I Woke Up and Found I Had Become the Villain

Day 8

“It really has been a long time. Has it been several hundred years?”

“That’s right.”

At Cheon Seoa’s words, the agent smiled and spoke.

Meanwhile, Kang Taesin couldn’t hide his bewildered expression at the conversation taking place before his eyes.

What on earth was going on?
Who was this girl, and why was the agent being so subservient to her?

As Kang Taesin was trying to understand the situation unfolding before him.

“By the way… a bug has gotten mixed up in this monumental occasion of reuniting with Lady Cheon.”

Swish-.

The agent glanced at Kang Taesin and raised his hand.

With a whoosh! Black flames rose and flickered following the agent’s hand gesture.

These were flames that could be created through the Nine Heavens Nine Demons Technique, a magic art mastered by the agent, borrowing the power of one of the nine demons ruling the nine heavens.

Thus, the flames that rose and flickered around the agent extended towards Kang Taesin without any hesitation.

The heat contained in the black flames is not something that even Kang Taesin, a 2nd-class ability user, could withstand.

Kang Taesin’s weak body would vaporize without leaving even a handful of ashes the moment it touches the black flames.

Meanwhile, Kang Taesin sensed his impending death as he watched the flames extending towards him.

The agent’s black flames are so famous that any ability user, be they hero or villain, would know about them.

They cannot be extinguished by anything.
They cannot be blocked by anything.

They spread in all directions like a plague, and once they touch a target, they won’t die down until it’s completely burned.

As such flames extended towards him, even Kang Taesin, filled with anger towards villains, couldn’t help but feel terror rising in his eyes.

However.

“Please don’t do that.”

Whoosh-!

Just as the black flames raised by the Agent were about to engulf Kang Tae-shin, space itself split open.
The split in space soon generated a powerful gravitational pull, sucking in the black flames without a trace before disappearing itself.

Kang Tae-shin, who had sensed his impending death, was the villain he had tried to kill.
He looked on in disbelief that the villain who had committed the taboo and grave sin of heart predation had instead saved him.

The Agent, despite being thwarted by Cheon Seo-ah, maintained a calm expression as if nothing had happened.

“Lady Cheon has always been so tender-hearted, both then and now.”

The Agent acted as if he had known all along that Cheon Seo-ah would save that insignificant bug, Kang Tae-shin.

However, thinking about it, it made sense.

Lady Cheon had saved the life of someone she had never met before, simply because she thought they were ‘pitiful’, and even gave them the power to seek revenge.

To the Agent, the Heavenly Maiden Cheon Seo-ah was nothing more than a soft-hearted girl who couldn’t even kill a single insignificant bug.

But.

“By the way…, we should start moving, Lady Cheon.”

The Agent said, glancing up at the ceiling.

The guards of Tartarus who had noticed his presence were rushing towards the underground.

No, it wasn’t just the guards.
Somehow, he could sense numerous heroes converging on Tartarus from all directions.

With his power, he could sweep them all away, but that’s not what Lady Cheon would want.
Then, quietly withdrawing from this place with the Heavenly Lady would be the best choice for yourself, for the other party, and lastly for the Heavenly Lady herself.

Cheon Seoa also nodded, sensing that if she remained here, things would become quite troublesome with the presence of humans approaching from all directions.

However.

“Where are we going?”

Cheon Seoa asked, tilting her head.

She doesn’t have a home to return to.

Before she could even create such a thing, just for eating a single heart.
Even though it was self-defense because the other party tried to kill her first, she was brought here because the act itself was deemed problematic.

To Cheon Seoa’s question, the representative answered with an expression that suggested there was no problem.

“Of course, it’s a home for the Heavenly Lady.”

Saying that, the representative politely extended his hand.
Although Cheon Seoa couldn’t understand the representative’s words, she simply smiled at the sincerity felt in those words and took his hand.

“Shall we go then?”

“Yes, let’s.”

Step. Step. Step.

Cheon Seoa moved through the torn space, guided by the representative.
And so, the moment the representative, Cheon Seoa, and the director disappeared through the torn space within Tartarus.

Kwagagang-!

With an explosion, the door was ripped off, and through that torn door, numerous guards and heroes rushed in.

However, all they could see was the completely destroyed underground area and Kang Tae-shin, who was sitting down as if in extreme shock, blankly staring into space.

* * *

“It’s beautiful.”

The torn space created by the Agent.
Cheon Seoa, who moved from Tartarus to ‘somewhere’ through it, looked around and said.

What Cheon Seoa’s eyes saw was a garden full of beautiful blooming flowers.

The garden, where various colors were harmoniously arranged, was enough to raise doubts about whether this place actually existed on Earth.

“It’s a garden I personally created for Lady Cheon. Do you like it?”

“It’s really beautiful. To think you’d make such a garden for me. I feel somewhat sorry.”

“There’s no need for Lady Cheon to feel sorry. Considering the grace I’ve received from you, this is nothing.”

The Agent replied with a gentle smile to Cheon Seoa, who was blushing as if embarrassed.

It wasn’t wrong.

He gained power through the Nine-Fold Demon Slaying Technique received from Cheon Seoa.
Furthermore, based on that power, he managed to survive until now and finally meet Cheon Seoa again.

By the way.

“Come to think of it, I still don’t know your name.”

“Ah….”

