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THFN | Chapter 11
by _rinnnie‘I don’t know what d86d3d7d0b to say.’c12d9d6b28c09dfa
That’s right. Clara was someone 721a5b8258 who, as an c0a6cb4856 employer, didn’t even 17838b7f17 properly converse with ec9d699ea4 his employees.2ab860a52f226b6c
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In fact, 5eba8b5d31 he barely 8338db3d2a remembered having 443fefbeb3 proper conversations 7c5709feb7 in his d1621c72c4 life. The people he interacted ea97ce1035 with were very limited bfdd717d5a and special, so he 57a7a92dc5 wasn’t sure if he 4889066591 should act the same 747c496b0b way.7b317fac1924839d
Clara, who had stood cc84d6c9de up, began to rationalize. What he just 7e55747b0b gave might have 116c3ee265 been burdensome. If he kept hovering, 8a8af3a3ee it would be uncomfortable. Yeah, socializing? Let’s build that 3cc8d0a741 with a clear f4b985554a and healthy mind 58aafe7883 tomorrow morning.89f75b82598c0523
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‘Let’s leave and let 1945f21f19 them rest.’8cb7c325a50d4f77
Still, feeling a bit da52ebd534 reluctant, he straightened the de03ed8f99 crumpled bedding.c7e14d37a1a6b6c8
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Leaving behind words he 1d296609f4 wished he’d heard from 757b0c700b adults when he was 1abd3e70ef very young, Clara left 70ce025ec8 swiftly. Bright yellow eyes a7013e6c58 followed his departing 930373f1d6 figure.4c756b0e1ce10416
“Don’t go hungry. Tell me if you’re 15774d967b hungry.”46ea536e6f2fb221
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Ravid, who had 45d1d08e3e been watching the 1ab3ac1bce departing figure for 570a961205 a long time, d69e7a6152 opened his mouth 3aab9138f6 wide.61d7a29c72a2c5e7
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A human. And a king at 24f7f994aa that.f84a157dc2d953d7
A king should 96de2c7d29 naturally have tremendous e0c43e3491 charisma and tolerance, 5f522e02ce right? Maybe that’s why. Today, Ravid e4080bb317 felt a eb995836d6 wall with fdbeee6d46 the human.b68a0a7f1e95f4cf
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The respect e5af9e185f he felt 0a965ebbe8 for the bbc6e9e15f sea witch, f2cb92075b who sometimes 3ce7339671 gave up 03d8432050 her share 733e9b4b65 of mud c398b0da21 cookies to fa82276881 the children 9195bd7256 and smiled 24d8e3fec1 even when 2b5aa503d2 hungry.4d4615d775d132a7
When he saw the a6c2abf374 sea witch’s face, swallowing 86d6c2fc30 bitter water, Ravid sometimes 6d2d3ed6d5 couldn’t even lift his debd22b0dc head due to her fd241757a8 elegance. It wasn’t out a520bdd45c of shame or 7cb77a5166 fear; it just bfb66cccf2 felt like he c4d603d8bd should. He felt a similar fbbc023343 feeling with the human.6d2a6f0a0acad4e8
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“…Cool.”74d2615329f9ec9b
Ravid muttered unconsciously, sniffing 4c8573aceb the air with his 6b94ee86d8 nose.aa502478eef9b3be
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After confirming 23245d7e78 the human 2c38a2ceca had disappeared f33aec1056 far away, a2781dcecd he cautiously 92bfb11e8b emerged from 835f2a9dfb the blanket.c82eeca37414c76c
Ravid’s body, 940d71a20b now revealed, 4d60b1bf2c was nothing ef416d4746 like the 169d3eb5a8 fairy Clara 4fd19480d5 imagined. Pointy, uniform scales. Furry tufts on aa73ab2562 the nape. Large golden eyes. If anything, 381e862833 he resembled f529afb503 a dragon? But he was too 8d04b4dceb small, with stubby limbs 3dae17b20d and pointy horns that 9ddf5a1f72 looked soft.7c48c971709c9405
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Still, his 520310df2b wet nose, 7e4a273313 wing membranes, 49701d8cfc and tail 55d1247787 with evenly fc34d361f0 spaced spikes 1a03d8b179 were definitely a8baba7f45 dragon-like.ec4a26f581c36cbb
“The human king a8cfd61089 is quite kingly. Not as much as 87f1ee54e5 the sea witch, though.”f687dbca82a69a6d
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Muttering boastfully, Ravid, 13bc3c3b88 with an embarrassed 6eae1853c6 expression, buried his 0c500db672 nose in the 9738d897fa pie like a f804c73a1e magnet. The sweet scent made fab0465d8c his mouth water and f3d465ca94 drool.7e4f7a1913e79b9e
