The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live a Normal Life

ears of subjugating Murim, the Crazy Demon asked why Roman trusted him blindly.

The answer was simple.

‘In order to receive blind trust, I must first trust the other person, even if that results in me being betrayed.’

That was Roman’s belief.

It was simply blind trust.

He didn’t need a reason; he just believed in others.

However, Roman didn’t explain it to Kevin.

Blind trust loses its value as soon as reasoning is added.

Moreover, Roman never worried about betrayal throughout his life.

The stronger the people who follow you, the bigger their heads get.

But they all eventually realize how dangerous it is to betray the person known as Baek Joong-hyuk.

That’s why he ended the conversation with just that.

And now, Roman stared intently at his sword.

He remembered a madman with a sword stained with blood, and from now on, he will have to do his best with Kevin, who resembled the madman.

“Things are going to get busy for me.”

There were now two weeks until the party and about six months until the war.

From now on, I have a lot to teach Kevin.

Time is relative.

While Kevin began to lead a fierce life, Chris had such a boring day that he wondered if it was okay to follow Roman.

“I’m bored.”

He yawned dozens of times.

Chris saw Roman and Kevin training from a distance.

“Everything is about the foundation.”

“Even if you do one thing, do it right.”

“Don’t lose your concentration.”

He knew what Roman was doing, but he couldn’t understand it.

‘Why on Earth did you pick up a strange kid from somewhere and are trying to teach him swordsmanship?’

If the kid were a great genius, it would be understandable.

However, Kevin was neither a great genius nor had a status that would make others teach him.

He was just a commoner.

Moreover, he didn’t know anything about swordsmanship.

A sigh eventually came out of Chris’ mouth.

When I decided to follow Roman, I could never have imagined something like this.

‘*I thought that if I followed Roman, I would learn the secret to becoming strong in a short time, just like he did.
But what is this? He hasn’t taught me anything yet.
And unlike Kevin, he treats me as if I don’t even exist.
If I knew this would happen, I would have stuck with Master Jonathan and would’ve swung my sword at least one more time.
That would’ve benefited me, at the very least.’*

His stomach was boiling.

He wanted to run to Roman and scream at him.

Still, he endured it because he had decided to follow him.

He thought if he waited patiently, Roman would eventually teach him.

But.

“Oh, fuck this.”

Thud!

He threw his gloves on the ground.

It’s been a week already.

Not being able to contain his anger after seeing Roman abandoning him and teaching only Kevin, Chris approached Roman and said, “Young Master Roman.”

“…?”

“It has been over two weeks since I started following the young master.
The first week went by as you decided to go into closed-door seclusion, and you only practiced with Keving for the second week.
I sincerely apologize if you’re doing this because you’re not happy with me.
Still, please teach me something like you are teaching Kevin.
I am confident that I will be able to absorb your teachings well.”

His will was strong.

Seeing him express his will, Roman turned his gaze away from Kevin and stared at Chris.

“Did I not tell you already? Watch and learn.”

“…Was it really meant to be ‘watch and learn’? Aren’t you supposed to teach me something special?”

Chris was astonished.

What does he mean?

He thought that learning from those around him meant teaching, but he could not understand what Roman meant at all.

“Young master! Even though I suffered a disastrous defeat in our duel, I am a person who reached 2-Star aura knight status in my mid-twenties.
I can’t waste my talent like this.”

Chris’ backlash was fierce.

As he raised his voice as if he would not back down, Roman swallowed his feeling of laughing.

It is as expected.

He never thought Chris would tolerate being neglected forever.

Roman said, “Everyone has their own way.
Since Kevin is ignorant, he needs someone to set the right way for him and guide him from start to finish until he reaches a certain level.
However, you are different.
No matter what instruction I would give you, you wouldn’t really understand it and try to swallow the teachings by force.
Do you know why? That’s because I’m the one who defeated you.
All of that would inevitably result in your talents backfiring at you.”

“…So, are you telling me to keep watching?”

“No.”

Roman waited for Chris to respond.

Now was the time for him to show the reality to those who chose to follow him.

“In order to accept reality, we need definite results.
How about it? Do you want to have a duel with Kevin once? If you think you are right even after the duel, then I will teach you directly.”

Roman’s suggestion didn’t make sense to Chris.

A duel with Kevin?

It’s just bizarre.

Chris’ doubts were quickly resolved with Roman’s explanation.

“The reason for the duel is simple.
Kevin will fight against you by himself, but I’ll be instructing him throughout the match on how to defeat you.
So, prove your will to me by defeating Kevin, the ‘avatar’ that will be my sword in the future.”

Roman’s words were that of a madman.

And Chris was undoubtedly angry.

’…Does this bastard think I’m retarded?’

He admitted that he was defeated by Roman.

Every morning, when I looked in the mirror, I looked at my flat, empty teeth and thought about that moment countless times.

However.

This is just not it.

The opponent is a beginner who clearly doesn’t even know all the basics of swordsmanship.

Whether it is a duel or not, how can he defeat me?

‘Yeah, I see how it is.
Breaking my teeth wasn’t enough for you, huh? You want to tame me.
What you want from me is blind loyalty.
However, I’m not that easy.
Even if it hurts someone loyal to you, the eldest son of Lord Dmitry, I can’t stand still after being treated like this.’

His eyebrows were twitching.

He truly wanted to do well.

After speaking bitterly to my master and leaving the Dmitry Knights, I had a strong desire to accomplish many great things and return back to him.

Moreover, I had to go for two weeks with no income.

The dissatisfaction that had barely been suppressed until now exploded at Roman’s provocations.

“Fine.
Let’s do this.
I’m going to show you I’m not such a weakling.”

Chris thought that this time the result would be different.