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[March 30, 1875 06:40:42]
Makiri Yuuki is one of my childhood friends. He is a serious person but we get along together well. Many years ago, I disliked him for being too serious and rational but now I think that having a straight person in our friend circle is not so bad. He’s the most composed and mature compared to us three.
I think I consider him to be my most valuable friend because we share a very similar circumstance. This phenomenon called “Magic”. He is also involved in that kind of dangerous situation. Knowing magic can definitely harm yourself, as well as others. He said that his family is a practitioner of magic and he will someday become the head of the family.
“…..this way.”
“Oh, yeah.Right.”
I immediately walk toward him.
We are currently going to the shrine. This shrine is the same as ever, a worn-off torii, a stairs that’s too hard to climb, the chozuya and the toro are still the same, the worship hall and the main hall is still probably the same. I almost panic when I saw the red barrier near us getting stronger day by day but Serene said that we should wait until the vampire that she was currently hunting makes a move. I can understand that she is being cautious but that vampire may kill another person again. Just the thought that the vampire will soon attack someone I knew give me a severe chills on my shoulders.
“By the way, who’s the girl you’re walking with several days ago?”
Suddenly, a surprise attack!
“Err- well… I…”
Will I tell her? Will I not? I wanted to hide the fact that I know her since she’s a foreigner.
“Oi, I’m not interrogating you or something so don’t make that face.”
“Eh? Really?”
What a relief. I can’t introduce her to him because I don’t want him to be involved in this matter… Oh, wait.. HE is already involved. I almost forgot that he is a practitioner of Magecraft. But still, his involvement and her situation are irrelevant so there’s no need to spill the beans.
“Well then, do you mind telling who that girl is?”
“Ummm… you know, it’s that….”
“Just. Tell. Me. Already!”
With him making a really scary face, I cannot help but to hesitate while answering his questions.
“She… She’s an old friend.”
I… partly lied. It is true that she is my friend but... Our friendship is quite complicated. Serene tried to incapacitate me several times in the past because of my relationship with Buch der Weisheit. Anyway, that’s history. It is an experience full of pain and agony but it is still meaningful to me.
“Heh. You’re too obvious… I guess I’ll just leave it at that.”
Seriously, why are you pressing on that topic, huh? Maybe… You’re jealous….? Since I got to spend some time with a girl of my age…hehehehe. I can’t help but make a devious grin…
Or what am I, an idiot?
“….Hey, Naoto.”
“What?”
“….”
Is it just me, or the atmosphere here is getting tense?
“Do you have a wish?”
What? Why did he suddenly ask a strange question?
“I… certainly has one. Why did you ask?”
“… Nothing.”
Weird. It is unusual for him to ask questions of that caliber. Normally, he would ask something like “What will you do from now on?” or “Is this what you want?” but he asked me a question that doesn’t suit a rational and realistic person like him. In other words, he’s an extreme realist.
“Then… can you tell me what is it?”
….
I gaze at the Ema in front of us. It is true that I have so many wishes but I can’t really put it into appropriate words that he can understand. I have a complex feeling about my thoughts, on whether I’m sure about it or not. I contemplate about it, and after several minutes of thinking, I finally thought of an answer that can satisfy me.
“I―”
Before I can even proclaim my wish to him, the back of my head felt a sudden chill.
―This feeling…
“Yuuki, run!”
I bring out my hidden knife and turn around, and then I slash several times in my front.
“Lucky… Yuuki-kun, are you alright?”
I said that without looking at him. Knowing him, he probably had deflected all of “it”.
I’m quite lucky since my body reacted by itself to an incoming attack from a hostile existence. I’m sure that if I don’t have this eyes, the bones that was thrown at as will surely pierce my bod―
Wait a minute.
“B― Bones?”
I confirm it again with my own eyes.
Bones.
