Chapter 283 – Satan, the Messenger of Children
Both Laurel and I were shocked and froze for a moment. Then he rushed out.
When I opened the door and went out, there was nothing where I heard the scream.
I quickly looked around. I asked Laurel.
“I’m sure no child would pull a prank like this, right?”
“Of course! What the hell is this… !”
As if it was a lie, I couldn’t see anything. What, who screamed?
There should be at least some traces of being dragged. It was not visible at all.
Ta-da-da-da-da-ta-ta-da-da-ta-ta-da-da-ta-t-a-t-a-t-a-t.
“Hey, what is it? What’s going on?!”
Sanaclaus appeared, hurriedly putting on his clothes. I guess he ran out after hearing the screams.
When Laurel answered appropriately, Director Sanaclaus trembled.
“Ugh, no, right? Ugh.”
He was extremely embarrassed and broke into a cold sweat.
Do you know something?
“Director, do you know what’s going on?”
“… Since a year ago, orphanage children have been disappearing in the middle of the night. However, a strange song is spreading accordingly.”
“Strange song?”
“Satan comes and catches a child who does not listen to adults… It’s a story.”
It was strangely creepy.
What kind of song is that about?
Both Laurel and I were shocked.
“Director, is that really true? But all the kids here are good… !”
“I think so too, Laurel.”
In fact, there was a millipede that was like a folk tale that could be found anywhere.
Just like Grandfather Mangtae.
But the problem is that it has already happened.
Sanaclus quickly came to his senses and shouted.
“Right, I need to see if the kids are okay! Ah… !”
“Me too!”
Laurel follows the director. Then she looked back at me.
“My lord?”
“Ah, call me a hero here. Anyway, I’ll do some research. It won’t take long.”
“Yes, please!”
Laurel going inside.
I sighed and looked around carefully.
As expected, there were no signs of being kidnapped.
However, there were no suspicious footprints to be seen.
‘There is only one thing left.’
Past knowledge was activated through the holy relic.
Chee hee, shoo, shoo! Ticktock!
Fallen leaves piled up around me flutter noisily.
The surrounding background turns gray, and certain shapes appear.
First, I saw a little girl coming out of the building.
Trudging.
A child came out as if possessed by something and just stood there blankly.
The wind was definitely blowing hard, but I just stood there.
Then, a huge black shape suddenly appeared.
It covered the child like a wave and disappeared.
In an instant, the mourning and the strange figure disappeared.
This is the end.
It was absurd. Is this the end?
‘What is this? It disappeared in an instant? ‘Who is it?’
I was so embarrassed. I tried digging into the past, but there were no clues.
I couldn’t figure out why the child came out and who the person who attacked him was.
What are we going to do?
But then I heard the goddess’ voice.
〈It’s special.〉
“Goddess, do you know what it is?”
The thick bushes and trees nearby were visible beyond the iron window.
The iron cage door was tightly closed.
The goddess answered.
〈 I’m not sure because I’ve only seen it as a past phage. They don’t seem to be undead or demons.〉
“Why?”
〈Don’t they have the morale they should have? 〉
Ah, that was true.
The pitch-black guy just now showed no signs of fraud.
Like Jazireth and his demons, morale had to be exuded.
But there were exceptions.
“There is a saying that the highest-ranking devil hides his fraud. “Couldn’t that be possible?”
〈Hmm, there were cases like that. Then what is it?〉
“I don’t know. “I think he has abilities in the dark or shadow side.”
〈Then I guess I have to trace it.〉
“No, it can’t be tracked.”
Honestly, I didn’t want to believe it either. I wanted to see where this guy disappeared with the child, whether it was past phages or something else. Really.
But it didn’t come out.
From the beginning, there was no trace as if it had risen into the sky or fallen to the ground.
〈Is there anything else you need to know? 〉
“Yes, I don’t think there is one.”
I decided to go inside first and check the situation.
When I entered, the restaurant was a mess. I went there.
Trudging.
As soon as I entered, I saw all the kids gathered together.
There were also children who dozed off little by little or cried and became anxious.
I looked around.
There were about twenty kids.
‘Twenty people…’
Then I heard the director’s bewildered voice.
“Ah, no, no!”
“Director!”
“Anne, I can’t see Anne!”
The name of the missing child seemed to be Anne.
Even boys before their transformation period were confused because they screamed like girls.
Laurel, who was covering his mouth with both hands, opened his eyes wide.
