After Ten Millennia in Hell

Side Story Chapter 73 - Home Alone (3)

"Fuuu. This is a little tiring."

Oh Kang-Woo flopped on the couch after doing all sorts of things in the house. He was swept with fatigue after relishing in the freedom he felt for the first time since returning to Earth. The burning desire and impulse died down and his sense of reason returned. He pushed aside the immense shame that came with the fatigue and sat up.

"I can't stop here."

He did not know when such a chance would come again. The chances of all four women being away from home at once were minuscule. Han Seol-Ah didn't do anything other than housework and training.

'It might legitimately be my only chance.'

There would be even less time once he married and had children with them.

"In that case, I have to enjoy as much of it while I still can."

Kang-Woo smiled and stood up from the couch.

"Mm."

However, he couldn't think of anything he wanted to do.

'I don't wanna do that insane shit again.'

After nothing came to mind, Kang-Woo decided to walk around the house mindlessly.

"But man, this place sure is big."

It was only natural since they had renovated an entire floor of an ultra-luxury apartment to make it one home; it was so big that they could play football indoors if they removed the furniture.

'To be honest, a house has no right being this big.'

They couldn't use all the space with only five people in it. Also, he, Seol-Ah, Lilith, and Cha Yeon-Joo used the same bedroom every night; they had a dressing room filled with clothes and their individual rooms but they were barely used.

"Come to think of it, I've never been inside their rooms."

Kang-Woo had seen Echidna's room many times since he often was in there to play games with her but he had never been to the other women's rooms since they practically lived in his bedroom.

"..."

Kang-Woo suddenly surged with curiosity. He wanted to see how they decorated their rooms.

"I might as well sneak a peek."

He smiled as he headed to Yeon-Joo's room since she had only recently moved in.

Creak.

"She hasn't even unpacked her things yet..."

There were unopened boxes throughout the room; the only things worth mentioning were exercise equipment.

"Hm?"

Kang-Woo noticed a small album on a desk and in the frame was a picture they had taken during their picnic in Aernor.

"Man, how long has this been?"

He looked down at himself in the picture, munching on a piece of meat. The latter portion of the picnic was a little chaotic due to Kargath but it was a wonderful memory nonetheless.

"Huh? But wasn't it a group picture?"

He was the only person in the frame for some reason. Kang-Woo thought for a moment and chuckled after realizing it.

"Jeez, she's so cute."

He realized that the picture was zoomed in so that only he was in the frame. He left Yeon-Joo's room after looking around for a little longer.

"Should I take a peek at Lilith's room next?"

This was the room Kang-Woo was most curious about. He wanted to know how Lilith, who spent most of her life in Hell, spent her life.

Creak.

Kang-Woo carefully opened the door.

"Oh? It's surprisingly normal."

He opened the door cautiously because he was afraid there would be tentacles everywhere but it was unexpectedly tidy. Her bed was neatly made as if she had never even used it and there were other stationeries and furniture. It was quite a plain and tidy room.

"I didn't expect this at all."

Kang-Woo tilted his head in confusion and opened the drawer next to the window.

"Gasp."

It was filled with erotic clothes and lingerie.

"I don't think... she even needs to buy clothes."

Kang-Woo gulped as he took a moment to appreciate Lilith's clothes. Each of them had severely little surface area and the slingshot bikini she had worn in Singapore was among them.

'I'm gonna ask her to wear them next time.'

He came to a resolution after closing the drawer.

"There are a ton of books too."

There was a large number of books neatly placed on a bookshelf on her desk. Kang-Woo took a few of them out, wondering what sort of books she usually read.

[How to use a smartphone.]

[Understanding modern culture.]

[Hot among women in their twenties! Slightly~ erotic fashion that will 100% capture your man's heart!]

"So this is where she got her choice of clothes from..."

Lilith seemed to have bought whatever was in this book since she did not understand human beauty standards.

'That aside...'

Kang-Woo smiled faintly as he looked through Lilith's books. She was doing her best without anyone knowing to fit into human culture.

"She might perfectly assimilate with human culture at this rate."

He hoped for her to soon realize how disgusting tentacles were to humans.

"Right, then." Kang-Woo closed the door to Lilith's room and headed toward the end of the hallway. "I wonder what Darling's room is like?"

He was just as excited for Seol-Ah's room as he was for Lilith's room.

Creak.

He carefully opened the door once again.

"..."

