Kukukuku—!

I was the last demon king left and the world’s strongest and greatest creature when the human world and the demon world were one world. 

I’m the best.

When I tingled my finger once, the earth shook, and both humans and demons bowed their heads. 

However, when the heavens broke the rules and invaded the demon realm, chaos came to the human world.

I was sacrificed to protect people who begged for life, but at the last moment, I was betrayed and died. 

Was it because my mission as a great demon king had been achieved successfully?

After that death, for some reason, I was unable to enter the samsara, and I was wandering around Gucheon. (Samsara meaning is the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound. While Gucheon is a place believed to be the destination for the soul of a dead person.)

And it’s been going on for a thousand years.

‘I’m bored.’

I, who became a soul, was still floating around in the spirit world today without even being reincarnated.

“Help me, God.”

Suddenly, I heard a voice somewhere.

‘—A voice?’ (They put is as 전음 and the meaning transmit/deliver voice to a distant/very far away place/destination, but I’m not really sure how to put it ;;) 

No, that can’t be true.

This voice is possible only when there is a body, but I was a soul. 

Besides, it’s not me who’s calling, isn’t it a God of misfortune? 

“I don’t want to be hated. God, why am I the only one—, why was I born a monster? Am I a bad kid? I’m just born like this. I also—” 

A hazy blue light hovered near my soul, sending out a sound mixed with sobs.

“It’s hard, it’s painful, God. God, help me. All I want is—” 

This was the world of spirit. It was impossible to hear the voice of the living.

So if the owner of this voice was alive, the conclusion was one.

The owner of the voice stands at the boundary between life and death.

‘It’s a poor and pitiful life.’

They usually don’t have the ability or strength to live even if they want to, and that doesn’t mean that they are not remorseless enough to give up on life. 

“I’ll give you everything. God, God, no, it’s okay even if it’s a demon, so anyone is fine—. Please help me. I also— want to be happy.

It was that moment.

Suddenly, I felt that my soul was suddenly sucked into somewhere.

I felt like I was being dragged helplessly without overcoming the power of a strong tornado. 

‘What is this!’

And for the first time, I lost the mind that had always been clear for a thousand years.

*****

A cool breeze blew in.

‘It’s cold—’

I crouched down in the shivering cold, and when I couldn’t take it any longer, I opened my eyes and stiffened.

‘It’s cold?’

I’m already dead so how can it be cold?

As soon as the question began to dig in, the blurry vision gradually became clearer.

What I see is high and dark, a black sky and a body that can’t even mingle.

And it was a small hand that wasn’t that big.

My cheeks were numb, and my whole body was trembling. 

“Uhh—”

My lips were frozen or not open properly, and a cheap, musty-smelling blanket was wrapped around my body without sincerity.

I struggled to get up.

‘Where am I?’

I could see an empty place like a warehouse.

Looking around, it looked like a room, but not a single piece of common furniture in a normal house exist in here. 

The wind blew in through the poorly closed windows, squeaking and swaying the old, rough chandelier, which seemed to have not been managed for quite some time. 

His fingertips and skin that had turned blue were as cold as reptiles.

It was a strange feeling as if blood were circulating on the body that had just died.

When I looked down, I saw unfamiliar hands and feet.

“Ow, uwa—?”

I opened my mouth and tried to speak, but only a strange sound came out.

Perhaps because I didn’t use my mouth for a long time, my pronunciation was poor.

No, I didn’t think I’d ever said anything in my life.

Besides, in the spirit world, I only thought in my head and communicated in my head, so it was awkward to say something out of my mouth.

I looked at my wrist.

A black tattoo that looked like a thorn was covering the back of my left arm.

‘The seal of the contract with the demon—?’

I’m dumbfounded.

‘Did I sign a contract with this now?’

This little, young, insignificant thing with the great demon king like me?!

How much resentment did you have to summon me, the demon king who was the wickedest and most ferocious of all time? 

“Uuh…”

When I looked down, the hairs all over my body were stood up. 

It was only then that I could grasp one more fact.

‘—I can move this body in a very familiar way, even though it’s unfamiliar to me.’

I let out a cold breath and wrapped myself in a blanket that smelled of stinking as much as I could.

‘I, I’ve become a human again—’

Perhaps it was the demon tribe whose power had weakened a long time ago. 

‘When I asked the spirits who came in recently, the human demons seem to be being persecuted—’ (I don’t know how to call it so I just put it as human demons since it’s a demon with a human appearance. )

The human demons were one of several races of demons.

