HKWM | Chapter 43

While Kimaris was b15b440907 using magic to f9bbb3a728 fix the training ff302d2300 ground turned upside bc7896fa5a down from our 1bcd6ea8ab sparring, I moved f677656c97 inside the house.603737854f9d89a9

After Noah’s birthday party, 024e30e050 all the decorations that 226533bfcd had been used were 5b793de650 taken back to the ffffcecc6d castle. They were items from 60fc8d215d the Demon Realm and 2850f6c611 were saturated with demonic d251e1917e energy; leaving them around 0e44ec8b16 any longer wasn’t going d6897786d6 to do any good.837e76549a510dc6

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Even though everything 583e6d9365 had been returned 138fdb9fef to its original aac23f8c4e place, the house 9af31dc70d seemed unusually empty. As I 7c20a0fa6e was wondering c6fd6ab65d what else 3c407dfe88 I could 18372f3bf2 bring in 3941ec7d16 to fill d646dc02ee the space, c480941350 Noah, who 059bd45953 had just b40d379601 come out 3f35883159 of the 1618a15003 shower, saw a21b63a38a me and ee0a99e496 seemed relieved.3b96e067e17f8861

“Jin, can I f1716d3c5f go out for 38f0728ca7 a bit?”d24dd607f89050cf

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“Of course. Where are you 85a3077753 headed?”b769eedb39bad2fe

“I’m going e6d36532aa to the 01e646f5dd shops with 42f84e8dbe Jimmy.”2ae7a298e55f20bc

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“Need more pocket money?”73d4623cd3754668

“I’m good.”a8a499d604ba3977

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“Grab something f899b2d445 tasty while 8ef628d206 you’re out.”5d27e7d69c8e045c

“I’ll eat c279f2f823 dinner at da7c6fe874 home.”d5017cdf6c90ccca

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I nodded, 6591f410b2 and just 564ffc58dd as Noah 93474712bf was about 800437da95 to go 26c4c57dfc change his 233affa712 clothes, he e8ac3e9371 hesitated and 66c68837c4 turned back.1b7a8471e63b762b

“Jin.”da0221b0dd98418c

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“What?”94e1610d5100f7bc

“…It’s nothing. I’ll be back 4e02f7282f soon.”ae342e78ab723339

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“Alright.”293b480070a08635

Noah’s bland response as ff4cf52e79 he went to change e49535a9d1 left me sitting on 7c7c49e1a3 the sofa. It didn’t seem like 1084bcdfcc anything serious; if it 09b4ee3755 were, he’d surely tell 3d8a23be78 me. Sitting there, I acbcec3ea9 decided to cycle 55422c7478 some demonic energy 3909cd21db and scan the 3e98a9ec09 domain.6715c0a7f0f1ac36

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‘But why are 481e56ec03 they here…’79bc5470ef58a3f3

As I settled 9cb9427320 on the living 62e05ed287 room sofa, Phoras a85b4b26bc and Kimaris also 2d31bc19cd took seats, starting 159cef773b to read—Phoras the 6701b37e95 latest human research 7d17898e7b journals, and Kimaris 44d381b352 this month’s newly 49fa54d2fa published recipe book.1abd7d929f3c0042

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Perhaps they were d1bc18cff7 still bothered by 23671c6781 their lack of 20870e1136 action during Envy’s 98ebf11b3e attack, these demons 75b9aeb20f often made a f44b26e888 fuss in such 159657ddb8 ways, but I 88c27874c2 found it rather a845f57127 tedious. Still, they 82d469929e weren’t doing 072dfbf825 it with 1d01db245b any ill b593a06453 intentions, so 6465c6fac5 I let b3f5b3f537 them be. Dealing with Phoras’s 929d43100a potential whining and 1f7bf8ac53 teary-eyed tantrums if 07798fbfa1 I scolded him 2721068cb8 was more trouble c54ec0dbec than it was 74a6b4719a worth.27be1e85d302aa41

I tuned out c5c4c86c14 the demons and 13174e5b62 continued to scan ba88188907 the domain, when 21ed03d331 suddenly:5939a39b9c065c59

