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To be honest, Hwangbo Hye-ji didn't exactly dislike the man known as the Sky-Soaring Lust Demon.
Even after learning he was a Sex Demon.
Unlike the countless other Sex Demons Bi-cheon would later speak of—who barely deserved the label—he put Dokgo Yeon first even when he could have acted on his desires alone.
Dokgo Yeon, in turn, accommodated Bi-cheon's wishes, and they showed each other a mutual willingness to yield.
Watching them kiss as if it were the most natural thing and share affection as if it were destiny, Hwangbo Hye-ji even felt a pang of envy.
I wanted a love like that too.
Fate was cruel, and since it could no longer be undone, she could never have that kind of love again, but the sight of the two of them moved Hwangbo Hye-ji, if only a little.
That was why, even if the man called Bi-cheon was a lust demon, he wasn't so bad.
He had the chance to take and discard all seven sisters, yet by taking only Hwangbo Hye-ji, he left the other six untouched.
Being grateful that a Sex Demon didn't violate you was a contradiction in terms, but a man strong enough to kidnap Dokgo Yeon right before the Murim Alliance Leader's eyes had listened to Hwangbo Hye-ji without resistance.
His martial arts were formidable, and his face was a bit too pretty for her liking, but it passed muster. His nature was in heat, but a beast lurked within.
And the feelings he displayed toward Dokgo Yeon held a sincerity you'd never find in a Sex Demon.
That was why Hwangbo Hye-ji was astonished by Bi-cheon's unfathomable identity. As if peeling back one layer revealed another being entirely, he showed her many faces and continually surprised her.
"...And so, according to this plan, we shall violate the Hwangbo Seven Princesses."
A cruel, systematic, and vicious schemer.
Bi-cheon, under the name So Ju-ji, had devised a plan to overthrow the Hwangbo Clan, and even just hearing it, the plan was near perfect.
"Who would ever imagine that those who participated in the martial tournament would return as Sex Demons intent on raping the daughters?"
It was a plan where getting caught off guard meant the end, practically speaking, and Hwangbo Hye-ji's hands and feet trembled. She was on the verge of wanting to rush back and reveal all the schemes to Hwangbo Yeom right then.
"Can it... truly succeed?"
"Of course. I have a secret weapon. Trust me and leave it to me."
The reactions to Bi-cheon's lengthy explanation of the plan were split down the middle.
"A seventy percent chance of success. What do you say?"
.......
Half brightened at the seventy percent chance of success, and the other half frowned at the thirty percent chance of failure.
"Brother, so you've finally put that brain to work. But you said the plan itself has zero failure points—why the thirty percent chance of failure?"
"Because there is a traitor among us who will go running to Hwangbo Yeom to reveal the plan before the great deed is done."
Hwangbo Hye-ji winced inwardly. Even though she had no such intention, she felt a chill as if those words were aimed at her.
"So, those who will not participate, leave now. This is your final warning. If you won't join us in passing the Hwangbo Seven Princesses around right in front of Hwangbo Yeom, then get the hell out of here this instant."
For a moment, Hwangbo Hye-ji was so furious she nearly launched a fist at his back. That remark, more depraved than anything she had mentally prepared for, made her fist tremble with rage.
But the murderous intent of the woman beside her, who was holding her hand tightly, made her relax her fist. Regrettably, her close friend, who was stronger than her, was on the side of Bi-cheon the Sex Demon.
"Hmph. I'm leaving! I never imagined you'd be the sort to commit such madness."
A few men turned and began to vanish. Then, one by one, other men began to show their unease and drifted away.
"Is this all right? What if they go outside and blab?"
"That's why we must eliminate that uneasy thirty percent right now. ...Hmm, this should do."
Bi-cheon clapped his hands and laughed at those gathered at the temple site.
"To commemorate becoming our comrades, let's start by burying some people first."
"Burying? Who?"
"Ought we not to eliminate the unstable elements of the operation first?"
Bi-cheon pointed at those who had left the temple site.
"Catch them and bury them here."
At Bi-cheon's plan, a cold sweat ran down Hwangbo Hye-ji's back.
"If you won't join us, then you shouldn't be allowed to see or hear us devour the Hwangbo Clan, correct?"
He was, by anyone's standard, a Sex Demon and a villain.
* * *
Among the martial artists of the world, I count five whose minds are truly exceptional. Of those, I am already in a close relationship with two.
Sky-Shattering Divine Sword Dokgo Yeon.
Future Heavenly Demon Lee Si-a.
And if I were to list the others, I'd place three above them.
The Murim Alliance's Strategist, the woman of the Jegal Clan widely known as the Crouching White Phoenix, Jegal Seon.
