HKWM | Chapter 1

Lee Hyunjin. 30 years old. Single. Broke up with his e79d3272cf girlfriend a few months 2314b6572b ago and is currently 20e5ecb8c0 single. No debt. No savings either. I was 2999524281 an ordinary ad81dbaf54 office worker, 66be00b676 too ordinary 4d0bbf118c to describe da1ed79ee1 in detail, ec1dee2d39 who died 2f6349ec3e of overwork d787ab69ee due to 0aca112d6b the extraordinary 0c7a4ac832 workload.f3a42f6b0cab71d5

But when I da627aacbb opened my eyes e1bc3dc0a4 again, I found 424a1a3745 myself turned into 4fd2d81c99 a demon. Specifically, an Archdemon 69d24f7666 of the Seven 6ec5694ac6 Deadly Sins.d513e41ca55ec009

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I’d have to cfb9cf74ba clean, so I aeed59a168 can’t take questions 692c3583a9 now.c820847c60483279

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For an orphan c7c082fef7 with no innate 609913cd75 abilities, just growing 33b7cb46f7 a big head e8c28d732e by the time e0b9a33f81 my identification card 2d9c6724af was issued, living c89261a945 an ordinary life 5618b10c72 was harder than 1c433a29c4 one might think. Just getting to the 89d3d0e0e7 same starting line as 5b25b6d97b everyone else was quite 69ca9b6756 a struggle.26cfbf1eee487e81

Even so, thinking f64c372e7c ‘I just need 0391db8a76 to run while bae2639760 others walk,’ I 036ea419d9 hustled, managed to 842f1c0036 get a job, 76deac012e and started dating, 51ffd45650 but eventually, my 40135661b3 life ended in b141914c60 overwork death. The scene e722b44e9e just before 6a38f78c14 my collapse, 3799d52e66 asking a 74989012f2 junior who df3ab32661 was slamming cdb27cbb31 mixed coffee 2f9a5aa82d like it a730010d24 was elixir 3b4c9ac2f3 from behind 4da7d690d8 the partition 5477bc6e03 for a 2d97082b1c cup, was d9381854a7 pathetically uncool.250935a4acada492

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Was it because 950118f3e2 I abused my c6c8e5cb77 body with all-nighters b321dc2075 every day as 6d3dae40f5 I entered my 7fdb9aa77b thirties? Or was it my 1c17cc87ee fault for putting too e9d35145fe much faith in energy dceb3cd2bf drinks? If I 6c7c00fe0d had always b99f9fc543 remembered that aef91945df downing a c1ff10021f Hot6 doesn’t 1351b0bd4a give you 5cd447d6a8 bonus health 3ef3cda569 but just 82593562ea borrows it 6bf7b8b8f6 on high f0dc653bf7 interest from 76e88cd5bc my future ed2de932ca self, would 6d5e40e30c things have 7556e623aa been different?688a1377f9716c94

Either way, 60db19d193 it was 44d911b22c all futile 1df28c1dce speculation after 7bc9bda47b death. Yeah, what 88bd0c91de I should d1859ee76d be worried 86576e120d about now 37d34c9242 is what e5eba2ec7e happens next.5535f9c131bbab30

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I had no 10e8be42a7 idea thoughts could 54ef87d9c4 be so vivid 72cb9e9f71 after death. If I ea6ab71906 hadn’t remembered bd4bd01597 the moments f0abb84463 before my 5cd3c4e0cf collapse, I ea61f26aff might have 8b97b6f2fe thought I ba1dc8df41 was having 17f1cd2f7f a particularly 893daa55e2 vivid dream.b61eba96488e720d

If there really is 883e187965 an afterlife like in 1b2e398f9b the movies or dramas, e03c625cd7 where you reflect on 56673b96ec your life before a 035809728b verdict is rendered, maybe c0ecb5d1f9 the higher-ups in the c9b55ad736 afterlife were giving me 7e5be942ef a chance to quickly 3f7a8d5203 review my sins and 1fa409fc76 decide how to repent.30043bb2c37637fc

