The Truth There Is Only One

Yun Feiyang shook his head. "I didn't mean that. It's just a guess."

"Tch, after asking so much, did you find anything out?"

"I do have a few leads!"

"You really do? Tell me!"

"The Demon that appeared now, the accident involving Steve and his wife five years ago, and your parents' deaths—don't you think there are a lot of coincidences?"

Mira pondered. "Kathy committed suicide five years ago, Steve died, and my parents had an accident at the same time. Now a Demon has appeared at Steve's house. Now that you mention it, they do seem connected."

"It's more than a connection. Put all those coincidences together, and we won't be far from the truth!"

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Since it concerned her parents' deaths, Mira could no longer stay calm!

"The key person in all this is Kathy. We have no way of knowing why she went mad, but we can make some assumptions."

"What assumptions?"

"Kathy wouldn't have gone mad for no reason. Something must have happened to her, causing her tragedy. And as her husband, Steve definitely knew something. Do you think he might have sought revenge?"

Mira cried out, "You mean that Demon is connected to Steve?"

"Very likely! Back then, he may have gone to seek revenge but failed. Or perhaps he endured and bided his time. Either way, that would explain why he disappeared."

"If he wanted revenge, he would have to find his enemies. Whoever died first must have been one of them!"

Mira cried out again, "Job and Hoyle!"

"That's right. And they happened to come from the same place, and they were both Monks."

"Does it have something to do with the Church?"

"Very likely!"

"Why? Couldn't Job and Hoyle have done it themselves, without the Church being involved?"

"No. If it were only those two, the Demon... or rather, Steve, should have stopped by now. But do you think he looks like he wants to stop?"

Mira understood. "Indeed, he doesn't. If he wanted to stop, he wouldn't have killed Parker or tried to make you leave."

"Exactly. The hatred in his heart has yet to be released, so his revenge isn't over."

Yun Feiyang summed up, "My theory is that Kathy's death was caused by the Church. Steve learned the truth and went to seek revenge, but failed. Fortunately, he survived the ordeal! Or maybe he realized he couldn't get revenge, so he hid away and gathered strength."

"When he reappeared five years later, he thought the time was right and began his revenge. He killed Job and Hoyle first. As for Parker..."

"He was unfortunate enough to witness the crime scene. Maybe he even discovered Steve's secret, though perhaps he didn't realize it himself. But that didn't stop Steve from killing him."

"So next, Steve's target must be the Church, or perhaps the people involved back then!"

Mira nodded repeatedly as she listened, then felt something was wrong. "But what we saw was clearly a Demon, not Steve!"

"Isn't that simple? He controlled that Demon. But I'm more inclined to think he disguised himself using Transformation Magic. As for why he disguised himself as a Demon..."

Yun Feiyang reminded her, "Did you forget what the village chief said earlier? When Kathy went mad, she kept shouting, 'Demon, you're all demons!'"

"Since Demons harmed his wife, then he would become a Demon to claim lives. That might have been what Steve was thinking!"

Yun Feiyang continued with a cold sneer, "Besides, if he wanted revenge against the Church, wouldn't taking the form of a Demon be fitting?"

"That makes sense! I didn't expect your brain to work pretty well!"

Yun Feiyang rolled his eyes at her!

"But what does this have to do with my parents?"

"We need to find out what happened back then first. Besides, I never said it was definitely related to your parents. Maybe they really did die in an accident."

"Tch, after all that, it's still just your guess. Wouldn't everything become clear if we just caught that Demon?"

"You can't put it that way. The 'Demon' needs to be eliminated, but we also need to stop him from harming anyone else. Or rather, we must make the real Demon receive the fate he deserves! And if we don't uncover the truth, how will we know whether there was anything suspicious about your parents' deaths?"

"You're right!"

Mira's expression darkened. "If my Father and Mother didn't die in an accident, I'll never forgive them!"

"What do we do next? I'll listen to you!"

Yun Feiyang nodded. "If we want to uncover the truth from back then, we first need to know what Kathy went through. Perhaps the Church can give us answers!"

"The Church? All right, I'll take you there!"

"What are you doing?"

Yun Feiyang grabbed her. "Are you stupid? If they really are involved, do you think they'll honestly tell us anything?"

"Then what do you suggest?"

Yun Feiyang looked at the darkening sky. "Of course, we wait until night and sneak in."

"All right!"

Then their stomachs growled!

The two stared wide-eyed at each other. How awkward!

"We've been busy all day and forgot to eat!"

Mira said boldly, "Come to my house. I'll cook myself!"

"Huh? You can cook too? Shouldn't that be Lisanna?"

"Who are you looking down on? I taught Lisanna and Elfman how to cook, okay?"

"Really? Impressive, impressive!"

"Of course!"

After her parents died, Mira had acted as both Father and Mother while raising her younger brother and sister. How could she not know how to cook? It was only that her siblings saw how hard she worked and took the initiative to do whatever they could.

That was how poor children grew up early!

"Let's buy some groceries first. I eat a lot!"

"Uh..."

Mira hesitated, her face full of embarrassment!

"Of course, I'll pay. I can't just freeload off your cooking!"

"Hmph, at least you have a conscience! Why not buy a little more while you're at it?"

"Hey, you really aren't holding back, are you?"

"A mage is supposed to be rich, right? One mission pays a million J. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Don't be so stingy!"

"It's my money, not yours!"

"It's all the same! All the same!"

Under Little flyer's exploitation, Yun Feiyang's poor wallet was completely emptied. To make matters worse, he was even looked down on as a pauper afterward.

Where was he supposed to argue his case?

"Elfman, Lisanna, I'm back!"

The house looked fairly decent, though its furnishings were very plain.

"Welcome back!"

"Look, Sister brought back meat! You're in for a treat tonight!"

The pile of meat and vegetables made the siblings' eyes shine, and they even began to drool!

"Great! We get to eat meat!"

"Wait, Mira, where did you get the money to buy so much meat?"

Mira pointed at Yun Feiyang. "There—our sucker... ah, I mean, our good person!"

"Wow, Feiyang Nii-chan, how could we possibly accept this?"

Though she said that, Lisanna was signaling Elfman to hurry up and take the meat inside.

Good-person Yun Feiyang forced out an ugly smile. "It's fine. I couldn't exactly come here empty-handed to mooch a meal!"

What a huge loss! If he had known, he would have just eaten something cheap at a restaurant!