#awww but dokja trying so hard to protect them

[pttucker]

Han Sooyoung drew a straight line beneath her chin with her finger. I grinned and replied to her. "Don't worry. I'm not going to do that." Unfortunately, she did not look convinced. At all. It was Shin Yoosung who followed up after that. "Ahjussi, then why did you activate that Stigma?" [Stigma, 'Sacrificial Will Lv.8', is currently in activation!] The unique Stigma that I created was busying pumping more power to my companions while floating up a message in the air. Jung Heewon spoke. "…Can't you just switch that off now? It's been getting on my nerves for a while now." "And why is the Stigma's level so damn high, too…?" Lee Jihye also grumbled loudly. I spoke as if to make an excuse. "I only left it switched on in order to increase your powers, everyone. Really, I'm not thinking of doing anything weird." This time, Lee Gilyoung jumped in. "But that Stigma, it only comes on when you're trying to sacrifice yourself for your companions, right?" "Ahjussi, you're lying to us again, aren't you?"

CALLED. OUT.

Dokja this is what happens when you're constantly trying to trick your companions into unknowingly letting you throw yourself at death for them.

THEY KNOW YOU'RE LYING!

And they are having none of it.

[moonlight-blue-rose]

I'm finally finishing the 1863rd arc yayyyy

Ch 299

1863rd hsy will stay to lead them ( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈♡)

Also the Fourth Wall is working so hard, trying to keep kdj’s panic attack at bay. He still can’t believe what happened… ;-;

Unavoidable… I wonder was Gabriel trying to protect something or someone. A person who cares about the other angels… choosing the lesser of two evils seems like something they would do

I can’t help but adore the way he cares for Uriel… He wants to help her. She helped him so much and showed great care and love. Kim Dokja just wants to do the same for her awwwww

Jophiel staying is something I never expected. But Gabriel saying that kdj & yjh remind them of their own companionship with Uriel… Both of them need each other, I see…

Ohhhh I’ve seen this quote before! Can’t believe it’s from this arc. No matter the choice, the end is inevitable… Whether you want it or not, the world keeps going ahhhhhhhhhhh Such a good quoteeeeee

*cries* he wrote down the information they could useeeeeeee

And hsy unsure whether she could accept this… It’s no longer the world kdj knew. They aren’t his companions. Yoo Joonghyuk is no longer there. Yet, he still cares so much ;-;

SHE GAVE HIM HER COATTTTTTTTTTT

Giving your coat to someone else is a love language

Doksoo nation, we are winningggggggggg

This is so cute ahhhhhhh, what the fuck, Kim Dokja has no right to say something like that, this stupid rat *shakes my fist at him* So cuteeee ahhhhh

Just the fact that you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist…. Awww man, these paragraphs make me feel things ;-;

Hold on a minute, this is ominous as all heck! You can’t drop something like this and disappear! Every story has a beginning and will one day have some kind of end. Even if it’s left unfinished, this too, will be an ending. What kind of story can exist without these things?

Ch 300

Because it was a choice only someone who loves the story with his whole heart could make. Because, even if no one could understand, there were things he wanted to protect. Things he couldn’t sacrifice for the end or for his own gain. Because there is love, and it may not be enough to change the way that story was supposed to end, but it was there. It was enough ;-;

*crying noises*

Oh you little bitch-

I have a feeling that Kim Dokja’s own belief for his story will play a role in this as well ahhhhh

Where-or when- was Kim Dokja thrown????

Ahh immediately meeting someone newTM and kdj just giving us crumbs to their identity. Such a kdj move

Lmaooo poor Kim Dokja, being embarrassed to say his modifier. Don’t worry, sweetie, your modifier is lovely

Ah, yes. Finally – the infamous Squidja lmaooo

The 1863rd arc was lovely, despite all the p a i n. I will be sure to reread it in one go in the future. But for now, let’s see what orv has in store!