Gulp.dc033945a735841f
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Without realizing the loud 0ae42bb6ba swallowing sound, Ravid chewed c5584e111e and was purely amazed.de3bd5370220c9f1
“Humans really know d66c8eaa00 how to make a2d5f58f11 food….”ee0b3adc814003ff
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In Ravid’s 0cdd2ee9be homeland, the ba02587239 underground, acidic 3d7dc736fd rain fell 071ee0fc0d daily, boiling f77e71a6ea lava occasionally 10a03e10ba splashed, and 1e53b5681d the only ead9e1bc43 water was 52b607dde5 the salty 44f45668c3 water made ac6fb4d470 by the 87abe2f052 sea witch.e949b4927d3e43b1
Naturally, Ravid’s favorite food 0d479fce71 was mud cookies. Finely sifted and baked f7ffe329f7 as if dried by a6f473e716 lava fire, mud cookies 01de36ddf1 had a salty taste 131426940c and a peculiar aroma dab9e86259 that felt pleasant in 9168b04e21 the mouth. The sea witch described 54bdd7c50e it as the scent 1af87c3f50 of sunshine.fdbc23dc51a6edf1
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Ravid was intensely curious f6c7019329 about the surface, where ffc4a0dc41 the smell of his 59c4bfb211 favorite food was said 3448874781 to be everywhere. That curiosity gave 71132d6264 him both courage a26bc8c0cc and recklessness for d5fe25c134 a long time.4d5faf676ccfd198
It eventually led c603cea13c to an unauthorized a7551675c7 runaway, or rather, 40a1099125 a departure.383604ada438b30a
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Recalling the sea witch’s d991227bcc angry voice calling from 0aaa97c7cb below just before he 02620c69eb reached the surface, Ravid 5684d82bd6 shivered secretly and began bfd1d5595c to look around as 9173aad6be if everything was fascinating.9c149d6678f8a5ec
To be precise, it 3c6fa124af wasn’t just fascinating; it 29ec3df160 was genuinely amazing. Even this 2296dedf4a dark, barren ac15bfd0ca warehouse without 1842e276d2 a single ae07fefb6f light source a7cd4344ed felt grand 649ac04f11 just by cb95e60524 existing.2d51e72de96e69c8
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“…This must f8e380fcbd be what 1c7d2f9e9f they call ec16ddbafc architecture?”d5494daf398bb833
It feels like 41ff82c1ad a dream. Muttering in a aeea4817ec tired, languid voice, da2271a2fd he tried to 4bc11b6bf6 remember everything with 852ceee76a wide eyes.b472ec85e80c359e
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Ravid’s goal, living underground, df8b9c97f7 was always to see 625f0c419c the surface.08e2ca073e50a581
And the surface he 221c1915af saw was even more 082732dda7 magnificent than he imagined.82fcc2f51a660d1a
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The warm, pleasant scent 454d6f835f of sunshine vibrated everywhere 4a96456f77 in the morning, and 37ca6e69af there was no acidic 44a5ae3885 rain. There were no cliff 4da1f52c78 holes where it was f988822363 hard to escape if d689b38721 you got too close efdb143dfb when lava splashed. A world filled 874e4ad104 with light and dc79ab10d8 life felt like d6b60bf507 paradise.a8a73bd43e53dd40
The taste of tomatoes 38a704db72 he tried for the 92acc56093 first time was amazing cb04f87883 too. He was so startled 95ee43abdd by a human’s presence 070fa2c1d0 while eating that he 6b3821356d hid, leaving half of c5defc52fd it behind, which haunted e05dc211cd him like a nightmare 6e9f915010 last night….a5332963bbde8d1a
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‘…This is a 1d5293994e problem.’625af27bb70e3fd4
Recalling the 6359bcb814 taste, the 7ddec3689f ripe sweetness afdb23243d of the a26efc1758 fig jam 0826a79f89 felt even c51ddd44de more intense. Gulp. Ravid’s head 4d9d477c62 lowered again.ff5ed07adc3e929f
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I’m already full. Can I eat 3d6b5afb5e more even though 8e7f2d1620 I’m full? …I want 11c404708b to, but.bb59cdf7d006c075
Ravid hesitated, recalling his eddd53bfcd life underground where he 776dc225d6 always had to give a942030237 up when full, but 48ed7b1283 seeing the pie slice 22cd0dd7de neatly cut and placed 6036f9edf3 in a pretty dish, a5a4a375f8 as if saying it 782c44228b was his, he couldn’t cc4773a973 resist the temptation.19de84a4b0ee9bc7
