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.

is not

are you going to make up for what your son

finally looked up and slowly stood up. She took a deep breath

fine; I'll handle this,' but it looked more forced than anything to Kevin,

"How much?"

"How much what?"

asked, crossing her arms. Margaret repeated herself, pulling out

much are the hospital fees. I

attempting to remain steady. Despite

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

let this matter slide

"5..500U"

hand stiffened, and her

at Kevin once more before reaching into her wallet, pulling out a banknote,

"I'll take that."

that this was the woman's real goal from the very beginning and that they had just been

let matters slide

woman turned around and walked away with her son, leaving Kevin and his mother standing together in the empty

is she

looked at his mother

the reason why her mother would go

was not required to pay the money. The worst-case scenario was that he would be expelled from kindergarten, but it wasn't a big deal

become too attached, as he didn't care about them, but for some reason, they refused to

'Why is that?'

Kevin wondered.

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

a man dressed in rather soiled clothes and a bright green construction uniform appeared, running

rather anxious look on his face as

there

nothing at all...I've managed to sort out the

with a forced smile on

at her

directly

there was an emergency with Kevin. He's

took off his bright yellow hat and scratched the top of his head before

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

"You're right…"

her face. Tugging

how about we go

then

began to twist around them, and the ground

Beep―! Beep―! Beep―!

turned from an azure color to a red color, and the alarms of the

"What's going on?"

"What's happening?"

sudden shaking of the ground, the first thing the

around with looks of confusion and

suddenly permeated the air, and

"It's the demons."

monotonous and his crimson eyes gleaming under the moonlight. His parents showed startled looks the moment Kevin spoke as they both snapped

"What did you say?"

are

continued to stare at the sky with an

"Kyaaaa!"

them quickly in the form of a dark humanoid creature that appeared in the air and a red ecliptical sun that shone

throughout the atmosphere as buildings started to crumble right before their

"Haaaaa!!"

"Someone help me!"

Rumble―!

complete anarchy—flames that seemed to burn endlessly

small village located not too far away from Ashton city turned into

the span of a couple of minutes, the world crumbled

Fwuap―! Fwuap―!

with enormous wings and sinister smiles stood in the air and arrogantly watched as some humans

that unfolded below them

the village in a solemn and hushed manner as they ran along the crumbling roads

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

a building, Johnathan gestured with his

saw a modest house off in the

Crash―!

the small house,

down, Johnathan put his finger on his mouth and looked at Kevin with

don't

"There is no p—"

please...just remain quiet

her hand over Kevin's mouth and fought back the tears

don't make a

solemn expressions on his parents' faces, he merely closed

silence throughout the neighborhood for the subsequent five

'What pointless actions.'

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

feel anything out of the

did not last for

Booom—!

occurred in the neighborhood of the

caused the windows of the house to shatter, which led

"Get down!"

wife with

"khhhh...ahhhh"

after the explosion went off, and it continued for some time

"Ugh...Kh..."