Owari no Seraph – Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe v4c1

Title: A Night of Desires

Disclaimer: This is a fan-made translation from Chinese translations! Please go easy and enlighten us on any mistakes or deviations from the original light novel. All credit goes to the original author and illustrators. - Hyaka and Kuro Shion

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A voice rang out in the darkness.

“Hey Guren.”

“…..”

“Eh Guren.”

“…….”

“Reply me, Guren.”

“…..Yeah?”

Following that, Guren Ichinose cracked open his eyes a little bit. He was in a rather strange place.

The environment was completely white.

He had never seen such a place before.

Guren was standing alone in the pure white space.

“……Where am I?”

He looked around and whispered.

A voice behind him replied.

“……In your heart~”

“Eh? Who are you?”

Turning back, he saw a young boy standing in the middle of the white space.

A rather beautiful boy.

He looked about 12 years old.

Pale skin.

Scarlet eyes.

Red hair.

A pair of horns sprouting from his head.

“…..”

An Oni.

He is an Oni.

He has demon horns which resembled those described in fairy tales.

Guren suddenly remembered. The current state he was in.

He touched the blade.

He touched the curse prepared by Mahiru.

Now he was here. In his heart.

Guren looked at the Oni and said.

“…..No wonder. Are you here to snatch away my consciousness? Oni?”

In this pristine white world, the beautiful Oni smiled.

“What an ugly way of putting it. You are the one who want me, Guren.”

“………”

The Oni laughed merrily. Indeed. The one craving for power is me. Even if I know I must not touch it, I still went past the boundary and touched the forbidden.

“I am very glad that Guren want me. You want power? Choosing me was the best choice ♪. If you meld with me, Guren would definitely become strong.”

Saying that, the Oni smiled.

Taking a step forward, darkness diffused across where the Oni landed on.

“…..”

That very moment, it felt as if everything I hold dear to me has evaporated.

It felt like irreplaceable things such as warmth and humanity have diminished.

He realised what just happened. He realised that he was now struggling for control with the Oni. Every time the Oni walked closer, his humanity declined.

If I lost, I’ll probably lose all traces of rational thought.

Wild.

A wild Oni.

Just like Mahiru, losing all rationality.

Both the body and the soul would be snatched away.

Knowing this, Guren said.

“Don’t come nearer, Oni.”

The Oni grinned mischievously.

“Ah haha. Nope. Coming close now ♪ “

The Oni took another step.

His rationality decreased again.

“I will not lose to you.”

“I’m not your enemy. You are the one who called for me. It’s Guren who kept saying he want he want, he want power or something and called me.”

The Oni took another step.

His rationality decreased yet again.

Guren glowered at the Oni.

“Don’t say my name casually, Oni.”

“Ayeaye~ let me say it. Anyway, we are unable to be separated for the rest of eternity. Ah, thus, you can call me by my name too. I’m . Call it. Call it and I’ll bring you a night of extreme ecstasy.”     

The Oni came nearer.

His rationality dwindled.

Turning back, Guren did not notice that the pristine white world had been painted black.

Pitch black darkness enveloped the entire area.

His heartbeat and breaths increased.

He could feel excitement and fear bouncing around in his body.

This was desire.

Strong desires that had started to expand in his heart.

The next thing he knew, Noya was already standing beside. One more centimeter forward and the Oni would bump into his body.

His head was near to Guren’s waist. The Oni was looking up with palpable excitement.

One more centimetre.

Just one more centimetre remaining.

But Noya stopped and said.

“Eh Guren. Eh eh Guren. Look look, I have walked closer. However, I want you to close the last centimetre on your own.”

“…….”

“Desire me. Hug me. Accept me with your heart and body. With that, you will……”

“……”

The Oni laughed mockingly.

“…..Be able to protect everything.”

His words were alluring.

“Mahiru, father, subordinates, friends and even your dignity. You managed to protect none of them. This is the first time in your life when you could protect everything.”

