Side Story Chapter 44 - Kurosaki Yurie (3)

Side Story Chapter 44 - Kurosaki Yurie (3)

Bash! Bash! Crack!

Oh Kang-Woo smashed his head into the wall like a wrecking ball. The wall, protected by protection magic, caved in, but it did not leave a scratch on his head, no matter how hard he smashed it in. A wall like this wouldn’t be able to injure him in the first place.

“Haaa, haaa,” Kang-Woo panted heavily and turned around as he trembled.

“Wh-Who... are you?”

Balrog was staring with shaking eyes at Kurosaki Yurie; his face reddened although his skin was normally red anyway. This was the first time Kang-Woo had seen such an expression on Balrog’s face.

“My, it seems our muscle pig has an eye for beauty,” said Lilith as she stared at the reddened Balrog and giggled. She pulled Yurie close by her shoulders and continued, “You know this body I use has a former owner, right?”

“...?”

“Oh, I guess you wouldn’t know. In any case, the soul of a human was laying dormant inside this body.”

Lilith concisely told Balrog about Yurie.

Balrog stared intently at Yurie as he asked, “Then does that mean... you are the former owner of the body Lilith is using right now?”

“Yes, that’s right. As you can see, I have been given a new body,” Yurie answered.

“A-Ahem. I-It is a... stunning body.”

“Hoho. I think so as well.”

Squelch.

Yurie smiled as her mold-like purple tentacles squirmed.

Ba-dump.

“Kurgh!” Balrog crouched as he clenched his chest.

“My, oh my~ I wonder what’s wrong with our muscle pig, who always has nothing but the king on his mind~?” Lilith’s eyes shone like a predator that found its prey. “What do you think? She’s beautiful, isn’t she?”

“Sh-Shut up.”

“Hohoho! To think I’d live to see such a side of the great Balrog!”

Squirm, squirm.

Lilith’s hair turned back into green tentacles and entwined with the purple tentacles.

She asked teasingly, “Fufu. Who’s prettier, me or her?”

Balrog grimaced and shouted as if it were obvious, “What is there to even compare, Lilith? Her tentacles are far more beautiful!”

“My, that’s a little hurtful.” Lilith slightly frowned and pouted as if her pride was hurt. “I’m only in this form because of the king. Have you forgotten my true form of beauty?”

Squelch.

Eighteen eyes appeared on Lilith’s face. Her skin rotted black and green tentacles surged from her hair.

“Kuh...” Balrog grunted, overwhelmed by Lilith’s beauty.

‘As expected of the Succubus Queen...!’

Just laying eyes on Lilith was enough for his heart to sway.

‘But...’

Balrog bit his lip. Yurie, whose tentacles were squirming awkwardly as if she were not used to them yet, looked cuter and more loving.

He clenched his fists and said to Lilith, “That woman is so blinding that I can barely even see you.”

“My, my. You sure have fallen head over heels for her, huh?”

“Pardon? F-For me?” Yurie asked in surprise and turned to Balrog. “Ah...”

She flinched from seeing Balrog, covered in bulging muscles.

She stole glances at Balrog with a flushed face and remarked dejectedly, “B-But compared to Lilith, I’m just...”

Yurie lowered her head unconfidently.

Balrog slowly walked toward the dejected Yurie and remarked, “There is no need for you to lower your head, my lady of amethyst tentacles.” He took one of the purple tentacles and kissed the end of it. “My name is Balrog. I am the most loyal subordinate of the Demon King as well as a demon who walks the path of domination.”

Balrog flexed his already massive muscles, swelling to the point that they looked hideous.

“Oh my...!”

Yurie was left wide-eyed as she witnessed Balrog bulking up to a level that one would wonder if steroids ran through his blood vessels instead of blood. Her cheeks reddened, although it was hard to tell because of her purple skin.

Kang-Woo knew how different the values held by humans and demons were because of the hell he experienced in Hell.

‘No need to panic.’

He closed his eyes, his other senses heightening to the extreme once his sense of sight was blocked.

Squelch, squelch.

The sound of squirming tentacles echoed inside his head. Kang-Woo clenched his fists and bit his lip.

‘No one’s in the wrong. It’s simply a matter of difference in values.’

Just like how humans stayed true to their values, so did demons. Kang-Woo felt bad for Yurie, whose values had become closer to those of demons due to Lilith’s consciousness, but he paid it no mind since it had nothing to do with him.

‘It’s too late.’

Once two consciousnesses mixed, it could never be reverted. Kurosaki Yurie would have to live like that for the rest of her life.

‘So, clear your head and slowly open your eyes. I’ve done nothing wrong. Lilith, Balrog, and Yurie are all innocent.’

The difference in values between humans and demons was not wrong; it was just different.

“Yeah.”

‘As long as we can understand one another...’

Kang-Woo slowly opened his eyes.

“We can all be togeth—”

“Please become my woman,” Balrog confessed.

“B-But... we’ve only just met...”

“What does that matter? I’m sure you’ve felt it too. You and I... are meant to be.”

“Hngh! P-Please wait!”

“You said you wanted a new body to be free, did you not?”

“Ah... yes.”

‘I, Balrog, will become your wings.”

“A-Aaaahh.”

“Come to me, my amethyst.”

“Mr. Balrog...”

The mold-purple tentacle monster and a five-meter lump of red muscles kissed.

“BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEGHHHHHHHHH!!!”

Kang-Woo collapsed and convulsed.

‘Different, not wrong? We can all be together as long as we understand one another?’

“WHAT A LOAD OF FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!”

Kang-Woo cursed at himself and aggressively turned around.

“O-Oh! My king!”

Lilith quickly reached out to Kang-Woo, but he ignored it. He did not have time to get on the elevator. He ran so quickly up the stairs that he felt like his lungs were about to burst.

Crack! Boom!

Kang-Woo ripped open the front door and dived into Han Seol-Ah’s arms.

“DARLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!”

“K-Kang-Woo? Wh-What’s wrong?”

“Gurghhh... Waaaaaaahhh,” he cried sorrowfully as he rubbed his face on Seol-Ah’s voluptuous breasts and hugged her tightly. “I hate tentacles... I like Darling... Sniff, you’re the only one for me... I like you the best...”

“...?”

Seol-Ah looked down at Kang-Woo in confusion and then embraced Kang-Woo with a smile as she sprouted her twelve black wings.

“You’re the only one for me too, Kang-Woo,” she whispered as she enveloped him with her twelve wings.

1. This is a line in a cinematic of the game Darkest Dungeon. I believe there are some English memes with this line too. ☜