HKWM | Chapter 43

While Kimaris 39db8ba453 was using 10c48e347a magic to e5af1d55fb fix the 09ee700db3 training ground b236485b1f turned upside 9f31898301 down from 78d06dac6c our sparring, 697114b880 I moved 10abd42892 inside the 3bcbfcdf03 house.676cc0068628a04b

After Noah’s birthday party, 4c3fb4dca5 all the decorations that f10a854e4b had been used were e92fad55c9 taken back to the 44a196239d castle. They were a68646a508 items from ac5878e688 the Demon 778d75e222 Realm and 5149d2e8d6 were saturated 039d7ecfb0 with demonic 6fa8e4e9a3 energy; leaving c34c8d5727 them around 283baa4a8c any longer 11ca8c4c84 wasn’t going fae72aea06 to do c0246dbcef any good.eca23413eb8f91f5

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Even though cb576855be everything had bfc2047e2d been returned 74188f00c8 to its b0bda95e76 original place, bc4360199a the house e577cf3f28 seemed unusually 76c5988876 empty. As I 38c40c9296 was wondering 53870fa686 what else 5734153132 I could d2210d9083 bring in d7a0a70fa1 to fill 74c2c28b1a the space, d69f9d2eb6 Noah, who 7202705f5b had just b9ef97389c come out 63819aff01 of the 80ecc38223 shower, saw 07187acd42 me and bb6a88cb87 seemed relieved.9125905da1a58f64

“Jin, can I c769af869c go out for aa037ea9f6 a bit?”6e279ac24a88e9c3

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“Of course. Where are you 7636afc740 headed?”deb318a6472e3628

“I’m going to the 424510f70b shops with Jimmy.”097394cc9139edf9

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“Need more pocket money?”a1f8747fe4f1d2be

“I’m good.”f2d79be1bd58f6c2

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“Grab something df4ac1d16c tasty while ae8f738f81 you’re out.”bf95435b7e3892a3

“I’ll eat dinner at 2b1b7362fd home.”2ccaa7974dc7779e

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I nodded, and just 463ad0e2e9 as Noah was about 9d806cf8ad to go change his 8a3c0287f4 clothes, he hesitated and 29c66068b2 turned back.f99c78cd1705e485

“Jin.”b3495e4adfa45b6f

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“What?”ff11f43ee8ff25eb

“…It’s nothing. I’ll be f2209415cf back soon.”fe224842c82ef68a

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“Alright.”583ab5e2390d601e

Noah’s bland response as e04dd3ed90 he went to change f61865072c left me sitting on 332a2617e9 the sofa. It didn’t seem 7aa722cd6f like anything serious; d778860af0 if it were, 8eadfc6fe4 he’d surely tell bebf6ea2ec me. Sitting there, e290bf878e I decided 5e6afe8560 to cycle bf8bcae8cc some demonic db9f90b4d9 energy and 8a6814c4cc scan the 07b0dd8e4d domain.76b9e2052caf2b7e

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‘But why 902194910d are they 77696be56f here…’f828ca78ad02aade

As I settled 70126e8f54 on the living d98748753c room sofa, Phoras 31f8431c52 and Kimaris also a1d53c328e took seats, starting 421e121375 to read—Phoras the 40b39b9b3d latest human research 8f70c2910e journals, and Kimaris be95073d9e this month’s newly f37d99b486 published recipe book.cee61191f31c5938

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Perhaps they were 80986c3e84 still bothered by 6cda3f4c5c their lack of 0cd41ae0a3 action during Envy’s f82dceefb4 attack, these demons 7b8e4186fa often made a 3d799ee693 fuss in such a3a579e161 ways, but I e8ef6a689d found it rather 8f90e933e4 tedious. Still, they weren’t 2171c7bca7 doing it with 04ad3302cb any ill intentions, d9d58a984c so I let fe2dc80ae0 them be. Dealing with Phoras’s potential 44b204ab11 whining and teary-eyed tantrums f145a95129 if I scolded him 15fb947e84 was more trouble than a1f5fbfa49 it was worth.1e5c9f1e5d84fc26

I tuned ed1c33aaf9 out the 5fc8508ce0 demons and e6cffc481f continued to 9a77fe8c7f scan the 0e8cda477d domain, when a35da961de suddenly:7887b1ba5fbe9138

