Epilogue Chapter 24 - Outing to Hell (1)

“I-I’m sorry I h-hurt your dog! It was all my fault!”

Oh Kang-Hyun was called to the back of the school by Jeon Yeong-Woong the next day and was met by Yeong-Woong bowing to him.

“What’s your play...?”

“I-I just realized I was wrong after thinking about it.”

“...”

Kang-Hyun didn’t believe him; forget apologizing, Yeong-Woong stared daggers at him whenever he was bored until now.

‘Looks like Father did something.’

It seemed like Kang-Woo had not done anything directly to Yeong-Woong since he had promised Kang-Hyun but he had likely forced Yeong-Woong to apologize some other way.

“I got it, so raise your head,” said Kang-Hyun.

“O-Okay.”

Yeong-Woong raised his head with an awkward smile. He was forcing himself to smile but his eyes were even more blazing than before.

“Is that all you have to say?” Kang-Hyun asked.

“Yeah...”

“Then you can go.”

“I-I apologized, okay? Got it?”

“Yeah.”

Yeong-Woong quickly turned around and ran.

“Haaa,” Kang-Hyun sighed as he watched Yeong-Woong getting further away.

He had been helped by his father yet again.

‘Why am I so...’

He softly bit his lip and placed his hand over his heart. As always, the demonic energy lying dormant in his heart did not budge.

“Did Jeon Yeong-Woong just apologize to you?”

Just then, a girl with silky jet-black hair appeared from a corner. The girl who was more beautiful than cute despite her age was Kim Si-Ah, the Martial God Kim Si-Hun’s only child and Kang-Hyun’s childhood friend.

“Why are you here, Si-Ah...?”

“I saw you and Jeon Yeong-Woong heading to the back of the school so I followed you.” Si-Ah approached and leaned forward so that her stern expression was right up on his face. “Why would you follow Jeon Yeong-Woong just because he called you? What if he does something to you?”

“I told Lia to call Father if she doesn’t hear from me in ten minutes.”

Kang-Hyun had not followed Yeong-Woong with no plan in mind.

“B-But you could’ve been hurt!”

“Haha. Were you worried about me?”

“That’s not...!”

Si-Ah’s face reddened. She kicked Kang-Hyun’s shin.

“Argh!” Kang-Hyun screamed as he crouched.

“I can’t believe you! I don’t care anymore! You can get hurt for all I care!”

“Actually, you’re the only reason I got hurt today...”

“Ngh...!” Si-Ah angrily pinched and pulled on Kang-Hyun’s cheek. “Do you seriously think Jeon Yeong-Woong is the kind of person to apologize like that?!”

“No...”

“He might have had no choice but to apologize this time but he’ll try to hurt you somehow for sure!”

“...”

Kang-Hyun knew Yeong-Woong’s apology was not genuine. Rather, his ill will toward Kang-Hyun had likely risen.

“You’d better call me first if Jeon Yeong-Woong ever calls you, got it?” Si-Ah dug into the ground with the tip of her foot and whispered, “B-Because I’ll protect you.”

Kang-Hyun couldn’t hear what Si-Ah said but felt what she was trying to convey.

“Thanks, Si-Ah.”

“Wh-Whatever! This is all because you’re a goddamn weakling!”

“Urgh.”

“I’m going back to my classroom so make sure to call me if anything happens.”

Si-Ah turned around to hide her reddened face and ran away.

“...”

Kang-Hyun clenched his fists as he watched Si-Ah getting further away.

‘A weakling...’

Si-Ah’s words pierced his chest like a dagger.

“I have to... get stronger.”

The cracking of bones rang from Kang-Hyun’s clenched fists.

***

“Honey! Please look at the pictures we took of our Kang-Hee and Lia!”

Han Seol-Ah excitedly opened a thick album book. Rarely anyone printed photographs in this day and age but Seol-Ah always added photos to album books since she valued analog over digital.

“Alright, shall we see how cute our daughters turned out?”

Kang-Woo sat next to Seol-Ah and looked through the pictures Seol-Ah and Lilith had taken during the open class. Unlike the second-graders who had math, the first-graders seemed to have had arts & crafts based on the children drawing on sketchbooks with crayons.

“Did Kang-Hee draw this?” Kang-Woo asked.

“Yes. The subject was

someone you love

.”

Kang-Woo smiled as he looked at the uneven face of the man Kang-Hee drew as if it were Cubism art.

“Hehe. This is me, right? As expected of my daughters, they love me so mu—”

“Isn’t it Kang-Hyun?” interjected Cha Yeon-Joo looking through the album while clinging to Kang-Woo’s back.

Kang-Woo was getting hot and bothered because Yeon-Joo’s bare legs from wearing dolphin shorts were wrapped around his waist but that was not the issue right now.

“This is Kang-Hyun?”

“Yeah. He has red hair.”

