The Demon Goes to Work Today As Well - Chapter 281

Chapter 281: Earth (1)

The day the Earth fusion was completed.

‘Finally, today’s the day.’

Jung Minwoo was feeling joy at the fact that the moment he had been waiting for had arrived.

‘Father, Mother, I’m coming……!’

He thought they would be surprised if they saw his appearance as a demon, but it seemed like it would be alright if he explained it well.

‘Or rather, maybe they’ll be proud?’

He had been reincarnated as a demon and even risen to the position of Demon Lord, so it would seem admirable.

Actually, humans didn’t know much about demons, so even if he told them, they wouldn’t know, but Jung Minwoo was unaware of that obvious fact due to the joy of meeting his parents.

‘Shall I go out now?’

Jung Minwoo, who had finished preparing, opened the door and walked out into the hallway.

“You’re here?”

“……You’re always late.”

“Huhu, you came out right on time.”

Venus, Elin, and Sayori, who were waiting in the hallway, greeted him first.

“Good morning.”

“I’m excited to go to Father’s hometown!”

“I’m so curious what kind of place Earth is.”

Next, Jung Garam, Jung Hanna, and Jung Hongju greeted him.

“Jung son-in-law, you’re here?”

“Welcome, Jung son-in-law.”

Lastly, his father-in-law, Satan, and his mother-in-law, Lilith, greeted him.

“Let’s move to the portal station right away.”

Jung Minwoo moved to the portal station with them, and then……

“To Earth.”

He ordered the demon working at the portal station to set the portal to Earth.

“E, Earth, it’s set!”

As the employee pressed enter……

Woo――ung.

A portal with a blue glow was generated.

‘Once I pass through here, I can go to Earth……!’

How much had he wanted to go to Earth since his time at the training center?

After an eternity, he was finally going to Earth.

Perhaps because so much time had passed, the feeling of going to his hometown was weaker than the feeling of going on a trip.

‘The feeling of going on a trip……’

An emotion different from his expectations.

As he pondered why he felt this way……

‘Ah…… Is it because the Demon World has become my hometown now?’

Since he had spent more time in the Demon World than on Earth, he must have come to regard the Demon World as his hometown without realizing it.

‘Actually, it doesn’t matter what emotion I feel.’

Whatever the emotion, it didn’t really matter as long as he saw his parents and younger sister.

‘Well then, shall we go?’

Jung Minwoo turned his head back.

“Let’s go inside.”

After suggesting to those behind him that they enter the portal……

Thud, thud, thud―

He stepped into the portal.

Jung Minwoo, who arrived on Earth after passing through the portal……

“……Oh.”

He let out a gasp and scanned his surroundings.

‘It’s exactly the same as it was before, with nothing changed.’

Only five years had passed in Earth time, so there wasn’t anything particularly different.

‘Now, shall I go home?’

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Flap―
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He took out his wings and flew to the house he lived in before his reincarnation.

After a few minutes, he arrived in front of the house he lived in before his reincarnation.

‘I wonder if my family is home?’

With a nervous heart, Jung Minwoo entered the house.

‘There’s no one here?’

There were no signs of anyone, as if no one was home.

‘At this hour, Mother should be here, right?’

He wondered if they had moved in the past five years, but……

‘The furniture is the same, and the family photo is still hanging, so it doesn’t seem like that.’

Seeing the family photo hanging, he knew they hadn’t moved.

‘Do they have an appointment or something?’

As Jung Minwoo was spending time sitting on the living room sofa……

Beep―

Someone opened the front door and entered the house.

‘Is it Mother?’

Turning his head toward the front door to check who had come in……

‘Oh, Soojin……?’

He could see that it was his younger sister, Jung Soojin.

Her appearance hadn’t changed since five years ago.

Judging from the suit she was wearing, it seemed like she had just gotten off work.

‘She’s matured quite a bit since I last saw her, hasn’t she?’

Seeing the fatigue etched on her face, it seemed like she had become a perfect office worker, and he felt a sense of satisfaction.

‘Should I surprise her?’

Jung Minwoo was about to reveal his hidden form and surprise his younger sister when……

Woo―ung.

His younger sister’s phone started vibrating.

‘I should refrain from playing pranks during a phone call.’

Out of consideration, he decided to reveal himself after the call ended and stepped back.

“It’s a call from Mom?”

His younger sister, Jung Soojin, checked the caller ID and then pressed the call button to answer.

Click―

“Hey, Mom. I just got off work.”

And not long after she answered the phone……

“……You said today is the critical point?”

Her expression hardened seriously.

“He’s been fine all this time, right? Why is it suddenly a critical point?”

In the serious atmosphere, Jung Minwoo……

‘……Could it be that Father was in an accident?’

He was suddenly frightened by the ominous phone conversation.

“……You said they don’t know the cause? Wait, I’ll go to the hospital right now.”

His younger sister hung up the phone, then grabbed her bag that she had thrown down and ran outside.

“E, everyone, please wait here for a moment. I’ll go alone.”

Jung Minwoo asked the others to wait here and……

Tap, tap, ta―at.

He followed his younger sister, Jung Soojin, outside.

After that, his younger sister drove her car out of the underground parking lot and out of the building.

‘Is there anything I can do to help?’

Jung Minwoo frowned and sank into thought.

‘If I make a contract with him, all his injuries will be healed……’

If he made him a Demon Servant, everything would be resolved, but……

‘Father’s will is important too.’

Even if it was resolved, if his father refused, it would all be for nothing.
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‘Other planets don’t have a strong aversion to demons, but Earth’s aversion is quite strong.’

Earthlings would be horrified if they heard the word “demon,” so the probability of failing to persuade them was high.

‘What should I do if he refuses?’