Small, thin and almost six inches long. I can’t imagine this thing being thrown by someone but the sight of bones on my feet is more than enough to bring me back to reality. I stare at it, and thankfully, it is not of a human’s. I don’t really need to confirm because I personally knew the structure and looks of a human bone.
“I never heard of this before. Yuuki-kun, what are your thoughts about it?
―Since we don’t know the position of the attacker, we cannot blindly attack him.”
Without lowering my guard, I slowly turn my head to him…. And in my surprise, rather than seeing him alone, what I see now is a weird person with a mask of a skull.
!!!
Where is he? And who is that suspicious –looking woman? Wait. Maybe she’s the attacker?
While I’m being confused right now, a familiar voice started ringing through my ears.
“Don’t worry, Naoto-kun. I am safe. My servant protected me.
More importantly, we should go to a place where we can fully defend ourselves. Assassin, can you please lead us the way.”
“I understand. Please follow me, master.”
Wha―? Who is that woman? Did he say “servant”? If it’s true then what a strong-looking servant that he had. I never knew that Makiris can create a servant of this level. Usually, servants are familiars that are vengeful spirits or common evil spirits from nature that the magi usually summon.
Unfortunately, his servant goes directly to the stairs. Shit― this is bad. Is that servant is expecting us to run down the stairs? You’ve got to be kidding me. If were not careful, we can die by falling on it. His servant was just making our lives at risk more.
“Yuuki!!”
Immediately shout at him.
“―don‘t do it!!!”
But it seems that he cannot hear me…
Shit! I can’t stop him. He’s too far from me now. What should I do now…?
My head is spinning right now. I can’t make proper judgment like this! What I need to do now is to save him. Then suddenly―
“―Ack!”
My right shoulder was stuck by small bones. I feel a sharp pain on it. I immediately fall into the ground on my left.
“D―Damn it! I… I’m this… weak?”
While holding my right shoulder, I try to get up but I can’t. It seems I can’t move my left leg, I don’t know why but it feels kinda numb.
In the past, I was also injured like this… No, I was injured to the point that I’m close to death. Luckily, Buch was there to help me.
While struggling to get up, I feel an ominous presence in front of me.
“Of course, you’re just an ordinary human. No ordinary human can beat a higher being like us.” He said with the intention of mocking me.
A handsome man with a tuxedo suit? No, this presence… He is―!
“You… You’re a vampire? No, you’re almost a vampire, right? Yet you’re still incomplete.”
“Woah, woah, woah. You can tell? Ha! Then it means that you’re no ordinary human. But still, you’re weak.”
I knew it. He’s… a living dead. But it’s impossible for him to create a barrier like that….
“Well, it seems I can’t kill you now. There’s something approaching us, you know? Something different from you’re friend. But don’t worry; I’ll kill him first before you. HAHAHAHAHAHA! I’ll kill him and savor the flesh of his skin with my mouth to my heart’s content. Nyahahahaha!”
He’s laughing so hard that he almost bends his body backwards.
“Well, well. It looks like someone got far ahead with himself.”
He’s not scared at all. As expected of him. But, where did the woman with a strange mask gone off?
“―What!?Heh.You a moron?Ahahahahahh!” the living dead said as he sticks out his tongue to lick his fingers and point them to Yuuki while laughing.
“No, Yuuki!! He’s―”
“Shut up for a while, okay? I can handle this mutt.”
Eh? He’s crazy! There’s no way that he can― eh?
Before I can even finish my rebuke, the man with a tuxedo sharply fall on his knees and starts to cough out blood.
“… *cough*… What… What did… *cough*… you do to meee!!!!?”
“Nothing. I did nothing at all.”
“That’s….i―impossible. H―How can… ack … this b―be?”
Eh? What did JUST happen? He was there standing a minute ago… and then he suddenly… By the way, where is Yuuki-kun’s servant? I decided to take a glance at him….
“….”
Don’t tell me―! No, it’s impossible. But just to be sure…
I activated my eyes and start looking around.
….
