I cannot say anything about this environment.
"Hahaha! You fucker who fucked his own life!"
We are currently dealing against an old vampire demon who is attacking us like crazy.
We are dodging his attacks. Actually, not me but the one who is carrying me in his arms and running around the school. The godkiller, Nakajima Yusuke.
I looked at Yusuke. It looks like nothing is working against that vampire. If we don't stop him then he will turn the whole city into dust.
"You cannot do anything?"
It is a question that first comes to mind.
"Tell me. Can you do something against it?"
He dodged another bloody spear touching him. This magic is best.
"No. I cannot win against him. This is my simple answer. We need a miracle to defeat him like the sun rising or some sort of other method. If he is really a vampire then the holy water should harm him"
His answer surprised me. You are telling me that a great assassin like him also doesn't know how to deal with a vampire.
"So, you can't win against a vampire?"
"Girl! Calling him a vampire is the wrong word. He is a vampire. No, he is Dracula. Prince of Imperial"
The stakes of blood are expanding and dividing and growing like branches of trees that will always spread. It is the same thing happening. Each stake is now growing out of the school building to catch us. He is controlling the blood. It is faster than us. We are barely able to outpace it but still it is very difficult. It will soon cover the entire school area in those stakes. We will die if we get cornered in this closed space.
"Can you give me a hand? Like those illusions you used against me? I need that type of help"
"I cannot"
"What? What did you say?"
"I cannot use those illusions"
"But how? You used that against me"
How to tell him the whole truth behind that action?
"Well, the truth behind that magic is just.....that was borrowed magic"
"Borrow magic"
He smirked and started to laugh.
Borrow magic. I prefer to say it was a borrowed relic. I cannot explain things in detail because it is connected to the magic system of souls that we use and we are in the middle of battle of death and life. If I have to explain in a few words then when a person who uses this magic died then that person's relic should be able to revive him but this thing doesn't work out when both relic and user are that of opposite nature. When relics devour the soul of the user.
It is just like Harry Potter where the wand chooses you not the other way around. Relic chooses you only if it is compatible with you. If you forcefully throw yourself on it then it will devour your soul. So, I am not compatible with that relic.
"Can you help me with anything? I knew who was holding some sort of card in your skirt. Just open it!"
"Okay. Put me down"
He halted his legs. He is no longer running. He put me down.
"I don't need a miracle that will happen if I cry and pray"
I mustered my strength as those stakes were coming right towards us. I can hear the demonic laugh of Dracula who wants to suck our blood and devour souls. To kill us. His motivation of anger.
I am not weak. I can defeat him. He is a vampire and I got a weapon. I don't know if this weapon would work against this demon or not. I heard from vampire tales that in most stories, either people wait for the sun to rise in order to save themselves from Dracula or put his whole castle in flames. We don't have time to wait for the first option. So, the second option is the only one I can use at this moment.
"Yetzirah(Formation)——Hihiirokane(Bright Scarlet Metal)!"
The fire chants start to appear over my body. Before the stakes could reach us, they were vaporized.
A sword in my hand which is made up of scarlet metal. It has a vivid red color, not like rust or blood, but a radiant red.
"A shining metal of brilliant scarlet hue, bestowed from the heavenly realm. It is harder than any earthly metal, yet light as a feather. It neither rusts nor burns, and it was used by the ancient gods to forge sacred treasures, weapons, and flying vessels"
I looked at Yusuke with a shocked expression. How does he know it?! How come he is able to identify the metal of my sword? Is he familiar with my family history or something?
"I heard about this. A powerful metal"
Yusuke smirked at me.
I can do this. It's time to show him who is boss.
——
I am walking. I don't know where I am going. You can say that I am just walking aimlessly without a certain destination. Why? I don't know myself. I am just walking. Why? I cannot say for sure.
The conversation between me and Sakura senpai is still playing in my mind. You can say that her words and her actions are repeating in my mind like a loop. Endless loop from which I can never escape even if I do everything.
I am scared to judge someone's heart. I cannot understand a woman's heart.
It is true. I am scared to judge it. I don't want to ruin the friendship and relationship I build by seeing the whole picture. I only judge and see that picture which they are speaking with. I judge them based on their relationship with me.
"Am I that much heartless? Do I always hide my feelings and pretend to never understand someone's feelings?"
I look to my right.
Western style old house. No, it is wrong to call it a house. It is a mansion. Big one. One can say that in the old times of Western era, people used those houses as a defence mechanism against intruders and used it as a safe place in the war time. Maybe this house is as old as this city. This city's founders were both Japanese and other foreign allied troops, which included Italy, Germany. Big three, the master of wars and supremacy. Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy and Empire of Japan.
