95 – Undersea Dungeon (5)
Like when I evolved Kkaebi, the world went dark, and light surged from the encyclopedia, forming a huge pillar of light.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been through it once.
“Hee, heeuk…!”
Except Seo Han-bit, the others maintained a carefree appearance.
Instructor Tak Jae-hwan asked me a question with his arms crossed.
“What kind of individual did Pingpingi evolve into?”
“Jealousy. At least that seemed to be the best.”
“Jealousy? Well······. Certainly, jealousy seems milder than arrogance or anger. But somehow it feels like you chose the lesser evil to avoid the worst…”
I was stabbed to the point.
As Instructor Tak Jae-hwan pointed out.
Actually, I didn’t like all three options. Since there is no other route, I have no choice but to choose the most acceptable jealousy.
‘But I can’t stop evolving.’
I had already mentioned that I would evolve PingPingi after Kkaebi, so I couldn’t just withdraw.
‘What… Even if his personality changes, it won’t be a completely different personality from now.’
Same goes for Kkaebi.
The same goes for the rice bowl.
Evolution did not transform into a completely different personality.
Thinking to myself that there will be no major changes this time around, I looked at the pillar of light.
【Check the soul of Arc Devil.】
【Attempt to transcend existence.】
【If transcendence fails, the soul will disappear.】
I hear a voice ringing in my head.
The pillar of light gradually began to turn golden.
······· Huh? Golden yellow?
“Lee Hyun-seong, the color of the light is changing right away.
Instructor Tak Jae-hwan asked as if he was embarrassed.
Pillars do not break,
The fact that it was dyed golden meant that it had succeeded in evolving. At least that was the case just before.
But I couldn’t answer Instructor Tak Jae-hwan’s question.
Because even if the light turns golden, there is no guarantee that it will be an unconditional success. This could have been a different case.
The reason for such doubts was simple.
The probability is 10%, but there is no way you can succeed at once.
However, that doubt had to be quickly dispelled.
Because the voice resounded in my head, which had been staring blankly at the pillar of light.
【Transcendence succeeded.】
In fact, PingPingi’s evolution was successful in just one attempt.
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─I’m back, Demon God!!
As if separated families had a reunion.
Pingpingi jumped out of the encyclopedia and hugged me with tears in her eyes.
Usually, I would have kicked him, but this time he allowed me to be held in my arms. Because I’ve been wandering through death and death.
─What!? Why aren’t you kicking today?!
But I guess I didn’t like it again.
Come to think of it, I used to like being kicked…
He let out a deep sigh and gave me a soft kick. While doing so, she slowly scanned Pingpingi’s exterior.
‘Nothing has changed?’
Pink hair is intact.
The features are the same.
The body shape is the same, and the size of the wings is also the same.
‘They have the same eye color… At least one thing has changed, even if it’s trivial, but it’s strange.’
I wondered if I was insensitive, so I looked at it again. Still, it was hard to find any changes.
It wasn’t just me.
Instructor Tak Jae-hwan also stood next to me and narrowed his eyes while talking.
“Is evolution successful? Nothing seems to have changed…”
“I will. This is the first time this has happened.”
Outwardly, it was the same as the 4-star Arc Devil days, but the change in appearance was not particularly important, so I decided to skip it. The next thing to check was the change in abilities and personality acquired after evolving to 5 stars.
I wonder if the distorted s*xual desire remains the same.
Pingping was being hit on her buttocks with a bat by Kkaebi.
─Ping Ping Oh! If you come out of the picture book, you should say hello to your senior first!
─Ah! Sorry!
─The ass is perfect!
─Haaah…! Suddenly, such a reward…!
After a quick look.
Just as there was no change in his appearance, there seemed to be no significant change in his personality.
‘Being the Demon King of Jealousy doesn’t necessarily mean that you become jealous of others, so there’s nothing strange about it. Anyway, I’m glad.’
The same goes for the Demon King of Greed.
From what I heard the other day.
The seven greed, including Kim Young-ji, said that their personalities were greedy, but the other one was said to be far from greed.
Could that greed be a mutation?
Isn’t there no reason to be called greedy unless you have a greedy personality?
I had such a question, but the question was immediately resolved by Kim Young-ji’s explanation.
A monster that grows while gnawing away at the feelings of greed that other creatures possess. That was the essence of the monster called the Demon King of Greed.
In other words, he is not the Demon King of Greed because his personality is greedy.
And also the Demon King of Jealousy.
It was a monster that grew while absorbing feelings of jealousy.
“Ping Ping. Come over here for a second.”
—Yup!
Pingpingi jumped in front of me in the blink of an eye.
It’s so fast. Even the privates will arrive slower than this.
First, Pingping decided to ask her about her abilities, which she is aware of.
“Did you figure out the new ability?”
—Yes! Emotional absorption and emotional injection are the main abilities!!!