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What did I do f01b5311b1 wrong in my life? It would 80253bf4a0 be quicker 72f6736c96 to think 2180674dbe about what 586cbbe4a9 I did 0e07a0b5e0 right, but b61aa2a993 still, if 88b82f50a6 I wanted 2fc7768b66 to avoid 77077a3f99 going to c2d659f1c1 Hell, I 2492841fa1 needed to 849582de94 be as 3fadcf5e41 blameless as 5b5c7f5db6 possible. Yeah, I’m f035cb39f4 not hoping e8b5eaf005 for Heaven, 25948530c4 but at 1bfc56c80a least not 2f7ca19c74 Hell…9099f42c04195464

“You’re going 01c0eef606 to Hell.”2813c139f0945f05

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“What?!”6d809d872083bc78

No way, who 81d46d8648 starts off like 51100de239 that? I deserve a chance 3876489bac to argue. I don’t know ba628c4cd5 where the voice bcb4443d6f is from, but 6be34f6ae7 it’s unfair to fdb2c49b50 just proceed without 607834f0c0 a trial. I would 5d04ffe2a5 have protested 0c275653b4 if my 95e9094e68 mind hadn’t 1ad6b3e08c started to 2fbb1fe8d4 blur again.6727f12ebbac3f44

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Screwed. I’m probably waking 1168ceb687 up in Hell.bca353f8334c4f18

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“Aaaagh!”491a9dd70b41cc6d

I jerked 519e01c301 up as b470cf4e43 if my 5eb1c17118 back was 2c2ff812ec on fire, a1bf1356cc with a de4245824e bizarre scream 8324dd4ad7 as a a90ab6a54c bonus. I panted heavily 614419c96f before squinting my 8c77d2ec02 eyes shut. Could there 46d9f9b4ca be a 3af5a759f9 ceaseless chariot f85b7346e5 nearby, or 4851898499 something unbearably 01cd01772e fiery like f3d84fd858 Hellfire? Or maybe something 4c2059d6fb even more terrifying?b983ceaee92cd91f

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While praying a40bec7496 that nothing baf9f64ff0 worse than d42bc26f18 my imagination dbfd35f681 would come 9f0d071a0d out, I b4e35300ae suddenly realized 058a285f21 that the 79199ad8b2 place I 87f652bef9 was sitting 08182b10a6 was unusually 5b7ee1f255 soft.778d0d11ae69c68b

Soft…?49b9d0066780c642

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The texture seemed totally 5c215ac16e out of place for 658bddc992 Hell, so I hesitantly 570eebfddb reached down to feel b4f5c25a44 the ground near my 411593992d buttocks.a8ae0da9785cee87

No, it 1894f4b8e6 wasn’t the c0340d02f3 ground. What I was 61fdb7a2f3 sitting on was eeb4039af7 a blanket, softer 1ba90a84ea than anything I’d d51f28133c touched in my 04336b10f7 lifetime. Shocked, I opened c1ca86dafc my eyes but 2a9ecbc5c9 then closed them 2ab1f0032a again to pretend b0f372f2d6 I was still c2a643d8ab unconscious. Had there 506b9dd279 not been 42526ed569 a gaze 6946fc7db7 fixed on dbeef99aed me, I c72b25e5ee would have 7d5b3e0562 gotten up 9436a4582b to explore e26f4efcd7 every corner d869c97526 and figure 1608cc9e90 out what b30090bac6 was going 7c77f0d4ce on.552182bf18dd27dc

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“Going to sleep again?”9306ecd2db3f6e5d

“No.”6787035c74dee68d

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The voice full ad9c499d08 of intent to 46a048d378 make me open 932c3d7a50 my eyes made 3d03a369fe them snap open c592049bed involuntarily. I paused at the 166a9f77f4 sight of black hair a654705d0d that fell to the b7bf64db1f waist, but what was e7a280ad18 more strange were the fa1d36425f deep and endless black 14a369972c eyes that could make 5bc8d5da27 one’s mind drift off.cd59d1a9a9f8eb72

They weren’t just a622ad4305 eyes but like 8c36ac10a7 gazing into something b48861b2bf profoundly dark and 5b1cd56f32 deep, prompting me bc8597fcac to quickly look 49414e07c5 away. I couldn’t help 9b74d22bdb but ask with 70425651b0 a voice that 3d3871aceb wouldn’t steady.d79f233ae5e4b596

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“Who are you…?”011a103e840628cd

