THFN | Chapter 1

A long time ago, it’s said that the demons descended to the earth from another dimension with ambitions to conquer the world.15e831690e87bf73

However, the da7869c786 demon king f25c943917 who led cd44068d55 them died, a4fcceb8d9 and with 0d0e86b28b their original abc527451c Demon Realm ed184c59dc burned by 5484fe56a7 humans, the c584fb1c2d demons were 6bd1997ad0 left stranded 01c5e15173 on earth.471be695ace28a6f

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Exiled to the 93f38b31a9 narrow and dark c1b5c51ebd Underground World to a11506545d avoid humans, they ab74c1ae60 survived by eating 92dd627727 dirt for a cf53903bb6 thousand years.38ef40c83d6e24ea

Facing the f540ff65a0 collapse of c5f2984fac their ever-expanding a6cd657afe Underground World, e9ce4fb090 the demons b81c56cd95 had to c04f1935f9 make a 45579d152e choice before 10ef38a326 extinction.290af971b35cedd7

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Would they starve ce8f5a27b3 or be crushed 7d3c369ea2 in a collapsed 64419981f7 tunnel?ee4624a9e326f2bf

Or would they 8e3e3f6321 come to the 3f6ebc200a surface and fight 76851d8d27 to the death?f515ccd4dd689528

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…And somewhere on the 2d4c699a11 outskirts.0876c150a113a314

Five years 0e68ae92d4 after the 1876c97713 disappearance of 0d4e104b56 a loved 90390fce3d one without efe88df327 a trace, c70a92a22e Clara, who 017a878584 had returned 3ed4ca150c home to 77f6de0d4a live a 1d9759b8f4 life of 5d112585e3 farming, met 4efbc43573 a small ef93bd9e58 demon.a85222b9f4b96520

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It was clear the 108539de44 demon was on the 7cf4433f04 brink of starvation, so 61ab9f3743 Clara helped a little….11809968c4f99998

“Sniff, Clara….”ec89b25b1a944d6c

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The little winged lizard hid in a sack, snorted, and then suddenly climbed onto Clara’s shoulder, claiming to be his sibling.dfa6966c1c83f4c7

“Thank you. Clara, if it weren’t for you….”1d1e9747060f9d06

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The surreal a5a9ca6131 being known 632d8c2ef0 as the af2e3a8fcb sea witch 6643cb57ee clasped her 9a9435043b hands and bdad44b4db chased after 474d7f66c7 Clara as c990ecd061 a routine.a6238403bd8e4220

Somehow, Clara ended up becoming a savior of the species, but it wasn’t particularly welcome. He never intended this, and these people kept making strange proposals….0751065be4407b1d

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“Why not try 9be6ccf407 being the demon 6da4ce1138 king?”3b923c41b7500b73

No way!67a6f4d559fbb356

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“You’re kind, you play well with kids like Deborah and Ravid… and you even have the financial power to support the entire species. Why stick to outdated ideas of power and age like in the old days?”dc91a408bcf572e5

“It would be 803b99dc14 great if Clara 136ed72882 could be our d7536727c2 representative.”7cb259cb1597abc3

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These guys. Do you think compliments will get you anywhere? If you’re grateful, show respect, not attacks!f27259d92636a737

“Clara.”3dfb87240c8f610f

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And you… were you b9afff6c07 really a demon?7cc145a2ee851c50

“…Please quietly become ffbafd5688 a seedbed.”02211559005e1801

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“…Phew.”f7e7a3c72e4bdedd

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Sitting on 0deb0999fe the railing, 69ae378ad9 Clara sighed 3b5ddd62df as he 0a914dec80 thought about 3f960823fe how things 59b20f50c9 ended up 4bd76a4a74 like this.3170f8b1639b9a14

Before explaining why 785ff32994 it turned out e73cfede26 this way, I a912c20ac2 should talk about b366c6fddd what happened.6411b05680ef0d5a

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It was f1ddac5339 5 years c9a5cb650f ago. Clara, who 66b6310c1b had been c9fee2cf2e wandering around, 8b18c1df79 bought a 5e1c2f506d piece of 49d393bf6a land without 13150bfc38 any reason f84318b06f or connection.5ec6a7a597f77167