This is the house of the Bessmertny family. Yes, it is the home of Senpai.
Should I pay her a visit?
"I think I should pay her a visit. She was also very sick. I don't think her health is good. I should visit her"
As I move my step towards the house. My footsteps stopped. I don't know why. My heart started to beat so high. Who am I to her? Why? She got her family and her brother to take care of her. She can take care of herself as she is older than me. Why? Why am I feeling so empty? What is this feeling? I cannot understand this.
"Huh, young man. Are you confused about what to do?"
A voice came from behind. The nightmare. I can recognize this voice from anywhere, even in my dreams. The voice of that mysterious person who works as a guard of the Bessmertny family. The voice which I always hear in my dreams.
I look behind me.
Nikolai Fyodorov.
"Oh, Mr. Fyodorov!"
I took my steps a bit back. He is giving me a mock smile. His appearance looks very vague and unrecognizable sometimes to the point that it looks like he is some sort of shadow. My mind is scared of him. I cannot understand him. He is something beyond my mind. The skill that I have is that I can judge any person in my first meeting with them. But, understand him.....this is impossible. Even if I spend my whole lifetime in order to judge him then I cannot do that for sure.
"Why are you taking steps away from me, young fella? I am just your friend. An elder, that's all. Hah, don't be scared, I will not call the police over you for trying to get into mansion without any permission in the night time especially when everyone had went to their respective houses"
"I am just here to visit Senpai——I mean lady Bessmertny"
He looked at me with amusement like some writer.
"What a twist is it? Will you believe in me?"
"What type of a twist are you talking about?"
He looked at the sky. Sky is clear. You can see stars. Constellation. He is not looking at stars. He is looking at the constellations. Orion, Taurus, Canis Major, Gemini, Auriga and Eridanus among those constellations.
"Time has come. A new flow of war is going to take place. Everything is coming. The start of this event has started. All the actors are going to meet each other. A new revelation will happen. This is the will of divine might(universe). Humanity is going to soon reveal the truth behind the divinity(universe). Let this drama begin. Shall we?"
"Huh——?!"
My mind went into blanke mode. It feels like I am dreaming. It cannot be. He is speaking just like that voice always speaks in my dreams. I am confused. What is happening? Wait.....is this some sort of cryptic code that I cannot understand? Like some sort of secret code?
His eyes went back towards me.
"Are you thinking that I might be some sort of astrologer? Hmm"
I can only give him a nod.
"Are you some sort of astrologer? The thing is that——I keep hearing your voices in my dream even though I never met you before, sir. Tell me.....are those words of yours, some sort of code or different way to say that you had predicted the future?"
He didn't speak at first. The light of the moon is giving him a mysterious look. Atmosphere and shining stars that are shining in the sky are making him look more like a shadow.
"Tell me, my dear child. What is your favorite color?"
"Huh?!"
Did he just change the topic? Should I play along with him and forget this topic? If he wants to change the topic then let this happen.
"My favorite color? It is difficult to say. I have none. You can say that. I don't have any preferred color which I can say that it is my favorite"
He made some theatrical gestures. With a smile on his face, he looked at me.
"What a turn of events. A special case to hear. Abyss(void)"
"Abyss(void)?"
"The color of your soul, my friend"
"Color of my soul?"
He lifted his hands above his head with a gesture of jest.
"Each soul has its own color. The color(life) shows their drama(comedy) and destiny. The one who decides this thing is All Mighty God(Universe). No matter what we mortals do, we are always subjected to our own souls. We are bound to those colors"
"So, you are telling me that each person holds a color which indicates their destiny and life? Everything? From beginning to the end?"
He nodded his head. So, all of our actions and speech are already predetermined by these colors. What a troublesome thing in philosophy.
He looked at me again. He understood me. He understood that I wasn't able to comprehend what he was explaining.
"Let's take an example of the color red. Red is the color of those who are challengers. People with this color face most challenges in their life. They are brave and determined, full of passion to overcome the laws of the world. But, this is the reason why these people often burn themselves down in ashes as their desires reach the point of anger where they cannot let go of their pride and attachment to their normal physical world materials which leads to their downfall in far worse scenarios"
So, each color holds strength and values. They gave rise to your character. Even with those colors which gave you development and everything——those colors hold weaknesses which will pull you down. It is basically gaining success in your life and the next moment, you lose everything.
"What do you mean by color of my being——"
Before I could have said anything further.
