However, these Devils also provided many forms of assistance.
That was, they took very good care of young children.
They provided children with many targeted medicines.
Children could even receive free food, supported all the way until the age of thirteen.
The Devils also helped solve the problem of infant mortality.
This was another reason why people who did not know the truth were willing to call them "immortals."
If they were Devils who killed freely and without restraint, then even if people called them immortals on the surface, they would still curse them as monsters behind their backs.
For an ordinary child's cold or fever, all they had to do was pray and they could receive medicine.
Of course, it was all herbal medicine containing active ingredients.
Since colds and fevers were much the same as those suffered by adults, some despicable people deliberately made children sick in order to obtain such medicine and sell it to wealthy adults.
Of course, the souls of those who did such things were often targeted by the Devils.
It was not easy to swindle Devils.
It could be said that this world was far better than Feudal Society for children under thirteen.
But for adults, it was far worse.
Devils could not kill people directly, but they would lure adults into acquiring many bad habits.
For example, tobacco, alcohol, and sugar—the three great killers of ordinary people.
Of course, in ancient times, people could at most get hooked on tobacco and alcohol. Sugar was an absolute luxury.
Things like high blood pressure and diabetes were known as "diseases of wealth."
Tobacco and alcohol were also used quite often in ancient times.
Of course, not many people could afford to drink, but there were plenty who smoked dry tobacco.
After all, growing tobacco