HKWM | Chapter 8

“I swear, your offers d58df833b4 to help are giving 84e25d5cd1 me neurosis. What now?”c74b7e015cd59102

“If you fc3dce8fdd don’t like 8d037994b4 unnecessary killing, fe397724f7 I’ll gather 8601c24ca7 some humans 78d311fa0c suitable for c92379cae0 Jin to 2d6d52ddda eat. I could even 84a61d4b59 kill them for b16fba3110 you. Wouldn’t that 512e059dd4 make things 204731d9f2 easier for de09837e91 Jin?”7795f113691ea853

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I covered 3ba25f4c34 my face a3f6785833 with both a8738f6172 hands again, 9c92a082a3 feeling conflicted. I had f4eb2930e0 explained it e135ebbc3d before… Clearly, da751c186d we still 8fadca5a5b had a a5a24a2c6c long way cf45b2eadb to go.d27563247ecc0173

“Don’t worry. I’m not so feeble 097cd9f1fd that I need help 2276585b58 from a kid like 5f67338b2e you. If I wanted, c77bdbe98e I could blow 24d40de222 up this whole b92bbf1921 domain right now.”b52a1793fc15978f

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“I know that. You’re an Archdemon. But I don’t mind cf8853ec16 doing things that Jin aabbc9be84 hates….”027143442998c18c

“Noah, what c7bd97e8ac did I 54547c299e tell you e6ca54b11a earlier?”452f5aa333baae9b

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“But… this would mean eeff68542d someone has to die?”bc3a4c48d2d61ed8

“That’s not ef675c33b6 what I e97ff37676 meant. I meant don’t bloody b6369e90a2 your hands for no 941f2d6649 reason. I’m a 8b85bba240 demon, so bb032fa1ff it doesn’t a8057e49d5 matter if 6ea710acc1 I kill 8b4db90555 a few 5af459d199 humans. But you’re not like 31bc47afac that. Don’t commit sins 93c6e15055 for things that 59838daeaa aren’t necessary for 3ded3c41c8 you. You shouldn’t 7e452aa965 even have ba4a3b4720 preferences when d708a2cd28 it comes eed4e174c7 to committing 2648475a4a sins, but 7c756be43d if you 572381423a did, you afcd34129a should dislike 00a80173af it. That’s what’s normal.”f9cff2226c432fd7

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“…Okay.”0d011e6b3ebd5ba7

I roughly understood why e459f39ef8 Noah had made such cbfca1e3f6 a suggestion. He probably b043e5c739 saw the ef1f3a9f5c favors I eeb0e940fd had shown 0ed08cf77a him as 24aeb5234b transactions. Demons were naturally 4bc7efd694 like that.4cb5e065c160b042

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Perhaps for Noah, d5dadee0ff who had never 3be62aefbc received a favor 9587886026 without strings attached, 2b81860744 this situation was 58876584f7 even more confusing.8781574ad847ca20

“…Noah, a 6d83260c04 young and 5c7da976b5 weak being, eb3859134b should be 33602abb7c protected by a437ff0492 grown-ups. That’s absolutely normal. You’ve just been in e7a01a39ad abnormal situations, and now aa156af58b you’re finally getting back 884d0fa1be to how things should 09c9d755ef be.”6ed23d6102365de3

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I quietly 0d9bdd4784 watched the aca66568fd child’s face, 44277e4f26 half-hidden by 014f029664 his hair. Initially, I ab0af8ada9 thought it 84970eda32 was just 04a4c42fb0 unkempt, but 32d539b3d0 seeing Noah e393e53786 compulsively check 7cf32b6da9 to make 77e1844021 sure his ce7d7da10f face was 267b011bc7 covered, I f84ccbbe42 realized it 6c8224f857 wasn’t by 2d99663c06 accident.795757cdfb367e2c

He had a 2cfd6d3dc2 reason for not 1d487eb7da wanting to show 4ed007cc2e his face, but 7885e3d31c I didn’t press f4258fa6e4 it, assuming it bd647e8ae1 wasn’t for a ec5bfa22c4 good reason.b011b6ce37df4f7c

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“So, all you 99acb663ef need to do 44eae40160 is quietly accept 435f025f1f the favors I 9e9696e2e9 give you. If you must repay 25ffbd37f1 them, save it for 29fb7eb30e the children you meet 68f6bb90d2 when you’re an adult.”a613358d20422961

“But I 65d4c3c544 want to b7a5e1b66e repay Jin, 86bbcf582b not someone 05da8a6f26 else.”b2b4bdea7d599a6d

