The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

The Truth About the Human Saint (Part 1)

**Greg**

Now that it was peaceful, this was the first time I noticed the Cherflammen night sky, and it was, rather, a dark one. There was nothing in the heavens, not even a single speck of star. Imagine it as if I was looking at the 'black side' of a big illustration board; I couldn't make out whether or not I was moving once I stared upwards.

However, navigation was still possible, for one could tell in what direction he/she was going, simply by referring to the twilight which lay to the west. Cherflammen's 'days' and 'nights' were different from 'Earth'; while a person could stand in one spot and wait for a complete 'day/night' cycle on Earth, here, you had to move from one place to another to experience day and night.

Yes, those are fixed in position. It's as if the god of this place forgot to rotate whatever it is—planet, or some flat rock—that Cherflammen was placed upon.

And so, just as its name suggests, the city of Darkmoor lay in the 'night' regions of Cherflammen.

One thing that I noticed in our convoy as we dived deeper into the 'night' was that we had no source of light as we travel, saved for the single torch in our carriage. What's even worse was that, since I got used to the 'undying' light of Chersea, I was uncomfortable with Cherflammen's darkness.

"Sir, are you alright?" Lady Noir checked on me. Perhaps she saw my expression and was worried.

"Well, the night is kind of new to me now..."

"Night?" the demon lady peered outside, "Oh, you mean the darkness?"

I nodded.

"It's the feature of this region," the chamberlain spoke. "Westshore is the perfect place for us, the people from House Usarved."

"You mean?"

"The House Usarved loves darkness, Sir," Lady Noir explained. "In fact, you can see it from our skin: we're all pale white!"

Indeed, that's true. Listening to them made me remember some animals back in my world which evolved into 'albino' versions of their species because of their dark habitat. I couldn't keep myself from thinking that the demons of the House Usarved went through the same, because of their love for the 'night'...or is it the other way around?

Ah, in any case, it's not like I was a stranger to the night. Back when I was on Earth, I always preferred walking outside during the late hours of the night. Not only was I 'relatively' alone, the silence of my surroundings as my neighbors slept was helpful in my daily meditation.

Of course, it always ended with me stepping inside a nearby convenience store and buying something.

"..."

"Do you have something on your mind, Sir?"

"Hm? Well, I just remembered something from where I came from."

"Your own world?"

I smiled at her, "Yes, I realized that I'm missing a lot of things back there that I didn't even notice before. Like for example, walking under the moon-lit night sky, alone."

"Indeed, that's a real beauty, Sir," Lady Noir chuckled. "I experienced it too, before, when I was at the city of Helfan to the north. There was a beautiful garden in one of my brother's palaces in that place, and I would spend hours walking around it, feeling the gentle breeze coming from the east. One of the best moments of my life..."

The poignant smile on the demon princess' lips meant something, I was sure of it. Nevertheless, I knew I had no business of asking about it, so I tried changing the topic.