As his consciousness gradually awakened, Sareth slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was a table with messy books on it opposite him. A ray of sunlight shone in from the window and cast on the table, allowing Sareth to see the most eye-catching thing: a clock!
April 25th, 7: 12 …
After staring at the ticking stopwatch for a while, Sareth came back to his senses. He immediately felt the restraints on his body and struggled desperately.
With his strength, it should have been easy for him to break free from the ropes on his body, but what he did not expect was that the ropes were strange. The more he struggled, the tighter they became.
"Don't waste your energy. There are spells specially used to imprison demons on it!"
A voice came from the garage, and Nico yawned as she walked in. She put on her glasses and combed her messy hair. Ignoring Sareth's gaze, she walked to the garage door and pulled up the shutter.
The sunlight shone in, and Sareth could not help but turn his head away. Nico bathed in the sunlight and stretched. "Ah, the weather is really good!"
"Who are you? Why am I here? "Sareth stared at the strange woman." Where's that bad guy in red? Did he tie me up? "
Nico walked back, pulled a chair in front of Sareth, and sat down. She put her hands on the back of the chair and looked at him. "Little friend, you have so many questions. But it's understandable. When I was your age, I was also full of curiosity about the world."
As she spoke, Nico took out a cigarette, flicked one in her mouth, lit it with a lighter, and took a deep puff before exhaling a mouthful of smoke in satisfaction.
Sareth was attracted by her actions and watched without blinking. But when Nico exhaled the smoke, he felt that it was choking, so he could not help but ask, "What are you doing?"
"Smoking. Don't you know?" Nico took another puff. "Or have you never seen others smoke?"
Sareth shook his head. He had indeed never seen anyone smoke.
Although everyone felt that Sareth might have come from a world they did not know during the discussion last night, seeing that he did not even know about smoking made Nicole feel that her judgment was correct. Her eyes darted around, and she asked Sareth, "Do you want to try?"
Although Sareth was wary of Nico, a child was still a child after all, and he was really curious. After hearing Nico's words, he nodded inexplicably.
Nico did not waste any time. She took out another cigarette, lit it, and wanted to stuff it into Sareth's mouth.
However, at this moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the side, grabbed the cigarette in Nicole's hand, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it on the ground.
"Teach kids to smoke? Nicole, are you serious? " The person who appeared was Nero. He looked at Nicole with a headache. He always felt that this big sister was really difficult to serve.
Nicole shrugged and did not reply.
When Sareth, who was tied to a chair, saw Nero appear, his pupils constricted. He struggled again and roared, "Bastard, it's really you! Why did you kidnap me!? Let me go! "
Nero stood in front of Sareth and looked down at him. "It's not that I can't let you go, but this is on the premise that you promise not to act recklessly. Do you agree?"
Sareth hesitated for a moment before finally nodding.
Nero walked behind him and untied his tied hands. But after untiing them, he still looked at Sareth vigilantly, afraid that he would suddenly escape.
This could not be helped. Although Sareth's origins were unknown and he seemed to have some ulterior motive, he was still an eight or nine-year-old child after all. Dante, Nero, and the other adults could not really do anything to him. They could not possibly tie him up forever, right? That was child abuse.
Fortunately, Sareth kept his word. After being released, he did not resist. He only rubbed his aching wrist, looked around, and asked Nero, "Where's the white-haired man in red?"
"Yo, brat, the first thing you did when you woke up was to look for me? Then I'm really honored! " Dante's voice came, and he soon appeared in front of Sareth. He was holding a plate with fried eggs and ham on it, and the food emitted an alluring fragrance.
While teasing, Dante placed the plate on the table in front of Sareth. "Hungry? This is your breakfast … "
Sareth glanced at the food on the plate. It was something he had never seen before. Although it smelled delicious, he still controlled his urge to eat and stared at Dante. "You … I saw you transform. Are you also a demon-human?" Dante asked. "Are you a demon-human?"
