Chapter 113

Hell is another world where demons and monsters live.

In the end, it’s a kind of other world.

And in a way, it can also be called the “afterlife.”

Demons are said to kidnap the souls of humans who have lost their bodies and drag them to hell.

In other words, before a human who has faced death is reincarnated,

if their soul is caught by demons while wandering, they fall into hell.

Souls that fall into the abyss of hell become toys for demons and suffer eternally.

…Or so the Defense Team explained.

The Defense Team took a sip of water and continued.

“Even if you lived a good life, it doesn’t mean you won’t fall into hell. Demons treat most humans as sinners. So, the demons of hell are like kidnappers from another world.”

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Wow, there are kidnappers from another world too. I’m learning about the world through this stream…

【Qkrnfl892】─I’m learning a lot too.

【Drifting AI】─I declare. These are things you can only learn from Gye Se-hoon’s stream.

【Min Ji】─Thanks to Se-hoon’s stream, I’m learning about yokai, demons, hell, and more.

I nodded at the Defense Team’s explanation and asked,

“So, if you commit a sin, you don’t necessarily fall into hell, but if you’re unlucky enough to catch a demon’s eye, you get dragged there?”

“That’s about right.”

【Handsome Licker】─No! All my good deeds are useless now. Ugh!!!

【Min Ji】─Handsome Licker, do you have no conscience?

【Meng Yao】─I lived a dirty life, so hell is confirmed for me. LOL

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Life really is all about luck. Damn it.

【Yoho】─Gyeongsaeng, you’re the biggest beneficiary here.

【Maehwa Tree】─Congratulations, Guburi.

“One more question. Why don’t demons just kill humans directly? Why bother giving them trials?”

I asked again.

Not only dead humans, but also living humans, like in the Hell Escape Hotel I visited before, are targeted. Why don’t they just kill them directly instead of going through the trouble of giving them trials?

“Demons have their own set of rules,” the Defense Team kindly answered.

To summarize, demons specialize in targeting dead humans.

They avoid directly harming living humans but sometimes give trials to humans with many sins.

However, these rules can be broken at any time.

There are demons who ignore the rules and indiscriminately slaughter humans.

“Oh, and the so-called ‘trials’ are just entertainment to relieve the demons’ boredom,” the Defense Team added.

With that, my curiosity was satisfied.

However, the viewers still had many questions.

【Handsome Licker】─Defense Team, is there a heaven too? *lick*

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Even if there is, you’re not going, you bastard.

【Drifting AI】─I declare. Handsome Licker, you are an angel.

【Handsome Licker】─?

【Min Ji】─What?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Teach me magic too. T_T

【Meng Yao】─Teach me too.

【Yoho】─Me too. Hehe.

【BigGirl】─Even if heaven exists, there’s no way to get there, right? Angels wouldn’t kidnap souls like demons do.

【Qkrnfl892】─To prevent being kidnapped by demons, they might kidnap you first and take you to heaven.

【Maehwa Tree】─There’s no guarantee that angels are good.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Defense Team! Can yokai go to heaven too?

【Maid】─Wow! Can we go to heaven?

[I wonder if yokai also fall into hell, Reubangyi.]

[I’m curious too!]

[Po. Po. Po.]

The viewers’ questions flooded in.

“I haven’t been to heaven, so I don’t know.”

“Only Guburi can teach magic.”

“I heard yokai souls aren’t kidnapped. Humans are easy targets, but yokai are a bit stronger, so it’s more troublesome.”

The Defense Team answered all the questions sincerely.

It was impressive, considering how annoying it must have been.

Maybe the Defense Team has the best personality among my stream viewers.

“…Sigh. These bastards are asking too many questions. I feel like dropping a meteor.”

I decided to retract that thought.

***

The Defense Team, who had squeezed out time from their busy schedule, made a show of answering questions but suddenly remembered something urgent and left in a hurry.

Since the viewers’ questions showed no sign of ending, they probably took the chance to escape.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─They’re really showing off. Who asked them to come? LOL

【Handsome Licker】─Get lost. *lick*

【Maid】─Wow! They’re running away because they’re too lazy to answer!

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Answer my question before you go!

【Maehwa Tree】─They’ll probably answer in the chat.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─ㅗㅗ Too busy to answer now. Bye.

With the Defense Team gone, only me and the yokai remained.

“Reubangyi.”

At my call, Reubangyi, who had been lying on the ground eating grass, jumped up.

After swallowing the grass, they answered.

[Reubang?]

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─Why is that bastard eating grass?

【Min Ji】─Maybe it’s a herbivorous yokai.

【Maehwa Tree】─Probably just a yokai with mental issues.

【Maid】─Wow! A rockhead?

【Drifting AI】─I declare. It is indeed a rockhead.

I had something to give to Reubangyi.

I put my bag on the ground and took out a T-shirt.

Looking at the yokai, I asked,

“Hey, do any of you have a pen?”

【Handsome Licker】─Do they? *lick*

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Would a yokai carry a pen?

【Maid】─Wow! Don’t underestimate yokai!

[Po. Po.]

Popo rummaged through their pocket and pulled out a pen.

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─?? Why do you have one, you bastard?

【Yoho】─Maybe it’s a yokai who likes writing.

“Ah, just keep it, Popo. I found one.”

I didn’t take Popo’s pen.

I found a memo pad and pen in my bag.

I must have unconsciously packed them when preparing.

“Good thing I have a memo pad. I was about to use a T-shirt instead of paper.”