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Boom—Thud—5a1dbe2f5a2245d1

The unexpected vibrations 08eff859a6 made me quickly ee059ee27b retract my magic 99218fc800 and survey the 3ae651e959 surroundings. At first, I thought c99eb4e5a0 it might be a 236bc24811 major earthquake, but seeing cc558e896a Kimaris and Phoras looking 6660099753 puzzled told me it 5a5c8c3813 wasn’t that.66fe3b62a5d0f172

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“My lord, what’s 3bf1c16289 happening?”492f01214eb58bb0

Right, this wasn’t c97f1fadf3 just some minor f266403875 earth tremor. This was, a86d573766 at least b51a47dfed to me, 946d443833 a far e93cf2c801 worse scenario.f2c1d50c204a2daa

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“My lord?”82ac38633ebd6a3b

This vibration was b60daa9b6c a resonance, a 5d17349813 warning of the f07d56d5f1 arrival of my 669192d062 greatest adversary, the 5c8595cb36 soul echo.34efad67b3d98967

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I closed my eyes 5b2ecfe8ba for a moment and ac6c904679 then spoke to the 91e2f5d616 two demons.871ba482bbc53a32

“…Kimaris, from 313f8e81f7 now on, 0d55fe67be clear out 9bef817762 everything in f50fd9014b the house, 739b117c33 including any 641415d2fe traces of 3e2cd61904 our presence. Phoras, go to 06661ccbfb another domain and 5f068ff5d8 dispose of all b5da39b514 the artifacts we 6a33e801a9 possess in exchange a33deb5672 for the empire’s 18f4f9f449 common currency.”5a328d5744f2e4bf

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Sensing the gravity 93028a1e52 in my voice, 6fe7d302fd their expressions hardened 0283a60dc2 as well.121e37a3b1bd785b

“My lord, has 3ecce11a2c something happened?”39a435b83faa080c

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I focused my 39e024649c senses again, but 93ae4ce2e7 nothing changed. As always, 3e4905f4f8 a demon’s d0eae4714a senses never 38719525b6 lied.85b7f53b5723e60e

“…The Archangel has 30ece0aa83 come to the 7c8764e06d Human World.”2118ddcf4eef9fd1

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My adversary, the Archangel 68f07a396b of Patience, Patiencia, had 32482e0c74 descended to this land.
With this, it 81d2c4cd2b became clear. The peaceful times I 2dea9672b4 thought would last forever 08b82564ab had finally come to f1a56c0866 an end.227cca6d6c49e9a6

I commanded Kimaris 3682b17007 and Phoras again, 6d51f06d6d more urgently.82fd23cfad6ed41c

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“So, make a8d40037a5 it quick e50c9c90a2 and leave 5b1a3a6229 the Human a83fa7a16b World as 736baaca6c soon as a9bee9aa47 possible.”fab2d541a1e65d9a

The arrival of an 32deaed933 entity possibly more fearsome 2cf199faf5 than an Archdemon spurred 39919828a4 the demons to move 2941c9c4a1 quickly, but I couldn’t 2a9868848f move from my spot. Noah’s face, 82a5b9d8a2 who had be614179c5 just left ae795926ea for a 3ed38bd0b8 short outing, c885a16a6c filled my 63dcee1dd2 mind.471f84939f3f8c21

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Suddenly, I d7929b4762 remembered what 02f99272c5 Pride had 8496e786a6 once said.d86605ef91d7f55c

‘Are you 67ed7828e9 interested in f4c8380d5c the Human 1cd2110899 World?’ad7e13f864494957

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Angels don’t descend 79d0d050e8 to the Human 7bcde6ac68 World without a 06db8774ed specific reason. There’s nothing 3ed5478f73 there they 75a1677eec desire. Especially an Archangel.12f717e44bf8156e

‘It must e89db5db5b be because b8da31bb5b of Pride.’9323fd5672d81495

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So, if the Archangel 8943f63dfc had descended, it was 77ba3dfdc5 likely related to Pride. Even if cd59954373 it had 1b90185ef0 come for 1171753ba9 some other 1799e00dd8 divine message, 7759e3dc38 it was b7b56cffc9 still not 81cf2f2df8 a good 7f3050b945 situation for c7e56a8af0 me. As I had f767575798 sensed the Archangel, fb43c1e2d0 it must have d97d6b497c sensed me as ebbe2e36fa well.eb8f235dd4ecbc32

