Chapter 9
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 9
Devil
The green-haired Soi. The one who had asked Saklasi if he was swaggering was seized by an inferiority complex. Just because that guy is somewhat handsome.
“Is he even that great?”
Women are flocking to him too much. He didn't particularly deny being a Secret Defender either.
“That means he wanted to swagger!”
Even though he's acting high and mighty, women are shielding him. Furthermore, openly dating an Imperial Princess and receiving an expensive house as a gift—it's unforgivable. When he himself has to rot here for the rest of his life.
Gulping down beer, he realized he had drunk it all before he knew it. Feeling tipsy, he came out to the lobby to buy more, but the computer room caught his eye first.
The King Has Donkey Ears Gallery
Title: Imperial Princess Katerina is currently in a public relationship with a Soi Water Ability User
Author: DonkeyGalller
Content: I saw it clearly with my own eyes!
Katerina personally visited the Koopong site in Busanosk and hugged a Soi tight!
It was in front of hundreds of people!
She bought him a house worth billions, bought him a phone telling him to call her, and even smiled with her eyes!
First time seeing Katerina smile.
Seems she has fallen deeply in love?
In a fit of anger, he pressed the register button and went straight back to his room.
“A guy who's nothing special... The DonkeyGalllers will tear him apart on their own, right?”
There was something watching all of this. It had entered the green-haired guy's room first.
Inside the dark room. When the green-haired guy entered the room again and closed the door,
“Huh?”
The green-haired guy checked it.
Whoosh—!!!
Crunch. Crunch.
It happened in an instant. It opened its large mouth and swallowed him whole, starting from the head.
“This guy, he liked Katerina, huh.”
The memories of the eaten green-haired guy were copied. Even the memories about Saklasi.
“A Soi named Saklasi is receiving the Imperial Princess's love abundantly? What expression will Katerina make if she finds out her cherished pet Soi was eaten?”
Its identity was a demon. Hive name: Devil.
“If I eat him secretly and run away, what can she do?”
Devil transformed into the appearance of the green-haired Soi he just ate. Stealing the eaten person's memories and appearance. It was the demon's ‘Doppelganger Transformation’.
“Ah, sorry about before. I came to apologize. Want to have a drink?”
Even the voice was identical. No one would notice. If he approached him with an apology for the previous incident as an excuse, he wouldn't be able to refuse. Once only the two of them remain, it'll be smooth sailing. Even if he's a Lieutenant-Rank Water Ability User Soi, he won't be much of a danger to him.
“Should I leave just that Saklasi guy's head cut off?”
Thinking of Katerina's despairing expression upon seeing that, Devil grinned from ear to ear.
***
The King Has Donkey Ears Gallery
DonkeyGalller1: Is he crazy?
DonkeyGalller2: Probably better to delete it.
DonkeyGalller3: Leave it, maybe it's a will.
DonkeyGalller4: The Head Manager will delete it probably.
The green-haired Soi's wish came true. The ImDanggwi Gallery started to burn up. A post not self-deleted. The original poster, who is already dead, can do nothing. The DonkeyGalllers were starting to wonder if it was real. If it were truly a lie, the Head Manager should have at least deleted the post, but there was no reaction from the Head Manager either.
The King Has Donkey Ears Gallery
Title: Head Manager! Won't you work?
Author: DonkeyGalller
Content: Another bastard slandering our idol Katerina appeared!
As the president of Katerina Fan Club, I can't forgive this!
DonkeyGalller1: One will added.
DonkeyGalller2: Can you just call her name carelessly like that?
DonkeyGalller3: It is a gallery meant for that, but there are rarely guys who actually do it.
DonkeyGalller4: Clara gets called carelessly here too though?
DonkeyGalller3: The youngest Imperial Princess came here and asked to do so, and she's younger than me.
DonkeyGalller: To me she's a Noona though?
DonkeyGalller3: Acting like a puppy because you're a puppy's age. But are you really the fan club president?
DonkeyGalller: Planning to make it now.
DonkeyGalller3: Crazy guy..
DonkeyGalller4: But it is strange. The Head Manager wouldn't leave such a false post alone for this long.
DonkeyGalller5: It's making me anxious, isn't it real?
DonkeyGalller: Don't bullshit.
Amidst the uproar, an article popped up. The Galllers reacted immediately.
Water Ability User Gallery
Title: I saw something weird
Author: WaterGalller
Content: They say a Water Ability User is dating an Imperial Family member.
But they say it's a Soi.
Article is out.
WaterGalller1: Won't it be retracted soon? Correction article will probably come out.
WaterGalller2: It's famous that anything related to the Imperial Family is inspected and passed if it's not for slander purposes.
WaterGalller3: That's a true story?
WaterGalller4: Is a great person coming out from Water Ability Users?
WaterGalller: What makes a great person? Is he at least a Saint-Rank Ability User?
WaterGalller4: If he marries an Imperial Family member?
WaterGalller5: If it's marriage with an Imperial Family member, that's acknowledged.
WaterGalller6: Agreedge.
