Chapter 288 Epilogue 2
"Wow! My son is a king!" Yong-ho"s father shouted in excitement.
He was the descendant of Mammon as well as the father of Yong-ho, the King of Greed.
Dressed in a stylish formal dress, he, who was wearing an ap.r.o.n, looked around the wedding hall in excitement.
Headed by dungeon garrison leader Rik.u.m, the Black Orc Squadron dressed in sparkling armor were standing around the hall. Although they were standing there as the guards, Yong-ho"s father thought of the thinly sliced green onions wrapped in fried chicken while looking at them proudly. Each of them was brightening the atmosphere of the wedding hall.
Even now, when he closed his eyes, he remembered the day when he met his third daughter-in-law. He was so shocked back then.
Turning up the corner of his mouth slightly, Yong-ho"s father showed satisfaction once again.
Although he spent the happiest days of his life while staying in the Labyrinth of Greed during the last few days, he was happiest when he liked to fry chickens like this, standing in the wedding hall. It wasn"t that Yong-ho made his father fry chickens on his wedding day because he was a bad son. Actually, Yong-ho"s father volunteered to fry chickens.
Yong-ho"s father could not believe that chicken was the special menu of those at the Labyrinth of Greed, praised as the best food in the demon world that demons wanted to eat. He was the happiest today after he opened his chicken shop in the human world 30 years ago.
The wedding hall was busy with guests from all over the place. Among them were those who didn"t look like demon people at all, such as winged Harpy, the big Trient, and the crawling Slime, etc.
"Give me some fried chicken!"
"Wal! Wal!"
"Whining! Whining!"
Yong-ho"s father lowered his head when the dungeon trio shouted at the same time.
He saw Yuria smiling brightly over the white tablecloth. She looked so lovely when she showed him a couple of crumpled chicken vouchers.
"OK! Here you go. I don"t need anything like this voucher today."
Returning the chicken voucher that got hand-stained, he served them a generous amount of freshly fried chicken.
Smiling brightly, Yuria said, "Thank you."
"Wal! Wal!"
"Whining! Whining!"
Baduk and the baby dungeon meerkat ran around with joy. Yong-ho"s father straightened himself after stroking Yuria"s head. Looking at the waiting rooms of the bride and the groom, he laughed heartily again.
***
"Whew! Although this is a joint ceremony with Catalina, that"s fine with me because I"m his official wife," said Kaiwan, wearing her shoes made of silver dragon leather. She was wearing a silver dragon leather suit looking like a leotard as if to show everybody she was Kaiwan.
Kaiwan in Scorpio, the Queen of Sword.
Because of the suit, she felt like she was wearing a combat suit, not a wedding dress.
Catalina, who Kaiwan always called a dumb and innocent lady, pouted her lips when Kaiwan cast a jealous glance. Unlike Kaiwan, Catalina was wearing a white robe, revealing her womanly beauty. It was a beautiful dress made by Yuno in person.
Kaiwan, who saw Catalina"s tail drooping, smiled and gently hugged her softly. Then, she rubbed her cheek against Catalina"s face even at the risk of ruining her makeup.
"You don"t mind it because I love you so much, Catalina, right?"
After all, Catalina burst into laughter, too. Flapping her ears and tail, she nodded.
Catalina in Libra was in charge of escorting the King of Greed, but she was lovely, as always.
Watching the two women, the Queen of Fury, Dritarashutra, frowned. Although she put on the formal dress befitting the head of her eight clans, she was not wearing a wedding dress like them.
"I feel like I"m very much inferior to them."
Dritarashutra in Virgo is in love with Yong-ho.
She was supposed to hold a wedding ceremony with him two months later. Unlike Kaiwan and Catalina"s joint wedding ceremony, she was having a separate wedding ceremony with him.
Definitely, it would be a wedding involving the marriage of the Queen of Fury as the head of her eight clans and Yong-ho, as the master of the House of Mammon. Naturally, their wedding would be different from the current wedding in terms of scale. Tens of thousands of guests would watch their wedding ceremony in the most spectacular event of the demon world.
Nonetheless, the Queen of Fury felt she was losing. She didn"t expect at all that the two asked to have the wedding ceremony ahead of her.
"Why does she think she is losing when she is going to have such a great wedding ceremony soon? Don"t you think so?" Kaiwan said with a sarcastic laugh.
Moreover, even Catalina, who the Queen of Fury trusted, chimed in, flapping her ears and tail.
"It seems like our master has been outdone."
Gardimundi whispered to Kirtimuka.
"Gardimundi!"
Gardimundi turned away from Kirtimuka, as always, while the King of Fury trembled, watching Kaiwan sticking her tongue out. She clenched her teeth, then turned to Kirtimuka.
"Dang it, I can"t stand it, Kirtimuka, it sounds crazy, but can you ask them to send me a wedding dress?"
"Please be patient," Kirtimuka said, embarra.s.sed.
Then Gardimundi snapped sharply, "Just break in his room on the wedding night!"
