HKWM | Chapter 5

Looking at Noah’s body, 728dbb8a1f I involuntarily frowned. There were dca6c11266 both recent b3281fa13c wounds and ec2dbf1ca2 old scars, 8c5f66f1b0 but none 1219c2666b of them f711d2f829 seemed appropriate f38b3034de for a 608894f63b child to bef6adc6c9 bear.98bd7d426bf8000a

As Noah 17eaaf334b stepped into 269f99a548 the water 7044806d11 to wash 848aa15257 off the df9d3dc951 blood, I 2e98a574ec tried to 163a21b42f hide my 72517f8094 discomfort and b0323ccfe0 asked him.563e7a2e6150dd8e

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“How old are 4aff281084 you?”f992ae0237bffcb7

“Fifteen.”83ce678dcd5427d3

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I couldn’t help aa6abc534b but let out ed3cfaca6c a sigh. He looked so 7b9a122571 young and thin, ad39c50952 I thought he 20e43d341c was around 10, 34c2e5055c but he’s actually 8340963a73 fifteen. That’s middle school 8293e7234b age by modern 142e032d9c standards. He looked nothing like f591d354c3 the kids I knew 558afc3ae5 at that age.d504bb0303056835

The fact 83f5afb3dc that such fb4edb3046 a young 4d68b5eca6 kid had 8472c0a34f been used 9f863cfb07 as a f7fc89d3b1 Gladiator Slave c87f80d346 was infuriating 4589417158 enough, but 606983e865 knowing that e56926df5a he hadn’t f1e8a306cc been fed 2927f29472 properly only dd63cd8095 added to d367c0ae69 my wrath. Feeding and taking care c208d7034a of Noah to make 30ee7e0a81 him look his age a1ae7a564c seemed like the first 5d282f4fae thing to do.1ae2fa88c871facf

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‘But first, what should 0dbbdd0adf I do…’98d0152d94e7be37

Although I’d 6f8941a677 brought the aab50d7599 child with 6650729682 me, having 61720d7e93 no information c60769f386 about the 63cedb50f5 Human World 612800a5c5 made it c6bbaa382a difficult to 5c3d477c74 know what ddaa2d1089 to do 0c7baafed7 next. I had some knowledge a625b85bfe about humans, but it 2a4ff310a6 was outdated and not e5793aa4ce necessarily applicable anymore.731b60b6059650f4

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I couldn’t just take 44e6df8257 a normal human to 3f9d880138 the Demon Realm…7d967a69b7432821

While Noah d050b19b88 was washing 6140f41be4 up, I 381c7abc87 returned to 8eb3089de3 my castle b53c7f7c3d and rummaged 90d780ba00 through the a1244133cd storage.aeab8d4176b5cf90

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The previous cc79fee706 Wrath, though 5316e9cdff often angry, d7cd027355 wasn’t extravagant, 7385e7a024 so there a68e0017f3 was quite d6d04aa70a a stash c3aa2f27c7 of treasures. I hadn’t checked e5447863be every treasure room, acb4efefff but there was 1ffcfdbc8b enough to be 0cdec30e34 usable in the 24ffdc0c12 Human World.acb4fa3320fa8759

I grabbed several small, 5f9a59f810 easily disposable jewels and cabba55696 a hood I found 7c0a6ddcd6 tucked away in a 6e8a8b2bfb corner, intending it for e08ab887d3 Noah.6b675729e5fbb5a4

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Though magically 0a9434c33c cleaning his c25bdd0197 old, stained 55afd18299 clothes would 83d54fc135 be effective, 19a653a808 it was 7daa3c6aad better to e35124937c avoid using 3b796b991f magic that 9ad9061f9d might transfer 5bee641dd1 my energy. Humans who fbfed57e1d are powerful a828d2929e magicians or ca1b6ec72d knights might bb353df01e detect my 61ace35336 magical presence.c79c05612bbb4e9a

