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

was familiar with, but he recalled

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

Kevin

of horror on the

him, Kevin didn't care at all and killed

Kevin looked at him with the same expression that he

One of utter disgust.

did you get

his tone sounding a lot calmer than it

head to stare at his father, Kevin

it up from the

necessarily a lie. He had indeed

you lying

"No."

head,

at each other without saying anything before Jonathan eventually

this far to stop us from leaving, I guess I

left the room and went back into the house,

a warm smile and caressed him

won't go

mother stood up and headed for the kitchen. Pulling down her sleeves,

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

"..."

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

moment, he didn't want either one of his parents to die. At least, not until he understood the

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

at the wooden door of the house, Kevin thought

far from here, they should be safe

coming back from kindergarten, which was

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

by the demon attack since it was

that was what Kevin

Bang―! Bang―!

Kevin somewhere safe! I'll

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,

in here. Make sure you don't make any

Clank―!

scene but

time Kevin regained clarity over his mind, he was standing in front

them for who knew how long, and something

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

his

"Why?"

***

leave the village for a

once again, he was

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

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

rewinded, and Kevin found himself back in the past

decided to approach things

Kevin decided to approach things differently...he wanted to

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

Kevin decided to go directly

of the city, they would easily be able to

was strong for his age, he was still a lot weaker than the

want to go out of the village? Is there something