THFN | Chapter 11

‘I don’t know what 2f0d8074b4 to say.’fd4d2ce00979eb60

That’s right. Clara was someone who, 38b1ab17bf as an employer, didn’t 706d9b0f8f even properly converse with c972480345 his employees.5cb11e2ffd8aca3a

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In fact, 9318142ece he barely 528331a07e remembered having fe831dd868 proper conversations d5dcee3868 in his fd721693d9 life. The people he 2a0f5f978a interacted with were d735175beb very limited and be536f71f4 special, so he 92e0e148f0 wasn’t sure if 73aadef9f9 he should act f4ab7f9b97 the same way.52b118c3143a7ba7

Clara, who had 314e50be04 stood up, began 7e4634a306 to rationalize. What he just gave de1e537f71 might have been burdensome. If he 9f20221357 kept hovering, da4fbc351f it would 11c9a8eadf be uncomfortable. Yeah, socializing? Let’s build that 59087a2739 with a clear 6ec65b2b76 and healthy mind e3bd6e053d tomorrow morning.526f9e6c1d9f94e1

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‘Let’s leave and let c8a329bcf4 them rest.’f0b490bb84efcf06

Still, feeling 85886d14c0 a bit 6e153fe8b0 reluctant, he 1ba924f27d straightened the bbdad5d9bc crumpled bedding.97a7c87452ac519f

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Leaving behind 732ca100f5 words he 746e9ddea1 wished he’d 0ae5ce3f88 heard from d96ea7d9cb adults when 1f1616c6f2 he was 18b24529ec very young, dace09f02d Clara left b2b0c49c85 swiftly. Bright yellow eyes ce46ef408e followed his departing 82e77a5b97 figure.acbaf0cf70e74002

“Don’t go hungry. Tell me if you’re 50ed90d298 hungry.”098a291c02c32d97

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Ravid, who had 6710d7e0b6 been watching the 68e609c67c departing figure for 7bba857aef a long time, 82769c7cfc opened his mouth e87e3ebb8b wide.9e786cc0c7040171

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A human. And a 8ba2e233bd king at 34c0de2204 that.8b0f21625966d5fd

A king 451f836334 should naturally 86a408f716 have tremendous ebbefb3d3f charisma and a33c456b7c tolerance, right? Maybe that’s why. Today, Ravid felt 1468123ac4 a wall with 13dbb9cb1e the human.eff8422335172ee6

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The respect he felt be7b6861b9 for the sea witch, abd8920d36 who sometimes gave up 6f83f26de8 her share of mud 3afbb8303d cookies to the children 463471aba1 and smiled even when 2d676c6493 hungry.0799e9b5584bba10

When he saw the 34e84b611c sea witch’s face, swallowing e36b0440cc bitter water, Ravid sometimes d40afe7551 couldn’t even lift his 537384aa87 head due to her f3562ed656 elegance. It wasn’t out of 3f17c02c5a shame or fear; it c03cb682fb just felt like he f42c9d0d79 should. He felt a similar 7eedb7e6da feeling with the human.e73b6640ae3be36c

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“…Cool.”81af0c4ac5e34db8

Ravid muttered unconsciously, sniffing 924f82d9da the air with his b3c1274e99 nose.032750c1891bf2c4

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After confirming the human affb9a6f28 had disappeared far away, de7f8a5238 he cautiously emerged from 803867be95 the blanket.0a2b0b6bf2b24f11

Ravid’s body, 4249de9db7 now revealed, 842b3bb77e was nothing 5ddd3a0736 like the a1b677f5ff fairy Clara 150fa76093 imagined. Pointy, uniform scales. Furry tufts on 81ed5d8224 the nape. Large golden eyes. If anything, he 9d90cf0e5d resembled a dragon? But he was 9c4a77aa3e too small, with fd959c5b17 stubby limbs and c9908f2587 pointy horns that e568b12621 looked soft.d89756a283e2b561

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Still, his wet nose, 9059ab0a86 wing membranes, and tail 5f61295119 with evenly spaced spikes abd12951e3 were definitely dragon-like.78d59bdd7d2be17d

“The human king is a36d8d9fc7 quite kingly. Not as much d78ce6298a as the sea 2ca74cbb53 witch, though.”7594aaae02fa3789

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Muttering boastfully, 9fb882d1f9 Ravid, with 295e36ff45 an embarrassed 78dc07c659 expression, buried 4f7424a0cd his nose cc20ffe141 in the 9b4ec791d6 pie like e139111f93 a magnet. The sweet scent made 525155fa01 his mouth water and af7e074fe9 drool.5af2a077f0eab14f

