Hello, everyone. Your girl's back to update another chapter for you all. Iruma has finally asked Henri about the details of the memory erasing spell, even asking the man if it's impossible for a human to stay in the Demon World forever. I don't own the canon characters as they rightfully belong to their owners while I only own my OCS.
Warning: Child abuse, neglect, endangerment, and starvation will be in this chapter.
Henri took a moment to pause after hearing Iruma's question. The blue-haired boy wanted to know if there's any way for a human to live in the Demon Realm. However, this world is a dangerous one for any fragile creature like a human to stay here.
Henri answer with some seriousness in his voice, "No. It's too dangerous for a human to stay here as demons can easily lose their hunger from the second they smell one," He said, looking at Iruma dead in the eyes.
Iruma could feel his being getting shaking up by the redhead's stare. Iruma knew that the Demon Realm was already dangerous for humans to enter, with the only reason that none of his classmates had eaten him was that his human scent was covered by that potion by his grandfather.
"Thanks for telling me, Azazel-san. I should get going to go to the cafeteria before the bell rings," Iruma said, turning around to leave.
However, Henri placed his hand on Iruma's left shoulder to stop the boy from leaving. For a moment, Iruma felt his entire being froze as he slowly looks up to the man. But the demander in Henri's eyes changed. From calmness and seriousness to gentle and compassionate. Demons are said to have no empathy for others who aren't related to them. But Henri clearly was showing the opposite towards Iruma.
"Iruma-kun, if you feel like you can't talk to someone about this, you can talk to me if you like," Henri said to the human boy.
Henri felt that this was Iruma's way of saying of him wanting to have his memories erased. While he was right on that part, while he wasn't aware of Iruma wanted to erase his entire past from his mind.
"Sure, I'll keep that in mind, sir," Iruma said.
"I should go find Ameri. She forgets her lunch at home. It was a good thing I was working at home today, or else she was going to spend the day without eating lunch," Henri said, showing Iruma the pink lunchbox that he was holding.
Iruma couldn't help but chuckle a bit since no one would have imagined that someone like Ameri could even manage to forget her lunch. He wonders what it's like to have your parents bring your forgotten lunch to you just before the bell rings.
Henri watch as Iruma left to get ahead start before the other students. The man soon searches for his daughter's class before lunch could start. Henri began to grow confident in his suspicion of the boy's true nature. After all, why would Iruma asked him the memory spell now and the other question if a human could stay in the Demon World? However, Henri couldn't just erase Iruma's memories and send him back to the Human World without the boy telling the whole truth. Iruma needed to tell him the truth if he wanted his help.
Back inside of the school building, Iruma began to slowly walk to wherever he was going. His foot wasn't heading towards the cafeteria like told Azu, Clara, and Henri. The boy-haired thought about what Henri said. How there's a chance for him to remember his past if he has a trigger to his memories. However, Iruma felt that there's nothing to worry about since he was free from such triggers as he has no cherished connections to them. But Henri's answer to his other question made Iruma think how it was dangerous for him to stay in this world that he came to call his home.
"No matter what, I'll always be an outsider to this world. Even if I manage to grow horns and wings, some demons won't like me because of my human heritage," Iruma thought as he kept walking as the bell finally rang to let the other students have their lunch break.
Iruma thought about which memory would stay in his mind. He knows that he just can't erase all of the memories since that would cause him to forget that he's human. The blue-haired boy thought about the memories when he was alone. Maybe those memories could stay since they won't let him know why he erased his memories in the first place.
Remembering Henri bringing Ameri lunch to her after she forgot it at home, Iruma could never recall a time when his own parents would do the same for him. They would no doubt only eat his lunch and say that they didn't know that was his lunch while smiling throughout the whole time.
Iruma watches as his parents ate while he was peeking his head through the doorway. His parents had ordered takeout for them and told Iruma to wait for his turn after they were done eating. So, the little boy waited for his parents to finished their dinner so he could finally have something in his tummy. His father told his mother that Iruma needed to become a little independent now that he's five-years-old.
His mother had actually agreed and told Iruma to make his own food. She would tell Iruma how much he needed to grow up and he'll need skills to help him go through life. Iruma took this by heart and tried to make his own dinner a few days ago. Unfortunately, Iruma had discovered that he's a terrible cook. The blue-haired boy knew that it was better than nothing.
"This food is amazing, honey. You were right about spending money on this, Fuyuki," Iruma's mother, Chiyo, said to her husband.
"What tell you, Chiyo? Going this food will feel like the time we were young and free," Iruma's father, Fuyuki, said to his wife.
Seeing his parents laughing and enjoying their dinner together like they were on a date, Iruma wishes he could enjoy them like a family. But he knew they just wanted to have some time alone together and let them be. They look so in love, so much that hurts Iruma when they fight like last night. Perhaps Iruma could wait and in the bathroom until his parents were done.
But his stomach could no longer wait, and growl very loudly. It was loud enough for both of his parents to hear him and see him standing there. Iruma slowly walks up to his parents and asks them if it was alright to have dinner now.
"Mama, Papa, can I have some of your food please," Iruma asks as politely as he can.
Fuyuki and Chiyo look at Iruma with an unknown look before they smile while Chiyo reaches towards her son and lovingly patted him on the head. Giving Iruma the smile of a mother who loved her son, if she truly loved him.
"Iruma-kun, we're very busy right now. You can have whatever is left once we finished. You can go and pick up the trash in our room, sweetie," Chiyo said to Iruma.
"Okay, Mama! I'll do that!" Iruma said happily and went to clean his beloved parents' room.
Unaware that once he was gone, Chiyo frown and looks at her husband. It was getting tiring to take care of a child. Iruma always comes to her whenever he needed something or if he simply wanted to be with her.
"How long do we have to take of him. I'm getting really tired of this, Chiyo," Fuyuki said.
"It's only until he leaves and we get to do what we always wanted to," She said as she thought about reliving the good old days that will come once Iruma leaves.
The two horrible people thought about a much better future after Iruma leaves. No longer have to worry about school or taking care of him. Finally living their lives freely without having to take care of a child who needed someone to look after him. They soon went back to laughing and enjoying their meal while their son was cleaning their room for them.
In their bedroom, Iruma was picking up the trash that his parents left on their floor. It was mostly some papers and glass bottles. The little boy smile as he carefully placed everything in the trashcan that he took with him to the room.
Iruma thought about the head pats he might get from his parents and telling him how much of a good boy he was. The bottles were kind of pretty as Iruma wonders if he could make something out of this.
But as Iruma was finishing up cleaning the room, a picture on his mother's nightstand caught his attention. It was her and her sister, Ai. Iruma always wonders what his aunt was like. She's very pretty and looks like a nice person. Iruma thought about what life will be like if his aunt was still alive. He hopes that she might like him and spend time with him.
Thanks, everyone for reading this. I hope you like it. At least Iruma is only thinking about erasing the memories of his parents and only having the ones of where he's alone. In the next chapter, I'm having Kalego talking to Sullivan about the way he adopted Iruma and asking where he can find Iruma's parents. I also hope you guys also like the names I give to Iruma's parents.