I Was Born With A Demon Lord Inside Of Me, Who Wants To Kill

Chapter 21: Remember

The new Tow became a goldmine. Poor people came here, knowing the risks that they might die, in search of valuables. Stories and rumors got out that many people became wealthy after visiting this place, so it got a lot of attraction. People nicknamed it Ghost Town, even though tons of people visited it every day.

One old man found a place that hasn't been explored yet. He was from a neighboring country. He wasn't in need of money, he just wanted to explore the popular place. Not so far away, he saw red in rubbles. He went there out of curiosity to see what was it. Once he got there, he dug out the rubble and was astonished. There was a young boy, covered in bruises and injuries. His arm and both legs seemed broken. What amazed the man even more was his appearance: red nails and hair. He inspected the boy and saw his canine teeth were red too. Some teeth were missing.

The was man in a dilemma. He was scared of Rekka. The old man heard nobody survived the incident, however, he found a weird boy in the middle of nowhere. Even though he was scared, he couldn't leave him behind. The town was ruined a nearly a week ago, so he thought he was near to death. He couldn't show anyone the boy. The old man illegally crossed the country border, so he would get in trouble if he were caught. The old man finally decided to take him back home. He was old and couldn't carry the boy easily, but he was determined to not leave the boy to die. He covered Rekka in his coat as if it was an item he found. The place wasn't heavily guarded, so he managed to sneak Rekka out. The old man got in his cart and started heading go his homeland: Nissel. It was a 2-week trip on a horse. He stored food and water. Old man tried feeding Rekka, but he was asleep. After a week, he started to question his decision. The boy's injuries were healing fast and was surviving even though he wasn't fed more than a week.

*4 days later*

Rekka started to wake up.

-Ugh, where am I? – The boy started to get up – OUCH! – He screamed.

The little boys scream got the old man's attention. He got startled at first, but saw how pitiful he was.

-You finally woke up boy? – Said the man in a frail voice – You were asleep for at least 12 days! Are you not hungry?

The boy was frightened about why he was with a stranger and tried to run away, but couldn't.

-Your arm and legs are broken. You should lie down and get some rest. Eat anything and drink what you want.

Rekka lied down and started analyzing what was going on. He tried to remember what happened and how he got here. Soon, he did. He threw up and wanted to cry, but couldn't. He was devastated beyond any explanation. He just lied down. Rekka saw a knife near the bags of food, crawled to there and took it. He thought for a while and started to cut his broken arm. He quickly got pent up with anger and tried to stab himself, but the old man jumped to him and yanked the knife away.

-ARE YOU CRAZY, BOY? – He screamed and bandaged his arm– WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

He looked at the boy and saw his dead eyes. Rekka smiled and started crying. Old man realized the young boy's situation.

-It must have been hard boy – He said in a soothing voice and hugged Rekka – Sorry I yelled at you, but what you did was wrong. Don't do that again, or I'll be really sad, okay?

Rekka couldn't hug back, so he just cried.

-Let's introduce ourselves! My name is Ueda Daichi! I'm 58 years old, travel, and have fun! – He tried to cheer the boy up, but it didn't work.

After a while, he gave up, cleaned the boy's mess and continued to travel. It started to get dark, so the Daichi stopped went to sleep.

-Sweet dreams boy! – He said.

Rekka was depressed. He remembered everything: how his mother died, how his father went missing, Akios death... Moreover, every time he went berserk. He was thirsty and hungry, but couldn't bring himself to eat. He cried himself to sleep that night.