After Yvone left for the palace.

Brian was worried that the children might be surprised.

So many things happened in a day.

Benjamin’s betrayal of having known her children for a long time.

And then the disappearance of Emperor Theodore and Benjamin.

The demons that enveloped the sky

An occupied palace by a Demon King.

And… …the strange squirrel demon that appeared in front of the children.

Brian took three cups of strawberry juice with sweet honey and went up to the children’s room.

He asked them to play indoors in case something dangerous happened.

When Brian arrived in front of the room, the voices of the children playing with excitement were heard.

“Now, it’s the squirrel’s turn.”

“Monster squirrel. You’re the tagger!”

The children were sitting on a large carpet playing hide-and-seek.

“Well, Er. The squirrel is a princess, not a monster squirrel.”

Jericho was overcome by Odelia’s stubbornness and was wearing a red dress that only dolls would wear.

Because Jericho’s role was a princess.

‘Oh, my. How old am I?….’

Jericho had a hard time playing with the children.

‘Young people are very talented nowadays. And they don’t even know how to respect adults…….’

Erwin and Odelia treated the old Jericho, who had lived before the death of Tenebris, like a friend.

Of course, technically speaking, he was being treated like an underling, not a friend.

However, Jericho could not admit it and thought he was a friend of the children and played with them.

“You’re playing well without crying.”

Erwin and Odelia looked back at him in Brian’s voice.

“Brian Samjon!”

“Brian Samjon!”

The children came running to Brian with their eyes shining.

“What’s this in your hand? Is it strawberry juice?”

“Samjon, can I drink this?”

Unlike asking if they could drink, the children already had a glass cup in their hands.

“Squirrel, you can drink too. It’s strawberry juice.”

“Can I drink this, too?”

Jericho glanced at Brian and grabbed a glass.

Brian raised one eyebrow with a face and showed an expression that said he didn’t like him very much.

Jericho flinched at the stare.

Maybe that kid (Odelia) sealed his dark magic, so Brian wasn’t that scared of Jericho.

‘I was worried about what if they cried because they missed Yvone…….’

Meanwhile, Brian was relieved that the children did not cry and played well, contrary to his worries.

“The squirrel didn’t do anything suspicious, did it?”

“Oh, no, Samjon. The Squirrel is nice.”

“Woong, Woong! He’s very nice and listens to us.”


“Lia and Er were playing hide-and-seek with the squirrel?”

“Woong, Woong! We were playing hide-and-seek. Right monster squirrel?”

“What? Yes, yes! I’m nice! I’m nice!”

Jericho responded in surprise when Erwin poked him with his elbow, so he played the good behaved part well. It seemed he was the one being bullied rather than the children.

Anyway, Brian thought it was fortunate that the children’s nerves were concentrated on the squirrel demon.

“Yes, you should stay indoors and not go outside as much as possible.”

“Woong, Samjon!”

“Er and Lia listen to Samjon!”

The children nodded with a very reliable expression.

Brian, who was relieved by this, left behind the laughter of the children.

But as soon as Brian’s gaze disappeared, the children’s expressions became serious.

“Now he’s gone.”

Erwin, who checked the hallway, closed the door.

Odelia opened her mouth while clinging to Erwin’s side.

“Er, did you hear that? Trash Azo was attacked by black magic.”

“Woong, I heard it. They said it was ‘Black magic pattern’.”

“Trash Azo said to Lia that she can do magic!”

The children were preoccupied with the words “black magic” and “magic pattern” that were heard between adult’s conversations.

Both were unfamiliar words to children.

“That Trash Azo…… he saved Er.….”

Erwin recalled Theodore, who was rushing desperately to save him from being captured by Benjamin.

Theodore had a very desperate look on his face.

The thought of the face made him feel strange.

“I feel weird because of Trash Azo. I don’t like him. But my heart pounds because of him.”

He’s definitely a bad person who made his mother feel bad.

His mother was angry and sad because of him.

But why does he feel like this?

Is it because he hates him so much?

“Lia too, Er. Lia’s heart also pounds seeing him. Trash Azo makes people’s hearts pound.”

Erwin’s eyes grew round at Odelia’s words.

“Really?”

“Woong, really!”

Erwin was a little relieved to realize that he wasn’t the only one.