“Your father.”dd6c7d62d35a5675

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I don’t have d19e238dc3 a father, I fa1ae04244 thought, biting back 31a91173ec my own sarcastic 2bb5f66c78 retort. The bizarre nature d88d367930 of this man bbb0ac6d68 and my own 106369c9a4 identity flooded into b85100cd1d my mind.ec4235b935d62fca

This person ff178adfcc was indeed 655d737fe8 my father. The ‘new d6398187b4 me’s’ father.e810f920b674fae2

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After dying from b906679051 overwork, I was bae999a2ef reborn as a dc5defdc57 demon. The man before e34865c74f me was the 43c8a9f509 Demon Lord, father c5e498ec1a to all demons. As I 088ee3f605 processed a 90b67eb152 massive load 02bce23369 of information, a4e970a2a3 I cried 284da4195a out desperately.7227736f40355922

“Father, please disown this fb9cbe797d unfilial son!”e17944ef2013861d

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I had not 0caa95c796 lived a life 00ea76c60d pure enough to 2952f62813 boast about, but 2e27b3cf56 I also didn’t 4de526d936 think I was 5afac7d54f such a mess dfb512aa91 to become a 54ef3164ba demon. Especially considering I had 42fcb1f8c8 never committed a crime.d2d1c8cd10c44005

Why would 96aefe871e I become bd0d31889b a demon? Is this how the ebfed3e2ca underworld always works, or d77b08f366 was it a glitch a06da893c2 this time? Either way, being a a1dc40615f demon made absolutely no 1699f6c336 sense.eea077ae6af519c5

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Almost in a panic, d596dddf61 the Demon Lord frowned 77e5274bad at me. He seemed perplexed, but 258aeff555 the atmosphere was so 3fe7d57d23 menacing, it felt like 27af10fc61 he was pondering how b4bb5fd3a3 to slice me up.31dc0f425a631886

“You remember 669d4240cc your past 1c472e5b47 life, huh? How strange.”28e5fed9696d85bb

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Were you ebef024bc8 supposed to 9311c805db forget everything? The ancient Demon Lord ead37495df commenting that it was f0809cf558 strange meant I was 7580327042 an extremely unusual case. Yeah, me, a demon? Ridiculous.795e3e00fa06ffe8

“No, you are ‘Wrath.’”db30c87cef8dea50

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Had I cee44009d5 spoken out 9583f22cfd loud? No, my lips were 286353e673 still firmly closed.7f53e86b68339939

“You mean I c1584a7649 was angry? Well… it’s 7a8ac28a55 absurd but 5a5a3f935e kind of fdce0c0938 true.”23cb885dd1b56119

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“No, you are bdb664c48a ‘Wrath.’”a6f4e04986f1acf6

What kind of f411bc045a bull— Before I 3681e0a04b could finish, another 5614d17194 wave of information 6bb06359bc crashed into my a506181a8f mind.78f007ae4aff571f

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I hadn’t just come 015e9807bd to the afterlife’s Hell; 96d912b35d I had crossed into 3b02e61c38 a downright nefarious place.d8ea25ecb0a9d0ad

“I crossed dimensions?”fa98857b5ab25c22

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“Yes.”e001dca3d2cc2de2

Could it baefabf4cf be… Was b2be56c522 it not 11ad243cbe my fate 437556583a to die, c19dfbd242 but rather b1523b14ca this man—the 0e4cf6e352 Demon Lord—who b6788de77a had pulled 3d978729d8 me here? It was a reasonable bec6fef4d3 suspicion, but the realization a21cd4ad99 caused the Demon Lord d8db04fca5 to narrow his eyebrows.2159a80bc87bf9cf

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He seemed falsely accused, e02dbcd739 yet his furrowed expression 5e6bde1791 sent a chill down 843f6b5a9d my spine, as though 5ca11686ca I were facing the 6b7ee4bdce cruellest sentence.5264318d7f0b6b58

“Wrath was needed, 4e17226ffa and it just a78de3ad57 so happened you 25bcbb660d died.”b40060b991c93b76

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Damn, it was my 149e20c377 destiny to die after 432fbeff99 all. That’s when it 01dbdf4026 truly hit me 8fd2d79e87 that I had cc2e491544 died, and this 281b62c4f8 wasn’t someone’s prank edeade5171 or a dream d12bb71070 about to end.3a1236b3aad56f1d