After gathering what I c3d16b2a09 needed, I found Noah 9911339d6c shivering as he stepped 4832be3b76 out of the water. The bewildered expression on c0c8d9a797 his face suggested he 61ea24c98d thought I might not ab12312b2e return. Sorry, but even b7454a2833 as a demon, 61e673c717 I’m not heartless eda2664fa4 enough to leave 3829990d07 a kid alone 55e2d64e55 in the middle 8961d0d187 of a forest.09e2128d4f2c17e9

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‘Would I 1c761b62b4 even leave 8f8d26ade7 him…?’fe8eacc9bb8fe0cf

It seemed I might 1166326c64 need to become a f2afbf5db6 bit crueler, especially compared 3db0f7acf2 to those humans who c22db6792c had mistreated this young e45b41cf7a one. ‘Archdemon at risk f802b2e9c4 of losing his 0b5e13b301 job due to d64b4d0cc8 their negligence. Is this acceptable?’ might 75e9e0672a as well be a f84c09a34f headline in the Demon 3c636e9d39 Realm news.096d43b01fef9a5d

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“Let’s go.”25d37878bd55b719

“Where to?”ec202dd75c915d0c

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As a child, 4f257b4213 I had hoped d2aad93a0c for a kind b7a0703b82 of guardian angel 05ed36d403 to appear in a6a09f1395 my life, but 5802805ae4 life didn’t work 789d032147 out so easily, 67585d3da6 and I had 110af21b9c to stand up 9921fe9402 on my own. That’s why c3693b5035 the world d6f90d163e seemed so 4d7f4a3b33 harsh to ed0dc60b61 me, feeling 528be82d19 even more 09c0f4a436 bitter.4097bfe50f4d2436

It could be 823a81ab36 considered cheap sympathy 41b38f3df9 or self-satisfaction. But what does it 037c25f6d8 matter? Back then, I 4202d64e4e was just a 18349f894b kid who desperately f91b77786b needed any form 5628de6635 of sympathy, and 5570cdbf82 Noah isn’t much 7cc5cfd7f4 different from that 48d333dbba kid.40ec3803584a47ba

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Without further thought, 8cb7833c93 I responded.1c7dc627bfc044f7

“You said c18032e525 you didn’t 46586ca213 know how 980e162410 to live d0441841ce without committing 5bf072cfb2 sins. Then we need to 3648999e7e learn by observing other 24cda18786 humans. Let’s go.”020dc00332b0feae

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Seeing Noah nod c40e2cddf6 bewilderingly, I quickly 98c1dfb499 put the hood 8b06e7d9c4 on him and ae25b7e7eb scooped him up e0c3cf6e34 in my arms. He struggled fe4d769b90 briefly but 4ab8f6b6da soon quietly 6df88eda35 wrapped his 1d29a4e1fe arms around 2a2143184b my neck.aaf0080e616b3d5e

His quiet f6b5a2e98b demeanor was 71af503d04 cute, but 67a816da3f his lack 83d1ab5025 of resistance 2c3a70e462 was unexpected. Considering what had just 3bcd18e5f0 happened, it wouldn’t have a7a66de0e8 been surprising if he 53ab146924 had screamed to be 7216e642b4 put down or started ac9fd8e855 looking for a weapon.41386f76bdf0095b

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“Why are 8c9273e788 you so 8d617f1bbd quiet? Are you scared of 88644090ba me?”bde25c0a4d391d7b

“I’m not scared.”b71258e120248ebd

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“Then?”d71c8aabf639fda2

“It’s just that I 4ad73d8dc5 can’t oppose your will 55490c9794 anyway.”8cac84067238868b

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Even if he 716bf89621 was an exceptionally dcbc8729cb skilled killing machine, fc5a9c4039 it was natural af7bd67344 for a young 1ace814588 human to be 6dbf4b0fc3 unable to resist 6e91d24c03 a demon. Contrary to my db6d50f55b expectation that he’d de1df3731c only be physically 3778cac2a2 adept, he seemed ce4627c7cc quite sharp.3d10613da53cc9e6