It was 6515070417 a cursed f2d0470a09 land in 9fe204c2e4 the territory 33d571371b of Clorentine e163bde551 in the 10966c0a72 Holy Nation, 04422ffcd3 a place 9f13672711 no one 62af2d714d sought. It was only 8ab6efff45 a dense forest, 62fad1e2e5 but the fertile 383262c0e5 land was perfect ccfff0120a for farming.8bf2d612c5140b7b

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He gathered all 2c2bf142d8 his money, hired dc1b57633b independent mages who c6d3cab0eb needed cash, and 5fe21b27e6 brought in architects. Even though 7f17c82e44 he gathered e90879ea66 all the c2eb43604c people he 7cb593f465 could, it ea1bcab86e took half a8c0a56914 a year 40046d6a68 just to 4fae843ab8 clear the 91460aa6fe land.85493e35eb20537d

People thought it 81b056e7cb was ominous for 13ac9dac2a some eccentric rich 5353d62fdc person to develop 9d9fbb9881 such land and c7c5cd788d wanted to leave, db48387bbd but Clara persuaded 42b2d7bfb5 them with gold fd216d0896 coins, rushing to 7dabe53793 complete it in f191bd7526 the shortest time aed326dff5 possible.2684c4ce0c22f0f8

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‘It was tough even 7ef90c3dfd when I think about 6be813e756 it now. Not as much 7f9b771ab8 as now, though.’264f6b846d20f2d9

Could this place e808657897 become our home? With such meaningless thoughts, b3d6c0c699 the insignificantly named Clara d8bb02e3c8 Farm was born.6804cab6937b9bbb

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This land, f0d714de8f where money 0983c95057 was poured 6e8444cb55 in without d813b058c3 hesitation, even 346e12fb7d using mages, fc16895b50 became a 377b2a979c vast plain.189b0afa987cfe8a

For a farm 04a3af185b hastily created with 9cc1705808 just a name 236e9d7703 and no brand, 0b308794f3 it was almost 7ef673560f the size of e4431a4f6a seven small villages 28f74944c2 combined, and the 7b50d940e2 Great Lake was 2fd5b269be overflowing with water. The flowing water was 608450484b more like a river 7d2970f6d4 than a branch of 7fba80b9be the lake.964c1f989eb9f19f

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The mansion in 2658542c2b the center, though 6a4ed15268 called a mansion, d87b08e07a was no less 5a9c630a17 splendid than a e90d5e376f royal palace.0ec094bd56e52496

So here’s the question. How much would it cost to maintain this land?97e58fc2a66ba65f

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“…Hmm.”0427ba9ce356437d

Building it wasn’t hard. Muttering with a bored expression, Clara propped his chin on his hand. Outside the window was a transparent Great Lake that seemed to reveal everything underwater.518c9f57aa375454

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For reference, there’s an artificial purification system that keeps the lake from ever rotting, so it doesn’t require much maintenance. But someone is needed to manage the land.d69f3f1e83ff61d8

Was it a mistake to overlook that part? The vast farm, where not a single person’s presence could be felt, felt particularly chilly today.1de51424f294f9ad

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“…….”64e5ef98d069f833

…This won’t do.591c8082a6a8594f

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Let me say it 296f810ea4 again. Clara is the great 39e10b8cb8 landowner of a frontier d0a9612034 estate surrounding a lake.12ab2ec0d9d0fc9c

As such, 342d6efd6c he employs 9847271c0f over a a5952f5a03 hundred farmers, 9c344dea4a and even a9fabf2b74 if the e937fcf9df massive five-story e6040ede09 mansion is 163db67926 sealed with 3ce17e9b00 sealing magic 40440f52e2 and only 1777030457 the smallest 4952e400e0 top floor e9b7c7a5e1 is used, 84e3adf094 more than c292d3d189 ten servants b820ecaf9b are needed 6ab38af52c just for 282f229644 cleaning.5e4b1bc844d577f4

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But today, there’s no one.193d43938c93e9d9

Why? Because they all be2ca65d98 ran away!4caf723dea3fcdb6

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“I was 6bc6c93236 a bit 74c5933ef8 uneasy since 3ad0c39cfc I woke 3e2fd01ab9 up this f4697b07ff morning….”cbf92b170bf9f1d4

Clara muttered, 906f619495 yawning widely. He had woken 113e017f13 up a bit 8b00b324b8 early and was 4d8e4b17e4 still sleepy.5ac146d01797184b

