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[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is begging you.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is getting desperate.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire says she didn’t want it to have to come to this.]
Kim Dokja had been getting bombarded with messages like this for days now, and it was beginning to worry him.
[The Constellation Prisoner of the Golden Headband is looking at Demon-like Judge of Fire with pity.]
[The Constellation Lily Pin of Aquarius is chastising Demon-like Judge of Fire for her actions.]
Even other constellations were starting to find Uriel’s constant bombardment annoying, it seemed.
Kim Dokja was out on a mission with Yoo Joonghyuk, scouting out areas for upcoming scenarios they needed to prepare for. If Yoo Joonghyuk had noticed the messages from Uriel, he hadn’t shown any sign of it.
[The Constellation Demon King of Salvation is asking Uriel to stop wasting her coins.]
That message seemed to do the trick, as Uriel’s messages temporarily stopped. Kim Dokja wondered if Metatron had confiscated her internet access for excessive coin spending.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 100,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
Yoo Joonghyuk stiffened upon seeing this message, and Kim Dokja choked on his saliva. This had to be a joke, right?
[The Constellation Abyssal Black Flame Dragon is howling at Demon-like Judge of Fire’s desperation.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 150,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
She wasn’t joking.
Kim Dokja glanced at Yoo Joonghyuk, whose face was emotionless- the kind of emotionless that meant he was feeling pure, unbridled rage. He wondered what kind of killing intent he could have been emitting in that moment had he wanted to.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 300,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
The price was rapidly increasing. Kim Dokja turned to look at Yoo Joonghyuk, as if to ask for his opinion. Yoo Joonghyuk glared at him so fiercely that killing intent wasn’t needed to set his hair on end.
[You are communicating through Midday Tryst]
[Kim Dokja: 300,000 coins is pretty good, no?]
[Yoo Joonghyuk: I’ll kill you.]
That seemed to be his response to most things nowadays, Kim Dokja thought. Still, the messages kept coming and kept getting more and more appealing.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 450,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 600,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
[The Constellation Abyssal Black Flame Dragon is mocking Demon-like Judge of Fire’s stupidity.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 750,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
[The Constellation Lily Pin of Aquarius is shaking her head in shame.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 900,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
Yoo Joonghyuk’s left eyebrow twitched.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is offering you 1,000,000 coins to kiss Yoo Joonghyuk.]
One million coins.
Kim Dokja stared at Yoo Joonghyuk, who refused to make eye contact with him.
“One million coins is quite a deal.” He said teasingly.
Yoo Joonghyuk’s head snapped in his direction as he stared daggers into his soul. “Absolutely not.”
The two stared at each other in a silent battle for quite some time, neither backing down. A silent battle of wills and inhibitions that neither was willing to lose.
Eventually, after a drawn out eternity, Kim Dokja held his hands up in the air in defeat, and turned away. “Fine, I’ll leave it alone.”
Yoo Joonghyuk’s brow unfurrowed slightly. “Fool. Now let’s get back to-“
[You have activated the exclusive skill Way of the Wind.] Before Yoo Joonghyuk could even think to react, Kim Dokja was in his face.
He rushed forward and planted a kiss directly on his lips.
[The Fourth Wall is shaking.]
Yoo Joonghyuk stood there, frozen. Kim Dokja landed a few feet away with a disgusting, smug smirk on his face, barely containing a gross fit of giggles.
The constellations were losing their minds.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is screaming.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is screaming.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is screaming.]
Uriel was appropriately overjoyed, but it wasn’t just her.
[The Constellation Prisoner of the Golden Headband has ripped all his hair out.]
[The Constellation Abyssal Black Flame Dragon is keeled over laughing.]
[The Constellations of the Korean Peninsula are all cheering loudly.]
[Many Constellations are begrudgingly exchanging coins.]
[You have been gifted 1,500,000 coins.]
Kim Dokja doubled over laughing, eyes stinging with tears. Notifications flooded in, nearly blocking his vision. To say he was jubilant was an understatement- he was in hysterics.
“Kim… Dokja…”
Enormous amounts of killing intent exploded from Yoo Joonghyuk, causing Kim Dokja to stiffen. Oh right, he had that guy to deal with.
He put his hands up defensively and grinned. “What, still not interested in men?”
That was apparently the wrong thing to say, as the killing intent increased tenfold. Kim Dokja could barely stand, and he nervously chuckled as Yoo Joonghyuk took a step forward. The earth cracked beneath his foot.
“Don’t worry, I was planning on sharing the earnings anyway! 50/50 obviously,” he added. “in case it wasn’t clear.”