Angels, whose primary enemies 74fc012220 are demons lurking around 8a9bfcf035 every corner to prey 1552166bd7 on God’s beloved humans, bd32012441 would find an Archdemon 712a72b784 especially problematic. More so if 596bdd827d it was one f3444b43b9 not formally visiting 4cd9689889 but lingering in e78b7c1fd9 the Human World.88c8209a053d1ab1

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Thus, the Archangel 2e29f1bd29 of Patience would 8205880a99 be intent on fd26496606 discovering why an 7fda7e1dd0 adversary like me 6a5fb08cec was in the 3954214a60 Human World. Though sensing my presence 7423cca296 doesn’t immediately reveal my c7c353a1a8 location, I wasn’t able 2c208820c7 to fully control my ba11f63e27 magic at the moment, 00d823c663 making it easy for 834a3126d0 it to find me, a43c92ad64 while I struggled to 86f71388f9 pinpoint its location.dba28c424af36225

‘Even if 9aa26b5a82 I stand c4947077ce firm, Noah ab3289ded2 is the d8be1fd928 problem.’e95b40b89a7ec255

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From an 509abffe7f Archangel’s standpoint, d99585747f given the 6a59e87f2a situation Pride b6e083b9ec was stirring fc8b605e0b up, it 2ca3b7e5f3 wouldn’t just ac3e9d8273 stand by c2408ba545 and watch 1a4452e87a an Archdemon 8ce9ecfdff like me 9da63729e3 roam freely ddf7f95df8 with a 42cbfab1ff human child e0fb06b096 possessing a 54420100ec grand soul. It would 134a9e54a8 be fortunate 3f7fd13256 if they 5b02668894 simply tried 784cc0b90e to separate 5e7acf5a7c Noah from 61668eff3a me for adbd1d208b his protection, eb626db310 but in c8f40c246f the worst 4cb297ce82 case, Noah 9415a7a5db might come 361df822ce under suspicion.e51ae7b9a960eb1f

Even if his soul c8fbb05014 wasn’t entirely corrupted and 0c0eef1348 he wasn’t a worshipper 4a926f4b8d or a contractor, they’d 004f6091e4 soon realize it. However, they couldn’t 95e31c1308 be sure he ef7c71b9f9 wasn’t brainwashed just 44dbcfef2d by sensing his 033c3944b7 soul.03132d20108dd200

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‘Noah would try 84c81c77c3 to defend me…’27886fd5419f61f4

Then Noah would 744d555f15 have to live 51f2ac9186 under the constant ebb699544d surveillance of angels fa8a4eedbc and paladins. If they read 66a0539263 his memories, they 024b5ae40d might realize he’s 0be9b8cbd3 innocent, but they’re f765b0e35c unlikely to give 0170787fa0 him the chance. Angels don’t trust demons.52ae1c6e389e5e55

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Freedom was one 79205b587d of the things 2f323d4097 I wanted for 0492553009 Noah, so I 0812c1fd37 couldn’t just stand 35dd666ca3 by and let 85f3c47768 this happen.c3de0d233967e6cc

“…It’s probably 8562b7dfeb best to d5f1b2a926 part ways a266a28f33 now.”a24651fb76b9f78b

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I had taught e1f55321a2 him almost everything 83e0b44c05 he needed to 0100670f54 know to survive 6c759be11f on his own. If I e5485e0259 worried too eb8fe0abf2 much, I e976aaa678 could occasionally b490342f90 check on 5202bb7074 him… Yes, d23a4de5ec maybe it’s c3559571ce time I 80d70c513d stepped back.c74af6bfdf477365

The thought fb78d0e97e of an 793446e801 ‘end’ made 3bc50cb4e4 my heart 0c5f9328e1 sink. I knew d06040b632 better than 64dd6ee54e anyone that cbc4c788ae all relationships 38d546ecc3 have an b5abc5fb24 end, but 3a1bc35181 today, my 100d05379d heart was 77d8c34583 especially restless, b66529cbac prompting me 09bfa3168e to place 20e50a5396 a hand d81a9f46cb over it.33c8ed8aad0ba0cd