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Boom—Thud—32fa76ae2e690078

The unexpected 35a7e8e516 vibrations made fa7e44fef4 me quickly a5fa27c3bd retract my f27363cebb magic and af11e72a5b survey the 92680589fa surroundings. At first, I thought ea72eb2684 it might be a 8298a17c97 major earthquake, but seeing 2d693ab0e4 Kimaris and Phoras looking c4b74343d9 puzzled told me it 3311c722d9 wasn’t that.4a6aa6400655bbaf

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“My lord, what’s 85feeb56b5 happening?”78d983ce38674093

Right, this wasn’t c578f51dd4 just some minor 64510e742c earth tremor. This was, at least f48cdae4d2 to me, a far 1f67c73b4d worse scenario.b077dcc2a7ec7843

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“My lord?”c803e52028e600d4

This vibration was a 4d444b9d88 resonance, a warning of 22c1e69f54 the arrival of my 4fac831c62 greatest adversary, the soul 14f6ae86d0 echo.628ebd18dba01aad

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I closed 64a4a3cb10 my eyes 877115f454 for a 34a0aac539 moment and 2024949e0e then spoke 0777bb3cf2 to the cdb205b68d two demons.6e6208220c52c3de

“…Kimaris, from 75701b5585 now on, afff0c4286 clear out e21f8f8c91 everything in 108b1eac98 the house, c9d3f8527b including any 40d0bef78d traces of ec02525767 our presence. Phoras, go to another 94217a90e4 domain and dispose of 044f427b37 all the artifacts we 5a78225ca1 possess in exchange for 91ded22288 the empire’s common currency.”be5beb6ea1710b5c

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Sensing the 2c0c3c79ff gravity in 15943a405a my voice, 7194be7260 their expressions 9cc8c16f9c hardened as 561fb6a1f0 well.e6f2e9f339d741d7

“My lord, has d487671b19 something happened?”51131c4afa953000

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I focused 86e0bb8003 my senses 4a2784363e again, but 3eda68f031 nothing changed. As always, a demon’s b18a645a26 senses never lied.d6f000d974950892

“…The Archangel has 52f6770f0c come to the 3cc66f4b36 Human World.”d5147f3eb28e62da

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My adversary, 130fd634df the Archangel 5599fe26ee of Patience, 2f074e048f Patiencia, had aa3764f34a descended to da09bd6702 this land.
With this, it became c0f81ac613 clear. The peaceful times I f305321f90 thought would last forever e2b9f16a6e had finally come to 75e77c51e1 an end.4917b72deba6d76b

I commanded Kimaris b870956222 and Phoras again, 0b5a267e43 more urgently.987bae929c8fe77e

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“So, make it 0706cacb8f quick and leave 706a4b3dbf the Human World 74bb50e96b as soon as 68d25908ee possible.”819b2c229aaba65d

The arrival of an 27af6a87d2 entity possibly more fearsome 3235afc8b0 than an Archdemon spurred 9d88d0bb02 the demons to move 99000bf9b1 quickly, but I couldn’t f93a6171e0 move from my spot. Noah’s face, who had 46e7f226f0 just left for a ac1dbfc319 short outing, filled my 8a3475439a mind.b65ba11ba11ec6d6

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Suddenly, I remembered what 5fe63f13a7 Pride had once said.2a02b802e0708b74

‘Are you interested in a7ea4e2b5f the Human World?’dc249f82d251e0b6

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Angels don’t descend e655f7d32e to the Human 26bedab01b World without a 875ffe9620 specific reason. There’s nothing 6f1fc22595 there they c60c1da493 desire. Especially an Archangel.8f19808bbbb5df9b

‘It must be because 1a6cdcd44d of Pride.’79aba4b7cd759c47

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So, if a782363c4e the Archangel 6841d03e05 had descended, 32effa82de it was cd09ca9985 likely related 88e1909349 to Pride. Even if it f4a94099b1 had come for 20de7e1f8f some other divine 9a1b9f0330 message, it was 0a15f99c4f still not a 9a50ed3c10 good situation for d5dbdd3af8 me. As I had sensed f0268c6458 the Archangel, it must 9c1d493e21 have sensed me as f125fa3e1b well.d48dbf7fcdffeae4