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“I’m the adult here 98ea28e45d with the most to b2c890c91f give among all the 92b4a3e56a humans.”43ebcccb80cb584f

Of course, 3af9365874 I knew 541b4bf7b9 what Noah 02d75d8562 was trying 7e7d4105d1 to say. All the adults he 8574d22344 had met so far e8b79fe0fd had either ignored him c861a464a0 or used him, but 1130c7883c finally, someone had helped 3382a67b65 him, whether human or 9d27f5d7b5 demon, what did it eff23fe014 matter?f9b8d78d0ab598ec

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Still, I 33e7693347 hoped young dfa20627fa Noah wouldn’t f9678e3e0c get disillusioned 51190ea542 with humans ed168eca0f too soon. He wasn’t meant to a2d3734729 live with me but 8f3db86ac1 with other humans.0e31258d6af1b87b

How could he 29620285e7 go on living 89972ac162 with them if 5392c32e22 he started to 9f17b13da1 hate and despise ef207be51c them? That might be 9a7b3750fd even more horrific 2d9b497b9b than anything he ba51f4f1fd had experienced so 589ef7865c far.3f29ae2c157152a1

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I lightly 7eb19c5324 touched the 0f35fc1ea7 top of 933c7bc016 his head, 92cda79782 messing up 12720abc79 his hair 5fca93628f so his b6316d6c0b face wouldn’t 3f4c4142f2 show.59f2778c577dfa18

“Noah, don’t be 8c0e124576 mistaken. Demons are much worse 71e037eaf4 than humans, and I’m 57795afe66 no exception.”b5e8bc2670d683e3

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He looked unconvinced, but 02b093b88c just as he was 637a45bae0 about to retort, a 9703e8c5d6 server kindly brought over 7ba9e83103 our food, ending the 0c361cf0c8 conversation. I deftly 8c968bef73 avoided answering f19f72d177 his difficult 15e4598d16 question by 9350652136 pushing plates d091e22c89 towards him.157d0aeccdf7417f

The house preparations ba0c32f2bd finished quicker than 16cd0de931 expected thanks to 185bd60a43 a decent tip. With all the 1077a4448b furniture moved in 052bc9be6e and cleaned up, 71597534d2 the place looked adb03e1d43 even more respectable ae3d26cea3 than when we b51b26b8b4 first visited. Noah seemed quite cc754544ff pleased as he ebcac7479b looked around the 4c601ea2d4 house and then 37a048c6d3 glanced up at 15bb054bcb me.5f48db3fa538f52f

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“…But isn’t this house 5c9504491c expensive?”accea4bc4b15278a

“More expensive than 543d6480be the skewers you’re 17b01929e7 eating.”5bfd3a7d50a88db4

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Noah quietly looked 3935a32edc down at the 26043f5d8d skewer he was d7bf18c3a0 holding, trying to 18a9cf5ee3 gauge the cost 7238cd8884 of the house. Whether I laughed or f6e6ff393f not, he remained serious.2a1775a6b880efde

“Kid, no matter 3879ad534f how expensive the 2520452fcd house is, it’s a0f2d64ba3 nothing to worry e07c9ae61e about for me.”859c6f5d9715b411

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“Jin, I’m not a 01a8e740d1 kid anymore.”fee87fdaed0bf18c

“Okay, not 7815561c82 a kid, 418dc3051c maybe a 4546500f2d little one 97b8a5d414 then.”26a8a28a73bbf09e

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“…I’m not little either.”257c79b28c865781

The broker e3967234b7 who introduced 656af8ce79 us to 217632244c the shop b82aec3b0c had all 8ed878a1a9 the furniture a40441c504 installed and 4dfc4619c8 even set b5946f9784 up essential 2d4b9241ac items, so 105debd713 all that 4d48b91a05 was left 1e85a52310 to buy 2ec59e11d3 was Noah’s 26aedbeed6 clothing. Just in d87944735b case something 7078e0f100 was missing, 0e48788d4a I inspected 67bda2cc18 every corner 428e696a79 of the bcd3263f78 large house, 67093e277c suddenly overwhelmed 8ef8447f43 by the f691161898 thought of bd710974e6 having to 1dfb27378d clean this 991f202317 vast space 6ce7ae62c1 without magic.3941bc30bfde8d0c

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‘Well, I can’t let 94dce500ee Noah stay in a 53234ff379 house filled with magical 59f8cae7e7 residue…’2e45a8bcaf67c4e0

