Dark Contractor

It must be something like Yuber's remaining thoughts.That's why you see the past. He was still the same, speaking without any confusion at all.

"why……"

"Does that mean that you and Yuberu are close in blood?" Alexis said very pertinently, and she could fully agree with it.

...the result...is that the truth?When I came to this land, all I learned was the fact that I was a monster.In the end, I came here just to confirm again?

"But why didn't you defeat Yuber?"

"That man is a high-level demon that Lucius can't compare to. If I insist on confronting him, I might be the one who gets knocked down. To kill that man, one must have considerable strength. Only the familiar will do."

"...So at that time..."

"That's right. In order to supplement the power of the familiar, I will prepare weapons of better quality, but I will not attack Uberu for the time being. Because St. George's Day is coming soon."

St. George's Day is a celebration of spring.

"The night before St. George's Day is the time of the year when the devil's power is strongest. It's best to do it after this night."

"It's really troublesome."

"Yes." Alexis smiled and stared at Uberu in the painting. "This painter's skills are not bad."

"what?"

"It seems that in the eyes of this artist, Yuber is a lonely man."

Yuesheng looked at the painting again, but he couldn't see that emotion from Uberu's green eyes.

There is a mirror behind Yuberu, and the mirror reflects the figure of a woman.It was a black-haired woman, her face could not be seen, but her back was illusory.Yuesheng noticed that You Beiru's eyes were watching her back.

He stared at the woman whose back was turned to him.Is this the reason Alexis said Uberu had lonely eyes?

"You don't think jealousy is loneliness, do you?"

"Maybe." Facing Yuesheng who wanted to ease the atmosphere, Alexis nodded.

"According to reason, you should be here too."

"Me? I don't think they would be happy to welcome a monster who killed their adoptive mother into their family." It was a chilling voice.He wanted Yuesheng to understand that he was a person living in darkness.

"What kind of metaphor is this?"

"Literally." Alexis looked at the paintings adorning the corridor, and the sound of his footsteps echoed in the corridor somewhat hollowly.It was as if water waves were falling in the painted dark space.

"I used these hands to kill the relatives who raised me. That was when I was just appointed as an exorcist. At that time, due to the lack of manpower in the church, even a young man like me was appointed as an exorcist .” He paused and blinked. "Once I enter the monastery, if there is no special reason, I cannot meet my adoptive mother. I specifically asked the bishop for permission before returning to my adoptive mother. Because I heard that my adoptive mother was possessed by a demon. Originally, I discussed with the bishop. Better...but I didn't do that."

"..."

"Get used to the work of an exorcist, and think you are great. But I still failed to exorcise the demon. The demon possessed her body and jumped into the stove. I couldn't save my adoptive mother."

"Where's that demon?"

"Is it still running around somewhere? The house burned down with the adoptive mother, but the demon attached to the adoptive mother said that its body is not here. Anyway, as long as I am in the Vatican, I cannot kill the demon."

So even if he would be exiled by the Vatican, did he still choose the path of defeating the devil?From the tone in which he talked about the miserable past, his emotions could not be heard.Yue Sheng understands a little bit why he was originally a priest, but his words and deeds are so different.

"My life seems to be always involved with the devil." Alexis murmured, using the candlestick in his hand to illuminate the portrait.

You Beiru's appearance appeared in the darkness, and Yue Sheng felt that her heart was about to stop.He keeps telling Yuesheng that he is Uberu from the same clan, and that he is a genuine monster. Yuesheng once again realizes this.

"Things born from tearing apart a woman's stomach... are they demons..."

"No. Have you forgotten who killed Macbeth? Macbeth is a demonic man, huh?" A child born to a woman cannot kill Macbeth...?

"...Are you trying to comfort me?"

"If you think it is, so be it."

Alexis' tone was very blunt, and Yue Sheng couldn't help but smile. "It's not like you."

"As long as I leave you alone, you will probably wander off somewhere alone. At least let you pay attention to my business."