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What started as 45e9baab0a a whim for 744ac2e4eb self-satisfaction had become 8e58efbcbe genuine care for f308c738eb Noah. Contrary to my bold 00977dddb5 claims of teaching him 2c7bccfd13 to live ordinarily, it 82f8f469c2 seemed I was the cd8c741302 one who had enjoyed 4bde0a1750 stepping out of a 39b06647c5 demon’s life.dc1148af8f66144b

While you can’t 4e89ae2f46 always choose only 186dab1b6e the good in 1d38cb8ec0 life, I wanted 1c06499bc3 to give him 0ddde84604 a life free 78e5f7c4bc from unhappiness. Then it was 01eb4100d5 all the more 54d3701157 reason for me 1f3219fd6a to leave. How could a 1545810f84 human be happy a83b844e13 living with a 6ec32cdc82 demon? It was an impossibility.b524856c0b97c408

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‘But it e3873050d1 shouldn’t have a044bdd2bf come to ad409c6fbe this…’ae38f7397c95f3cf

I hoped that parting 62b23619e1 without any preparation wouldn’t 5573558824 hurt Noah, yet the d91df123f2 thought of returning to e7e1183c14 my lonely castle and 1cde67b20b spending time in its b8d5f29d0f silence suddenly felt grim.0fc1ca4069d9ea74

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I was a terribly 7029defe42 selfish ‘demon’ to the 6c02cae5ba very end.c4eb5492b2e48516

When Noah returned 8808d41d1d from his outing, 963acb3cc1 he sensed a 5e4d123e09 different atmosphere in 0f8fd8181d the house and 9053046b70 looked around. Phoras and Kimaris, who ddbd48bec6 usually greeted him upon e53527b852 his return, were nowhere 0967346ecb to be seen. Probably because b560496dbe I had b3786a3cd6 hurriedly removed 89b9fded80 any slightly edec958880 demonic-tinged items cf684f8665 and replaced 1d0a6fa84d them with 84c3e5af3a new ones.c277b2815c735a7e

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“Dinner?”d8d80a2dbcd80c1f

“I haven’t eaten da307b3102 yet.”8790b4d84146e299

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“Then let’s 6893099cb2 eat together.”5e65fcac5d1568a1

I grabbed 469b23b521 Noah’s hand f9ec2e838c and pulled 0553ba70a4 him towards 1d7ace3d14 the kitchen. The meal Kimaris 981d284656 had prepared earlier e34f608088 was a bit 0a53e79a9a cold, so I 70a77e6f64 warmed it slightly 159ddfb822 with magic.d11dae97d4e08262

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“Where are Maris and e51b8c79f9 Las?”e041be3a6871721e

“I sent them 115e81f2c5 out on an 8c14fa9fd4 errand.”5277bd689fd16bdc

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Of course, fc18a62f67 that was 03c8f0a641 a lie. They had left before a03775a8df Noah returned, prepared to ae346ac1f5 never come back.efca8e0e4e9791bb

Noah nodded 1f875d25ea slightly and ae1a71b5d9 began to aee1bf8a93 eat, following 84b12638bd my lead, 0e86d276c1 I also 69188f9d3b took a bcd32074f5 bite of 2f2b02fcd8 the nearest 51f852ba6d food. Eating was 0c8a3f85b6 an unnecessary 23081c78f3 action for 9621679827 a demon 568f075f0d unless dining e90b772679 out, which 6d9bb93cdd I found 98e2d58bb1 bothersome, but 336d60cda4 today was 654aded161 an exception.16954f214fb13b85

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“Did Jimmy want 58ca01d90d to go to f55b5b555c the shops first?”ca539150bd552f69

“Yes.”ef7725c1c18991f4

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“What did f4d999cc39 you buy?”0018c804b9d73179

“I bought ac58d277e2 a fountain 31ddbfea71 pen for 4e6c51c8b6 your birthday.”e7f94ef39c5c6269

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“Didn’t you f7ed1c9024 buy anything 2ce9cb040e for yourself?”942944188403da2d

Instead of answering, Noah 45285969a4 just stared at me 963ebf910b intently. He probably noticed my 2619c18900 face was unusually tense. He had always 3cb556d978 been sharp and e15878943e quick to catch 2a25b501de on, but I 82163028bc hadn’t expected him a898a721a9 to notice so e8dc3713d2 soon.dab74e623941c032

