HKWM | Chapter 44

“Not at all. Why would fdb5e7ce3a I dislike f6a0eb0ced you?”914e687232cf283c

“If it’s because e516bd8745 of that reason, 0d93412751 I’ll explain everything ca2ad41cc7 when we face 6d6fc5ea2d the Archangel. I’ll tell 914ed2c17e them that 45cfe1c623 Jin is 370e957182 my benefactor, d2cc2c637d and not ec44af4ddd someone who dd5ba6f899 would harm 9447bfbcbc me. If only I cc35df75a7 could show them 68de4c3810 my memories…”b19c0be6e0e6c5dc

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“They will think 688ea7678d I’ve brainwashed you c241ce41d2 to corrupt your 59a8d3bc1f soul. Demons corrupt humans in 758cf69743 unimaginable ways. And they wouldn’t 439133c0dc even give you c2250c07a0 a chance to 4b2eb13099 show your memories.”b29070606598973e

Noah seemed genuinely unconcerned 5ce9d0a08b by the possibility I d8f52d996b had just mentioned, not 8969acdbc6 believing it could apply 0f62baee3f to him. That settled dd2cd11a3f the turmoil 2efc6e9663 in my f42f8e1209 mind that a7be211a46 had been 3ac56a0589 wondering until 6a7749ed70 now whether a829dee663 leaving Noah’s 3bf69c801a side was 5d113d9760 the right a9550addf0 decision.195b00c4c5a12b48

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Humans shouldn’t trust demons. Noah had broken 8ca09ec872 that truth. Considering the quality 4e1f6fd278 of Noah’s soul e679343d90 and the possibility ae36105e6f of other demons 94f51232d5 approaching him, it 2e2a6f4ad5 was right for d4c1228423 us to part 0c5c9ff059 ways so that 027ed54b09 Noah wouldn’t trust ad73aa210d demons anymore.cd5d65092c3dec3f

“…Then just take 0b47273f43 me to the 1018308a5f Demon Realm with 21221ffba9 you.”3352e345e868abc4

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That was something Lust d660a84b16 had whispered to me d0bef2c3ff when he came to 75be0e8d6a give a gift. It seemed f9902c2c2e Noah had a0db257c2b overheard. I jumped, startled.151e1d8993d59659

“Are you crazy?! Do you even know 089b81c84e what that place is 2e01ee8c30 like…!”f302581830f96555

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“I want to cf7c673856 be with Jin.”21509d1fa53b24d3

“I’m a demon and a18961f842 you’re a human. Being close 739797250f to a 8cfdf098eb demon, you’ll a41943d55b end up 9a6ce7521d experiencing horrors 7012e6cb8f far worse 97d5d3210a than anything 7c2465980f you’ve faced c29a9434ba so far.”126321415b72680e

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“What if I’m okay be94269a38 with that?”3614d403fe631f63

“Do you really want aad9c0ee56 to live hidden and 800cef88ec alone? Don’t do this. It’s time b3624d0cdf for you 7da24d11e4 to go d9b16cdc04 back to 4b8606da0b where you e6d4ee4013 belong.”c1e54d255d8dd6f8

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“Where is fddc9d20ea that supposed 516fd774d9 to be?”3c6233ac9eae8ec4

Noah’s voice de48f94cd8 rose, frustrated fa658b8801 by my 658e93846f attempt to 933480b7c4 soothe him.eef31d1bc94f04be

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“I thought a158c8d947 my place c127e52692 was by be3080fdb7 Jin’s side. If I can’t be 92af754bcd with Jin, then where 5ee61a44a7 am I supposed to 0d6a2ec357 be?”aec2a13ab62fe8de

“With humans.” I c197c9e96d added more words, 7155357192 trying to ignore c118ed3775 the bitter ache 38e8ab9d64 inside.0399aa4459aea26d