“Oh, is it because I don’t like that Trash Azo?”

“Do you hate Mr. Azo?”

“Woong, Mr. Azo doesn’t make me feel like he’s a good person.”

“Well, that’s why Lia and Er made a trap for him.”

“But, Trash Azo didn’t show up. It was hard to make the trap by Er and Lia…….”

“He’s a bad person, so we have to scold him more!”

Erwin and Odelia responded to each others’ words and nodded.

“It’s a good idea. But how are we going to scold him?”

“Let’s do the magic. Do you know what magic I will do?”

“Shooting fire with your hand?”

“No, Lia doesn’t want to start a fire again.”

“Then, is it that black magic?”

Erwin and Odelia discussed hard what black magic they should use.

‘How can a squirrel be an all-rounder? Shooting fire, flying in the sky, and now using dark magic?’

Jericho protested in bewilderment. Just to himself of course.

“Ummm……. Ike that…… Ah……!”

At this time, a black magic pattern was drawn from Odelia’s fingertips.

“What?”

“What’s wrong, Lia?”

“Er, do you see this circle here?”

Erwin looked at Odelia’s fingertips, but only tilted his head curiously.

“It just looks normal here…….”

Bang!

At that moment, the children’s eyes turned to the other side.

Jericho had two tails.

“You, two, two, two, tails……!”

However, no matter how much they exclaimed in surprise, they couldn’t find an answer.

‘You’re ignorant kids who don’t even know how to use black magic properly.’

Jericho sipped strawberry juice and laughed at the children inwardly.

“Squirrel, do you know how to use black magic?”

The children looked back at Jericho and asked.

“What, what? How would I know that?”

Jericho pretended to be innocent and gulped down the juice.

“The squirrel doesn’t even know the black magic…….”

“Look, Er is right. I don’t think this is a real squirrel. It’s a Monster Squirrel.”

Erwin and Odelia grumbled in discontented voices.

Jericho hugged his two coveted tails with a stunned face.

Does this make him look like a monster squirrel, not a cute squirrel?

“But Lia can’t understand who did this?”

“The Squirrel has two tails!”

The children looked at Jericho’s tail in wonder.

“What’s wrong with my tail?”

Jericho, a demon who has lived for thousands of years, was able to change his shape freely.

The cute squirrel shape he now has was also created by him.

So, of course, this tail that suddenly sprang out of his butt at his will should have been removed…….

“Why isn’t it disappearing? This damn black magic……!”

No matter how angry Jericho was and how much he tried to get rid of his tail, it didn’t work out as he wanted.

“Black magic?”

“Did you say black magic?”

Meanwhile, the children approaching Jericho asked, tilting their heads.

“What the…”

Jericho belatedly covered his mouth.

However, the children had already heard the word “black magic” coming out of his mouth.

“The squirrel just said black magic.”

“Tell me about black magic Monster Squirrel. Or you will have to pray for your life.”

“Yes, squirrel. We’ll kill you.”

“I, I, I don’t know! I don’t know anything!”

Jericho did not want to intervene in those children’s affairs as much as possible.

He thought only the boy had suspicious power, but even the girl had a formidable power.

No wonder Tenebris was so hell bound on the girl and asked him to bring her to him, which was suspicious.

“Lia wants a tail too. Don’t you know that squirrels only have one tail?”

“Right! Lia should have a long tail.”

“But I don’t have a tail.”

“Then we have to cut off the squirrel’s tail!”

The children shouted, shaking Jericho.

Then suddenly Erwin tilted his head and asked with a serious look.

“Squirrel, do you have any hobby of cutting your tail off?”

“Oh, no, who has a hobby of cutting the tail……!”

Jericho was embarrassed but worried that the children would really put it into practice, so he hid his tail behind him.

Two coveted tails wobbled gently behind his little body.

“Then tell us quickly. If you don’t, we will cut your tail off. Really.”

“Yes, yes, I will tell.”

Eventually, Jericho nodded his head in tears.

“So what is black magic and what is a magic circle…….”

The children listened attentively to Jericho’s explanation.

Unlike other outstanding demons who served Tenebris in the past, Jericho, who had a sloppy personality, was able to survive for thousands of years thanks to only one thing.

A swift surrender.

That was Jericho’s specialty and a talent that could keep his thin life long.

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