Hell's Handbook

The Demon Lord’s moving in made Su Jin feel rather unsettled every single day. She was supposed to be a goddess, but there was nothing about her that could be described as such.

She would sleep until the sun had set, then she would get up and visit nightclubs. You read that right – the Demon Lord learned everything quickly since she had supernatural powers, and she had learned how to go clubbing from the internet, no less. The thing that really angered Su Jin was the fact that she brought girls home every night.

Sometimes she brought home an innocent one, a coquettish one, a sexy one, or a wild one. In just one week, Su Jin felt that he had seen every type of woman in the world. But he could only look at the girls. The Demon Lord, on the other hand, used the fact that she was a woman to pick these ladies up. According to her, as a woman, she could understand women better and wouldn’t seem threatening to them.

If that was all she did, Su Jin might have chosen to just turn a blind eye and pretend he hadn’t seen anything. But the Demon Lord also tried to flirt with Kano Mai, which made Kano Mai run away in terror whenever she saw the Demon Lord.

One evening, the Demon Lord woke up, stretched herself lazily, then randomly put on a T-shirt. This one even belonged to Su Jin.

She wasn’t very much shorter than Su Jin, so when she put his shirt on, it only took a little stretching for her to be indecently exposed. But she didn’t seem to care at all. If Su Jin hadn’t insisted that she dress decently in the house, she might not even bother wearing anything at all.

Su Jin had a scowl on his face as he sat on the couch in the living room with his arms crossed and glared at the Demon Lord, who had just walked past and gone to get herself a cup of milk from the kitchen fridge.

She poured herself a cup, then drank it down within seconds. She liked human food very much, especially the drinks. She loved anything from milk to tea, but she really loved alcoholic drinks the most. Kano Mai liked red wine and had some really good bottles in the house that were meant to be slowly consumed over time. But once the Demon Lord found out about them, she drank it all in no time.

“Oh, you’re here. I think I’ve woken up a little too early, I’m going back to sleep.” The Demon Lord scratched her messy hair, gave a big yawn, then started walking back to her room to continue sleeping.

Craack! The marble coffee table in front of Su Jin crumbled and turned into powder instantly while his eyes turned bloodshot in anger.

“There’s a murderous qi in the air!” shouted the Demon Lord before flinging something onto Su Jin’s face.

Su Jin shook in anger and stood up with a start when he realized what landed on his face. This crazy deity had actually pulled her bra off and used it as a weapon on him.

“That’s… that’s enough!” bellowed Su Jin so loudly that even the couch he had been sitting on turned to dust.

The Demon Lord grinned at Su Jin. His angry outburst seemed to have made her very happy. He forced himself to remain calm and said, “I think it’s time we had a good talk.”

“I don’t have the time for that. I promised a sexy young lady last night that we’d go on a journey to heaven today,” said the Demon Lord with a shrug.

Su Jin rammed a fist into the wall and roared, “You said you were going back to bed just now!”

“Time is like a sponge that’s soaked with water. If you squeeze it hard enough, you’d always get some out no matter how dry it feels. Besides, you should know how important sleep is to a woman. If we don’t get enough sleep, we’ll age very quickly,” said the Demon Lord very matter-of-factly.

The veins on Su Jin’s forehead were about to burst. “You’re a deity, so something like sleep is completely useless to you! Besides, you’re supposed to be a deity from the evil side! What do you mean by you’re going with someone on a journey to heaven? More like you’re going there to destroy heaven!”

The Demon Lord frowned and said disdainfully, “You don’t know anything. The word ‘heaven’ is just what people call a place they want to be in, so you could call it paradise or Shangri-la, whatever you like!”

Su Jin’s lips twitched as he tried to hold his anger back. “Please, we really need to talk. I can’t take this any longer.”

“Oh? Has this woodblock finally been enlightened by secretly peeping on me whenever I bring a girl home? If you really can’t take it anymore, I can help you,” said the Demon Lord with a wink as she looked him up and down.

Su Jin shuddered and said, “Firstly, I didn’t peep on you. There’s no need to, anyway, since you’re just short of doing it in the living room itself. Secondly, I’m not a woodblock. And even if I had that sort of concern, I wouldn’t want your help. I don’t want to die so young.”

“What did you just say?!” The Demon Lord glared furiously at him.

Su Jin was still wary of her after all. She hadn’t recovered her full strength yet, but she was still a deity. If they ended up fighting, she was probably still going to defeat him easily. Based on what the Mad Hatter told him, the Demon Lord was an official recognized major deity. To draw a parallel to fairytales and folklore on Earth, she was equivalent to the King of Hades or Satan.

Given how powerful she was versus how powerful the strongest people in his universe were, it would require Su Jin to unseal his psychokinesis, then join hands with more than ten others at Xu Ran’s level to fight her. And even then, only one or two of them might survive such a fight.