Jung Minwoo racked his brains, trying to come up with a solution, but……

‘There’s no suitable method……’

No plausible solution came to mind.

Jung Minwoo felt a deep sense of helplessness at the fact that he couldn’t do anything.

A helplessness he hadn’t felt in hundreds of years.

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‘A Demon Lord like me has nothing he can do……’

Jung Minwoo bit his fingernails, showing his anxiety.

If his father passed away on his first day back on Earth, it would be mentally difficult to bear.

As he was praying for his father’s well-being……

Screech―

His younger sister parked her car haphazardly in front of a university hospital and……

Slam―

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She ran into the hospital.

Afterward, he could hear the urgent voices of doctors and nurses from the hospital room his younger sister had entered.

‘So Father is inside this room……?’

His younger sister had already gone inside, but Jung Minwoo’s feet wouldn’t move, so he hadn’t entered the hospital room yet.

‘Why am I lingering in front of the door like a fool when time is of the essence……!’

It was a situation where he might see his father’s last moments.

‘……Well, even if I can’t stop Father from passing away, shouldn’t I at least be there for him at the end, as his son?’

Jung Minwoo finally made up his mind and entered the hospital room.

And the moment he met his father……

“……Huh?”

Jung Minwoo tilted his head with a bewildered expression.

‘What’s this?’
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The reason he was reacting this way was simple.

It was because a situation different from his expectations was unfolding before his eyes.

His father was sitting there, as healthy as ever, no different from the past.

‘Father wasn’t in an accident……?’

His mother was also healthy.

‘Then who’s lying down?’

When he shifted his gaze to the hospital bed……

‘Crazy……’

Jung Minwoo’s jaw dropped in shock.

And for good reason……

‘It’s me……?’

It was because he himself, in an emaciated state, was lying on the hospital bed.

‘Wasn’t I…… dead?’

Seeing himself lying on the hospital bed, his mind became confused.

‘……Could it be that I didn’t die in the car accident and survived?’

Judging from his current appearance, he seemed to have barely survived the car accident, but instead, he had been in a vegetative state, unconscious.

‘Did my soul go to the Demon World, leaving my body in a vegetative state?’

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An unexpected situation.

Jung Minwoo tried to think about why this had happened, but……

Thud, thud, thud―

He couldn’t continue his thoughts because his body on the hospital bed was trembling violently as if he was about to die.

‘Even though it’s my body before reincarnation, I don’t want to let it die, but what should I do……’

He couldn’t make a contract with someone in a vegetative state.

Swoosh―

He approached himself, who was trembling on the bed, and examined his condition.

‘His life force is fading.’

He could tell that he would breathe his last within minutes.

‘It’s a bit strange to have to watch myself die.’

Jung Minwoo smiled bitterly and grabbed the hand of himself lying on the hospital bed.

【You have made contact with your original body.】

A message window popped up before his eyes, and then……

【Integrating the demon body and the human body.】

Along with the words “integrating”……

Whoo―ung.

His body started to be sucked into the body lying on the hospital bed.

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“Huh?”

An irresistible force.

‘What will happen when the bodies merge?’

As Jung Minwoo watched his body being sucked in, an ominous thought crossed his mind.

‘Will I become weaker when they merge……?’

Since the demon body and the human body were merging, there was a high probability that his power would be reduced.

‘This will disrupt my plans……’

He couldn’t let this sudden “frustrating” development ruin things when he had been living without any obstacles.

As he continued to have all sorts of thoughts……

Hwaaaaaaaaaaa―

He merged with the body lying on the hospital bed, and a light burst out.
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【The demon body and the human body have been integrated.】

【You have obtained a vessel that can interfere with the planet.】

【You can now interfere with the planet without any restrictions.】

【You have obtained the qualification of a god by obtaining a vessel.】

【You have obtained the same rank as the Heavenly God and the Demon God.】

【As the god of the Middle World, you are given the unique name ‘Jungshin’.】

The message window that appeared afterward.

‘I’ve become a god……?’

A flow different from his expectations.

He thought he would be lucky if he could just maintain his power, but to suddenly become a god?

‘This power…… is insane!’

It wasn’t for nothing that he had obtained the qualification of a god; an overwhelming power, incomparable to before, surged from his body.

Literally omnipotent.

With a flick of his finger, he could destroy Earth.

‘With this power, I could easily end the Celestial-Demonic War even if it breaks out……?’

He could probably annihilate the pigeons with a flick of his finger as well.

‘This is different from the future I knew……’

The situation was unfolding in the opposite direction of the future he had seen by copying Dantalion’s unique trait, ‘Future Book’.

‘Could it be that the future has changed because of my actions?’

He got married hundreds of years earlier than the predetermined future, and he had children hundreds of years earlier than the predetermined future.

Moreover, his power was incomparably stronger than in the future.

He could guess that these big things, one by one, had come together to change the future like this.

However, there was a part that he couldn’t explain with that alone.

As Jung Minwoo racked his brains and formulated a hypothesis……

‘Could it be that in the future I saw, they couldn’t see the human me?’

He could hypothesize that in the future he had seen before, he hadn’t come into contact with his human self.

‘Due to some event, I was late in going to Earth. And because of that, the human me died.’

Since his human body was dying in real time, he guessed that this hypothesis was correct.

As he continued his thoughts……

“M, Minwoo……?”

“M, Minwoo?”

“……Jung Minwoo?”

His family’s voices reached him.

Swoosh―

Breaking off his thoughts and raising his head……

“”……Minwoo, is that you?””

“……It’s Jung Minwoo, right?”

His family was looking at him with dumbfounded expressions.

“Uh……”
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Seeing their appearance, Jung Minwoo pondered for a moment what to say, and then……

“……I’m back.”

He smiled awkwardly and greeted his family.