Infinite Evolution Hunter - Chapter 198

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198
Morax’s escape was already beyond my control.
But before the Demon Race could arrive, I had to capture that useful rooster.
Since the creature was quick on its feet, I approached slowly, shrinking my form and stowing my armor to avoid startling it.
“Come here. That’s it, good? Hmm?”
The rooster didn’t flee—it approached me instead.
“You’re not running? Good, good. It’s dangerous here, so go inside for a bit.”
The rooster hopped into the Infinite Box as if understanding my words, vanishing inside.
Did it recognize that I saved it? Or did it sense that staying here meant death? Perhaps its intelligence was higher than I’d expected.
“Bepar!”
Not long after the rooster disappeared, Razgas and Valefor approached.
“What about the other side? Weren’t you short on forces?”
“Marbas joined the battle late, and they all fled.”
“Where is Morax!”
Marbas rushed forward, his lion-like black mane flowing behind him.
“Morax ran away.”
“You defeated Morax? How?”
“Well?”
“Nonsense! Your power isn’t even greater than mine!”
“Combat isn’t decided by raw strength alone.”
“Tch… Then who am I supposed to fight!”
Marbas roared, but it wasn’t my concern, so I ignored him and examined the horn in my hand.
At last, I had obtained my objective—the horn.
“Marbas, if you want to fight, come to Earth. I’ll let you battle strong opponents to your heart’s content.”
If I coaxed him properly, I could even arrange training sessions together and pit him against the Administrator’s subordinates.
“I can’t go to Earth—my power diminishes there.”
“If you go with my invitation, it should be fine. For now, stay at Valefor’s Castle.”
Valefor’s expression turned openly displeased.
“The new Demon King of the Eastern Region. Can you handle the cleanup here?”
“Leave it to me, Lord.”
Realizing that Valefor had become the king of the Eastern Region, his displeased expression vanished entirely.
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“Do you have any grievances with the Demon Realm?”
“Of course I do. But why?”
“I asked you to bring me a horn, so why did you overturn the Eastern Region?”
“Morax wouldn’t willingly hand over just a horn. You said to use my head, so I used it.”
“That’s what you call using your head?”
Gaff sighed.
“What? Do you want to rule the Eastern Region too? Valefor is my subordinate now, so I can hand him over to you.”
“… The Demon Realm being divided into four regions isn’t because I lack power. Balance is what matters.”
“Anyway, you said to bring the horns, so I brought them. What’s next?”
“Playing with you is starting to become tedious.”
Gaff pressed his nose bridge firmly and squeezed his eyes shut.
“Papa!!!”
“Ugh!”
Something small and black came flying and collided with Gaff, causing the usually composed demon to let out an uncharacteristic shriek.
What had crashed into Gaff’s body was a baby demon.
“Ah… my little one has arrived…”
As Gaff held the Child, exhaustion suddenly washed over his eyes with striking intensity.
“You have a child?”
“Did you think the Demon Race doesn’t even give birth?”
I had thought exactly that—that they simply materialized from nowhere, like Angels.
“I can guess what you’re thinking. Some of us are born when demonic energy coalesces in the Demon Realm, but there are also those like me who create successors.”
Despite its small size, the Child bore large horns, suggesting it had inherited Gaff’s blood strongly. It had the typical appearance of a demon—crimson skin, short limbs, and a tail—but its yellow irises and small, round eyes were endearing.
The Child gazed at me with curious eyes and fluttered its small wings, flying toward me.
Apparently unable to control its wings well yet, it fell to the ground after a short distance and crawled toward me on all fours.
“What a cute little one. Hello?”
I extended my hand.
The Child grasped my hand with its small, chubby fingers and placed my finger in its mouth.
“No, no, little one…”
Since my hand wasn’t clean, I tried to push the Child away.
A sharp pain shot through me.
“Ugh!”
Without thinking, I shoved the Child hard from the pain, and it flew backward, crashing into the wall.
Looking at my hand, one of my fingers was missing at the knuckle.
