HKWM | Chapter 1

Lee Hyunjin. 30 years old. Single. Broke up with his 04d2a91664 girlfriend a few months 82d1b28694 ago and is currently 29bc64d218 single. No debt. No savings either. I was an fa8e200ac2 ordinary office worker, 697237aab7 too ordinary to d3509fe8a1 describe in detail, 34bd6d434a who died of 2b966ce091 overwork due to b5dd43c05e the extraordinary workload.6096ecace27aeeb2

But when I dd932c7baa opened my eyes 329ea3fac6 again, I found 17cd1c231d myself turned into a9ac41e4ab a demon. Specifically, an faac0e32e1 Archdemon of 98ccf93238 the Seven 4626ed7015 Deadly Sins.4ea67e39902c5495

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I’d have 8237149c8f to clean, 54fe8fdd33 so I b638e42cfa can’t take e19ca20a95 questions now.1e41f047d5db66e3

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For an orphan 0c41ed7a41 with no innate 939440edc0 abilities, just growing bde15bc88c a big head 1259557308 by the time e970b1a293 my identification card c72c93ed6d was issued, living 9cb88f880f an ordinary life 71a6858f46 was harder than 5d34bcb78c one might think. Just getting to the e8f77de44c same starting line as 8f15675cde everyone else was quite 862fd6c566 a struggle.c3ea55a6063c71fd

Even so, thinking ‘I 126b20cc6a just need to run 9ff431308d while others walk,’ I 80e044e25d hustled, managed to get fbf6f92bbb a job, and started 1a4156ddbc dating, but eventually, my 82f0efe8cf life ended in overwork a73e067549 death. The scene 69778f3b43 just before bf2ee7eb46 my collapse, c498db83e6 asking a 17d1c65082 junior who 4a7d143ab6 was slamming 0740e54de5 mixed coffee 2a506a176a like it 7ec60f700d was elixir 4c2a4a3eb5 from behind 1e081610a5 the partition 501b5482fa for a 337dc59457 cup, was a62bcf065b pathetically uncool.5b6c6170b4d43694

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Was it f2eab7a32b because I bbf6bbc8b7 abused my 712684951f body with a1f52ac15c all-nighters every 41fccddbfc day as 068a547287 I entered 3829bfeda1 my thirties? Or was b4a40ca72c it my f4193d3e53 fault for dd657917b8 putting too cd7d7873d4 much faith cf5051374f in energy f72826f684 drinks? If I 6b92338df4 had always 507754e0b4 remembered that e859ae2293 downing a b48cf92a58 Hot6 doesn’t 1131219a89 give you 634d35d368 bonus health 49031e8cb7 but just 678623e149 borrows it 3e81dce968 on high 5b4d2ab559 interest from 07dd8e5386 my future d2341e320a self, would b5019b6eb8 things have a9e10109fc been different?a2b98cfb4ff15a8d

Either way, fb28fa07dc it was 12dd299a05 all futile d75397675c speculation after 4a109c5809 death. Yeah, what ff8a4d97bc I should 1f1a1429ef be worried 40cb1e2871 about now b1042ad4eb is what 3f19046d00 happens next.dd2dd51eb10b7dc5

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I had 0e85d8e2dc no idea 15ab1f464a thoughts could 2ab0bbdff0 be so acbfc7f3b3 vivid after a2c373bb70 death. If I hadn’t remembered 85967f8302 the moments before my d1fdf26f96 collapse, I might have 52d0fe853e thought I was having bec4725c32 a particularly vivid dream.25c50a69a9a9121c

If there really 3c4e58a3c6 is an afterlife db40177c24 like in the 2ec6db0ee9 movies or dramas, be68590c1e where you reflect ef083c478a on your life 503cc8b9e2 before a verdict 45c78ba1e2 is rendered, maybe b5790982c8 the higher-ups in 1d85f452c9 the afterlife were 2a4a7de8c1 giving me a 5f5604d313 chance to quickly 9c4c1ff40e review my sins 5d2020aa66 and decide how 6c952db679 to repent.80bc2b995687a5de