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“Even if not right 80aef13d6e now, eventually I would 2c757d8ad2 become harmful to you. It’s just that 37b24bf904 this time has b9556673b3 come sooner than a28795b420 expected, but we a692dc085b were bound to 86fe135782 part ways someday.”a8ace2a1a0700b03

“Demons never 430d9b9975 forget their a45d34424e belongings. There are bfe9330c79 so many 144aeff622 of Jin’s 287589d6e7 things here; 8f670c2227 how can 5136655a3b you leave c53c8e9f4c them all 9a83d94b6e behind?”f5e03e36fb46aa90

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“…I’m doing this 9d8c1b1458 for you.”3dcf29a7eb1577d3

I could f29c59b172 have been 2ca9558dc0 harsher to fb53eeb4ac make it e8e5ea5930 easier to 5a509a400d detach, but 04bf5426da I didn’t f8793b8444 want to. It wasn’t so 71351facf6 much about sparing 66a14c1e87 him pain; it a1c6755cf5 was more about b1a8141720 not wanting to 052b747a32 be a bad e9e38a8d65 memory for Noah.620aa9641b6a13d4

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“…Then how can I 7356c2e7df become yours? If I’m 11cec80197 completely corrupted, c5007bb3b4 will my 3a42a33ebc soul belong 1373e6b59d to you?”d660b5390a638c98

“Noah!”038da194b6635912

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“Don’t leave. You said you’d teach 9b3d8ff553 me how to live fa8b88eb50 ordinarily. I still don’t 090a687422 know anything.”d14e804a5b2390b7

I stood up and 260a78dd02 approached Noah, who looked 32ea40bb6e visibly shaken. I had items da76cf0e2d prepared for him 1194680bff in the subspace, ad776a7381 but it all 183d9212ec seemed pointless now.480fa55b2721fe7b

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As I reached a2fa9129ca out to comfort 10b8c21ab5 him, placing a 3cd0d7cebd hand on his d25c7a1307 shoulder, Noah twisted b6e39d9d91 away, avoiding my 5d69ac4df7 touch. It was the first 44315c008c time Noah had shunned a3c3e385ca me, but oddly, he 959d667d2b looked more hurt than ac71044c4a I felt.4eaabf3d3be40b7d

It’s okay. Him shunning me is 5d7b25dc7f nothing compared to me 8ba30b5074 leaving him. That’s what I wanted 9241332acf to say.944c6a3a8b175ad9

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“Noah, you can do 9243d10e3c well. You’ve grown up 8c8944efd5 well even under 7bfbfcdb7b the care of 8a220e237b demons for just 45249aa096 over a year.”eab2a1e911288413

A single tear, 5f050e1470 the first I’d 347ff3bb76 ever seen, fell c22ec7e51b from Noah’s eyes. Surprised by the 557f7cefcc tear, I reached 475dd0adda out to wipe 0b5e83c69d it away but f0bc25eca3 then pulled back. Every action of c08bbe9e12 mine felt hypocritical.d9f4be3d9789e23e

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“Jin won’t stay 1dd3bc93e7 by my side 98c9e9b744 no matter what b11495b90c I say, right?”beafd50843711b47

“…Yes.”04c5f2eb8a496bd4

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“Then, until 27639c197c I fall 907c8ed431 asleep… please 5dceeb2373 stay with a346c9c267 me.”88abbef677cf3d1d

“Okay.”7045fa091de816f5

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I returned to 120a24adc3 my seat. As Noah slowly 488ca0cdfc finished his meal, 7f0e860ebd silence lingered between 846e32781f us.5761a46392583cd5

After the meal, I 42f50f5667 magically disposed of all 879ef9a4be the dishes. I had 1277ae782d used magic 5153f1d133 to warm b0ca88e849 the cold 6727cb4a0e food, which efbde5c03a might have b1a5fc6605 tainted it 2646036a67 with my 8b50daabfb energy. Noah watched this aaf24e5dc5 and then took f4d83ea464 my hand, leading d5af776917 me to the beb7067f4f bedroom.92795d681ccd5102