“Oh my, how… ?”
The atmosphere suddenly went down. The kids seemed to have sensed our anxiety and turned into tears.
I looked at the director and asked.
“Then I guess the main character of the scream earlier was Anne.”
“I think so.”
Sanaclaus sits down in shock. I looked at him for a moment and then looked around.
“Does this often happen?”
“Since a year ago, one or two children have been disappearing every month.”
“Then, at least there is some kind of solution…”
“Measures? What measures!”
Sana Claus clenched his fists and trembled with anger.
It was a face that contrasted with his gentle appearance.
“I made countless suggestions to surrounding villages and sent petitions to the lords of large cities. But coming back was just an excuse.”
“What did you say?”
“They made excuses. When a monster attacks, traces are left, but in other cases, it’s difficult to investigate, so we pretend it didn’t happen!”
“… Huh.”
After all, the mindset of civil servants cannot be helped. Anyway, the child has clearly disappeared, and you are giving that kind of answer?
Sana Claus felt unfair and vented her anger by beating her chest.
“I am neither a warrior nor a legendary saint. What can I do alone? That iron window wasn’t there originally, but it was recently added! But it’s like this, like this!”
“I’m sorry.”
“It’s not even funny! It’s a place where monsters don’t even come, and kids go missing every month. What should I do, ah, ah… !”
If things continued like this, the director would go crazy and explode like a bomb.
Laurel managed to calm him down.
It must be frustrating. Even if you talk to public officials, it’s like that.
I shook my head and crossed my arms.
Laurel, who was comforting me, asked.
“Director, have you ever found the children again?”
“I’m sorry, but it wasn’t there. Alas, it’s my fault for being immoral. I don’t know who it is, but they’re kidnapping kids… Devilish things!”
I know. It’s something a devil would do.
I left the lamenting director behind and looked out his window.
It was still peaceful. As if something had happened.
“It’s Satan, it’s Satan… !”
The director’s gloomy voice could be heard from behind.
First, I looked back at the director.
“First of all, the area around here seems to be safe, so don’t worry.”
“Hero, have you looked around?”
“Yes. So let’s spend tonight like this. Director, please take a break too. “I’ll go investigate tomorrow as soon as I wake up.”
That’s how it ended.
When I returned to the room and lay down on the bed, I heard Laurel secretly sniffling.
But my attention was focused on only one thing.
‘Weird. I thought I was watching everything. Why do I keep missing something?’
I sighed and erased my doubts.
I fell asleep quickly.
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The next morning.
We arrived at a nearby mountain village. As expected from a mountain village, it was a place with good water and good air.
I went around and surveyed people. But there wasn’t much profit.
I played around like that for half a day, but only emptiness remained.
‘Bloody hell, how do you not know anything?’
Finally, I went to the village head. The village head was a young man with half his head bald.
Oh my gosh, how did it happen?
“Anyway, that old director, you’re so stubborn.”
“Do you know?”
“He is a classmate of my grandfather.”
“Still, he’s a good person.”
“But still. They say Satan is kidnapping them, but they still run an orphanage there. “If it were me, I would have hired a warrior.”
A young village head who expresses disapproval. I tilted my head.
“I can’t afford to do that, so wouldn’t I be in a place like that?”
“No, no. I’ve been suggesting it since my grandfather’s generation. If you’re going to run a daycare center, run it in our village.”
“Aha…”
“But you always refused. Of course, this is a conclusion you came to after careful consideration.”
Well, I think I know why.
Maybe they didn’t want to come because they were taking money unfairly, including regional development fees and other things? Of course, it may be a hasty generalization.
Yasgard was no different from reality. Even now, unimaginable things were happening calmly in the outskirts of the village.
“How much damage was done to this village?”
“Yes? “What harm?”
“Yes?”
“We have never had a child disappear. “For 20 years!”
Even though this young village head has no confidence in his hair.
The pride in the village seems to be strong. He was sassy.
After finishing the conversation, he headed to the orphanage.
When he was almost there, he wanted to check out the past once more.
‘Shall we try digging into the past some more? It’s hard on the body, though.’
He grabbed past the front of the nursery again. Then he saw something surprising.
“Uh, uh… ?”
Jet black shape
It must have been here just a moment ago, so it snooped around and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
I was surprised and thought about the past again.
It was the same. And there was no doubt about it.
This was the guy who attacked the child last night and disappeared.
But where is this guy going… ?