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What did I do e1fc1a863e wrong in my life? It would be d01693bbfa quicker to think 259cf82181 about what I 8021fbf797 did right, but 00cc785f2c still, if I adbe51930b wanted to avoid 6ec1c4e5c6 going to Hell, 759aa3f304 I needed to 326600c848 be as blameless 611f218056 as possible. Yeah, I’m not 5cde1a91f6 hoping for Heaven, 057d985b02 but at least ab7d5c7e65 not Hell…c69eb154da86c7df

“You’re going to Hell.”8d2eeb0dac369e66

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“What?!”f3ab404d5a98a372

No way, a22f5984dd who starts 4db30aa728 off like 9049d61b00 that? I deserve 50e8c15b63 a chance d55e63069d to argue. I don’t know where a9533ba25f the voice is from, 245e6f6f59 but it’s unfair to a2ea5985a0 just proceed without a 11e7a5df6a trial. I would have protested 68f0c18f37 if my mind hadn’t 9bf645f021 started to blur again.117b492f0f922911

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Screwed. I’m probably waking up e9e0b1de47 in Hell.0054d4a347567659

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“Aaaagh!”78ba490b2126dc34

I jerked up as 0bc9c32588 if my back was b829296b4a on fire, with a 51567cd89e bizarre scream as a eab4fb7089 bonus. I panted heavily before a9113f9ca4 squinting my eyes shut. Could there be a 0aee3ff4eb ceaseless chariot nearby, or 18575238d8 something unbearably fiery like cae25c1fab Hellfire? Or maybe something 9f4cd8f8e5 even more terrifying?3e3336226b7ea785

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While praying that nothing c858707a0a worse than my imagination 8a94e771a3 would come out, I b329662a9c suddenly realized that the 8a28b83a2e place I was sitting e136e5498e was unusually soft.e01752dd8907ed14

Soft…?1127572bd2618337

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The texture seemed be2c1c56f3 totally out of 428a2f02dd place for Hell, f3f2349d88 so I hesitantly 2cd0f78429 reached down to 9ff37a35f7 feel the ground 39cf4eeddf near my buttocks.4e373513e19360a5

No, it wasn’t the 860c8a0116 ground. What I was da6c2e6d82 sitting on was 6c6b4d9141 a blanket, softer 2e842050f0 than anything I’d bd06608398 touched in my 5c874b1b34 lifetime. Shocked, I d3702cd71c opened my 76be928c9c eyes but 8ba97010a3 then closed da2e374692 them again 0fa3958bef to pretend 19a677718d I was f5884275a6 still unconscious. Had there not c1dc6bb382 been a gaze 40b5060df7 fixed on me, 3e573e3464 I would have e19219aca3 gotten up to 855772cbdc explore every corner f7d2604ee2 and figure out 47968996b6 what was going 9587fa2432 on.49146afb57c08a66

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“Going to sleep 4a072b4fd7 again?”dc0ba38a4fb3f3d8

“No.”2a6d757a24bd5fd9

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The voice full b4875e4561 of intent to 3fa8037173 make me open ccf74d2d49 my eyes made 9f52b4a95f them snap open 016a5e2a1a involuntarily. I paused at 6284104b7e the sight of 4d46a70e8d black hair that 90ca458ad0 fell to the 97d8bff459 waist, but what 7c7633d440 was more strange f4376cf3e0 were the deep bb84f113d8 and endless black 547f2f348d eyes that could 8c274b39d8 make one’s mind 79fb76d6f7 drift off.c2b2863ca6a38d40

They weren’t 0af2026cb1 just eyes 55c872ab57 but like b5ce7a271c gazing into b2f7134ea6 something profoundly 2c9de038ec dark and af92187abd deep, prompting f82700864e me to 4120039e38 quickly look fe7c0e544b away. I couldn’t help f5b781fc80 but ask with 773f3fd598 a voice that 654da1ee13 wouldn’t steady.de51a1596d08b611

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“Who are you…?”c6aeaa6c30f325bb

“Your father.”4fd11e811da5f229

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I don’t 045e76a861 have a 3144abee74 father, I 45b371583c thought, biting 72dcd12695 back my 30f8bbcbf2 own sarcastic 30906c8293 retort. The bizarre nature of 37697a69f5 this man and my 769de2a981 own identity flooded into 2244a128a3 my mind.a3eeeb33389132fb

This person was d6406dbbf1 indeed my father. The ‘new 5c3c22cdd9 me’s’ father.fa3fe8461de5374e

