ᴬᶜᵃʳᵒⁿᵃʳ ~ The Devil Judge

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No additional comedy from the same night because Eun-mi was asleep and it's an unspoken house rule to not disturb her sleep unless it's an emergency. All the same bullying Yo-han shenanigans happened just without Eun-mi as a witness.

Eun-mi was incredibly unhappy and worried. Heo Jung-se, the incumbent President of Korea, had put a new bounty on Yo-han's head during a press conference for anyone who could provide him information on Yo-han.

Basically, he used Yo-han's own strategy just without offering to pay out of his own pocket for the help. An important factor that a good amount of people online noticed.

"Will this be okay?" Ga-on asked the duo that was Yo-han and Eun-mi. "He was a famous actor ten years ago, but now he's our president."

"Yes, you're right. The President, the Minister of Justice, media moguls, they practically are the Republic of Korea." Yo-han told the two.

"You declared war against the whole country. This much resistance was expected as least." Eun-mi added while sitting in one of the chairs in front of Yo-han's desk. She looked over at Yo-han with a small frown and concern in her eyes. "Will you be okay?"

Yo-han lightly laughed at her question before he looked at her affectionately. He reached over to her, brushed his knuckle against her cheek, and she stared up at her as she felt her breath get stuck in her throat. Ga-on looked back and forth between them repeatedly and wondered if he needed to walk out of the room before he saw something inappropriate.

"It's cute that you worry but I'll be fine. You don't have to worry your pretty little head about me." Yo-han reassured her with a warm smile on his face. He then dropped his hand and turned to Ga-on with a cold expression on his face. "Do you know how they gained power?"

Ga-on remained silent and Eun-mi let out a long breath in an attempt to calm herself down. If Yo-han was going to keep surprising her with these random gestures of affection she wasn't going to survive. At this rate she was going to pass from a heart attack like her parents.

"Through hypocrisy. And the more dire the crisis, the easier to touch people's hearts. The foundation aggressively expanded the size of its charity projects ever since the pandemic. However, it wasn't disaster relief that was the bulk of their expense." Yo-han told Ga-on while keeping a hand on Eun-mi's shoulder.

"Then what?" Ga-on asked him having no clue in how the foundation made their money.

"Promotion and marketing. Tragedy sells and making yourself seem like a god-send gets you gullible loyal customers. They promoted and exaggerated themselves on all kinds of media channels. "Noblesse oblige." They sold the image of fully responsible elite members of society to the public." Eun-mi explained to Ga-on while trying to ignore Yo-han's hand on her shoulder.

Why he was doing this now and in front of Ga-on of all people was beyond her. Her heart was pounding in her chest like crazy and she was pretty sure that Yo-han could feel it through her blouse.