The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

Chapter 45 : Blood is Thicker Than Water (1)

"Did you say Yoo Su-a?"

With the sword still at my neck, I turned my body around. Naturally, a wound formed on my neck and blood flowed, but such a trivial problem was not important right now.

If what I had heard was correct.

"Y-yes! Why!"

I could see a young girl, two or three years younger than me, wearing a maid's uniform. She was slightly different from the image of my junior sister in my memory. But I couldn't help but know that if this child grew up over time, she would surely grow up to look like the image in my memory.

'It's definitely my junior sister!'

Come to think of it, I had just let it go before my regression, but it was strange. The Heavenly Demon had spent most of his time only within the Heavenly Demon Cult. What were the chances that such a Heavenly Demon would suddenly go out and pick up my junior sister, who was a Heavenly Dragon Saintly Bones?

At that time, I had just thought it was a coincidence, but my junior sister had been in the Heavenly Demon Cult from the beginning. And at the Heavenly Demon's closest place.

Perhaps the reason my junior sister had hidden her identity was to find out whether the Heavenly Demon was trustworthy or not.

And after judging that he was trustworthy, she must have revealed her identity to the Heavenly Demon.

The Heavenly Demon seemed to care about the previous Heavenly Demon to an unusual degree, so he must have accepted my junior sister, the only bloodline of the previous Heavenly Demon, as soon as he saw her.

My junior sister, who should have appeared 8 years later, had appeared now.

Perhaps the reason my junior sister had revealed herself now, unlike before my regression, was most likely because of me.

'It's not simply because of my existence, but because of my entangled relationship with the previous Heavenly Demon.'

I couldn't know when she had entered the Heavenly Demon Cult and become a maid of the Heavenly Demon Hall.

From her appearance, my junior sister's age was estimated to be around 9 to 10 years old.

The realm I felt was the Transcendent Peak.

My junior sister had already reached the Transcendent Peak at this time.

-Brother! I've reached the first-rate!

-You learn quickly. You're amazing, junior sister.

-Hehe.

That innocent face was also a complete lie.

-You're already at the Peak... you say?

-Yes! I'm amazing, right! I'm amazing!!

-I-I see.

No wonder her growth was ridiculously fast. My junior sister had been at the Transcendent Peak even before she met me.

'Should I kill her?'

It might be possible now. But at the same time as I harbored a killing intent, my junior sister reacted.

"Killing intent?"

I immediately erased my killing intent. Because if I had already been discovered, I judged that it was impossible to kill her as a fellow Transcendent Peak.

"Now tell me! Is it really true that you're my dad's child?"

Others might be deceived somehow, but there was no way a lie would work on my junior sister, the real daughter of the previous Heavenly Demon.

"No."

"Really not?"

"Yes. No."

"Really not!"

The way she kept asking sounded as if she were disappointed. If it sounded that way, it must have been purely my own misunderstanding. Who could be happy that their father had had an affair?

"Yes, no. I just said so earlier because I had no choice. You must know the situation to some extent, having come this far, right?"

"How would I know if I didn't see that scene myself! I don't know! If it's not, you can just say it's not. Why did you lie!"

"The Heavenly Demon was certain. If I had said no there, I would have been beheaded and killed on the spot. It's a matter related to a bloodline, after all."

"T-that's true! Alright! Then, next question. How did you learn the Heavenly Demon Divine Art? You! What's your relationship with my dad!"

I instinctively knew that this was a turning point in my life.

And the reason my junior sister was asking me such a question was...

'My junior sister doesn't know that the previous Heavenly Demon is dead?'

The time when my junior sister and I met before my regression is 8 years from now.

A lot had happened in between, and the body of the previous Heavenly Demon is also discovered.

'It must not have been discovered yet.'

The official announcement is a year from now.

'Also, the fact that my junior sister is here means that there is a high possibility that she was separated from the previous Heavenly Demon early on.'

In other words, the conclusion was that my junior sister did not know the exact whereabouts of the previous Heavenly Demon.

Though if there were a separate contact network between the two of them, my speculation would be all wrong.

In any case, a sword is at my neck right now. The opponent is a master of the Transcendent Peak.

Seeing that the sword did not waver at all even after seeing blood, it meant that she had killed before.

In other words, it meant that there was no gap for me to escape from here.

In a normal way, that is.

I had memories from before my regression that others did not. If I used them, I might be able to get through this situation well.

I recalled all the days I had spent with my junior sister.

-The reason I came to the Heavenly Demon Cult? I wanted to have a family.

My junior sister was particularly obsessed with the idea of family.

"I heard a lot from my master."

"Master! You don't mean my dad, do you?"

"The Heavenly Demon Divine Art is a one-person transmission. My master said so. While passing on the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to me, he told me to be sure to pass on the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to his one and only daughter. He said her name was Yoo Su-a."

"Lies! How can I believe that?"

"If you can't believe it, there's nothing I can do. I'm just telling the truth, and now there is no one in this world who can prove it."

"What do you mean by that?"

"My master has passed away."

"..."

