Chapter 118
“Gasp……!”
A sudden dizziness came over him. Jaeha staggered, covered his mouth with his hand, and dry-heaved.
‘Don’t.’
That voice rang out as expected.
Don’t. Don’t do it. He already knew it was something he shouldn’t do.
He had tried dozens, hundreds of times. Every time, he just dry-heaved, no matter how much he tried to throw it up. Even now, no matter how much he wanted to throw it up, he couldn’t throw up anything.
Just one. Just one thing that was deeply embedded in him was tormenting him. Just that one thing had taken root so terribly deep, firmly establishing itself, and extending its branches everywhere, entangling, binding, and dominating him so that he couldn’t move.
He should not have known this. He shouldn’t have.
Damn it. Lee Jaeha. Just that one thing a human he had eaten a long time ago had planted in him.
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…Lee…… Jaeha…….
The baby demon, who had just fallen into the Human World, starving and exhausted, slowly chewed on the flesh that had entered his mouth and swallowed it, remembering the owner’s name. As he swallowed one mouthful, the name came to mind, and as he swallowed another, a memory also came to mind. As he swallowed each mouthful, the amount of memories that came to mind increased.
He was seven years old. The youngest son born into a moderately happy family. He had a strict father, a kind mother, a sister four years older than him who was a crybaby, and he was just passing by to run an errand, and then he saw a dirty, wounded child his age huddled in a corner and approached him, worried…….
He was a kind, gentle, and good child.
“Damn it.”
The demon spat out a curse. He felt dirty.
It was the first time he had ever eaten a human. In the past, demons used to eat humans often, but now they rarely did. This was because it became known that demons became humanized every time they ate a human.
Just by swallowing and absorbing their blood and flesh, the memories, emotions, and thoughts of that human melted into the demon. A small amount was fine, but the more they ate, the more it accumulated, until it finally mutated the demon into a complete human. There were stories that some demons who had become complete humans were living among humans like humans.
Becoming a human was the greatest humiliation for a demon. That’s why modern demons avoided eating human flesh. Instead, they absorbed power through s*x.
So this demon had no intention of eating a human.
He was just too hungry. He had used up too much energy running away while he was injured and was on the verge of starvation. He had lost his reason and, guided by a survival instinct, had reached out to the food in front of him. If he hadn’t eaten right then, he probably would have died.
The demon, not even tasting the flesh, hastily tore off the meat and drank the blood. And when he had regained some of his reason, he was just listlessly repeating the motions of chewing with his teeth and swallowing it down, feeling disgusted.
It was the first time he had ever eaten a human, and it was the most uncomfortable thing he had ever experienced. Now that he had regained his strength, all he wanted to do was clean up and leave this place.
“Ugh……!”
When he had nearly finished the meat, the demon gagged. A wave of dizziness washed over him. The world spun around and around. A chill engulfed his body.
Don’t tell me, I have indigestion.
The demon staggered, cleaned up the mess, hid in a grove of trees, and curled up. He was sick for a few days, not knowing what was wrong.
His name was Lee Jaeha, and he was seven years old. The youngest son born into a moderately happy family. He had a strict father, a kind mother, a sister four years older than him who was a crybaby, and he was just passing by to run an errand, and then he saw a dirty, wounded child his age huddled in a corner and approached him, worried…… So…….
I have to go home. Mom will be worried. Dad will be angry. My sister will cry again.
“Damn it.”
The demon, who had finally regained his strength after a few days, cursed again.
The demon knew that the largest piece of the human he had eaten remained inside him, coiled up.
It was the one thing that should have never remained inside a demon.
But it was the one thing that young Jaeha had most wanted to leave behind.
It was family love.
‘Let’s go home. Okay?’
Inside the demon, young Jaeha spoke.
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