Lee Si-a's own older brother, the Eldest Prince who oversees all the Demonic Cult's malicious plans, Ju Ji.
And the being whose mind is overwhelmingly superior to theirs, the Blood Cult Leader.
When it comes to devising and executing a group's plans and schemes in the Murim, no one can follow those five. And I learned how to use my head at the side of the Blood Cult Leader, who is indisputably the best among them.
- The way to unite people is to create a common enemy.
Following the Blood Cult Leader's words, I buried the cowards who had listened to the plan but refused to join the Sex Demon raid.
"P-please, spare me! I won't talk!!"
"You want me to press your acupoints? Fine."
At the temple site, dozens of heads sprouted from the ground like bamboo shoots. The faces of some of them were swollen.
"You lot cannot join our Scarlet Order."
"Spit. Cowards."
"Keuh-heuk, while we're fucking those Hwangbo bitches, you can just screw the dirt here."
The Sex Demons who had captured them freely humiliated them, stepping on their heads or spitting on them. It was entirely fitting behavior for the villains who had joined a plan to gang-rape the Hwangbo Clan.
'The Blood Cult Leader and Ju Ji really know how to handle bastards like this.'
I was a person who had reached mastery in how to handle villains.
"See here, So Ju-ji. Can we not just kill these bastards?"
"We cannot. Killing them for no reason will cause troublesome matters. Murder and silencing witnesses is not always the best method."
"Leaving future troubles behind is not a good choice."
"Since when did I say I wouldn't kill them? I simply won't kill them right this moment."
At my words, the Sex Demons twisted their lips in satisfaction.
"After we finish the great deed, we'll bring the Hwangbo bitches here, who'll be grinning from the taste of cock, and show them the faces—then we can kill them. It won't be too late."
"Hahaha! If that's the case, we have no choice!"
I proposed humiliating the cowards, and the Sex Demons readily accepted my suggestion. I swept my eyes over them one last time.
Thirty-three men.
Of them, about six were simply riding the mood, while the other twenty-four were genuinely hell-bent on violating the daughters of the Hwangbo Clan.
And three.
They were brazenly sending me arrogant and greedy looks.
To be precise, they were leering at the women behind me, licking their chops.
"Keuh-heuk, by the way, So Ju-ji. Are you the only one who gets to eat the good stuff?"
"Aren't we going to share the Hwangbo bitches? Shouldn't we share the good things from now on, then?"
"If you want this lord's help, hand over both of the women behind you, haha!!"
"Insolent bastards. Yeon."
"You called?"
"Deliver punishment to those wretches yourselves."
No sooner had I spoken than the two women dashed forward.
Sarak.
Dokgo Yeon's sword moved twice, and two men collapsed to the ground without even a scream. The last man took Hwangbo Hye-ji's concise palm art to the face and fell.
Tuk, tuduk.
From beneath the trousers of the two men slashed by the sword, a lump of something fell along with blood. Dokgo Yeon's blade wasn't even stained, and all the Sex Demons tensed and began to raise their internal energy.
"Do you now understand why I said that a mere Soul-Seizing Crashing Fist is nothing?"
Faced with the overwhelming power of a peak realm expert and a peak-level expert, the men's tension was palpable. Since most were first-rate martial artists, they would have clearly felt that Dokgo Yeon and Hwangbo Hye-ji were far stronger than themselves.
"Then stay quiet until the day of the great deed. Yeon, Hye, let's go."
"W-wait just a moment! Let me ask one thing!"
"What now?"
"What exactly is this secret weapon that can win even if Hwangbo Yeom runs wild?"
"...Hoot."
I raised a finger and pointed to the sky. Beads were nestled between each of my knuckles.
"Soul-Bewitching Incense. As you can see, the effect is...."
Seureureuk. I crushed one bead containing the Soul-Bewitching Incense. The man buried in the ground in front of me inhaled the incense and his eyes instantly grew hazy.
Pulseok. He fell asleep in an instant. The Sex Demons looked at the man with fear, and I lifted his chin with my foot and asked.
"Tell me your true feelings."
"Uwaaaah, fuck, I wanna wreck that Soul-Seizing Crashing Fist and fuck Hwangbo Hye-ji like crazy!!"
"As you can see, it is simultaneously a sleep incense, a powerful truth serum, and... allows for control at will."
The effect of the Soul-Bewitching Incense was perfect.
"We will detonate this in the banquet hall."
* * *
"...What in the world is this?"
Thunder Demon arrived at the location written in the missive. Then she looked at the people buried in the ground and was appalled.
"Fuck, I'll do it too! I can fuck them better than anyone!!"
The men were all struggling, hurling abuse. But with only their necks protruding from the ground, their bodies buried, it didn't seem like they could escape even if they used their internal energy.