The first opening I've seen.

I was about to distance myself from my junior sister, but the trembling soon stopped.

"Where is he?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Where is my dad buried?"

"If you go up the ninety-ninth peak of Heavenly Demon Mountain, you'll find a small hut. If you go to the backyard, there's a burial mound, and my master is buried there."

As soon as those words ended. The sword fell from my neck, and at the same time, my junior sister also disappeared from in front of me.

I touched my neck. A tingling pain was transmitted from the wound on my neck. If it weren't for this pain, I might have thought that what had just happened was a dream.

It was not difficult to guess that the disappeared junior sister had headed for Heavenly Demon Mountain. And I had deliberately leaked information about the Heavenly Demon Divine Art earlier. Even if she were to come back, there was a high probability that she would come to me rather than to the Heavenly Demon.

Because I had more of a justification when it came to learning the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

With this, I had done everything I could.

And so, three months passed.

* * *

I didn't remember well how I had spent the past three months.

On the surface, my situation could be said to be one that anyone would envy.

I would have dinner with the Heavenly Demon whenever I had the chance, and if I was bored, my hyung-nim would come to the Little Demon Academy and greet the instructors, asking them to take good care of his little brother.

The elders, as if they had nothing to do, would show their faces to me every other day. The Seven Harmonies Society in the Little Demon Academy could now be called my own hands and feet without it being strange.

Looking at it from the outside, I was practically the designated Young Lord.

Therefore, the past three months had been a series of days of agony for me more than ever.

Above all, the fact that I didn't know when the time bomb called my junior sister would return was driving me even crazier.

"Captain! Are you sick? You look down!"

"I just feel like my blood has been drying up recently."

"That's right. From what I see, the Captain has been too busy recently. You need to rest a little."

"Mad Demon, where are you going?"

The regular classes at the Little Demon Academy had just ended. Today was a day with no practical classes. From now on, it was free time.

"I'm going to train with my master for two days and one night."

Just hearing it, there were two words that made my whole body lose strength. I offered my condolences to the Mad Demon.

"Mad Demon. Life is short. If you live so hard like that, you'll regret it when you die later."

This is the advice of a senior who has lived a second life. Life is a time that is not enough even if you just play.

"Don't worry. I rest when I rest! I don't just train so foolishly."

A person like that doesn't do training like two days and one night.

In the end, the Mad Demon left.

For reference, my current martial prowess had reached the Transcendent Peak. Even though I hadn't done any particular training.

Perhaps the yang qi I had received from Yang So-pyeong during the Divine Demon Tournament had met the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, and this result had come out, I guessed.

Come to think of it, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that my current state is that of a person with the constitution of the Six Yang Divine Meridian learning the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

The Sword Demoness also leaves somewhere.

"Seryeong, are you going to train too?"

"Yes."

The Sword Demoness had changed a little somewhere since the Divine Demon Tournament had ended. Her actions were no different from usual, but should I say that her tone and atmosphere had become a little colder?

And the biggest change in the Sword Demoness over the past three months was her martial prowess.

Three months ago, she had just entered the Peak, but now she was roughly on par with the Mad Demon.

It could be said to be a very good example of what happens when a real genius works hard.

'Yeah. You guys take it all!'

The Demonic Brain also goes somewhere, dozing off.

"Are you going too?"

"..."

I could never tell what that guy was thinking.

Everyone has left, and I'm the only one left.

Yes! I couldn't just spend my time like this either. The situation I was in was one where I had to make some kind of countermeasure. Not only would I not be able to live in peace because of this anxiety, but even if I were to live, it wouldn't be living.

And that night.

I woke up to an unfamiliar presence.

"It was real."

My junior sister, who had disappeared three months ago, had returned. And my junior sister's martial prowess was even stronger than three months ago.

On par with me, who had completely absorbed the internal energy of the Six Yang Divine Meridian, or even higher.

"My father has passed away. Now, in this world, it's just you and me, senior brother."

Wait a minute, what brother?

"Senior brother?"

"Yes, you're my dad's disciple. I also learned martial arts from my dad, so we're from the same school. Or should I be the senior sister?"

I answered.

"No. Senior brother would be good."

"Actually, I also think senior brother is good. A junior brother who is older than me is a bit... it's gross."

My junior sister had been obsessed with family since she was young. And as soon as it was confirmed that my words were true, she seemed to have completely erased her suspicion of me.

In a way, it seemed that the current situation had been resolved well.

"You came straight to me as soon as you came to the Heavenly Demon Cult, right?"

"Then, is there another place to stop by?"

"No. There isn't."

I had asked just in case she had met the Heavenly Demon, but fortunately, that wasn't it.

For now, to summarize the current situation, my junior sister considers me her senior brother, and the Heavenly Demon and my hyung-nim are friendly to me.

But I will never let my guard down.

Therefore, I easily realize.

That this situation is like a castle built on sand, and it can collapse at any time.

If the fact that I am not the bloodline of the previous Heavenly Demon is revealed, the Heavenly Demon and my hyung-nim will change from a friendly relationship to a hostile one. In the case of the Heavenly Demon, he will kill me for deceiving him.

