Chapter 41: Second Playthrough of the Demon King's Castle

Top floor of the Hunter Association building. The President's office.

A woman with dark circles under her eyes that seemed to reach her chin was slumped in her chair.

The Hunter Association President. Sword Ghost Yoon Joo-young. Exhausted from overwork, she leaned back in her plush presidential chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Her head was already about to explode from all the matters needing attention, and then that bastard had to go and disappear again. Not answering mentions, where the fuck did he run off to?

She'd clearly told him she could only cover for him for a week, but that deadline had already passed.

"Haah. Fuck."

Though curses spilled from her lips, her mind was hosting a festival of scattered thoughts.

'Ugh my head hurts. Sleepy. Tired. Why do I have to work so damn hard? Fuck. And where did that bastard go? Will I... see him in my dreams again... Shit. Maybe I should masturbate... No. Where are my cigarettes? Shit, all out. Should I send someone? Come to think of it, I sent Gahee to get the CCTV... When is she coming back?'

As Joo-young was massaging her temples while staring blankly at the ceiling...

Knock- Knock-...