After Ten Millennia in Hell

Side Story Chapter 127 - Engagement Ceremony (5)

“Hmm... wasn’t this an engagement ceremony, not a wedding ceremony?” Lilith asked as she tilted her head.

“Same thing.”

“Hohoho. Then why didn’t we just have a wedding ceremony?”

It was a valid question but Kang-Woo shook his head and answered, “We need to have a magnificent wedding with everyone invited.”

It was a bit lackluster to call the tiny ceremony at home a wedding ceremony.

“Hehe. I don’t mind whichever.”

Han Seol-Ah smiled as she stroked the ring Kang-Woo gave her. She didn’t care about having a grand wedding now that she had become his official wife. Her dream had come true at last.

“Kang-Woo~”

Seol-Ah embraced Kang-Woo, her eyes slightly hazy. She felt like her heart was going to burst from uncontainable happiness.

“Hm! Kang-Woo! Hold off on the wedding until I become a mature dragon!!”

Echidna, the host of the engagement ceremony, snorted loudly as she clenched her fists. She seemed to have gotten jealous after seeing how happy the three wives were.

Kang-Woo smirked and patted Echidna’s head. “Okay. Let’s do that.”

“Hoho. Then I guess the wedding will have to wait a while.”

Dragons normally became adults once they passed eight hundred years old. Since Echidna was five hundred years old, she would have to wait another three hundred years.

Echidna shook her head and shouted, “Hm! No! I’m growing way~ faster than other dragons thanks to Kang-Woo!”

As she said, her growth speed was far faster than other dragons her age. She was even using dragon tongue magic normally used by a select few mature dragons.

“I’ll become a mature dragon in a year or two... three years at the latest!!” shouted Echidna with shining eyes.

“That quickly?”

“Hm! That’s what my fan told me!”

“Fan? Oh, come to think of it, the Dragon God is part of your fan club.”

If it was what the Dragon God said, it was credible.

‘Three years, huh?’

It was quite a long time for normal people but for Kang-Woo, whose lifespan was close to eternity, it wasn’t that long.

‘Then I guess we can have the wedding in three years.’

It should be more than enough time to settle the score with Akart.

“... won’t.”

“Huh?”

“I WON’T MARRY SOMEONE LIKE YOU!” shouted Cha Yeon-Joo as she panted heavily.

Her rage from earlier had yet to die down. Kang-Woo walked behind the angry Yeon-Joo and hugged her.

“I said I was sorry.”

“Urgh!! You knew it was something to apologize for but you did it anyway!!”

Yeon-Joo bared her teeth and stepped on Kang-Woo’s foot with all her might.

“M-M-M-M-M-M-M... Me...?”

“ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!” Yeon-Joo screamed as she pulled on her hair, being forced to be reminded of an unforgettable dark past.

“Hahaha! But for real, you were super cute, Yeon-Joo.”

“I won’t believe any more of your bullsh—”

“It’s the truth.”

Kang-Woo turned his head toward Yeon-Joo as if to prove it was the truth and kissed her voraciously.

“Mmmmrph!!”

Yeon-Joo flinched wide-eyed but did not push him away. She could feel his soft tongue in her mouth.

“B-Bwaha!! Wh-What the fuck are you doing in front of others?! It’s embarrassing!!”

“They’re not just others. We’re all a family now.”

“Th-That’s true, but...”

Yeon-Joo averted her gaze from him, her cheeks as red as a tomato. Kang-Woo couldn’t feel the blazing rage from her anymore.

“Haaa. For fuck’s sake... Why did I end up falling for...”

Yeon-Joo sighed and stretched out Kang-Woo’s cheeks. What frustrated her the most was that even in this situation, a part of her mind was thinking “Oh, he looks kinda cute when I pull on his cheeks.” She also knew she had already fallen for Kang-Woo to the point that she could never part from him.

“Well... I-I’ll be in your care from now on.”

“Hehehe. You can trust your oppa. You’ll never have to work a day.”

“Heh, says the bum who lives off of my allowance.”

“That’s...”

Kang-Woo, the unemployed stay-at-home husband, flinched and averted his gaze from Yeon-Joo. He used to have a lot of money saved up but after buying this entire building, remodeling it to his liking, and investing the rest into Lilith’s intelligence organization, he had become broke.

He could request Guardians for money but he was but a titular member; he did no real work in the organization. He wasn’t shameless enough to demand money despite not even coming to work.

“Ngh. I’ll have to farm for mana stones in Gates or something...”

Kang-Woo could easily make trillions of won a day if he went all-out monster hunting. Yeon-Joo smirked and pulled on Kang-Woo’s cheek.

“Forget it. This noona of yours will keep giving you your allowance, so just stay cooped up at home.”

“Yeon-Joo noona...”

Kang-Woo was about to burst into tears.

“Hohoho. Well, then...” Seol-Ah’s eyes shone as she moved behind Echidna.

“Hm? What’s wrong, Seol-Ah?” Echidna asked.

“Get some rest, Echidna.”

“H-Hm...? W-Wait!”

A dark light flowed from Seol-Ah’s hand on Echidna’s shoulder.

“A-Aghh...”

Echidna swayed as her eyelids went down. Seol-Ah had used a spell among her arsenal of curses which caused one to fall asleep. Echidna possessed phenomenal magical resistance since she was a dragon but she couldn’t resist the magic of Seol-Ah who had surpassed the former Celestial Goddess Seraph.

“Mmmrgh.”

Seol-Ah caught Echidna as she collapsed and carried her to her room to put her to bed.

