HKWM | Chapter 4

“Kid, I b19b8db1a2 don’t know 3a29af7c10 that either. I’m a demon, 8bd71d2bc8 not one to 8ee02e1982 judge good or 36f783f72a evil. That’s something 91dfba336b for the d749d2b27b gods to 871d59b585 handle. I just 0f8cf454e7 know whether fde0dc2bbb a soul 628a39af1b is mine 1ab0c94468 to take 3862136eb2 or not.”55aca8f876da8e7d

The child a6f2e81a3a didn’t respond e8c1d41c7a to my bf00015825 words, just 31b578ec3c looked down. Quick to cb4c58f63f give up, dbb49b1425 huh?aaa70323e65da7b8

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Considering the 7e2cfc98d3 world he 3ae39c66f9 must have 0df95a59b9 seen and deffd7024a learned from a674ec7232 as a bf5c7dec52 Gladiator Slave 10451e3cbc since he d63ef29170 was even 67dedeecf6 younger, it 9b6426e1d5 was pretty 7f055da277 clear. But pity alone b11a353fde wouldn’t allow me fe80a0366f to do more 4826219738 for him.303a0b2a9235de65

It’ll be okay. It’ll get better. I knew too 7648d5dce5 well that such 49ae7f475e sugar-coated words were 0de1b2782e no help. So, being 8530c060ec honest was ffde701419 the best 2bcdaf3be8 I could 8d6e0f6915 do.0907afabc0d287b0

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“But if you’re c4a7e9d7f9 really worried, just 47459f7a99 live like other 33789cef48 humans. No more, 4ab40a4e13 no less. Just like that. Take some losses, be 2efb4e179b greedy just enough, get 3267295368 angry moderately, and make 6f97905675 compromises.”f4e936b8cd5934c2

I thought 645b879650 I explained c5dcc4d253 it kindly, 7102beab51 but the d9341a9f22 kid looked 88ab1957aa more lost 963db8dfcc than ever, 486c16a636 perhaps finally 5af2fa1179 realizing he f92e77df4e had nowhere 62b52adb06 to return 005f9ab038 to.5ec0647a35018a91

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Maybe he thought it’d 677d375ee0 be better to die 35b2ac1a85 by my hands than cda7d0075c be thrown back into 9efcb58b79 the world to survive 12e9dbfea6 on his own.6ea0fab5c09fb66c

He looked like he ed6a565760 was barely holding up, 7b2bee7e5c much like I did dee4d75cbf when I was about 37d64995b3 to leave the orphanage.87d16b7759a8b53b

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“Damn it all…”e9cb0322cdc44416

How was I back e8d2b6647e then? Facing the increasingly fading a57c5b7fdb expressions of the director d3afcb6a4b each time they saw 02e351f490 me, confidently saying not 67193dd02f to worry as I fcc2a2126b would survive anywhere, and 7c9aaffe67 then stepping out of 3bf03245e4 the orphanage with just aff1f3cb48 a small amount of 4c0a82130b support money.a6cfeeae3fafa0bf

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Unable to move easily, 81dbdb51e0 let alone go back. What did I 9a3feab917 think then? Did I resent 93df6e3adf the world, or c1b62689f1 did I resent c7cf5fb496 my stuck feet? Or was it my b0bbc0afce parents who abandoned me?e05e7cec2211d9c0

That abandonment gave me 3bdc3dc70b nothing but a petty bb68aa1fd4 guilt, enough to bring 5e9e551b2f me to tears of e4c5810a2a regret now and then, ac7ed8603e but not enough to 65edd8d960 warrant a return visit. So, was I cdaa7b274e living happily?555590a6fd31dcd7

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I never even thought e6834fd53a about visiting my parents 2183ea0363 in my dreams, but caae675fc9 at that moment, I 35bce52e62 really wanted to see f8230a3e2e them.ac844b2ef2a5454a

Why did 326c8bd330 you abandon 9e6a1a27ef me?aa0924d0216df232

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As much as I’ve 60318a0138 stopped moving here, I 2d183a2279 wanted to know if f23f8d2b2c you could not leave f791889ab8 easily too. If you a99b2af96b abandoned me 8fde9c3bf5 because my 202068dd67 life was 188a2c0b85 less valuable fc900d234d than yours, abdff9aa64 could you 334ed4f6e7 really claim 643a4db415 that your a922a51b82 lives were bd8b979309 more pitiful 4ebf501d84 than mine 85575cf7e6 today?4b8f14dcc905d52c