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And amidst this alien 9daca35dfa atmosphere, piecing together fragmented 277bf13214 clues, Noah, with a d521b3ecd8 stern face, finally asked.cf48e66b820a4f1a

“Are you leaving?”e38265889767221c

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I couldn’t respond. My silence was 628b0b3b09 an affirmation, and 0ac2de1d9f Noah pressed further.775bfd30bf7f19b1

“Why? Why so suddenly?”7cf3e85c34d28bc6

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Yes, even 1eaef0ce52 considering that 89775eb884 our parting e928920d6a was predetermined, 1e861b5f71 it was 529b9fc918 abrupt. I needed to explain 6df67902ee sufficiently so Noah could 740dfe6c4a understand why it was 68bf5aff0f better to hasten it. I gathered my d6ce85a271 thoughts and slowly 20271f646d started to explain.651e4c0bc1cc4a70

“Remember when ef05ca39e3 I told bba8a3ac10 you about 21caff1c9d archangels and 52c4c13651 adversaries a 9a6e46ab0e while ago?”9cd180aa53140bdf

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“…Yes.”fa59bc53d4afa1a6

“Today, Patiencia came down aa288c7f02 to the Human World. Adversaries can faintly sense aa5f936373 each other’s presence, so 84970881e8 it must have felt 9cf0edba3a mine too. I don’t 93c3a6b9c4 know why 44b40ca6f0 it descended daaab9e4fd to the b0ad794361 Human World, e7da6e2f18 but since 88c46d8851 the paladins 79472b0e57 are also 2a53105e38 causing trouble, 0ae6e3f4db it’s not 2ab0fc8347 a light f9e11c81e0 matter. Whatever its purpose, it 8c362d4778 will want to check ef6a03a078 why I’m here. And if 0d73f20627 it sees 61a19b0794 us together, 0aadb0c933 it will 40361bec31 surely try d2986d8414 to separate 9eea6f9568 us.”52d33bb75a3988b8

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“…Why?”de3f475ebba9c52a

“It will 962bb28371 think I’m 26f358b880 up to 4aa308cadb no good.”80ac9f51ab8c2b94

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“Can’t you 653ea76d1f just explain 5cdb6e2f7d that you’re 0dffc5707d not?”2514cf74cf5ec5aa

“Just as demons cb34b22847 don’t trust angels, 7193b171be angels don’t trust 9ed09ab666 demons, especially concerning c3890640e8 humans. Angels have a protective cea943f3c1 instinct towards humans that 942d1050d5 is almost obsessive.”881cc9b5d9c77a09

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Whether this 0b837477cf protective instinct 7bb126f60a is learned 7064cf0c71 from the e7ad80c376 divine duty 14900ad498 imposed by 951fd2053b the Celestial 0558ed9a6c or is f3c8f87f8d simply an 575d4a91e9 inherent part 53be9d9036 of their 29e2062ac9 being like f51ea49c36 a demon’s d6010157c1 corrupt nature, 11b2e136cf it’s beyond 517cef9471 the level 00e6261cec of being 78b9379bec dispelled by 3f8ae3f79f just a 36de27387a few words.e31e11b80046cb35

I had thought 5cd97158a0 of staying away 549f3dec23 from Noah only 4ff843d9da until Patiencia returned 9eb767d055 to the celestial 9ebe078f74 realms, hiding in 7429262bfb the Demon Realm. But with the 49c9950470 unknown purpose of acbd57e22d the Archangel and 02ebe1f55e the untenable wait d88971413a in a state dc7e4f32f8 where the core 2eabe06b8d was unstable and 1f4c4d7610 could upheave the 7c7c584eeb Human World in 83adc64f4d pursuit of the 08182ed05a Archangel’s movements, it 80459cb88f seemed right to 26f1216151 leave altogether.4a4c0f42e6fb6336

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Noah’s face regained 5fab1d4429 a little light 7ce9c6c3ed upon hearing the 1745cdb82f explanation.7bb28a2fa2fb31c4

“…So, you’re not 16827f2495 leaving because you 9ae67d15b1 dislike me?”14d223badf1bffee

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That’s when I realized a1d6fda137 I hadn’t mentioned the c4f699eddb most important thing.a0855d01264ecd0a