Interlude: The Grieving Goat part II

After daydreaming for a long time, a touch from the little one pulled my thoughts back to the present. Her big round eyes were teary. That was when I realized, I had to return this baby to her original place in the human world.

I reached into my bag, took out a wooden dove. Then let it fly into the sky. Everything that bird saw would be transmitted directly into my head.

After waiting a while, I saw a mass of black clouds. Clearly that was a gate. That was probably the reason this baby could be brought here. But still it raised curiosity. Where were her parents? It couldn't be that the stroller walked by itself, right?

I ignored that curiosity and continued monitoring. A werewolf was seen in the distance. There was a golden aura on his chest.

"Ah~ found it."

I transformed into cloud mist. While that small baby I placed on top of a wooden stork with a cloth at the tip of its beak. That bird was a replica of the ancient tale about babies carried by storks.

That object would secure the baby in a dimensional space always connected to me even if I transformed into a black cloud. Within a second after becoming a black cloud, I was already behind that werewolf.

Jleb!

In one attack, my claw pierced his heart. Killing him while also extracting the key from his body. "Sorry, friend. I have no grudge, but I had to kill you. Besides, you would endanger the baby I'm carrying, right?"

I then became a dark cloud again and headed to the gate. I took the baby out of the stork and cradled her in my palm as before.

My smile spread when I saw her sleeping soundly. Good because babies do need a lot of sleep for their growth.

Because it was in a narrow alley full of trash and alcohol, I had to put on a special device in the form of a cloth mask covering her face so that disgusting smell wouldn't reach her nose.

"Ah~ I forgot to bring the stroller. Oh well... never mind. I'll deliver her myself, she's still a baby. It would be dangerous to leave her alone. Besides... there's something I want to confirm." Looking away, trying to hide my sour face from the baby in my arms.

Now, my gaze shifted to the front of the gate. I took a deep breath.

It's okay, Krampus. Trust yourself. You can do it! It's mid-May. Six more months until Christmas. And you've already spread enough fear. You can do it! For this baby!

After a little self-encouragement that felt useless, with all my determination I stepped out of the gate.

As soon as I was in the human world, I almost collapsed. My chest felt so tight and heavy. My stamina felt drained dry without doing anything. Now I could only drag myself forward with the remaining of my determination. Using walls as support so I wouldn't fall.

The stench of garbage mixed with alcohol blended in the air. A wise decision to put that mask on the baby.

This isn't good... children... especially babies... shouldn't smell this. No... a baby shouldn't be in a place like this. Who are the stupid parents who put their baby in this disgusting narrow alley?!

I emerged into the narrow alley from a large broken mirror that had been thrown away. Meaning the gate was around there. And someone who could be trapped by the gate must be visible to the gate without obstruction.

At the end of the alley, I watched two people facing each other. A man and a woman. Both tattooed and pierced. The color of their auras was very dark. Full of sin. Unimaginably naughty children. What made them that dark?

I approached and eavesdropped on their conversation. Luckily, they couldn't see me. Yes, just like the incarnates, we also couldn't be seen by humans in the real world. But we also had almost no power to hurt humans.

"What if we get caught, you stupid woman?!"

"Relax. No one will know," the woman answered, while only paying attention to her nail polish, as if unconcerned with the man's anger.

"You whore! What if someone hears her crying?!"

"Enough! Don't think about it. Besides, because of your stupidity we failed to scam that rich man. You should be glad I still forgave you. I even voluntarily got rid of that baby. It's annoying remembering what I went through these nine months but the most important thing is it's all over."

"Hm... maybe you're right. Besides, who would want to take care of that little parasite?"

Without guilt, both lit cigarettes and smoked together. There was no concern at all—what I saw was only annoyance in their eyes when talking about a baby who was none other than their own child.

Yes... this sweet baby was the illegitimate child of those two rotten people before me.

How ironic to see parents like them. In ancient times, some people even fought over ownership of lost babies. But now... with the ease of technology... why do people increasingly love to wallow in sin?

Oh, God. What is your plan really? Oh, God... I really can't hold my anger anymore. I can't stand all of this!

Whether God had just answered my prayer or something else pushed me. I could feel most of my power returning. I raised my hand high, as if about to grasp the sky. Then in one motion...

Slash!

Those two heads finally rolled on the ground. Their blood spurted like a glacier that had just exploded. Yes... that was fitting for them. Very fitting. Even in hell, God would surely also punish them for all the deeds they had done.

Yes... I wasn't killing. Just... helping them meet God soon to answer for all their sins. Right... I was just a courier, not a killer.

Just enjoying the pleasure, my body suddenly became weak again.

Ah... God has withdrawn His miracle, hasn't He?

I looked back at the baby in my palm, reminding me of my main purpose.

With weak, dragging steps, I kept walking. Pain kept stabbing like needles just from breathing the air in the human world.

As a sea of people walked in front of me, they passed right through my body. That's how it is, in the real world, we are no different from ghosts. Can't touch, also can't be touched, except in very rare cases.

After walking for quite a while, I found a large magnificent church, but passed it by because there was something only my eyes could see.

Then I arrived at a slightly dilapidated small church. And stopped right in front of it. Yes... that place was perfect. The brightest among other places. There were indeed stains of sin, but not as bad as other places. And there was a lot of the smell of good children inside the church.

I placed the baby in front of the door. Then channeled all my spiritual energy into my fingers just to knock on the door.

A church girl opened the door. Maybe around twenty-three years old. Her bright color was starting to fade, although there was a little glow left, there was a little stain but not as much as the people I met on the street.

"Huh? who's knocking at this hour of the nigh—aaaaah!"

She immediately screamed as soon as she realized there was a baby right in front of her. That baby was immediately picked up and she ran inside hurriedly. Calling for her seniors who were probably also fast asleep.

I smiled in satisfaction.

Ah... This is the perfect place for her. My task is done.

That's why I couldn't eliminate adults. They were needed to teach and care for children. As for evil people, they would become bad examples not to be followed.

Besides, my myth wasn't built to kill adults. That would require too much energy and real consequences if I broke the taboo of the myth itself. All I could do to bring back that beautiful bright color to this world was this... cutting off generations.

Slowly, my spiritual energy was running out. If this continued like this, I will really became ashes. I immediately transformed into black mist and returned to the gate earlier to head back to the mirror world.