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Join the ServerA green, palm-sized notebook.
Inside, various names were written.
Idol. Actor. Comedian.
Soloist. Group.
All ages and genders.
The common factor was that they were all artists.
*– Dominate the stars, and I shall come find you.*
The star tattoo had ordered so.
‘Is that why? There are no names of non-artists.’
Why artists?
The purpose was still unknown.
Instead, the Demon God checked the progress.
Beside the artists’ names, words presumably indicating stages, like `‘Progress 1’` or `‘Progress 2’`, were written.
When the Demon God looked up Lua’s name, beside it was written `‘Complete’`.
Fortunately, even as he flipped through the notebook from the beginning again, Lua was the only one marked as `‘Complete’`.
‘Was the possession by the evil spirit recent?’
Lua had also said there was no such thing as a special program when she visited in the past.
Back then, the counselor must not have been possessed by the evil spirit.
‘If so, I can just leave the other celebrities alone. They will soon return to their original conditions.’
He spared himself the trouble of visiting each and every one to heal them.
The Demon God nodded contentedly.
He could just walk out like this and forget about the counseling room matter.
“Wait a moment.”
The Demon God scanned the notebook from the beginning for a third time.
Because a certain name had crossed his mind.
“That name is not here.”
Ex, the leader of Agon.
The idol who had caused a major incident at Pantheon’s fan meeting.
He wondered because Ex had also been possessed by an evil spirit.
At the time, he had thought of of it simply.
Since he felt malice from him, he had assumed a matching evil spirit was drawn to him.
However, now that he had experienced evil spirits being artificially created and possessing people, doubts arose.
Even the counselor sleeping here was not an evil person.
He could feel it when dissipating the evil spirit; if anything, the counselor could be called a good person.
Could the Ex incident also have been artificially staged by someone?
But it was merely a suspicion.
At the very least, his name was not in the notebook.
In Ex’s case, he was either possessed by an evil spirit truly by chance,
or there was another culprit.
Like the star tattoo who injected the evil spirit into the counselor.
‘What is the identity of someone who can pull off such a feat?’
Even the sorcerers under the Demon God’s command had said they couldn’t perform the act of injecting an evil spirit against malice.
Because of Lua, he had considered someone related to Izm,
but if so, possessing Su-eon, who was a member of EXI, was a bit suspicious.
In the end, the identity of the star tattoo was still unclear—
“Hmph. It matters not.”
If they are targeting stars.
Won’t they eventually cross paths somewhere in this entertainment industry?
If they are pulling off stunts of this scale, their tail will surely be exposed.
When that time comes, he just needs to let them taste plenty of his demonic Aura.
The Demon God cast aside his lingering thoughts and left the counseling room.
“Zion!”
“Is it over?”
Zion popped out as if he had been waiting.
Because the duel between the Demon God and the counselor had occurred within the Domain, people outside had no idea what had happened.
“It is finished. We can leave now.”
He saw the desk staff, but did not tell them to go check on the counselor.
Because it was better to let him sleep.
‘Sleep deeply and forget everything. For it is enough that this Demon God alone remembers this matter.’
***
Pantheon was busy, and Novior was even busier.
Lua would also resume her schedules once she recovered for a while.
It was hard to tell how they even managed to find time today.
It was uncertain whether they would all be able to find time together again.
Thus, as soon as they left the healing center, they called not only Zion but also Tae-young and returned to Lua’s house.
The explanation the Demon God gave to Lua, who happened to be awake, was—
“The counselor himself seemed to be in poor condition due to overwork. It seems his lethargy was contagious. That is what happened.”
Since he couldn’t talk about things like evil spirits.
It was enough for the Demon God alone to know. For humans, a reason they could comprehend was sufficient.
“Really? It was truly because of that?”
“Dost thou doubt me?”
“No, no! If you’re the one saying it, Sun-woo, I must believe it. At least regarding this matter.”
“Hm? It seems some strange condition has been attached, though?”
However, behind the Demon God’s back, Tae-young showed Lua a thumbs-up.
“Senior, it seems your head has cleared up.”
“Yes!”
Only the Demon God tilted his head.
“What is it?”
But before he could think deeply, Zion threw a question.
“Sun-woo, but how is it that no sound could be heard outside when you went to confront him? I had my ear pressed against the door, and it was a bit noisy at first, but quiet after that?”
“Ah.”
The same applied here.
He decided not to speak of things like the evil spirit’s Domain.
“We began a serious conversation. Soon, he poured his heart out candidly.”
Tae-young, Lua, and Zion each replied.
“A serious… conversation?”
“Candidly? You know words like that?”
“You didn’t hit him or anything, right?”
What Zion said at the end was strangely close to the truth, but.
“Hit him? I told you we began a conversation.”
The Demon God lightly passed it over.
He also decided not to speak of the Demon God’s method of conversing.
“Um. Okay. Then I’ll just leave it at that.”
Lua nodded.
Everything was already over. There was no need to dig deeper.
There was another matter that was more necessary.
“Sun-woo.”
“Hm?”
“You said worship rather than gratitude. But I definitely want to express my gratitude.”
“It is unnecessary, though.”
“No. If I do not, my heart will feel uncomfortable.”
The Demon God stared intently at Lua.
“Endure it.”
“…….”
Lua, who was already recovering, felt her head spin.
Right.
He is Sun-woo.
I must keep my wits about me when conversing with him.
After a deep breath, Lua looked at Tae-young instead of Sun-woo.
“Tae-young, same for you. Is there nothing I can do to express my gratitude?”
“Standing as a concert guest is more than enough.”
