"Thank you Hwan~" Soohyuk said as Jihwan put a drink on the table.
"Thanks Jihwan," Dahee followed.
"You're welcome…" he sat down.
"Hwan…I'm coming today for something…" Soohyuk began to get serious.
"Was that thing important?" Jihwan frowned.
"If not, I'll just call you…"
Jihwan sighed and looked at Dahee. Dahee, who understands that the things that they're gonna talk about wasn't her business, got up and walked to her room.
"Luckily she got it…" Soohyuk said and locked the living room's door.
"Yeah…so, what's the matter?" Jihan asked.
"You really dug your own grave Hwan, Daehyun hyung and Daejin were looking for her!" Soohyuk said.
"Huh?…wait a minute, why?" Jihwan asked.
"She was their sister! Can't you remember the name of Kim Dahee?!"
"Okay…then, what's wrong if they are looking for her? I mean, just let them search until they found her. She told me that Daehyun hyung was telling her that she failed her report…" Jihwan said.
"Failed? Report? I thought she had already finished her lesson?" he said.
"No, it's kinda a long story but the summary is she doesn't want to get married to the Demon King and he told her to learn about humans as she'll be a succubus…and I'm the human that Daehyung talked about," he said.
"Woah, Daehyun hyung really trust you huh?" Soohyuk was surprised.
"Yeah, he immediately called me after knowing that I was staying on the earth…"
"So, your canary was a demon with unfeathered wings? Cute love story~" Soohyuk blushing.
"What love story? What are you blushing for? I just let her stay here so she can redo her report and immediately leave" he looked away.
"That looks fake but okay~" Soohyuk leaned back.
"Was this the only thing that you wanted to tell me?"
"No…the thing is, you need to protect her from now on…"
"Why?" Jihwan raised his eyebrows.
"Hilux…" Soohyuk said and made Jihwan reposition his pose.
"Since Dahee already threw away her location batch that used to be tracked by Daehyun hyung, now he can't get any report about her health, location and update…" he continued.
"Hilux can freely attack her and as you know, he really wants her to vanish from this world…so, only you can be her guardian for now until Sangcheol and Hyunwoo hyung get the Phlox Stone…" he said.
"Did Daehyun hyung already know that she was here?" Jihwan asked.
"As far as I knew, only Sehyuk and Daejin already knew…Daehyun was very panicked to find out about her loss but I'm thinking that Daejin hyung will tell him…" he said.
"What's the status then? Did Hilux also know about her location?" he frowned.
"I guess he was still looking for her location but…he can get her anytime, Daehyun and Daejin hyung were trying to keep an eye on him and I'll give her a shelter…"
"It seems that I need to get back to the palace, it's been a long time since the last time…" Jihwan looked at Soohyuk.
"I think…you should stay…she can't return not because she failed the report, maybe she was too fragile…" Soohyuk said.
"I know, I'll just return to take something and she'll be under my monitoring…" Jihwan said.
"Also, Sehyuk hyung, he'll look for her update too. So, be careful with your surroundings and…don't make a fuss~" Soohyuk smirked.
"What fuss…?" Jihwan was confused until he get Soohyuk's words.
"Don't be so dirty minded, I'm not into that, you know about that!" he was mad.
"Who knows that you suddenly got an aphrodisiac effect and jumped on her~" Soohyuk giggled.
"Funny…" Jihwan rolled his eyes.
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Jihwan walked into her room to see that she was already in her deep sleep. He was caressing her hair and cast a spell at her.
"I hope this is enough for now…I don't know why you're very familiar…but I know something was coming up, good or bad" he then walked out and left the house that night.
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"Daehyun hyung…" Jihwan called him back.
"Jihwan, how was earth?" he smiled.
"Not bad, just some work…" he said.
"You left her with a spell?"
"Yeah, she was sleeping, I gave her a temporary spell before Soohyuk sent me the stronger one…"  he said.