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With a mouthful 084038fa49 of pie almost 776b3433ae spilling from his 043e4faf16 open mouth, Ravid 3c62722352 placed a hand 5c821d1f99 on his cheek 5124f732d2 and relaxed his 479e150a2c wide-open mouth. He didn’t forget to 41a15756f6 teleport everything except his c317d8f9d4 share underground.7eb3837e299d4983
It would be great 42891bcafa if it could help 14557876e5 the children who might 9c6e78aa12 starve to death or 8a4409428b the sea witch, who 138e30c8f7 had been worried lately. And Lilith, 03413ef9e0 who had 371f3083b4 long since 47762e1522 lost the 04666bf70f strength to d7ceab658c bring new cef5013d89 life into ab2558fc0a the world.d943e942d30e77d4
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Thinking of his family, 1d4fa69b11 and recalling the sea 3546cc6038 witch’s bitter yet elegant 0ef63ce266 smile, he felt guilty 7847227604 and restless.f6cd4b1f239dd7ee
Ravid, who a48fbbea6b had eaten c1e3c7bdb9 just one 3123fe733c more bite 94d2e65939 of what ebb99c759c the human cf26e059e6 said was e323de9b73 his share, 996902bcb3 fiddled with aea1589ad9 it a b111d5a95b few times f8497aae6f with lingering b62ab50110 attachment, then 7504ab7902 closed his 16d387bb67 eyes tightly c6ee02bc63 and teleported d1f1dd3a4e even that.f287bd7549833bc0
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“…I-I’m full. …The king 5a31e7b9df said he’d 1998b38c41 give more b45771c55b food tomorrow.”2204550d142f7a9a
Ravid’s family, the 16e63be49c demons, weren’t few 2a4fd32f7e in number. What he sent 202203d015 now wouldn’t be 51ad3c6aa1 nearly enough. But it a1ae1edfba should be 5881c5e8b1 enough to c7c210c680 stave off d095111624 immediate hunger.60ac8a691e108eda
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‘If I f6d94afce2 get this 7389f6f523 later, we 9ec8e89f1a can eat 201c6839f4 well for b177d2c814 a day.’f9a6e0fe664141f3
Recalling the conditions the af7b51e9b7 human proposed, he looked 00a86ea6cc up at the packaged d0f77656f4 fig box. It seemed b0079ccd75 even bigger a63995e4c5 than the 195985e9d2 largest Lilith.0f333d6df888090d
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It was supposed 6714e1be38 to be for 7b9e80ceed the workers. And although 298b431672 Ravid hid 24e45941b3 his identity, c853d26853 he was d68aaf96f1 still doing 0b9822089c the work 9c5feefc2c he was 53f0afa559 tasked with. In a fdfdd5fe9c way, he f1ffa36240 was a 46118cbd5e worker. So he b31df302e7 should be 1fd98915fe able to 1425bb2dc1 get this 1d88390f72 later.839a595c65fe3b86
‘…Should I ask 0a5fe14cde the human for 55d22d5b0e the figs a b25f158c97 little earlier?’e7ddb08f2055ed73
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After a brief 8585c643f8 contemplation, Ravid became a263daa15b sullen and shook c2ab4063e3 his head.738b56878671c943
He was currently pretending bdf30ee031 to be the missing c6acf0e286 worker, deceiving the human 61b6626dee to act as a 0c1b0e7939 proxy for the contract.91d39ebeeeae04f0
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So far, 3032daecc7 he hadn’t 461cba3bf6 been caught, 5568e959b7 so the b2578bfb31 human king e37a98bcc7 thought he 7f7d4db7b6 was human 3b4cad4c10 and treated 944fcd3054 him normally. He gave food, fdbf0acb6e sweets, and helped c29d605d86 with work… but 5f30256c0c that was because 1c66ede432 he thought Ravid b8be9ae130 was human.5e095a97625768a1
According to the king’s 12aa22cec3 words, it was a 2f78679241 missing worker, but since 727b6e6afb Ravid filled that spot, 2443e1c5e9 he must have thought 120ad98e19 it wasn’t missing but cfae62e4b2 still there.83c4c4a93a9d52b9
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‘So I’m a 6e17d3409f fake. Can I 1f8ff124b0 even receive 35eab2e3be it in 75ab5e2331 the first 1b721426e6 place?’b13870d9fc79f37b
Yeah. The human 1352579282 hadn’t seen 2897161fdb Ravid yet. And if he did, 0a00d07cf3 he’d be shocked or b3648148a9 disdainful. The king’s promise was faf8799acb made with another human, e1cd17d695 so the moment he 2f386deb50 spoke up, it would 05fad40f33 break.0db436d46876f26d