I tore off a sheet of paper and wrote down my home address, handing it to Reubangyi.

“Reubangyi, take this. It’s my home address.”

[Reubang?]

【BigGirl】─Why are you giving them your address?

“We made a promise earlier. I said I’d find a way to get to the yokai world. Since I can’t help right now due to the trip, come to my house when you have time later.”

[Got it, Reubang.]

【Gyeongsaeng Guburi】─A yokai will really come to your house? Damn.

【Min Ji】─Can yokai even take a plane?

【Meng Yao】─Maybe they’ll swim.

【Qkrnfl892】─Can Dolharbang even swim?

【Yoho】─They’ll find a way to get there.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Is Reubangyi coming here?

【Maid】─Wow! Don’t come to my house!!!

With the address given, my task was done.

It was time to say goodbye to the yokai.

After calming down Popo and Posun, who kept thanking me,

I bid farewell to each of them and turned away.

[Po. Po. Po. Po!]

[Bye, oppa!]

[Reubaaaang!]

We parted without regrets.

Though it was a brief encounter,

it was a memorable and intense meeting that would remain in my memories for a long time.

***

Two days had passed since arriving in Jeju Island.

The first day was spent in a shabby motel I found while walking, and the second day was spent exploring tourist spots I found through internet searches.

Today, I planned to take a walk along the beach, letting the sea breeze wash over me.

【Maou Guburi】─Freshly popping in~

【Drifting AI】─I declare. I recorded all of Guburi’s moves. His hand movements were dazzling.

【Maid】─Wow. Disgusting.

【Maou Guburi】─? Delete the recording, you bastard.

【Drifting AI】─I declare. It was a joke.

【Yoho】─Hello, Room Master! The weather is nice today. Hehe.

【BigGirl】─Oh. The sea.

【Meng Yao】─Today’s content is just walking along the beach without a care, right?

【Maehwa Tree】─Yep, you got it.

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Even Meng Yao is getting used to Se-hoon’s stream!

As soon as I turned on the stream, viewers quickly joined.

As usual, they were all familiar faces.

“Do you guys have nothing to do besides watching my stream?”

【Yoho】─Nope.

【Min Ji】─Nope. Hehe.

【BigGirl】─Sitting in the office, there’s nothing else to do.

【Drifting AI】─I declare. Watching your stream is the entirety of my life.

【Handsome Licker】─Drifting AI’s life is truly pitiful. *lick*

【Qkrnfl892】─I’m not a bum like the others. I’m busy, but I make time to watch. -_-

【Maehwa Tree】─Palgui, you’re the most serious. Watching the stream during military training?

【Qkrnfl892】─Bullshit. I’m watching during break time.

【Maehwa Tree】─Hmm.

【Maou Guburi】─I’m busy too, but I make time to watch. LOL

【Min Ji】─You must’ve been busy looking for adult videos. I understand.

“Don’t just stay cooped up at home watching streams. Go out for a walk sometimes… By the way, Guburi, why did you change your nickname?”

【Min Ji】─Right. Your nickname got even more childish.

【Qkrnfl892】─Maou Guburi is so cringe.

【Maou Guburi】─Nickname? I’m planning to learn magic and become a demon king, so I changed it in advance. LOL

【Balloon Gum Collector】─Wow! Guburi became a demon king!

【Maid】─Wow! A lame demon king!

【Reverse Rape Mania】─Guburi, if you become a demon king, make me one of the Four Heavenly Kings!

【Maou Guburi】─I’ll think about it. LOL

【Yoho】─Gyeongsaeng, you seem really excited about learning magic.

【Maou Guburi】─Call me Demon King. Ahem.

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─Guburi, stop messing around and send me your address already.

【Maou Guburi】─Can’t we do it online?

【Se-hoon Defense Team】─No.

【Maou Guburi】─Bastard.

If it were anyone else, I’d dismiss them as an idiot, but since it’s Guburi, I just accepted it.

【Meng Yao】─LOL Watching this stream makes me think all the viewers have low mental ages.

【Maou Guburi】─My IQ is 200.

Maybe I’ve started to feel some affection.

Guburi’s chats even started to look cute.

It’s like watching a mischievous nephew.

Not that I have a nephew, but that’s the feeling.

【Yoho】─By the way, there’s no one on the beach.

“I deliberately walked to a place where there aren’t many people.”

【Handsome Licker】─Go somewhere with more people. *lick*

【Maou Guburi】─Do you have social anxiety? LOL

【Min Ji】─Don’t introduce yourself, Demon King.

As I chatted with the viewers, I walked around a large rock blocking the path and crossed over to the other side of the shore.

[Hurry, hurry, move it!]

[Over there! Set up the table first, then move the ingredients later!]

[Fish, fish!]

[Today is the day the Mermaid Prince is coming! Make sure there are no mistakes!]

[Fish! Fish!]

As the noisy sounds reached my ears, some peculiarly shaped creatures came into view beyond the rock.

【Maou Guburi】─What the hell are those bastards?

【Yoho】─Gasp. Fish are walking.

【Min Ji】─They’re talking too. Must be yokai.

【Handsome Licker】─Stop appearing, you crazy yokai. Ugh.

【Qkrnfl892】─What, are there yokai everywhere you go?

【Maehwa Tree】─Se-hoon, be honest. Do you have some connection with yokai?

【Reverse Rape Mania】─As expected of an exorcist…

I came face to face with “fish yokai” that had human limbs.