"Are you still going to make me your familiar?"

"Hmm... what should I do?" Alexis seemed to think about it seriously.

"You don't like to hurt others! You are not suitable to be a familiar."

"I'm glad I finally got your understanding."

When Yuesheng answered with a serious expression, Alexis smiled after saying "yes".

His expression was unexpectedly childish, and Yue Sheng felt shaken in his heart.

"I know very well that as long as it's something you can't accept, you'll stick to your guns."

"It seems that you have learned a lot in such a short period of time."

"Because I want to know about you." Alexis replied lightly.

"Why? Didn't you say that you don't want to understand me?"

"I have to distinguish whether you want to stay in this realm as a human, or if you want to be an accomplice of the devil. As long as you move in a direction I don't want, I must kill you."

"Because demons are evil...?"

"Devils are not evil, what is wrong is that they must have an evil heart."

Why did he never hesitate?This man who is much younger than himself is more thoughtful than Yue Sheng.

"But, I... want to be human. I don't want blood or energy."

"Don't be brave, Yuesheng." Alexis smiled.

"Once you find out that you are a non-human demon, can you live without a care? Or are you going to accept this fact immediately and consume human life like bread?"

"It's normal to be shocked, but I think I can stay sane."

"You mean, rational?"

"The difference between humans and beasts is rationality. As long as you have a strong desire, you can be a human being."

Yuesheng clearly felt Alexis' unshakable belief.He widened his eyes, trying to see if this was what he meant.

"It's just a momentary consolation."

"Aside from hope, there should be no other medicine for suffering people, right?" Alexis said as if it were very simple, squinting at Yue Sheng. "You haven't tried it at all, so you plan to give up? Believe in your strength, Yue Sheng. You should have survived alone in the past, right?"

"It's you who messed up my life and took away my stable life... Do you want to evade this question if you're still doing that kind of thing?"

"But if I don't do this, maybe you will get hungry and attack others."

"This is the sophistry." Yue Sheng interrupted Alexis, but he felt that there might be some truth in it.

"You are stronger than you think. Believe in yourself."

"..."

"Just trust the person who protects you. Who do you think that is?" His words fell into Yue Sheng's heart.

"...As expected of an exorcist."

"what?"

"Your words... are very strong." Even Yue Sheng didn't know how to describe it in words.The sincere words like prayers slipped quietly into the bottom of Yue Sheng's heart. "Compared to you, I'm just half-hearted. I can't live as a human, nor can I live as a demon."

"That's because you don't have any hope." Alexis' voice was calm.

"Do you think there is hope for me? With my body?"

"A hopeless person is the most pathetic existence." Alexis was always able to retort, Yuesheng suddenly laughed a few times, and then lowered her head.

"what's so funny?"

"No... I just feel that you will always be so strong." This is the confidence that you can approach God when you are dying.

"Life is a grace bestowed by God. A senseless waste is a meaningless act."

"My death has nothing to do with you, does it?"

"I picked you up to keep you alive." Alexis's powerful voice echoed in the quiet corridor. "If you say you have no hope, then live for me."

"Obviously if I hadn't met you, maybe I could have lived as a human?"

He said, live?It is obvious that I have been so miserable, and have been hit by such a cruel fact.

"If you hadn't met me, maybe you would have become a vampire long ago."

This man, who is more hateful than anyone else, is the shackles that bind him.It is precisely because he has no relationship with him and has no love, so he has no choice but to use hatred to keep Yuesheng in this world.In order for him to live as a human being.

"Demons are existences without hope, existences without tomorrow. On the contrary, even if they are born in the darkness and live in the darkness, as long as there is hope -- they can live as humans."

--wrong.Is it really just hate?Between two people, is there really no other relationship?

"Are you still going to give up?" The man's voice was a little lonely.

Yue Sheng suddenly noticed it.

The fact that this man cherishes human life.Ruling the lives of demons is also because of caring for the lives of others.