404. Save The Children

Inside the private room,

Alexander brought the woman in and put her on a chair. Then he waved his hand and a few metal rods came and tied her hand and feet.

*Knock Knock*

"Norman, it's me, Emma,"

Norman opened the door and let the two come in. Ray was shocked seeing the scene in front of him. More shocked by seeing the bent metal rods.

"What is her name?" Alexander asked.

"Isabella," Norman answered.

"Okay, I will look into her mind first and get all the information. It is much better than verbally asking." He decided.

He probed into her mind and saw her whole life. But he soon found himself unable to hate the woman. She turned out to be just like one of the kids in the orphanage.

She just chose to become the caretaker rather than getting eaten. To survive she even had to kill off her maternal instincts, which were still in there, albeit hidden.

He also learned a few things about the world. The world was divided into two. A thousand years ago, humans and demons used to live without borders and constant fighting. Then Julius Ratri of the Ratri clan, the major power of humans gave a proposal to the leader of demons, called Him.

The promise was signed and a few years later the demons were given a few humans, whom they kept alive inside numerous Premium and Factory Farms for future human trafficking and meat farming. The orphanage he was in was one of the premium ones.

The Factory Farms were farms that mass-produced cheap orphan meat of poor quality. Orphans who were being kept in these factory farms were being kept alive in a vegetative state through machines, like monitors, to keep their organs functioning and give them oxygen, thus the machines were vital in keeping the orphans alive.

The children in these farms didn't learn languages, have names, have free will, and could not think of escaping because they were kept in a comatose state their whole lives. There were supposed to be hundreds of them. It was really sickening for Alexander.

Beyond this, not much was known about the inner society of demons. Isabella was only responsible for taking care of the children and making sure they grow happily.

"Okay, let's wake her up," he said after coming out of her mind.

He looked at the dark-haired boy from the corner of the eye, who was supposed to be her son. Isabella woke up with a big jump. She instantly tried to stand up but couldn't under the restraints.

"Resistance is futile, look where you are sitting," he reminded her.

She realized what had transpired and looked at her locked hands and feet. "Who are you?"

"A god for ones like these little ones and a monster for the sinners like demons. What you want me to become entirely depends on your choice of the next words. Tell me, is there a way through which you can make demons come here?" He asked.

She was going to say no but he stopped, "Don't lie to me. I can detect lies."

"Yes, I have a system built here to contact the outside world." She confessed.

"Good, I want you to do it. Ask for a demon to come here. I don't care what you tell him." He ordered her.

"Free me first," she demanded.

Alexander waved his hand and the metal rods unwrapped around her. She, Emma, and Ray who had not seen him do this earlier were shocked.

"Do it," he nudged her. She eventually used her communication device and called for help.

"Good, now I want you to be honest about Ray with everyone, Isabella," Alexander said, this time sounding a bit softer.

Her eyes widened hearing this. She was even more shocked thinking how this man knew about her secret.

Ray already knew that Isabella was his mother from a long time ago but he was shocked about how he knew that, but considering he said he was going to read her mind, Ray quickly found the reason.

Alexander still looked at Isabella. He was going a bit easier on the woman. He could understand that even if she had fought the demons to protect the children, she would have just been killed and replaced, the farm would keep on working like it always has been.

She gulped her saliva and looked at Ray, "I am Ray's mother,"

"WHAT?!" Emma and Norman exclaimed at the same time.

"How is this possible? I thought we were all orphans here and why would you do this to Ray if he was your son?" Emma asked in disbelief.

"Because If I didn't act then they would have noticed and taken him away from here. I tried to save him." She confessed.

Alexander decided to step in for her, "She is not lying, Emma. Come, I will show you, only then will you believe it."

Emma quickly took his offer and walked to him. Alexander touched her forehead with his index finger and she instantly got flooded with images of Isabella's early life.

From the orphan days to the present. By the end of it, she had a small tear in the corner of her eyes. She looked Isabella with a sad face, "You were just like us? An orphan?"

Isabella sadly nodded, "I still am,"

Ray didn't know about the past of his mother so he and Norman were startled by this new bit of information, but it all made sense to them now. They always thought about how a human can be as heartless as Isabella. It turned out, she wasn't heartless, she was just as scared as they were. She was trapped as they were.

*DING DING*

The doorbell sounded. Isabella twitched, realizing who it probably was, "They have arrived, quick, you should hide. If they saw you they would kill everyone here."

"No need to worry, it won't be us dying," Alexander replied and walked out. There he saw Dobby handling the two demons like dolls. He had the two held by their necks.

"Bring them to the dining hall. Let's reveal everything to the kids so they can understand what condition they are in." He announced.

He looked at Isabella, "You will tell them everything honestly. If you do this, I promise to provide you a safe passage to human land with your son."

Isabella quickly made a decision and firmly nodded.

"Good, follow me."

Alexander went to the noisy dinner hall where various dishes were spread on the table and the children were having fun eating them.

"Okay, little ones, I want your attention here, listen to you mama carefully." He announced.

Then Isabella went on to tell the truth about the reality of the farm. Then Alexander showed them the deformed demons.

The children were horrified by this but Dobby and Alexander helped them with Chomei and Kurama cheering them on.

"You don't have to fear anymore as I am here now. Just sit tight and wait, I will solve everything." He assured them.

"I knew something was fishy about this place." Phil stood up and spoke.

Alexander was surprised as the boy was just 4 years old and still had doubts about the place. Then he remembered that all the kids there were supposed to have a very high IQ.

"Yes, little one, your doubts were right. You all will stay here while I go out and solve the problems, okay?" He said and dragged the two demons with him.

He also looked into their memories. He learned that there were in total 5 premium farms and hundreds of factory farms. He learned that the demons were a totally new species of mindless creatures at the beginning. But after they started eating humans, they started growing intelligent.

After a long time of eating them, they finally developed their own societies and their own food chains. If they stop eating human meat now they will start degrading and become mindless beasts.

They had chosen to eat children because they were easy to control and their young minds were a better source of minerals to them. While most of the demon population ate children from the factory farms, the elite and rich ate those from Premium Farms because the kids from there were smarter and lived a healthy life which according to them made them tastier.

Alexander was in a dilemma of judgment. Should labeling the Demons as sinners be the right thing to do? Weren't humans also sinners for doing the same with their cattle? The Demons saw humans as their food and saw nothing wrong with eating them, just like humans saw some animals.

~No, they are sinners because what they are doing now is not a necessity anymore. They are doing this to enjoy their meals, they even torture their food sometimes. There may be good demons too but there were a hell of a lot more bad ones. Including humans, this Ratri clan, who sold children and now controls the whole child trade.~

Alexander took out his phone and called Ragnarok, "Raggy, round up all the demons in the world securely. I will start judging them."

"All right, boss." Ragnarok got to work.

"Dobby, you take care of the human side of the world. This Ratri clan is the one that is responsible for catching if anyone from these farms runs away." He ordered.

"Okay, boss." Dobby vanished from the spot.

Alexander also released a hundred thousand T-800 droids under the command of a hundred Seraphs that will secure all the Premium and Factory farms and save the children.

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