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 not

are you going to make

slowly stood up. She took a deep breath and turned her head to

this,' but it looked

"How much?"

"How much what?"

arms. Margaret repeated herself, pulling out a small, worn-out

are the

hand attempting to remain steady. Despite her efforts, they

uttering a price, the woman deliberated for a short while, during which she stole a quick glance at the cash that was being removed from the wallet and raised five of her

matter slide if you give me

"5..500U"

and her face

into her wallet, pulling out a banknote, and slowly

"I'll take that."

was clear to Kevin that this was the woman's real goal from the very beginning

let matters slide

one final menacing glance, the woman turned around and walked away with her

she doing

as he looked at his mother with a puzzled expression on

reason why her mother

the money. The worst-case scenario was that he would be expelled from kindergarten, but

avoided them on purpose so they wouldn't become too attached, as he didn't care about them, but for some

'Why is that?'

Kevin wondered.

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

was dragged out of the corridor by the hand and led to the building's exterior, where a man dressed in rather soiled

rather anxious look on his face as he rushed toward their

was it…is there anything wrong with

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

a forced smile on

at her husband

you must've directly rushed from work. Will you

emergency with Kevin. He's understanding. At most he will deduct my pay,

yellow hat and scratched the top of his

time. Hehe, I think the situation would've been worse had they seen the

"You're right…"

smile appeared on her face.

about

then

around them, and the ground beneath

Beep―! Beep―! Beep―!

to a red color, and the alarms of the cars around them started to

"What's going on?"

"What's happening?"

ground, the first thing the couple did

looked around with looks of confusion and anxiety etched

rusty smell suddenly permeated the air, and Kevin's eyes dilated

"It's the demons."

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

"What did you say?"

What are you

stare at the sky with an emotionless

"Kyaaaa!"

answers to their questions came to them quickly in the form of a dark humanoid creature that appeared in the air

throughout the atmosphere as buildings started to crumble right before their

"Haaaaa!!"

"Someone help me!"

Rumble―!

environment was in complete anarchy—flames that seemed to burn endlessly consumed everything that was within sight,

in a small village located not too far away

of a couple of minutes, the world

Fwuap―! Fwuap―!

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

scene that unfolded below them exemplified hopelessness

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

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

a building, Johnathan gestured with his

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

Crash―!

a wooden door that led to the small house, and then he immediately hid inside the house after

setting Kevin down, Johnathan put his finger on his mouth and looked at Kevin with a serious expression on

you don't

"There is no p—"

remain

hand over Kevin's mouth and fought

make

solemn expressions on his parents' faces, he merely closed his eyes and maintained his silence while cradled

utter silence throughout the neighborhood for the subsequent

'What pointless actions.'

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

anything out

not

Booom—!

in the neighborhood of the house where

caused the windows of the house to shatter, which led to the destruction of a better

"Get down!"

wife with his

"khhhh...ahhhh"

steady buzzing sound started up in everyone's ears a few seconds after the explosion went off, and it continued for some time

"Ugh...Kh..."