Sehyuk was bringing Dahee to a place that she had never been to, a quiet place on earth.
"Where were we?" she asked.
"We're here to learn about your transformation and to get some peace," he said.
"I see…this place was too peaceful…I thought it was a hidden heaven" she chuckled.
"I also thought the same thing but it wasn't, this is a sea…a place where sunrise and sunset can be seen, a place for your messy mind to untie the rope" he explained.
"What a beautiful place here…earth wasn't that bad though, I thought it's just a noisy place full of ungrateful humans…" she smiled.
"Well, it is…but some of them can choose to get away from the noise by coming here cause they don't want to do something that makes them regret…"
"Humans only have one life on earth and they can't waste it in regrets and disappointment, we don't have limits for the age cause we depend on the weakness and punishment to meet the death" he smiled.
"So…we're here to get some peace before teaching me?" Dahee asked.
"No, we're here to arrange other abilities in your mind before creating a new one…and I guess we can start now" he said.
"Ouh!" she faced him.
"The first thing you need to do is spread your wings" he said and Dahee just followed his orders.
"Then…close your eyes," he continued.
"The third part may be a bit hard…you need to use your imagination to feel how the animals are…"
"How do you feel? It's quite dark here though" she said and heard him chuckling.
"Imagine what the animals that you want to be, compare the size with humans, imagine the part of the body and remember to bring the wildness of it" he whispered.
In a second, Dahee turned into a dark red phoenix.
"Good job Dahee!" he said and Dahee was flying in happiness.
"Yes!! Woohoo!!" she flew until saw the sunset and decided to fly higher and higher, the sweetest moment of her life.
"The sunset was very beautiful" she smiled and finally got down.
"Are you done?" he asked.
"Of course!" she turned herself into a human form.
"That's a great view of sunset!" she was excited to tell everything that she saw even if it's what he already saw before.
"You look very happy and that's great~" he said.
"Yeah but…what another level of the transformation if that was the first level?"
"The first level was doing normal animals and the animals that you've done just now were the 3rd level, mythological animals, most of the demons can't attach to this level because they're mixed breeding animals," he explained.
"Then, what's the last level of this transformation?" she asked.
"It's a monster…no one can do the last level of the transformation except demon king" he said.
"Then, what's the function of the last level?"
"It's to suck all the humans soul in one move and some of the demons also can be suck in together…but the demon king doesn't use that form anymore"
"I bet he doesn't want to kill anyone that innocent"
"Yeah…I think so…"
"But I always wondered who's the demon king, he never showed up and yet I never saw his face…oppa said he's very young, more young than him but most of the demons said he was an old man" Dahee frowned.
Sehyuk giggled "what makes you think that Daehyun hyung is lying?"
"I don't know, I don't think he is lying but I can feel he's hiding something from me. Sometimes I think he doesn't take me as what I am now…"
"What do you mean?" Sehyuk became confused.
"I mean, he thinks that I can't handle things on my own and keeps putting me in safety" she sighed.
"Isn't that what Daejin always does?"
"Yeah…but Daehyun oppa is more cautious than him, I bet he put a secret tracker on me because if he didn't put it on, he'd be worried and look for me…"
"You're right and why did you sighed about it? It's a good thing that you have someone behind your back that can protect you…" Sehyuk said.
"You're right…maybe I'm just too pampered and overreacted, I shouldn't think bad about him. He tried his best to protect me…" she smiled and laughed.
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It's a cold night and Dahee waited for Jihwan to come home. She almost fell asleep because of tiredness.
Suddenly, she heard someone coming in and immediately rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Why is he coming home late?" she mumbled and in blurry vision, saw 2 pairs of feet.
"Since when did he have four legs?" Dahee moved a bit near and realized it was a woman's legs.
"Ouh, he brought a woman…" she said and realized.
"A woman?!" her heart yelled.
Dahee remembered that the old lady said to her that Jihwan was too busy to even get a girlfriend but he looked like enjoying the moment now.
"How can she say he doesn't have a girlfriend?" she mumbled and saw the woman being pinned at the wall and passionately they kissed.
"I shouldn't expect things from a guy like him, can't they be more quiet!!" her heart yelled.
The noise from Jihwan and the woman make Dahee traumatized. Even though she was a demon and most of the demons have a massive desire, that doesn't mean she felt like what they both felt.
"I should get used to this if he's trying to do this everyday…" she said in surrender.
Both of them were throwing away the clothes and some of it even got under the bed and Dahee just sighed.
"Hope this will end faster because I already know what to write in my report" she mumbled.
But when both of them were on the bed, Dahee heard a screaming from the woman and Jihwan's growling.
It's not screaming in pleasure but more like in great pain and almost dying.
"What the…what are they doing until she needs to scream like that?" Dahee was curious but she can't crawl out or her existence will be questioned by both of them.
"P-please J-Jih-hwan, l-let m-me go-o!" she begged and Jihwan growled harder but it sounded too scary until Dahee could feel the chills.
"What's with the growling? It sends me chills…" she mumbled and faced the bed which was on top of her.
The moment when she used her demonic eyes to look through the bed and that's the moment when she regrets her existence there.
She can see clearly his eyes that are more scary than her own brother. His body that can send shivers down to her spine. His face clearly showed a cold expression that can kill anyone that looks right into it.
His hands choked the woman's neck and her face was already swollen and her eyes rolled back.
"W-what creature is he…" she mumbled but her whole body was stiff at the place.