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Precariously balancing on 8509738220 the thin railing 37e29347bd at the top e8f19ea9d1 of the central 67259243be hallway, Clara stretched 1f24606368 out his arm c611e37192 to remove a 28ac56402a piece of paper cea19c14b7 attached near the 4d80e9ad83 stairs. On it, c80d06b6b0 scrawled handwriting dc562b0a06 contained content 6d57b11a35 he had 31966edfab anticipated someday.321b74f478ff0c0d

We can’t do this anymore.a56ab1890ddc5648

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We are going back. We will deliver 8dd7ebf0a3 the remaining amount 941b9c2656 through the inspector, fc75e78d68 excluding the salary a373fc04bb for this month.f409b42704f0d6d1

Did you think you 94db3465d6 could operate this vast 94391c250d land without tenants forever? Please reconsider your proposal 368cf52670 with this incident.a12be8e803fead2c

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“Even so, not 29e85bd78b a single one a862465c99 stayed.”394f164154dd34f5

How disappointing. Muttering, Clara d1721c5c6d quietly rolled eacc5c3182 up the 2e25dcdc8a sleeves of cfe106ec36 his shirt 0fd44d901f and sat 410ab0bd00 on the cc70c5f6d3 railing of 4b23a95950 the central b29caf3b74 hall.b55671763d2ad2c1

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There’s no one to criticize him for being informal, so he swung one leg lazily.080b45aa58810f3a

His relaxed posture and the situation didn’t match, but his sharp double eyelids resembled a cat’s. Like an animal, Clara bent his body flexibly, half-lying down, propping his chin with his hand, and tapped his lips with his fingertips.bf1261aaa8a4dfbc

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On a sunny afternoon, 18150533b6 he thought about the d0b83b9710 vanished employees, the money 2b54161ea4 he had to pay 3ed56c9606 them, and how many eb623263c6 years it had been 42dcd089a3 since he hired them.fc1355c9d3eb782a

“One hundred 68c868f492 gold per 6828ecbe2d person. Fifty gold as baed92a3c8 a bonus. One hundred d9c50d5b43 gold for abf3e01437 bad weather 59005df767 labor…. One hundred gold for 3575345543 injury insurance. Three hundred gold for 6d45f7eb3e death insurance.”1abb9b05a9c91a05

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Even counting a few items, the amount was dizzying. Although he had long escaped brainwashing, Clara, still clumsy with calculations, quickly gave up and waved his hand. He’d use a calculator later.303b09e626517cd9

Anyway, the 998c90ba13 important thing 44cf7c0e5a now was 01af63dea2 that the bf029c2153 money he 2e3c577534 had was 950c14d33a disappearing rapidly, 28f633e4ab and each 58b8382cd6 day felt ffeedcc529 as long 6b4b866d2b as a b8b26d13c6 year.912e23b1c0835811

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So, counting, five years 248787134a had passed.b2dd76ee5b12a3a6

“…….”fb5685b923d5532e

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It didn’t feel real, but the numbers said so. Even if he didn’t want to count the days, renewing the workers’ contracts at the same time each year made it impossible not to know. The sense of reality that had left him was slowly returning.adf3ede54d52cfb3

Was it time 307fc52f2a to accept it…? Scratching the back ebaaf8bfa2 of his head, b734b95ca5 he blinked. In fact, 697dd17548 it had b158f07fef passed a 38f334d8df long time 404d628665 ago. Just yesterday, he 00f2884f8e was sighing deeply, 50a6da60a2 flipping through the 570ce02818 ledger because he cad9302dcb was short on 15723ce1c0 money.6689ca30832b62d4

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Rubbing his forehead while 09d4782f19 calculating loan interest, Clara 87d7a8b5ab looked up at the 923b0be609 stained glass sparkling in 2a09dcefb6 the opaque glass dome e6423a7d3e above the mansion, instead 3dfef90617 of the temptingly ripe b2c330e651 crops in the vast c3756230f8 plains that seemed to 3969c18f3d beckon him to pick 04144f647f them.66c1c0976a2a6be1

…It was an escape 58e26a644f from reality.252ba6d046bfec74

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After moving to a 0942800d6c small lakeside far from 42bd524ee3 the city and buying 5d04d7ce64 up all the surrounding a8d7db7bfe land to run a 2b3c0b5b74 farm for five years.f3bd09b23a7f0fb5

