Keep It, Or Not?

"Hold on a second," I massaged my temple, trying to subside the throbbing headache that's starting to emerge because of this situation. "So you're telling me, this baby is half-human and half-demon?"

"Correct," Io replied.

"... That's possible?"

"Of course. It's a rare case though," Io hummed, playing with a strand of his hair with his finger.

"B-But how? humans, except for a Coordinator, can't see demons!" I exclaimed.

"Demonic possession,"

"!" I widen my eyes in surprise.

Io smiled. "Humans that are fully possessed by demons. They're living in a human vessel and ate the human's soul."

That makes sense.

"But why a descendant possessed a human vessel?" I asked.

"I'm guessing since this baby is a descendant of gluttony, the demon who possessed the human vessel wanted to eat human's food," Io said casually.

"... Wow," I muttered under my breath. "Then, why don't all descendants possess a human body?"

"Demons are indeed the strongest being in this world. But we usually don't bother humans, because there is no Coordinator to tell us what to do. That's why It's an extremely rare case,"

"..." I remained quiet.

No wonder. I never hear about this when I'm at school. I mean, I bet they're written somewhere in a book. But It's not like I read each and one of the books in this world.

I'm too lazy.

... I'm blaming Callisto for my laziness.

"What is the name? um, for half-human and half-demon?"

"Cambion,"

"Are there a lot of them?"

"Not at all. This is the fourth time I've seen one actually. And usually, it happened between a succubus and an incubus,"

"Hehe~ I'm tempted on possessing a human vessel to do it with other human~ Doing it with an incubus is boring," Lavender giggled. I looked at her in disbelief.

I took a deep breath and massaged my head even more.

"... So what is he? A human? a demon?" I asked tiredly, implying to the sleeping baby.

"Both," Lilith and Io answered at the same time.

"... So, he'll need milk and stuff?"

"Yes,"

"Poop?"

"Correct,"

"... Where are his parents?" I asked.

Lavender looked at a snake-headed demon. She motioned him to come closer.

"This ranger is the one who found him~"

The snake-headed demon bowed down to me. "Master, I am Slither. I found this baby abandoned in a forest. His human mother was eaten alive by her husband that got possessed by a descendant of gluttony,"

"... I see. What about that descendant? where did it go?"

"I'm guessing that the descendant is back in hell or another realm. Because when I found the body that the demon possessed, the demon is not in the human's body,"

"Hm," I squinted my eyes.

All of us turn our heads toward the sleeping baby.

... Do I have to take care of this stinky baby?

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"A-A cambion?" Christopher asked me, bewildered.

I nodded my head. "Yes. Half-human, half-demon,"

"That's quite interesting. I know about them, but I never see them in my life. Or heard a Coordinator having a cambion as their demon,"

"Why?"

"Because it's still a human," Christopher shrugged. "Father and past Coordinators must've thought that it's troublesome to take care of a half-demon baby. I heard taking care of one cambion is like taking care of ten babies,"

"T-Ten?!"

"Mhm,"

... I-I can imagine how father would've felt. He already has eight sons. He wouldn't want to take care of one troublesome baby that's not even his.

"Cambions are also weaker than normal demons because they're still half-human. Another reason why Coordinators wouldn't take them,"

"I see..."

Hm, but it's still half-descendant. Is it worth it to take care of this baby?

"You're thinking of keeping it?" Christopher asked.

"Hm, I'm still thinking,"

Christopher smiled. "Ah, I see. Well anyway, I'm happy that you called me,"

I chuckled and timidly scratched the back of my head. "I'm sorry to call you out of the blue... you must be busy,"

"I am. But I would drop everything just to meet my adorable little brother~"

Heh, he's still the same.

"But brother Chris, past Coordinators have demons as their servants. Why not ask the demons to take care of the cambions?"

"That's true," Christopher hummed. "But as I said before, dear little brother, they're weaker than normal demons. It's not worth keeping them. Ack, I sounded very cruel there. I forgot that cambions are still half-human," He said, feeling flustered.

He's right. That baby is still part human.

I leaned back to the sofa with my arms crossed, thinking.

Should I keep that baby?