They appeared in human form, probably because they were the race with the most interaction with humans among the demons, and they seemed to have survived the human world quite a bit even after the war. 

It would have been easier to hide because it could take human form.

As a result, I heard that a heretical interrogator was trying to identify the human demons.

‘Yeah, so, is this the owner of the voice that summoned me?’ 

I even understood that I had entered into this body by signing a contract with the human demon tribe that summoned me. 

However, there was a problem.

Even though I have a body, I can’t feel my magic as a great demon king at all.

I don’t know why. Then I stood up and thought about it for a while.

‘Come to think of it, I—I think I was cursed before.’

A very old memory suddenly came to mind.

‘Curse—’

When I thought of that, my backbone suddenly pulled.

My body was drooping as if I had lost energy.

No matter how much I used to be a great Demon King, this situation without a single magic power was very frustrating.

So, when I was still the Demon King, there was a time when I played a prank on the temple where the heavenly Gods cherished.

‘The problem was that they were annoying.’

Anyway, I was cursed by one of them that time. 

“If you die and are reborn, you will have to do good enough things to forgive your sins and build up your virtues.”

“What? Are you old? Why should the great King be like that?”

“If you don’t, you will end up living a life worse than small creatures.” 

“Wow, you’re really old. You used to eat for promotion, but how can you be so narrow-minded about the curse? Yeah, well, it’s a good thing, there’s nothing that can’t be done.”

Maybe he didn’t like my provoking remarks, so when I was about to die, the heavenly God came back and put another shackle on me. 

“You’re still arrogant at this point. No matter how notorious you are, you will have a chance of reincarnation as the demon who has made such achievements. If you don’t realize the sincere consideration and sacrifice even after you die and be reborn like this, then whatever you do will be useless.” 

“You’re misunderstanding about one thing. This position isn’t arrogant, it’s just genius and great. I can bring a coward like you and your body down to the floor at any time even if it’s born as a small creature.” 

“I will praise you for being calm in the face of death, Agreas.”

Unfortunately, I died and was unable to be reincarnated after that, so I entirely forgot about such a meaningless curse.

Because a curse is only established when there is a body.

Originally, I was a very strong, powerful, and even beautiful demon king, so the curse from the heavenly God seems to have reached me only now that I was reincarnated in a fragile body.

My magic power was firmly sealed according to the curse.

In fact, if you were born as a pure-blooded demon, you wouldn’t have to worry about such a seal. 

Usually, when a new demon king is born, the demon takes them and gives them nutrients until they grow up.

But

‘I already don’t have it.’

The demons lost the war, the demon realm locked the door, and there were no pure blood demons left.

‘But I, who used to be the Demon King, made a contract with this bloody thing!’

I fell on the floor when I saw clear evidence of the contract.

There was only a large full-body mirror in the empty room.

In the dark, a shabby figure could be seen at first glance.

‘First, I’ll close the window.’

Who in the world left the window of the room with a child open in this cold winter?

‘Things that even vicious demons wouldn’t do!’

My body was stiff when I got up. I managed to get out of my awkward position, but it had stiffened. 

‘How did you walk?’

I lived without physical strength, so I forgot how to walk. In addition, this body had no muscle strength.

I staggered back and hung from the window, barely able to keep my balance.

It was at that moment when I barely sighed, closed the window and went back to my seat. 

The strength of the legs that were stretched out in front of me suddenly went away, and my body suddenly fell forward.

‘Huh? Well, this is’

It’s cold, even colder than before, I covered my whole body. It’s like taking all of my clothes off.

I couldn’t tell what was in front of me.

Damn it.

‘I can’t believe I, who was the great one, passed out— I can’t believe it—’

That was my first and last memory after reincarnation.

*****

When I opened my eyes again, it was about the time when a loud noise was hitting my ear.

“—sigh! Is it time for you to sleep peacefully?” 

“Ugh—”

“Just eat the meal! Hurry up and wake up!”

Who dares say something like this to me?

I managed to lift my heavy eyelids. And I could see the people surrounding me.

They probably maids just by looking at it. 

I got up from the floor hearing the shout.

Perhaps because of the small body, the visibility was low and the eyes of the maids were high. I was even naked when they took off my clothes.

“How dare insignificant people are commenting on my greatness?”

I was going to say that but—.

“Uwa! Uwuw…wu..”

‘I can’t believe it.’

I felt like I was about to lose my mind, and my small body staggered.