Mylos stood with his head bowed, concealing the light in his eyes as numerous thoughts roamed his heart. He was endangered at this point, and believed he'd not be strong enough to protect himself from harm.

"Hero..."

He'd been careless and weak. If he'd sensed a presence earlier, he wouldn't have approached this district. All he could do now, was to calculate the chances of what the human child was saying to him.

"If you're so worried, then I can follow you outside the district to ensure you wouldn't be attacked by a Hero in front of a demon's daughter." Karen shrugged, speaking casually to calm down a tensed Mylos.

Mylos had gotten used to her company, that does not make him dense and stupid. If he dud not trust his own siblings, why would be trust a random stranger? Even if she wasn't lying, the dangers were still very high.

Hoping she would be able to defend him from an attack by her own father? Rather than sitting down and hoping such stupid things, he'd hope that she was just pulling a wild joke and there was no Hero in that building.

If she'd been fathered by a hunter, Mylos would not feel as tense as he did now. The fact that she wanted him to believe a Hero would mate with a Demon, was nothing short of getting him to believe that elephants could fly.

"Karen, if your father was a Hero, and you knew what I was... Why didn't you say anything, and let me walk this deep into the district?" Mylos asked calmly, with all the plainness he could muster forced into his expression.

Karen tilted her head, her brows scrunched as if she had started to think about it very strictly. She tilted her head from left to right with the same expression on her face, then after a while she spoke up, "What? Was that really necessary? Mother said not to mention it so openly."

Mylos was driven crazy, but he remained externally calm as he turned around and began walking away. "What can I bet on that I would be fast enough to leave this place a second before your father comes knocking."

"If Father was really serious about killing you, then you would be dead." Karen spoke ‘seriously’ with innocence plastered across her face, "It would take just one second to close the current distance between us."

Escape was futile? No! If he sprinted away now, Mylos believed he would be able to get away before the dad could grab him! If he gets one-shotted, then he would just revive himself and escape!

After hearing how fast her father was from Karen, all the thoughts of escape died in a heartbeat. As of current, all he could do was calm down and believe in what a human child fed into his brain. But, why?

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‘Because, he was a fool?’

He would have been much better not knowing at all, he would have left easier without knowing that a Hero even existed in the first place. If he got attacked, he would be wiped out in a second without knowing what happened.

Maybe when they discovered he was unable to die, he would be dragged into some laboratory and used as an experimental test subject. That wasn't something he'd let himself get wrapped into!

What if he used the daughter as a shield? If he had her close enough, then the moment the Hero attacks to kill him — the daughter would be left for dead, giving him the opportunity to revenge for his future in advance!

Staring down upon the innocently confused human girl, Mylos was seriously considering the options. Since there was zero connections between them, he believed that it was possible for him to do it without suffering backlash.

He was already immune to human emotions, and since she was now useless to him after acquiring his clothes it would be dumb not to continue using her for his selfish goals wouldn't it? At least, his actions were justified.

"Uncle, whatever you're thinking... Please don't! I don't have any business with you and father, and I'm still very young to die for your problems." Karen stepped back without hesitation, a wry smile on her face.

"Hehe, I hate perceptive brats." Mylos chuckled, both eyes gleaming in a cold light, "You're sure your guardian would not attack me right? Come closer, let us walk back to the bench together... as friends."

"If that makes you happy, then please walk ahead. I will be as close as possible, but I would not risk my life for a stranger." Karen walked forward, stepping behind Mylos and pushing him to walk forward.

"Why are you so tense... If your father is so trustworthy then nothing would happen to you, right?"

Silence.

"There's a chance you might attack me! I can't risk my life just because I consider you a friend."

Silence.

"Why would I attack you for no reason? That's just one dumb reason, you know? If I can attack you, why would I let you stay behind me acting as the same threat?"

Karen blinked, then walked forward to stand by Mylos' side. She stood just an inch away, and kept both hands by her side. After a while, she raised her head to stare back at Mylos who forced a wry smile.

"Happy now?"

Mylos shook his head helplessly, then he began walking forward at a high pace. In a second, he'd dusted Karen and dived into the crowd of pedestrians. Hopefully, he believed — no Hero in his right senses would attack him.

Karen blinked twice, then dashed after him, but she was unable to locate him even after searching for a while. All she could find was a crowd of people blocking her path, and she lost Mylos' aura.

"Tsk!"

Mylos moved at a fast speed, dashing out of the district and back to his safer hotel at a very fast speed. He never knew that a Hero would build a base here, and even bear a partial demon child with a Seraph!

Stranger things have happened, now he just needed to act more carefully than normal so he could survive for a longer time. He needed to leave the hotel ASAP, and it would be wise for him to find somewhere else.

Mylos gripped his bag, his heart still not at ease even as he found his way back into the district his sister patrolled in. Just this slight encounter had showed him how weak he really was in comparison to higher entities.

He needed to get stronger. He needed to find a way.