"What's with that look? By getting rid of you, I meant taking you back to your village." Sensing the little boy's fear, the Demon God slowly clarified.
"Taking us back to the village...?" The little boy froze for a moment, then looked at the Demon God doubtfully.
"Yes. Do you humans have some sort of misunderstanding about Demon Gods? Why do I feel like you see me as some utterly wicked monster?"
The Demon God finally realized there was something wrong with the way the humans looked at her.
"N-no." Feeling as though he had been caught out, the little boy blushed as he tried to deny it.
"Oh, you're blushing."
"Looks like I hit the nail on the head..."
The Demon God seemed to enjoy teasing children. Seeing them shy and a little lost made her happy.
With that explanation, the misunderstanding was cleared up.
The people around the Demon God withdrew and reported everything truthfully to the Village Chief.
At first, the Village Chief did not believe them. But when everyone said the same thing, he began to wonder. In the end, he confirmed that they had been telling the truth.
That Demon God simply liked children. She had only been so fierce with them to teach them a lesson, so they would not wander into someone else's territory again.
After learning that this Demon God was kind, the people wanted to invite her to become their village's deity. But she refused, saying she did not want to get involved in such troublesome matters.
In fact, most Demon Gods in Teyvat were like this, and Morax was one of them.
Only a few Demon Gods willingly became deities for humans and took on the duty of protecting them, because it was troublesome and offered no reward.
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