"Yes, just like you, I'm a demon-human!" Dante was very frank. He sat down opposite and put his feet on the table. Then he pointed at Nero, who was crossing his arms. "And it's not just me. He's also a demon-human!"
Nero rolled his eyes and hesitated for a moment before showing Sareth his demon right arm.
"So you don't have to worry too much, Sareth!" Dante spread his hands and tried his best to speak in a relaxed tone. "We're actually the same kind."
Sareth finally understood what the familiar feeling he had when he first saw Dante was, so he could not help but ask, "You're also a Child of Taboo. Have demons and humans … hunted you down?"
Sareth still had a vivid memory of this so-called Child of Taboo when that high-rank demon grabbed his neck for the first time. He knew that many demons hated Children of Taboo like him to the bone, so he was very curious about whether these two of his kind had encountered the same thing as him.
However, the word Sareth said made Dante and Nero look at each other in dismay. "Child of Taboo?"
Dante had indeed been hunted down by demons when he was a child, but that was a tragedy caused by demons taking revenge on his father. After that, Dante often suffered attacks from demons, but he always felt that it was all related to his father.
But after hearing Sareth say this word, Dante realized that his understanding might be wrong, so he could not help but ask, "Child of Taboo? What does that mean? "
Sareth was stunned. "Don't you know?"
Dante and Nero shook their heads in unison.
Sareth looked down at the food on the table and could not help but grab it with his hands to take a bite. He found that it was quite delicious, so he could not care less and sent it into his mouth. As he ate, he explained, "Foster Father once told me that demons and humans are very different creatures, so it's very difficult for them to have descendants. But by chance, there's a very small chance that descendants will appear. But demons don't allow such half-demon descendants. On the one hand, demons covet the talent of half-demons, and on the other hand, they want to kill half-demons to maintain the purity of their demon bloodline, so they call half-demons Children of Taboo …"
Dante and Nero looked at each other. To be honest, they had been fighting demons all these years. Although the demons they encountered were very angry at them every time, Dante and Nero had long become accustomed to it. They felt that the anger of demons might be related to them hunting demons, but they had never thought that there was such a deeper reason.
"Sareth, according to what you said, you're also being hunted down by demons?" Dante asked.
"I don't know …" Sareth raised his head in a daze and thought for a while. It seemed that other than that time when he encountered a high-rank demon and was exposed, his foster father had protected him very well, so he had not been hunted down by demons …
Seeing Sareth's dazed appearance, Dante felt a headache coming on. To be honest, although Sareth was the same as them, it was still difficult to communicate with children at this age because adults might not be able to keep up with his thoughts.
But at this moment, Nico suddenly asked Sareth, "Is it delicious? Do you want more? Kyrie's culinary skills are pretty good! "
Sareth quickly nodded. This was the first time he had eaten human cooked food, so of course he found it delicious.
Nico smiled and took Sareth's plate. She turned around and went to the kitchen. When she passed by Nero, she gave him a meaningful glance.
This was the decision they had reached after discussing last night. Because Dante and the others had attacked Sareth, Sareth was hostile to them. But for a child like Sareth, blindly being forceful could easily arouse his rebellious mentality, and the gains would not make up for the losses. Therefore, Nico believed that she should use some gentle methods and try to get along with Sareth as friends. She might be able to obtain unexpected gains. At least, this child looked inexperienced, and it should be easier to get information from him …
This was why Nico, a woman, was the first to appear early in the morning, and then Dante and Nero appeared as the same kind. Now, coupled with Kyrie's superb culinary skills, it was easy to lower many of Sareth's psychological defenses.
After receiving Nico's gaze, Nero scratched his head and said to Sareth, "After eating, go take a shower. You smell of smoke and blood."
Dante nodded. "That's right, brat. Since you have nowhere to go now, stay here first."
Hearing Dante's words, Sareth could not help but be a little angry. "How many times have I told you not to call me brat?!"
"Hahaha!" Dante laughed, reached out to rub Sareth's hair hard, and walked out of the garage without looking back.
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