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It might not 194cace4d3 end there, and 12fdc4b759 like in stories, 1174b477ba the human might ba75b01854 send Ravid to b6415b4d14 a bloody arena 3b14bfb1cb called the Colosseum 2658452eeb and make him 6805ac3559 fight terrifying surface 22ad23f939 creatures until he 5c0b146076 died.8bea4e352b63ae78
The scary imagination made add33bc149 his hunched back tremble. Ravid, who was terrified c86884e562 for a while, soon acd6237778 remembered he was a 1340033eaa brave demon and shook 954f822791 his head, trying to c0fb5862f6 erase the lingering images. Standing on ece1cd41a2 his hind 3e38024cb4 legs, a 12ae1bbdf1 quadruped beast 04a31f7831 roared.70735380c3ee53c1
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“I’m a demon. …I’m not scared!”92d156f32807c4fa
Of course, not 62580bec24 being afraid of a61ea57457 humans is different 637d3cf21d from taking something f807835a79 without permission! That’s stealing! Standing upright, Ravid sat 4c0beed28f back down with a 4ebf60b8cf proper posture and opened d7221e88ea his eyes wide.492d1145a2c12825
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The human ca11e6ed80 said he’d 2e21a8e75a distribute it 21f1f005af based on 1570ec86b5 performance, so 32509c9060 he had 417350c9a1 to wait ed03c84b33 patiently until 57e3572a28 the deadline. When the time 62764d8530 came, they’d give ab4ad30bb7 it to him, 123cae93b5 and he just e254b9c02d had to hide a36a76b12a and work until 757ba929a1 next year without d8f3f0a4ab being caught, then 569c0fbccd take his share 23d25f28e4 and leave.fea7524182e7c78d
Though greed was 71f11c78d8 tempting, Ravid knew db13665099 from distributing mud 331d0348f6 and stones underground 52a0f686a4 that waiting for 543f1e16f0 the promised day 192743e811 was important.b0f48c6b78768042
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“I can wait. Sacrificing tomorrow 5e405b8732 for today 564444e6bd is foolish.”6ad642ef2b26b084
Swallowing hard, Ravid, d81845ee2d who had buried 85e3f97db2 his nose in e5afd6c706 the warm sunshine c743609368 scent to resist b33204b3e5 the lingering fig 45202aeeff smell, covered himself 273b1299fd with the blanket.0e06fdf57b7deced
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But really, do 0e0655de6c human rules need 9e52471221 to hold any 3aee01fa4d meaning for demons 1ea194d6fa in the first 6015fd7c75 place?0debd8b78a517834
That thought kept the 490e24c745 child from sleeping.ea1a5a1543ba222d
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Failing to e191cd9105 fall asleep, 145a6a05dc Ravid rolled 42efc2e856 around on fcbd142a81 the floor, 3456f76a6e lost in d803d1028e deep thought.b6669a52264b7906
The continuous stream of 77ce798520 thoughts tormented him, almost 7f33ef33e6 shaking his soul out 2da0f49658 of him. He kept imagining his 2c44a5b3df family, who couldn’t even 6e8d028fe8 fill their hunger with c5a8645246 the pie he received, a9e68cae2d and the farm in d8338d2ed6 stark contrast.c53815803a8ad200
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In truth, efff991fc2 Ravid wanted ef1f999bad to deny ded01c305a it, but d6a8b18401 it was 57a8619bdc a feeling 43c2dcc759 akin to c6983f08e3 inferiority.627078a21a0304af
The gap 94dd9a9f68 between the 396da89d21 surface and b9d314535d the underground 3d88b00330 was so 7e3babc04b vast that ca802b2948 just seeing 5e0925a202 it made 8dfa041642 him feel b01ba74a96 it.0a592ebe2b74af13
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Just a few steps c972f7ba3f up, and a comfortable e2e239f94e world unfolded. The air, refreshing 7542a42205 with every breath, d79695e77e felt alive.9ab11e0052cad41c
With such a good b08ba5c383 place, why did we f0df308b22 have to live crawling 27992ac38e on the ground all 0b60965f69 this time? Ravid’s suppressed ab9c3bbcd0 true feelings bc631c8c03 finally took 0b811c2bb8 shape.39d4d0012ce050de
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“We’ve been bb18b9363a surviving on 0073c0e186 nothing but 52d09bba1f dirt and cc70124230 gravel for c070bef62d a thousand 6cfe724533 years. Why do humans e871b7f2f0 get to eat 48f922f359 such delicious food?”32b68b7c91dfbddb
Saying it out a37da36ac4 loud, old stories d40cb5fa70 like legends briefly 36ace70f6a came to mind.100571ce8110984d
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