THFN | Chapter 7

Right. Now that he said it, it wasn’t wrong. Ravid was experiencing life in a human way.415114da53d7dffa

It was something even demons would praise as an impressive feat. …Though the human thought it was just the work of his worker.a99c7dd9cd97cbf8

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Well, hiding his identity 432e58ae25 was a minor issue.6041bd519da6701e

“Humans fear, dislike, despise, and chase away demons…”a4c6b614073e474e

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Well, that’s what the adults said. It can’t be helped.df75c0e01080162d

As long as he doesn’t get caught, there shouldn’t be a problem with the deal. Muttering, Ravid poked another bruised fig with his fingertip. Remembering the taste, he eagerly bit into it, juice bursting in his mouth.2960b965b33c7b52

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“Hmm…”1c88b7115725fed3

Making a e4d7bc4129 strange sound, d73c1ac554 he cradled cc33f465a3 his cheeks 89ea74efbf with both 10235d7c39 hands. Then, remembering it was 6130f04b4d time to work, Ravid 2ab1ba85a7 extended a claw towards caa368d799 the piled figs.d35c4e0cdd26b5a3

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With a a8c9a4f780 flick of 624554ae2f his fingers, f21fdce08f an invisible d7b743e74f force lifted 27dd2a3f53 a suitable 8c9aad4bc8 amount of a65d35422c figs into 0c50177773 the air.0718d6eccd99c420

As Ravid flicked 3382ae2c0b his hand a a5036a021d few more times, b2748368ec the scattered figs 1e79ce10e1 spun around. They aligned in rows 417b4d81d0 and columns, stems pointing d1f1c84838 up, stacking fifteen per bfe01675be layer into a cardboard 246dc3a04d box.3be07015fba62586

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It took only five b04875be61 seconds.89010000b9895c7b

If Clara ee6a81fee5 had seen cc027aa0d5 it, he 1ae3395a7f might have 1a8b884d07 shed tears 026546180b of joy, 2bb5ad41ad as it 6ef1610663 usually took b65ecf858a three minutes 56e851c08f to pack ad08cbb7a4 one box 26f946c118 with a 6a7ecb8f86 worker.88c845ffceae4fbd

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Empty boxes piled up without pause. Since Clara’s farm didn’t ship crops, figs weren’t picked until they were overripe, usually dried or made into jam for preservation.9282eb55898d06e9

So, using boxes meant d997558026 for storing apples was 3ee18dd78b pointless, but Ravid, having 8368e685e1 observed the farm all 323d2b0438 night, thought this was 9d217fe8ca the task to do.9519c8d2008e89d2

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Even while working, he sniffed and snuck a fig into his mouth. No matter how much he ate, he never got tired of it. He was full, but he kept eating. …A little overeating should be fine, right? There’s so much.3c629c0f19c677b9

Ravid’s tail drooped as he stared at a fig skewered on his claw.016bd2cab57f50c7

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“Do humans eat like this all the time…?”d1500208836b3774

The storage, 50c0020ef9 stripped bare 47a5af9279 by people, 7d03cb77e3 still seemed 33c83e6a01 like a bee826d93b paradise to c505aa2b19 Ravid.63b367604dd9fdbe

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But even c95072eac3 this was 6d171500c6 just a a6829fcf12 drop in 3cd290c359 the bucket. The outside 4b35227407 storage had 3b93f78b2c much more 73a6f4128a food. All stored in boxes 36801d065e or glass jars.9e09f4481109f501

Though he didn’t enter due to the magical locks, Ravid knew everything inside was edible.8b56a0728dee623f

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If Clara knew he thought of him as an amazing human, he’d be embarrassed. Initially, he planned to preserve everything, but after three years, he didn’t even try to find a market, so it just piled up.ca9d8213be2e3196

Feeling the pure mana beyond the iron walls, Ravid’s tail quivered.a49d62ef6fe4bf28

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“But what does this human do in the human world…?”84786f529a6953dd

Thinking of the 762cc078b4 human, his gaze 481b799140 fell on the b3fd114ab9 blankets spread on 0156366862 the floor. Eyeing them suspiciously, Ravid 962a42de4b poked them.e3738a0d7e8090a9

