Owari no Seraph – Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari v1c1 part1

“What is it, Mika?”

He answered,

Yuu-chan gave him a confused look.

Mika smiled and continued,

“We’re NOT livestock.”

“You’re the only one still being stubborn about that, Yuu-chan. The food they give us looks like scraps and our blood is taken away everyday. We’re livestock no matter how you look at it.”

“I’m NOT livestock. I’m gonna beat up those vampires one day…”

“And get out of here?”

Yuu-chan stopped talking after hearing that question. He looked a bit troubled. Even he knew they could no longer leave this place. A virus spread on the world’s surface. They said that same virus killed everyone older than 13. To make things worse, they were both 12 years old already. Even if they got out, they would only be able to live for one more year. Their only option was to live here like this, as livestock.

In here, forever…

But then, as blood was being sucked out of his neck, Yuu-chan said,

“Hahaha, so, you’re going to kill every single vampire and then build The Empire of Yuu-chan in here. Is that it?”

“Hey, now you’re making fun of me!”

Mika laughed at that, but then he stretched out his hand and touched Yuu-chan’s hand, gently.

“…”

How can we show the children a future again?

He tried muttering the vampire name, quietly.

In this underground vampire city, there was no sky. Only a tall ceiling. For these past four years they were always looking up at that ceiling, it felt suffocating.

“…”

“I get tired whenever they take my blood.”

“I know, right?! That’s why we HAVE to hurry up and destroy those damn vampires!”

As Mika put on a tired look, Yuu-chan started talking about how he was going to kick some vampire asses right that instant.

And then,

“Nah, it’s nothing to be worried about.”

“What is it?”

“Well, I was thinking that I never got to hear your last name.”

“Huh?”

“It just hit me while they were extracting our blood. I don’t know your family name, Yuu-chan.”

“My family name?”

“Yup. Didn’t the world end just after you came to the orphanage?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“I think that’s why I never got to hear it. So, Yuu-chan, what’s your last name?”, I asked, but well, it’s not like it would really matter now. Our parents are dead. The adults were infected by the virus and died. Then came this world, a world where surnames or anything like that aren’t needed. Besides, Yuu-chan said his parents used to call him a devil and tried to kill him, then they ended up killing themselves. Maybe he won’t like being asked about a name that reminds him of them, he thought to himself.

He remembered how offended he would get whenever someone asked anything that had to do his parents some years ago. He would say, “My parents called me a monster, they said I was the devil and almost killed me! This world doesn’t need someone like me!”, then he would stay quiet for a while.

But right now…

“To tell you the truth, I don’t really remember that much. I do remember my parents calling me a monster, though.”

“You don’t remember your name?”

“Nope. By the way, what about you?”

“Hm?”

“You’re obviously not Japanese. I mean, your hair is blond.”

“Oh. Yeah.”

“Are you from another country?”

“My mother was Japanese.”

“Meaning, your father wasn’t?”

“Hmmm. I think he was from Russia or something.”

“You’re Russian~?!”

“I just told you my mother was Japanese. Well, they’re both dead, anyway.”, Mika laughed.

Yuu-chan looked at him a little worried.

“Geez~ Didn’t Akane and I have this conversation with you countless times already…?”

Disgust was written all over Yuu-chan’s face, yet again.

“I DON’T.”

“You do.”

“I’m telling you, I don’t!”

“And I’m telling you, you do~”

“Gah, you’re so annoying. First of all, I only spent a day at the Hyakuya orphanage. I’m different from you guys. I…”

After that came his usual speech.

The reason for that was,

Yuu-chan looked somewhat embarrassed and aggravated at the same time, he ended up turning his face away.

But I know he’s kind. He looks after the children, so much that everyone is dependent on him now. That’s why I have to be the only one establishing contact with the vampire Noble, Mika thought.

He stopped walking. One should be able to see the mansion where Ferid Bathory lived in from here.

He turned his eyes that way,

“Hahaha. Okay, Yuu-chan, take care of the kids. I’ll be right back.”, or so he said, but that was a lie. He wasn’t really going to where Sakuma’s group was. He was going to make contact with the vampire Noble – Ferid Bathory. Mika raised his head once again and looked up in the direction of the mansion where Ferid lived.

Chapter end