more often than you think."
Because the Sex Demon soars across the sky.