My junior sister will also try to kill me, just like when we first met, if she finds out that I am not the disciple of the previous Heavenly Demon.

Yes, this was a tightrope walk.

A tightrope walk with my life as collateral, where hundreds of sword blades are stuck underneath, and if I were to misstep even a little and fall, it would be a direct trip to the underworld.

Every word I say from now on will be directly related to my life.

If I show even the slightest bit of awkwardness, it will be the end of me on that day.

I extended my arm towards my junior sister.

The two pupils shining quietly in the darkness were watching my every move with a wary gaze.

It feels like I'm facing a wild animal.

And at least a wild bear.

I could be easily torn apart by those hands.

But no matter how I thought about it, this was the only way I could live in the current situation.

My hand finally touched my junior sister's head.

-I like your hands, senior brother.

Before my regression, my junior sister had been particularly fond of my hands. Though I didn't know the reason. Was she a pervert? Anyway, I'm scared.

I slowly and gently stroked my junior sister's head. The two pupils in the darkness were still emitting a quiet light.

Then, she slowly closes her eyes.

I stroked her head slowly and gently so as not to disturb this wild junior sister.

Just then, my junior sister opens her eyes again.

The two pupils shining in the darkness were shining even brighter than before.

"Senior brother, tell me."

Her voice was subdued. My intuition, which had risen to the Transcendent Peak, told me that there was a deep anger that could not be described in words in it.

"Who killed my dad? Who I have to kill. You, who were with my dad at the end, would know, right?"

I don't know why the previous Heavenly Demon died. I haven't even seen his face. All I know about the previous Heavenly Demon are a few lines written in the reports I received.

But if I were to say, 'I don't know who it is,' here, my junior sister's anger would surely be directed at me.

-You don't know?

-Yeah. I don't know.

-Why don't you know?

-Because I don't know?

-Could it be that you killed my dad, senior brother?

-That's not it.

-Come to think of it, it's strange. If you don't induce carelessness, how many beings in this world can kill my dad? ...It must be only you, senior brother.

-Wait a minute!

-No questions asked! Die!

Stab!

Gulp!

A lie is difficult the first time, but not the second.

They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

There is also a saying that a good beginning is half the battle.

I had already embarked on a journey of a thousand miles, and I had already wagged my tongue.

And as my junior sister had said, who could kill the previous Heavenly Demon, who had achieved an unprecedented feat of almost unifying the martial world?

From what I saw, my junior sister just wanted a target to vent her anger on.

If that's the case, it would be okay to just say anything.

A virtual enemy would be even better.

The bigger that enemy is, the more my junior sister's anger will be directed there.

And there's no fear of my lie being discovered.

In the current situation, there would be no more perfect countermeasure than this.

Since it's an enemy that doesn't exist anyway, my junior sister will chase the virtual enemy as much as her anger, and when her anger subsides, she will naturally give up.

Then, a plausible name would be good.

Something too shabby won't do. Because it won't be motivating.

The moment you hear it, it should feel a little dangerous, but also have a certain air of importance.

Just then, something suitable came to mind.

"The Chaotic Heavenly Society! It's a place where those who want to drive the world into chaos belong."

And I said to my junior sister.

"Junior sister! This is a fact I'm only telling you, who can be called my family. So you must keep the conversation we had today a secret. Do you understand?"

"Family... I understand!"

"I have been fighting them alone until now."

It's a lie. It's a complete lie.

"But it was not enough. I only know of their existence, but I couldn't find out how many of them there are, where they are, or who belongs to them."

Of course. Because it's a group I just made up.

"So I decided to deliberately reveal my identity to them. The starting point was the Divine Demon Tournament, as you know, junior sister."

This way, my junior sister will completely erase her suspicion of me and the previous Heavenly Demon, and her interest will be directed to the virtual Chaotic Heavenly Society.

"If my prediction is correct, they, who know my identity, will soon reveal themselves from the shadows to the light. Therefore, it would be better for you to hide your identity even more, junior sister."

"Could it be for me? Because I'll be in danger?"

No! It's for me.

If my junior sister comes out into the world, the Chaotic Heavenly Society or whatever, the first thing that will happen is that my head will be cut off by the Heavenly Demon. My dream is to live a long and honey-sucking life.

"Of course! I'm worried about you."

Of course, it's a lie.

"And remember. The only people we can trust in this world are you and me, junior sister. Of course, we can't trust the current Heavenly Demon either."

I have to make it so that she doesn't get involved with the Heavenly Demon as much as possible.

"I understand. It's just you and me, senior brother."

This day was a very special day for me.

For now, I had bought some time.

But my intuition was warning me.

That this situation was like an unsolvable problem. I couldn't know where it had gone wrong from the point where it had already become twisted.

There was only one way to untangle this twisted thread.

'To cut it off!'

This flimsy lie will be discovered someday.

So before that!

'I have to escape from the Heavenly Demon Cult as soon as possible.'

It was the moment when my lifelong goal was set.