The Author's POV

"Uwa! Uwa!"

A newborn infant's cries reverberated in the background as two gentle hands wrapped around the small frame of its body in an attempt to soothe its cries.

"Hush, Kevin, don't cry. Mommy's with you."

'Is this what it feels like to be a newborn human?'

Kevin's crimson eyes stared at his two small hands that were reaching out, grasping the air above him for some unknown reason.

In the instant that Kevin was born, he already knew his mission.

From the moment he felt the gentle embrace of his mother's warm hands as she wrapped them around his body and surrounded him with warmth, he was aware of the purpose behind his existence as well as the mission that he had to complete.

'Defeat Jezebeth.'

The cancer that the records were afraid of. The one singular entity that was disrupting the balance of the universe.

…That was his sole and only purpose for existing.

"Why is his hair white, and why are his eyes red?"

Kevin, who had just been born, heard his parents' shocked and bewildered voices as they drifted gently in and out of his field of hearing.

When he looked up, he saw the faces of two people, one male and one female, looking down at him with curiosity.

'These must be the people who have birthed me.'

Kevin pondered as he observed the two humans, who were staring at him with confused expressions. They had relatively delicate facial features, but their clothing appeared unremarkable, and they appeared somewhat filthy.

From what Kevin could gather, their names were Margaret and Johnathan. At least, that was what they seemed to call each other.

In spite of their filthy appearances, they had friendly expressions, and the sight of their smiles was not displeasing to the eyes. At least to Kevin, but he didn't seem to care all that much about it.

In his mind, these were the two beings that would help him gain a foothold in this world before he could finally mature and leave on his own.

He didn't have any particular attachment to them.

"The DNA test says that it is our child; maybe he was just born with some strange illness or something along those lines? ...I'm not entirely sure."

The man on the left, who appeared to be his father, was seen tenderly caressing the woman, who was described as having brown eyes and long black hair.

Her features were soft, and Kevin couldn't quite put his finger on what it was that made her smile so compelling.

Nor did he care to understand.

"But if there is one thing that I'm sure about..."

As Kevin's father leaned in to give him a kiss on the cheek, the top of Kevin's head dampened.

"...it's that he's our son."

***

"I'm sure it was an accident. He definitely didn't do it on purpose."

Kevin stood by and watched as his mother pleaded in front of three people.

The subject of everyone's attention right now was a young child who stood in the middle of the other two adults and appeared to have tears forming in his eyes.

"An accident?"

A round woman with curly yellow hair and an angry and repulsed expression on her face pointed an accusatory finger at her young child while raising her voice.

"How are you going to explain this?"

Her finger touched the child's eye, which was currently black.

"Your delinquent child punched my child for no apparent reason! How can you explain to me the black eye on his face?"

"That..."

Margeret looked at the eye for a moment, and she turned to look at Kevin. Biting her lips, she asked.

"Kevin, did you do this?"

"..."

Kevin remained silent and simply looked at her the whole time.

He had never actually punched the child in the first place. It was another bigger kid, but the victim decided to lie and shift the blame for the attack onto Kevin out of fear for the bigger kid.

Kevin could tell right away that saying anything would be pointless; it would probably go to death's ears.

The people here weren't looking for the real culprit but for someone to blame the situation to.

With Kevin being the preferred target due to his background.

In addition, because this establishment was in a rather poor condition, there were no cameras to provide evidence to support his claim.

Talking was a waste of energy.

"See, your child isn't even denying it!"

The woman yelled and pointed angrily at Margaret, whose face suddenly turned pale.

"He...he didn't even say anything. How can you just―"

"Oh, stop it! We both know your autistic son did it!"

As soon as the word "autistic" was mentioned, Margaret's face immediately froze, and she began to bite her lips more forcefully while murmuring in a voice that was only audible enough for Kevin to hear.

son is

make up for what your son

continued to bother Margeret until she finally looked up and slowly stood up. She took a deep breath and

the words, 'Everything is fine; I'll handle this,' but it looked more forced than

"How much?"

"How much what?"

repeated herself,

are the hospital fees. I

hand attempting

deliberated for a short while, during which she stole a quick glance at the cash that was being removed

matter slide if you give

"5..500U"

and her

wallet, pulling out a banknote, and slowly passing it to

"I'll take that."

contentment. It was clear to Kevin that this was the woman's real

matters slide this

and walked away with her son, leaving

is she

he looked at his mother with a

reason why her mother would

that he would be expelled from kindergarten, but it wasn't a big deal because what he

attached, as he

'Why is that?'

Kevin wondered.

"C..ome, let's go Kevin"

a man dressed in rather soiled clothes

look on his face

there

at all...I've managed to sort out the

a forced smile

at her husband

from your clothes, you must've directly rushed from work. Will you

told my boss that there was an emergency with Kevin. He's understanding. At most he will deduct my pay,

of his head before

think the situation would've been worse had they seen the clothes that I'm wearing. Those kids might

"You're right…"

smile appeared on her face. Tugging Kevin

how about we

was then that

around them, and the ground beneath them visibly

Beep―! Beep―! Beep―!

a red color, and

"What's going on?"

"What's happening?"

sudden shaking of the ground, the first thing the

looks of confusion and anxiety etched across

permeated the

"It's the demons."

spoke, his voice monotonous and his crimson eyes gleaming under the moonlight. His parents showed startled looks the moment Kevin spoke as

"What did you say?"

What are you talking

continued to stare at the

"Kyaaaa!"

in the form of a dark humanoid creature that appeared in

atmosphere as buildings started to crumble right before

"Haaaaa!!"

"Someone help me!"

Rumble―!

to burn endlessly consumed everything that was within sight, and buildings continued

normal, peaceful day in a small village located not too far

minutes, the world

Fwuap―! Fwuap―!

in the air and arrogantly watched as some humans set fire to

below them exemplified hopelessness

dragged by his parents through the streets of the village in a solemn and hushed manner as they ran along the crumbling roads and

"Huff...huff...Honey, quick, over here!"

a building, Johnathan

couple saw a modest house off in the distance, and they made their way

Crash―!

the small house, and then he immediately hid inside the house after he had done

on his mouth and looked at Kevin with a serious expression on his

don't make

"There is no p—"

please...just remain

she placed her hand over Kevin's mouth and fought back

don't make

closed his eyes and maintained his

complete and utter silence throughout the neighborhood

'What pointless actions.'

staying here would only prove fatal, but seeing that they were refusing to listen to him,

didn't particularly feel anything out of the

silence did not last

Booom—!

explosion occurred in the neighborhood of the house where they were all together,

shatter, which

"Get down!"

and his wife with his

"khhhh...ahhhh"

ears a few seconds after the explosion went off,

"Ugh...Kh..."