The Outer God Needs Warmth-Chapter 86: Soo’s Gangho (6)

A few days later.

Finally, someone has come to the house!

However, there is the small issue that this person is a Harvester.

And not just any Harvester—this one is quite well-known.

"Looking at your movements, I can tell you're using the Heavenly Demon Technique, which the gods used. But there's no formula, you're just mimicking the actions. You can't learn the Heavenly Demon Technique like that, can you?"

I had been exercising when the Heavenly Demon, who had been watching me for a few days, finally spoke.

So-O, who had been mimicking my movements, hurriedly ran off to the kitchen. There's no need to run away like that, so why is she doing this?

"Hello, Heavenly Demon."

I put down the branch I was holding. After all, the only reason I'm exercising is to maintain this body. And I'm doing it not just for myself, but to show So-O.

"Are you done with your busy work?"

When I was with the Future Hope Church, I had to wait for answers, but here I act a little more proactively. If I act too passively, it can be good for catching someone off guard, but there are too many things that must be let go in other moments.

Of course, that’s if the environment allows it, but here, I think I can do that.

"Yes, it's all done. Thank you for attending Jeonyang's funeral."

Surprisingly, the Heavenly Demon speaks in a very human-like manner.

I was just observing the basic courtesies a person should follow in society. Even at a funeral of someone you don't know, if you're there, you have to be careful with your words and actions.

The Heavenly Demon approached and stood in front of me.

With its bright blue skin, black sclera, and eyes that glowed a purplish yellow in the center, along with purple hair, the appearance is certainly striking.

If you exclude those aspects, it could be considered beautiful.

But because of the otherworldly features, to someone unfamiliar, it might look like a monster.

In fact, people who lived in closed-off worlds, when they saw someone with a different skin color, would give them the name "ear," not treating them as human.

Even so, from the faded memories of a man, a string of shining words comes to mind—what in the world is a "blue-skinned reverse-angle TS beauty Heavenly Demon"?

"I have one question. On the first day of Jeonyang's funeral, why did you bestow a blessing upon a person?"

After receiving the report, I did a quick investigation, so now it's my turn to be asked. To know why I did it, the question must be directed at me.

Hehe.

A blessing, you say? You think that's what happened? It means that, even though the Heavenly Demon was watching me with invisible eyes and had some idea of what I was, it doesn't know what its own state is.

And that means it cannot easily grasp itself either.

So, I carefully choose my words to continue the misunderstanding.

"Before currency, humanity relied on barter. I don't have any currency."

I speak only the truth.

Facts, both before and after. But the reason I turned that person into a Harvester is a different matter. I don't say that.

I misinterpret others' questions and answer vaguely. This is how you easily deceive people.

Because after I give both answers, they will think of the answer themselves, right?

Once they reach their own conclusion, it's hard to deny it.

The Heavenly Demon stares at me intently.

And then, it asks a different question.

"Compared to the traces left by the gods, you live so quietly with almost nothing. Why did you come to this world? What are you going to do in the future?"

Hmm.

A real question now.

It's a question about my essence.

So, I decide to answer truthfully.

"I came to this world for warmth. As for what I will do in the future, I'll answer like this: humanity just wants to do a little bit of what’s called a blessing. Not too much, though."

Yes.

Warmth has been my pursuit from the beginning. The Heavenly Demon believes that I gained warmth by staying with So-O.

So, I answer that I don’t want to make many Harvesters, almost as if making them is a task.

This connects with what I did earlier.

I exchanged things made into Harvesters for items.

What do you think?

Does it not seem like I was filling in the gap with labor?

"You seem like a deity who appears just to grant wishes."

A deity. In this world, that's the word used to describe something beyond, a transcendent being. But I shake my head.

"I'm not like that. You called me what? Purple fanatic, Four Chaos? But I'm neither great enough to be called a god, nor chaotic enough to lack rules. I’m just a human who became a monster."

And then, I throw a little bait that’s bound to catch attention.

The Heavenly Demon frowns.

"To call yourself a human, what a strange thing to say."

Then it asked in curiosity.

"Did you not know? I was once human. I don't know when, but yes, I was human."

The Heavenly Demon looked surprised. Yes. I don't know what I really am, but I do know how my words will sound. If they hear I was once human, this is how they will take it.