The ground below me starts to shake. Is it an earthquake?!
"What is happening?!"
He started to laugh.
"It looks like all the actors have come together at one stage. This is the start of a new journey. Let's begin act(drama) of tonight! By the way, my dear friend, I forgot to tell you that Lady Bessmertny hadn't come back from school yet. I thought that maybe she went to meet some friend of hers"
My eyes widened. My eyes are shocked. No way! Senpai!
He is gone. He is gone! He just disappeared when I blink my eyes.
"It is no time to think about him right now. I have to go and check Senpai. Wait.....don't tell me that she is still in school?!"
I start to run. I have to save her. This night does not make sense to me. I have to find her. I am feeling uneasy that something wrong is about to happen.
——
The school. We are fighting in the school. I cannot believe that I am going to fight against this monster. A vampire. Blood is coming from my head like it is sweat.
"Damn. That bastard was able to hit me like this!"
I bite my lips.
The ground starts beneath my feet. No!
"He is here!"
I jumped back high into the air.
Ground broke. Spikes of blood come out with high speed which exceed the speed of a bullet. Maybe even at more speed. Then comes the host(user) and controller of blood. Vlad the Dracula.
"I found you!"
He laughed maniacally!
I can only think of that as I failed in my duties to keep him busy.
I step back again. The sword in my hand. It is made of special metal that none of humanity can touch. A metal that is gifted from gods.
"Kami-sama(Lord), give me thy blessing"
A chant that I mutter under my breath that I can only hear. As I finished my chant. The scarlet bright sword that I am holding in my hand caught in fire. Not on fire. My sword became the fire. The flames of heaven(Kami) itself.
But, before I could have done anything. He came right at me with great speed.
"Die bitch!"
His fist connects to my jaw. At contact, my jaw burst open. I can only yell. My teeth are gone. Probably turned into dust from the impact of his fist. Just in a short time, he punched me again. This time, I swear——I went blind. My socket is gone. My left side skull structure was crushed badly as I got slammed into the ground.
"How does it feel like to be a trash in front of me, you pussy cunt!"
I grabbed my neck as he started to strangle me. No, not that, I am feeling like he is sucking my blood. He is absorbing my blood. In terms of candidates, he has the most advantage among all of them. He absorbs souls and blood at same time. It is like an extra package for him. Making his progress rate many times better than those of other candidates.
"Not.....yet....."
"Huh?"
The sword that is flames now is still in my hand.
My sword erupts in bigger flames like in expansion as it pierces through his chest.
"Guhahhha!"
He yelled in pain as I impaled him like a tower. His body on that flame tower.
My body starts to regenerate. The souls that I had devoured throughout all of my lifetime are being used now. This magic is cheating and it is magic that any candidate is born with. Basically, every candidate got the capability to use this magic. In an instant, I used some amount of souls that I had stored to heal my whole face. My jaw, my left eye and my crushed skull are back to normal.
"How does it feel like to be impaled like you had done to those people you had fought against? Same treatment"
I touched the flame tower. It doesn't burn me. It is a holy flame. It burns the enemies to the ashes from both soul and physical. The more kills you hold, the more these flames will hurt. I took the sword from the tower.
Before I could have taken any action against him. He jumped back from that point.
"This hurts like crap! You stupid bitch. You fucking Italian spaghetti crap!"
"Oh really?"
I mocked him. He holds the greatest density among those who are present here but this relic of mine is a cheat code. None can survive against it, especially someone like him.
Before he could have taken any step or would have rushed towards me. Before he could even get a moment to think. The bullets burst through his body. Godkiller is back in action.
"A man who gives battle commentary behind a woman's back should just die"
He came out from the shadows. Nakajima Yusuke.
"What a coward you are! You all are fucking motherfuckers bitch shit!"
He yelled at us in rage.
I drop my sword on the ground. Sword expands into flames again and covers the distance between me and him. As fire caught him. His whole body starts to burn down. You can smell the roasting of flesh. A human flesh? No. A vampire kebab.
I ran at him at full speed. The sword rose from the flames. I grab the handle. A slash occurred as I cut both of his hand and his head in one swing.
The fire stopped.
"That's how you kill a vampire"
I give a mocking smile to Yusuke. The famous godkiller.
"It is not over yet!"
He returned me his smile but this smile is telling me that it was just the beginning. The real beginning of this battle.
I looked behind as burned clothes and in worse condition. No——he is back to normal. He regenerates again. The souls. No way.
He cracked his neck.
"Let's have fun, you bitch in heat"