“No, no. That was originally something I promised Sun-woo. I’m truly grateful for this matter too.”
Lua did not bend her will to show gratitude.
“What would my state have been like if we hadn’t resolved this matter? Furthermore, I found this after you guys left.”
What Lua held in her hand was the renewal contract the Izm manager had left behind.
“Did you see how many years it is for?”
Her hand holding the contract trembled with rage.
“Hm? I did not see it, though.”
“I didn’t think to check that.”
“Noona, how many years is it? Usually it’s about 2 years.”
Lua pointed to a line in the contract.
Everyone checked it—
““7 years???””
Not 2 years or 5 years, but 7 years.
Such a contract renewal was hard to find.
Zion took the contract and read through it.
“The conditions are also extremely bad, aren’t they? Noona, this is no different from a s*ave contract.”
“Right? It’s not like I’m receiving some punishment. If I had signed that, it would have been no different from going to prison.”
s*ave, punishment, prison.
The Demon God kept his mouth shut slightly….
“Noona, look. Even Sun-woo has a bad expression.”
“Sun-woo, do you also understand contract issues?”
The Demon God answered with an exceptionally gloomy expression.
“Exceedingly, yes.”
You guys would not know.
Of course, the others did not know.
Thinking she had obtained Sun-woo’s agreement, Lua brought up talk about the company.
“Honestly, Izm is in a huge stir right now. No one in the company knows what the new CEO is thinking.”
“I heard the rumors. So even you do not know, Senior.”
“Yeah. If the CEO were just greedy for money, I would dislike it but at least understand it. But since we do not know the new CEO’s intentions at all, it’s somehow anxious. I do not want to remain in this company.”
The Demon God shook his head violently to shake off the thoughts of s*ave, punishment, and prison, then threw a question.
“Is there perhaps something like a star tattoo on the new CEO’s hand?”
“His hand? All of a sudden?”
The star tattoo seemed likely to be in the entertainment industry, specifically near Izm.
“There is such a thing. Answer me.”
“Anyway, I’m not really sure. I’ve barely met him, and I’ve never looked closely at his hands. But I feel like I would have remembered if there was a tattoo.”
In the end, it meant they would only know by looking again.
“If an occasion to see him arises next time, make sure to check.”
“Really? If it is of help to you, Sun-woo, as much as you want.”
The Demon God turned to Tae-young and Zion.
“If you know someone with a star tattoo on their hand, or see one in the future, report it to me.”
“I will.”
“Got it!”
The two also nodded.
“Well, the conversation drifted, but anyway, you guys didn’t just save me. You even saved 7 years of my life.”
In the end, the conversation returned to Lua’s gratitude.
A bizarre stalemate.
There is a person who wants to show gratitude, but there is no existence who wants to receive it.
“No! You must accept it!”
“Ugh, how bothersome.”
While the Demon God narrowed his eyes, Tae-young brought up a suggestion first.
“Then please do a duet song together with me later.”
“Huh? Oh! Okay!”
A duet with Lua was something everyone would envy.
Rather, Lua’s side had rejected duets with most singers.
“Since I received that promise, I am satisfied. Now only Sun-woo needs to speak.”
“Tae-young, now that I have heard your suggestion, a proposal has crossed my mind too.”
The Demon God was serving his idol punishment.
If he received a reward of gratitude from Lua, it should be of help in shortening this punishment.
“Worship.”
“I told you I want to show gratitude apart from worship?”
“Spread worship.”
“…Eh?”
The Demon God’s eyes shone darkly.
Why had he not thought of this?
Even fans promote us, so why could Lua not do it?
“Lua, you must possess quite some influence. Therefore, spread worship to every person you meet. You shall recommend Pantheon.”
“U-Ugh…?”
Lua backed away hesitantly.
She had thought of a music-related request or an expensive item, but she had absolutely not expected this.
Do you know Pantheon?
Pantheon is really good.
Would you like to listen to Pantheon’s song?
Thinking of herself saying this to every person she met already made her feel tired.
Wouldn’t it be fine for a person to live while forgetting a favor slightly?
Even such thoughts arose.
“Is, is there nothing else?”
“No! Only worship! Spread worship far and wide!”
It was decided.
Gratitude into worship!
Just like back when he dispatched the apostles of the order to the outside, the Demon God commanded with a voice overflowing even with majesty.
“Go, Lua!”
***
At that time.
“The evil spirit made to possess the counselor has also been dissipated.”
A man was reporting the situation over his phone.
“Yes, no traces of the one who dissipated it remain. It is the same as in Kwak Su-eon’s case.”
The demonic Aura and the gods’ correction.
The simultaneous action of demonic power and divine power shook the space-time where the evil spirit was dissipated.
Therefore, even those who detected spiritual energy could not grasp exactly who had done the deed.
Although the Demon God had been holding Kwak Su-eon on stage during his incident, even so, it did not provide absolute proof that he was the one who dissipated the evil spirit.
“Ex also seems to have been dealt with by the same person.”
It was merely a speculation.
There is someone acting as a stumbling block to their work.
The voice of the person receiving the report was heard from the other end of the phone.
“Yes, of course. We shall refrain from activities for a while.”
Threatened by the existence of an unknown obstructor, their activities were ultimately shrinking.
“Yes.”
The reporter switched the phone to his other hand.
On that hand, a star tattoo was clearly visible.
It had to be clear.
Since the tattoo itself was emitting a blue light.
The star tattoo ended the call with these final words.
“He is a truly powerful individual.”
***
And with time flying by, Pantheon’s concert drew near.
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