[pttucker]

Now that I thought about it, I had no clue what Yoo Joonghyuk was like around my other companions when I wasn't around. 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. Meanwhile, the kids sidled up to my side and began chatting away in happiness. "Hey, Demon King of Salvation, you did alright back there." "If you haven't discovered the truth about those Yogoes back then, we might have ended up in a big disaster, disciple-nim." To be honest, I hadn't done anything of note. Yoo Joonghyuk killed Yogoes, and the one who saved the village was also him. All I did was spectate from the sidelines and say a couple of lines. Even then, kids were busy praising me, not him. I glanced at him. As if he hadn't heard anything, he concentrated on polishing his [Black Heavenly Demon Sword]. ⸢In that moment, Kim Dokja began wondering for the first time ever. 'How did my companions see Yoo Joonghyuk while I'm not around?⸥

Oh? Is this arc also going to allow Joonghyuk to get to know his companions more and vice versa? If he even remotely considers them "companions"? I mentioned a while back that I'd be interested in knowing exactly who Joonghyuk considers a companion because he's explicitly said Dokja is and that Sooyoung is not. But it's Sooyoung so...

I mean, I know that Breaking the Sky Sword Saint told him that he doesn't have to do things alone and I said it's found family time, but I honestly thought that by now he'd be a lot closer to the rest of Kim Dokja's Company. Especially since Dokja was gone for three years and in the meantime they all appeared to live in the Industrial Complex together, but I guess if his first instinct is to run off and try to complete the quest himself maybe he really doesn't consider himself part of the group at all and vice versa?

Or rather he's technically part of the group but he doesn't actually interact with anyone in it outside of protecting them, leading them, training them, etc.

Thinking on it, aside from when he traveled with Jihye and then Seolhwa, he really has been pretty much alone hasn't he? Up until he decided to basically follow Dokja around.

And when Dokja is there his companions are very focused on him...including Joonghyuk. We even had that whole arc before Dokja called on Secretive Plotter the first time and most of their POV was just them watching Dokja flit about and trying to figure out what he was plotting. Not certain they even mentioned Joonghyuk who, iirc, was injured in the infirmary???

I guess I was aware that he's been actively pushing everyone away but I never noticed how isolated he actually is from the rest of the group even when he's right there beside them, aside from Jihye and Seolhwa. Though even they seem to have slowly assimilated into Dokja's group.

Since most of the story is from #1 Joonghyuk Fanboy Kim Dokja's POV and he's always focusing on Joonghyuk and always forcing himself past Joonghyuk's hard exterior and making him talk to him and acknowledge him and teasing Joonghyuk and so on, I guess the fact that he's "Kim Dokja's companion" but not really super friendly (as friendly as Joonghyuk ever gets) to the others kind of slipped right past me.

I mean, we have Dokja who's literally the center of everyone's attention at all times and who absolutely adores his precious found family more than anything else in the world still thinking that they all secretly hate him or that he brings misfortune upon them or who even knows what dark thoughts he'll have from one moment to the next. So I kind of thought it was the same with Joonghyuk? He just thinks he's alone? But I guess maybe he really is pretty alone when it comes to the core Dokja group (everyone but Jihye, Seolhwa and Dokja himself).

Awww but Dokja is trying so hard to make Joonghyuk stay and just be with them. The same Dokja who sent Seolhwa to Joonghyuk when it became apparent he wasn't even going to say anything to her at all, and the same Dokja who started out doing all of this with the intention of saving everyone so that Joonghyuk didn't have to end the story the same monster who had to watch his companions die over and over and over again.

Oh man, but the kids are just flat out ignoring him? And he's ignoring them back? Just praising Dokja for literally doing nothing while Joonghyuk calmly cleans his sword off to the side. Ughhh I know that Joonghyuk has been purposefully distancing himself and so he's probably rebuffed their attention before and most people aren't as aggressive about ignoring his rebukes as Dokja, Jihye, and Seolhwa, but it's still painful to see.

The speed at which he consumed the dumpling increased. Second bite, third bite… Eventually, his hand reached out to the second dumpling. But then, he flinched and stopped, and began glaring at me instead. "What are you looking at?" I sneakily averted my gaze and began chowing the dumplings as well.

Awww, when he's not being Big Scary Supreme King Yoo Joonghyuk or verbally sniping at Dokja and Sooyoung he's kind of adorably awkward, isn't he? He's forgotten how to just sit around and chat with people. 😭💖

Kim Dokja's Company, you work on making Dokja rest and not jumping to "self sacrifice" as his number one solution to all problems.

Dokja, you work on getting Joonghyuk to act like a normal person around people again.