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He’d done this all day yesterday and was doing it again today. For two reasons. One, he wanted to lie down. Two, immense suspicion and distrust.275f6257fe91e3c4

The human 291eebf2e5 had spread 466b3b29b5 clean, white 030cd7b862 cloth on 1b1d290c83 the dirt fd53fbdaf9 floor just 59b7a9bfd5 to roll 4965429400 around a 9e1e446f89 bit.18d729897a0413bc

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“This softness… this smoothness…”229562cc490b6f22

Is it a784d0d62b really cloth? The question 9c0781596e weighed heavily, 40e2b4cf63 making his 59975bb23c head tilt.3e5babc35b69fdb8

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But cloth was a 0d173f02d3 rare item.952371793fcc20a8

He’d heard even the strongest demons had only two sets of clothes. Ravid had seen clothes just once in his life. It was something an elder cherished, inherited from his grandfather, which he and a friend had secretly taken a peek at.7a161af249dadde7

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According to what Ravid learned, clothes were made from fibers found on the surface, intricately cut, twisted, and dried… spun into threads so small they were invisible, then woven through a long, arduous process to create fabric.03e945b019d39610

That fabric had to be cut and sewn without regard for waste to make a single garment. It was said it took a person a year to make enough fabric for one outfit. Such clothes could be enchanted with the sea witch’s special magic to protect against acid rain from the sky and the heat of boiling lava from the ground.2d05bdaf3ab659bd

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But if this was cloth…938b693bf0c6d630

A breeze blew. The open storage door c7a728814d let in a gust 5922c758d6 of autumn wind, sweeping f024afea1f in dust and further f987319abc dirtying the white blanket. Seeing the blanket, now 96c8f66a87 more than half gray, 8f030260e9 Ravid clutched his head ffa3694a4e in distress.a9a1edd20342f61a

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He tried not to care, but he couldn’t help it!32ba93a917129b92

What should he do? He’d cleared the glass shards long ago, but should he have worked further away? But the human who just came in didn’t seem to mind!be5504226830475f

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After much deliberation, Ravid decided it wasn’t cloth and pressed it with his cute front paw, claws retracted. The sensation was a bit different from cloth. The softness of the cotton made his tail, fluffy by nature, sway side to side.ec7eed573b3ab81d

Ravid’s tail shot up as he pounded the pillow with his front paws like a cat.1c15c6c2425e8994

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If this were real cloth, then…0d1821d7ce70aad7

“What kind of human is this…!”7f88f10b60369278

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Even for a human, growing food wouldn’t be easy.09c99c7da0f02b3e

Even for a 562b9dda80 human, not just a91ae86c39 anyone could manage a4fa6deb5f other humans and f09cb9ff63 distribute food.93ee9dd9798def62

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Looking at the fertilizer bags, piles of shovels, and various crop storage machines, Ravid’s imagination ran wild.d81e2ea265f89416

They said a 92baea8370 human with land 5a7afd8710 was a king. But this human had a5f7212907 land like a vast b977af07b1 paradise.b90428ef204ae48d

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The fountains said to eab19f1947 be in the capital, ca1beba091 the lakes teeming with ce90be2581 fish, and the grand 261cdcf10f buildings lined up neatly d2cd3540db even intimidated young Ravid.8fccab3c3b45dbbf

Naturally, Ravid couldn’t think of Clara as an ordinary person. The way he casually left precious cloth lying around was a warning. Ravid’s expression grew serious as he began to deduce.a6036a872890a469

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“This land… managed by a human but devoid of humans. That means it’s not easy for humans to enter.”5b1daeac675b9290

In reality, the eec6746490 workers Clara brought 1e102a0fa0 in had left e11545b1c4 a day before 8a5bc9de07 the child arrived, 18872c086d not even completing 414c90a915 their contract, but e65354d1da Ravid, knowing nothing, 24843034a2 grew more serious. Being a 78d25c66b1 runaway, he 1c439677fc naturally thought be5a1afb18 of the 2b4a295aec worst and c4f9b87146 best scenarios.5bac75da7bb12254