WaterGalller7: Real lol
The King Has Donkey Ears Gallery
Title: Crazy? Put out a correction article quickly
Author: DonkeyGalller
Content: Unless you want to see me going CRA! ZY!
DonkeyGalller1: LololOLol
DonkeyGalller2: What are you gonna do if you go crazy lol
DonkeyGalller3: Go ask Imperial Princess Katerina yourself lol
DonkeyGalller: Shall I go find that Soi and have a nice talk?
DonkeyGalller3: That's crossing the line.
DonkeyGalller4: (Want a taste of Imperial Punch? Emoticon)
The King Has Donkey Ears Gallery
Title: No, I mean I'll just talk nicely
Author: DonkeyGalller
Content: Just, where did they meet? How did they develop into such a relationship? Can you, a Soi, dare to take responsibility for a High Elf who lives forever?
DonkeyGalller1: The last part isn't nicely though?
DonkeyGalller2: (Side-eyeing Emoticon)
DonkeyGalller3: What if that Soi gets angry?
DonkeyGalller: At me? I'm an Electric Ability User.
DonkeyGalller3: Ah really, you'll be in big trouble instead.
DonkeyGalller4: For Water, just Electricity visiting constitutes assault.
***
The article making a buzz in the gallery titled “10th Imperial Princess's Romance Captured! Partner is a Soi?” was hitting the Imperial Castle hard too.
“What is this?”
The Emperor realized she had momentarily forgotten Katerina's personality.
“What in the world has she done....”
The Head Manager and Imperial Castle Secretary reported the ImDangGall post to her superior. That agenda had passed through the internal affairs meeting and the Minister of Internal Affairs was just looking at it now, but
Around evening, when a post related to Imperial Princess Katerina came up on ImDangGall again, an article was headlined and published as if they had been waiting for it.
“Bring my tenth.”
“We obey your command!”
Attendants ran out immediately to fetch Katerina.
***
While her romance rumor was hitting the Gallery and the Imperial Castle, Katerina was examining Serin's report. It says Saklasi is a High-Rank Water Ability User. A High-Rank Water Ability User that has never existed in history?
Katerina is in the middle of collecting question marks these days. They were all content related to Saklasi.
She instructed to find out what Saklasi wants, so what report is she uploading?
“Did she write ‘he wants to become a High-Rank Ability User’ incorrectly?”
He says he wants to become a noble. That much is easy for Katerina. Even with just being a Lieutenant-Rank Ability User at twenty, she could give him a title of about Baron with the Imperial Princess's authority.
“His appearance seen in person wasn't bad, better than I thought.”
The reason Katerina cares about Sois was because of her sister Ekaterina. It's been a whopping 1000 years since she lost her Soi child. It's the time Ekaterina has been suffering from depression and living in seclusion.
Hoping her sister's heart would heal even a little, she created conditions for Sois to at least survive. There was no emotion beyond that. However, her heart went out to Saklasi from the first time she saw him. Katerina thought it was because they were related by blood.
“I should make a call.”
Just as Katerina was about to call Saklasi. Just in time, a knock sounded.
Knock knock.
“Speak.”
“I greet Her Highness the 10th Imperial Princess.”
An attendant came. The Emperor's summons came first.
***
Saklasi got off work from Koopong Camp. A reporter secretly followed behind him in a car.
Saklasi looked around his surroundings, and perhaps thinking no one was there, he lightly pushed off the ground. He flew dozens of meters in an instant. It was clearly visible even to the reporter's eyes. It was a distance impossible to fly with just a light push. Physical ability that a Lieutenant-Rank Ability User could never produce, he was certainly a High-Rank Ability User.
The reporter thought he had scooped a huge exclusive. Seeing the ImDanggwi Gallery around noon, he rushed to Koopong Camp thinking of getting at least an interview, but it was a harvest incomparably better than an interview.
The Imperial Family member's lover is the first High-Rank Water Ability User? The reporter sent this article to his newspaper company. Along with the video of Saklasi captured on the black box.
***
Exclusive - First High-Rank Water Ability User in History! Secret Relationship with Imperial Princess Katerina?
The newspaper article headlined like that came to receive inspection from the Imperial Family first, but the content was again something to shake the Imperial Castle.
“This cannot be released.”
“I obey your command!”
The Emperor wondered if the newspaper company here had gone crazy.
Even if she allowed articles about the Imperial Family to be written freely, such an absurd story. A High-Rank Water Ability User? And that happens to be a Soi? It made no sense. She also couldn't understand how the newspaper company passed that and let it reach the Emperor.
An article that is this obviously false shouldn't go out. An article about him being an Imperial Family member's lover has already gone out. If this is seen as media play to block that, the Imperial Family's image will only get worse. The Imperial Family member's lover happens to be the first High-Rank Water Ability User? Isn't it too blatantly like media play?
“I will personally view that reporter's video file. Did he say that reporter is even a High-Rank Ability User? Physical ability of a High-Rank Ability User? I will judge it myself.”
***
When the Imperial Castle and the Gallery were exploding with Katerina's scandal, Devil had already arrived at Drevo Palace. And thought he was very lucky.
“Huh? What brings you here?”
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