Gulp.5322de99a6f6e0ac

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Without realizing ea312b94ac the loud 0cad250e96 swallowing sound, 2a8b152c39 Ravid chewed 82d38451c2 and was 5990662745 purely amazed.4918982172f585d1

“Humans really know ddfbb16c7b how to make cc10f62d27 food….”c184d9eb156cdd4c

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In Ravid’s homeland, 6a28166c60 the underground, acidic 3d74992004 rain fell daily, beae1ff0f9 boiling lava occasionally 1ffa0994c7 splashed, and the f077901c86 only water was 2e6e04adfd the salty water 293be6011c made by the baa4477daf sea witch.f4e8820e9c679ef5

Naturally, Ravid’s favorite b9c0403b3d food was mud 3b14e5bb93 cookies. Finely sifted and 9bf8db47cd baked as if e7330d9d42 dried by lava 576cfbe14b fire, mud cookies 5470d548a2 had a salty 6cc2c53d3f taste and a fc61c1bc1d peculiar aroma that 58d145292e felt pleasant in aa75f4946d the mouth. The sea witch described 6b3bbd1fc4 it as the scent 24f3413b49 of sunshine.0670744fac66a3b2

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Ravid was 3bcab4ed2f intensely curious c5c48b9725 about the cb4403d380 surface, where 564b707c0c the smell a7e75481ee of his 2825f911a7 favorite food 3ac557ec63 was said cd35bf7606 to be dea20a159c everywhere. That curiosity becffb1b14 gave him ff59ab4477 both courage cdc6a866c0 and recklessness 3b51b7ff04 for a c1118e9991 long time.90b207ca9e570617

It eventually a7a810d956 led to c2d184c4a3 an unauthorized 0689e2305d runaway, or 771acc8877 rather, a 649ac5b581 departure.17177753fe23a77a

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Recalling the e3c632dd35 sea witch’s b46275a933 angry voice 5e709b17f1 calling from 539e9f0b13 below just 99f196ceaf before he 2c1d5bb2fc reached the b6c4af2d1a surface, Ravid a80a270bfe shivered secretly 88c67f2887 and began 9826b3155c to look 540ac1bde0 around as 4def8c6b1d if everything 3cda3d7508 was fascinating.c22a5b063696996a

To be precise, aedd80ac43 it wasn’t just 807038f6e5 fascinating; it was 6dafa7b942 genuinely amazing. Even this dark, barren 3496f742e2 warehouse without a single 52f79f2e29 light source felt grand 3a45e4d3b2 just by existing.1dd37e6d94986164

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“…This must be what f00d3b9ac4 they call architecture?”e0920e2f087037b1

It feels like b0a013cbc7 a dream. Muttering in a bcfa6bb503 tired, languid voice, 12421bd9d5 he tried to 4d5a9a9435 remember everything with 6f109e1904 wide eyes.d046690fb0651cb5

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Ravid’s goal, living underground, fb44410035 was always to see 315c719619 the surface.0c0b3e80ba5882bb

And the de0438bd17 surface he e4e66b42f5 saw was 41163c3c8e even more 81ab042d70 magnificent than 332be41581 he imagined.c9a30848b86ba9f5

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The warm, 2d6fdb05d3 pleasant scent b6b76740a3 of sunshine 8833ebd32a vibrated everywhere 8cd05a5c9d in the 50d1806d18 morning, and ba0fec840e there was 78edb15e3a no acidic 1a54581820 rain. There were no 10ce3658c6 cliff holes where 3c57f7edf4 it was hard ba28942781 to escape if fc412b4b5c you got too 8618334392 close when lava 5fe296c7ab splashed. A world b6a5fe54a8 filled with 5879adec5e light and 205de2b6e8 life felt 079b975b26 like paradise.8f10bd062b37d4ad

The taste of tomatoes 716ee3e98e he tried for the 9a25bd398e first time was amazing 867748b6d1 too. He was so d6fb9abf19 startled by a 1a80a8ed6e human’s presence while b76ff46503 eating that he 6e6719d132 hid, leaving half 110706b32b of it behind, 8956bf1e11 which haunted him 76a8f84f99 like a nightmare 500748a9f4 last night….951cdbef7f656f62

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‘…This is 22817271fc a problem.’8186c7dc1e541ca9

Recalling the d11d871ffc taste, the d68671e0be ripe sweetness 18a276ff26 of the 2f4c3c71af fig jam 6af611c810 felt even b5831400ee more intense. Gulp. Ravid’s head lowered 95e505c8b4 again.3aebf4e648ecfe43

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I’m already full. Can I eat more dab4763506 even though I’m full? …I want to, but.4a608c697968367d

