Chapter 69 – Foir (5)

“Can’t we just call the priest and solve it? You wouldn’t even know we noticed.”

Alice left Jack’s house with a worried expression on her face. It was clear that she was afraid of losing her beloved father in vain. And, obviously, her suggestion was also the safest way.

“Then no.”

But I shook my head and said so. If I were an ordinary person and could be assured of a peaceful life ahead, I would have done so. But i’m the devil A demon living in the wild where the weak get eaten by the strong, and the strong get eaten by another strong one.

If you don’t take the risk of being safe right now, you won’t be able to overcome the devil that attacked this paradise someday and you will fall into mere prey. A weak devil who only knows how to have sex is useless as anyone’s subordinate.

“I need to be stronger to protect you and Isabel.”

That’s why this time, I had to defeat the demon with my own hands and make the demon’s magic my own. Because demons are so strong.

“Still, what if Dad gets seriously hurt or doesn’t win?”

“If he’s that strong, he wouldn’t be stealing livestock, and he wouldn’t be accusing me of such a petty thing. And no matter how strong my opponent is, I can win. It’s dad huh? In the meantime, you’ve worked hard to absorb the spirit and make servants, but you think you can’t beat the devil?”

When I lifted my arm and tightened my hand, the muscle slightly bulged out. Alice looked at my thin arms and said with a distrustful expression.

“Are you really okay? Huh?”

I looked at the forest again. I didn’t know how many demons were in that forest, and I didn’t know what kind of demons were. But if I showed fear here and now, as a father, I lost face.

I said while looking at Alice with my back straight.

“Are you okay. I’ll destroy it soon and come back.”

“Really?”

“Then. You’re here at Jack’s house looking for anything else to investigate. There might be a clue we missed.”

Alice nodded her head, but she looked back at me with an unreliable expression. Her eyes were wide open and the way she bit her fingernails seemed uneasy. Anxiety is contagious.

As she looked at her face, I too felt a well-founded concern. What if there’s a really strong guy? I don’t even know how to fight properly, so what if I can’t handle it on my own?

As anxious as Alice was, I felt I needed insurance.

“…Can you buy some holy water?”

Alice’s expression gradually changed as she heard the proposal in her crawling voice.

“…Really. No… That…”

Alice, who had been worried about me until just a moment ago, looked at me with her bewildered face, then shook her head and moved her steps in the direction of her temple.

*****

“Here, they just gave us one for free because we had a hard time.”

The sealed holy water gave me uncomfortable feelings in my chest despite the tight packaging. Alice tore off the packaging once in front of my eyes and lightly pressed the top.

“If you press here, it fires like a spray gun, and if you turn this, you can pour it all at once.”

“It is convenient.”

As I nodded at her from a step away, Alice looked at me and pretended to lightly press the spray button.

“Eight.”

“Ugh! Dad now!”

Startled, I stepped back from her, and Alice looked at me with a chuckle. Seongsu, who had never properly faced her in her life, made her feel nauseous just by looking at it and aroused her instinct to avoid. As she had repackaged it, I carefully put it in her bag, and only then was she able to regain her peace of mind and body.

We are now standing on the road leading to the forest. Alice didn’t seem to like the scene of the black forest. The jagged shadows of the trees and the natural shadows of the forest, which were thicker than that, looked like a gigantic beast growling with its teeth exposed.

Alice looked back and forth between the forest and me, she asked.

“By the way, Dad.”

“Huh.”

“Isn’t it illegal to use holy water when fighting demons?”

“Of course, holy water like this is used to escape when in danger. Daddy’s going to beat him with his fist and beat him. I’m looking at some papers at Jack’s house.”

“Okay. Dad.”

Alice brushed away the bits of wood from leaning against her hedge. I looked at the moon with a tense face. The densely studded stars and the white shining moon. Alice was walking toward the village, and now I was the only one left on the road. I grabbed my small bag and started walking towards the forest.

“Dad.”

And at that moment, Alice, who was walking towards the village, called me. As I turned to Alice, she clenched her fists and whispered in a low voice.

“Kko, please come back.”

“Of course I have to go back.”

Perhaps Alice’s face was dyed red, like my hair. I smiled, imagining Alice grumbling. I had a reason to go back, so I had to win.

I nodded her head happily and started running back into the woods.

*****

The old hut was located in the middle of the forest. Traces of someone’s life remained intact, and traces of footsteps were left around. When I breathed in, I felt a faint demonic energy. It meant that the owner of the house was either a devil or something related to the devil.

