Ever since I was born, I've been a 'hero'.
Whether I wanted it or not, I was already a 'hero'.
I've never even once wanted to be a 'hero'.
But.......
I had to be a 'hero'.
I've had a premonition of being a 'hero' ever since I was a kid.
I was unusually strong, I could see the spirits.
My parents, whom I trusted, treated me as a 'hero'.
"You're a hero."
Said my mother.
"You're a hero."
Said my father.
Ever since I was little, my parents never treated me affectionately.
Gradually, I've become lonelier and lonelier.
I knew I was burdened with excessive expectations on my shoulders.
Which was why I didn't stick with my parents for long.
The same could be said about boys my age.
They treated me as a foreign object.
The parents, afraid that their children might get hurt from playing with the 'hero', kept their children at a distance from me.
I was always alone.
Being alone was the better option for me.
Rather than being crushed by their expectations and stares, I preferred to be alone.
My lonely self then started to train earnestly.
Because a 'hero' has to be strong.
The demons who resided in the forest served as good materials as trials for my strength.
Every time I slain a demon, I felt myself getting stronger.
Without anyone teaching me, I became even stronger as if the power was engraved in my soul.
Of course, they'd fight back.
Of course, I'd get hurt.
But at that time, I suddenly knew the magic to heal myself.
By the time I was 10 years old, I felt hollow inside.
No matter how strong I became, no one would look at me.
"As expected from the 'hero'! You've become this strong even though you're only 10 years old!"
Yes, even when my father praised me, my vision was painted in deep black.
No matter how many times I got hurt and struggled, in the end, the one that got even stronger was me, Killatur.
It wasn't because I was the 'hero' that I got stronger.
It was because I've fought countless demons, even as I vomited blood, I kept on fighting and yet...
No one truly looked at me.
Every time I was reminded of me being a 'hero', I felt despair.
'Someone who receives God's blessing' you said?
God might have given me the power to slay the demon but God didn't give me the peace of mind I desperately needed as a mere human being.
No one truly looked at me.
Despair and loneliness came hand in hand with my title as the 'hero'.
I became more and more obsessed with killing demons.
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The Devil's Origin
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