[Slice-of-Life] Demon

A girl named Therese lives with her five children in the middle of the woods. They don't have enough money to buy food to eat 3 times a day.

Until one of her children became sick and ill, she was forced to use her last remaining money. Apparently, her husband died early so it's hard for her to both work and to take care of her children.

"I really need money, please, let me borrow some!" Therese knocked the door again after being shutted by the owner.

But no one listened. She went home with a gloomy face until she met a certain man in the woods.

She went near him and saw him treating his wound. From the looks of it, he was badly wounded.

"Where did you get that?"

The man averted his eyes to see who talked and saw a girl with a worried face. He didn't answer.

He thought, "She don't know me? A free dinner tonight, then."

His jaw dropped when the woman suddenly started to treat her wounds. She even got a bondage with her!

"My one child is clumsy so I have to buy a bondage everytime I go to town."

He stared at her while doing her work. No one's been so nice to him this way. But that doesn't change the fact that she's a human.

"That should do it. Be careful next time."

Therese went home and saw her children sleeping soundly on the wooden floor. She mumbled, "I'm sorry, it's already been 3 days since we all last ate."

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Therese again went to town after gathering some woods to sell. She've heard rumors about a demon lurking somewhere in town.

"Did anyone caught a picture of the demon?" she asked to her buyers. They nodded and showed a picture.

She gasped when she saw it, no doubt about it, it's the man she helped that day!

Worried, she went back to her house to see her children. She ran and ran until she reached her destination.

What she saw inside their cabin made her jaw dropped. She didn't expect it.

Eating...

Her five childrens are happily eating foods with the demon!

-takoyakiNsushi-

A/N: the male character in the cover is one of my characters in The Girl Named Amanda, which is an on-going story that I'm currently working. If you're interested, you can check my timeline to search for it.