Then, Dahee accidentally meets his eyes and she can't look away from it. It felt like her body was being controlled by it. But, a tear fell from her eyes and she closed her eyes. Don't know why it feels like an antidote for a poison from those evil eyes.
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A few minutes after that, he takes her body and walks into the room that Dahee couldn't open a few days ago.
Weirdly, he just stood in front of that door and it opened by itself, no need to twist the doorknob.
"Weird…" she said.
A few hours after that, he opened the door and a strong smell of blood was spreading. She couldn't even tell why the smell was so attractive and tried to pull her out.
She then looked at Jihwan who was shirtless and covered with blood. His eyes look like a predator who looked for the prey.
Dahee then looked at him that entered the bathroom. The floor was covered with blood and Dahee wondered if he killed that woman. She can't look through the room's door or open it.
A puzzle that is messing up in her head and a question that surrounds her. Who is he? What did he actually do with that woman? Did he kill her? If he does that, why? She needed to know about it but at the same time, she felt scared.
Scared of humans? Her brother will literally kill her because of her weak feelings.
"The demons can't get scared of those filthy humans!" that's the words that she can remember from Daehyun. She felt like a failure because can't fight the terrifiedness of humans.
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The next day, Jihwan went out and drove to Sangcheol's house.
"Jihwan?" Sangcheol was surprised to see Jihwan in front of his door.
"Sangcheol hyung, I got something to talk with you…" he said and Sangcheol invited him in. After serving him a drink, both of them get into a topic.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Sangcheol asked. Jihwan cleaned his throat and Sangcheol properly sat to hear what Jihwan wanted to say.
"So…I actually want to ask about her…" he said.
"Who? Soomin?" Sangcheol asked.
"Kinda…"
Meanwhile, Dahee was eavesdropping from outside of the window, she leaned beside the window and heard every conversation.
"Soomin? Is he trying to target her next?" she asked herself then continued to hear.
Suddenly, Hyunwoo walked out from a room and saw Jihwan. Three of them stayed silent until Jihwan said something.
"Who's him?" he asked.
Dahee sneaked a peek at the window and saw Hyunwoo and Sangcheol.
"I've seen them somewhere…" she mumbled.
"Friends!" Sangcheol said.
"Boyfriend!" Hyunwoo said.
Both of them said at the same time and Jihwan was confused.
"Cousin!" Sangcheol said.
"Partner!" Hyunwoo said.
And again both of them looked at each other in confusion.
"Jihwan, I can explain!" Sangcheol said and Jihwan raised one of his eyebrows.
"So…is it a friend, boyfriend, cousin or partner?" Jihwan asked.
"We're just friends actually…" Hyunwoo said, sitting beside Sangcheol.
"Then…why did you say boyfriend and partner just now?" Jihwan asked.
"To avoid misunderstanding…" he looked away.
"Ouh…but why was he in your room, Sangcheol hyung?" Jihwan is still curious.
"He uses the toilet…" Sangcheol said innocently.
"Ouh, okay" Jihwan stopped asking even though he was still thinking why Hyunwoo just didn't use the 2nd toilet downstairs.
"My name is Ahn Hyunwoo, call me Hyunwoo~" he lent his hands.
"Call me Jihwan…" he shakes hands with him.
Dahee that eavesdropped on them flew away as she felt power will run out by hearing the conversation that'll get longer.
Dahee was walking into his house with a 2nd key that she stole in secret. But before she got in, the old lady was coming out. She looked like want to go somewhere.
"Ouh, we met again~" she said and Dahee just smiled.
"It's cold outside…" Dahee said.
"I know but I want to get some fresh air~" the old lady crossed her arms.
"I see…" Dahee lowered her head.
"Are you fighting with Jihwan?" she asked.
"Huh? No exactly…" she said and remembered about the tragedy last night.
"Umm, by the way, have you heard anything from this house last night?" Dahee asked.
"No, why?" she smiled.
"Ouh…nothing, just asking~" Dahee kept her smile.
"If you and Jihwan are doing that thing last night, both of you are really gentle to each other~" the old lady giggled.
"Ah! N-no…" Dahee was blushing as the old lady misunderstood her.
"No need to be shy with me, I know what a young married couple like you always do~" she said and Dahee just nodded shyly.
"I need to go now, see you in your free time~" the old lady waved and same with Dahee.
She then walked into the house, put the key back at the place and looked through the window. She walked to the mysterious room's door and swore.
"I need to know what's in that room even if I need to sacrifice my whole power!" she said in a very hyperactive way.
"Isn't that too much to sacrifice my whole power?" she asked herself and back on the topic.
"But! I still need to open the door!" she yelled and held the doorknob and as always, it's not even 1% of a chance for the door to be opened.
"What in the holy…why is this door so loyal to its owner!!" she kicked the door and hurt her own feet.
A one thousand ways she used but none of them can be used, even the most powerful of her magic can't even burn a little piece of the door.
"Is he an angel?!" she's getting mad.
"But…if he's an angel, he wouldn't try to kill the woman or be covered in blood…" she said.
After one hour of trying, she laid on the floor and suddenly, her throat felt like it was choking.
In a blink of an eye, she turned into a human due to running out of energy.
"No!! I can't run out of power now!! I'm done for real…how can I get blood now!" she said.
A demon needs to survive with a pint of blood at least for a month or they need to survive as a human. Not all the power can be used in a human form.