The Author's POV

"What, what has gotten into you?"

Margaret looked at Kevin with a helpless expression. Johnatan, who was standing beside her, also wore a similar expression.

"Kevin, you know that we need to work, right? If we can't work, we won't be able to pay our bills and continue living in this house."

Standing in front of the door of the house and blocking the two of them from leaving was Kevin, who still wore the same expressionless look on his face.

If there was one thing that was different about him, however, was that his eyes weren't as detached from reality like in the past.

Of course, this wasn't a change that Kevin was aware of as he currently stood in front of the door and stopped the two of them from leaving.

"Do not go to work today."

"...Can you tell us why?"

Rather than being angry at Kevin's behavior, the two of them bent down and caressed his head.

Kevin's face didn't change at their touch, and he repeated.

"Do not go outside today."

"Yes, we understand that you don't want us to go outside today. But is there a reason?"

Margaret asked, her face completely calm and devoid of any frustration.

The same was true for Johnatan, who sat on the ground outside the small apartment and curiously looked at Kevin.

Seeing that he had gotten their attention, Kevin didn't say anything and hugged Margaret by the neck, startling her completely.

It wasn't just her that was startled; his father, Jonathan, was also startled and also somewhat jealous.

Both of them looked at each other with bewildered expressions.

Their reactions were understandable. After all, this was the very first time in his life that Kevin showed any glimmer of affection toward the two of them, and they were naturally taken aback.

'They might listen to me if I do this...'

On the other hand, Kevin had different thoughts, as the sole reason for hugging them was to manipulate them into listening to his request.

Since he couldn't reveal to them the exact reason why they couldn't go to work today, he could only try this method, which, in all fairness, seemed to be working quite well as the two of them started hesitating about going to work.

Of course, Kevin knew that this wasn't enough for him to convince them completely.

It was hence why he reached out for his pocket and took out a 50 U banknote.

"...I found this outside."

Contrary to Kevin's expectations, the faces of the couple changed completely the moment he took out the banknote and immediately asked.

"Where did you get that from, Kevin?"

"Don't tell me that you stole it, Kevin? You know that stealing is bad, right? Although our financial situation is not good, we would rather starve than steal."

Under the barrage of questions, Kevin merely cocked his head and answered.

"I didn't steal it."

It was actually a lie. This note was, in fact, the same note from the bald guy from a while back.

When everything was said and done, and his mother handed him the money, Kevin secretly found the man and killed him, taking away all of his possessions.

a weird emotion

familiar with, but he recalled thinking

way, Kevin was still unsure...but if there was one thing he was sure about, it was that the man needed to at least know who had killed

it was exactly what Kevin did once he

horror on the man's face

him, Kevin didn't care

at

One of utter disgust.

you

asked, his tone sounding a lot

his head to stare at his

it up

He had indeed

you lying

"No."

his head, his

the next minute, the two stared at each other without saying anything before Jonathan eventually sighed and

going this far to stop us from leaving, I guess I won't go to

he left the room and went back into the house,

eventually flashed a warm smile and caressed him

Kevin. We won't go

and headed for the kitchen. Pulling down

since we have time, I

"..."

a fleeting moment, Kevin started to regret his actions.

parents to die. At least, not until he understood the emotions that he

than to understand them, for they may be able to, in some way, help him

door of the

the incident happens quite far from here, they should be safe for

then, it happened while he was coming back from kindergarten, which was quite far

him there, but the distance from his house was

the demon attack

was what

Bang―! Bang―!

Bring Kevin somewhere

his father get engulfed by flames as his body burned to a crisp right before his very eyes and feeling an arm wrap around his waist, dragging him away from his house, which was rapidly getting engulfed by the flames, Kevin felt

hide in here. Make sure you don't make

Clank―!

but

mind, he was standing in front of

for who knew how long,

his cheek, he found that his finger had been stained by

at his

"Why?"

***

want to leave the

was presented with the same scenario as in

of Jezebeth. This time, however, he

already exhausted, and all it took was a single finger for

rewinded, and Kevin found himself back

he decided to approach

previous regressions, Kevin decided to approach things differently...he wanted to understand what

had been haunting him for his entire

go directly out of

they would easily be

a lot weaker than the demons. Had it not been for that, he would've done something himself about

out of