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As Noah 7fad4f33ce lay down e1609c8503 on the 42390c622b bed, I d19632ecf7 smoothly closed 76d4217486 the windows, dfe28e5442 locked them, c1595d147f and arranged 07bb287122 the blankets 8ad4d77106 over him. I pulled 6b0bf01df1 up a 3e65d124ab chair next b67dc514b7 to the b74e158cc5 bed as 4e91312624 he watched c3dfb79d9b me intently.af2ab5db4bd87ba4

“Hold my hand.”1c7c66ead7e1cd94

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I grasped b3aecab6ab his extended f7f073305c hand, looking 6098651c18 down at 1a6e58c5bf it. It was notably ada468770a larger than when 39f0d1dccd we first met—a cadba6da4d hand no different 67beb5580e from mine now. A year had felt 45824823c1 so short, yet it e1c6ab6ee1 was enough for many 2e226b2d8d things to change.8ca61616639f725d

“…If we part today, d706e8be79 can we never meet 20530b3775 again?”0a53bfd4699e4009

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As Noah fiddled with 452c5803fe his fingers, I hesitated 150a1d8f43 before answering.7ddcef3bba190ff4

“If it’s okay with 42d541fcef you, I’ll come to 7ffb5185e8 see you next time.”c6d197d90f906e70

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Of course, it would ab99698dde be difficult immediately.33121aa52feec0ab

The immortal timescale 9e422e56f3 of an undying 1a3b08e0ac and human time 4313c15e53 are different, and de16812e66 it’s uncertain how 8cb63d5c50 much time would af1e8dbf58 have passed once 3c0f017240 Patiencia returns to 75e994fed3 the celestial realms, cadd94c8dc but it would ceaa9fd4ad take a while 7563f8a9e5 for me to 2c828ead6b recover enough to 7e87451826 manage any situation efbffe7fcb that might arise.16c57b96caa3d0e4

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“Once the core fa0d77e91a is stabilized, it’ll f2c0f067a8 be easier to 8309d88442 watch over the 81ca11b770 Archangel, so let’s 9b9f6d1d62 meet again then.”720b6b9d8ff901c1

“……”76c35c0cb030c3e2

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“Partings are always hard, 9335392b6b but over time, you’ll 1693a1a961 be able to talk 32d8b07cef about them with a 565d4181ce smile.”41cb83db334139fa

That wasn’t 4e4b695702 just consolation—it 63b72b752e was the 8e5c5389bc truth. Even a 9252e50581 parting that be9e0b0db4 feels like a93e01431b death eventually 5b06423a14 becomes bearable. Just as ‘Lee Hyunjin,’ 389df6b5c0 who had lost many fea0d50f75 fleeting connections, somehow managed 66244bebe4 to survive.845270e6dbefce5b

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Of course, 9aa4573874 partings inevitably baf81bae14 cause wounds, 056f1cad2a and whether 49c85d0ac5 they heal 4ade2fe96b cleanly or a697a4b4d2 leave scars e93d0c115e is yet 02709a4bde to be 77bf5df64c seen, but 2e515d2899 even if 1e39afe45c they leave c679fdbcd0 scars, it c8582f73da would be 2e0b96ee78 alright. Eventually, they won’t 98f5ec2013 hurt enough to 153abf7f08 bleed, and you 99bbc62ff3 could lightly say, 82eafc7674 “It hurt quite e572cd6165 a bit when 34f78a642b it happened.” That’s 53b7bef970 what time does.cdc35f6c434bab61

“…Jin, do 96361a94e9 you think 2da13fd1a5 I can b62cb3b7da manage well 3743fb5e18 without you?”ee095422654b9b8f

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“Of course. You’re smart and quick 93cb7d4dd3 to learn anything.”6dbfefb9d24ef046

