529 – Identity (3)

The dream continued for quite some time. Although it was interrupted here and there, the dream itself did not break.

The content of the dream was mostly similar. Rust and the clown were raising children, and Lie recorded it here and there.

I could really feel what it felt like to be a baby, learning to walk, talk, and wiggle my fingers.

In particular, the most difficult thing was menstruation. As we all know, demons are beings whose menstruation has completely stopped.

They are aware of the physiological activity itself, but they have been out of interest for so long that they have no idea what to do about it.

‘I really wanted to die.’

Fortunately, they took care of me well because I cried and cried so much. That process was also so hard that I broke out in a sweat.

Anyway, as time passed quickly, I got used to walking. What do you do when you get used to walking?

Of course, it involves going around the facility. Rust and the Clown, being blue demons, also have personal tasks to do.

So, there are bound to be times when I am left alone, and this is when I usually take a nap.

“Boo.”

But who said that when raising a baby, you should never take your eyes off them for even a second?

The reason why Bbaeng Bbaeng wears shoes is not because they are cute, but because it is a kind of alarm sound. It is a signal that if the cycle gets short, you should catch it right away.

I started walking around, exploring the places where I was born and raised.

‘It’s like a scientific facility.’

It was a bit like a science facility, except for the cradle I usually sleep in. Actually, this is not surprising.

Because when Jane was corrupted in Soul World and went over to the demon side, she was able to fully display her talents.

Even if you are Jane, it is meaningless if you can’t support the facility. That’s how great the demons’ scientific skills are.

There is even an ‘airship’ that cannot appear in the present age. It appears in the final battle, the Great War.

Originally it didn’t work because the power source structure was lost, but it became operational after Jane came in.

-Poggle poggle poggle poggle

The most impressive of these is the bubbling vessel, a vessel filled with a green liquid of unknown composition.

Inside were all kinds of creatures: dogs, cats, deer, tigers, monkeys, apes, etc.

Finally, a person. A man with his eyes closed and a mask on his mouth was placed in a green container.

Considering the ecology of demons who survive by taking lives, this may seem natural.

How can we get more life, how can we get more efficient methods.

While Jane shows off her talents in engineering, the demons are focusing their efforts on life sciences.

‘Do you want to gain life so badly?’

Demons who were deprived of their right to life after losing the war against the gods. They did not give up even after thousands of years.

While carrying out such inhumane experiments, they were working underwater.

“Huh? Hey, why are you here?”

I was staring blankly at the aquarium like a cat, staring at the green tank with bubbles rising up.

I turned my head as I heard a familiar voice near my ear. My gaze also went up.

Then, what you see is the face of a clown wearing a pure white gown. He looks like a scientist because he is wearing the gown.

“Shall we?”

I pointed to the person in the barrel. Anyone who saw it would be asking, “What is that?”

The clown turned his head towards the barrel after seeing my actions. Then he scratched his head and muttered quietly.

“I don’t know if I should show you this. It doesn’t matter since you’re a kid anyway.”

I can hear everything. This guy, no, the devil.

It’s because I’m a baby now, but inside I’m a grown man.

An adult who understands all languages, including the language of demons.

While I was muttering to myself, the clown suddenly hugged me.

And then he opened his mouth, showing the person inside the barrel in detail.

“No, we······, except for you, we have no life. To be exact, we have been deprived of all the rights we should have as living beings.”

“Huh?”

“It may be difficult to understand yet. But one day, you will understand. What the parasites have taken from us.”

There was a great sense of anger at the part about parasites. The cold voice is proof of that.

Being deprived of the right to life means more than not being able to leave behind descendants.

An existence that is neither here nor there, where even life is not living and death cannot be achieved except through a specific method.

I must have felt like a miracle born there. It’s not that I don’t understand the minds of demons.

‘Evil deeds, however understandable, are difficult to tolerate.’

Just by looking at the person in the green barrel, you can tell that the devil’s actions have gone too far.

I wondered a little bit what would have happened if I had grown up here steadily.

‘No. In the first place, the contents themselves are people who grew up on Earth, right?’

As I was thinking about that, the clown moved away while holding me in his arms.

After leaving the life science facility, we arrived at a place filled with all kinds of machines.