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After dying 00d82a2f35 from overwork, 265571363a I was 6c0c3d01f7 reborn as a0062efd0b a demon. The man before bd50e0f6dd me was the f83d3fbc11 Demon Lord, father 0b0afa6f29 to all demons. As I processed 6a942a1340 a massive load 8318028b4f of information, I 8024a0beff cried out desperately.1be295194613ce33

“Father, please disown ef5031fffe this unfilial son!”3a5661fe41379ff2

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I had not 80c51eeba9 lived a life c48f6bab49 pure enough to e6f012e505 boast about, but e8914a687a I also didn’t ffba961167 think I was 01e8254712 such a mess e83b04438e to become a 57e17c0df6 demon. Especially considering I 7840c77590 had never committed b83e58ad71 a crime.c788429b3f1959e9

Why would I become 623f5f9c28 a demon? Is this how 2c00a36449 the underworld always ff0cb5d404 works, or was 6660b7265a it a glitch 8914e92f42 this time? Either way, being dc65a81de9 a demon made 14c082d5cf absolutely no sense.b6f72b630f831a09

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Almost in a 0c8963dc07 panic, the Demon 19b4fa6ea3 Lord frowned at 6d49d8963c me. He seemed 6d3d651305 perplexed, but c441fcc639 the atmosphere 50c7a44380 was so a1cc9aa3ab menacing, it 15603c8265 felt like 714d7eb52f he was 0d366d6e42 pondering how 1e9a6c807e to slice 67985aec29 me up.8a6c28c5f3e918aa

“You remember your 553a7c0542 past life, huh? How strange.”beba0b85af684ed2

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Were you supposed to 1b6c792f7c forget everything? The ancient Demon bb685fbe79 Lord commenting that 2259ea9c3e it was strange 9cbaef9552 meant I was 902c4acc7f an extremely unusual de92fc9be4 case. Yeah, me, a demon? Ridiculous.971a1037d34bf0ab

“No, you are 9504d9a3c8 ‘Wrath.’”cba383a9906a0e4c

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Had I spoken out 7a4a3a569f loud? No, my lips were 4291ba52b5 still firmly closed.8019f5815c10f113

“You mean I 49679f40b9 was angry? Well… it’s 507340dff4 absurd but a5035155dd kind of 4bd7f00630 true.”d513e451f81463a2

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“No, you are bb36d53aab ‘Wrath.’”b4ca6d67662d237c

What kind ac27101783 of bull— 06cd2ea784 Before I 7b274fe185 could finish, b01c769ebe another wave f26de5203a of information 33b0e7b86f crashed into aaabe96bed my mind.ed910aac9bde67a5

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I hadn’t just come f676b3d4e0 to the afterlife’s Hell; c39119c8d2 I had crossed into f2400ac285 a downright nefarious place.fe41ba289e1d2b66

“I crossed dimensions?”8bebb3cd0e946c28

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“Yes.”b5411641c0eb3def

Could it 32d024f80b be… Was b2e6556e9b it not 230600de02 my fate 92b95c2f65 to die, 71aaa89bb0 but rather c61e801959 this man—the acbebb498f Demon Lord—who 3809a5a162 had pulled 395d9699bd me here? It was a reasonable 5e9a29ea4c suspicion, but the realization 24e822d652 caused the Demon Lord adcc03b475 to narrow his eyebrows.a24e6149a3f59ab6

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He seemed e55c119330 falsely accused, 74bf1a7c16 yet his 7f69798be2 furrowed expression 596098cbc9 sent a 9e69c6e7a5 chill down 211f7d954f my spine, 2347d6acb0 as though b378aae476 I were 7b8fda295b facing the f92fba6275 cruellest sentence.b1369f9a2b66f181

“Wrath was needed, 9da231b88a and it just ae44267b4a so happened you 7d3fcd41e8 died.”ff9d8086eb2c0bfe

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Damn, it was my bc63a86e8c destiny to die after ac971e75d7 all. That’s when 78d51a4f5e it truly f9a74a7d0f hit me 206ed2b096 that I d4020f2628 had died, 03f2e14f54 and this 4c4df10396 wasn’t someone’s 53de85becc prank or 987f0ffcf3 a dream 132b3e434b about to fa7d84ae98 end.7d77546279e7a692

