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

but he recalled thinking that a

that 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

what Kevin

of horror on the man's face

for him, Kevin didn't care

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

One of utter disgust.

did you get

asked, his tone sounding a lot calmer than

to stare at his

picked it up

necessarily a lie. He had indeed picked up the note from the

lying

"No."

head,

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

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

left the room and went back into the house, leaving Kevin

warm smile and caressed

Kevin. We won't go to work

as his mother stood up and headed for the kitchen. Pulling down her sleeves, she murmured

since we have time, I might as

"..."

started to regret his actions. It was

one of his parents to die.

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

stare at the wooden door of the

far from here, they should be safe

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

why they chose to bring him there, but the distance

demon attack since it was further away

that was what Kevin

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 getting engulfed by the flames, Kevin felt the world around him move

hide in here. Make sure you don't make any

Clank―!

scene but a

was standing in front of the corpse

front of them for 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 one

at his finger,

"Why?"

***

the village for a

regression, and once again, he was presented with

regressions, he died at the hands of Jezebeth. This time, however,

already exhausted, and all it took was

and Kevin found himself

time, he decided to approach

about his parents and how they died in his previous regressions, Kevin decided to

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

time, Kevin decided to go directly out of

out of the city, they would easily

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

go out of the village? Is there something that's