Another day began, which means another work day. It’s not like I hate working. Having a place where I belong is not so bad.I turned my head left to right and still noticed the glare of other staff. Maybe saying that this is the place where I belong is incorrect., Currently, I am sitting in the cafeteria together with my masters Kisara and Charlotte. I was happily having good food on my table. Instead of stale bread which I was planning to have. Kisara lent me some money that I can use until my paycheck arrives.“You better pay me the moment you receive your paycheck.”Kisara said after she gulped the food in her mouth. She turned her spoon back to the plate and had another scoop.“Sure… There is no place for me to run away.”“So if there is a place where you can run away. You’re not paying Kisara?” Charlotte cuts in.“No… I’m still going to pay Kisara, even if the world leads to destruction.”“That’s over dramatic. If the world is going to be destroyed. Money would be useless. You s
What should I do? What should I do honestly? I thought while seating on the stone side of the fountain. There is a park inside the shelter, but I hardly think of this place as a park. Park in paradise is a beautiful place surrounded by several colorful flowers. Green trees and people smile.This park is nearly empty. No flowers, no decorations, no trees, etc. Just a chair and this huge fountain. This fountain was said to be the center of the shelter. Everything in this place is concrete. No soil for plants to grow up. Let's say there is soil, it's still impossible to grow plants because of the lack of sunlight.Multiple light bulbs aligned up above the ceiling are the main source of light inside the shelter. When the clock hits 6:00 PM, the light bulb will be turned off and only a few street lights will be turned on. The scale of the shelter isn’t as wide as I thought. 105 by 68 meters of land and building structures. The population of 950-1000.They only allowed people with permissio
“You sure are amazing...”I said in awe and touched some of the items laying around. What is this curved wing-like metal anyway? After looking for a minute, the item in my hand snapped out and fell. I immediately went into a panic thinking that I was the cause.“I’m not amazing like you think I am…”Chiwa said, followed with a heavy sigh. Walking to me, she took the snapped metal-like wing and continued.“... This is a homing boomerang… I design this to chase down the target no matter where they run… My design is not good enough. This item is a failure. Together with dozens of items here. Now, I feel pathetic boosting myself as a great inventor without any foundation.”“I do think some of the items here look cool. Like this mechanical spider. This one looks fine.”“That’s a failure too... I wanted to create something like Robbopi on my own. But they don’t have the intelligence I strive for. They are normal robots compared to Roboppi… Because of my failure, Roboppi is always alone here
There are lots of turn in the street I have no idea where Chiwa go. I pause and turned my head left and right. I lift my head and remember the time Kotori and Charlotte chased me.Channeling my strength on my feet. I jump u the wall and used the pipe as a stepping stone to reach the rooftop. Having the high ground my vision widens. There were not lots of people strolling around.Moving objects are easy to notice.I run around leaping on the rooftop searching for Chiwa.What am doing right? Chiwa might be his wife, but the abuse Chiwa experienced was wrong.Based on what I heard earlier, Chiwa is being sold for money. That’s why she becomes that old man’s wife. I never thought that her life is this complicated.If she is escaping there is only one place where she can go.I immediately headed toward the dark alley manhole near the fountain. I flipped open the cover and go down.In her workshop… That is the only place where she can hide.My intuition is right on the money.“Chiwa…”Chiwa
“Never think a city this big still exists after the existence of demon kind.” “Shelter only allowed limited people to stay inside their protected zone. A long time ago, only people who have money could stay inside. There is not much change. They are no different from the cowards who hide above the clouds.” “They all look tasty…” “Resist your animal urges for now… We agree to enjoy some human cuisine once in a while.” “I want to jump into desserts… Parfait! Parfait! Or maybe a strawberry crepe!” Four demon kinds in their human form were waltzing casually in the streets of Yuman City. Shido and Rio stayed reserved and acted normally as soon as they stepped inside the city. But for the other two with them, Fandor the muscular man with a face mixture of man and woman. It was a bit of trouble, not because he was afraid of being caught in the act. But to suppress his urges to eat delicious humans. Gulping his spit every time he turned at glance a young, tasty human. “Another young on
Early, in the morning I was summoned to Touka’s office. She handed me my next mission. After reading the description of the job, I asked—“A cleaning job?”“Dead bodies are found in one of the apartment buildings here inside our shelter. Based on the observation the foul smell started two days ago… Neighbors are too afraid to check at first, but eventually, they can’t endure the foul smell and decided to break inside… Based on the test, it's already been two days… The apartment room was stained with blood. It is like a nightmare, two kids at a very young age and a baby were killed… The old man is well off. The motivation must be thieving. The safe is busted open and his money was taken away…”Demons aren’t the only ones who can harm humans.This crime was usual, in my home, numerous accidents like this happened.Humans can also be evil.“...The official cleaners are currently cleaning carcass of dead demon kind outside the shelter. The corpse needed to be clean immediately.”“I was wo
Her arm transformed into a blade-like form and her eyes glowed in red. There is only one meaning behind this. I don’t want to admit it, but seems like Chiwa had become--“Demon kind.”“You notice… I think that’s become obvious by now. I didn’t notice it since it was told to me. In this world power is everything. Gaining power is everything. With power, you can do almost everything. Becoming a demon kind is the best choice I’ve made… That way, I could roam outside without worrying about being hurt by demons. My world widens.”“You give up your humanity…”I argue.From the floor, I stood up. Immediately took off the protective suit throwing the gas mask away. Within the cleaning tool I brought, I pulled my sword. Gripping the handle tightly while my right palm bleeds blood.“You come here prepared… You truly are unlike other men.”“Ever since I come here, many unexpected events already happened. I can’t let my guard down.”“I know that my action was wrong… But looking from a wide persp
After Red lost consciousness in Kisara’s arms. Mr. Fluff arrived and took Red's body to the armored car’s back. Kisara turned her vision left and right. Seeing the ruining made by the demon kind. Lastly, up to the bright moon up in the night sky. The scene was rare. Normally inside the shelter, the night sky is never seen, because of the thick concrete ceiling protecting the shelter from the garbage falling down from the sky and Demon kinds roaming outside.Moonlight has more meaning for Kisara. A meaning very special only to her heart. She put her hand on her bosom and reminisce the happened in the past.Someone tap Kisara’s shoulder. The girl was her friend and company receptionist Touka.“No way to fix this… Area 14 shelter already fallen down.”“I hate this… Everything is about to change again.” Kisara said.“Change is part of our lives… All we can do is move forward and learn from it. Let's finish our final job as exterminators in this shelter.”Touka pulled her spear from her ba