The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 221

Chapter 221: A Grand Party (4)

When Rok left his seat at the banquet hall.

“Phew, phew, phew, phew, phew……!”

He entered the lounge and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

“I, I can do this, Rok! Ribbit, ribbit.”

He tried his best to brainwash himself, repeating the phrase “I can do this” about a hundred times.

Thud, thud—

He approached the full-length mirror in the lounge.

“Ahem.”

He coughed and cleared his throat.

“A, A, A-Anu-Anu-Anubis, w-w-would you l-l-like to d-d-dance with m-m-me? Ribbit, ribbit.”

He practiced the lines he would say to Anubis.

“……No, if I say it like this, Anubis will scoff and reject me…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

Knowing that she liked confident and strong demons, Rok was certain that if he asked her to dance like this, he would be rejected.

“At least I should be able to speak without stuttering…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

Rok practiced dozens, hundreds of times, but unfortunately, he showed no sign of improvement.

“It’s just practice…… What am I going to do if I’m already stuttering…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

As time went by, he became more nervous, and his lines became even worse than before.

“No…… This won’t do…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

Rok collapsed on the floor, burying his head in his hands.

“I can’t waste any more time…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

If he kept wasting time, the party might end without him being able to dance with Anubis.

“……That can’t happen, even if I die. Ribbit, ribbit.”

In the past, he couldn’t dance with Anubis because he got drunk at the training center, so he had high expectations for this party.

He had been looking forward to it so much that he had shut himself in his room for a week, just practicing dancing.

It was only natural that Rok was this desperate because he didn’t know when he would have another chance if he missed this one.

“……Isn’t there a way to not be nervous? Ribbit, ribbit.”

For the first time in his life, Rok tried to activate his brain to its limit.

“Ugh…… Nothing’s coming to mind. Ribbit, ribbit.”

Perhaps because he didn’t usually use his head, he couldn’t come up with a decent solution, even after racking his brains.

“……In that case, I have no choice but to use that method. Ribbit, ribbit.”

The method he had saved for the worst-case scenario.

“I have no choice but to use my unique trait…… Ribbit, ribbit.”

It was to use his unique trait, ‘Ultimate Evolution’.

He had put off using his unique trait and asking Anubis to dance because it hurt his pride, but now was not the time to be concerned about pride.

“Ultimate Evolution.”

When Rok used his unique trait.

【Using unique trait ‘Ultimate Evolution’】

A message window appeared in front of his eyes.

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【Abilities vary depending on Demonic Energy usage. How much would you like to use?】

And to the question of how much Demonic Energy he wanted to use.

‘I’ll use half. Ribbit, ribbit.’

He answered without hesitation that he would use half.

Originally, he was going to use all of his Demonic Energy.

‘Minwoo said I’d get dizzy if I used 100%, so it’s better to avoid it. Ribbit, ribbit.’

He decided to use only half because he was worried that if he got dizzy and had a physical problem, it might interfere with his dancing.

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【Using half of your current Demonic Energy】

Along with the notification that he would use only half of his Demonic Energy.

【Demonic Energy analysis complete. You can evolve into two forms. Please choose one.】

1, Battle Mode.

Brain Mode.

A message window asking him to choose his evolution form appeared.

‘I’ll evolve into Brain Mode. Ribbit, ribbit’

【Abilities of the 2nd form ‘Brain Mode’ can only be used at 50%】

Once he chose his evolution form.

【Evolving into ‘Brain Mode’】

It informed him that he would evolve.

Swoosh—

Demonic Energy began to engulf his entire body.

A moment later, the Demonic Energy dissipated, revealing his form.

“Phew, it always feels good when the evolution is complete. My head feels so clear.”

Swoosh—

He shifted his gaze toward the full-length mirror to check his appearance.

“The evolution went smoothly.”

A handsome man in human form stood in front of the full-length mirror.

Green hair and green eyes.

Hair that reached his shoulders.

An otherworldly appearance.

“It’s amazing every time I see it.”

Even though it was his own appearance, he felt a sense of wonder whenever he saw his appearance change due to his unique trait.

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“This isn’t the time, I need to think of a way quickly……”

Rok cut off his thoughts and was about to think of a way to ask her to dance without being nervous.

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“Ha…… To think I was worried about something like this, I’m pathetic.”

He couldn’t help but laugh at himself for even considering such a thing.

“There’s no real solution to something like this.”

Nervousness couldn’t be relieved by any method.

In other words, he had been worrying pointlessly until now.

“And the longer I delay, the more nervous I’ll become and the pressure will crush me.”

The only solution was to run to her and ask her to dance as soon as possible.

“As for stuttering…… I can solve that to some extent by breaking up the words as much as possible.”

Rok took a deep breath.

“Let’s go……!”

He put on a determined expression and stepped out of the lounge.
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A resolute face as if he were going to war.

Thud, thud, thud—

He strode powerfully, and as he approached the round table.

‘There she is……’

He spotted Anubis.

‘Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go……!’

Tremble, tremble, tremble.

He ignored his trembling legs and moved toward her.

Thud.

Thump—

Thud.

Thump—

Thud.

Thump—

With each step closer to her, his heart began to pound violently.

And when he stood in front of Anubis.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump—!

His heart pounded so hard that he felt like it might burst out of his chest.

“Huh? You used your unique trait?”

Anubis asked.

Gulp—
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Rok swallowed hard.

“Haha, I used it to change the atmosphere.”