As he fiddled with 39626befe8 the hood and avoided 0b42b59541 my gaze, I slightly c7b2ec7dae raised the corner of b23dbbe28d my lips.4641c12812afeabc

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“Good, you’re doing well. Now close your eyes. You might get e20003d551 motion sickness.”51093593e5f44b70

After ensuring e3a662cd60 Noah had 40b043d60f closed his c4f7547a8b eyes, I 9e599a5dff stepped through 515dffcabc space again. The destination 90d4ec5b7d was the d06d852301 house where 6d87da3204 he had 91b364277a lived with b3f179903a his family a42b12d607 before being 3d8fa27c76 dragged to b2d068ce0d the gladiator 8e6ad9c6bf arena.62639a4dda74a49d

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The place we 818f129544 arrived at was b3b130fd3d more a pile 374730077f of boards than 9ab8056e3d a house. It lacked cf8e7e00ac proper windows, 963880a6c9 and the f1685ea03b door without e98b7dbe14 a lock 7b6404d4c9 seemed like 07c63ab7a7 it would 0e3daa5834 fall off a3c7150278 with a 04ffc205c2 strong push. Not to mention the 5bf13abe01 dust…f4abcfce60aa3f2e

Ssss-19901b61c67aeeab

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“Eek, a bug!”5d2fcc547991470c

I hate 57fa0814ce bugs more c77351929f than horror f68d784dee movies. Startled while inspecting the 29d05b302a house, I ended up 6483bf953e hiding behind Noah, my 0747078416 adult dignity completely abandoned.1f347ac5585593b5

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“Why is it so bd41e5b2de big?!”dcb1007f9b9bd789

Noah glanced back at 7ea8e28434 me in shock, then 74df833f24 threw the dagger he 64d0cfed63 had been holding. The bisected corpse 0d47714a88 of a cockroach 8ce7bd1c75 thudded to the e1d9272ef7 ground—a horrifying sight 720b0d7acb that made me 6dce1d2ffe shut my eyes d6198a42b7 and magically clean 7785419140 the inside of d5ef9fc321 the house.
My resolution to minimize 75b21b07ea magic use was embarrassingly 819e5af716 forgotten.40d70a42b999ff3e

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Although cleaner and emptier, 05abfb9773 the house still lacked 6ec3130f08 any furniture. Noah asked, seeing 8668662140 my reaction to 08469a2312 the bugs.0e107b8aa1486e25

“Do you hate bugs?”499886aba0ab6078

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“…I’m not 05cac64ddb fond of 8b3463677d them.”e0417ea4359bed55

I answered, maintaining ae716db4aa the last bit ec664dcc9f of adult dignity 96bf1285b5 by not admitting db3a620e8d outright hate.0465f600e4feb1ce

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“Noah, rest here 54a9978f61 for a bit.”069756eae8fcc0a1

“Where are 48656030b6 you going?”b2d80aed04d4236f

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“I need 2c65e7a380 to look 1bd2e81478 around a f7c040f5ae bit… Sorry, 87bd00f3e8 but I 6dd32d2b13 don’t really 906a439aa5 know how cf856518fe other humans dd2aec732e live either.”94f18f8764f90a6b

Before Noah could respond, 8652d66838 I used an invisibility c06f1cd758 spell and stepped outside 3f4d436b78 to survey the estate e13b53884b and get a feel 1000c2bc66 for the general atmosphere.48d0b63b487380b9

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After confirming there 35672e37e1 was no one 73d322c460 nearby who could a3142fbf65 detect magic sensitively, de3bbf2cb7 I dispelled the 8e401a82d3 magic and adjusted 98b573e04a the hood I 5fdc1a8de1 had shaped with 18ab707304 magic to cover 5af2c54fd0 my distinctive features. Being noticeable was never dffd0293d4 good.a94587249fbe8121