During that time, Clara had to realize desperately. He had no talent for management. Not even a grain of wheat, a strawberry seed, or an ant’s eye. By the way, ants don’t have eyelids, so they don’t have eye crusts.e2977f6f10f51b0d

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Nevertheless, the result of five years of effort was this. An empty mansion. A bleak atmosphere. A domain where no one’s presence could be felt.96c4d80358e18228

There had been so many signs that it wasn’t even surprising. It was just that the inevitable had come.1e4112cccf7fe4c6

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Still, he 508f8a22de never imagined aee2e00e17 that all 2a0f3a538e the employees 6628962687 would conspire e3e2550a71 and run 3be2712385 away overnight.f34997f9f425decb

“Sigh. It’s unbelievable.”482222bfb7b5ba10

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Tapping his fingers 0b011ef774 on the railing, 989154f2dd he fell into 4cae5fdb6c thought.c61df0d2ff6ba9c8

What kind 23421ebbc9 of revenge b6fba70326 could he 74d5292f13 take on 741f0453e0 the hundreds 3dfc42a91a of former d741bad8ee employees who c46980dc68 had left 0e68e3310f him with 0e08beebfb this polite c533e53931 notice?ad8c03fd35726e27

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Canceling employment contracts, claiming compensation through the central government’s inspector… Should he hire a lawyer first? There must be various ways.4207dec862b9dc66

But that thought c0cd3b52bc was brief. A stark sense of 58f0be315b futility surged up, making 649ef1552e it all seem pointless.a5aafe07ae0d5d4d

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‘…Would doing that really 964486ce34 relieve this unbearably gloomy 014270a11f feeling?’8a4109a9abd33f8b

Such emotions sometimes 8188cf86e7 make people feel 05e384e352 intimidated or depressed, a97db6aa1c but they also cd587927ee force them to a59a17cc22 face reality.97c610e230fd1de0

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Clara straightened his 59a8c41a9f back to soak 77c3fafc8e up more sunlight 36e28c8eed and dangled his 912acd598d legs. A simple answer bdad4960b6 emerged without much d455ce8a8a thought.deba43a357ddfd16

‘Lawsuits and all 3e4963c53f that just cost 3ce72c77e8 money. It would only c3a9ebbf3b become more troublesome.’dd60e13ca2d80522

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The answer was that d9c92e08a9 it would never happen.b450e37aed02b95f

In fact, Clara’s bad mood wasn’t solely because of the servants.8922984dc00f415f

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“Five years….”327c7aea71c34457

This idle 6d445ab63f time felt 0a1fa367a5 so long.231c09308a9287e4

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Building this mansion 7926ed254e and managing everything c241ae82ff was breathlessly busy. Looking back, b386cdf67b he really 3d7b0a117c lived diligently.78fefd5a8309b8b4

He waited earnestly. For someone who 793e9b2d8f never came.d3d28a3b76ef35d9

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“…….”e574f52dfa7c1b87

Even basking in the sunlight that shone warmly through the stained glass didn’t bring back his lost spirit.1e0d2d3ae2bf6a86

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That was to be 752590debd expected. He had spent 4dbe421b77 all that money 1034338772 on this crazy d066a23e91 endeavor. Even if not for 8868c315a9 that, there was no 6d5fb815c9 way to restore his 6e214eeb49 mind or life to 55aad88c8b its previous form.7203af11858997ca

Clara inherently disliked b8aea18edb change. Whether short or long, 5c81f76f7f he had become worn 52ceeee98d and tired over time.d43e519a3cc6f738

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I can’t do this anymore, just kill me. He grumbled inwardly.32a0c0318258dcd7

Then, tilting his f0efee46e5 head slightly, the 0fe286ab6f beautiful stained glass 3cfedd09dd pattern caught his be673f3a6b eye.d6b4302311bd4018

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The ceiling, where the sunlight shone directly, was specially treated to be glossy even on the white parts, so it wouldn’t hurt to look up from inside.be4b40d4dcc3ba55

Looking at the colorful a375c45e90 tail of the creature 50e2d3390d engraved on the glass a36adf1300 dome, Clara, as he 65a12c184f once did, half-opened his f2284b612a mouth and spaced out.09124817bc5d461b

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