Although I had 72fe5b29c0 lived as a fc3a8e5885 demon for 120 89ec3a09f4 years, I still 7f07456f9d remembered how to 7698b62e5a keep house from 7994782112 my human days, 86903460a2 so it shouldn’t b39bbefbf7 be too hard. I nodded vigorously, ebdc058a74 ready to show 4338111496 off my domestic 622ad30add skills honed over 03fc589975 ten years of 679a16715e living alone.8500d841f71b36c1

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However, my boasted d547f155de skills were nowhere 5e3a0ba97f to be found. Breaking dishes while washing bb12ddd97d them was the norm, c334ec0601 and the places I 8616f8ccb7 cleaned still had dust ba70aa08da on them.2496047921444b4b

Watching me struggle, Noah ff83506f47 finally intervened after I 622482bf07 mistakenly added salt instead e06ac8d4bb of sugar while cooking.fe99034e0b6c5bc6

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“I’ll do it.”485c78f25c531ec7

“No, I can handle fb9ee47409 it…”bea03af3edfa5631

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“It’s Jin who’s 6a21bcd6e7 the kid, not 9d53e4f5a4 me.”82b438619ce06192

Noah must have ea1d574829 meant it as 024b58b794 a joke, but 60adbc3e16 I felt dizzy, fe7736ce79 as if I 88b85ebb3b had been struck b99373deba on the head.59e5bffe8d6aa4a0

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‘Am I… really 5e2b231621 this incompetent?’1369855452eb9ccf

Perhaps I had idealized a78fff0722 my memories of being 2a991a6910 human too much? Was I always cb7878f04f this flawed? I was beginning fe0595468d to doubt myself e77677dabb when Noah’s phrases aa40a76ded ‘Shall I do e9082426d1 it?’ ‘I’ll handle cf916d8321 it.’ stuck.4e61cfc82f28fcd3

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Even now, after 431602aecc breaking more dishes 71f7fa4497 during washing, I 9cf666bfc6 was chased out 1ebea4f9b6 to the living d35b117a31 room by Noah. I tried to c381a07d12 insist on finishing f8a931d729 up, but there 65f9dcdab8 were no more 85887e0096 dishes left, forcing 5488715be7 me to retreat.848f7220234a838d

Sitting gloomily on the ce967e1d25 sofa, I waited for cfdabe5f05 Noah when I suddenly 5cc52ad9a1 sensed a crude magical 79ac5d8e81 energy. It felt impure, 0f57707ef0 even more so ca255df1b7 than any beast 64e9036358 I had encountered cb155403c7 in the Demon ae46e984e6 Realm. It seemed like a 5ad50d14d6 monster.2de4f62d7b8c8ec6

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Just to 8d4b826eb9 be sure, 47e0912787 I went f5901b9181 outside. As I waited a12bc27185 in the yard, eb828aff59 the crude magic 8a56a4708b gradually approached. Not wanting to see ef2aee02c8 blood, I slightly unleashed a4a64d2bd2 my own magic to fef6df98f1 scare it away.9962b10db2abaa91

Screaming, the 6c71a48c1f monster collapsed a5799993c7 to the 71bc545c41 ground before 94dc9ae2bf I could cbe518ab00 even act, 2945cab260 and did 46021d4305 not move 9396a5871c again. I hadn’t even started, 4349c7b265 so the situation was 3010e43ccc more baffling than anything. It seemed the 522b1fed3f capabilities of this bf6608ba0c body were beyond 6458e169c9 my expectations.952e0e2012390cd8

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Hearing the 062070aa56 noise, Noah d4f1ced597 came out b812954281 and looked 0b02f0c335 at me 59700a50cd hesitantly.2ad63cf40c85c45d

“What happened?”ae945bda2b9255cc

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“A monster febfdcc44d showed up.”afd39263e31e050e

“Is it dead?”3f6ef7bae77b1707

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It was, but…8628daf14cb03583

The creature was 62fba7e810 such that an f220a63f0b Archdemon could kill c817f40d1b it just by af78126d58 breathing, a fact 745f1195dc I found unfortunate a0bcb9e1fa and didn’t really 9d86406a2f want to know.cb90cfeeacebea2f

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“Yeah, it is…”869753b880abb736

I had to dispose cd073981dd of the body, so 4c5a424809 I walked towards where eab14bc685 the magic was strongest. The monster 0604009024 lay a 5e72d71872 bit off f97540d749 the backyard 146e900b11 path, and 4c8bb29838 seeing its c877c04b3c corpse, my 37b4a77965 face contorted e433a27d64 involuntarily.aa4d3549207cd103

