Dokhyuk Moments: Part 28

Dokhyuk Moments: Part 28

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Someone was still unhappy about my reading speed, however.

“You’re reading it way to quickly.”

“It’s you who’s slow, ‘older brother.’”

They bicker like an old married couple. TT

She spoke in a fed up tone and then issued an order for me. “Marry me, Richardo Von Kaizenix.”

Yoo Jonghyuk looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

(o^^o)

My mischievous streak reared it’s head and I raised my voice. “Oiii, you two resemble a black bear and a newborn chick.”

...

I quickly sent a signal with my eyes to Yu Jung-Hyeok busy raising his momentum – telling him to hold it, let’s at least hear this guy out first.

I love how a single look from Dokja can calm our regressor bastard calm his tits.

– I combined the Midday Tryst’s space.

My declaration prompted an explosion of messages from her and Yu Jung-Hyeok.

– Hey! Stop messing around! You want me to listen to that arrogant bastard’s voice in my head, too?

– You’ve taken words out of my mouth.

Bestie vs Boyfriend is one of the best tropes, prove me wrong.

Just before he could grasp the cold hilt of his sword, a rather sly voice came towards them from nearby. “You two seem to be enjoying each other’s company.”

Two people’s cold, murderous glares squarely landed on Kim Dok-Ja.

He formed a bitter smile and was about to wave his hands around while backing away, but then, a new scenario message rose up in the empty air.

Bitter? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

“I’ll enter the 121st gate alone.”

Yoo Jonghyuk glares at me an wordlessly grabbed the hold of his sword.

We love a caring lover that can’t show how much he cares without looking violent.

Before the face of the third candidate could appear, I summoned up all my courage and shouted out. “No, hang on a minute! I don’t have any thoughts of marriage yet!”

I think we all know who the third candidate was...

Dokhyuk Moments: Part 37

(- means I skipped parts)

(420+)

And very slowly, so very slowly, as if he was studying his new enemy, brought the dumpling near his nose.

“….This aroma??”

That’s right, eat that damn dumpling, you bastard.

Okay waifu~ I mean-. Ahem.

“….It’s not that bad, I suppose.”

I heard Yoo Joonghyuk’s nearly-inaudible muttering and quietly looked up at the sky. The stars of the night sky sparkled as they looked down at us, as if the destruction of the world was a story belonging to a distant realm.

While chewing the dumpling, I began thinking this for the first time. That I wouldn’t have minded this story going on for a little while longer.

Yoo Joonghyuk being a Tsundere.

Sun Wukong used his arm as his pillow and began snoring away, and as for the pair of Tang Sanzangs, they used each of the Monkey King’s legs as their own pillows to sleep as well. They must’ve been fatigued by the journey.

However, a shadow quietly stood up, utilising this dead of night where the messages from the audience members and the judges had disappeared temporarily.

This can either be very intimidating or very sweet—like a father watching his family sleep peacefully as he guards for the night. In reality, he was about to kill Dokja, but we won’t talk about that.

[You can’t complete this universe.]

It was a gigantic wall that Yoo Joonghyuk couldn’t go past with his power. But he still instinctively understood it.

‘Past this wall is where I’ll find the answer I’ve been looking for.’

Am I the only one who thought ‘it’s because you don’t have your other half with you?’

⸢Kim Dokja thought to himself. ‘I’m Yoo Joonghyuk.’⸥

I bit my lips and formed the expression similar to the coolest person that I knew.

“Coolest person that I knew” awwwww

And then, Yoo Joonghyuk was standing before me as if to shield me. He glared at the sky, and pointed the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] scattering electrical energy at the opponent.

“I won’t say this twice. Scram.”

He protecc, he attacc, he has a wide and lonely bacc.

Yoo Joonghyuk discarded my wrist like trash and stood up from the spot. “….We’ve wasted precious elixirs.” —

Lee Jihye, watching that, spoke to me. “My Master, no wait, my Senior Brother is really cool, isn’t he? Even though he’s saying that, he was the first person to recommend using elixirs on you.”

That Tsundere fuck—

“Joonghyuk-ahjussi.”

He looked back at her with his trademark disinterested eyes, and her small hand pressed against his cheek. Upon closer inspection, a cream-type ointment was applied there.

“….What are you doing?”

“Be still or it’ll get infected, you know. Ah, don’t turn your head!”

Father-Daughter bonding- I’m gonna sob

She looked at me with distant eyes before shaking her head with a smirk.

[Well, yeah, you wouldn’t know anything about how awesome the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ actually is.]

