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.

weird emotion while he looked for the

but he recalled thinking that

one thing he was sure about, it was that the man needed to at

exactly what Kevin did once he found

could still visibly recall the look of horror on the man's face as he

care at all and killed

moments before his death, Kevin looked at him with the same

One of utter disgust.

you get this

his tone sounding a

head to stare at

up

a lie. He had indeed picked

you lying to

"No."

head, his face completely

stared at each other without saying anything before Jonathan eventually sighed and stood

he is going this far to stop us from leaving, I guess I

room and went back into the house, leaving

smile

well, Kevin. We won't go

headed for the

I might as

"..."

Kevin started to regret his actions.

one of his parents to die.

while, they had been bugging him, and he wanted nothing more than to understand them, for they may be able to, in some way, help him defeat

the wooden door of the house, Kevin thought to

far from here, they should

then, it happened while he was coming back

father's job, which was why they chose to bring him there, but the distance from his house

he recalled, this area wasn't affected by the demon attack since it was

that was

Bang―! Bang―!

Kevin somewhere

right before his very eyes and feeling an arm wrap around his waist, dragging him away from his house, which was rapidly

here. Make sure you don't make

Clank―!

scene but a different

standing in front of the corpse of his

who knew how long, and something warm trickled down the side of his

hand to touch his cheek, he found that his finger had been stained by

at his finger,

"Why?"

***

leave the village for a

was presented with

Jezebeth. This time, however, he was able to survive the onslaught

them, he was already exhausted, and all it took was a single finger for Jezebeth to get rid of

found himself back in

time, he decided to approach

how they died in his previous regressions, Kevin decided to approach things differently...he wanted to understand what he felt during his

for his entire third life,

to go directly

of the city, they would easily be able to avoid the

he was still a lot weaker than the demons. Had

do you want to go out of the