Past, present, God of time…
The sky in the east, the sky in the west, is as dark as the eyes of the Devil King;
According to legend, whenever a demon’s power accumulates to a certain level, the sky will open a door for him.
That is the throne of the Devil King.
And that process is called “Ascension to the Throne.”
He will reach another realm, and when the Devil King leaves, the remaining gravity inside that “door” will gather all the surrounding meteorites, which will collide and fuse together, eventually becoming stars.
The greater the power of the Devil King ascending to the throne, the brighter the stars he attracts with the power he leaves behind.
And now——
How long has it been since there was only one purple moon in the sky every night? There is not a single star in the sky that represents the Devil King.
Once upon a time, the legend of the Devil king was widely spread in this world, but now… Demons have been at ease for a long time, and there are no longer any demons who dream of becoming the Devil King.
Perhaps one day sooner or later, everything related to the Devil King in this world will cease to exist, right?
“I want to become the Devil King.” Said the little black-haired boy a long time ago.
It was a young demon with thin limbs, tattered clothes, and bare feet.
But the little boy’s face was still relatively clean, and such a clean little demon was very rare in entire Yefar.
The old demon no longer quite remembers the boy’s appearance, but the other party’s black eyes, which were like stagnant water, were imprinted on his heart, along with the appearance of his newlywed wife in her wedding dress, which was imprinted in the deepest part of his heart.
However, just now, another half-sized demon with black hair and black eyes said similar words to him.
In fact, what he said is completely different.
But why did he think of that child from back then?
Probably it’s because of their same black hair and eyes, their same calm expression, or their same firm tone…
“Then you need to work harder in the future.” With his relaxed eyelids drooping on his face, Adan turned around and left the bathroom. Behind him, the black-haired young man slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and then picked up a broom to mop up the wet floor he had left behind.
On this day, the old demon asked Ji Huan to tidy up the house for him.
“You will become a busy person in the future, so you need to do less of these things. Today, do a thorough cleaning.” This is what Adan said.
Ji Huan thoroughly cleaned up the testing center.
He dug out a lot of strange things, such as: there was a dried salted fish under Adan’s mattress.
“Ah! This is something my wife made before she passed away!!!!!!” Adan took the dried pickled fish excitedly.
For example: the crumpled paper ball under the bed.
“Ah ah ah ah! This was done before I got married. You know, I was a bachelor back then~” Adan gave him an ambiguous look.
Ji Huan’s face: =-=
For example: the books under the foot of the table.
Adan doesn’t like reading very much, but surprisingly, he has quite a few books here.
Adan asked Ji Huan to take all these books, and Ji Huan happily accepted them.
However, when he went home with a box of books and started organizing them, he found an old and yellowed address book.
This is the information on the tenants of all the land owned by Adan in Yefar.
Adan’s address book is written very simply. Everything is divided by land, such as: Luxury Area, Golden Flower Bar, 20 kodak (note: kodak is the local unit of volume, the name of a kind of monster. Because this kind of monster is widely distributed and easy to hunt, its volume has become a common unit of volume in this world. Also note: local land is very valuable, because the rent is charged not only based on area, but also on volume, including walls and roofs too!)
Ji Huan was startled when he saw this address book. This book was very old. Many tenants had rented the land a hundred years ago. There were also Adan’s ghostly drawings on it. Ji Huan can’t understand it, but he could guess more or less.
Some demons have an x on their name, which probably means that they are dead, but most demons don’t have an x on their names. On the contrary, there are recent payment records next to their names!
This is obviously an address book that is still in use!
Ji Huan called Adan at that time, and told him that he accidentally took his rent collection book home.
However, Adan just snorted: “I gave it to you as I promised. You can make a new record of that notebook for me. If you don’t understand the symbols, come and ask me. In the future. I’ll leave it to you to collect rent from those guys.”
“Alright, I’m playing games right now, don’t call me if it’s not important!”
With a click, Adan hung up the phone.
Leave it to Ji Huan…
He glanced at the thick old notebook, curled up the corner of his mouth, and couldn’t help but clench his right fist.
These are the names and contact information of all the demons who had rented Adan’s land in Yefar!
What does this mean?
All the businesses are operated by these demons in Yefar! In other words, these demons are the actual employers of the Yefar region! Many of the demons after testing their abilities would obviously go to work in these demons’ territories!
But now Adan actually gave this thing to him, along with the task of rent collection!
In this way, he not only knows the names and phone numbers of these bosses, but also has the opportunity to interact with them head-on!