"Good, I can't lose her again…" Daehyun sat on the couch.
"Then you should know that she's not as fragile as you think, hyung…you remember that moment, other demons were the witnesses! All of us saw it! Why are you still worried?!" he insisted.
"But I saw what you didn't…" Daehyun said in his deep voice.
"And I feel the things that you can't…you lock the things that you shouldn't hyung. It's her nature, you can't keep her in the same state, I can feel that she'll one day destroy herself if this still in the same level and state. She needs to grow!" he said, debating with Daehyun.
"Then, I'll tell you what I saw…half of her power was Hilux's, she lost all of her power and Hilux gave her half of his. The power that she has now was from her healing process. If I unlock Hilux's power inside her, she'll be completely uncontrolled and also destroyed!" he yelled.
"Eyes can lie hyung…if you said that you saw those things, I can trust it well but you count the chance that she may get it, which can't be confirmed yet…I trust my instinct on her but you know her better than me, I'll just follow your way, hyung…if that was the best for her" Jihwan said and walked away.
He sighed after getting out of the palace "I shouldn't fight with him about this thing…" he mumbled and suddenly, Hilux appeared in front of him.
"Hello~ Jihwan~" he said with a wide smile on his face.
Jihwan wasn't shocked and expected for Hilux's appearance in front of him.
"Let me guess, you're here to kill me?" he asked in calm.
"Not yet but I'm here just to have some fun times with you~ don't you miss me?~ hmm?~" Hilux caressed Jihwan's shoulder.
"Stop being so gay, I'm straight…" Jihwan glared at him.
"Who said I'm a gay? I'm bi~" he said.
"I didn't ask for that…if you want to fight, let's start. I'm not here to take your shit…" he said and appeared with his Dark Amethyst sword.
"A dark knight in hell~ I love it~" Hilux grinned at him with his fangs showing.
Jihwan was about to strike him but in a blink of an eye, he disappeared and appeared right behind Jihwan's back.
"Ding dong, Hilux in the house~" he was whispered to Jihwan's ear and hit his neck hardly that made Jihwan's spit blood. Jihwan fell on his knees.
"You're not my opponent, Jihwan, I'm waiting for that damn Demon King to come and fight with me, not a lowlife demon like you…" Hilux said right in front of his face.
"You're the one who can't be my opponent…Hilux…" Jihwan punched him in the face and he spitted out blood.
"You jerk…" Hilux said and grinned.
"Know your place Hilux…I'll end you right here!" Jihwan tried to slide his sword through Hilux but he managed to dodge and strike back at him.
More fast than the lightning, Jihwan attacked him and they kept swinging their swords like there's no tomorrow.
At the end, both of their blood fell on the ground and from head to toe.
"I didn't know that an old man like you still had the strength to fight me…" Jihwan burned his feelings.
"And I don't know that a killer still has the guts to face them…" Hilux said and it makes Jihwan question his statement in his mind.
"You're the one who tried to destroy her, I'm the one who kept her alive till now…know your place…but since I want to feel satisfied, I'm gonna destroy her also you, kill two birds with one stone~" he said and disappeared in the air.
Jihwan can't chase him as the wound that Hilux gave was stinging badly. Then he thinks about Dahee that may have been attacked by Hilux's people.
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"Luckily…" he sighed to see Dahee was sleeping peacefully on the bed and he closed the door.
He is trying to cure himself with magic but it's harder than it should be. It used to be easier when he was still in the palace.
"Am I lacking in power?" he questioned himself and remembered Hilux's sword that shines in a red blood color rather than dark obsidian.
"He absorbed my power!" he slammed the table and calmed down a bit. Grab the first aid kit and treat it in a human way.
"I can't sleep with this kind of pain…" he sighed and sat on the couch, zoning out to ignore the pain in his back, hands and neck.
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"Jihwan~~" Dahee called and hugged him from behind.
"Jagiya~" he said and kissed her forehead.
