37 A Demon's Fate Escape

Everyone was contented that the result turned out positively, even Duke Travessle, but amongst all that gladness, there had to be a strong feeling of animosity and dissatisfaction that stuck out like a sore thumb.

"Choi Seunghyuk...You're not going to get the throne! I do not care how competent you are, but the throne is mine, and forever it will continue to remain that way."

As Seunghyuk was rushed to the infirmary, Jisung immediately turned and dashed out of the main room, but then Jisung stopped running all of a sudden with a look of helplessness stretching across his face.

"If you did not know where the infirmary was located, you should not have ran out aimlessly," One of the elder Nighthowlers told Jisung and made Jisung's face heat up in shame and embarrassment as he nodded, then the five of them ran promptly towards the infirmary where Seunghyuk was brought to to treat his injury.

At that point in time, Seunghyuk continued to lie unconscious while drifting in the pitch black space in his own consciousness. This time the darkness felt different, increasingly different from all those times where Seunghyuk felt hopeless as he drifted into darkness. The pitch black surroundings seemed to have a goal, a destination, a motion, letting Seunghyuk drift through the darkness silently.

"Interesting..." Seunghyuk heard a terrifying voice which sounded like multiple people speaking at once with the voices layered over each other, forcing Seunghyuk to be awake internally, but he is still unconscious from the outside.

"Who's out there? I mean...in here!" Seunghyuk questioned and just earned himself another round of the weird layered voice, this time the mysterious sound was laughing at Seunghyuk's reaction while the scary voice continued, "I have to say you are really special, no one has ever pulled me into their hauanazainaga ina maya zhahaenagagae laifaesa."

Seunghyuk was shocked when the last few words knocked and bounced off Seunghyuk's brain without any decipherment. The light of realisation slowly dawned on Seunghyuk as his brows furrowed and his forehead scrunched together in a mixture of anger and fright, because whatever the voice as speaking was using the Demon tongue: Shaiemaou.

"Sorry, I couldn't quite catch you. No one has ever pulled you into their what?" Seunghyuk questioned again, hoping that his low and basic levels of Ancient Language Comprehension would help him in deciphering whatever he was going to hear.

"You understand me? Human, you speak Shaiemaou?" The layered voice sounded out again, this time with an obvious hint of shock and unexpectedness, then it continued to speak, not in the Demon tongue, but English, "I believe I said no one has ever pulled me into their consciousness in my whole life. You're more interesting now...I never knew humans were capable of learning our language to such an extent too."

Seunghyuk felt more and more uncomfortable as the conversation continues on, it was like Seunghyuk was forcefully placed on a rollercoaster and the coaster was slowly rising to the highest point, getting closer and closer towards a dangerous ride down. However, Seunghyuk had to show the confident and dauntless side of him and wear that facade like a mask, hiding the trembling and fright behind that one mask.

"Well, it's amusing to see a demon speak the homosapiens' language to such an extent as well. I'd say you're really good at it," Seunghyuk replied straightforwardly which earned him three long seconds of silence that followed after with the demon's appearance, "Human, you know fairly well I'm a demon and you still speak like you yearn death."

Seunghyuk was trying his best to contain the shock and the strong flabbergasted emotion deep within the layers of his skin, hoping that it would not burst open and rise to the surface of his body and be seen. The demon was a ridiculously tall man with the normal peachy skin tone of an Asian but had thick, purple horns growing out of his head. Those eyes were so red that they looked bloodshot, except that it was normal for all demons to have thirsty, blood red eyes that stare into people's souls hungrily. The demon donned on a golden armour with black shades of some sort, but it was extremely revealing, only covering the back and half of the shoulder, running down the sides of the demon's body until it finished at the waist, leaving the demon's strong and defined abdominals exposed. The demon's legs were covered by a black material cloth that resembled the bottom of a thick, black robe which shook left to right, front to back as he slowly sauntered towards Seunghyuk.