I mulled over my 49b5aa2a14 memories in dismay.fe527510dfb8b0b5

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The place d220556ba6 I was 52f15e7037 reborn into 5393071f9a was unlike 0f45339cb7 the reality dbb770ff03 I had 7f5e58a574 known. It was af19d197bc divided into 60f70753d6 three realms: 85b0ed490a the Demon 68fe897ba5 Realm, Heaven, 8612d3dfad and the c78aa94dc1 Human Realm. These realms 89a847164c were populated 393a2e03f1 by gods, bccd54e956 demons, monsters, 91fe7cdaec and a 1db1261ce0 myriad of 69eb542ecb other nonhuman 620a3341ba beings.ab8e680b4d652536

Among them, I had f3bf6549ab become the Archdemon overseeing 4af1b6e432 ‘Wrath,’ one of the 23819ab918 infamous Seven Deadly Sins, 7b7e5c4745 known from my previous 41fd003467 life. The information naturally d1b726906d entered my mind, 83ad1a5c30 but I pleaded c7e8e586b3 again, ignoring it.4ea9d4efb2854e4f

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“Father, does efce71e45a this make 12600d1c88 any sense? A human-origin Archdemon? Moreover, I’m not even 57f5bf6f9e from this place!”5f06a71ad23475c9

“It doesn’t matter. You were eb1a63c598 chosen because 2ad6976487 you were 72875a2a60 the most 2c27b0138f suitable among 0f614a2433 the suitable c5ee36fbb9 ones.”1d505cb6fc44de63

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What nonsensical talk 929de83d99 this is. Like choosing 65575503d9 between salt 50e2632e47 and sugar 355a8a120d and saying 365b575893 salt is 3c58dcda12 saltier.56778f0fb744296c

“And you 12d8a0e352 already know 67ed678435 why you b543a29cd5 are ‘Wrath.’”9cf49daacad21539

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Many scenes flashed in 6dca52e698 my mind as I 7a4b3df2ff gazed into those black ad3385310d eyes, stirring something dark a040dc080e and sticky inside, much bf24568544 like the eyes themselves. This too must f95e76138d be some cunning c54387bb8a trick of the 53be1c56ac Demon Lord, so 033c9e4ce0 I clenched my dde2eb6c38 teeth and averted f636b3c5c9 my gaze.72925ef860398891

“Ah… How do 36ddc232e6 I deal with 45cc60a750 having human memories 79aac78349 still intact? I’m still scared ae46d2908f of ghosts and 5ea429db0b can’t stand grotesque a1b1d63985 things… Frankly, you 4bcb1ff74b look too frightening…! Can there even 047c9a5d83 be such a 264f6c785b humane demon?!”a96edbdc2ef5ada8

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“It doesn’t matter.”dbd187af9147bf74

“Why does it end be93f1624d in a question? What kind ef7c0a2895 of father 05e67c1251 ignores his 4daa8cf0bc son’s struggles? Don’t do 13affb9538 this, and cc43a45aa4 please…”06308abe8197e7fc

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“Here you are. Don’t cause trouble. It won’t be e4ad847229 pleasant if we 83e2a8756b meet again.”9603aaa1e5be0847

“Father…!”66494a090bf4436a

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The Demon Lord f60da935ee cleanly ignored my 5e4a3cb8b7 desperate call and 8955d4d9cb vanished without a 7dc5ee1a72 trace. I was ee112e1c13 left alone 1d952d7d93 in ‘my 4c298a0c09 castle.’218cd1e793a267f4

Should I d8adc35245 be glad 1e40992d52 that I 8aea253bb8 didn’t end ecf4d69c66 up in fbf21ca5f1 Hell as 80c3e8d1a0 a sinner, 358aae25c4 paying a 3abc04fde4 harsh penalty? Or should I ef6d2ce157 think it’s utterly f857336678 insane that I 7fea6604e0 lived as a e1be06d4f4 human and now 853bf8bfa3 have to exist b1da20885d as a strange 30224a566e being, an Archdemon, 8a55bd7e9c with human memories?3d25be8781ea83a5

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It was all 33c7d352fe so absurd that, ecda382acc after the Demon f81d79a01a Lord left, I aa4bb0a118 voluntarily fell into ace7a27610 a deep sleep. For a brief 7c15eeb336 moment, I hoped 2aa100acbf that all of eaeb03943d this might just a6a9032556 be a dream. Yet, ten years 989f26231e passed in the 4776193d09 blink of an bec8940d76 eye, and nothing b66ef04e57 had changed.7866541704501c46