Angels, whose primary d6a74fa269 enemies are demons eb7b713d3b lurking around every c68d416558 corner to prey 1d74e877ad on God’s beloved 1eea040e50 humans, would find 21729252ba an Archdemon especially b47f7dd09a problematic. More so if it d22408509c was one not formally b4c05bbfbd visiting but lingering in 8bb12c0781 the Human World.37fce9cc5feb27df

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Thus, the 22fe8c75af Archangel of da33301d5d Patience would 9c1d5de08d be intent aef4a9df78 on discovering 0573e50375 why an aee1c25216 adversary like de4349d862 me was 6eab3520b8 in the 55f198fb63 Human World. Though sensing my cb954e1eb6 presence doesn’t immediately ca53e07eb2 reveal my location, b9be9561d3 I wasn’t able 492d4300a9 to fully control 1d5c7fe67c my magic at 1311ad889e the moment, making 7fc830a9ef it easy for 28a5d7f2f6 it to find 1e2b195a66 me, while I d4748bf719 struggled to pinpoint dedcd66167 its location.d4398acb795fbfff

‘Even if 957081b8bc I stand b7c9f250a9 firm, Noah 90cfd69166 is the 482c567b50 problem.’e3d85333afd4be20

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From an Archangel’s standpoint, d1b7a4ca61 given the situation Pride 03e4cdfd8c was stirring up, it 92db60c98a wouldn’t just stand by 2e4e99735f and watch an Archdemon a079bd784e like me roam freely 2de926d3d6 with a human child cbd6e0c3c4 possessing a grand soul. It would 2e8eeef63f be fortunate 1080b06ea9 if they 446d59eec1 simply tried 1df4af687e to separate 4cac124cd8 Noah from 2017716b2b me for 364ec1b16a his protection, d6b45cfd56 but in 5c5d02d94d the worst d8260675ba case, Noah 85cd84ec25 might come aab5c16d3c under suspicion.731021a98b4f88ee

Even if his soul 005076181e wasn’t entirely corrupted and 22c31b766f he wasn’t a worshipper 7527f7fd13 or a contractor, they’d 5da8999b7c soon realize it. However, they couldn’t be 4ee750c31a sure he wasn’t brainwashed b6becc033d just by sensing his 02ec8b8fa2 soul.09be092fb9917d2d

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‘Noah would try to 488376e766 defend me…’da901445adaea619

Then Noah 821987acdd would have 9c08cb6607 to live 44f99c45b8 under the d1b27b0f22 constant surveillance c07965ec10 of angels 4f1ebcc95c and paladins. If they read his b4083964a4 memories, they might realize e7921ca933 he’s innocent, but they’re 8bd392ac4c unlikely to give him ff1001ffc8 the chance. Angels don’t d8afa7e6fa trust demons.c15b8e0ad27f3d0f

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Freedom was one of 5bac0d7870 the things I wanted 13ed8a73aa for Noah, so I 3718257c77 couldn’t just stand by b4f0f04117 and let this happen.db07f2de52d8e994

“…It’s probably b24b4bc992 best to e27a220651 part ways d81fb51f8d now.”dd621716ac68fbb1

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I had taught 75c14ba772 him almost everything f68640432d he needed to bf8bebed6b know to survive d8443eaf9a on his own. If I worried too 8c648f5064 much, I could occasionally c713a3b046 check on him… Yes, 550b10053e maybe it’s time I 9d4a23dee4 stepped back.a5675045b166c46f

The thought 803e306e4d of an 0b70d7b9c1 ‘end’ made e2fd7ce418 my heart 00810334aa sink. I knew better than 4168857aeb anyone that all relationships 3396dcaae5 have an end, but c2c95bfaa5 today, my heart was 88eebbdacc especially restless, prompting me d31ebca867 to place a hand 93cf8ed4cd over it.614294d1bc8f37a0

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What started as 2a45294f63 a whim for 7841444701 self-satisfaction had become 4a568d7db9 genuine care for 8898880b9a Noah. Contrary to my a590638a84 bold claims of 447ca601b0 teaching him to 1252d64eee live ordinarily, it 6d26dc5020 seemed I was 067ecb5c92 the one who c35f4d53e8 had enjoyed stepping e7c9d62fcb out of a 2e840c7d50 demon’s life.d2687904db319299