The floor, walls, and ceiling were filled with pictures of himself. Dolls that looked like him filled her desk and she even had a body pillow of Kang-Woo printed on her bed.

"Uhh, mm." He remained frozen at the entrance and looked away from the room exuding madness. "I didn't see anything. Yup."

Clack.

Kang-Woo closed the door and turned around.

"Alright."

'What should I do now?'

He walked around the house again after finishing what he wanted to do. He wanted to do things he had never done before but he did not have anything he could do when he was alone since he already had a relatively free lifestyle.

"Mm. But I don't wanna waste time doing nothing."

Kang-Woo went back to his room after roaming around the house. It was not the bedroom he shared with his lovers but the one he used for work.

"Huh? That's..."

He noticed a palm-sized rectangular item as he was rummaging through the room to find something to do. It was the external hard drive he had filled with the mysteries of the birth of life before left for Aernor— Npah's Ark.

"HOLY SHIT! HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?!"

Kang-Woo lifted the external hard drive with shining eyes. He had honestly not even used it ever since he made it.

'To be more precise, I had no reason to.'

It lost its purpose since his relationship with Seol-Ah took off. Kang-Woo had no reason to watch the videos since the women in all the videos combined couldn't match up to his Darling.

"Huh...? Wait a second."

Just then, a thought crossed his mind.

'Something... I can't usually do?'

His hand holding the external hard drive trembled. Sparks traveled throughout his body.

"Aaaahh." It was likely fate that he coincidentally discovered his external hard drive here. "Wings."

Yes, the frog with wings had become truly free after seeing the world outside the well.

"Alright!"

Kang-Woo headed to the living room with the external hard drive and a laptop. A large TV was in the living room where Echidna played her games.

"I could never do this when I'm not alone."

He connected his laptop to the TV and randomly chose one of the videos containing the mysteries of the birth of life.

"Whoa." The color of flesh filled the large TV screen. "WHOOOOOOOOAAAAAAA!!!"

He couldn't believe it.

"Kehehehe! Dayum, I can't believe a day where I can watch this on TV has come!"

Kang-Woo wondered how many people who didn't live alone had experienced something like this— no, he wasn't sure if there were people crazy enough to do this even if they did live alone.

"Bwehehehehe!! Yeah! This is it! This is what true freedom is!!"

Kang-Woo grabbed some snacks from the kitchen and munched on them on the couch as he watched the video.

"Mmm. But..." His expression darkened after not even five minutes. "This is boring."

After thinking about it, there was no point in him watching videos like this. Time would be better spent doing what was in the video with his lovers.

"Haaa," Kang-Woo sighed deeply as his sense of reason returned.

The shame he had pushed aside returned. The limitless exhilaration and sense of freedom melted away like snow and a question popped up in his head.

'What the fuck am I doing by myself?"

Kang-Woo tried to be true to his impulses and do all sorts of dumb shit as a commemoration for being home alone for the first time but he was honestly not having any fun.

"It's... more fun being with everyone."

He didn't give a shit even if he would never get a chance like this again— he had more fun spending time with the women he loved.

"Sheesh."

Kang-Woo clicked his tongue and stood up.

'I might as well take a shower and train with Balrog.'

He had nothing to do even if he stayed at home. After all, he was never one to have hobbies.

"Oh, maybe I'll do those dailies Echidna asked me to do once I finish training with Balrog."

He had no idea what to do but he had a feeling he could figure it out as long as he mashed tons of buttons.

"Let's see. As for clothes... I'll change once I take a shower."

Kang-Woo looked around the living room. It was a mess from the insane shit he had done a while ago.

"I should turn that off first."

The slapping of flesh from the video about the birth of life was echoing throughout the living room. Now that Kang-Woo had come back to his senses, he realized how much of a dumbass he was for doing everything he had done.

"But well, it wasn't all that bad."

Deviant behavior of this level was nothing, considering he would likely never get the chance to again.

"Lastly..."

Kang-Woo took a deep breath as a finale for this session of madness.

"Hup!"

He raised his arms over his head and opened his mouth wide. The frog with wings had seen the world but would return to his well after realizing how cozy it was.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Kang-Woo yelled as loud as he could as he raced through the living room. This was the last form of solace he could give for the frog that had severed its wings of its own accord— a requiem for the world it would never see again.

"VWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

Goodbye, flying frog.

Goodbye, Demacia.

It's time for me to go back to—

"Hey, Oh Kang-Woo! Noona's home! The fucking meeting was postponed to tomorrow!"

Huh...?