Chapter 3 - Demonic Eye of Corruption (1/?)

As midnight rolled around, Mutsuki was lying in bed inside the roomprepared for him. He had turned out the lights, but he was having trouble getting to sleep.

It may have been the new bed and it may have been how strangely clear his mind was.

Only about eight hours had passed since school had let out, but so very much had happened. He was exhausted as if he had redone his entire life two or three times and his body refused to relax.

He had received more of an explanation, so he now had a general understanding of the situation.

It was sounding like he would need to give up on a portion of his life. Just as Micha had said, he would have to live here. For today, he had called home to say he was sleeping over at a friend's house.

"…"

He rolled over and looked across the room that was empty save for the bed. He had turned off the lights, but he had not shut the curtains. The moon was bright tonight, so perhaps that was why he could not sleep.

He had wanted to be somewhere bright, so he had not felt like closing them.

Whenever he shut his eyes, the exciting events of the day played back in his mind's eye.

He was wearing the shirt of his school uniform and boxers since he did not have any pajamas with him, but the memories were enough to soak the shirt with sweat.

Micha had explained it all again earlier.

None of it felt real, but he had a general understanding now.

He had a strange characteristic called the Serpent's Eye.

He did not doubt that part. He had seen it and he had seen Chiaki go crazy from its power.

And there were two groups who wanted the Serpent's eye.

One was the demons. That meant the boy named Lucia and the black liquid creatures known as Succubi. Based on what he had heard, the demons were not human.

The other was FeTUS. This one was a human organization and they were the ones who had controlled the Porsche and police car. They were led by high-ranking individuals known as the FeTUS Witches and when they "wound the spring" of a machine, it became a Springloaded. They were not limited to cars and could affect airplanes, satellites, cellphones, or anything else.

The Serpent's Eye was powerful enough to throw the world out of balance if it were misused.

The ones protecting the bearer of the Serpent's Eye were the angels.

They had joined together to protect the human world and were trying to come up with a countermeasure against the demons and FeTUS. Ange and Micha belonged to that group and they would protect Mutsuki until a countermeasure was found.

In other words…

(I can't live at home for a while. I bet Mutsumi-chan will cry.)

Doing what the angels said seemed like the wisest decision. He wanted to avoid having his family attacked by that sticky black water or those walking cars.

When it started to hit home that he was the target of those bizarre things, he began sweating even more. He rolled onto his side to let the heat escape, but then the sweat appeared on his forehead.

Inhuman monsters and a group with the superhuman knowledge to control machines were both trying to pluck out his eyeball.

It was such an unreal reality. And the events of this day were enough to know he could not write it all off as a dream.

Thinking about it all brought a chill to his chest and spine. He kept tossing and turning to escape these thoughts.

It sounded like his only option was to rely on Micha and Ange.

(Not that I feel particularly welcomed.)

When he remembered his other roommate, he felt depressed for a different reason.

"Um… Nice to meet you Ange-san."

"…"

"Um…"

"Just to be clear, I'm only protecting you because it's my duty. I don't actually like humans."

"Uuh…"

"And I hate pathetic guys and perverted guys most of all!"

Things had been like that ever since she had learned he was staying here.

It was not an easy situation for a pacifist (or rather, weak-willed person) like Mutsuki.

(I won't argue with pathetic, but how can she call me perverted. It wasn't my fault.)

Even if it was not his fault, he started to picture her nude body, so he shook his head to clear it away. However, the image seemed to have been burned into his retinas, so it refused to disappear.

At the same time, he became aware that he was in the same apartment as a beautiful woman and beautiful girl he had only just met today. Not only that, but this was going to be his home now. That kept him awake all the more.

And then…

"Mutsuki-kun? I'm coming in."

He heard a voice from outside the room. Before he could answer, the door opened and Micha stepped in with a small plate in her hand.

"I brought an aroma to help calm you."

She seemed to know he was awake and could not sleep. The plate was filled with oil and she placed it on the bedside table. She snapped her fingers and a fingertip-sized flame appeared above the plate. It seemed to be something like an aroma candle.

When he tried to sit up, she held out a hand to stop him and sat down next to him.

He looked up and saw her illuminated by the moon and candlelight.

The wild aura of her brown skin was neutralized by the gentle light. He noticed all over again how beautiful she was and grew embarrassed. Her blonde hair absorbed as much of the faint light as possible and gave off the stickily sweet aroma of an adult woman.

She stuck her finger in the warm aroma oil and softly stroked his cheek.

"Don't worry about Ange. She doesn't know much about the human world, so she's a little on edge. She's actually a really good girl."

He felt her palm sliding across his skin and smelled the faint aroma of olives coming from the oil. Entranced, he narrowed his eyes.

But that peaceful atmosphere only lasted a moment because Micha seemed to completely change her tone of voice.

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