Ravid hesitated, recalling ba391bb28e his life underground 6a2d10a4f8 where he always 8a96723ab3 had to give 6aa8f00184 up when full, f7fe72d988 but seeing the f43492ba5a pie slice neatly 52fc17a400 cut and placed 84c15910c4 in a pretty ce78dc0a92 dish, as if e04d72d30d saying it was 5f411336ff his, he couldn’t bc65a56585 resist the temptation.71ad896204746c3a

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With a mouthful 67ab018acd of pie almost 996e417221 spilling from his 133578d988 open mouth, Ravid cb89f54083 placed a hand d2e5fbb00d on his cheek e77bca37ff and relaxed his d91e6dcdf1 wide-open mouth. He didn’t forget 47cc54d901 to teleport everything 74a1b51ac3 except his share 7cda1eaeb0 underground.2e20d5a9364526c0

It would be great 8a7c3ca3dd if it could help 47082e0004 the children who might 4b0d1398f2 starve to death or 75da095d4c the sea witch, who 757636d45c had been worried lately. And Lilith, 9831e5dbc8 who had 151329ce35 long since 53d80d69a5 lost the 6e7783c004 strength to 3a895b4f5b bring new 8e40783671 life into 8e01a31245 the world.7c6f0f83377bde80

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Thinking of d6282ec0fa his family, 774774046d and recalling ad4c3304fc the sea 2b2bb8a146 witch’s bitter 3b90672903 yet elegant 7b1cc7ed2a smile, he 161b2a2ed4 felt guilty a45c3a0bc7 and restless.f518988714c0c357

Ravid, who had 713a347a77 eaten just one 612c62fb4a more bite of 8f548d3899 what the human 5d5cb4df60 said was his 1edb063d35 share, fiddled with 1361a95b9c it a few 76a5684f94 times with lingering f1fd13ce12 attachment, then closed 912623b32b his eyes tightly ff0f8ccffd and teleported even 5965f7cf70 that.30167f95ea605624

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“…I-I’m full. …The king said he’d 63b28468bc give more food tomorrow.”59af9ef691546fd9

Ravid’s family, the demons, aa350f5897 weren’t few in number. What he sent d51ee02aea now wouldn’t be 9cda97fcb0 nearly enough. But it should 390fcfce64 be enough to 7e18e1ff22 stave off immediate 6415faac72 hunger.5f0a0fb654f0381e

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‘If I get 96252fc65d this later, we 4fa75fc632 can eat well 66104b7612 for a day.’cffbe5271524ae7b

Recalling the conditions the bc410a8712 human proposed, he looked e3a3ef6934 up at the packaged fab174d38d fig box. It seemed 166912beb6 even bigger b47e1eec92 than the 09a47c91f4 largest Lilith.e24bde9a9be0b67f

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It was supposed to 399800becc be for the workers. And although Ravid 631e072651 hid his identity, d968695823 he was still 48ad9b0440 doing the work c236ee773f he was tasked a66bb82616 with. In a b04ec0e9c2 way, he f84c5c6627 was a 75b19280b1 worker. So he f216311bff should be 5528217e3d able to 69e52d6de8 get this 860d87d33f later.50c1d53573a7b0d3

‘…Should I 602db90d98 ask the 7bfb5927f4 human for e71c7edc7d the figs adcb68da66 a little 789f964e39 earlier?’c4f41005d015b66b

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After a 833fc987cd brief contemplation, a9a974643f Ravid became 67f7f9da41 sullen and b2f489b9c8 shook his a1156f835e head.8e68a82ea35bcaf0

He was 88e8621da4 currently pretending eaa2179203 to be 7f6a1144a1 the missing c531e0b139 worker, deceiving 6da4f90009 the human e54480ccd0 to act 77b09ac612 as a 6c9c68216e proxy for 37cee9006c the contract.6314f523fd563500

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So far, he hadn’t af60478dce been caught, so the 84f11e889c human king thought he 6fc72507e1 was human and treated 7308761846 him normally. He gave food, 9e75d9bc88 sweets, and helped 7f343b461c with work… but 3427dcb7f2 that was because 22aae6a981 he thought Ravid 67af674b64 was human.046adca06add0342

According to the a4cf712e58 king’s words, it 1975f435b4 was a missing 39eb06428c worker, but since 8400ee452a Ravid filled that e27d4d1ce3 spot, he must 576c0239a1 have thought it 70ada3b4fa wasn’t missing but c660fdaa4c still there.1bd6b62fcb6b0ff5

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‘So I’m a f59c92f8a0 fake. Can I even receive 1104396f95 it in the first a670b9facf place?’84d16a80eaff2eeb

