“I want…… to live…… Now, when I have…… only just……”
Fallen in love.
She had learned affection. She had felt warmth. She thought she finally understood what happiness was.
Why try to take her life from her now, of all times?
Her resentment overflowed as sobs rather than words. Nevertheless, the woman’s assessment could not have been plainer.
“That is precisely why you are unacceptable.”
Her tone resembled a researcher observing the result of an experiment. Inorganic, yet filled with certainty. Those blood-red eyes scattered a bewitching light within the shadows.
“You never harbored questions before. Nor did you fear death…… But what of now? Nothing remains but a pitiful lamb resisting fate.”
At last, the demon slowly rose.
Only then could the girl take in her surroundings. She had failed to pay attention before, but something about this space felt alien.
They were indoors.
It appeared to be the interior of an old cabin. Judging from the thick layer of dust, no one had lived there for a long time. No, the rotting wood visible throughout the dwelling alone made that clear.
This was an abandoned house. An extraordinarily old one.
“In the distant past, a fierce…