“Right, then, Kang-Woo.”

“Y-Yeah?”

She pulled out a piece of paper from her wedding dress and waved it around. It was the premarital contract that Kang-Woo was forced to put his thumbprint on.

“It’s time for you to fulfill the conditions of this contract ❤”

“But you said that was a joke...”

“Hohoho. Not today~ Isn’t that right?” Seol-Ah said as she looked to Lilith and Yeon-Joo for approval.

“Fufufu.”

“A-Ahem!!”

Lilith smiled alluringly like always and Yeon-Joo simply coughed as she reddened. Neither of them refused.

“Hmm. I see.”

Kang-Woo nodded as he stared at his wives in the wedding dresses. It was not hard to figure out what they wanted; after all, he also felt the same way.

‘But sixty rounds is a bit overkill.’

However, he was planning on doing his best.

‘I can’t run from the battlefield when duty calls!’

He clenched his fists and opened his eyes wide. He was an unemployed stay-at-home husband, so he should at least do his best at something. Not only that but he could barely contain his desire just from staring at his wives in their wedding dresses.

“All three of you, follow me.”

Kang-Woo aggressively swung open the door to their bedroom as he undid his tuxedo necktie and threw it aside.

“My, Kang-Woo~”

“Hoho, you’re full of energy today.”

“Let’s see what you’re made of.”

The three wives each said their piece as they entered the bedroom.

***

“Mmm~ Haaah!”

Lilith stretched with her arms over her head late at dawn. Her skin was glossy and she was smiling in satisfaction.

Clack.

Seol-Ah, who had just finished her shower, opened the door carefully and entered the room.

She asked in a whisper, “Is Kang-Woo still sleeping?”

“Fufu. Yup, as soundly as a baby.”

Lilith nodded as she gently stroked the sleeping Kang-Woo’s head.

Yeon-Joo, who also finished her shower, dried her hair with a towel and asked, “I wonder if he was especially tired today?”

Kang-Woo would usually be full of energy at this time but he was sprawled in bed with no sign of waking up.

“Hoho. I’m sure he was exhausted,” Lilith remarked.

“Why?”

“Mmm. I’ll tell you later.”

Seol-Ah and Yeon-Joo did not know yet but Kang-Woo had taken part in the engagement ceremony without any rest for the whole time he was stuck in the time loop and battling Akart’s retainers. He would naturally be exhausted both physically and mentally.

“Y-You should’ve told me if you knew that, unnie. I would’ve let him get some rest if I knew...”

Seol-Ah shuffled her feet in panic. If she had known Kang-Woo was already exhausted, she wouldn’t have suggested they suck him dry.

“Hoho. It’s what the king wanted. And don’t worry so much. He’s just a little tired, so he’ll be all better once he wakes up.”

“Ngh. Even so...”

“Oh, right. More importantly, I thought of a good idea. Want to hear it?”

“Huh? What idea?” Yeon-Joo asked.

“Hohoho.” Lilith smiled and placed her hand over Kang-Woo’s forehead. “You both remember I got the Trait【Delver of Dreams】when the King granted us with Traits, right?”

“Huh? A-Are you suggesting...”

“You want to take a p-peek into Kang-Woo’s dream?!”

“My, don’t say it like that. People would think we’re doing something bad if they didn’t know better.”

Lilith was simply curious about what her beloved husband was dreaming about, nothing more.

“U-Urghhh, kuh.”

“Oh?”

Kang-Woo frowned and groaned as if he were having a nightmare. Seol-Ah’s eyes lit up as she sat next to Lilith.

“I think Kang-Woo is having a bad dream, unnie! It is our duty as his wives to find out what sort of nightmare he is suffering from!”

She was panting heatedly from the fact that she could take a peek at Kang-Woo’s dream. Lilith smiled as she got Seol-Ah’s approval and nodded. She slowly brought her hand close to Kang-Woo’s forehead.

“Well, then—”

“Wait! Just a second, unnie!!”

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

Lilith tilted her head as she looked at Yeon-Joo who suddenly stretched out her hand to stop her. Yeon-Joo looked down at Kang-WOo with a serious face.

“We’re... about to look at what this guy is dreaming about, right?”

“Yup.”

“In that case—”

Yeon-Joo stormed to the kitchen and brought something back from the refrigerator.

She smiled and shouted, “You can’t forget about this!”

Fizz—!

Yeon-Joo giggled as she opened a can of beer. Not drinking beer when they were about to have front-row seats to Kang-Woo’s dream was a crime.

“Hohoho. You can’t get drunk from that anyway,” Seol-Ah remarked.

“It’s the mood that’s important!”

“Fufu. In that case, give me just a second. I’ll make us some snacks.”

“Oh, thanks!”

Seol-Ah went to the kitchen to take out cheese, crackers, and strawberry jam from the refrigerator to make some simple snacks. She also came back to the room with a beer in hand, her expression filled with excitement.

“Cheers.”

“It’s been a while since we’ve had alcohol at home.”

Seol-Ah and Yeon-Joo clanked their beer cans together. Lilith giggled as she looked at them.

“Right, then. Let’s begin.”

Lilith placed her hand over Kang-Woo’s forehead and activated the Trait [Delver of Dreams.]

Whoooom!

A rectangular holographic screen, large enough for the three women to view it together, appeared on top of Kang-Woo’s forehead.

“Huh?”

On the screen was Kang-Woo walking through the Ninth Hell filled with red sand and Balrog following behind him.