"Gardimundi!"
Kirtimuka got enraged again, but Gardimundi turned away her eyes again. While Kaiwan and the Queen of Fury exchanged fierce glances, Catalina looked toward the wall, flapping her tail, where there was the groom"s waiting room.
***
"The bride"s waiting room is noisy," said Yong-ho, dressed in dark red robes, with a rather tense expression. Unlike his confident att.i.tude he showed after dismantling the celestial door, he looked a bit diffident now, waiting for the opening of the wedding ceremony.
Instead of answering, Sitri took a step closer to him and said, adjusting his clothes, "My beloved master is so blessed."
"Hmm, I can"t deny it."
Yong-ho and Sitri looked at each other and smiled.
She opened her lips again, unable to speak out her mind before she knew it.
"My beloved customer, would you please stay still for a moment?"
He nodded. She quietly hugged him and buried her head on his chest for a moment.
Mammon.
She didn"t say it loudly. She just felt Mammon who became Greed itself.
At the last moment when he defeated numerous G.o.dly men and generals and stood before the celestial door, Yong-ho heard Mammon"s voice. Together with Mammon, he destroyed the celestial door with the power of the great Demon G.o.d. He cut off the connection between the celestial world and the demon world completely.
And that was it.
Sitri never heard Mammon"s voice again. What she heard last from him was that he would not allow her to commit suicide.
Yong-ho also couldn"t feel the presence of Mammon"s will anymore. He just felt that Mammon was with him, or Mammon was already united with himself.
Hesitating for a moment, Yong-ho hugged her. The two shared their warmth for a long time.
"Thank you," Sitri said, raising her head.
He replied, slightly blus.h.i.+ng in embarra.s.sment, "You"re welcome. You can ask me a favor anytime."
"Oh my G.o.d, you won"t take back what you have just said, right?"
Sitri suddenly spoke provocatively, and he blinked.
"Sitri?"
"Master, you"ve got only ten minutes before the wedding ceremony."
At that moment, he heard a.s.sistant butler Jun serving him a gentle reminder as if she was checking the wedding time. As the Goblin Ranger"s only female member, she, like the butler Eligos, was essential in the Labyrinth of Greed.
"Thanks for the reminder."
Yong-ho replied, and Sitri suddenly withdrew her hands.
She made a mischievous smile at him.
***
Yong-ho"s wedding began.
Yong-ho stood on the podium while Catalina and Kaiwan stood on both sides.
Catalina flapped her tail without hiding her excited feelings while Kaiwan was shy unlike her confident att.i.tude in the bride"s waiting room.
"Brother Eli, when will we get married?" Asked Ophelia, who was watching them with a warm smile.
While he was moved to tears for a moment, Eligos responded, blinking his eyes, "Uh?"
"Are you pretending not to know what I"m saying?"
Ophelia grinned at him, nudging him in the ribs gently. He cleared his throat, flinching at her unexpected question for a moment.
Looking back at Yong-ho, Eligos shed tears of joy again.
"I"m glad Kaiwan wasn"t dumped by him," said Yukrasion, feeling great relief, in the presence of the former masters of the House of Mammon. All of them smiled at Kaiwan when she was shy, not knowing what to do at the moment.
"It looks like they feel like this when they marry off their children," said Gusion, shaking his head a bit, standing in the middle of the spirits of the arena.
Opening her eyes wide, Scathach said, "Oh my goodness! Is our master your child?" Scathach asked gently.
Yuno and Yustia looked up at Yong-ho on the podium, just like Gusion did.
At that moment, there was a small voice heard from the flames of the red lotus next to them.
[I also agree with Gusion just for today,] said Aamon, the magic spear of the red lotus, who had always been with Yong-ho until now.
"Isn"t our master being anguished highly now?"
Aamon just laughed at Gusion"s question.
"Oh, he has just started it!" Yuno said.
As she said, Yong-ho on the podium kissed Catalina and Kaiwan. Burgrim put the rings on the two women, which he made elaborately. Those partic.i.p.ants watching them broke out into exclamation with joy.
***
Baduk was absorbed into enjoying fried chicken, and the baby dungeon meerkat, enjoying chicken, raised her head upright and watched the wedding of the greatest king of the demon world.
Flapping her wings, Lucia looked to the side. Instead of putting the crispy fried chicken in her mouth, she lightly touched Yuria"s shoulder, who was looking at Yong-ho, Catalina and Kaiwan, blus.h.i.+ng. They didn"t need to talk to each other about it.
Lucia looked askance at her while Yuria nodded enthusiastically.
Demon G.o.d of Greed, Yong-ho Cheon.
Master of the great Mammon family.
The one who had saved the demon world, just like Mammon in the past.
Yong-ho hugged Catalina suddenly. He then kissed Kaiwan and held Dritarashutra in his arms, who came running to him when she couldn"t stand it.
He was the most greedy man in the demon world, after all. He didn"t give up anything he laid his hand on.
Sitri looked at him and smiled brightly, shaking off her thousand years of agony.