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.

strange reason, Kevin felt a weird emotion while

but he recalled thinking that

unsure...but if there was one thing he was sure

exactly what Kevin did once he found

still visibly recall the look of horror on the

for him, Kevin didn't care at all and killed

at him with the same

One of utter disgust.

where did you

his tone sounding a lot calmer

head to stare at his

up

indeed picked up the note from the

lying to

"No."

shook his head, his

each other without saying anything before Jonathan eventually sighed and

to stop us from leaving, I guess I won't go to work today. Let me go give my boss a

went back into

smile and caressed him on

won't go to

and headed for the

since we have time, I might as well make my usual

"..."

a fleeting moment, Kevin started to regret his actions. It was only

either one of his parents to die. At least, not until he understood the

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

the wooden door

far from here, they should

while he was coming back from

bring him there, but the distance from his house was still a couple

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

least, that was

Bang―! Bang―!

Kevin somewhere safe! I'll

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 the world around him move in slow motion as his brain stopped working for

sure you don't make any

Clank―!

scene but a

front of the

stood in front of them for who knew how long, and something warm trickled down the side of

he found that his finger had been stained by

his finger, Kevin

"Why?"

***

the village for a

was Kevin's fourth regression, and once again, he was

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

had killed all of them, he was already exhausted, and all it took was a

Kevin found himself back in the past once

he decided

died in his previous regressions, Kevin decided to approach things differently...he wanted to

was something that had been haunting him for his entire third life, and

decided to go

they would easily be able to avoid

for his age, he was still a lot weaker than the demons. Had it not been for that, he

do you want to go out of