I thought about it for a little while, before speaking up with a voice overflowing with affection towards, uh, myself.

Notice how he uses she/her pronouns now >-<. We don’t talk about Hayoung and Dokja’s relationship enough.

As things stood, I couldn’t really tell apart whether we were in the [Journey to the West] or [Kim Dokja Company’s Disorganised Great Adventure Get-Together].

Not a moment but it’s hilarious so I’ll include it.

Perhaps he noticed the direction of my gaze, Yoo Joonghyuk suddenly began talking to me. “….Surely, you fool must’ve realised this. You can’t save everyone.”

Those words hurt especially more so because they came from Yoo Joonghyuk himself.

For some reason, this feels very familiar. I’m not sure how, but it feels like I’ve read a romance novel where the male lead says the exact same thing to the girl. Or was it the other way around..?

Yoo Joonghyuk unsheathed his [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] once more and stood in front of us, wary of his new opponent.

He protecc, he attacc, he carries burdens on his bacc

Yoo Joonghyuk and I each grabbed Lee Gilyoung and Shin Yoosung, and flung ourselves into the river. Along with the explosive noise of the Tongtian itself blowing up, our phantom ship shattered and sunk beneath the water. —-We found debris floating on the river’s surface and managed to barely grab hold of it.

“Woo-ehck! Hey, I can survive by myself, so let me go!”

Lee Gilyoung kicked around and shouted out.

Parents. They are parents. Divorced parents.

Yoo Joonghyuk unsheathed his sword and stepped forward. He glanced at me as he did so. “Take the kids away and acquire the sacred texts.”

That prompted Lee Gilyoung to shout out as if he was having a breakdown. “Who’s taking who here?! I….!”

The boy’s lips snapped shut after he sensed Yoo Joonghyuk emitting his Status.

His jet-black coat danced in the air. It was as if he had suddenly transformed into a black hole; his back faced us as he stood there against the lights shining from 28 stars. That was the back of a man who had been silently protecting certain people.

I want someone to describe me like how Dokja describes Joonghyuk.

I nodded my head and replied. “Do your best.”

“Get going!”

Sacrificial spouse trope vibes.

He failed to comprehend the situation and was about to shout out, but before he could, I placed my hand on top of his head first.

“You understand? Gilyoung-ah.”

And that marks the end of the chapter.

Dokhyuk Moments: Part 31

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Shin Yoosung grasped my jet-black scorched wrist and spoke. “Ahjussi, about the next phase….”

The moment I saw the determined eyes of both her and Lee Gilyoung , I understood what they wanted to say. Yoo Jonghyuk butted in first. “You two must stay back.”

Worried father? 👀

“What do you know, you sooty bastard! I wasn’t asking you anyway!”

Lee Gilyoung’s provocation was met with Yoo Jonghyuk’s emotionless reply. “This isn’t the issue of your willingness, but effectiveness. You two do not possess any Stigma or skills related to ‘fire’.”

*gasp* Worried father!!!

“In that case, you also can’t fight, then! You don’t have stuff like that either!”

“But, I do.”

The corner of Yoo Jonghyuk’s lips curled up as he lifted up his sword. And in the following second, the blade of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] was enveloped in a fire-type sword aura.

[Character, Yoo Jonghyuk, has activated ‘Furious Flame God Blade Lv.???’.]

“You… You…!”

I gently patted the tearful Lee Gilyoung’s shoulders.

This is like waiting am immature father show off his video game skills toward his child. He smirked— as if he wants to impress the children after the divorce- I’ll go die now

….Hey, now that I thought about it, this guy also possessed lightning-based attribute, so why didn’t he lend a helping hand earlier?

Yoo Jonghyuk was glaring at me with his narrowed eyes. “Have you forgotten how you pleaded with us not to aid you?”

“Ahh, I did that, didn’t I,” I replied, before flinching just a little.

This guy, I haven’t said anything yet, so how did he read my mind?

When bae reads your mind 😍

“Why are you so dazed like that? It’s not over yet, so get your act together.”

I looked back to find Yoo Jonghyuk and his stiff expression glaring at me. He too had been sacrificing himself for the greater cause. What would he be thinking of right now as he watched Hades?

This is Jonghyuk’s way of showing worry- and he’s probably admiring his father-in-law lmao

It was a melody I heard a long time ago. I wasn’t sure whether that was my mother’s, from my comrades, or from someone else.

Except, as I listened to that faint song….

[The Story, ‘Comrade of Life and Death’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

….I realised that I didn’t want to die.