The Agent showed a flustered expression for the first time as Cheon Seoa looked at him with innocent eyes and spoke.

As Cheon Seoa tilted her head in incomprehension, the Agent opened his mouth with difficulty.

“I’m sorry, Lady Cheon. As I am now, I ‘don’t know’ my name.”

“What do you mean you don’t know your name?”

“Well, that’s….”

“Ah!”

As the proxy hesitated to answer, Cheon Seoa let out a low exclamation as if she had realized something.

Come to think of it, what she had given to the man before her was the Nine Heavens Nine Demons True Technique.

It’s a magical technique that even the most talented and gifted cultivator cannot master.
That’s because the Nine Heavens Nine Demons True Technique itself is a magical method that borrows power through ‘deals’ with nine demons residing in the nine heavens.

And every time that power is borrowed, the demons demand something in return, and this man in front of her…

“It seems the demon demanded your name in exchange for lending its power.”

“That’s correct.”

At Cheon Seoa’s words, the proxy gave a bitter smile.

He had sworn to reveal his name when he met the Heavenly Lady again.
Of all things, the demon he made a deal with demanded that name as payment.

If he didn’t pay the price, the demon would reclaim the borrowed power, so the man had no choice but to agree to the deal.

Even knowing it was the only way to meet the Heavenly Lady again, the proxy had regretted accepting that deal until now.

What if he hadn’t accepted the deal?
Then he could have heard his name from the Heavenly Lady’s lips.

As the proxy’s expression turned somewhat gloomy, Cheon Seoa’s expression also became sad in response.

This pitiful man was still pitiful even now.

To this, Cheon Seoa said.

“Then, would it be alright if I offer another small help?”

“Such…!”

At Cheon Seoa’s question, the representative exclaimed in surprise.

To receive another favor from Lady Cheon when I haven’t even repaid the kindness from the past!
Although it was something the representative could not accept, Cheon Seoa had already made up her mind to help.

“So then.”

Cheon Seoa acted without listening to the representative’s answer.

She began to form a strange seal by clasping her hands together.

It had been hundreds of thousands of years since she last used the Nine Demon Sealing Technique.
However, for Cheon Seoa, who had no concept of forgetting, forming the seal to summon demons proposing to lend power through the Nine Demon Sealing Technique was an effortless task.

As soon as Cheon Seoa finished forming various seals.

Boom-!

A heavy pressure suddenly appeared, pressing down in all directions around Cheon Seoa.
Simultaneously, the presence of nine powerful beings was felt.

It was a presence all too familiar to both Cheon Seoa and the representative.
Cheon Seoa could sense urgent movements rushing from all directions, alerted by the sudden appearance of the nine powerful presences.

“Oh my, it seems we’ve unintentionally startled them.”

But it couldn’t be helped.

Without knowing which demon the representative had made a deal with using their name, summoning all nine demons was the best choice.

Meanwhile, the nine demons who were suddenly called out didn’t hide their discomfort.

How dare a mere insignificant contractor summon all nine demons at once.

Wasn’t this truly an act of arrogance and impudence?

That’s how, as the nine demons settled in the form of swirling black mist, each about to burst with anger.

“It’s been a while, everyone.”

Cheon Seoa said with a gentle smile.

The moment her clear and innocent voice spread in all directions, a violent reaction erupted from the swirling black mists.

Most of that reaction was fear.

The power of the nine demons residing in the nine heavens easily surpasses the Taeulgi level, and it’s fair to say it’s close to the Daeragi level.

Seeing such demons showing fear, the representative looked at Cheon Seoa with eyes that said, ‘As expected of Lady Cheon!’

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa looked over each of the nine demons one by one and said.

“There’s no need to be so afraid. I just called you all because I have something to ask.”

Woong-!

At Cheon Seoa’s words, a strange wave spread from the turbulent black mist.

Cheon Seoa smiled gently as she received that wave.

“There should be someone among you who made a deal with this poor child, exchanging their ‘name’. Everyone except that one can leave.”

Woong-!

At Cheon Seoa’s words again, another wave spread from the turbulent black mist.
And then, eight of the nine clumped black mists disappeared without a trace.

The remaining black mist… no, the demon taking the form of black mist, continuously emitted waves of resentment.

It was a fair deal.
Therefore, in exchange for receiving the name, didn’t it give that human power commensurate with it!

“I know. I know it was a fair deal. I’m not trying to undo that deal. I just want to give you a suitable compensation if you return the name you took from this poor child.”

Woong-!

“Hmm, I see. Then how about this?”

Swoosh-.

Cheon Seoa nodded and pulled out a small spirit pill from her bosom.

It was a spirit pill made by combining the souls of a hundred thousand cultivators along with lightning energy suppressed to the extreme.

It was also a health food that Cheon Seoa occasionally consumed for nourishment, but the moment she showed the pill.

“Ah…!”

The Agent let out a low exclamation.
At the same time, hot tears streamed down from his two eyes.

Cheon Seoa glanced at him and nodded with satisfaction.

“With this, our deal is complete.”

Whoosh-.

As soon as Cheon Seoa finished speaking, black smoke snatched the spirit pill and disappeared.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa, having finished the transaction, spoke to the Agent who was still shedding tears.

“Can you tell me now? Your name.”

“Of course, Lady Cheon. My name is….”

In response to Cheon Seoa’s question, the Agent’s mouth slowly opened.