Evil Duchess Summons Me, the Heavenly Demon

Ephre didn’t know whether to laugh or cry (though she rarely shed tears to begin with).

Crushing that arrogant Sofia was certainly a great joy. Having been ignored by the summoned creature Cheon Sang-geuk in front of her attendants must have put quite a crack in her proud ego.

Wasn’t she always the one coming at her and clashing over every little thing?

In fact, from Ephre’s perspective, that lowlife Sofia was truly someone with a mental issue, unlike herself. Just a moment ago, hadn’t she muttered to herself?

This can’t be happening. This has never been observed before…?

Everyone seemed too focused on the summoned creature’s attitude to hear those words, but Ephre certainly did.

Of course, while she couldn’t empathize with her feelings at all, she could somewhat understand them with difficulty.

Constantly hearing people’s adoration and words like “you’re pretty,” “you’re beautiful,” “my goddess,” “my angel,” and becoming so immersed in them that eventually, she couldn’t bear not receiving attention—wasn’t that her baseline?

‘So she probably can’t stand not receiving attention even for a moment, and her mind gradually became strange. That fucking bitch.’

She would have liked to expose that ugly true face to everyone, but as a noble duchess, she decided not to do so. Because she couldn’t be on the same level as such a person (it’s not particularly because she couldn’t obtain solid evidence. If she wanted to find it, she could find it anytime).

Anyway.

While it was good to witness Sofia’s dumbfounded face…

“So you’re saying this is the student’s summoned creature?”

Being called to the professor’s office before class even started was a minor issue. Being dragged here immediately for an unprecedented situation.

Her rolled-up blonde hair was like a horse with its tail slightly raised, and the thin rimless glasses on her eyelids seemed to symbolize her extremely strict temperament.

Professor ‘Liza.’

She was one of the teachers terribly disliked by academically poor students like Ephre.

Liza pushed up the frame of her glasses with her fingertips and stared intently at the summoned creature. Almost like glaring.

And how did her summoned creature react?

With a deeply furrowed face, he said:

“To force this lord into such a terrible relationship with this impudent and unruly child, you’re trying to make me break the unwritten rule of not harming women with my own hands. But you know one thing and not the other. The reason this Cheon Sang-geuk doesn’t harm women is because I expect them to mate with strong ones to create stronger opponents, not because there’s mercy in my hands.”

Ah, fuck.

Ephre felt stiff at the back of her neck.

The reason wasn’t because she slept wrong (the fact that she slept in pajamas, unlike usual, showed she slept quite normally. Although the buttons were strangely fastened).

“…What are you talking about?”

“You presume to be an educator with such insignificant comprehension? It’s deeply deplorable. The things I expected from this land seem worthless.”

“Ephre, you tell me. Is this really your summoned creature? If you’ve borrowed your family’s power to invite someone from the distant Eastern Continent and are claiming they’re a summoned creature, this matter won’t be settled easily.”

“Why are you being suspicious from the start?”

A piercing gaze. Ephre slightly averted her eyes. Come to think of it, wasn’t Liza supposedly twice as strict as others when administering tests?

Ephre opened her eyes innocently and changed her tone.

“Yes, I summoned him. In the first place, Summoner’s security isn’t some neighborhood convenience store; how could anyone penetrate such strict boundaries? Even though my family has sufficient funds, we couldn’t indefinitely invite someone from the distant Eastern Continent, a powerful person seemingly overflowing with magical power.”

To express it separately, there were three points:

Is Summoner so stupid that they wouldn’t notice someone being brought in secretly?

My family has a ton of money, but would I do something so obvious? Are you an idiot?

How could I pre-arrange something with someone who clearly looks stronger than you? Would such a person be swayed by money? Are you an idiot?

Ephre said this while pretending to be a trembling little lamb, quite tense and cautious. A sound like something grinding came from around Liza’s chin. Stupid old bitch.

“…The justification sounds plausible. But this would probably be unprecedented, not just in Summoner’s history but throughout the entire continent. If it’s true that you summoned him.”

“I told you it’s true, right? If you haven’t forgotten what you just said a few seconds ago.”

Ephre looked at her with a pretend worried face. Inwardly, she said:

You must be quite old by now, but how come you don’t even have a boyfriend, let alone a husband? You know age is a thug for women, right? At least you still have the business card of being a Summoner professor. If you keep forgetting things like just now, there’s really no hope.

