Stray

After Mrs. Edwards left, the air at the scene was almost frozen.

Adrian stood motionless, not knowing what he was thinking. The task had been completed, and it stood to reason that they should find a way to leave this shithole immediately, or even the country, but no one moved.

‘We…” Nemo tried to speak, but before he finished speaking, he was almost pounced on by the gray parrot that ejected out like a cannonball.

“Why didn’t you go back?” Its feathers were stained with sewer mold that he didn’t know where it came from, and its mouth was spraying black and purple sparks. Nemo coughed dryly and pushed it away in silence. “I really don’t want to see the leader of the Gods! Are you going to hang me because of this? Especially you, Light, you treacherous bastard—”

Adrian finally moved. He flashed to Nemo like a phantom and slapped the parrot into the wall.

“Demon,” he said softly in an affirmative tone.

“Ow—” the gray parrot yelled in a sharp voice. “Look! That’s why I didn’t want to follow. These violent fanatics of the Holy Church have virtues deeply ingrained in their bones!”

“Mr. Cross, that’s…. uh, I raised it,” Nemo said with difficulty.

“Demons feed other demons?”