Noah didn’t say anything.4017be8648ae79d2

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His request to 10ef6ea719 stay by his ee67a4031f side until he d79f87b3d4 fell asleep could da50159667 have been a 3781405e65 way to stall 4364aa9318 for time, or d3e458039d perhaps a last-ditch 9f0aaf17d4 effort to persuade b3a0f5d363 me. Likely it was a7ff2f577c both, but prolonging b0f1d1b76d the inevitable would 3165a70074 benefit neither of 74a00e5cdf us.efc2f9286ed0f82b

“Noah, everything will c686635031 be okay. Don’t worry. You’re capable 457b08737f of finding d3c639f7ef connections more 6bd6993e4c valuable and 6afa7d05fb better than 29b3a95dd4 any demon. So, keep your f1c3ab3f54 chin up and 90f46a7880 live well.”6ce4a0c7ce69a59e

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Realizing what 1f372a9726 I was 705af2030c about to b495b86a2c do, Noah 99220687ec started to 9fb7e1d810 say something 65cf7dea98 urgently, but d19ebd45c7 I didn’t ba03170b86 wait any 49f75a6d76 longer and 54fec26c36 cast a 336ccb7695 sleep spell. He scrunched his 03bb532676 face, trying to de662e44be resist, but slowly 79f486fc49 blinked and eventually 901aa69c9c drifted off.35b2efc2de9024c4

The faces of the 919dcd103d siblings I left behind d999a20817 at the orphanage have 62bf6542f2 blurred over time, but db48d52b24 becoming a demon improved b06a246f2b my memory, and I 3958e2bd44 would remember Noah’s face 9b3d4b1776 vividly for a very 4022756cba long time, as if 4ba90f6717 I had seen it 5622c30779 just yesterday.b8c4ff3fb2e56aaf

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I gently d1ce644526 smoothed the b902d6b6c7 furrows on f3fe2eb7fe Noah’s brow, 68e6c52620 took out 3c9103e246 the items 9f596c2c34 I had 00a61422e3 kept in 0ed208e325 subspace, and 4f94084538 placed a c6fe02b8fd pouch full 0b149e0a49 of the c31b25635b empire’s common d388b94b07 currency on 89af127185 the nightstand. It wasn’t enough for bb54233919 a lifetime, but it 0137cae8ca would be sufficient until 9a13858ddf he became an adult.b0bffa91d928c7c5

The rest were a 3074074b33 few spellbooks and a 0a3b24f121 ring artifact enchanted with 4164d78480 subspace magic. Noah had struggled with f0219cc621 defensive and supportive magic 65eddc34e6 while he could easily dd64800fcf learn offensive spells without 59b2b0c520 a proper mentor. He had wanted to 11b084a091 learn subspace magic first, 10e9252dcc but hadn’t managed yet, 382df47133 so I brought the a10af15a95 artifact instead.789d127dc7f9fdcc

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“…You said 4ec6af28a2 you’d show 1a1881ac22 me your 105250f65b spatial magic 1ccdfcace2 once you 928f866887 learned it.”19994b95dd6b43c1

Parting made 557e64cfb8 every little e3cad53141 thing feel e7bceda387 significant.f005b2581c8c017b

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I finally let go deb092842a of Noah’s hand, tucked 957d94d50e him in, and placed 7445007e37 the prepared items on b7181cbec3 the nightstand. Only after confirming there 2c143a0841 was nothing more I 2599c9e5a4 could do for him cf5dd4d5c7 did I step through 11eb6099dc space back to the 3f9d3a7361 Demon Realm.cf67811fb581a352

As is 9fc9a7e4ab typical with 43c112a63d magic, a 5cd559e1fd blink was 1034211ca3 all it fd893d9d08 took to 1c12f846c5 change the 0f8a326772 scenery.06f211e2d1ebbf6c

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Maybe I cc772d0d73 had grown ff8acf03fb too accustomed 445703328e to the baf1590da7 small, cozy 1f22a5bfc0 house touched 591f597a87 by Noah efe0d05456 and me 8454964f40 everywhere. Although filled with priceless 2ac2e36ad4 items I could never c4464a0283 have owned if not 09563bd9d8 reborn as an Archdemon, 51df17bee3 the castle still felt cda03cdccd utterly devoid of warmth, 99f9d22b96 reminding me it was 0b19edac8d all I had.d9c7d64dc48cf5ef