“Oh.”

It was hard to tell because the drawing was as uneven as an average elementary schooler’s drawing but the man’s hair was colored red.

“Is it possible... she drew it with the desire to split my head open and let it dye my hair?”

“Wouldn’t that be worse?” Yeon-Joo asked.

“B-But...! Daughters are supposed to draw their daddy for stuff like this!”

‘Kang-Hyun, you bastard...!’

Kang-Woo’s jealousy of Kang-Hyun skyrocketed.

“My, but at least Lia drew you, my love,” Lilith remarked.

Kang-Woo quickly turned to Lilith to see the man drawn on Lia’s sketchbook. It was surely him since the hair was black. However...

“Is this... seaweed?”

Kang-Woo in the drawing was wrapped in long seaweed-like things. Kang-Woo examined the drawing in detail to figure out what Lia was trying to portray.

Lilith snapped her fingers as her eyes lit up.”

“Oh, could they be tentacles?”

“What?”

“Fufu. It appears Lia knows what true beauty is.”

Lilith smiled as if she couldn’t be happier. From her explanation, Lia had never seen Succubi of the Nine Hells but had instinctively imitated Succubi’s natural form because she had awakened the dream abilities Lilith had passed down to her.

‘A father wrapped by his daughter’s tentacles.’

Kang-Woo fell to his knees in despair as he stared at the bottomless pit created by the drawing.

“Why...? Why must I suffer this kind of trial...?”

Lilith approached the despairing Kang-Woo and remarked, “It’s okay, my love.”

‘What’s okay?’

“My tentacles are prettier.”

‘That doesn’t make me feel better at all.’

“Hah. Seeing our children already grown so big is... so fascinating,” said Seol-Ah as she flipped through the album book.

“They grew so big in a flash,” Lilith remarked.

“I still can’t believe I’m a mom,” Yeon-Joo added.

“Yeah, I sometimes think you’re younger than Kang-Hyun whenever I hear him speak,” Kang-Woo replied.

“The fuck you say?”

Yeon-Joo added more strength into her legs wrapped around Kang-Woo’s waist.

Crack—!

An insane amount of pressure compressed his waist as if he were under a hydraulic press.

“Ack! Y-You’re breaking my back!”

“Good! I’ll shatter it into little pieces, you son of a bitch!”

“Y-You can’t, Yeon-Joo!” Seol-Ah shouted in shock as she stopped Yeon-Joo.

“D-Darling...”

‘As I thought, only Darling truly cares for m—’

“If his back breaks, we can’t... d-do it!”

“Pardon?”

‘Do what?’

“Instead of his back, at least his arm or leg...”

“Excuse me?”

‘Darling? Are you sure you love me?’

“A-Anyway, not his back!”

“H-Huh?”

“Urgh!”

Crash!

The three fell off the couch after losing their balance from the addition of Seol-Ah. Due to the angle at which they fell, Kang-Woo ended up at the bottom with Yeon-Joo and Seol-Ah on top.

“My, are we having a foursome? It’s been some time.” Lilith licked her lips, her eyes sparkling. “Fufu. In that case, allow me to...”

Lilith approached them and gently sat on Kang-Woo’s upper thighs.

“W-Wait...!”

As Kang-Woo was struggling under his wives’ butts—

Click.

“We’re home.”

“W-We’re back.”

“Dearest Father! Your lovely youngest daughter Lia is home~!”

The front door opened and Kang-Woo’s children entered. They were left frozen as they witnessed what was happening in the living room.

“F-Father?”

“Daddy... Are you okay?”

“D-Dearest Father has been squashed!”

‘What are you saying, Lia?’

“I wanna play too!”

Lia, thinking they were playing a game, jumped on top of Kang-Woo.

“Kurgh!”

“Ehehe! You’re so soft, Father!”

“M-Mommy... C-Can I get on too?” asked Kang-Hee to Seol-Ah as she carefully approached them, envious of Lilia.

“Oh my, anything for my little girl. Come to Mommy’s arms.”

“Okay!”

Kang-Hee also got on top of Kang-Woo— to be more exact, on Seol-Ah’s lap.

“Son! Why are you hesitating?! Get up here too!” Yeon-Joo shouted to Kang-Hyun.

“B-But Father is—”

“Hubby is super durable so it’s okay! Hurry up!”

“O-Okay!”

The Oh Kang-Woo family all assembled on top of Kang-Woo. Kang-Woo sighed as he felt the pressure weighing down on him.

‘Ahh. Is this what people call the pressure felt by the breadwinner?’

***

“Umm... A-Are you okay, Father?”

“No...”

“Th-Then I will tell you later!”

“It’s fine. So, what did you want to tell me?”

“Umm...” Kang-Hyun hesitated for a moment and said cautiously, “I want to... visit Hell.”

“What?”

‘Why Hell all of a sudden?’