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#joongdok fantasy AU brainrot where yjh was transmigrated into his sister's favorite BL novel. He had read it briefly before, mostly because he got curious over something that yma didn't stop talking about. As a result, the only thing he remembered about the book was that it

centered around a certain hero and his journey to annihilate the demon king. Along the way, he would meet companions who swore loyalty to him and later become smitten with his charming personality. One of them, whose name yjh had forgotten, even married him and they lived happily

ever after.

To his relief, yjh was not some important character, he seemed to be only a mere guard who was tasked with protecting the castle. The pay was good and the work was easy, so he had nothing to complain about. Mostly.

The thing is, the food was absolutely horrendous,

They seemed to only use salt and pepper to season the ingredients while the only cooking method was boiling. Oil did exit, but it was only used for poaching. After a full month of experiencing the cuisine, yjh was 1000% sure that he could never get used to it.

Upon getting fed

up with eating boiled chicken breast and rock-like bread, he decided to cook meals on his own. While there was no soy sauce or sesame oil, they did have some herbs, which were all used for medicinal purposes. He sneaked some out of the royal garden for his own use, something

that he didn't feel a bit guilty about. After all, it was the god's damn fault that he had to experience this place's horrifying cooking techniques.

The castle was somehow adjacent to an abandoned forest - a place no one dared to set oot into. Human-eating monsters were said to

reside there while just touching a leaf could lead a person to death. Yjh once got lost in it, thinking that there was no way he could make it out alive However, to his surprise, he came out unscathed, even managing to find a few rare cooking ingredients along the way.

From that day on, yjh would often spend his days in the forest on the pretense of patrolling. None of his colleagues wanted to do it anyway, so it was easy for him to get the position. Upon entering the forest, he would cook a meal for himself before practicing his swordsmanship

- something that the original owner of the body seemed to enjoy. It also made him feel good so yjh didn't mind at all.

One day, when yjh was cooking fried rice for lunch, he heard someone coming in his direction. The footstep was faint as if the other was deliberately

concealing his existence. However, such an attempt was futile to him since the forest was basically his home ground. Having been trained here for a long time, he memorized all of the possible sounds that could come from wild animals or monsters. Therefore, he was certain that it

was a human. Someone with a high level of skill even.

Without batting an eye, yjh threw a knife at the approaching person while still keeping an eye on the sizzling fried rice. It took him a lot of effort to get his hand on fresh onions, so he really didn't want to mess the

dish up. For some reason, the people here were obsessed with frying any fresh onion that entered their view.

Judging from the sound, the knife didn't seem to have hit the other person. Instead, it became stuck on a nearby tree trunk, something that yjh found to be a pain to

remove after his practices with throwing draggers.

Yjh looked up from the pan to see what was going on and to his surprise, a young child entered his field of view. The boy was thin to the point of looking malnourished. Countless marks could be seen on his little body while the

clothes he wore were close to rags. Despite all of that, his eyes were bright, reminding yjh of the constellations in the sky he saw every time he was on a night shift.

The boy didn't say anything but yjh could see him staring at his pan of fried rice. He even heard a grumbling

noise coming from the other's stomach, something that made his face flush a pretty shade of red.

Yjh wasn't cruel enough to leave a starving child alone, so he offered some of his food to him. The boy was wary at first, but after taking the first bite, he started to wolf down

on the dish, not living a single grain of rice behind. After finishing the whole thing, he politely returned the plate to yjh before disappearing once again into the forest.

And that's how he started his routine of sharing a meal with a boy he didn't even know his name.

The other would appear exactly when he was about to be done with a dish, something that made him wonder if the boy was stalking him or not. They didn't say a single word during the whole meal, and the boy would leave immediately once he finished his own portion.

Being a man of

little word himself, yjh didn't mind all of that. Besides, it was nice to have someone to share a meal with, even though the other didn't even tell him his name. Deep inside his heart, he missed the times when he could share a meal with his sister. Eating all alone made the dish

half delicious as how it was supposed to be.

The routine continued until one day, yjh was caught stealing herbs from the royal garden. It was partly his fault for letting his guard down just because he managed to do the same thing countless times before.l Yjh was convicted of

treason, since the garden was only meant for royalty only. Before he knew it, he was sent to jail, waiting for the day when his head left his body.

The night before his execution, yjh felt a presence inside his cell. However, he paid it no mind because he was about to die

anyway, what's the use of caring for something that trivial? With that, he drifted into sleep, not caring whether he would make it alive tomorrow or not.

When he woke up the next day, the first thing he felt wasn't the hard floor of the prison. Instead, it was soft and fluffy

beddings that greeted him, something that he definitely wouldn't be able to afford both in his past and current life. He quickly opened his eyes just to be met with the sight of the most beautiful person he'd ever met in life. Soft black hair, milky white skin, and constellation-

filled eyes. For some reason, yjh felt like he had seen those eyes before.

The man introduced himself as kdj, a demon king that resided over all of the demons in the world. Upon hearing the word "demon king", yjh immediately knew that he was supposed to be the villain that the

hero would kill later on. However, was a villain supposed to be this pretty? The author of this book must have a thing for good-looking men.

Kdj continued with his monologue, saying that he was currently short on staff and would like to hire yjh.

When he asked what kind of position it was, the demon only replied with a smile before asking him to come with him. Yjh was skeptical, but he still followed the other. After all, he didn't really have many choices as an ex-convict.

Yjh didn't know how long they had been walking

until they reached an iron door. The door looked intimidating enough for him to prepare his mind for whatever kind of torture devices were behind it. However, to his surprise, there was no such thing in the room. Instead, it was filled to the brim with kitchen appliances, all of

which looked shiny new. Different kinds of ingredients were on display, some of which yjh hadn't even seen before. Hell, the royal castle's kitchen was nowhere near whatever room this was.

Before he knew it, yjh had become the personal chef of the pretty demon king that saved

his life. He also managed to woo the man along the way, which resulted in a wedding that the whole demon realm celebrated for 7 days and 7 nights. Together, they had five kids that were all lovely and adorable just like kdj. Yjh might have cursed at the gods before, but right now

he felt like they had done a good job.

Unbeknownst to yjh, the humans that once wished to execute him were now looking for him as if their lives were on line. Well, that did make sense given that he was supposed to be the hero that killed the most omniscient demon in the world -

the Demon King of Salvation.

Kdj was aware of that but he made sure none of it got to his husband. After all, he still wanted to enjoy the delicious dishes that yjh treated him to every day. He already held a lot of secrets from the man, so what's wrong with one more?

jdksklssk this was only supposed to be a short brainrot but somehow it got this long 💀

At first, I want to write yandere demon king kdj who got obsessed with yjh's cooking and wanted to make the hero his. However, as the story progressed, I realized that my dumb brain was not

capable of something high-level like that so yeah that's how we got to this point...

Anw, I'm still open for commissions so feel free to send me a DM if you’re interested!

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