I carefully opened the door. There was no sign in the dark room. Just in case, I put my hand in my bag and looked around carefully once more.

The inside of the house was a mess. In the corner, rags and mats were gathered like garbage, and the middle was hollow, leaving traces of someone lying down and sleeping. When I touched it, the damp cloth smelled rotten.

“Ah fuck.”

Next to it is a large mirror and an old dressing table. And there was a piece of stiff paper lying there. I tried to read the contents of the paper, but the room was quite dark and it was difficult to read.

“Oh, I’m drunk… !”

And from beyond the woods came the sound of drunkenness. I quickly put down the paper in my hand and looked around. I had to hide, but there was nowhere to hide. Looking around, I felt footsteps coming closer and closer.

There was only one way. I crouched down and crawled to the door as slow as I could. My footsteps trampled the grass and raised a rustle without hesitation, hiding my presence. I opened the bag and held the holy water in my hand.

Sigh.

I heard the doorknob being pulled. The moment the door opened, I tore off the wrapping of holy water and splashed it on the devil’s face.

Chiyiyi profit!

“Aaaaagh!”

With the sound of grilling meat, the demon in human form started rolling on the floor. Surprisingly, the devil’s body, which looked like a normal human, gradually shrunk like a dried squid, and was changing into a figure with small wings and pitiful limbs.

The demon, shrunk to about half the size of mine, covered his face and screamed in pain.

“Quaaaaagh! What! What are you guys talking about! Are you a priest? How dare you do such a cowardly thing! Is it a betrayal? Did he snitch on me? My face! My face is gloomy!”

That guy?

I was about to break his neck right away, but I grabbed the fallen demon’s arm and bent it backwards. His face, which had been melted down and his eye sockets were covered in flesh, was truly hideous. Cried the devil, twisting his head around as if trying to grasp his situation with his blind eyes.

“Who are you, who are you? Why, why are you doing this! Me, I’m just following the contract!”

“Stay still. Cub I will save you according to your answer.”

“Wait, answer… ! Help me? Turn off… ! Kkeuk… !”

The devil shook his head in pain and then calmed down. I asked the devil

“A contract, what do you mean?”

The demon puckered his still-pierced nose and looked at me with his hideous face and said:

“…This smell. Surely it’s the devil’s smell? You bastard, why are you carrying holy water? You dirty bastard! Where is the bastard who uses holy water to fight demons!”

The devil got excited and started to struggle. However, thanks to his small size and weakened strength from being hit by the holy water, I was able to pick up the holy water again without any hindrance.

I carefully held the side of the holy water so as not to touch my palm, and tapped a drop towards his wing.

Chiyiyi profit!

With the sound of flesh burning, the demon screamed once more.

“Kiaaaaa! Hey, what a crazy bastard! Aaaaa! Oh, I see! I’ll tell you anything! My, please stop!”

He was quicker than I thought. If we hadn’t met in this situation, wouldn’t we have become good friends? I put the bottle aside and asked the devil.

“Who are you?”

“I, I am the K-Psy of the Imp race… ! Gye, I was waiting here because of the contract… !”

“Contract? What contract?”

At my question, the demon flared up once more.

“I-I don’t even know that the imp is a contract demon! Instead of taking human souls, we give someone what they want!”

“What contract did you make?”

“Stealing cattle! It was a contract to lay the blame on Jack!”

“What do you get in return?”

“I decided to take Jack’s soul! In rural villages like this, there are many cases where punishment is executed on its own! They decided to turn Jack over to me as soon as they were found guilty!”

“Who did you contract with?”

“That, that… !”

The devil hesitated to answer. I put on one underwear and looked at the devil’s bare ass. And I looked at the holy water bottle next to me. I said to the devil

“Hey, aren’t you? They say that drinking through the anus is better absorbed.”

“What, what are you talking about…”

The devil belatedly understood the intention of my words and his face turned white. He screamed, opening his mouth that smelled of sulfur.

“Wait a minute! Imp can’t reveal who the contractor is! Stop that! It’s like the limits of a race!”

“Right.”

I decided to stop sticking the holy water bottle. The imp asked, catching his breath as if relieved when I stopped moving.

“Ha… ! Ha… ! So, are you going to save me now?”

“No.”

I put my hand on his head and started sucking his power.

“Kiyo oh oh oh oh!”