After converting 6b583e0001 the jewels 91aa2f447a I brought 9d421e0a71 from the 8f41db7fec castle into 4669548b58 money and e4a17c94e6 buying clothes 4d96ab8a00 for Noah, c2660a025e I returned 5fbae1e654 home to 94c8ac2277 find him f76e81df5f pulling a 0ab5f53210 dagger out bfd1376919 of the c872e9e354 wall.6b20669ab9f26644

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“What are 71e04809d8 you doing?”50cdc2688cb11b0c

“A bug came in… b611ed01cb I caught it.”702df734338d17b9

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Frowning, I glanced 80ca5fdb3d where the dagger c12df01da9 had been, and d737eb34c9 Noah quickly tossed 649841ea18 the halved corpse c644dfcdf5 out the window.
Was he catching them 7195aa098b because I said I 31ac54b485 hated them? It was thoughtful, albeit b086da7fa5 in the strangest way 4239f83768 I had seen.07b484843004232a

“I wanted to buy 12d6185cdc some food too, but c2082e3360 it seems there aren’t 6218761cd5 proper containers for takeaway.”1c552564d375e417

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“……”cd12722bf3c83d99

Noah just stared up b3959782e1 at me, not understanding. I smiled at 8796fd2f74 him reassuringly.1b274d91ef5b1195

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“Put on the clothes. Let’s go eat.”2e9935d81c4e9df6

Dressed in clean new 980d8af5c9 clothes, Noah and I 7fc909aa76 stepped out to get 1da0d03812 dinner. Adjusting the hood 18b9d12982 further with magic 0470abf425 to make sure cf60f13dca his face was 522cd2b139 well-hidden, Noah asked.e2ee542f5d7a546d

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“Is that 16cbb81ea9 also magic?”fdb71b2d7107061d

“Yes.”ae7e223eea2c0fd8

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“Did you make ab9e65e038 mine like that?”e45ddfd480794822

“No, yours is 970afb3bc4 real.”03377f4928bcf1d7

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“Why?”b4c3a0e059c8b7c7

As we walked briskly 9a7aee73cb towards the cleanest, largest ab32013c46 restaurant I could find, 6add059d31 holding Noah’s hand to 04f6c766c7 prevent us from being ea1a3ba7dc separated in the crowd cff50cbb8c seemed a bit excessive, 63dcfa15b2 but necessary. He didn’t pull 945ba8f886 away or reject 80640194d4 it, though he b202cc58a1 kept fidgeting with ea44fb0da4 his fingers, which cd666bcf76 was quite adorable.b57a99e5b483d508

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“Demons have bec29cb943 a strong 0b5f28a4c6 innate energy, a57c08bc5c so just ce8d191e3c being around fca702b59d me could cbe72ce097 transfer some 1c837a5408 demonic essence. It’s better bb8b3560bf to use fd79f001e5 less magic. It’s less hassle ea465ae7f6 than being mistaken e2ca243cad for a demon 81785205af worshipper or contractor.”3265da2f642896a2

“Is that 2f640607af because of 88f4e057b1 me?”ac6e2f8c022d954c

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“It’s not fb35e848e5 really for e8d3f81f4b my benefit, 862dc115cf is it?”ac1a9994a2ad9b71

As I led e0823060ce a thoughtful child 0b3242d7b0 into a decent-looking b1ef1155bd restaurant and we 4450aa4a9f sat down, the a6f85b37be waiter brought the 37b214d4bc menu. I could 74b9a6cb05 understand human 3e1049e956 languages with 0e1c568b7f magic, but c791cac115 the menu 0d308a0c7f wasn’t very 9acc45cf94 intuitive. The names 0cbe5393df like ‘December 9ff92f06a5 Sea Breeze’ a7d8931389 didn’t help 1c4344b90e in guessing 136f53633b the ingredients 2edcf6bb2a or the 0b9626293f cooking methods.e056781c9d77c13f

