Chapter 175: Debts and Duties
Perhaps... this was what legacy truly meant.
After finishing their discussion, Illiya no longer had a reason to stay in the room. He rose to his feet and prepared to take his leave.
Once the golden-haired elf had left, Sebastian finally relaxed.
The once upright and dignified demon collapsed bonelessly into his chair, as though his spine had turned to jelly.
He really wasn’t fond of social interaction.
Aside from handling the affairs around His Majesty the Demon King, he preferred to avoid all socializing if possible.
Unfortunately, he had made promises to others and that meant he had to do it.
Sebastian let out a sigh and, still slumped in his seat, allowed his thoughts to drift, trying to escape reality through sheer mental vacancy. But reality was merciless and offered no reprieve. It constantly squeezed him dry.
This... this was probably the true life of a corporate demon.
Only now, he wasn’t even working for the Demon King anymore—he was working for the elves. And the reason for this was because he still owed them favors from a thousand years ago.
Thanks to the relentless compound interest of emotional debt, he had no idea how many favors he owed by now.
After the elves secluded themselves from the world, he lost all chances to repay those debts and could only watch helplessly as the number of favors grew from ten to a hundred... then from a hundred to a thousand... Over so much time, the total was now unfathomable.