Chapter 48: Spoiled Child
Cail ran away carrying the child. At first, he could still hear the child’s sobbing, but as time went on, he became silent.
"Did this kid fall asleep?" Cail thought. But he continued running. Heck, there’s no way he’d face that.
After making sure that he was already at a considerable distance, Cail went inside one of the houses. He put the child on the sofa and rubbed his arm. That was the longest time he had held a living being except his cat the entire time. That was almost half an hour’s run.
Just as Cail thought the child fell asleep, he felt a tug on his collar as he was just about to let go. He looked down and saw a red-eyed child looking at him.
’Uhm, what do I say about this situation?’
"Your parents... they’re dead now. You’re not going to see them ever again. As for now, you will be staying with me." Cail decided to go with the blunt approach. This kid saw his parents got eaten, right?
The kid, as expected, gathered a pool of tears in his eyes. Cail saw his cheeks and nose redden, then the child opened his mouth.
"Mommy... Daddy..." The child cried, tears streaming down his face.
Cail knew that this would be the reaction. He also knew that the way he broke the reality to this child wasn’t right, but who cares? Not him, not this child’s parents, and more importantly, this child doesn’t have the right to really care.
"Stop crying," Cail threatened. "If you continue crying, that big mon—" but before he could even finish, he almost choked on his saliva after hearing what the child said.
"Waaaaaaah!" The child screamed. The house shook, literally. Cail could feel the vibration of the house. The child rubbed his eyes and said, "They are dead? Do you think they at least left me a present before dying?"