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How nice it must be to have that ability.
What’s the point of a demon hanging the human world’s moon in front of his house?
It felt like an insult to the human world, and I didn’t like it.
“How does it feel to look down on the universe?”
Suddenly, Prima asked me.
I turned away from the dazzling darkness. He was turning his body toward me as well.
I stared at him, then answered.
“Demons are so arrogant. I’m human, so I like looking up at the stars more.”
“You can always come back and walk on the stars when you want.”
Prima smiled faintly, his eyes crinkling.
Has he been listening to me this whole time?
A fake crescent moon, a fake Meteor.
Looking at him made me think of that.
Everything looks fake, yet he says there’s no such thing as fake.
“Tch.”
I turned my head away from him. Looking at his perfect face only made me feel uneasy.
Now, I had to ask what I had been wanting to ask.
A little cautiously, I spoke.
“What’s my father doing?”
Last time, he had mentioned that my father was torturing the Demon King in a peculiar way.
Had that torture been effective?
I never thought my father would be the one suffering from the Demon King.
I was worried, but the belief that he was doing well should outweigh that.
“Do you want to see?”
“?”
Could he, with his mysterious ability, be taking me to the Demon King’s castle?
How was he planning to show it to me? I was curious.
Then, he waved his hand through the air. The spot he touched shimmered, and it spread out widely.
A screen like a digital display appeared.
My eyes widened a little.
Under the red crescent moon, towering rock formations loomed ominously. The Demon King was hunched over a rock, in pain.
I couldn’t tell if it was the Demon King or my father.
It shouldn’t have been my father, but I felt a slight chill in my chest.
“Is this live?”
“Yeah.”
“You’ve been spying like this, huh?”
“If you monitor someone like the Demon King for a long time, you’ll get caught.”
“Who is that now?”
“Going back and forth.”
“Right...”
“Listen to the sounds if you want.”
Prima curled his fingers as if expanding the screen.
Suddenly, the Demon King became enormous, as if he were right in front of me.
Startled, I took a step back.
“Hey, this is too much. If that’s really the Demon King, I don’t want to see it this big.”
“...Yeah.”
Prima clenched his fist again. The screen shrank a bit, moving farther away. Only then did I feel a little more at ease.
Phew.
I took a deep breath and focused again on the scene.
Watching the Demon King, my chest ached.
‘It’s my father.’
I wasn’t sure who was inhabiting that body, but it was my father’s appearance, so it had to be him.
I focused on the scene in the screen.
Why was he in pain?
I wished it was really the Demon King.
I wanted him to suffer so much that he wished for death!
Then, the Demon King screamed.
“Stop it! I don’t want to hear any more of your bragging about your child. It’s already been two hours!”
“?”
Huh?
Bragging about a child?
I blinked and pulled my head closer to the screen.
What kind of bragging was he doing?
If my father was bragging about me, I had so many things to be proud of that I couldn’t even guess what he was talking about.
Suddenly, I heard a low laugh from beside me.
“He’s doing that again.”
“My father is bragging about me to the Demon King?”
Prima nodded once in response to my question.
“Yeah. It’s a very effective method of torture.”
...Wow.
I couldn’t help but marvel internally and then looked back at the screen.
After all, who would want to listen to someone bragging about their child for two hours?
Especially the Demon King, who trembled whenever I even mentioned my father’s name. I’m sure he’d go insane hearing me brag about myself.
On the screen, the Demon King smiled, lifting one corner of his mouth.
Unlike before, there was no sign of suffering on his face.
‘It’s my father.’
This time, it’s really him!
My heart skipped a beat.
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My father raised his lips with a mocking glint in his eyes.
“It’s only been two hours. This is nothing. How can a Demon King like me just give in to this?”
“You bastard! Demon bastard!”
“You’re the demon here. Yeah, where did we leave off? Right, I told them that our Crescent started sleeping through the night from 50 days old. The neighbors were all amazed, calling her a filial daughter. It’s rare to find a baby who sleeps for eight hours at 50 days old. Thanks to that, I was able to clean the house, wash dishes, and do laundry. I even painted a picture of our daughter sleeping. She looked like an angel.”
My father’s gaze grew distant.
His eyes were still red like the Demon King’s, but for some reason, I could see the green color of his original eyes.
“I’m not saying this because she’s my daughter, but truly, there’s no one in the world more beautiful than our daughter. She’s cute now, but how adorable was she back then? It feels like just yesterday, but I can’t believe she’s already fourteen.”
“I’ll rip your mouth apart.”
“Your mouth will get ripped. Anyway, the newlyweds in the neighborhood came to me in line to ask for tips on how to get their babies to sleep through the night. But I couldn’t tell them anything. Crescent just slept so well on her own, how could I have any tips? Instead, I showed them Crescent. And our daughter didn’t even care about strangers. She smiled at everyone she met. The neighbors were so crazy about her they couldn’t leave. Anyone who saw Crescent at our house would stay up late and not want to leave. Hahaha...”
“I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you both, father and daughter...”
“Anyway, our house was always full of guests. Everyone would lose track of time just staring at Crescent’s face. Even when she sneezed, they all went wild with joy. Can you imagine how crazy they’d be if she smiled at them? Everyone would faint. And I’m not joking, some of the wives actually fainted. Hey, Baal. Why aren’t you reacting? Did you faint from how cute my daughter is just hearing about her?”
“You’re the most shameful and filthy bastard among my souls.”
“If we’re talking about filthy, who could beat you? Even if you raise a child as adorable and loving as our Crescent, you’ll never be purified. You filthy bastard. Hah, really, I lived every day falling into her pink cotton candy-like eyes. How did I end up with such a child? My daughter, just thinking about her makes me feel like I’m going to lose my mind. How did I deserve a miracle like that? I could never believe it was real. I’m sure God chose me. That’s why He # Nоvеlight # gave me Crescent. Maybe the human world needed an angel? So He gave me the task of raising one!”
“Shut your filthy mouth! She’s not an angel, she’s a demon!”
“My baby, my precious one, my puppy. I should be brushing her teeth and singing her to sleep every day. Hah, she’s adorable from head to toe. Her fingers, her toes, they’re all so cute. Every strand of her hair is so soft. I want to see her yawn. My little puppy, angel, little goddess, baby bird, chirp chirp...”
“AAAAH! MY EARS! IT FEELS LIKE MY EARS ARE ROTTING. AAAAAH!”
Suddenly, the Demon King covered his ears with both hands and screamed.
At his scream, dark birds flew up with a flurry of wings.
The echoes of the screams filled the air.
If someone didn’t know any better, they might think someone was being burned alive.
The Demon King, suffering like he was dying, suddenly straightened his back and laughed.
“Hahaha! Hahahaha! Hahahahaha! I love you, Crescent!”
“AAAAH!”
A louder scream echoed.
The screams and loud laughter repeated several times.
Watching this, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Puhaha!”
It’s insane.
This is huge, right?
“Hahahaha!”
So this was the Demon King’s weakness?
I hadn’t laughed this hard in ages.
I brightened my gaze, more wicked than a demon, and shouted at the screen. It was a shout that wouldn’t be heard anyway.
“Dad, you’re doing great!”
It was a satisfying laugh after a long time.