I don’t know if I’m delusional or if the translation changed from “companion” to “comrade” but I shall fangirl anyway. I love how Dokja and Jonghyuk basically have this mutual anti-suicidal thing going on. Like- Jonghyuk refusing regression because of Dokja and Dokja’s ••• (spoilers 😊 apparently, many of y’all haven’t finished ORV yet and use these posts to motivate yourself to read more chapters)

Then, someone else did stop them from the front.

It was Anna Croft.

“All of you, please stop! You mustn’t break away from the battlefield!”

[Nebula, <Asgard>, is currently commanding the battlefield.]

Anna Croft’s voice, along with <Asgard>’s Great Story, managed to tie all three of them to their spots.

Yoo Jonghyuk’s expression crumpled unsightly. “Get out of my sight.”

“This isn’t what the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ wanted!

Shut up, Anna

– Why don’t you want me to join the ‘Kim Dok-Ja Company’?

She always wanted to ask him that question. — was left behind along with the teachers at the rear of the scenario. She did want to go with them. She thought that it’d been nice if she could become one of those shining stars, too.

Is it because I lack the qualifications?

Jang Hayoung remembered the times they shared during the revolution of the Demon World as well as the Demon King Selection fights. For the first time in her life, she experienced bliss during those moments, and now, they had become an indelible part of her.

— she thought that she too had become Kim Dok-Ja’s comrade now. But, maybe, she was simply deluding herself.

– I’d like you to live a free life.

Id like to appreciate Hayoung here- we don’t talk about her enough. She’s the second most legitimate child of Dokja, second to Biyoo. It’s adorable-

A thing I noticed on this read was how Hayoung and Dokja’s relationship is so under appreciated. It sort of reflects actual trans child x parent relationships in real life, if you think about it. Dokja ‘made’ her and characterized her as a male since she first appeared in his life. Then when he actually met her (replicating how parents don’t know their children all that well sometimes) and she identified as a female, he sort of thought of her as delusional. Then, he accepts it. I don’t know if it was done on purpose or if I’m going all ‘English teacher’ on this but..uh yeah.

I really should’ve talked about this on a different post-

Dokhyuk Moments: Part 36

(— means I skipped parts)

(420+)

I disappeared for a long time— tbh I was just too lazy to actually do anything, but I found out about how many good Dokhyuk moments were eradicated in the ebook version and so I decided to write more Dokhyuk moments in anger and rage.

There’s so many good things we won’t see in the Webtoon ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

The kkoma Yoo Joonghyuk number [999] polishing his [Heaven Shaking Sword] atop my shoulder grumbled softly. “Your driving sucks.”

I know it isn’t our Yoo Joonghyuk but still.

Right after I went past the Gate, I was greeted by the rainbow-coloured aura swirling around, followed by the guide message as well as an accompanying video.

Rainbow for the gays.

[Player 1-nim says that ‘It’s fine if it’s a Murim dumpling’.]

Is player 1-nim Yoo Joonghyuk…? I forgor.

“By the way, you must really like Murim dumplings?”

“Yes, I do.”

“…..An ahjussi I know also really likes them, too.”

I knew well who she was talking about there.

I may have skipped a few parts after this one because this has been sitting in my drafts for 77 days 💀.

A heavy-sounding tone of voice came out from inside the carrier. It seemed to contain this surprising power to change the mood of the surrounding atmosphere with just a single word.

I swallowed my saliva and walked up to the kids.

OooOooO

For sure, calling a face like that ‘Yogoe’ didn’t seem all that out of place. Because, well, it was inconceivable that a normal human would be blessed with such looks, after all. —?

Eyebrows seemingly drawn by a single, uninterrupted stroke of a famed artist’s brush; a nose and a chin shaped in perfect angles that defied attempts to measure them through mere devices of men; a pair of deep eyes seemingly carved out of a beautiful jewel containing all the misfortunes found in this world.

If someone saw those features and not get immediately drawn in by them, then there must be something wrong with that person.

Dokja, you have something to tell us?

“Shin Yoosung! What are standing around dazed for?! Quickly defeat this guy!!”

Lee Gilyoung, still dangling in the air, began to thrash about frantically.

Gilyoung is adorable.

“Zhu Bajie is not our enemy.”

Yi Gil-Yeong’s eyes went extra-round after he heard me. He even looked disappointed for some reason. “Whaaat? Dang it….”

Gilyoung’s constant antagonizing Yoo Joonghyuk reminds me of Louis and Sherlock from Moriarty the Patriot. It’s adorable.

Yoo Joonghyuk stepped forward and suddenly brandished the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] in my direction, then drew a very tiny circle on the ground around my feet.

“You do not step beyond this line.”

