The Devil's Origin

55: Human.

Now then...

To be honest, I'm not fond of humans.

But I do have to agree the dessert they made is one of the best foods ever.

"Fufufu~ This sweet matcha parfait that's only available in this backwater village is super delish!~"

Putting up my human disguise, I sneaked into this human village.

The owner only opened his sweets stall in this small village and he didn't have any fixed schedule either.

Sometimes he opened his stall, other times he didn't.

He was something akin to a legend, given how delicious his sweets were and his whimsical tendency.

Maybe the owner was simply just an oddball?

No one knows but we could all agree the sweets he made were outstanding...

Another thing, recently Velke didn't forbid me from going out too much.

There were various reasons behind it.

One, I was stronger now.

And the other was because it was important for me to see the world.

He didn't explicitly say them all but I was sure me being stronger was one of the biggest reasons why he let me wander off into the human town.

In a way, I was happy I was able to go travelling to eat a lot of delicious sweets.

"Onii-chan, are you also eating a parfait?"

Suddenly a young boy around 5-6 years old talked to me.

He was also holding a similar-looking parfait as me.

"Yup! That's right!"

I answered excitedly.

"It's delicious, right?"

"It is delicious!"

The two of us smiled at each other as we stuffed our cheeks full with a spoonful of sweet, and cold delicious goodness.

Then all of a sudden, the people in the village began to run in panic.

"You two! Why are you guys still eating parfaits nonchalantly like that?! It's almost 5 o'clock! Hurry and get inside the house!"

A kind-looking old lady shouted at us.

Huh?

Maybe there was a local rule in this village that all children had to go home before 5 p.m.?

What a strange rule though...

The parents grabbed their children's hands and went on to say, "It's dangerous!" while dragging them into the nearest house.

The old lady who had shouted at me also grabbed my hand and took me into this small house.

I wonder what's going on?

As soon as I was safely tucked in the house, I heard the sound of an earth-shattering growl.

GROAAAAAAAAAAAAARRR

It was so loud I could even feel the small house shaking from it.

What is this sound?!

Looking at my panicked face, the old lady explained.

"That's the sound from the remaining wyvern."

"Remaining?"

"Yes, 2 years ago the hero killed the wyverns but turned out somehow there was a single egg left behind. Recently, the grown wyvern started to attack this village."