Yeah. The human 989215f74d hadn’t seen 5aabab92cc Ravid yet. And if 6498e9888d he did, 2a5b75813e he’d be a1364835c4 shocked or aaa897de99 disdainful. The king’s cf758b2e8c promise was a203232836 made with 1f3ca9f746 another human, 6e8231ceee so the 3ac8f810b3 moment he 2d84d357f4 spoke up, 0ead1a5e16 it would 83a58e6df4 break.e38b8adb0e02ddbd

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It might not ccce4aba71 end there, and 41af2bbafb like in stories, 1fbafe48c1 the human might 2380bd6339 send Ravid to 118c6b27a6 a bloody arena 050d217efb called the Colosseum 96b83dacd3 and make him f331636e4c fight terrifying surface 2b46c82f31 creatures until he f9e6d74eb1 died.cfb21e08a29ebd38

The scary imagination made 4be2e4bbce his hunched back tremble. Ravid, who was terrified b524510e3e for a while, soon 27cfa3409f remembered he was a 2f01ab404c brave demon and shook 3357cdb2f2 his head, trying to 1c03546408 erase the lingering images. Standing on his hind 05e1ff4b1f legs, a quadruped beast 8807e3b74c roared.601a7649c9e60c7d

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“I’m a demon. …I’m not scared!”79e4a206969dbcfa

Of course, not being 269994f5bc afraid of humans is c2861e3752 different from taking something f542f72287 without permission! That’s stealing! Standing upright, Ravid 2b94f322cd sat back down 886cc518dc with a proper 08ca3b25d0 posture and opened f0d6eb1124 his eyes wide.e9d7a73c36ea3697

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The human 566682339c said he’d 18908d7db6 distribute it 30a7a343e8 based on 92afc97cb5 performance, so ddbdb937fb he had 5b370f98d7 to wait c149e38f41 patiently until 89b8f3a872 the deadline. When the time came, 2dcc6daaef they’d give it to 715098e4c9 him, and he just 8c6104e758 had to hide and 06c8a37484 work until next year 250582da4a without being caught, then 0f503a72b4 take his share and 69e851e92c leave.cedd9f9f1ef04bb8

Though greed 4209aff8ca was tempting, f50a7e374c Ravid knew a114b59cc4 from distributing 294eb3508a mud and 7399ca32dc stones underground 9fa6a37ba1 that waiting e6d92340f5 for the 66ec3ba563 promised day ad3dfa1dd7 was important.6989441865751acc

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“I can wait. Sacrificing tomorrow 78c7443004 for today 50e11eef1a is foolish.”818c49bc6239da89

Swallowing hard, Ravid, 989b7a4200 who had buried 7cfd732a34 his nose in dc5f5373e2 the warm sunshine 72151b827a scent to resist f22c87fdda the lingering fig fe244f10fc smell, covered himself 4292f24944 with the blanket.6357bfea735d2cb0

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But really, do human 1559e34145 rules need to hold f08b01b80d any meaning for demons e5f35a0d15 in the first place?0979e8bfb5690242

That thought kept the aea6b71ca9 child from sleeping.703c61c1a7f8c006

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Failing to 8bafdfa182 fall asleep, 47dab17526 Ravid rolled e3be60af1d around on cb1d1b831e the floor, 4ab5790c19 lost in e5eb10178b deep thought.939de7dc58ad783a

The continuous stream of 1bfb553e68 thoughts tormented him, almost ca4c490913 shaking his soul out 8d0897fb84 of him. He kept imagining his 26e68e88e4 family, who couldn’t even 2285a3886c fill their hunger with a70130e636 the pie he received, 6cf10adfc5 and the farm in 090e1ec9ff stark contrast.af54d67506986e26

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In truth, Ravid wanted f9e9966c17 to deny it, but b2d82c0892 it was a feeling 331603948a akin to inferiority.f91547ea6eb492b9

The gap between the 6c88828910 surface and the underground 8c48399630 was so vast that 25cb5a59dc just seeing it made ba61736682 him feel it.743dcf8b4c5b4f37

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Just a a92b815d35 few steps 2c09f33fa5 up, and 81f1081827 a comfortable bc4c452e13 world unfolded. The air, refreshing 8922046c0c with every breath, a183cb00d0 felt alive.f7756920db308947

With such a good 541e47176b place, why did we f71be015ad have to live crawling 73451396d7 on the ground all a57c9ce6c4 this time? Ravid’s suppressed true feelings 6eb2b8a79b finally took shape.dbeb70a48010f8b4

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“We’ve been 04be100361 surviving on b023dcd601 nothing but 37cd64b3f9 dirt and 9b2b0c5145 gravel for 590873ddbd a thousand 53c7f38ca0 years. Why do humans dca219b5f0 get to eat 56cd765422 such delicious food?”9e167b8bbffa53d4

Saying it out loud, 3c5185abe9 old stories like legends 9b1e3fed4e briefly came to mind.f9389e3540fb414a

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