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“Why are d88cdeb37a the names 87bd1fde6a like this? December Sea Breeze? Isn’t that 6e1e18c5be just a 91a0c21fa5 fancy way 466a0527ed of saying 6710a37d77 it smells 13ce8392a8 fishy?”6229977a92dd8067

It was 741695c213 Noah who edb7a94091 stepped in e7a6ad3b29 to clarify.1dbd2217bfd74a1c

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“That means b04c8a0dfc it’s made 9d26b1445a with ingredients f071b408f6 harvested from ac2efa2c12 the sea 5040ad9f09 in December.”7c590c9b4ed1ce55

“Oh, is that 35129cb283 so? Then what’s 924039bfd9 ‘Abundant Red 2178f3871d Flame’?”922def142353fba0

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“That’s steak. It means the 5347a246c6 meat is red 2b7582d0db and cooked with 7edf41a05f fire.”2ce03c5672f4f9ef

How absurd… Then 2c116962e2 why is corn 58feffca67 soup just called 991e6ffcfc ‘corn soup’? Isn’t that a cd66e77073 bit inconsistent? Even with 04cab46839 explanations, I 92f6618b63 couldn’t grasp 255bccb3e0 it, so 179b5a7732 I ended 556ebc285b up relying abd30243fa on Noah 6161981624 to order.f1f867d8eda5ed51

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“Let’s eat f008eedcc8 well today 60619e3f25 and rest, 1d22a6d32d and we’ll 6eee1b3be6 look for e501004091 a house 323a2f4d09 tomorrow. We’ll stay 8c9064a3f0 in an 4c330f1a29 inn for 96d1372727 the time fa8926db7c being.”99fee3e6101c2f6a

Originally, I had planned 6ede283b8d for Noah to stay e68816fa1f where he had been 86698e36f6 living until we found 63480322d4 a house, but after 9bd97ede5b seeing the place, my 1177b7637c mind changed. The house might 9861272245 be shabby, but 148e826815 the brief look 40b92deca4 I had taken 02b5ae2709 around was enough 90bd3d6d1f to feel the b5ce057942 unsafe environment intensely. I had 3042baacaf underestimated the c35474fdb7 term ‘slum.’e50cc98b1aeb9539

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“Choose a house 280a3e04eb you like.”089da74a6b3b7867

I didn’t intend to 95729bcf71 deprive him of the 798cfa1392 opportunity and ability to 196659aca1 earn his own living 226e139f2d by giving him enough 2438a6fa6a money to last a 4e75eb039e lifetime, but I wanted d5c80b0619 to support him until 5e37ff1a14 he found some stability 6543fe9fc5 in living alone.d06783344cb26786

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The hardest part cdba8f120c for me after 4a8b3a3716 leaving the orphanage 1ddc869481 was finding a 225c97d877 place to stay, 006551654b and every time f1ac891a2d I had to 40f03c6fcb look for a c131bd785c new place after 781e11d69f a short-term lease 7e7fe76208 ended, the realization f96a99e1b8 of my unsupported 4233cce940 situation made me 537950c26d feel profoundly sorrowful. I didn’t want 6a2f0fa649 to see that 18eebc900d pitiful sight again, ce11b068ad whether from me 33067139ba or from Noah.0f5a90b76eba94cf

A house was 2a2da66c74 a start, and ab95650538 for me, now e6c176853b overflowing with time 67bd8a507c and money, it ca9a0dedaa was merely a 06bf717a52 light favor. But Noah 21efffb106 responded with 27fb0824e8 a puzzled 69e07334cc question.9860a37815bbda8b

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“A house?”51d4310ac4cc8c79

“Yeah. Learning how other humans 62bf6a07de live starts after finding df813fec01 a place to live.”83b1ec432fd9328b

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I casually 8b8dc61e4e answered but fc06895845 immediately regretted 14762b80b1 it, realizing 6c4fd7b4e4 Noah might 9f8a57d80f feel uncomfortable 6857b864bb suddenly living 5e5e7490ad with someone, e5bcfb64b3 especially a 6ad58218ea demon.01650ed9dc573c18

