Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)

Prologue - The Forest of Night

The ound its way through the trees, cutting through the air like a scythe,Mimizuku's heart seem cold with fear The heaviness that could be felt in the surrounding could be described in one word: darkness However, it was not coht sky above seeht low reen, but in the darkness it see tentacles tangled ast each other

”—Ugh!”

Mi at the back of her hand, she saw a red horizontal line running through it She had been cut Her bare feet and shoulders also had nuh them

”Ehehe”

Mihed faintly and licked the back of her hand She tasted blood It had a salty tinge to it when it touched her tongue, but then turned diht I wonder if it would be nice to eat As she thought to herself, the trees and leaves of the forest swept across her skin and opened up neounds

Having all these cuts makes me feel so warm

She was happy After all, it was better to be warm than cold It's okay It's okay

At that ust blew, and Mirass It was a strange wind Though it caused her short hair to dance about, the leaves of the trees did not make any sound at all With sanpaku[1] eyes and pupils like pebbles of coal, she looked upwards toward the direction of the wind

Those moons

There they both were, a perfect pair

Ripping h the heavens, they seemed like a pair of eyes themselves

They stared at Mimizuku

Looking up through the forest, Mimizuku wondered what they would look like from the top of a tree

They're so pretty

She felt a shi+ver down her spine Magnificent If she were any shorter, she wouldn't have been able to see them at all Despite this, the poor view she had of theh to paralyze her Miave a little chuckle It was al upon her But it wasn't a man

Not a human, it's different Different fro that would eat me