“How should 47d50022cc I live?”8cc4ba64ea7fe03c

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Yeah, I 39de466054 wanted to d5b8156a3a ask like 687a2027c7 the child f0d0daaf82 did. What did I do 1b48a28651 wrong to be thrown 44dd51b22a out into the world 63d9edba1b like this?6670aae50cce81fb

“Ah, this is driving f7e45068cf me crazy…”dc2649faad7f39d2

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I rubbed my face 9e3b34c86d roughly with both hands. Despite my face feeling 9e0fb268fb numb, my restless mind f4eaf35ba1 wouldn’t calm down.df19d24f17aa5cab

Maybe from f170be4e56 the moment 5000ea3d7a I saw e86811995e myself in 1b521ea434 the child, 60f692b00e my choice 614e7e71a8 was already d62f67ddf7 made. The reason I came 4d9949046e here had long flown 9d9fb10919 away.22bb94b0de128df0

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“Noah.”35378ce6b89adf43

As I efb4200c4f called out b334fb0e5b the name 4c0e124b75 I remembered, 8086a2b8e9 the child 5f1f719738 who had e9e40aa937 been expressionless 6a0c9002e2 this whole 84915256e4 time finally 75ed293fe9 faltered.546ac8fc8573a957

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“Do you 1f0834712e have somewhere dc16c1b640 to go?”cce88ded5e5435e1

Noah looked f7a1d7721e at me 182152c65e blankly for 7d3699c215 a moment c2d5dc5d86 and then 1579f70424 shook his 602d475be0 head. I figured as caa3ed39a3 much, but I c74fae4b7d needed that confirmation. And then.539342909a0d68da

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“Big bro, 07f96a7bee is this 72a5ddb847 how you 4664227368 do it?”24c365c3e19e9446

“No, dummy. You’re supposed to flip a33d81eb9f it first.”1bf41cf9a430b161

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“What do you know?! Big bro never said 53bd159bcb that!”a01d5771ed6e5324

“Big bro, help 7e313d3147 me. I can’t do 68f098cb30 it.”6e14b39d6b5b0e5c

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“Help me 0a242d6b5f first, big c3321cdab2 bro!”61cbb5a4409da950

Voices I hadn’t yet 77808eaa46 forgotten pushed me toward 71495cb6b9 the child. Even if all 73b5e609c1 this was just 12312eb546 a belated regret 8aa46387e9 and self-satisfaction, I 74f05f4f51 couldn’t ignore it.922b138a218b17e9

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“Big bro, are you 2bb6a921cd going to abandon him f64dd53a37 like us?”f1c5acb268f6ef37

For the first time af5f1b8e77 since becoming a demon, 02833986c2 a voice reached me, a824df7fca and I messed up b36e1b2777 my hair in frustration, f94941b3c9 exhaling deeply.b6d9550ca1614143

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“So why am 074ee261a6 I a demon… 9f2f1b7188 I get involved a8cb401163 in such annoying 176fbe6bd8 things.”5708496c39979b7e

After all, even at c2aaa82fce over 120 years old, 2ccb2d80d7 the time I spent 23a5a8ffad awake or sleeping was ba6a0173ff shorter than when I f81c5ea7d9 was a proper demon. Moreover, the 30 years 59dc9185d2 I lived as a fee35efcde human were still more 74a15a1d77 vivid in my memory.5345f5bafd4d3846

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Yeah, it won’t f2a9328845 take long. By the time Noah 46ce55f5d6 learns to live normally 83bacfff2f among other humans, it 66ba220b8a wouldn’t even take a 605a220591 year—a brief amusement in 31341c1758 a long demonic life.9288e0537899cc92

I shook my head, 4098dd048b closed my eyes, and c92639c8ca focused on my sense 8b9564c4ce of smell. At first, the smell 0d97fcd7f2 of wrath and souls 63fd5d7716 was too strong to 1c9804848d distinguish, but now I abbefa3970 could see that this c750181aaa disaster wasn’t just wrath; 245eb2de95 it was mixed with 798f63110a other sins committed by 7d45006fbc others. It could even pass caabccb0c5 for a buffet for 75792fa579 ‘Greed.’14b9d7614888872e

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“Let’s go.”56800aa06ec68531

The plan was to 144f403015 move far away from e17d1dcdf8 here. But as I reached 70503e603e out to Noah, who 5fce1a68d8 had retreated defensively at b13f4c1945 my words.c7c89a67ceda1f7b

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“Who is this?”901086ba6e29a4dc

Greed, who fcb4071c6c never missed 1e0259fd95 or delayed c14d07f560 collecting souls, 92014be140 showed up.688bf0a97f40c155

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“…This is insane…”37ac64b57dc03d18