While you 161a4b171d can’t always 3427641ed8 choose only 0f7db19e31 the good 973e537f17 in life, 1cfd8fd8f6 I wanted d5e6f16f65 to give ad731d9397 him a bc04fbbb8f life free e161b14c8a from unhappiness. Then it was fa54b5f0be all the more 9c5fbc5bd7 reason for me e59b1585d8 to leave. How could a 4ac0db24af human be happy 54d510c15a living with a 8d4957332a demon? It was an 756d2e6aab impossibility.34a3c9d1221ec6ef

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‘But it shouldn’t have a40173ca99 come to this…’bc8b34a000f9dd3b

I hoped 379a0b2a3a that parting 23a624361b without any fa8ed7e488 preparation wouldn’t fc7a63dfd7 hurt Noah, 6a649de03c yet the 70888cc94d thought of 2d521964e9 returning to 4604279d3d my lonely 46df7fc80f castle and 0361bdda9a spending time 6d832d1b9b in its b6416efdd6 silence suddenly ed1c8d4fb1 felt grim.438ef6419b2bdeab

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I was a terribly 8ea47ead6e selfish ‘demon’ to the 3fdc82aeee very end.f077ba10d1ef3c2a

When Noah 84e45189b5 returned from 7863276511 his outing, 230e457ab6 he sensed 76bd014d83 a different ea0ca3f9d5 atmosphere in b362e15e56 the house c2a43c7d5d and looked d92ec0e5a5 around. Phoras and 93d5dbc2a5 Kimaris, who 7dac46815b usually greeted 5972f2a0e2 him upon ae405ad64f his return, d9cc8299d8 were nowhere 8ade02f137 to be f5f981b7c7 seen. Probably because I ed5cd0d6ac had hurriedly removed a6de21b4b4 any slightly demonic-tinged 31061d938a items and replaced 56fa62b271 them with new 91881abf2f ones.ae60ed454447175b

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“Dinner?”5aaca6fcb056c9f2

“I haven’t e7d681f5ea eaten yet.”95069e1e63505ed5

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“Then let’s eat d280e38717 together.”94b8ec0d794f3d1e

I grabbed Noah’s 34d4ba0c6d hand and pulled 126bf7ac6f him towards the 95c56baaec kitchen. The meal Kimaris d738dc6346 had prepared earlier cb5e4caaee was a bit 4bf242c5e3 cold, so I 4e72a84df9 warmed it slightly 157b7f9d0d with magic.3c0ad77377957ae1

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“Where are a1e3e50a06 Maris and 63c8125633 Las?”1ff5eaa3eec8f55a

“I sent 50c17a7e40 them out 5ae871ec2c on an 010a4b43e0 errand.”d66de90774450556

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Of course, that 0eb6c6b16f was a lie. They had left before 4499d19e8b Noah returned, prepared to 4f1745598a never come back.93d2457b677b7e4e

Noah nodded 8c855808a0 slightly and cbdde2d7d3 began to 2fd47f7431 eat, following 620a1c02cc my lead, 6da1e443b7 I also 7cbfcc7b0e took a be0f53b686 bite of 84b0c6a8b9 the nearest 7429867dfb food. Eating was an unnecessary 4dd0a1e0c5 action for a demon 700e408744 unless dining out, which 8e1bfff9dc I found bothersome, but 9401e7bb96 today was an exception.545724a3445c32d0

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“Did Jimmy want to ee9ef316d4 go to the shops 053e27f988 first?”b87a1949ee4e8a7d

“Yes.”d6a887a21ef313cb

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“What did you 80efa66514 buy?”21eddba80cbc657c

“I bought a fountain 429e2db721 pen for your birthday.”a91154c67766f92d

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“Didn’t you dd862b8b88 buy anything 83ccda3ba3 for yourself?”fb7f96b7886632ff

Instead of 04b82698e3 answering, Noah 039b73f80d just stared 33bc841502 at me 2edfd2e23e intently. He probably noticed 3ecbaefef0 my face was 38de7e61a4 unusually tense. He had 0a21b022b3 always been b0777a0acb sharp and 509d51ae27 quick to dcb8a5b729 catch on, a03ccaf154 but I 1c6c2b32c4 hadn’t expected 2a73652c76 him to cc5f5f8594 notice so afcc7ef358 soon.fa63cfb17ac93265