He replied with a roundabout excuse.

“Hm?”

Anubis tilted her head for a moment.

“I see~”

She nodded without suspicion.

‘……Now is the time to ask her to dance.’

His head knew that he had to ask her to dance right now.

‘What’s the point of just increasing my intelligence, just speak now!!!’

Unfortunately, increased intelligence didn’t magically create confidence.

He stood there in front of Anubis, fumbling and sweating.

“Huh? Why are you sweating so much? Are you sick?”

Anubis leaned in and placed her hand on his forehead.

Flinch—

“N, no, I’m not sick……”

Rok waved his hand and replied that he was fine.

“Really? Then, would you like to dance with me when the music starts later?”

“……W, what?”

He received an unexpected proposal from Anubis.

‘I, I didn’t mishear, did I?’

He was lost in thought, wondering if he had heard correctly.

“Do you not want to? Never mind then.”

Perhaps because he was taking too long to answer, Anubis was about to withdraw her offer.

“N, no! I want to dance with Anubis!”

Rok quickly replied that he wanted to dance with her.

“Really? Then let’s dance when the music starts.”

He had inadvertently secured a promise to dance.

Regardless of how it happened, he was just happy that he could dance with Anubis.

“Okay!”

He nodded with a bright smile.

Nudge, nudge—

“Are you that happy to dance with your Noona?”

Anubis nudged him in the waist with her elbow, teasingly.

“Yes, I’m very happy.”

Rok nodded vigorously and expressed his honest feelings.

“……I, is that so?”

Perhaps she didn’t expect such a reaction, as Anubis looked flustered.

“……Then that’s good.”

Her face gradually turned red, and she scratched her cheek with her finger.
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Just as an awkward silence fell between them.

Dun, da-da-da Dun, da-da-da Dun, da-da-da~

The music started playing at the perfect time.

“Oh, it’s starting! Shall we go to the stage?”

Anubis smiled brightly and held out her hand.

Gulp—

Rok swallowed hard once more and cautiously took Anubis’s outstretched hand.

Thump――――!

With a feeling as if his heart would explode.

Stagger—

For a moment, his legs lost their strength, and he almost collapsed to the floor.

‘Rok, get a grip…… You’ll be humiliated if you fall here!’

Rok regained his footing and ascended the stage with Anubis.

Of course, even though he had regained his strength, he couldn’t stop his legs from trembling.

“Shall we get into position?”

“……Okay.”

At Anubis’s words, Rok carefully placed his hand on her waist.

Just placing his hand on her waist made his face flush hot.

“Shall we move?”

“……Okay.”

Thus began their dance together.

‘If this is a dream, I hope I never wake up.’

Rok felt ecstatic about his wish coming true after 200 years.

‘I was foolish not to propose first this time, but next time I’ll propose first, like a demon!’

With a firm resolve, Rok focused on dancing with Anubis.

That day, Rok had the happiest day of his life.

Meanwhile, Jung Minwoo.

‘Dancing three times in a row is quite draining.’

After dancing with Venus and Elin, he was sitting in a chair, resting.

‘I’ve rested enough, so should I have a separate conversation with Satan?’

He needed to ask about the information on the 30th ranked Demon Lord and how Demon Lords conducted the Challenge for the Throne, so he had to make time for a conversation.

‘I also need to talk about the Academy investment, so it’ll be a rather long conversation.’

Jung Minwoo got up from his seat to look for Satan.

Tap, tap—

“Hm?”

Someone tapped him on the shoulder.

“Demon Lord?”

He turned around and saw Satan standing there.

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“You got a minute?”

“Time?”

“Yeah, I have something to talk to you about.”

He hadn’t expected Satan to initiate a conversation.

“Alright.”

Since he was planning to approach Satan anyway, there was no reason to refuse.

“Let’s talk over there.”

“Okay.”

He followed Satan to the balcony.

“Congratulations.”

He suddenly said something out of context.

‘Congratulations?’

Jung Minwoo was puzzled by Satan’s words.

‘Is he congratulating me on becoming a Demon Lord?’

He assumed that Satan was using the party as an opportunity to congratulate him once again on becoming a Demon Lord.

“Thank you, I wouldn’t have become a Demon Lord so smoothly if it weren’t for you, Demon Lord.”

He bowed his head in gratitude.

“I’m not talking about becoming a Demon Lord. I’m congratulating you on something else.”

Satan shook his head, saying that wasn’t what he meant.

‘Is he talking about Sayori joining us?’
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Gaining a major asset was something to be congratulated on.

Moreover, knowing Satan’s desire to connect them somehow, he might have already assumed they were dating and was congratulating him on that.

“Are you talking about Sayori-nim joining us?”

But Satan shook his head again, indicating this wasn’t it either.

As Satan remained silent, not saying what he meant by this or that.

“……Then what are you talking about?”

Jung Minwoo felt frustrated and asked directly what he was being congratulated on.

“Curious?”

As if he had been waiting for that question, Satan asked back with a sly smile.

‘……What is this?’

Jung Minwoo felt an ominous feeling for some reason.

“……Yes, I’m curious.”

He nodded obediently, curious about why Satan was acting like this.

“Is that so?”

Satan approached and whispered in his ear.

“What I’m congratulating you on is that you can go to your home planet, Earth, because you became a Demon Lord.”

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“……”

“Ah! Of course, the fusion has to be completed first.”

He brought up a secret that he hadn’t told anyone.