‘Isn’t this a profit?’

Hyeonu was momentarily flustered when the topic he brought up to overcome the awkward atmosphere actually caused it to come back. Nevertheless, he quickly regained his composure and attempted to grab onto the opportunity that came.

“Can you tell me more? It is very interesting.” He tried to have Hugo continue the next story.

Hugo smiled slightly as Hyeonu focused on his story with glowing eyes. Meanwhile, Tang-E came down from Manong’s arms and was embraced by Hyeonu. Tang-E was also curious about Hugo’s words.

“This was written in a book passed down from generation to generation through the Marionette clan,” Hugo said.

Then he closed his eyes and started to recite like he was reading from a book: “The demon kings who ruled the demon world dazzled the black magicians. They promised to give the black magicians what they wanted. In return, they demanded the deaths of the imperial family of the Luos Empire and some of the talents who graduated from the academy and were the ones impeding the demon kings’...