Chapter 136
Jaeha, having rolled around in the gutter himself, knew that Violen was also a life that had rolled around in the gutter. Such lives, no matter how much they pretended to be gentle, were fundamentally carnivorous wild animals, hungry and ferocious by nature. They were always starving, obsessing over and craving something, and if someone tried to take what was theirs, they would fiercely turn on them and attack. To fill their hunger, they would gladly dig through garbage dumps and instantly bite into someone’s neck.
And now, two such wild animals were in the same territory.
The two wild animals would gladly dig through garbage dumps and instantly bite into someone’s neck, but it could not be the same garbage dump or the same neck. They could never share such a thing. They were both too hungry and starving to share it.
So Jaeha knew that just as he was hostile toward him, Violen would be hostile toward him as well. No, he should have been. And yet,
‘Why that expression?’
He wondered if he had seen it wrong and recalled it again and chewed on it again, but the expression that was stuck in his mind didn’t change.
He hated to admit it, but it seemed…… it was a very…….
It was an expression as if he was looking at something pitiful.
‘Why the hell?’
Jaeha’s frown deepened. What reason on earth would he have to pity him?
Could it be this, by any chance?
You’re a younger brother so you can’t be lovers with Heesu.
I’m a stranger so I can.
How pitiful.
‘F**k!’
Even though he knew rationally that wasn’t the case, he felt disgustingly unpleasant.
Jaeha really didn’t like that little squirt.
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His expression was truly a sight to behold.
‘Heh.’
What expression would most effectively get under his skin? It was worth the effort he had put into choosing one.
Violen, who was glancing at Jaeha out of the corner of his eye, smiled at Heesu again.
Faking expressions was a piece of cake for Violen.
For example, even if his heart was completely rotten and festering on the inside, he could look at Heesu and smile brightly, as if he was a person who was just purely worried and then sincerely relieved. He just had to create and show an expression that was different from his true feelings.
He probably thought he was a kindred spirit. That’s why he was radiating such a murderous aura so openly. He must have believed that the other person would also respond with the same hostility.
But no.
Just as Edstan, who was a high-class demon, was different from him even though they were both in the position of going from one woman’s bed to another, this person and he were different even though they both rolled around in the same gutter as low-class demons. Even if he was a low-class demon, he had never been weak enough to have to be obsequious to someone.
So he didn’t know how to fake it. He had never felt the need for it.
But he was different.
Before he dug through a garbage dump to fill his hunger, he would act coquettishly toward someone to get food, and before he bit into someone’s neck, he would gently lick it to put them at ease. Instead of constantly fighting with someone, he constantly deceived someone and gained their favor and trust.
He had lived a life like that. That was how a weak being survived in the gutter.
So there was no way he could openly show hostility and murderous intent toward an opponent stronger than himself.
He just had to get under his skin in a way like this.
“I was worried too!”
Suddenly, Alburn ran over and hugged Heesu tightly. Heesu, who had been surprised and frozen for a moment by the sudden action, soon smiled. She lightly patted his heaving shoulder as he sobbed and said.
“Okay, okay. I’m sorry. Thank you. I’m okay now.”
“Me too…… I was worried too!”
Then Edstan also ran over and hugged Heesu.
“Oh my…… Yes, thank you too.”
Heesu, who was suddenly sandwiched and held tightly between the two men, coughed as if she was out of breath but didn’t seem to mind and just let them be. Instead, she reached out her hand to Violen and smiled brightly.
“Since we’re all here, do you want a hug too?”
“No, thank you.”
Violen smiled wryly and refused her.
“Then I’ll get a hug!”
Suddenly, Rufus ran over to them. Because of his massive size, it wasn’t a hug for Heesu, but all three of them were instantly squashed.
“Gah!”
“Guk!”
“Hey, you…… kkhuk, you…… kkhuk…….”
“I was worried too! I’m so glad you’re safe!”
Rufus didn’t even pay attention to the screams and hugged all three of them at once, shouting in a fit of emotion. It seemed he had been through his own share of emotional hardship. Thanks to him, Heesu, who was completely buried and couldn’t even be seen, was choking.
“Thank you, but if we stay like this, I don’t think I’ll be safe anymo…… kkhuk.”
And yet, she didn’t push him away. It seemed Heesu was also very happy to be back safely and reunited with everyone.
Violen, who was watching the scene with a complicated heart, glanced at Jaeha again.
His expression was even more of a sight to behold than before. He was truly a man who was bad at hiding his feelings. It was a wonder that Heesu still didn’t know, no matter how dense she was.
He was making a face like that so openly, and yet he was planning to continue being siblings with Heesu?
That was a ridiculous thing to say.
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