“This is… what… wait, where’s the Child?”
The Child giggled and crawled back out, pushing off the floor with its chubby legs before launching itself at me again.
The Child, possessing enough jumping power to shatter the ground, flew in a straight line and struck my abdomen precisely. I had wondered how it had reached Gaff earlier when it couldn’t even use its wings properly—it had used its legs to leap.
“Cough…”
The sudden attack knocked the wind from my lungs.
“Did you think Lulu was so fragile that he’d be hurt by you? Perfect timing. My mate is busy, so you watch the Child. That’s your task this time.”
“Wait, that has no set duration?”
“Just one week. I need some rest. The Child’s room is over there.”
Gaff pointed with his index finger to a door and disappeared through the entrance behind his throne.
“Wait! What am I supposed to feed it?! I don’t know how to care for a Child!”
Since arriving in the Demon Realm, this was the most absurd situation I’d faced.
I turned to look at Razgas.
“If I assist you, it will not be your task.”
Razgas, who had supported me in every way until now, turned her head away.
“No… what am I supposed to feed it?”
“Nom nom!”
“No, you don’t!”
When Lulu tried to bite my finger again, I pulled my hand away, and his large eyes welled with tears.
“Absolutely not!”
I couldn’t use my own body as food, and I certainly couldn’t let him develop a taste for human flesh.
“…WAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!”
“Gah!”
As Lulu wailed, Gaff’s Castle trembled as if it might collapse entirely.
It wasn’t mere pressure—it was pure sonic waves and vibrations.
“This is supposed to be a child?!”
I shouted while covering my ears.
I wanted to strike him and knock him unconscious, but no matter how much of a demon he was, no matter how invulnerable he might be, I couldn’t bring myself to hit a child.
I pulled out a snack I’d stored in my Infinite Box and shoved it into the child’s mouth.
“Nom nom….”
The crying child fell silent and began crunching away at the snack.
I was grateful I’d brought these treats from the World Tree Research Institute, since the food of the Demon Realm hadn’t suited his palate.
“Are you alright?”
I helped Razgas to her feet—she’d been knocked over by Lulu’s sonic assault.
“Yes, I was quite startled.”
Razgas had taken the full brunt of Lulu’s sound wave, yet she suffered no serious injuries. Perhaps because she served under Gaff, Razgas was surprisingly sturdy for a succubus.
“Nom nom! Nom nom!”
Lulu, having finished everything, demanded more food.
“Here you go.”
I handed him snacks one by one, feeling like I was feeding an animal.
“He’s actually cute when he’s quiet, isn’t he?”
“Ptooey! Peh peh peh!”
The moment I finished speaking, Lulu spat the food he’d been chewing directly into my face.
“Don’t like the dried rations?”
I wiped the debris from my face and brushed it onto the floor.
After trying various options, it became clear he only liked junk food, spitting out anything that seemed remotely healthy.
“Demons can be picky eaters without issue, right? You said demonic energy is their primary nutrition anyway.”
“During growth stages, it’s somewhat different. We possess physical bodies as well. Consuming food is important for developing that body. It’s like how human adults can subsist on vegetables, but children must eat meat.”
“You certainly know your stuff.”
“To enter human dreams and consume their essence, one must understand at least the basics of the human world.”
I wanted to comment that a woman with common sense wouldn’t dress the way she did, but since my own common sense was different in the Demon Realm, I held my tongue.
“Try this too. It’s delicious~”
Following Razgas’s suggestion, I set aside the junk food and selected healthier, more palatable options like nuts to feed him.
“… Is it okay for him to eat this much?”
He’d consumed food equal to the size of his own head, yet he continued accepting more like a bottomless pit.
“I don’t see why not, do you?”
Since Razgas, being a demon, wasn’t particularly concerned, it should be fine.
I’d only been with the child for a few hours, yet the thought of another week ahead filled me with dread.
Lulu, who had been eating contentedly, suddenly made a strange face.
“Hm? Why that expression? Does something hurt? Did you eat too much?”
