Fal, You'd Make a Fine Dog

Fal looked friendly, but he could not keep the jealousy from showing in his eyes.

They had both gone to the Human World. Neither of them had completed the mission to kill Su Ye.

So why had the Blood Demon Lord singled Black out and let him join the Blood Demon Guard?

While Fal had been forced to find another way in?!

Fal had worried that Black would thrive in the Blood Demon Guard and leave him farther and farther behind.

But now... Black had been reduced to loitering outside and watching the gate while the other members carried out missions.

Apparently Black was not doing so well in the Blood Demon Guard after all.

That put Fal at ease.

Black pulled the little girl, still shaken and wiping away tears, behind him.

Then he looked at the man talking away in front of him.

Red hair. He looked a little familiar.

But...

Black had met plenty of redheads, and this one...

His face was so ordinary there was nothing memorable about it.

"Who are you?"

Black was asking sincerely.

But...

To Fal, that sincere question sounded like a blatant insult.

A blatant one!

"You... Black... You're asking me who I am?!"

"Shouldn't I? Don't you know who you are either?!"

Black found that strange.

If the man did not know who he was, how could anyone else?

What a strange man.

Fal's red hair nearly stood on end.

"Black!!"

"What do you want with your dad?"

Black rubbed his ear.

Fal: ... "Black, I'm Fal! We entered the Demon Race together! You still don't recognize me?!"

Fal?

A thread surfaced amid his muddled memories.

He had gradually been absorbing the original owner's memories, leaving his head feeling swollen. Only now did Black finally remember who Fal was.

"Oh, it's