"Their acupoints have been pressed."
Thunder Demon saw the state of the martial artists buried in the earth and recoiled in shock. Who could have buried so many second-rate and first-rate experts like this?
"Damn it, that bastard So Ju-ji, I'll kill him!!"
Who on earth was impersonating Ju Ji? Thunder Demon listened intently to the men's babbling and gleaned several pieces of information.
One, the man named So Ju-ji had appeared with two women.
One, faint traces of Soul-Bewitching Incense could be detected. He must have used it on the men buried in the ground.
And one, his plan had an obvious hole.
'It seems as if it was made on the premise that the Hwangbo Clan knows about it and will take countermeasures?'
From fragmentary information alone, Thunder Demon grasped the true nature of the Hwangbo Clan gang-rape plan the Sex Demons were talking about.
"...Heu-eung."
Thunder Demon roused her internal energy with intrigued eyes. She hadn't managed to rest properly yet, but she had enough stamina left to follow the trail left by the So Ju-ji impersonator and the two women.
She wanted to find him and ask him directly.
She wanted to ask if he wouldn't mind adding a tiny, just a little bit of Thunder Demon's suggestions to this magnificent plan.
"No, no. There's no need to ask."
She would move secretly at the heart of the incident. And she would plunge the scheme of the scoundrel who dared impersonate the Eldest Prince into chaos.
"I don't know how the truth will turn out, but shall I meddle a bit? Fufu."
Sarak.
Thunder Demon changed her clothes and ran through the night streets. Deliberately showing more skin, she prowled the dark alleys and searched for people.
"Heu-heuk, come play with us, kuheok!"
"I have business with your boss, so I came. Hurry up and guide me."
After roasting one of the men who tried to assault her with a lightning strike, Thunder Demon clenched and unclenched her fist and grinned.
"By chance, do you have a lot of leftover aphrodisiac?"
* * *
The day of destiny drew near.
Under the pretext of it being the last night I would spend alone with Hwangbo Hye-ji, I brought her outside again.
The place we arrived at was, of course, the guest quarters where Dokgo Yeon was staying. She had been cultivating her internal energy, and the moment she saw us, she greeted us with a bright smile.
"Tomorrow is finally the day of action."
"Yes. And simultaneously, it's the day we depart."
The instant we violated Hwangbo Hye-ji, Dokgo Yeon and I would leave Jinan together. The rest would be Hwangbo Hye-ji's responsibility, and from then on, she would be a free person, able to seek her true love.
'I don't quite understand it, though.'
She had surrendered her body to me. No matter the situation, she would actively participate in a plan to the point of giving her body to me while having someone she loved?
'Isn't that strange?'
My mind began to race furiously.
'Was it more important to get fucked seven times or more to protect the other sisters?'
Was she trying to protect the clan by abandoning her chastity for the man she loved, or did she have some other thought in mind?
'I feel like if I think just a little more, a clue will appear.'
What could be the reason Hwangbo Hye-ji surrendered her body? The most plausible assumption right now is—
"Dear. Hye-ji says she wants to see."
"What? My martial arts? I already showed her that yesterday, didn't I?"
"No, our internal energy cultivation."
"...Energy Circulation Breathing?"
"Oh, really."
Dokgo Yeon pulled me onto the bed. Hwangbo Hye-ji was already seated upright in a chair next to the bed.
"Th-that dual cultivation, I heard it hurts. So I want to see with my own eyes whether it truly hurts or not."
"Huh. Yeon, are you all right with this?"
"Showing Hye-ji? Yes. It's fine."
In the four months at the Cheon Family Estate, she had changed a lot. She no longer had a strong aversion to showing her body in front of another woman.
If it were a complete stranger, maybe not, but Hwangbo Hye-ji seemed to be all right.
"Ah. Dear, before we do it."
With her face flushed, Dokgo Yeon whispered quietly enough that Hwangbo Hye-ji couldn't hear.
"...Even though I cleaned up, because Hye-ji is watching, we can't do it from behind today. Understood?"
"Heuheu. I understand. But Yeon. Since we have the chance..."
I took off 'only' my upper garment and grabbed Dokgo Yeon's hand just as she was about to undress too.
"Let's do it with our clothes on today."
Lo and behold, a simulated violation.
"Consider it your first experience, and you must show her exactly what you feel. Understood?"
Right in front of Hwangbo Hye-ji, I performed a demonstration with Dokgo Yeon to declare that this was how I would violate her.
Proving that the passionate act between a man and a woman was a sharing of physical and mental bliss, entirely devoid of pain.
And.
.......
Until our lovemaking was over, Hwangbo Hye-ji did not avert her gaze for even a single moment.