There was not only the airship I mentioned, but also an ‘airplane’. I opened my eyes wide when I saw this.

The appearance of the plane was very similar to that of Earth’s jet planes. Jet planes did not appear in Soul World either.

“The times when we had the form we see were very splendid. Except for a very long time ago, we did not interfere with human life at all.”

“Pow.”

“Human development is truly amazing. Here’s a question. What species comes to mind when you think of wings?”

“bird?”

“Yeah. It’s new.”

The clown nodded in satisfaction and continued his explanation.

“Each race originally had its own unique characteristics. Humans have a weak body but an extraordinary brain, and birds have wings. However, there has never been a human with wings in their entire life.”

“wings.”

“Now you’re good at talking? That’s right. Wings. Humans have made the sky, which was the exclusive domain of birds, their own territory. They even created wings themselves, not through evolution.”

That’s that plane. I think I know what you mean.

If you just listen to the story, it looks exactly like the Earth I used to live on. If not, it’s like any other ancient civilization.

In reality, isn’t there a warp gate that is a product of an ancient civilization? It is a technology that can only be repaired with the technology of this world, but cannot be reproduced.

“······That didn’t last long. We overlooked human greed too much. Greed as a species.”

The clown’s tone, which had been a proud voice, lowered. I could feel a complex and subtle emotion, mixed with sadness and anger.

He then muttered as he touched the fuselage of the completely stopped plane with his hand.

“You tore off the wings you created yourself in order to grow wings on your back. Isn’t that ironic?”

“Irony?”

“Ah. I still don’t understand you. Haha.”

“I don’t know.”

“Okay. You don’t have to know it now. You’ll learn it slowly. Okay, let’s go back now.”

The clown returned to the cradle with me in his arms. As I was starting to get sleepy, I didn’t protest at all.

The clown finally carefully laid me down in the cradle. I felt my eyes slowly closing.

The eyelids opened and closed repeatedly, and the clown’s face slowly disappeared from sight.

“Hey kid.”

“Howuum······”

“You are our hope. So grow up well.”

As soon as he said that, the clown left. My eyelids also closed completely.

The dreams that followed were nothing special. If I had to summarize it, it would be like the crazy parenting story of the clown and Rust.

I showed my human side in many ways, such as crying, getting hurt, and getting lost.

What did the lie do there? He just wrote a research journal on paper and that was it. He seems to have no sense of humour, like a bald head.

“I don’t want to sleep! I won’t sleep!”

“Child, then you can’t use it. You have to go to sleep.”

“Don’t sleep! I’m not sleeping!”

Rust barely managed to stop me from throwing a tantrum and refusing to sleep again today.

Even though he is a devil, he looks very tired with dark circles under his eyes.

It’s no different because he’s a clown. He’s already sprawled on the floor having fun with me.

“Where are your other uncles? Where are your aunts?”

“My other uncles and aunts are busy.”

I also met other blue devils here and there. They all treated me with terrifying cuteness.

The most impressive of them all are the blue guys under Asura. They’re all just muscular old men.

Those old men are playing around with me and making me feel strange… It’s a really strange feeling.

‘If we continue like this, it’ll be awkward when we meet later······’

I shouldn’t give my affection to the devil. I made up my mind to do so, but it wasn’t easy.

Because the affection he gave me was sincere. He was as sincere as any other parent.

“Good night.”

“Huh······Kueuuu······”

Finally, after Rust had used his magic, my eyes slowly closed. I could have endured it, but my body was too tired to accept it.

And so, just when I thought the dream was ending again today,

-Mumble, mumble, mumble

A thick darkness was creeping in. It was a darkness that was even more clammy than my eyes were closed.

I was startled when I saw the darkness, but it was too late. The darkness had tied my limbs tightly.

[You, you?! Ah, no! No! This kid is absolutely not allowed!]

As darkness engulfed me, someone shouted. It was a shout that seemed to ring in my head rather than my ears.

Desperation to protect myself somehow. But that desperation faded as darkness soon covered my body.

In a situation where I couldn’t even breathe, what I heard was······

-Found············

A strange language that one would not dare to think of as a language of this world.

-Pure······Life······

A terrible obsession with me.

-It’s mine······

I felt so dirty that I almost threw up.