Yoo Joonghyuk took another step forward, the ground threatening to split apart. “I’ll kill you.”
Luckily, Kim Dokja had stalled for enough time by then.
[You have activated Demon King Transformation.]
Ebony wings exploded from his back as horns protruded from his head, and he shot off into the sky just as Yoo Joonghyuk lunged at him on the ground.
“KIM DOKJA!!!”
Yoo Joonghyuk activated [Red Phoenix Shunpo] and launched himself at him, but Kim Dokja’s [Demon King Transformation] was as a little faster, and he narrowly dodged it was Yoo Joonghyuk rocketed away.
Kim Dokja cackled gleefully as more and more messages flooded in.
[The Constellation Prisoner of the Golden Headband is actively losing his mind.]
[The Constellation Abyssal Black Flame Dragon has passed out from laughter.]
[A majority of Constellations are expressing shock at your actions.]
[A small minority of Constellations are saying that they called it.]
[The Constellation God of Wine and Ecstasy says he knew all along.]
Of course Dionysus would lie about something like that, Kim Dokja thought.
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire has thrown all of her furniture across the room.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire is questioning the legitimacy of your actions for 1,000,000 coins.]
Kim Dokja laughed.
[The Constellation Demon King of Salvation says he would have done it for 50.]
[The vast majority of Constellations are stunned by your response.]
[You have been gifted 200,000 coins.]
This whole endeavor had been a lot more profitable than Kim Dokja had expected. He was reveling in the cash flow when he got a notification from [Midday Tryst].
[Han Sooyoung: why are the constellations going crazy?? what did you do???]
Kim Dokja giggled.
[Kim Dokja: Nothing, just kissed a sunfish.]
[Han Sooyoung: huh???]
[Han Sooyoung: WAIT]
[Han Sooyoung: WAIT]
[Han Sooyoung: WHAT DID YOU DO!!??!]
[Han Sooyoung: KIM DOKJA!?!??]
[Han Sooyoung: ANSWER ME YOU SQUID BASTARD!!!]
Unfortunately, before Kim Dokja could reply the wind was knocked out of him as he was tackled out of the air. Too caught up in the Star Stream he had failed to notice Yoo Joonghyuk’s approach, and was quickly slammed into the ground by the angry man.
“Y-Yoo Joonghyuk!” Kim Dokja pushed Yoo Joonghyuk off of him and scrambled backwards, backing up against a wall. “We can talk about this right?”
Yoo Joonghyuk didn’t answer, only slowly approaching the cornered Kim Dokja, one hand on his sword.
“Look, I didn’t mean to make you look like a fool-“
“A fool?” Yoo Joonghyuk raised his voice incredulously.
Fury tinged his voice, his face stormy and unreadable. He cornered Kim Dokja, slamming one hand into the wall next to his head, one face only inches away. Kim Dokja could feel Yoo Joonghyuk’s breath, and sensed his own face grow hot.
“You didn’t make me look like a fool Kim Dokja,” Yoo Joonghyuk growled. “You made me look like a coward.”
And with no further words he pushed his face forward, lips forcefully colliding with Kim Dokja’s.
[The Fourth Wall is threatening collapse!]
Kim Dokja’s brain temporarily stopped working, every single neuron in his brain overheating and short circuiting at the feel of Yoo Joonghyuk’s warm lips pressed against his. He understood then, how Lee Seolwha could have fallen for such an emotionless man in so many regressions. After just one kiss, Kim Dokja had fallen into the exact same trap.
It felt like a grateful eternity they stood there, awkwardly interlocked unmoving, before Yoo Joonghyuk pulled away and glared at Kim Dokja, with satisfaction? Kim Dokja’s brain was too fried to be able to tell.
[A vast majority of Constellations are totally freaking out.]
[The Constellation Demon-like Judge of Fire has collapsed from a bloody nose.]
[The Constellation Queen of the Darkest Spring is gleefully accepting her new son-in-law.]
[The Constellation Mass Production Maker is proud of you for accepting your true self.]
[Incarnation Yoo Joonghyuk has been awarded 1,750,000 coins.]
That sunfish bastard. He was only in it for the coins, Kim Dokja thought.
[The Fourth Wall has slightly recovered.]
Wiping his lips, Yoo Joonghyuk turned around to leave, coat swishing dramatically. Before he made his grand exit, he glanced back at Kim Dokja, a smile on his face. It was a disconcerting sight, but it made Kim Dokja’s heart flutter.
“I would’ve done it for 50.”