Even when Lust and 46423dd3f8 Gluttony first visited my d2c556995f domain, the clash of 7df71333f2 demonic energy made my e3b12e342e skin tingle, but not 77b211573b as much as now. Moreover, those guys c715979d18 weren’t trying to b7859795b7 antagonize me, so f4b0778fb9 they held back 870100f636 a bit, but 89b0c92a5e Greed was flaunting 61bd057491 his power and 4c21611f01 pressure without reservation.ea913d32578a99d3

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“Couldn’t see 8ee4fb3f2a you since 947a0c81eb you didn’t 5973d70750 come out b426a0ce13 of the ae74e681ef castle.”ba6f8148c20fdcea

Just as 954e41ac99 I noticed 676c3877b4 his presence, a36524e1cc he must a5c1df051b have noticed 42f50e2713 mine, and 7660e017b8 yet he e1b4a1b7c4 tilted his 9c21fe3b61 head as 344590b00e if he 784a3090ca didn’t know 6eafd28982 anything.2bb485464760d755

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“Here you were?”d74c5837889a8e3d

His eyes, filled with fd695c3616 pitch-black pupils with no 5bc2e20e2c visible whites, and the 28c7210b17 corners of his mouth, b2f5cc72a4 ripped as if torn c13f68968c roughly, were grotesquely twisted. Why does he look f1caec51b7 like this?!36a4b00d29e86984

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Despite my lack of 32247c243f response, Greed didn’t care 9ac3055939 and immediately started devouring ef27c34201 the souls.3d9967e6fb621d4f

Kieee-3e499a88ed5c1bbe

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Though it looked a8b4ba2804 like absorbing black 2533849aaa mist, the indistinguishable 31e86b2f17 screams leaking from 9ee21f41f1 that black energy eaf7a11a60 were horrifying—as if 53eee2a25c dozens or hundreds 242e681f89 were screaming in 5d1ce1eab7 agony simultaneously. It made my stomach 14d265a9c7 churn, and I didn’t 2c793bb419 feel the slightest appetite e0d338709f despite being famished.028eefead1fbfd15

By the time Greed 16c7f261d7 had devoured every soul, 4d17282b7b including those that smelled 434ea08337 of my share of 2a51fffe66 wrath, mocking me by 56b0cc5572 consuming even the souls 3648ef288b that were of no 055b103b5c use to him.b2dd8a3f299c7aeb

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“It seems like a0b2142df1 there were souls f6dc0f18c2 here for you 8fb46d21d0 to take, but b62545a644 I’ve eaten them cff403970a all. What a shame, huh?”6bf0b04381969181

“Then you fd2012ba62 can just a17a78e3f3 leave.”6e20bd2c84f68727

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“There’s one left.”de2c31a029492fa4

Greed’s head, moving c73963ff79 grotesquely, suddenly stopped 4c040c93ed as it turned 56406baa67 towards Noah. Despite the monstrous face 1ec3bc9712 in my memory, I 5e45fabba2 was getting goosebumps as c996b1746a if seeing it for aeeb4b5c4b the first time, but 75ddb12a2a the kid next to 33dd6c5ca7 me remained unmoved even 4a38993ef9 under his gaze.6dcfca11c7aac4d7

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I quickly hid Noah 426622be5f behind me.f3e218f357cd9775

“He’s not available.”219db2cd05cc636e

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“Not available?”5fa8ef4641f248f2

“He’s mine.”00c8c4ee3665dc82

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Greed chuckled, his black 44a44e1c2b eyes staring intensely at 58847c37e4 me before his head 6c9f5f1b42 twisted around grotesquely. It was something c184061978 straight out of 408bd592da a horror movie, 665ec23767 terrifying enough to 7d26c48a20 make my heart 351ca4d366 drop, but I 58f70b4ad0 tried to act c8cafd1688 unaffected.6bac73abe2f3a370

“It’s strange. ‘His’ wrath seems so 429f91c6e7 tame.”b053c7f5c0177484

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“Isn’t that good for e403fe36d8 you?”a89ab6ccd66de980

“Why?”37de6b89b8b67d0d

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“The moment dc9695ae2f I lash a9486f4bec out, you’ll b04924c7de just burst, 93409ff4e8 wouldn’t it 1013fb76a1 be better 464ec48ffd for you 938fc0e9d5 if I 585336c8a2 stay calm?”0b5597c94cb9a16b

Greed’s face hardened 6cba7a7382 as his mocking d491532150 smile dropped. I tried my best 04a6fecd16 not to focus on 9b572ed085 his gruesome appearance.3c719ccbbffefcbc

