Time flew.

To be more precise, exactly one year passed since the day the Parasite Queen perished. There was no way that such an important day would not be celebrated for hundreds or even thousands of years to come.

All kingdoms agreed on designating it a day of celebration. Though they tried to name it Seol Jihu Day, they had to change the name to Liberation Day following Seol Jihu’s threat, ‘You can do that if you want Paradise to see the coming of a demon lord that succeeds the Parasite Queen’s pedigree.’

In any case, the morning of Liberation Day was met with a festive eagerness. The day was hectic as everyone, regardless of their race, had spent several days of painstaking effort to prepare for the celebration.

The city was already bustling in the morning, and by the time afternoon came around, it became even more chaotic. Once the sun started to set, the celebratory festival officially commenced in all cities.

As a restaurant owner, Seol Jihu wanted to participate in the festival. Given that people from other cities and even the Federation would be making trips to Eva, it was the perfect opportunity to advertise the restaurant and set record-high sales.

However, Seol Jihu’s dream of creating a restaurant where members of different races could get along happily crumbled down. It was because of Sorg Kühne’s daily visits to implore him not to open his restaurant during the festival.

He also couldn’t bring himself to say no when other restaurant owners of Eva came and begged as well, “Our sales are hitting a record low because of your ramen place. Please, at least for the festival…!”

In the end, Seol Jihu decided to take a one-day break and enjoy the festival with his girlfriend. However, even this plan went awry.

He was certainly alone with Seo Yuhui when he locked arms with her and left, but by the time he got to the main street, the couple had grown to a party of eight.

Kim Hannah, Baek Haeju, Charlotte Aria, Eun Yuri, Chohong, Teresa, and Phi Sora…. They joined in one by one, chatting and laughing among themselves.

‘Whatever.’

Now that things turned out this way, Seol Jihu decided to just go with the flow and enjoy the festival as it happens. With a good number of Earthlings hosting the festival booths, he saw a few games that seemed feasible.

“Oh! Who is this!? Our former representative!?”

Seol Jihu saw Hugo waving at him from a pool...