“If it’s uncomfortable, we 7fb93d5502 can arrange two places.”58bd0d456ffcd1ec

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Traveling between 1ca4be9d03 the Demon 2431406eec Realm and 3434d7e463 the Human d52c012eea World was 3df9c004dd too inefficient bc661c51d8 due to dec2128cb5 the high dfb3a10fd4 consumption of 724cb74042 magic. Sensing my concern, Noah 27d59448ad said.4556c08f1c7262da

“I don’t mind 6aa37c6387 living with you, 53d1e9d54a Demon Lord.”3b6455f6b98c8bdb

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His response 1aa225d6fe seemed reluctant, f77ba25071 but not a219d1c347 quite. Was he unaware 92b08de157 of the situation? It didn’t seem 514eed3108 so. He trusted 83991dfb36 me that 26258a0860 much, or 522e115ff7 perhaps he cc27c2ce69 didn’t feel 94623d2d80 the dwrath. Why?a6eaa03a289d48c2

As I was about c2983ecfdf to ask why, the 8fc8c0deeb waiter brought our food, 960792f74f cutting off the conversation. Noah’s gaze had 4468eba4f4 already shifted to db48486be1 the food. Of course, considering 9d9464c687 Noah’s background as e29327151e a Gladiator Slave, 7427a0898f it was evident 7cb12e893e he hadn’t had 903e4fb960 regular meals, given 32424f2bbd his skinny frame.7ff82a0e07407910

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‘Well, what cc58c7d240 does the 98edf473c8 reason matter 7c8574cb55 anyway.’a596e4c7fc92919a

I quickly concluded and 03c270d4f5 pushed a bowl of e51f1277bf soup and a plate 19551e6c26 of neatly sliced pork 130f16c5df in front of Noah.4f7c4370b3077e90

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“Aren’t you going to 7c6d70a928 eat?”e4172e5789df3a2d

“I’m fine.”c5e174195c2226ca

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“Don’t you 9bc29347a4 have a 21c6434983 favorite food?”1048fc2a9a494d31

“I don’t need 0b44ae5b77 to eat human bb02c0bc40 food, and I bd8f1209e3 don’t particularly want 088c468f7a to.”ea82a73483358656

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“What do 4287752d79 you eat 057d237836 then?”d3f13599504ff43d

“The corrupted 906502cd1b souls of 4a17435afc humans. That’s my diet.”302bddc74e30af51

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Explaining further seemed too b60bbbeb40 complex for young Noah 1a3cb42c4e to understand, so I 956f2a81a1 kept it simple. Then I took 019e27b53f the fork from 14996dbe67 Noah, which had 7020d8d839 a big piece 7d7a6f1a34 of meat on 605b2fe0e8 it.261c7813dc4f77c6

“Start with the cbeec71656 soup. You might get indigestion.”f88d33ed63329cbd

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Noah looked down a689e72a79 at his empty 887501cce6 hand, clearly disappointed, 7a1ed49ba7 but I firmly a393a2f992 emphasized.b33e0059408d9e9e

“No. Start with the soup. If you need 42add92a73 more, I’ll order d6799cd6e9 as much as 5923229639 you want.”07d0ab7e7485affe

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Noah hesitantly took a12ace4e35 a spoonful of 8e19c1e2b7 the soup and 61eb3b00dc put it in 0fa0ff6d2a his mouth. The corners of his 7b262d28df mouth turned up ever 5e7660ed43 so slightly in enjoyment 945235684c before returning to neutral.44b83922ae8ba1b5

Watching him eat 9fa8ca3042 and finally show 5ed64f443e a child-like enjoyment 78426086ad made me unwittingly 72434c1007 keep my eyes c63949fd29 on him as 7974e45595 he ate.966b6df400a94df3