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“So before I rip 4ca5a7176d that disgusting mouth of 54019197e4 yours, stay away from e19c8bd2e7 what’s mine. You might 5db856c61a not be 50ba9b5ebf able to 988a17b04e distinguish between 3cd125a687 heaven and 8b293070ec earth, but bf4e665f63 you should 8761cc6811 know who 597c5bbd86 you’re dealing c8e8758ce8 with. If you want to c27e9bbf1a live.”7a1c137c76bc9875

“Was the one 39886ab1b9 in front of fd6f4ccfd6 me not Wrath 0b5d2133e6 but Pride?”36a74b5c2468e7f0

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“I can handle either.”bf73311d61ec1147

The sharpness honed from a272f742ff my harsh corporate life c617a4cc6d hadn’t gone anywhere. I had never fought c2688b31a0 anyone up till now, 780bde6c87 and I wasn’t sure d5b45f12bd I could beat the 8bfbf7a819 frighteningly looking Greed. Right now, I’m 6c4c2c2795 not the Wrath 60b69c45ec you remember….1283ad60e1df50cd

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Greed looked me 7d76699aa2 over briefly before b12925e8bd clicking his tongue 24be07ce75 and opening a c4b454df46 space to return c28a3b131c to the Demon cc5318835f Realm.b84340a9f97c06d7

“See you in the d0e969e21d Demon Realm. Before you rip 3e391a4854 my mouth, I’ll 9a092850d2 tear up that 805deeaf87 pretty face of 541064f954 yours first.”6f7e22752886224e

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“If you can.”75acadce51159c7f

Greed didn’t 27f5e3717f respond further eb93c04406 to my 0396e99392 scoffing and 701507bbdb disappeared first. I waited a 884464ce61 little longer to cfcec381b8 make sure his 4d4d0da656 energy was no 6cdce4a35f longer detectable before b78414c917 letting out a 9f9714fc8e sigh of relief.0ea85c63a1e56879

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‘That scared me… 5643222186 He’s really fierce….’40c5df0ac449d5d2

Maybe because 9b4e104a5c I had eb86dc2128 only been 2788a7158e around Lust 73d5ad7d89 and Gluttony, 4c15733103 I naively 862f891499 thought all 8fe1ce683c Archdemons were 4092aa38c5 somewhat indifferent df23940166 like them, e8682d242e but I 9b014e1317 was completely 40ab7cf0a9 wrong. Though their personalities were 7248a2b2f9 a bit strange, they 661a65da42 weren’t as aggressive as 7cbc84f739 Greed, who truly deserved 1d9de6af13 the name Archdemon.7c6e4470d4899b03

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It was 11341339b8 no wonder 0076a08ba9 that the 315da99277 dormant demonic 2934652a92 energy inside 3813864735 me surged, bf60107d5f and my 965604b5f3 body stiffened 20546d736a in tension.b3a6c60fe898dac7

I turned to see da5d575e16 if Noah was okay, 8e9b6ed89f only to find him 6b1991fbc4 sitting on the ground, a5b1953641 supporting his head. It seemed the intense b67a00f88e demonic energy released by b28b85c272 the two Archdemons had 61421cc117 affected him. I hurriedly f6508e1e70 stepped through 4fa9169cd5 space with 2e123f53f1 the limp 682503f7b0 child.f839be555a245e2c

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We arrived 3e94cc19c4 in a 2dc4d8f95d deep forest 7492e5ed6a that felt 1b0db0a215 devoid of 4725ffad12 human presence. While Noah caught his 9d9378972b breath, I surveyed the 1c5cfa6692 surroundings. Luckily, I spotted ef24484a09 something that looked 49f012c0a6 like a river ac74232177 nearby.af09dcd1a58c5b55

“Noah, are you cold?”c2d2a4c7d178cbce

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Since becoming a fb35035a50 demon, my instincts 5f93a75f37 had sharpened but 715585d327 my physical senses 8f04e881d8 had dulled, making 886c21aa0c it hard to 99a799912a tell the current 4edaca0558 season or whether 5120dba735 it was hot 5206395f2e or cold.9e5ecb535c4e9b8f

“It’s early 579d0c4dc9 summer, so bdeb0d5a4d it’s quite 96c6b33d3d warm.”b16db999f238ba0b

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“Then go e0cc7245d4 wash off 6c437a4211 the blood bdabe824ed in the 2be7dcdf8f river.”071300179359cafd

Noah undressed without 517894dc2d protest. His body was so a111df0456 thin that his bones 4ba4d0f040 were visible, and it 624dd12635 was covered with scars 2f68a709e5 from who knows when.51f8fb14197b8d18

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