Pleading and Failed Gun-Swallowing

"Hm?! Caitlyn?! You're here! No! Hurry up and leave! He's a Demon! He really is a Demon..." In the dark room, after the door opened, Thorne was extremely unused to the light and shielded his eyes from it. But when he heard Caitlyn's voice, he hurriedly shouted, his voice sounding especially panicked.

After all, although the burning pain Thorne had sensed earlier had vanished, he did not dare be certain that something similar would not happen again. It was one thing for him to be hurt by Damian, but he absolutely did not want to see his wife, Caitlyn, hurt by Damian too, especially when Caitlyn was pregnant.

Thorne knew Caitlyn's health was very poor. She had miscarried twice before, and during her third pregnancy, because of a difficult labor, the baby had died in the process of being born. To keep Caitlyn from suffering too great a blow, Thorne had lied and said that Damian, whose mother had died of massive bleeding after giving birth that same night, was their child.

He had originally thought that with Caitlyn's health, she probably would not be able to get pregnant again, so Thorne had also decided to hide this secret and raise Damian as his own flesh and blood.

But gradually, Thorne discovered strange things happening around Damian. Every time Damian went to the zoo, he caused the animals to become restless and agitated. Every time he went to church, he became hysterical and seemed especially uncomfortable, as if he was naturally repelled by places like church.

Moreover, after Caitlyn became pregnant, Damian's behavior grew even stranger. Several times, Thorne saw that the way Damian looked at Caitlyn—or rather, at Caitlyn's belly—was not quite right.

This put Thorne on alert, but at the time, Thorne still did not think too much