Getting too immersed, she unintentionally said aloud:

“Would you like me to introduce you to someone?”

A moment of silence.

Only after seeing Cheon Sang-geuk’s face contorting as if he’d seen something disgusting did Ephre recall her mistake. Liza’s face, which began to tremble, came next.

She belatedly tried to salvage the situation.

“…right? This friend here. He has the alias Muk-Yeom Heavenly Demon. His name is Cheon Sang-geuk. Isn’t it fascinating? Perhaps he’s from an extremely high dimension? That’s why I’ve had difficulty making a contract until now… hehe.”

Ephre slightly bit her tongue and squinted her eyes.

Of course, that didn’t smooth out Liza’s face. She wasn’t a constantly horny gorilla like Orlando.

‘Damn, I thought it would work.’

It was right after that when a chilling voice flowed from the person facing her.

♦♦♦

While doubting Ephre’s qualities, I shook my head.

Starting from how such a dense and gloomy girl managed to summon me, to the martial world’s way of thinking: ‘How is she still alive?’

This is completely lucky bi…

Sigh. I shook my head. As the master of the Divine Sect, there should always be dignity in my words and actions. Even if it’s just in my thoughts.

“If you can’t manage your three-inch tongue, you’ll experience a big calamity someday. Even that woman just now, if she weren’t an educator, she would have long since chopped off my head. If you want to use the technique of provoking, you should immediately cut and split the heart when the opponent’s mind is shaken.”

There’s a saying about giving an extra rice cake to a disliked child, isn’t there?

I specially imparted teaching to this impudent girl whose blood hadn’t dried on her head yet.

Originally, nothing is as important and valuable as the method of living in the world as the formula of martial arts. A true teacher doesn’t give fish but teaches how to catch fish. It’s even better if they provide a high-grade… no, a [Great Fishing Rod] along with it.

Advice from someone of my caliber should be regarded as golden and jade precepts, more precious than those flower-shaped hairpins she wears. The whole world would acknowledge this.

Incidentally, among those who didn’t acknowledge it were Mu Byeolgeom, Sipra Su, and Jeongeon Jinin, but they all met their demise…

‘A pity, tsk.’

Organizing my brief thoughts, I saw the aforementioned girl stop walking and stand with a face that seemed shocked.

Oops. Come to think of it, this wasn’t the martial world. Having stayed there for too long, I was influenced by the martial world’s way of thinking…

“Should I have done that?”

“What?”

“I don’t understand the difficult words, but summarizing, it’s basically this, right? If you’re going to trick someone, do it without them noticing, and when you’re openly tricking them, immediately slap them repeatedly to knock the spirit out of them. That way, they won’t think of resisting me because they’re completely stripped of both body and mind.”

“…Did you actually listen to what this lord said? Did you understand it properly?”

“What’s with you, Cheon Sang-geuk. You’re quite impressive! Is that like the wisdom of a summoned creature?”

“Hmm, if you had been born over there, you would easily have become a Thousand Killing Star, with plenty to spare. Though you wouldn’t have lasted long before meeting a violent death.”

“Alright… I’ll be more careful about the situation in the future. Oh right, you must have heard, but for now, you’ve been ‘temporarily’ allowed to stay here, right? The fact that that woman didn’t mention the chairperson or other teachers, and that she didn’t summon her lackeys, is proof of that.”

Through this preposterous child’s words, I could understand the perception of summoned creatures.

She truly is an unpolished child.

It seemed I was right to postpone the contract.

After mumbling something to herself, Ephre said with quite serious eyes:

“I don’t know if this is your first time being summoned, but make sure to listen to the classes carefully. It will help you understand this place. And you’ll also learn how important and great my position is.”

…Ah.

I see.

This is like listening to a novice in the martial world talking about the martial journey. The way she was boasting as if she knew everything when she couldn’t do anything properly was exactly like this.

Ephre, who seemed to have accepted her own words, turned her body first. I spoke to the back of her head:

“I beg you, don’t demand from others as if it’s natural what you yourself can’t do. I’m deeply worried about your future.”

Ephre, who had stopped momentarily, continued to stride leisurely. It was truly remarkable how she could pretend not to have heard after clearly hearing everything.