"I love you~" she said while melting by looking into his yellow golden eyes. The way it shines makes her throbbing and doesn't want to let him go.
"What a cute Dahee~ you'll always be my heart's owner~" he smiled.
"Y-you're smiling at me?" she was too stunned to speak because of his charm.
"Of course~ I'll always smile at you, only you can see this side of me~" he continued.
"Oh my gosh!!!~~~" she's widening her eyes and has a nosebleed.
Jihwan widened his eyes to see her nosebleed and immediately grabbed a tissue.
"Hey! Are you okay?! Why do you suddenly have a nosebleed" he said in panic.
"How can I have such a charming prince~" she said, looking at him.
He chuckled "well, this prince was already a king for his queen~" he kissed the back of her hand and made her blush hard.
"Hey~ why are you blushing hmm?~ Was your husband too handsome" he said and it made her realize.
"Husband?! You're my husband?!" she stood with a surprised face and he giggled.
"Did something hit your head? Of course I'm your husband~" he grabbed her waist.
She was too surprised and everything started getting blurred and she can't hear his voice anymore.
Then, Dahee opened her eyes and saw the ceiling of her room and she sat down with a sleepy face.
"The heck just now…I want to stay a bit longer in the dream!!" she slammed the bed and laid down.
"Hehe, husband~ he's my husband~" Dahee smiled on her own and came back to her senses.
"Pull yourself together Dahee! He's a human!" she slapped her cheek and felt the pain.
Dahee woke up and sighed "am I falling in love with a human? Daehyun oppa wouldn't just kill me, he'll gonna make me feel how is The Tortured of Succubus" she imagined it and feel goosebumps all over her body.
Dahee got ready that morning and walked towards the kitchen until she saw Jihwan's room's door was opened. She's trying to sneak and sees Jihwan was sitting on the couch, with the first aid kit that is messy on the table.
He looked tired and depressed.
"What is he trying to do? Should I interfere in it?" her heart whispered and she was about to walk in until she thought of doing breakfast first.
15 minutes later, Dahee put all the dishes on the table and looked around, seeing that Jihwan wasn't there.
She walked towards his bedroom and as she thought, he still in the same position and looked like a dead body, pale and looks like gonna commited suicide anytime.
"Has he been left by a girlfriend?" she mumbled and walked beside him.
"Jihwan, I already prepared breakfast…" she said.
"Okay…" he said without looking at her and walking towards the door but suddenly, Dahee saw blood dripping from his hands.
She grabbed his arms and he looked at her "your hands bleeding…don't you know that?" she asked in worried.
"I know…" he pulled his hand from her and unexpectedly, Jihwan fainted on the floor.
Dahee tried to wake him but he was too weak.
"What do I need to do?!! What kind of doctor who fainted in his own house!" she said while trying to drag him on the bed.
After Dahee puts him on the bed, she immediately stops his bleeding with direct pressure and opens the bandage. She was astonished after seeing the wound at his hands and bruised at his neck.
"What the…what were you doing last night?!" she scolded him even though knowing that he maybe wouldn't hear that. At least, she can let go of her anger.
After putting on the new bandage, Dahee used her healing magic to cure him. She knows her power isn't enough to cure his wounds but she wants to give it a try.
"At least I can see how far my magic can go…" she mumbled and closed her eyes.
One power that flows to her hands and it touches his skin. She was doing it calmly until she could feel a strong negative energy from him and it completely disturb her concentration.
Dahee almost fell down and can't even complete the healing process.
"Is he really a human? That's not a neutral aura for humans…" she said and looked at him.
"No! I need to complete this! His energy is not gonna be my distraction…" she said and did it again even though it was a lot of failure.
"I'm giving up…his aura was too strong…" she said and laid on the floor.
Suddenly, she smells something strong and it's coming from Jihwan. It's not a pheromone or perfume smell but more like a concentrated acid mixing with blood.
When she identified it near Jihwan, then she realized it was from his wound and she decided to take a sample from it.