Ji Huan carefully put this notebook under his pillow, together with Hei Dan’s treasures.
Alright, now just like under Ji Huan’s pillow is the safest place for Hei Dan, Ji Huan himself also regards this as the safest place.
Hei Dan is very active now and often can’t help but touch things everywhere. Grandpa also occasionally tidies up the wrong things, but there is only one place that neither Hei Dan nor Grandpa will touch: that is the box full of Hei Dan treasures placed under Ji Huan’s pillow!
This mattress must be made thicker, the pillow is too high now — Patting his pillow, Ji Huan touched his neck again.
Then he continued to sort out the books he took from Adan.
Fortunately, the remaining ones were all normal books.
There were several literacy books, a romance novel, and even a few books on health care for elderly demons.
Ji Huan placed these books on the desk according to their categories.
When Ji Huan picked the book at the bottom, he touched a lot of gray ash.
After carefully dusting off the ash on it, Ji Huan discovered that it was a fairy tale book.
Hei Dan is now at the age where he loves listening to stories the most. Ji Huan’s heart moved and he sat at the desk as he slowly opened the tattered book.
The title on the cover is already blurry, but the title on the inner page still exists. Ji Huan could clearly see the title of the book:
“The Devil King”
This book was written in a very ancient language. Ji Huan had a hard time reading it and had to skip many words. Fortunately, there are pictures on it. Those pictures are very vivid, even in the eyes of Ji Huan, who has seen all kinds of fine pictures in the human world, these pictures are unexpectedly wonderful!
Ji Huan discovered many phonetic symbols in this book.
At first, he didn’t think much until he noticed a circle at the end of one of the letters that looked like a full stop.
Ji Huan was startled and picked up the pen and paper on the table. He wrote the same letter on the paper and was stunned when he saw the full stop he had reflexively written.
This style of writing is not so much his habit as it is Ah Jin’s habit.
Ah Jin’s handwriting is very beautiful, vigorous and powerful, and there are many letters with fancy writing styles, having their own uniqueness. This circle is one of them.
It is said that this is a very ancient writing method. Later on, in order to simplify the font, demons nowadays rarely use it this way. It is Ah Jin who retained this habit, along with Ji Huan, who was taught by him.
With this idea in his mind, Ji Huan paid more attention to the details when he tried to distinguish these phonetic symbols. As he flipped through the pages one by one, he became increasingly certain that these phonetic symbols were written by Ah Jin.
This book… belongs to Ah Jin?
Ji Huan suddenly had this idea in his mind.
He continued to flip through the pages, and found a piece of paper tucked inside the book.
A very yellow and thin piece of paper, most prominently featuring the portrait of a child as the protagonist.
This child is probably the same age as the little gray devil, with black hair and black eyes like stagnant water. His face is expressionless, and his gaze is not strong. However, anyone who sees this portrait will feel as if they are being stared at.
Ji Huan almost recognized the person in the portrait at a glance!
It’s Ah Jin!
Although the age doesn’t match, and although this is just a portrait rather than a photo, the boy in the portrait is definitely Ah Jin!
Ji Huan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, and for a moment, he stared blankly at Ah Jin, who still looked like a child in the portrait. It took him a long time to shift his gaze to the words below the portrait.
“…Jin, aged 7-9 years old, has large black eyes, black hair, pale skin, thin body, about the same size as a newborn Yamo monster. He was lost the day before yesterday. If you see him or pick up this demon, please contact this number and you will be rewarded heavily.”
Below the detailed facial description, there is a line of numbers that Ji Huan is very familiar with and a name that Ji Huan is somewhat familiar but not very familiar with.
Яρ775864Δ
Adan Murphy Yefar
With his heart pounding, Ji Huan felt as if he had touched a piece of history that had been covered in dust for a long time.
After reading this missing person notice for a long time, Ji Huan doesn’t know what he thought of at the time. In short, by the time he realized it, he had already folded and hidden the text below the notice, leaving only the portrait above. Then he found a transparent folder, put the missing person notice in it, sealed it, and finally posted it on the wall, hanging just above another photo of Ah Jin that he had obtained from the fighting arena before.
So, after Hei dan, who had worked hard for a whole day, returned from the market with Grandpa and Naji, he found the photo of a strange little demon on the bedroom wall, which is especially dedicated to the photos of himself, his grandpa, and his uncle.
The author has something to say: Hei Dan: Uncle! Hei Dan is working hard to make money outside, but you actually put other children’s photos in our room! ?
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