“…I’m not deaf, so please speak quietly. But what about emotional injection?”
─You can inject feelings of jealousy into beings lower than me!
Kim Young-ji, who was listening from the side, sneaked out and narrowed the distance with her. And she whispered softly.
“Injecting emotions is a power that is only allowed to higher level individuals among demon lords.”
Kim Yeong-ji, who conveyed the information inaudible to others, spread her distance again as if nothing had happened.
‘Does that mean that Pingpingi is a higher-ranking entity among demon lords, then?’
I looked at Ping Ping again.
It is sticking out its tongue and panting like a dog. It was a signal to hit.
‘.
Swallowing a sigh.
I decided to try PingPingi’s ability first.
There’s nothing good about injecting jealousy into our party, so we just had to check the ability to extract emotions.
I immediately asked for permission from Instructor Tak Jae-hwan, Seo Han-bit, and Kim Young-ji.
Of course, everyone readily accepted.
Because jealousy is the emotion of wealth.
There is nothing to lose by extracting it.
That’s how PingPing started to extract feelings of jealousy, starting with me.
─The devil’s feelings of jealousy are very weak! Also!
The bluish mana that flowed from my chest went straight into Pingpingi’s mouth.
─Maybe that’s why it doesn’t taste very good!
It meant that the feeling of jealousy was that shallow.
Still, when someone told me that mine was not tasty, I felt subtly bad.
—Oh? The little sister’s jealousy is well worth it!
The face of Pingpingi, who ate Kim Youngji’s jealousy, turned red.
For reference, Pingping calls Kim Young-ji her little sister and Seo Han-bit her big sister. I don’t know when she called me that. Because I knew it for the first time today too.
I had a small question about why Kim Young-ji was the little sister and Seo Han-bit was the big sister, but she was roughly convinced after seeing a certain part.
—Then next…
Pingping, having eaten away Kim Youngji’s jealousy, trudged in front of Seo Hanbit.
─Big sister…
“Yes! You are a big sister!”
─Your eldest sister was an ugly, ugly girl!!!
“Hey?!”
PingPingi shouted while holding Seo Hanbit’s chest tightly. Not angry. It’s just like a situational drama.
─Is this here?
“What, what?”
─Are you putting so much jealousy in this!? This vicious pocket of jealousy! I’ll scold you right away!
A large amount of mana began to flow from Seo Hanlight’s chest.
The more Pingpingi squeezed her breasts, the more bluish mana flowed out.
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‘How jealous are you?’
I had never seen such an enormous amount of mana.
I don’t think Seo Han-bit has the personality to feel jealous of someone…
‘…Could it be that he started to like me recently and his feelings of jealousy grew rapidly?’
It seems to fit.
Because that’s the only place where you can suddenly become jealous.
‘It’s fortunate that they suppressed it in the first place. I could have been in big trouble if that feeling had kept building up.’
No matter how dull I was, I knew at least that Seo Han-bit was interested in me. I’m just pretending not to know because of the rice bowl.
‘Even a rice cooker should be able to get rid of feelings of jealousy that way.’
Babton’s behavior is gradually going overboard.
The other day, he brought a strange artifact that was said to be a hated medicine or something, and even asked me to try it.
It’s probably an act stemming from a desire to possess me. That exclusivity must be a desire derived from jealousy. So, if you get rid of the primal feeling of jealousy, you should be able to suppress it before the rice bowl crosses the line.
‘Looking at it like this, I did a good job evolving Pingping into jealousy.’
Although there is no right answer to the evolution route.
This time, I felt like I had chosen the right answer.
Pingping absorbed all of Seo Hanbit’s jealousy and patted her on the stomach a couple of times. I approached Instructor Tak Jae-hwan with lighter steps, probably feeling better because I ate.
Pingping’s eyes widened when he saw Instructor Tak Jae-hwan.
—No? Juice has no feelings of jealousy at all!
“Sounds natural. Jealousy is a feeling that only losers have.”
Instructor Tak Jae-hwan deserved it.
If you have a lot of money, you will have a lot of room in your mind.
However, as if to point out that I was wrong, Pingping raised her voice as if arguing with Instructor Tak Jae-hwan.
—Humans cannot be without jealousy! No, it is normal for all living beings to harbor feelings of envy, albeit weakly!
“I am not there right now. There are cases like this.”
─That doesn’t make any sense…
Pingping asked again with her confused face.
─···Aren’t you a robot, Mr. Juice?
“Well, since he was born a homunculus, in a way he has some similarities with a robot.”
···Looks like you just casually overlooked something very important?
Everyone’s eyes were on Instructor Tak Jae-hwan.
Instructor Tak Jae-hwan scratched his head as he spoke.
“Hmm? Didn’t I tell you? I am a synthetic human born from an artificial womb created by an alchemist.”