A monster, slightly more than human.

Right?

"You were human? You? That... thing?"

At the end, the Heavenly Demon pointed at me with its finger. Really, pointed at me. It's looking at me through an unreadable gaze.

"Now, only faded memories remain, but one day, I suddenly became a monster."

I had been in a cold, dark place, lost my sanity, and then saw light. I was the sea beneath the surface.

But it turned out I was a formless monster.

"Thank you for calling me. I mean that sincerely."

So, I never say the chance to gain warmth is coming. The Heavenly Demon stared at me for a long time as if it couldn't understand what I said.

"Why do you think of yourself as a monster?"

Oh, it's asking about that?

I thought it would ask me not to limit the number of Harvesters or not to create them carelessly, but it's asking a more fundamental question?

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"I have no greed, no sense of superiority, no sense of right or wrong, and no compassion for others. That's not human."

I don’t hate my own mistakes, I don’t show humility or kindness to others, I don’t distinguish between right and wrong, and I don’t feel pity or sorrow for others’ misfortunes.

I’m just happy that there’s a place where warmth can arise.

A society that’s not right, a society full of people who aren't moral.

In such a society, people kill people.

And happily, it increases the chance of getting warmth.

The Heavenly Demon let out a chuckle.

"Isn't your standard for humans too high?"

So, I answered like this.

"Yes. That's why I like this world."

You're all going to die and kill each other while you live, that’s what I'm saying.

The Heavenly Demon stared at me.

When I saw So-O hiding behind a kitchen pillar, breathing heavily like she was suffocating, I realized that I must be radiating some intangible energy.

Since I can't feel it, it’s just wasting energy unnecessarily.

"Alright. I think I understand you a little better."

Ah, So-O is gasping.

It seems like it took the energy from her? In other words, I was asked a pressure-filled question, and since I didn't waver, the Heavenly Demon judged me in its own way.

It’s using techniques someone accustomed to force might use.

You could call it a punkish move.

But because it's so simple, it’s effective, especially for those who can feel that energy.

"Will you be staying here from now on?"

The Heavenly Demon took a step back, then looked around and asked.

I thought about how to answer that question.

Hmm.

Fine. Saying this is more human-like.

"I’m thinking about it."

"Thinking?"

I pointed to So-O, who was behind me. When I looked at So-O, she smiled brightly, but when the Heavenly Demon’s gaze followed her, she was startled and hid behind the pillar again.

"This isn’t a very good environment for So-O to learn, is it?"

The Heavenly Demon looked between So-O and me and then nodded as if understanding.

"You speak as though you're her parent."

If I seem too much like a human here, then the earlier expression of being a monster loses its persuasiveness. After all, I believe I'm not human, right?

How I express that can affect how others perceive it, especially if they think I'm probing into my essence like the Heavenly Demon in front of me.

"This is something the Heavenly Demon gave me. Since I received it, wouldn’t it be best to raise it so it performs at its highest potential?"

I say, after all, I’m treating the child like an object.

But in the last few days, the Heavenly Demon has been observing me from a distance. It must look very funny to her, seeing me living as though I were a family.

"Right. I see. In that case, I’ll teach you."

What?

No, what does that mean?

The Heavenly Demon directly? Why? And didn’t it refer to itself as the ‘master’ before? Changing character because it became female?

I blinked and looked at the Heavenly Demon, who smiled faintly.

"I'll keep watch while teaching you."

Ah.

I must have made a mistake somewhere. This is why I don’t like talking too much with people who are clever.

I thought I had been guiding the conversation well, but did it find some inconsistency? I haven’t said anything truly contradictory, after all.

Since I added my intent, there might have been some logical mismatch somewhere.

Fortunately, such things don’t change the sound of my heart.

Since I’m thinking of So-O, there’s no reason to refuse, so rejecting here would be odd.

"Alright. Do as you wish."

"Good. I’ll come when you’re training. See you tomorrow, Choseol."

The Heavenly Demon said that, waved at So-O, and turned away. It seems it has no intention of hiding the fact that it was watching us. It openly says it knows when we usually exercise.

What is the Heavenly Demon thinking?

Then, suddenly, a word from the faded man’s memories shimmers: "female corruption."

Has this memory finally broken, becoming all worn out?