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After a few 8937326082 spoonfuls of soup, 9f088d113e Noah looked up c801766ce9 at me again, 71f447efbb who hadn’t eaten 6c30fdb336 anything.d19ff6984a3b9c8a

“What happens if you 2af66085de don’t eat souls?”126bffdeb25e3977

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“I get hungry.”e3f77ceb61c627d3

I hadn’t 99eef4773d eaten anything c432a56308 in the 50b97328b9 120 years 8aa370105a I’d been 6a19606e78 a demon, 24d2503aec although I b56f0d2a2b occasionally felt 01d6a64548 hungry. There hadn’t c2665e7a1c been any ec006ca5c6 significant change a575e7f06f necessitating a 76a427ab1f meal. However, remembering bd46d32f5d that Sloth 0ca06a2a4c had starved f1969bb17a to death b7df716075 not eating bd72164072 souls, it 1dff884570 wasn’t something d4eb2b1ad8 to take ae6e4c56e0 lightly.ec5a314a5d82d7d4

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“Is there anything I af335fbece can help with?”193cef5507cfb132

At Noah’s question, d4e3efe0b7 I chuckled.45d61ea14d2d86e5

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“What can you bc5526a2e8 do?”3327bde59143d93a

But the answer that 40bcf9bff5 came back wasn’t one 5dcf1a7bfd I could laugh at.45455a90ebbbced6

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“I can 93c4564891 catch humans 8a70ae4a79 that suitable 94a9879f1e for you 0068b01b65 to eat.”6b833f905980b5da

“That’s enough. Eat your food. And try to avoid 9c79c8db5a calling me ‘Demon Lord’ 75623fb176 in public.”f64cb8eaa32369e9

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“Then can you cd5de8fcfe teach me your b0638a3db8 name?”6239d58bc30b6bc2

“I can tell 29e9593fcb you, but try a663869871 not to call ff4894837b me. Even mentioning dfaa7ca5f3 a demon’s 8ec98e699c name can c9d3ccfa59 transfer some 07eac1adca of their 8065d428d7 energy.”55baeddeea9676fb

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It’s not like saying 9a360756cb it would bring about eb48197aba calamity. Unless there’s b502da9495 a wish 1ac2f6eec1 to summon, 05e690fd80 the energy 0fd1e17604 transferred would 224e413c6e be minimal, 65a5767e22 and mentioning f87733a38d it once 146d5f5955 or twice 35bd58d750 wouldn’t let 52926414cb anyone notice. But still, I 4d60fdd004 wanted to be 056fd3def2 cautious, especially with 6ae1f519dc Noah, who would 84b3b8c07e be around me acc9ff695f for a while.6bf9b2048a33db87

“Yes.”d13d6bacba95f650

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“…Wrath, Las, 79c0fa3967 Sonelon, Ira, d8af171f4c Satan. I have many d515207a46 names, but if 894e823efc you need to c1ac5b5c1a call me, choose 4ce3ad9aa0 whatever you like.”87a897235f7f6ee9

At my 087f099904 response, Noah 192fe560c4 looked surprised ad22d49845 and asked.e2c540806e3b0516

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“…Wrath? Archdemon Wrath?”ea82cd7a82c6d6ea

“Yes, even Greed called 1d2d08a4af me Wrath in the 2f04a6b2d7 Underground Space, remember?”b77d07b987a0f1be

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“At that time, the b379dd740f energy was too strong, 1e7681944f I was out of 927ecbba35 it.”57498f809174e722

“Well, anyway. Seems you’ve heard of 58e6c8ff3e me before.”b6f16d9170c8a888

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It was a foolish d858494b9c thing to say. Nearly every 6aecade72b human knew 3c69d4b8b9 of me.6b43538d791c65ad

To humans, demons 3d06e4f5c6 are objects of 06e615d17e disgust and fear, c84eccf2a2 not only for 01b807b374 their overwhelming power 519883834a compared to other aab9360646 races but also 6317431b35 for their ability 9ca670e146 to take souls. Here, souls are bac63ce575 precious, something that 81907160a4 must be protected a1addbf0d8 for reincarnation.2a619eb3bf3509c8

