There was a worry for a boy as young as him to be out alone at night. It was only when you knelt to be eye level with Rui that the moon gave a beam that illuminated his features.

But it was too late to run.

You were caught in his web. The razor-sharp threads were cutting onto your skin as they forced you to kneel.

"Will you take care of me?" The spider demon echoed as he loosened his threads on your skin, allowing you to speak.

"Will you... be my family?"