Villain Eternal

Trap!

Mylos handed her the sweets, watching her receive the sweets with such gratitude surprised him. He had tried them in the past as a child, but they tasted like coal and wasn't very good for his body after consumption.

"Do you really like them that much?" Mylos blinked as he watched Karen chew on the sweets with a smile on her face. He'd never seen anyone eat sweets so happily before, and was quite curious on how it tasted.

"Of course! Although, neither mother or father support me eating sweets. It's not good for my teeth, but I can't stop eating it even though I know that." Karen stuffed her mouth full, her cheeks blowing up as she chewed.

"So you'd eat something detrimental to your health just because you like the taste?" Mylos raised a brow, there were times when he found it difficult to understand how humans behave, "Hmm, that's strange."

Karen rolled her eyes. She'd chewed and swallowed up all the sweets Mylos had bought for her, so she opened her mouth to speak, "Indeed, you might think it is, but I don't find anything wrong with it."

Mylos wasn't won over, but he nodded in ‘agreement’, a strange gleam in his eyes as his thoughts drifted. After a second of thought, he shook his head then looked down to see Karen tilting her head at him, "What?"

"You're so strange, uncle. Not only do you not give off the scent of a human, you're always thinking about stuff I can't predict." Karen voiced out after a while of staring into Mylos' eyes, her pupils gleaming strangely.

Mylos'pupils contracted down to needle points. After a split second of thought, he grew unnaturally calm, "Why haven't you told anyone yet? You've known I was not a human ever since we sat down on that bench."

Karen blinked innocently, then replied,

"Why should I tell anyone?"

Mylos was stunned, but replied,

"Because I'm a demon?"

Karen blinked, the expression of visible confusion finally returning to her face as she stared into Mylos'eyes, "Uh, should I be scared? Maybe I should have screamed, but wouldn't that be something bad to do to a stranger?"

"Huh? I knew something was wrong with this child. Are you some nurturing talent, or linked to some great hero by blood?" Mylos requested curiously, then after some time his mind went to her parents, "Of course."

"Mother said not to attack strangers for no reason. It's a measure to avoid unnecessary trouble. I count shouting out loud that someone is a demon as an attack." Karen explained calmly, "Besides, you gave me sweets! You're a friend of mine now."

"Who is your mother?" Mylos asked after ignoring that detail ever since he'd met Karen. He was also curious to know who her father was, and why she was so strange to be a regular human child.

"Mother is a Seraphim, she is very fond of monsters like you. Although, they are some unreasonable ones unlike you who she detests very much." Karen explained, not a shred of manipulation could be traced in her words.

"I see..." Hearing that the mother was a demon, Mylos calmed down slightly after hearing that, but suddenly, a realisations struck him and he added, "and your Father?"

"Father is a Hero! He's very strong, mother praises that I inherited about 60% of his traits. I'm proud to— What is wrong, Mylos?" Karen rambled on, but after coming to a realisation she shut her mouth to see Mylos' face.

Mylos' heart had skipped a beat when he heard Karen's first sentence, beads of sweet poured down his face as a realisation struck him. "Karen, is your father home? And is your mother by any chance, with him right now?"

"Yes?" Karen replied.

Yes? Yes?! This is terrible! Mylos' mind began operating at maximum capacity as he thought of ways he could escape his delicately set trap. He was trapped seconds after walking into this district, and hadn't noticed.

Regular Hunters were branded as church dogs, they're humans who set out to hunt and kill demons in the name of the church and credits. They weren't any stronger in the face of a regular demon, but had annoying abilities that set them apart from normal men and women when it came to hunting down demons.

Apart from Hunters who were dogs of the church, there was another set of demon hunting entities who deviated from the teachings of the church. They were said to act directly under the influence of a certain deity.

While a regular Hunter would be just strong enough to handle at least 20 fully grown men at once, a Hero was able to practically triple that number even if they were armed with heavy weapons.

Ignoring the fact that Heroes had what was considered as “True Soul”, abilities beyond the weaker copies used by church dogs — they were also more durable against demons and physical attacks than hunters.

Why was he so shaken? Even if the daughter was not a threat to him, and the mother might not be any better, the father was more of a threat than an Eminence! The chances of him surviving a direct encounter was nill.

The fact that he might just be working under a god who was against Mylos' existence, doesn't ease things for the demon to any length. He was only grateful that he was not attacked yet, as his backup was too far away.

The scariest part of this was that Mylos couldn't sense the man at all! This meant that although he could evade Hunters effectively, his radar like senses would be very inefficient when it came down to sensing Heroes.

"Do not be scared, you look as pale as a sheet of paper! Father of course, does not hunt demons without reason even if he wants to. The fact that he hasn't reached for me means that he's trying his best to ignore you."

Ignore me?

"As far as you don't harm me, he'll let you go without any trouble. If he was so strict with demons, he would not have married one and had a child would he?" Her eyes narrowed down to crescents as she spoke.

Damn it! In this life, there was just things Mylos couldn't understand. Things that shouldn't make sense, as well as things that shouldn't just exist. They were a lot of them.