I mulled over my a41470f3c5 memories in dismay.28b39bef7f4669e4

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The place I was 1c0967eadb reborn into was unlike 204adcafec the reality I had 784d2d52da known. It was 4f1c4a4b04 divided into b6c4f29b41 three realms: 443d39e1d0 the Demon 6c3aefb782 Realm, Heaven, 42ccc7369b and the b293264a39 Human Realm. These realms were populated 1ca153f7d7 by gods, demons, monsters, ff53dbcd0d and a myriad of 25228359df other nonhuman beings.5f7258bf89106ba9

Among them, I 25ea83dcf1 had become the 0121b53aaa Archdemon overseeing ‘Wrath,’ beeec60fec one of the 576aae04ca infamous Seven Deadly b8296c50a9 Sins, known from 2cdd2a8c23 my previous life. The information naturally entered ef26008a69 my mind, but I b319e248a0 pleaded again, ignoring it.ef18435b71f3e497

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“Father, does 7349fde3ac this make b4a2f7dfd1 any sense? A human-origin Archdemon? Moreover, I’m not even 3759764aa1 from this place!”1c461e7d164936ba

“It doesn’t matter. You were 1d992bed12 chosen because 5a489ef97e you were 6c0cf549ec the most 8395d378c5 suitable among 6bdc4afb6b the suitable 7365bfb7df ones.”68c3f17ed89e9265

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What nonsensical talk this 22b37e56e5 is. Like choosing between 223318b679 salt and sugar 0e7611ddb6 and saying salt 03d8f15d02 is saltier.7ac04043a1dffe5b

“And you already know 51cb978491 why you are ‘Wrath.’”197d4375b6c4f0be

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Many scenes cfdd1a4d59 flashed in c693dcf03f my mind 9bdcc76451 as I 47b12a6998 gazed into 6bca1380a7 those black 698f691813 eyes, stirring fadac685ba something dark 995617247f and sticky 4cdca636cd inside, much 1aab843202 like the 4d1be00e4a eyes themselves. This too must be 5a829405ed some cunning trick of 2e2b6b446d the Demon Lord, so 7822a0d04f I clenched my teeth 7f81a56dde and averted my gaze.dde59d8ae1d1c2d3

“Ah… How do 43e32c5b53 I deal with 6511766db0 having human memories 9e0342792a still intact? I’m still f5074fa0fe scared of a38ee39af4 ghosts and f79e200f4b can’t stand b5180cb99d grotesque things… 254301452a Frankly, you 78ac7a31b4 look too cc732052ba frightening…! Can there 16dcb715cb even be bc98c97ced such a 6796c75ef4 humane demon?!”83a42172b0a05b22

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“It doesn’t matter.”db3383fbaca9cd88

“Why does it end 8ac5b1793c in a question? What kind of bf59250384 father ignores his fda07c0a9d son’s struggles? Don’t do this, 6268916c77 and please…”750777a2df39193b

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“Here you are. Don’t cause trouble. It won’t 63da486f56 be pleasant 437d33148c if we 2cce882353 meet again.”389554391996a373

“Father…!”6e1b88c3471d0963

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The Demon Lord c07655c436 cleanly ignored my 44bc7dd8d8 desperate call and f40e89af7a vanished without a 5aa0cd018e trace. I was left ce2e8686e6 alone in ‘my b98fdcb2e2 castle.’a01534cad84fc8dd

Should I be glad 6683b68094 that I didn’t end 1cf0eecff8 up in Hell as 10eabd1e53 a sinner, paying a 5dec1f2cc1 harsh penalty? Or should I think 70dcff2a68 it’s utterly insane that a31fc242d8 I lived as a 2de6f8af17 human and now have 5a81ccae3d to exist as a 96c437bc61 strange being, an Archdemon, f7f0406be4 with human memories?b3096c8d47bda85a

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It was 7bf82953d6 all so 30f68f5923 absurd that, 2099268758 after the 2e2647a7f3 Demon Lord fd59a72a2c left, I a955b94635 voluntarily fell 9f749f3150 into a ad8dba103b deep sleep. For a brief 34f23429e8 moment, I hoped f98b882136 that all of 6d3b9fe977 this might just 1a043e23ef be a dream. Yet, ten years 62b4fc5c7c passed in the 2b5c0cb200 blink of an 6d700ed977 eye, and nothing e9fe9154a6 had changed.e735deeba476ae2e