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It appeared 897506bf4f to be c1ea0d8511 a spider 87abcf80fd originally, but 3b22f2b97e it had 8b2a4bf6b8 far too 6d74b1c159 many legs 67ad619c2d and its 1334f00e62 eyes bulged f5f3db1a78 as if 1985277154 they were 8881698d02 about to f49c590fa4 pop out.a131737b3f7bedb8

“Wow… why does it 5ec0a7a3b9 look like that? It’s so gross…!”e315bfed82da8e54

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I recoiled, and for 5796081376 the first time, Noah’s 26149b550e lips curled into a a95d3fe967 smile. I thought 86727104ea I was 101853c1b6 seeing things, de71196853 but he be294320f5 was definitely 263f8d47fb laughing.fc9a2a53501a3b7b

“Are there no b992df6b02 creatures like that 7ce9cd53e7 in the Demon 9a7f1d7aec Realm?”8fdec31bccadba14

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“Huh?”e6c1522caba0a255

“I thought maybe fbaae048d9 only pretty ones cf940bf5cf like Jin existed 0b6c4ff8f8 there.”cc5841b8016e7e8b

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Amused by Noah’s 7e886642d9 naive imagination, I d83ff35d71 burst out laughing.5c5d923ee144956b

Actually, it’s a 9360d047b8 logical assumption. Demons, being entities that c2cad96ac4 feed on corrupted souls 0eff8e84b3 and even covet uncorrupted b36051b3f8 ones, enjoy luring and 19256710ab corrupting healthy humans. In that 3ffce3ce5c sense, my 173d758aad face, which ff2e68bac0 Noah mistook 7c7db5b0bb for an 199b8a7125 angel’s at e76e4a9451 first sight, 1f97101708 is perhaps 5ae4c8b8ee the most 1eb3d91b02 demonic of b9d6c0a735 all.568aafcd6c125ad2

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“No, there are uglier 23ad2f4f13 things than that. Ever seen a moving bd68c3f02c plant? Like a beast, it e0064be70f has teeth and makes 86c56a3ae7 a sticky sound when 21fef93409 it opens and closes 4503496fc3 its mouth. Greed looked weird too, a3f59a920c remember? The Demon Realm ecebe4076e is a terrifying 28ad0037bc place.”12356669840a2b79

Feeling emotional as 012b5888a0 I spoke, Noah d8954a3839 asked with a df006589ed laugh in his cf668b3f3d voice,ee4e18f757cd53d7

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“Should I clean it 4a0929f521 up then?”01ed8978caefdc15

“No, let it be. I’ll handle it.”c87ba2a71e4d7823

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Housework was 7e5b1bc814 one thing, 35f823d144 but I 42541257fb couldn’t let d82459ffa2 Noah handle e4f14b30a9 this. I promptly burned the 0da4cbcf74 monster’s corpse with magic. Strangely, even 3d80bc0444 the burning 638b8bbe0c smell was 543eec00ca foul, so b20a765336 I covered b4137b5eb7 my nose c6d4f65931 with my 1bc56644c6 hand and b7f9216ac7 quickly grabbed a1356a61ce Noah’s hand 2fe0c7fb10 when it 9865ead255 was all 6a301adfe1 done.ae52a13b52a0dc8b

“Ugh, that a96f3f1c14 smell… Let’s 8c05cde434 go.”3a0ea2ece5addd5c

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We hurried away 2d19cfc6f2 from the spot, 3109925365 and behind me, 18f0c23b8e I heard a cd8961329a small laugh. Turning around, b463139fba I saw 96554cb136 the usually 4347cd5206 emotionless child e60eef8721 laughing out 2a6921e601 loud for 8f58d5e8e7 the first ba703b5ec1 time. Seeing his refreshing laughter 1057ffb388 and curled lips made 8b22ccd01e my own lips twitch c6163808d6 involuntarily.8d5501c7bc3241ac

“…That’s a betrayal, bcd8b39feb you know. After all ccdfc9cad5 I’ve done 7c221d8e4e for you, dcdf8bbc18 how can 4d622f6265 you laugh 7aef7b06cb when I’m a267f0117a in trouble?”864047cfe02b6eeb

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Despite feeling proud a70e641aab and happy, I a421264cc1 couldn’t help but 09d48750e4 grumble a bit.50da2f6e087717f0

Noah, knowing it was c5439cb272 just a jest, simply 405adce23c laughed it off while 2b8a85aede gripping my hand even ef762517ac tighter.4987e6f695ff3548

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