"Are you not a cute little thing?" The male demon walked up to Seunghyuk so confidently like the whole world belonged to him, then extended his long fingers to only rest them under Seunghyuk's chin and forcefully raised his chin upwards, earning Seunghyuk's reply, "What is the meaning of this?"

The demon bored his red eyes into Seunghyuk's and immediately Seunghyuk was stuck in a weird trance, then his body fell limp part by part until his whole body was as weak as fluid. Seunghyuk's body was fully under the demon's control, although the male demon being a pervert was one of the top thoughts invading Seunghyuk's brain, the fact that he was going to be toyed with in his own consciousness was more of a bigger concern.

"Seems like you will befit an amazing follower, I will be sure to make you the greatest weapon..." The male demon continued to stare into Seunghyuk's eyes while speaking with a smile spreading widely across his face, but all of a sudden, Seunghyuk's strength returned as he used his skill Charm to counter the demon's skill, which seemed to work perfectly.

"You really do have the upper hand in your own consciousness, but I can sense that you are very powerful. Not immediately, but if we leave you to grow, you might destroy and wipe out the whole of the demon's existence," The male demon spoke with a surprising smile on his face which Seunghyuk asked in confusion, "And why do you seem so happy about all this? No matter how you think of it, when I rise to become more powerful, you'll not benefit at all."

The male demon smiled and tapped his toes to the floor twice, then his whole body levitated above ground slightly while he continued, "You are right, it does not help me if you decide to rid of every single demon in the world, but if you do not plan to do that, I believe I could haul some benefits."

Seunghyuk looked genuinely confused at the demon's statement, but the demon smiled and looked like he expected that reaction from Seunghyuk. All of a sudden, the demon's smile disappeared completely and he fell to the ground on both his knees as he looked down.

"Wait! What in the world are you trying to do?" Seunghyuk questioned out and released all the shock from his body, removing the mask that he was wearing on himself automatically even without himself knowing, "I...If you have something to ask of me, I am sure you could easily just kill me to get it. Why the courtesy now after you have played with me and talked about wanting me to do your bidding? Are you kidding me?"

The darkness in Seunghyuk's consciousness seemed to darken, but the demon was still visible, as the demon explained himself, "I tried. You know I tried to take control of your body so I would escape fate. It did not work at all, and now I think I was foolish for thinking that I would be able to seize my one and only chance of entering a human's consciousness."

The demon stopped speaking all of a sudden and left Seunghyuk to think and process whatever that was said, then the demon looked up and straight at Seunghyuk, but still not standing up from the kneeling position.

"I am Kang Joonseok, a demon child that is not considered a legitimate demon because my mother is a normal human just like you. Demons like me are forced to accept our fate of being used as a tool to aid the growth of the demons but not given any skills or attention to increase our demonic powers. I was only able to get this powerful by secretly escaping the Demon House at a young age and improving my skills for the past 78 years. As you know demons do not age, so 78 years flew past insignificantly due to my constant effort in improving myself. The Demon King had once set a rule that all illegitimate demons will become a slave at age 50 and to be slaughtered if the rules are not abided by. Today I am 82 years old, and I am still escaping my fate even after 32 years. The Demon King, also my scoundrel father, would destroy the whole of humanity alongside with my hateful brothers and sisters just to find me and kill me with their own hands."

Seunghyuk put two hands under the demon, Kang Joonseok's arms, then lightly pulled him upwards into a standing position.

"Human, if I were to offer my knowledge and experience to you, will you allow me to stay inside of you in your consciousness?"

Seunghyuk thought about it and nodded with resolution as he said, "Kang Joonseok, when the day comes and your father arrives on Earth with your brothers and sisters, I will not let them take you."

The male demon looked at Seunghyuk surprised at his strong resolution, but it was normal for Seunghyuk to feel angered after hearing what the demon had said. Seunghyuk had experienced similar events like the male demon, and so even without the demon's offer, he would accept the offer as well.

"Your father deserves to die for setting such a rule," Seunghyuk let those words fly out of his mouth without thought, and all of a sudden, his mind was flooded with anger again.