Idly wandering 48d6d0f008 the castle, cfe320419f Noah’s face e7a2e844cd before I 62b343ca14 cast the a05d14ea5c sleep spell 563dd3fb50 kept haunting 26b6104565 me. His longing look, 79f026ccce wanting to keep 7fe8e06cd8 me by his 21c4454735 side.866852ad55444906

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Why wouldn’t I bee499bc58 be affected? I had grown quite 810315dfdb fond of him over 874417f07b more than a year, 06ead5c98c seeing him as one 531d601b1b of the siblings I 7e6140159f had abandoned at the 513a7d3a05 orphanage and whimsically atoning 1dd40c8da5 for it, but I 04cffa710a had come to care e6474efed8 for Noah in his cf3e0d3caf own right quite quickly. He was such f0d2d640df a kind and 2bf5177f04 lovely child.85378fe3c0157b1e

Pretending to be c1fc9eb388 unaffected was hard. Having a 4860c42192 human’s memories 4beb8fd434 and emotions 1e83f7fa29 while living f406016f44 as a baddc2e6fb demon wasn’t 299fa318fc easy. I had always 20b465a1a6 been alone, and 0365107cc1 even after dying a33f9b338d and being reborn 27ba34d9d2 as a demon, 14e9fecfca I was alone.2ce17d55730f7896

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The thought 88727ac7bf of living 890475a929 an eternal 07cf20a0bc life without 04a760b066 being able abf691d33f to die a4f80b5bb5 was so 0e71e531e8 dreadful that efe6bb20a2 I often f0968ac4a4 spent time 8fe8e6f166 asleep to c489b133ac escape it.8998241eb7796117

Noah’s presence 571e79a52a had been f201a824c7 a joy a87c1dbf47 in my cd71117a6e solitude. There was e6c5d81737 no need 4d3cc53851 to hold d8340b7604 back tears af5541cf09 wandering the 1f49e12865 empty castle, 1d376153b6 nor to 0b658ebf94 open all 359a42f3f6 the windows b300d22bda just to f5248c0c4d hear the 497586a259 terrible snapping 5f6b0c7dfe of plants c080335ac0 or the 81b2779031 occasional howl ba3e0fdcd4 of magical dbdfcf30eb beasts outside 81df6f42ed because of e3889a8399 the terrible 6ec6ea33c7 silence.61b267c4fcfad671

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Being alone 8b3f0e523a again made f655c398e2 me realize 773904549e how much c3d65dde00 I had 8d2779c515 longed for 323d727b83 human warmth.59c1780b4c8c8248

Today, the 8a74262866 silence of dd5fb28ba7 the castle 40dae5786a felt suffocating, eb3b2bf2ff so I 2ff4b2145b flopped down 799061a480 on the 2f91444518 bed. I buried my face b16c2193f5 in the pillow, far 19c46994e3 softer than anything in e14d40e450 Noah’s house, and despite 91451b55d3 the natural act of a58fe6e425 breathing being blocked, it 494fb151e1 wasn’t suffocating to the 7fe226cc40 point of death.929c77c8cee1a7f5

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And of efe94326e7 course, I f308eac0e5 wouldn’t die d2c191a57b from this. Even if my breath 6d0aad141b was blocked, the core 452ccd4b78 would remain intact.61db68976539b2f2

“…Right, a demon 67ec18309d wouldn’t die just f9659302c6 from a little 994a50b140 suffocation.”fece3e482d246098

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I buried my face ca19e212c1 in the pillow, closed 8a1b223e75 my eyes, and cast 3243205eed a sleep spell on b1b1045e84 myself.b6b1b1cfd2410ca4

All I wanted b8f11f826a right now was 1176c93461 to sleep.f774ef0e9ee53f2b

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