- March 6, 1619 -
"Good morning, manager."
"Morning Arthur. Go wash up quickly, the breakfast is almost ready."
"Okayyyyy."
The office is closed on the weekends so there was no work today. 'Grr-Grr-Grr' I brushed my teeth and sat on the dining table. There was omelette for breakfast today.
"Here is the milk."
"Thank you."
She put the milk glass on the table and sat on the opposite side.
"You have to go to Robert's house today, remember it?"
"I know, I will be leaving after breakfast."
"Okay and also ask them to come over for dinner tonight."
"Yes."
"I am going."
"Take care."
I left after breakfast.
'Chirp' 'Chirp'
The birds' chirping could be heard easily as there were not many people on the road. Everyone likes to enjoy the weekend while resting inside their homes.
I sat on my superfast vehicle and moved towards Robert's house. It is located at the corner of the town so it takes around 1 hour by foot to reach there, going by a vehicle is time saving.
Robert is Ms Angeline's son so I naturally became friends with him. I am like his big brother.
Before the situation worsened in the Empire, there were not many letters to deliver, so I was able to spend time with Robert whenever I went to his house to deliver a letter or during the weekends. That's how we became close. But for the past few years the amount of letters have increased significantly. After the first demon invasion precisely. The work was increased and I barely got free time. I still visit him during weekends, but it had become rare as I was also tired from work all week.
Well I will spend the whole day with him today and then there is dinner too. It should be enough as compensation, right?
I soon reached his house.
"Ms Angeline. Huh?"
I knocked on the door and called her but the door was already opened.
I entered the house and was stunned. There were blood traces on the floor going towards the kitchen.
"Ms Angeline." I slowly moved towards the kitchen.
'Slurp-Slurp' As I moved closer, sounds of slurping could be heard from the kitchen.
I glanced inside the kitchen and was stunned again by the site. Ms Angeline was lying on the floor with blood all around her and Robert was drinking that blood.
My mind went blank. Ms Angeline was dead and Robert, no he is not Robert. Who is he? Who is he? Where is Robert?
"Who are youuuu???!!" I shouted loudly pouring out all the anger. I should have run but my heart was not accepting that decision. She was smiling yesterday. She was alive.
He lifted up his head and moved his eyes towards me. I moved towards the dining table and picked up a knife, his eyes were following me.
"Answer me!!" I said while pointing the knife towards him.
"Die!!" He jumped towards me, I dodged him and wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Why did you kill her?!!" I screamed my head off while holding him.
'Thud!'
He pushed his body back with strength, we both fell on the floor, but I didn't let go of his neck. He was struggling while rolling here and there in my hold. His strength was not of a 8 year old kid.
"Answer!!!!" My insides were not cooling down.
"Let go, you bastard!"
"Answer!!!!" I tightened my hold around him. Saliva started coming out of his mouth. But I didn't lose my grip. He killed Ms Angeline and Robert, those words were continuously replaying in my mind.
"Aah!" He bit my left arm.
"Aah!!!!" It hurts like hell. His teeth were piercing the skin deeper every passing moment.
'Sqwelp'
"Aah!!! You fuc**r!!" He screamed.
Unable to bear the pain, I stabbed him in the shoulder. As a result, his teeth came out of my skin and blood splashed out from the wound.
"Stop it!!" I pushed the knife deeper.
"Answer my question!!!!"
We both were screaming like animals. Anger, resentment, pain, all these emotions were being reflected in our voices.
He started banging his head behind to hit my face. 'crack' Blood started to flow from my nose too.
'Sshk-Sqwelp'
"Aah!!!!!" I pulled the knife back and stabbed again in a different spot on the shoulder.
"Why did you kill her?! Where is Robert?!"
My eyes were becoming hazy. My grip was loosing it's strength. Probably too much blood has flown out.
"Aah!!" He bit my hand again and this time I lost my grip. He ran towards the window of the kitchen to jump out, but I caught his leg in mid air.
'Thud!! - Crack'
"Kyuuk!!"
He fell hard on the floor and spit some blood from his mouth.
"You are not 'haah' 'haah' leaving!."
"You!!"
He continuously kicked my face with his other foot. I searched around while trying to dodge the kicks and my hand caught something. It was a fork, it must have fallen during the fight.
'Sqwelp-slash"
"Aahh-aaa!!"
I stabbed the fork on his foot I was holding and slashed down with all my strength. He lost consciousness.
"Aah!" I stabbed him using my injured hand but due to pressure the blood flowed out more from the wound before, causing too much pain.
My eyes were closing on their own. I released his foot and turned my head. Ms Angeline came into view, tears started flowing. After that everything was black.
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- March 7, 1619 -
TOWN HOSPITAL
"Big brother, how was that?"
"You are really good at it Robert."
"Then..."
"I know, come here."
"Heh-heh"
"You really like to be patted, don't you?"
"Yes! It feels better when big brother does it."
Past memories came into mind.
"Arthur!"
I slowly opened my eyes, an unfamiliar ceiling and brown hair came into sight.
"Arthur!"
Someone was calling my name.
"Arthur!"
I moved my head a little and saw manager's face. Her eyes were moist.
"Manager?"
"Yes, it's me. I'm here." She hugged me tightly.
"Can you talk?" A male voice came from the other side. I moved my head and saw a soldier sitting there. I nodded my head to his question.
"Okay. Mrs Lucie, I need to ask him some questions, could you please leave for a while?"
"But-"
"Please, it will not take much time."
She looked towards me and then left the room.
'Thud'
"So, Mr Arthur, I am Rook Hols. You were found unconscious in Ms Angeline's house by the citizens yesterday and currently you are in the town hospital."
He explained my current situation but I didn't care about that.
"What about him? Who was he? Why did he kill her? Where is Robert?"
"He was killed last night because he was a demon. He was found unconscious beside you, so he was also admitted and he gained consciousness last night but after waking up, he showed signs of demon transformation, so we killed him. He must have killed Robert to get his identity, but how? We don't have an answer for that. As for Mrs Angeline, probably, she must have known his identity somehow, so he killed her."
I listened to him silently. He was a demon. He killed both of them.
"Now, Mr Arthur, I know it's not a memory to be asked about but could you please tell me about the whole incident in detail?"
I started speaking.
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"Thank you for your cooperation. I will send Mrs Lucie inside."
"Mr Rook I have a question."
"Ask."
"Can I join the military?"