…….
……………… this is―
Makiri Yuuki is one of my childhood friends. He is a serious person but we get along together well. Many years ago, I disliked him for being too serious and rational but now I think that having a straight person in our friend circle is not so bad. He’s the most composed and mature compared to us three.
I think I consider him to be my most valuable friend because we share a very similar circumstance. This phenomenon called “Magic”. He is also involved in that kind of dangerous situation. Knowing magic can definitely harm yourself, as well as others. He said that his family is a practitioner of magic and he will someday become the head of the family.
“…..this way.”
“Oh, yeah.Right.”
I immediately walk toward him.
We are currently going to the shrine. This shrine is the same as ever, a worn-off torii, a stairs that’s too hard to climb, the chozuya and the toro are still the same, the worship hall and the main hall is still probably the same. I almost panic when I saw the red barrier near us getting stronger day by day but Serene said that we should wait until the vampire that she was currently hunting makes a move. I can understand that she is being cautious but that vampire may kill another person again. Just the thought that the vampire will soon attack someone I knew give me a severe chills on my shoulders.
“By the way, who’s the girl you’re walking with several days ago?”
Suddenly, a surprise attack!
“Err- well… I…”
Will I tell her? Will I not? I wanted to hide the fact that I know her since she’s a foreigner.
“Oi, I’m not interrogating you or something so don’t make that face.”
“Eh? Really?”
What a relief. I can’t introduce her to him because I don’t want him to be involved in this matter… Oh, wait.. HE is already involved. I almost forgot that he is a practitioner of Magecraft. But still, his involvement and her situation are irrelevant so there’s no need to spill the beans.
“Well then, do you mind telling who that girl is?”
“Ummm… you know, it’s that….”
“Just. Tell. Me. Already!”
With him making a really scary face, I cannot help but to hesitate while answering his questions.
“She… She’s an old friend.”
I… partly lied. It is true that she is my friend but... Our friendship is quite complicated. Serene tried to incapacitate me several times in the past because of my relationship with Buch der Weisheit. Anyway, that’s history. It is an experience full of pain and agony but it is still meaningful to me.
“Heh. You’re too obvious… I guess I’ll just leave it at that.”
Seriously, why are you pressing on that topic, huh? Maybe… You’re jealous….? Since I got to spend some time with a girl of my age…hehehehe. I can’t help but make a devious grin…
Or what am I, an idiot?
“….Hey, Naoto.”
“What?”
“….”
Is it just me, or the atmosphere here is getting tense?
“Do you have a wish?”
What? Why did he suddenly ask a strange question?
“I… certainly has one. Why did you ask?”
“… Nothing.”
Weird. It is unusual for him to ask questions of that caliber. Normally, he would ask something like “What will you do from now on?” or “Is this what you want?” but he asked me a question that doesn’t suit a rational and realistic person like him. In other words, he’s an extreme realist.
“Then… can you tell me what is it?”
….
I gaze at the Ema in front of us. It is true that I have so many wishes but I can’t really put it into appropriate words that he can understand. I have a complex feeling about my thoughts, on whether I’m sure about it or not. I contemplate about it, and after several minutes of thinking, I finally thought of an answer that can satisfy me.
“I―”
Before I can even proclaim my wish to him, the back of my head felt a sudden chill.
―This feeling…
“Yuuki, run!”
I bring out my hidden knife and turn around, and then I slash several times in my front.
“Lucky… Yuuki-kun, are you alright?”
I said that without looking at him. Knowing him, he probably had deflected all of “it”.
I’m quite lucky since my body reacted by itself to an incoming attack from a hostile existence. I’m sure that if I don’t have this eyes, the bones that was thrown at as will surely pierce my bod―
Wait a minute.
“B― Bones?”
I confirm it again with my own eyes.
Bones.
