I can feel a mysterious atmosphere ahead of me. My body is shaking insanely. The shaking gets stronger. It’s a man. There is a man wearing a suit, glaring at me. He is glaring at me with fierce eyes. It feels like my body will freeze just by looking into his eyes. Isn’t this what you call killing intent? I can definitely feel hostility from him. No, this is something more dangerous. This is definitely killing intent! The man walks closer, silently. He’s walking towards me! So he is after me! A pervert!? A dangerous person!? Am I in trouble!? This is bad! That’s because my body hasn’t stopped shaking! Why did I have to encounter some dangerous guy on my way home!? “This is rare. To meet someone like you in a place like this.”
…………? What is he saying? No no, it isn't weird if crazy people like him talk nonsense. So he is a dangerous guy after all! Oh shit! What should I do if he takes out a knife!? I don’t know any self defence martial arts, nor have I ever had a fight before! I-I know! My strength which powers up during night! That’s it! I can use it to run away from here! Walking backwards, I put some distance between us. The guy who is releasing a perverted atmosphere starts to walk towards me. “Trying to run away? Who is your Master? It must be a person with a very low rank or with a weird hobby to choose this place as a territory. So, who is your Master?”
I don’t even know what the heck you are saying! STEP! I turn around and sprint to the place I came from at full speed. Fast. I’m insanely fast. It’s weird for me to say this, but the speed of my legs during night is insane. I just continue to run while going through different streets at night. I keep on running and go into unfamiliar streets. I haven’t lost my breath yet. I can keep on running. If that’s the case, then I’m going to run until he can’t catch up to me! After around 15 minutes, I come into an open area. —It’s a park. I stop running, and walk instead. I walk up to the water fountain while inhaling some air. I look around the park under the street lamp. Something feels mysterious about this place. —I know this place. I remember this park……
That’s right. This is the last place I visited on my date with Yuuma-chan! Man, what a coincidence, or should I call it a miracle? Did I come here unconsciously? That can’t be……
CHILLS
I feel chills on my back. Someone is behind me…… That’s what I feel. I turn around slowly, and a black feather drops in front of me. Is it a feather of a crow? No, this isn’t. “Did you think I’d let you escape? That’s why lowly beings are a pain to handle.”
The person who appeared in front of me is a man wearing a suit and he has black wings growing out of his back. It’s the suspicious guy from before. …An angel? No no, this isn’t a fairy tale, so that can’t be!? Is it cosplay? It looks too real for cosplay. Are those r-real wings? No way! “Tell me the name of your Master. It’s a hindrance to get bothered by your kind. For that, we will…… Wait, are you a “Stray”? If you have no Master, then that will explain the worried expression on your face.”
The suspicious guy is mumbling to himself. Don’t make up stuff on your own! The situation is serious, but I suddenly remember the incident I had in my dream. The dream about that date. At the very end of that dream, I was killed by Yuuma-chan exactly in front of this water fountain. Yeah, by the Yuuma-chan who had black wings growing out of her back. And there is a guy with black wings in front of me. …Is this the thing where a dream becomes reality? Hey hey, how did a hot chick turn into a guy!? No, that’s not important! What’s important is the situation I’m currently in! If this is going according to that dream, then the next thing that will happen to me is—
“Hmph. I don’t feel any presence of your Master nor your comrades. I don’t see anything that is trying to hide its presence either. And there's no magic-circle appearing here. According to the current situation, you are a “Stray”. So it won’t be a problem if I kill you.”
The guy who just said some scary stuff raises his hand. No matter how you look at it, his hand is directed towards me! I can hear a noise. I know this phenomenon. Something that looks like light starts to gather in his hand. Hold on a sec, this fantasy stuff should just stay in the dream! The light then shapes itself into something resembling a spear. A spear—
So it is a spear! I was pierced in my stomach by that thing in my dream, and I went through hell! —I’m going to get killed! By the time I realise it, it has already pierced my stomach. Then something comes out from my mouth. Gough. Lots of blood comes out of my mouth, followed by intense pain. It hurts. It hurts so much! I fall down on my knees, on the spot. I can feel my insides getting burnt. The pain spreads throughout my body, and it hurts so much that I can’t stand it. Intense pain……doesn't even start to describe this pain! I try to pull out the spear with my hand, but the pain spreads to my hand as soon as I touch it. It’s hot. It’s extremely hot. There are burn marks on the places that touched the spear. “Guu……aaaah……”
I start to whine. It hurts. It hurts so much! Since my hand is in this state, is the spear burning my insides? When I thought like that, the pain increased. So this is how it feels like to get your inside burnt? My tears aren’t stopping due to the intense pain. Step, step. Then there is the sound of footsteps coming towards me. I look up, and the mysterious man makes another spear in his hand. “It must hurt. Light is poisonous to beings like you. Getting hit by it will result in fatal damage. I thought this weakened spear would be enough to kill you, but your body is tougher than I thought. So, I will hit you with it again. But this time, I will put a bit more strength into it. Now you are done for.”
Is he trying to finish me off!? I'll be killed if I get hit by that thing again! As I'm thinking, I start to look back on the dream I had. Crimson. The brilliant crimson colour will……
No, there is no way she will help me. That was a dream. So is this also a dream, then? If it’s a dream, then please help me. Even if it’s a dream, I don’t want to be in this situation! HYU
When I thought I heard the sound of the wind, an explosion materialises in front of me. When I look up, there is smoke coming from the palm of that man’s hand. There is blood spilling out of his hand. “Don’t you dare touch him.”
A woman walks past me. Crimson hair. I can tell who it is, even just by her back. It’s that person I saw in my dream—
I wasn’t able to see her face in that dream. But now I’m certain that she was the person from my dream. “……Crimson hair…… You must be a woman from the House of Gremory……”
The man glares at the woman with crimson hair with eyes full of hatred. “My name is Rias Gremory. How are you doing, Fallen Angel-san? If you are trying to hurt this boy, then I won’t hold back. “
Rias Gremory. Yes, she is the senior student at my school.