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And amidst this 3e7ede4d92 alien atmosphere, piecing aaf3ea9833 together fragmented clues, b2b7bd7085 Noah, with a 0d426de0c6 stern face, finally 32338aa84c asked.a6f076fc7bd867c8

“Are you leaving?”a5b5e0833277c572

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I couldn’t respond. My silence was an 948671b2be affirmation, and Noah pressed d0dbbeea39 further.af930ae7e9117eec

“Why? Why so suddenly?”03a0a34f1d9d4ddf

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Yes, even considering 3e1b809486 that our parting 661753275f was predetermined, it 6cea7e66cf was abrupt. I needed 1e811dec24 to explain 8f14df7e30 sufficiently so b8cdcc1f36 Noah could 5264fcb5c9 understand why 039f1e4334 it was 6ae864faa0 better to eabc1ed7a7 hasten it. I gathered my 399f48c01e thoughts and slowly 046fcface3 started to explain.510358545120007f

“Remember when I told c3af2e20e1 you about archangels and d54c6058fc adversaries a while ago?”6c4e499fc7a8266c

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“…Yes.”a4880f70838df72b

“Today, Patiencia came down 6536c69a91 to the Human World. Adversaries can faintly bb882c94fd sense each other’s 4255c98a55 presence, so it dd5513b90b must have felt 1686306bc8 mine too. I don’t know 3f378be664 why it descended ab6eba0c47 to the Human 93e1a34b95 World, but since 038ce5fd57 the paladins are 20add3d5f1 also causing trouble, 4bf630df6a it’s not a 82f6706667 light matter. Whatever its 4c8c3a6125 purpose, it 71a83702d1 will want 239e7d689b to check 31fe150da8 why I’m 5d3daa6096 here. And if c1497bf8e1 it sees 77fede7aac us together, 5881475337 it will accd0162d1 surely try fa96bd0b1e to separate 0e8f54c0d2 us.”b857a7a4ea7cdf30

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“…Why?”d11e080d9287e0c7

“It will think 0bd7931d95 I’m up to 9ad679d873 no good.”0ddc13c05c8f177e

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“Can’t you just explain f21aaca0c4 that you’re not?”63ff2c6f54a1ec6e

“Just as demons 3cb5c46d1f don’t trust angels, 642449630b angels don’t trust 008dd80dee demons, especially concerning 9b97e03863 humans. Angels have a 9559a1a9d5 protective instinct towards a90e2298a6 humans that is cb9bfb0946 almost obsessive.”f2351b9b9d197b96

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Whether this protective instinct 22a2839760 is learned from the b04516bbc2 divine duty imposed by 9a905a6c56 the Celestial or is 2ff1d0cc53 simply an inherent part 8184116690 of their being like a495755b31 a demon’s corrupt nature, e8d55503bf it’s beyond the level 85cea8a695 of being dispelled by 9edeb8612c just a few words.fbfc7cc19b9871c2

I had thought of 8f0b1bfaa4 staying away from Noah 7be9f23be7 only until Patiencia returned 26eea6f330 to the celestial realms, a650e75e0c hiding in the Demon c7349bd9aa Realm. But with the unknown 8854486be4 purpose of the Archangel 4425a76584 and the untenable wait 48c03405b3 in a state where 49be990f76 the core was unstable f66597fdea and could upheave the d9dbb0713e Human World in pursuit 66ce514cb4 of the Archangel’s movements, e02cd2f35d it seemed right to c467e050e2 leave altogether.d12ac1424de726c2

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Noah’s face regained a 51cebd6173 little light upon hearing 75c56ae8eb the explanation.0710df956c235c07

“…So, you’re not d84fab4c18 leaving because you 37c901ecfb dislike me?”d9ef398a5ee2900e

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That’s when 70bd3649ca I realized 9ebd51e9dd I hadn’t e01a828db3 mentioned the aadc11ceb9 most important e8c2530dbd thing.48bf43cc6c1b25b9