“Eh?”

“Move one step, and I’ll kill you.”

Bwhahaha

His sword technique on display was beautiful enough to entrance the viewers. His swordsmanship had taken yet another major leap forward when compared to before, making it impossible to imagine just how far he had to push himself to reach such a realm.

The fact that almost all of his new found strength came from training due to Dokja’s disappearance—

I ended up worrying about him and so, I had to say something. “Excuse me, Junior Brother. Why don’t you walk closer to us?”

“….And who’s your ‘junior’ now?”

That idiot glared back at me with incredibly intimidating eyes and I couldn’t say anything else.

“The idiot” awwww~

⸢In that moment, Kim Dokja

I think this said something important, but my dumbass deleted the rest of the text in accident ;-;

Yi Gil-Yeong wordlessly tossed a pebble inside the campfire, while Shin Yu-Seung nervously studied Yu Jung-Hyeok’s and my current moods, her fingers fidgeting around with the soil on the ground.

It was then we heard the sound of a stomach growling loudly. Yi Gil-Yeong frowned tearfully and rubbed his belly.

“I’m starving….”

I grinned slightly and pulled something out from my inner pocket. “Would you like some dumplings?”

When dad and dad are fighting but you’re hungry, so they stop their fight to feed you:

Somehow, when I was doing the Dokhyuk Moments thing, I missed this scene.

Oh and I lost my spot while rereading ORV and had to start all over again. The next Dokhyuk post will be delayed:

N e ways~

I was working on the 32nd part of the Dokhyuk moments, but all of the sudden, I am hit with the middle section of chapter 412. I’m sorry what is this and why does no one talk about it? If you don’t understand what I’m talking about, here’s a hint: The romantic subtext and the chemistry between Metatron and Agares.

So, I decided to take a break from Dokhyuk and write down the moments between two old men. Or the moment, I suppose.

Metatron x Agares

Agares laughed again, sounding as if he was sick and tired of it. Metatron understood the meaning of this laughter better than anyone.

*sighs

The ‘Good and Evil’; they might be on the opposing sides, but they understood each other better than anyone else in the world.

That sound familiar to anyone? *looks at Dokja*

[You always needed to be told multiple times before you could understand]

This- this is a line that has been used in romcoms from centuries. Childhood friend confessing to the dense MC culture. This is told from Matatron’s point of view-

Even then, he had never seen that kind of an expression from the latter before.

🔳At that moment, Good and Evil looked at each other🔳

And he looks at me; and I look at him; and he looks at me; and I’ll stop now.

Um. This parallels to Dokja not being able to read Jonghyuk’s expression that one time.

[That is a funny thing for a Demon King to say.]

[I’m only saying it now, but to me, you don’t look much like an Archangel yourself.]

Metatron heard Agares’s sullen voice and couldn’t help but feel strange. Why did the demon he fought against for such a long time feel so, so close today?

Orv head canon of the day: “Metatron is a bratty, dense sub.” (Forgive me father for I have sinned)

But, he was sure of one thing. —

Even if they had become the Fable itself, what they chose to do now wasn’t because Fables told them to do so.

Aaaa look at the power couples of this webnovel just defying the laws of the universe. It brings tears to my eyes- (the tears are caused by my dumb•• accidentally spraying hand sanitizer in myself lol)

[I can’t do this alone]

[I know]

[The ‘Wall that Divides Good and Evil’ is shaking violently]

With one wall between them, the representatives of ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ extended their hands toward each other.

They’re holding hands （≧∇≦）

This is pure romcom energy, and I will fight you if you say otherwise.

The Archangel and the Demon King held each other’s hands. With that, the sealing tool emitted blinding rays of light and began expanding at a rapid pace.

And soon, it couldn’t be called a tool anymore, but a large ship, instead.

The ‘large ship’ is the Metatron x Agares ship, hop aboard.

This yet again parallels Dokja and Jonghyuk holding hands as they announce their new nebula.

They have less than half of one chapter of dialogue yet there’s so many parallels.

Because Dokja didn’t name his nebula ‘Forbidden ••’, we should give- I should really stop now.

As the fragments of stories splattered around like real blood, the latter looked up into the sky.

[Isnt this beautiful, Metatron? This is our end.]

The duet of ‘Good and Evil’ dimly continuing on was now flowing within the night sky of the apocalypse.

He saw the cascading meteor shower and grinned brightly.

ROMCOM ENERGY. That is all I will say.

Am I ashamed of myself for doing this? Yes.

(I was going to do a double update for the Dokhyuk Moments, but this took up so much of my time-)