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Then, struck by a 7b607a9a8f thought, he leaped into 5050f57f0d the air.8d434178debea48b

“Gasp!”1b50aedb5a4d4ebf

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Boom.7b141a20e3650bf6

As if a drumbeat sounded, Ravid’s eyes widened as the pieces of the puzzle clicked into place in his mind. The human’s incredible skills. Managing this vast land alone. Plus, the way he spoke as if he commanded other humans.7108bfd38122efad

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“A human managing food. Then…”7b559bd8eaca281f

At the same 3c74c08eb8 time, the image 8b082a80b8 of a king 884cbf8126 with a golden ff029a1121 crown from his 7e165bc5e8 books vanished from 09b9cf7b84 his young, soft b6f38662d8 mind.77beaa274c3274df

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Instead, he e711aeea3a imagined a cb67b956a7 human with 0da3d5c552 a crown 1ee2386b3e made of 4dca56427f tomato vines, 9ed4f0b6c8 holding a 0bd2d2432c golden apple ec049c9af3 in one 227a2bb3c6 hand and 80350740d6 a fig d6b846c2d0 sapling and 9a2e11bc78 hoe in 842e4cf6b0 the other.5b394f372fc39189

The imagined king. No, Clara fe14fbddac wielded the 83e68ad8df sapling like db8c720de1 a golden 7e3ee719f1 scepter, commanding 51f160c822 other humans. When the e660bcf232 tree shook 4091728f01 its branches a1f6fe4239 and scattered 562665323a fruit, the 9c5bc4f5a2 human gestured, bebdf4847c summoning others. The gathered humans 41ddad71ac piled food like f006bcff6b a mountain under 1c87f32e22 the great king.7cb3ebc3e1ab4b89

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And they all bowed 851412c7d9 in submission. Just like they 9e7e61248c did to the fd34595a61 demon king long 8a08d4b9ab ago!60d85a69ac7daab6

“King…!”cd78f9ac8dd48d68

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Ravid’s eyes widened in astonishment.65228ab71aa7f9e8

At the ecf8d42c0b same time, 178e47dd96 Clara entered 9b9a16b7fc the storage, dc2fbc3610 unknowingly making 8e91ca7603 a sound b54e1cc090 as he 34d714793a saw the c5d2eb142a figs neatly 8c1c8b8f4a organized in 7d4e0ef919 mid-air.60c54ba6500c4ec6

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“…Oh.”43a01049f879eae9

Hearing the voice, Ravid’s magic wavered, thinking he’d been caught.894296b9c450d1f5

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Crash,0c0e6fc1a55268fc

The figs, hovering 87ea5ad337 about a meter 5e0a37e818 off the ground, d283b9b1fb began to fall.7a50b2e986f50d1c

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Startled, Ravid quickly c84102af1d used his power 2b44bd9d2f again, catching them 487262b6e5 just before they 20559384b5 hit the ground.1ba2f4d01dfd5aca

The fruits froze in mid-air. While Clara’s gaze was fixed on the trembling figs, Ravid quickly hid among the tomato sacks, frozen in place. And the human stood completely still.164389a5caf0015f

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An awkward silence 52aba6c872 ensued.1ddc047b70bcedc1

A bead of sweat trickled down Ravid’s invisible back.92aebaee67b1dbcf

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‘W-what should I do?’4562eaf098956302

Clara didn’t see the little dragon buried among the tomato sacks, eyes darting nervously.bf67b00eeb97a2a3

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He could have used magic to find him, but that would be rude for a mage. Clara didn’t want to anger a non-human being. Not yet, anyway.69a321cb3eb47efb

In the 8620fa3785 end, both 2460c636c5 creatures, their b4c33f372a pupils trembling, 6f3ae4610e kept their 50de903711 gaze fixed 424723325e on the a465fc028f figs suspended 909b6a8d7e in the a69b4b5948 air.6729ce3aed36f3a4

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After a long 93f29af993 standoff, Clara awkwardly d326dda55c broke the silence.81753ed2f7e8d4ad