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“Whatever. I just think we need to talk. Look, I’ll fork out the money for you to rent an apartment, alright? If it’s not enough, I’ll buy you a bungalow of your own and you can do whatever you want. Deal?” Su Jin finally backed down. He had to find a way to get rid of this Demon Lord, since she was wreaking havoc in his house all day. For as long as she remained here, this home didn’t feel like home anymore.

The Demon Lord was someone who was excellent at observing others and differentiating between the truth and lies. She took one look at Su Jin, then chuckled. “No, no… I’ve been a little wild, but I’ve kept my place most of the time. You’re chasing me out because… of our dearest Mai-chan, isn’t it?”

Su Jin nodded. “Mai is a good girl, so she really doesn’t appreciate how you behave around her. She hasn’t even dared to come home because you’re here. So please, I’m begging you, move out asap and you can be as wild as you like.”

“A good girl?” The Demon Lord blinked in surprise, then burst out laughing. “HAHA! That’s the first time I’ve heard anyone think of a primordial deity as a child.”

“Huh? A… primordial deity? What… do you mean by that?” Su Jin raised an eyebrow. She was definitely using that term to describe Kano Mai, but why?

But the Demon Lord just smiled back and waved a hand. “You don’t have to get me a house or anything like that. I’ll move out right away. Have fun cohabiting.”

Su Jin was so angry and was about to clarify matters when the Demon Lord suddenly looked toward the door and smiled as she said, “Young man, you’ve got a guest, but he doesn’t seem to be friendly!”

“What?” Su Jin suddenly felt a familiar wave of psychokinesis hit him. This wave was very strong and the only person who was capable of such a strong wave of psychokinesis in this country was Xu Ran.

“Su Jin, I think we need to have a good talk,” said Xu Ran in a rather icy voice.

The Demon Lord burst out laughing. That was what Su Jin had said to her just minutes ago and now someone else was saying the same thing to him.

Su Jin used his psychokinesis to open his door, which was the same as welcoming Xu Ran in. Xu Ran marched in angrily, but was surprised to see that there was another woman in the house before looking a little horrified.

“My, my, this young man seems to be a rather intelligent one!” The Demon Lord smiled faintly. She knew that Xu Ran was surprised initially because he didn’t expect another person to be in the house, but that was quickly followed by a look of horror because he realized he hadn’t been able to sense her presence at all.

Xu Ran’s psychokinesis was probably the most powerful in the world, as long as Su Jin’s full potential was sealed up. He was also among the highest ranking owners. Yet, he hadn’t sensed anybody else in the house besides Su Jin, which only meant that this woman was more powerful than himself. She was so powerful that she could conceal her presence and make it impossible for him to sense her. And besides the few owners right at the top of the ranking, the only ones who could do this were probably gods!

Su Jin sighed when he noticed Xu Ran’s expression and said, “Don’t bother yourself with her. She’s just staying here temporarily. Why are you here?”

Xu Ran behaved a little more unnaturally since such a powerful character was around, so he smiled stiffly and said, “Um, well… a week ago, someone suddenly appeared next to me and I thought he was here to attack me, so we got into a huge fight. I was badly defeated but… after he had attacked me, he just said that he had gotten the wrong person and left. I just recovered and decided to look for you because after thinking about it, if he came to this country and said that he had gotten the wrong person, then the only other person he could be looking for would be you, since we both have psychokinesis.”

Su Jin had an awkward smile on his face. The Mad Hatter did say that he had injured Xu Ran pretty badly, but Su Jin hadn’t thought very much about it. He didn’t expect Xu Ran to come knocking on his door to talk about this matter.

“Uh… yes, that’s the situation, alright. A very formidable person wanted to take revenge on me but I was in Hell’s Bar at that time. I didn’t expect you to become an unlucky victim instead. How are you? Are you alright now?” Su Jin quickly tried to show concern before adding, “If you want to take revenge… I can’t help you at all. That guy appears as and when he likes and nobody knows how to locate him at all.”

“What?!” Xu Ran looked disappointed, which made Su Jin think to himself, “Good heavens, this guy is a really fierce one. I wouldn’t dare to take revenge on someone like the Mad Hatter…”

“You… were really hoping to take revenge?” Su Jin was rather surprised.

Xu Ran shook his head. “Take revenge? I’m definitely not capable of doing such a thing. But that gentleman was really powerful. I never knew such a powerful character existed in the Handbook. I was hoping… to ask him for some advice.”

Su Jin stared at Xu Ran in shock. Xu Ran had been defeated so badly that he now looked up to the Mad Hatter instead.

“You want to ask him for advice? Hmm, you do look like your capabilities have reached a bottleneck and you’re having trouble improving. Well, that guy’s not around, but I am! I promise my rates are reasonable,” piped up the Demon Lord suddenly.