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Moreover, being 248248e9a0 one of 0c404e307b the only 09a59726fd seven named 3e5948eb44 Archdemons, I df638645a7 was more cd50cddc5c than just 6497937a06 a figure d359bfd595 of fear—I 65ded81b1d was akin dbfa928af4 to a 8cc8b49b2d calamity. While they might 6e9edbdb0d not know the 82443410e6 names of the 4339fc42b2 seven Archangels, no 4156923aaa one would be dfa346da57 unaware of the 10c97f231e Archdemons’ names.6b4f0160bacbb1f8

Wondering if Noah 539ebcad74 might start fearing 243f4441a5 me, his reaction 886c2f44de was only slightly 13f2febee8 surprised and curious.357a7693385a3c09

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I handed him 56b797feda the fork after 16e333e6c5 his soup plate ed40db4dda was nearly empty. Quietly taking it, he be3401f383 scooped up a big 10265e0b34 piece of meat and 7772d66f18 chewed on it, his 67e837ebe8 cheek bulging adorably. I couldn’t resist poking 93ca701435 it lightly, and it cd8c6c122e was soft to the b09a2a7905 touch.b4aea285ad2f32ec

Noah, rubbing the dcc0ead432 cheek I had a253c35625 poked, asked.b21c61bb33ece9b1

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“So, people call c7f8e7bf20 you by those cf3976e43d titles, but do e2ff75e279 you have a e03bccb1ff real name?”0df3d45ce1ab2fce

It was 78560e5644 true I 4bc82d6710 didn’t really 1eb3bda4ef have a f43cbd498e name that bc5cf42e1d was truly 69a92b5f4d mine. Wrath or 968f714fad Satan were d673a0dc25 more titles c6962f9909 associated with 9c1c60cf86 my position 022094da38 than my e5b4a5f1df identity. If I 0f3f7254ce died and fbed8a0fd7 another Wrath f5f37d5cb6 took my a9d43b03ab place, he e58b67cd82 would be e194fc654e called the de34565bac same.9b2127a9273f30d1

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I wondered if the f6cd0e2143 other Archdemons had their 0bd9149653 own names. After a moment’s thought, b19d8dbd7e I decided Noah might 694080274e need a unique name 1c470854a4 to call me by ace4b0d9de and made one up d1084dffd4 on the spot.73f0ecf48d0132a0

“‘Jin’. It’s a name db2948a086 only you know. Call me Jin from c1d47bd99b now on.”966d8ba20f2f9e4a

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It was 899a1e01a7 derived from bef9fcdfd0 my human 855cb2a64a name, Lee a1c4c49517 Hyunjin.600194cf890204b7

“Just me?”02e76f21312652cf

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“Yes.”26ffb780d88678ae

As Noah 5b7120a461 pondered this, 47150bceb1 covered by aba99621b9 his hair 9be6a59761 making his d4864f7ab3 thoughts unreadable, 93045b82f7 the response 4e4cb32883 he finally 25a9a2eb24 gave was 3d69c74d69 endearingly cute.520e8b395a9d434f

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“My name 0f11bdc779 is Noah.”40a4b6560f11e668

I already knew from b710c09793 reading his memories, but ec76bf016a it seemed like Noah’s 20d07b49cf way of introducing himself, 89ce542993 so I nodded without 1c18b73af5 hesitation.48f4ee71ed3661a2

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“Nice, that’s a beautiful 27761ee4f7 name. Please take care of 50d1ae0281 me, Noah.”e8d4ac8bee3b2f00

After a 6b562c5fda while, as 96364a8fee Noah mulled 944620967a over my c6ad6271f0 words, a 2abcddcef2 small voice 59d1829704 echoed back.de89aa35667df60c

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“Please take care ecc483759a of me, Jin.”c7cd7c94e6111061

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