“Still, sleep 8012489213 is good.”516f5dfbdf83b605

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Even though it’s b7f6c3645b quite extreme, ten 04a26a4573 years of deep bb98ec41b5 sleep were incredibly 01c4e7606b sweet for a 49a3c3d4c0 former office worker 8477b7576a who died from 508ef9180c overwork, allowing me ab4ab5474c to view the bda414057f situation a bit 1ae5959078 more positively.e43cc0f396117eb2

“At least 269de664bb I don’t 591461cf8d have to 6164fb899e worry about 0af5397156 Director Kim’s 219136102b glares anymore…”bd638aeff23b9b1b

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How many stomach a600a548a1 medicines did that 650b6b886c horrible person make e80025ba83 me take? Anyway, my denial aee14aaa3c of reality ended cdbfe14034 there.349246a017713a9d

Lee Hyunjin, who had a76b6ef7ca lived tenaciously till 30, 65f11e9695 died of overwork, and 544990c2ef now, just over ten ed1628e01c years old, had become 81fec8bc90 a demon. Think about it 7b4da7df60 simply. As I 290cc0028b lived fiercely 6b97ef0841 as a 91004e9041 human, now 51964a88d1 I should a10804ddef live fiercely ef586952ee as a 8892554f76 demon.4094da7082e1e530

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“No! There’s no 2e11a6e03b need for 8cc83746d7 that.”1a50abe50da0d9c9

Yeah, being born as 2a36ab353f one of the highly b3b352e3fe regarded Seven Deadly Sins b3635a3b86 in the Demon Realm 13d9cacbb8 means I was born 176c7900f8 with a silver, no, 56e98518e2 a diamond spoon. I have a good 5f00727a0c pedigree, so it’s okay 3cc19a085f to be a bit 38d289ae27 lazy.5c2c0334c132fc8c

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“Archdemon or whatever, 3b29a5c669 if I was e946b5bf6c chosen because I 1d5a464e88 was suitable, then 1ab0415876 I just need b96fc77f31 to live suitably.”bab0073b14dbaf0f

If Dad 2e44828c04 had a aaf1aea1bd problem, he e0d8c1880d should have bb74e0fb1e said something 2d8b8e59c1 first! Fuming, I soon remembered 6382b15c53 that the Demon Lord c50b2ff45c could read thoughts and 5fce9e5b29 quickly glanced around. Fortunately, nothing happened.f8ed80d6931de795

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The luxurious 2a10d0b7e8 carpet, the 209fc58445 atmospheric fireplace, 5cd5414fa6 and the 000efa41de chandelier that 78771f9583 seemed to 89e55be9da be crafted 6f3cbc8c12 entirely from 9121fec22b jewels all f721a0d25f sparkled as 8ddb9e2b76 brilliantly as 5e11b5ea75 before.0e325a622ea1ab99

Persuaded by the afc68d5f1c opulent scenery, I fb969d1e6e nodded. This is what it 230164feef means to turn your c5aa303129 life around. Sure, my life had 18ee332ba8 become that of a 5fd5ce7d59 demon, but who cared? The important 370139560c thing was 9461969610 that all 78f3d4c53c the conditions c2d7a0d300 for slacking 5edd167563 off were af79e867ce perfectly in 461c1d82d0 place.7a90da5379256c10

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Suddenly feeling b7ecd45626 motivated, I 4a5474e953 confidently got 28ce1978dd out of 83915a3d85 bed—for the 2ad82a485d first time b20a9d5004 in ten 43fd307bdf years since 83423246aa arriving at cf0f559290 the castle.101ba36ea819a814

I began b0d8af1921 by drawing 218f3d1a80 back the e0ab45e218 thick curtains 06e0ae7fbf of the 1a0faa145b windows in 82b26418b3 my spacious dd163c5522 room to 4843a96389 peer outside.e8bc6568dcbb0c0f

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“Wow, this is ead61231e0 amazing…”38ba76a5ca0fef00

But what first ca41f28b7e caught my eye 97f2e88aea wasn’t the scenery d015ad78d3 beyond the window—it 01bbb5d40d was my reflection c6d4a5daaf in the glass.c0d4257610c16f7f

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