“Ung!”
Pwoosh!
Lulu strained with all his might, and green smoke burst through the diaper.
“Ugh… What… is this? Gas? Is flatulence really this potent?”
The stench made my head spin. My toxin resistance skill, which neutralized even deadly poisons, had been overwhelmed by a demon child’s fart.
“Allow me to take a look.”
Razgas examined Lulu’s rear end.
“He’s had a bowel movement….”
“Do we have diapers?”
“I’ll have a lesser demon fetch some.”
After Razgas left to find another demon, I picked Lulu up and extended my arms as far as possible. The smell was so otherworldly that I wanted maximum distance.
“Didn’t Earth food agree with you?”
“Uh… Uwahhh!!!”
Lulu began crying, apparently uncomfortable with his soiled state.
As he wailed, his body trembled, and the fecal matter seeped from the diaper, splattering everywhere.
“Ugh! Razgas, hurry!”
Using the dynamic vision honed through countless battles, I dodged the spray of filth and rushed toward where Razgas had gone.
A short, grandmother-like demon approached, using cloth to block the droplets of excrement, pushing through the chaos with practiced ease. She seemed accustomed to this situation.
The demon caretaker, moving with practiced speed, snatched Lulu and swiftly changed his diaper.
“Ung… ung….”
After eating, defecating, and crying himself out, Lulu’s eyes grew heavy as the caretaker finished the diaper change.
“Finally….”
Lulu fell asleep, and guided by the caretaker, I laid him on the bed in the room. Fortunately, the child’s bed was soft.
However, as the vampire had mentioned, there were tears throughout from his horns. The bed here wasn’t pointy and hard for no reason.
“I shall take my leave….”
The Demon Caretaker departed, and both Razgas and I collapsed onto the bed beside him.
Perhaps because he was Gaff’s child, I didn’t think it would be easy even if he were my own. He’d caused trouble before even being born.
Thinking about it that way, this served as good practice. If I experienced the worst, everything else might feel easier.
My fatigue had accumulated considerably from battle after battle, so I lay down beside the child as well.
“I’m going to get a little rest. You should take a break too, Razgas.”
“Yes. Thank you for your hard work.”
My eyes closed softly.
Thwack!
It seemed less than a minute had passed since I closed my eyes when my head suddenly jerked to the side.
My cheek stung, and when I looked, Lulu had rolled in his sleep and kicked my face with his foot.
Though I didn’t need much sleep, waking after only a brief rest left me more exhausted than before, with a throbbing headache.
“Damn it….”
I placed Lulu back in his crib and closed my eyes once more.
Fortunately, this time Lulu slept peacefully, and I finally got proper rest for the first time since arriving in the Demon Realm.
I spent several days repeating the cycle of feeding Lulu when he woke and playing with him. Now I could tell just by looking at his expression when he’d soiled himself, so I’d quickly rush him to the Demon Caretaker.
Watching a child all day consumed far more mental energy than I’d anticipated. I had to remain constantly vigilant since I could never predict what he might do next.
“Kyaaaaa~”
Lulu woke from his nap bursting with energy and launched himself off the floor toward me.
“There, there.”
I caught him lightly, absorbed the force, and redirected him upward with a toss.
“I should ask Yang Sang-heon to watch the child later. It would make for excellent training.”
His attack power was stronger than most enemies I’d faced. Normally I would deflect or dodge, but I had to learn to distribute force to prevent the child from getting hurt.
“Higher~ higher~”
I tossed him higher and higher into the air.
The royal throne hall was built with grandiose proportions, and its ceiling soared impressively high. I threw him nearly to the ceiling itself, but with his winged demon physiology, Lulu showed no fear whatsoever.
“Kyaaaaa~ Kiiiiiii~”
He made adorable sounds, though occasionally he’d emit something unsettling and strange.
“As long as you’re having fun, that’s what matters.”
As I continued tossing him higher, I sensed something with malicious intent rapidly approaching from outside the castle.

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