I Saved a Demon, and Now He’s After Me - Chapter 74

Although she had not heard the full story yet, Eden was already guessing that this Sena was a demon. Bewitching humans with a beautiful face was a demon’s specialty. Julien’s father must have also fallen victim to her ability, though she didn’t know what kind it was just yet.

But even so, that didn’t make it any less infuriating. With a pregnant wife at home, no matter what tricks a demon pulled, he should have used his head and held his ground! How could anyone completely fall for it just because they were being seduced!

“My mother said exactly that. In the end, the village women couldn’t take it anymore and rose up together.”

Julien’s mother gathered the village women and went to Sena’s house. With all their pent-up resentment, the women dragged Sena out of the house and threw her to the ground. They grabbed her by the hair and slapped her across the face.

“Why are you doing this! Eek!”

“You have to ask? You seduced my husband!”

That night, the incident occurred.

“In the night, the sound of a fox crying came from somewhere.”

Julien hunched his shoulders as if reliving that moment. The sharp cries of a beast washed over the village.

“I was going to just eat the livers of the men in heat and disappear quietly. So why’d you have to go and provoke a demon minding her own business?”

The demon devoured the men’s livers and massacred the women. It was thoroughly demonic behavior, but there was one strange thing about it.

“The demon only killed the men and the women who had tormented her, and left everyone else alone. Even if they charged at her, she didn’t kill them.”

“Huh? She picked and chose who to kill?”

“Yes. That’s how I was able to escape the village safely.”

“Even though I couldn’t save my mother….” A small murmur followed.

Eden crossed her arms and glared at the entrance of the village visible in the distance. Was it a trend among demons these days to leave humans alive instead of killing them? Marbas’s underlings had tried to take humans away alive, and now this demon didn’t kill unless she had a grudge.

Well, whatever the case, Eden had taken on the commission, so all she had to do was kill the demon.

“You wait here. From here on, it’s a job for the grown-ups.”

Eden placed her hand on top of the boy’s head. When she lost her own parents seven years ago, Eden had also desperately needed someone to extend a helping hand. Even if she couldn’t do it herself, she had hoped that a Holy Knight or an exorcist priest would step forward and take down Marbas for her.

But back then, there was no one who helped her. At that time, demon appearances had not been a common occurrence, so a proper system had not been established, and everyone was too busy managing the damage rather than chasing after the demon.

Eden reached out her hand to the boy with the thought of helping her past self. This child had more years to live than she did, so she couldn’t leave him to suffer for the rest of his life from a desire for revenge that he might never fulfill.

“Let’s go together, Eden. I’ll help too.”

Bezel stepped forward and came to stand in front of her. Eden stopped him without a second thought.

“That demon Sena. Judging by the fact that she was a beauty, she’s a demon in human form. She’s not an opponent you should be following me to face.”

“You’ve already confirmed my ability at Viscount Raymond’s territory. With my divine power, most demons won’t even be able to come near me.”

“You can say that because you don’t know much about demons. If it’s a high-ranking demon, they are on a completely different level.”

As Eden looked at him with an exasperated expression, Bezel smiled faintly.

“Hmm…. Is that so?”

What did he mean, ‘Is that so?’ Without even a shred of tension visible on him, the saying that ignorance makes you brave fit perfectly.

“Just as I thought, this won’t do. Wait here. Just being nearby is help enough.”

“I’ll only assist from behind like last time. I won’t get in the way… can’t I come along?”

His eyes looking down at her turned pleading, as if he had never been smiling. Eden let out a groan at the sight of him looking like a rain-soaked puppy.

“Ugh, that look is cheating.”

Looking at Bezel, she felt like she understood why every man in the village had fallen for Sena. If even a human like him could be this alluring, just how beautiful must a demon with the ability to seduce humans be?

‘Come to think of it, he was a good shot too, so having him assist from behind should be fine.’

Eden narrowed her eyes and scanned Bezel’s body up and down. Looking at his broad shoulders and thick thighs, she wondered if she was worrying over nothing.

When she thought about it, it wasn’t right to keep excluding from combat someone she was going to be taking around as a partner anyway. Telling him to stay outside because she was worried was just her own selfishness, and surely he would learn something from watching her fight. Besides, it was true that having someone with divine power close by would be more helpful in a fight.

“Alright. Let’s go together.”

Just as Eden finally agreed and was about to walk forward, Bezel suddenly cut in front of her and cupped her cheeks with his cool hands.

“Before that, there’s one thing we need to do.”

Ah, right, the thing they needed to do. Eden thought of the sansho leaf she had tossed away a moment ago. When she nodded in consent, his large hands tilted her face back as if they had been waiting. The moment she demurely lowered her eyes, his lips descended onto her forehead, her chin, and both cheeks.

She glanced sideways and saw Julien staring at the two of them with wide eyes, looking back and forth.

“You little thing, what are you looking at?”

Eden muttered playfully and pushed away Bezel’s chest that had been pressed close. With that, the pre-battle ritual was complete. From here on, it was time for a hunt for the sake of a child who had lost his parents.