As a transmigrator — and a high demon personally named by the Demon King —

Agusheed rejected the title of one of the "Seven Sages of Ruin" and instead chose to embark on a journey to reclaim the emotions he had lost.

A thousand years ago, he once traveled back and forth to the “Heavenly Realm” alongside the most powerful human Archmage, Flamme.

He also dueled with the “Corrupt Sage” Qual, seeking not victory, but validation of their respective magical philosophies.

Yet, no matter how hard he tried, he could not rediscover the feelings he once had as a human.

………………

Flamme: Agusheed, I imagine your life from now on will be longer than I could ever fathom…

Agusheed: Perhaps.

Flamme: Agusheed, there’s something I want to tell you… I’ve fallen for someone.

Agusheed: Who is it?

Flamme: A man who doesn’t understand feelings at all…

Agusheed: What do you mean?

50 years later

Agusheed: No… that can’t be right.

A demon unable to comprehend emotion finally came to understand what “love” meant —

But by then, she was already gone.

A thousand years later, on Flamme’s death anniversary, Agusheed sat quietly at her tombstone in remembrance.

It was then that one of the “Seven Sages of Ruin,” Aura the Beheaded, came looking for him—