Small, thin and almost six inches long. I can’t imagine this thing being thrown by someone but the sight of bones on my feet is more than enough to bring me back to reality. I stare at it, and thankfully, it is not of a human’s. I don’t really need to confirm because I personally knew the structure and looks of a human bone.
“I never heard of this before. Yuuki-kun, what are your thoughts about it?
―Since we don’t know the position of the attacker, we cannot blindly attack him.”
Without lowering my guard, I slowly turn my head to him…. And in my surprise, rather than seeing him alone, what I see now is a weird person with a mask of a skull.
!!!
Where is he? And who is that suspicious –looking woman? Wait. Maybe she’s the attacker?
While I’m being confused right now, a familiar voice started ringing through my ears.
“Don’t worry, Naoto-kun. I am safe. My servant protected me.
More importantly, we should go to a place where we can fully defend ourselves. Assassin, can you please lead us the way.”
“I understand. Please follow me, master.”
Wha―? Who is that woman? Did he say “servant”? If it’s true then what a strong-looking servant that he had. I never knew that Makiris can create a servant of this level. Usually, servants are familiars that are vengeful spirits or common evil spirits from nature that the magi usually summon.
Unfortunately, his servant goes directly to the stairs. Shit― this is bad. Is that servant is expecting us to run down the stairs? You’ve got to be kidding me. If were not careful, we can die by falling on it. His servant was just making our lives at risk more.
“Yuuki!!”
Immediately shout at him.
“―don‘t do it!!!”
But it seems that he cannot hear me…
Shit! I can’t stop him. He’s too far from me now. What should I do now…?
My head is spinning right now. I can’t make proper judgment like this! What I need to do now is to save him. Then suddenly―
“―Ack!”
My right shoulder was stuck by small bones. I feel a sharp pain on it. I immediately fall into the ground on my left.
“D―Damn it! I… I’m this… weak?”
While holding my right shoulder, I try to get up but I can’t. It seems I can’t move my left leg, I don’t know why but it feels kinda numb.
In the past, I was also injured like this… No, I was injured to the point that I’m close to death. Luckily, Buch was there to help me.
While struggling to get up, I feel an ominous presence in front of me.
“Of course, you’re just an ordinary human. No ordinary human can beat a higher being like us.” He said with the intention of mocking me.
A handsome man with a tuxedo suit? No, this presence… He is―!
“You… You’re a vampire? No, you’re almost a vampire, right? Yet you’re still incomplete.”
“Woah, woah, woah. You can tell? Ha! Then it means that you’re no ordinary human. But still, you’re weak.”
I knew it. He’s… a living dead. But it’s impossible for him to create a barrier like that….
“Well, it seems I can’t kill you now. There’s something approaching us, you know? Something different from you’re friend. But don’t worry; I’ll kill him first before you. HAHAHAHAHAHA! I’ll kill him and savor the flesh of his skin with my mouth to my heart’s content. Nyahahahaha!”
He’s laughing so hard that he almost bends his body backwards.
“Well, well. It looks like someone got far ahead with himself.”
He’s not scared at all. As expected of him. But, where did the woman with a strange mask gone off?
“―What!?Heh.You a moron?Ahahahahahh!” the living dead said as he sticks out his tongue to lick his fingers and point them to Yuuki while laughing.
“No, Yuuki!! He’s―”
“Shut up for a while, okay? I can handle this mutt.”
Eh? He’s crazy! There’s no way that he can― eh?
Before I can even finish my rebuke, the man with a tuxedo sharply fall on his knees and starts to cough out blood.
“… *cough*… What… What did… *cough*… you do to meee!!!!?”
“Nothing. I did nothing at all.”
“That’s….i―impossible. H―How can… ack … this b―be?”
Eh? What did JUST happen? He was there standing a minute ago… and then he suddenly… By the way, where is Yuuki-kun’s servant? I decided to take a glance at him….
“….”
Don’t tell me―! No, it’s impossible. But just to be sure…
I activated my eyes and start looking around.
….
…….
……………… this is―