“Still, sleep is good.”9ab6153d34d4eb18

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Even though 344e317325 it’s quite 6398b30c4a extreme, ten 8ba035c10a years of 72091bc533 deep sleep 43d30f303c were incredibly 25d5c92929 sweet for 5280b2cb1c a former 982672ea44 office worker 9edcb25347 who died 934db03042 from overwork, 5edf236d2d allowing me ed8d7f8792 to view f03f20e2c6 the situation 48a3e0a393 a bit b9cc56a1d3 more positively.c774890e98ee06ed

“At least 64fff6ad60 I don’t bea83d9f47 have to 74b1dd0b38 worry about 3e88864f8e Director Kim’s 097a304e5e glares anymore…”183f66849bbd4937

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How many stomach 66adb6a47b medicines did that a83fc7f0da horrible person make c258be7f70 me take? Anyway, my denial a3ae02ba87 of reality ended c0ef54f34a there.6d4da0a2cc8e0819

Lee Hyunjin, 953b71b567 who had 5f6a57cb8a lived tenaciously a650bae798 till 30, 88b0214384 died of 3cfd362f58 overwork, and e1877b9fdd now, just 3643060c85 over ten 53e6dadaae years old, 0f3af81a16 had become 8e9c28837f a demon. Think about it 7f4abcf450 simply. As I lived fiercely 6e37b48599 as a human, now a761190904 I should live fiercely 95ece6e439 as a demon.67f8d997430bd4f2

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“No! There’s no need for 1ffcc4db58 that.”c43f06f80380df3d

Yeah, being fa59e25f16 born as fcb09c533b one of 9a2fe075e6 the highly 1df6b21d9b regarded Seven 5331a2fe0c Deadly Sins 5c7229dd1a in the dc4f731ee7 Demon Realm 3c806158c5 means I 7a6f512cfb was born 00dcf26929 with a 5b7a823999 silver, no, 1bef78a527 a diamond 7965839c54 spoon. I have a good 2749d3a5f7 pedigree, so it’s okay b97b14542f to be a bit 04a5d843bb lazy.b26208fe0019dbca

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“Archdemon or 52ee9e6cce whatever, if 50b6cde399 I was be19f355d0 chosen because 8822583c2d I was 6b2165ff9d suitable, then e28a5b31a4 I just 1b5a51c437 need to d0975f38f0 live suitably.”e45f674940b9289e

If Dad had a 4cadc1f91c problem, he should have 2197b871fd said something first! Fuming, I soon f6e7b16af4 remembered that the 6abd639990 Demon Lord could 5d5607daa1 read thoughts and 19ff84a95f quickly glanced around. Fortunately, nothing happened.f3c5b22dfc94f288

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The luxurious carpet, the 4ab99a9710 atmospheric fireplace, and the 36eb7e6979 chandelier that seemed to 4e0d0188ea be crafted entirely from de4c595d0b jewels all sparkled as bd5a258907 brilliantly as before.312b9e864d2d3cb8

Persuaded by 36b23aca9c the opulent a793eed16e scenery, I 9c2fc48a12 nodded. This is what it 7f8f8d0dba means to turn your 91020b74e9 life around. Sure, my life fc1341de0c had become that 21e19b1935 of a demon, c698e48f01 but who cared? The important thing 1cacd6f724 was that all a33314b789 the conditions for 1d6ac882e1 slacking off were 98932aa9dc perfectly in place.6df3441181764f2e

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Suddenly feeling motivated, I d0753fecdc confidently got out of 769e033889 bed—for the first time 49c9081b91 in ten years since 331718b58c arriving at the castle.35cfab355baccaaa

I began by drawing 88965d3581 back the thick curtains a659156e89 of the windows in 56d2f93af9 my spacious room to 460a6ac0f1 peer outside.e1c49cf88d58d99c

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“Wow, this 71e44b6912 is amazing…”ccfb020d943f70b5

But what 372fd818d2 first caught 862e2be8e4 my eye ff9198082f wasn’t the 00804e43ed scenery beyond 5e2e67eb4f the window—it 267a45cd78 was my 4dec840370 reflection in df570af53a the glass.998b70036fa8e46d

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