Guren looked at Noya.

Noya was smiling.

Smiling happily.

The world was already very dark.

Brimming with darkness.

I no longer have the power to find the light.

There’s no more time left anyway.

To save my comrades and subordinates, I don’t have time left to hesitate.

Noya was smiling, fully aware of this.

“Ah, are you saying that you want to continue denying? Continue saying this is not the right time yet or something? I like such people too. I like people who, in order to protect themselves, live in ugly denial. However, I heard Guren is different. I heard you are different.”

“From who?”

“Mahiru. She said you are gentle, beautiful, humane and cute. That’s why you will definitely come over to this side. Her words are true. I like you the moment I saw you♪.”

“…….”

“You are imaginative, gentle and frail. No wonder you make people like you without hesitation. If you partner up with me, you can become strong immediately!”

“…..”

“Well, however, we don’t need to be so rush. I am going to become you eventually. You are going to become an Oni anyway. Even if you don’t close the distance now, you are still going to do it one day.”

“…….”

“You can’t protect anyone, kill everyone…… feed on your despair and become an Oni. Even if it’s like that, it’s fine too. I can’t stop you from becoming an Oni. After all, there is Oni mixed with your body.”

“……….”

“What are you going to do next? Move forward? Stop? By the way, there’s not much time left. Mito-chan and others are alive now because Mahiru is protecting them. But once you ponder for ten more seconds, everything will be too late. So if you want to stop it, then take my power before things end up that way. Alright, I’ll start the countdown.”

10.

9.

8.

The Oni had started the countdown.

As if he was singing a song.

Guren looked at him.

Either way, this was progressing according to Mahiru’s plans.

This was progressing towards a world of darkness.

He can’t do anything. He can’t resist fate.

7.

6.

5.

Five more seconds.

Once he makes contact with the Oni, he would longer be human.

However, even if he did nothing in the next five seconds, escaped from reality and left Mito, Goshi, Sayuri and Shigure to die, he won’t feel like a human too.

If that was the case, be it moving forward or bargaining, everything was the same. Either choice pointed towards giving up his humanity.

The Oni knew this.

Noya knew this.

That’s why he continued the countdown happily.

4.

3.

2.

“If after choosing either choice the end remains the same, then I choose to move forward.”

Noya looked up with a dazzled expression on his face. He opened his palms.

“1. Then, come Guren. Give up your humanity.”

Guren touched Noya.

Held him by his throat.

Instantly, Noya laughed with joy.

“Aha, Guren. That was the wrong answer♪ Even though this is only natural, but to give up on your humanity when you are a human, is unacceptable. You are so cute~”

Guren’s eyes widened.

But it was already too late.

A sea of black.

Darkness engulfed everything.

An abnormal surge of power was felt in his body.

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When Guren opened his eyes, he was already back to reality.

“………”

A sword in his right hand.

A blade with residing in it.

A motorcycle fitted with engines was standing beside. All of these were prepared by Mahiru.

Just then, a loud sound could be heard.

Dong, dongdongdong.

Sounds of war could be heard across the street.

Sounds of the Hyakuya Sect and killing each other.

He was currently situated at Ikejiri, Setagaya, Tokyo. In the city centre. To start a war in a place like this would be very conspicuous.

However, it had already started.

War had already started.

But he couldn’t care less. Was is because his body had Oni melded with it? If he wasn’t mistaken, the amount of Oni melded with his body had reached a lethal level.

He knew that.

I don’t care about deaths.

I don’t care about the pain others felt.

I am already, not a human anymore.

I only, only, only wanted to kill a certain person. That feeling kept increasing. It’s a little-

“…….Uncomfortable. Looks like I need a sheath to suppress such desires.”

As he muttered, Guren hopped onto the motorcycle.

Translator’s Comments:

K. Shion: For some reason, Noya’s description sounds eerily like Ashuramaru. O.O 

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