Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Adolescent Adam: Chapter 1 - Blue-Burned Sky
“Now!”
The waning light of twilight shi+ned down
“Look at me with that eye”
Fujita Mutsuki’s harmony was shattered by that voice
He struggled and raised his head when he heard that whispering voice that had no place in his normal life
Despite being told to look, his right eye would not open He removed his hand froht it would explode
It was the sa as when one watched too y season It felt like the retina had been rubbed too harshly He felt a heat like so it to the air hurt
All he could do was hold his hand to it with all his strength
The itching was growing by the second and he could not resist rubbing at it with his wrist He gave in to the pleasure of distracting hi
“Ahhh… Gh… Kh… It hurts… It hurts!”
“Don’t worry That heat is proof that you are the chosen one”
He heard so and a boy peered at his face And the boy did so with a shockingly sensual look in his eyes
“Look at me Look at aze of such beautiful corruption”
“…Uuh…”
Tears spilled from Mutsuki’s left eye as he obeyed and reht eye He hesitantly raised his puffy eyelid like a child afraid of some eye drops
And…
“Ah…”
The first thing he saith his opened Serpent’s Eye was an angel swinging down a giant sword
The boy was sliced in tith his face still twisted in a look of ecstasy The girl casually kicked the corpse aside, brushed back her hair, and looked to Mutsuki
Mutsuki gasped not at the sight of soer throbbing right eye
“Fujita Mutsuki You are the legendary boy chosen by the demonic eye”
“Who are you?”
“Ange I was sent here to protect you I ael”
Her clear, ocean blue eyes looked directly into his burning right eye
“I ae of the Double Flame”
That day was a perfectly noran in a perfectly normal fashi+on
“Daaad, !”
With parents, an older sister, and two younger sisters, the Fujita faet everything ready in theelse too
He could not rely on any of the others, so he had no real choice
“Daaad, mooom”
He started froside his own The first was his parents’ bedrooh to wake them, so he opened the door, shook the bed, and called loudly
Finally, two hands wearing identical rings poked out from the bunched-up sheets and waved to tell him they were up
They were both adults, so they would not go back to sleep It was time to move on
“Mutsumi-chaaan”
The roohter, Mutsuarten, so there was no real need to wake her this early, but he had to check on so
He approached the bed buried under stuffed animals and pulled away the blanket
“Nn… Onii-ta”
“GoodI see you didn’t do it today Good job”
He praised her and rubbed the head resting on the drool-covered Lazy Bear body pillow she loved so hts, but that rate had thankfully dropped quite a bit recently
The next was the most formidable foe
“Nee-chaaan”
She was in her twenties, but her rooartner He stepped into the room decorated with fancy wallpaper and anime posters and approached another bed buried under stuffed animals
The person sleeping there was a kindergartner in an adult’s body
“Nee-chan! Wake up, nee-chan It’s !”
He shouted quite loudly and shook her by the shoulders
Despite the rough treatment, his sister continued to doze for about thirty seconds, but she finally opened her eyes
“Good , Mu-chan”
“Good et up”
“Good , Mu-chan”
“Yes, goodBreakfast is ready”
“Good , Mu-chan”
“Are you saying that in your sleep? C’o”
Realizing the normal ed her from the bed She was 170 centimeters tall, so she had more than ten centimeters on Mutsuki He lifted her onto his back and left the roo a fuss here
That left only one other person
“Chiakiii? Are you up ye-…ah”
“…Ah”
As soon as he opened the door, he realized he should not have Unlike the others, this sister was only a year younger than hi her in the
Her pajareeted by a cute butt wrapped in the cotton panties of an eleirl It seemed his little sister was already up
“Pervert!”
She threw a pillow that hit him square in the face
“S-sorry!”
Mutsuki frantically closed the door He had cootten that Chiaki had recently decided to act et up on her own in the s
He was unaccustomed to these situations, so his face was beet red Even if she was his sister, seeing a girl near his age in a state of undress had been too much for him
“Heh heh heh heh♡ You sure are perverted, Mu-chan”
“Why do you only perk up when things like that happen?”
He threw his grinning older sister from his back
Fujita Mutsuki’s s were always like this Afterwards, he placed breakfast on the table while his family made their way down All six reen one was the most stained
He cooked six fried eggs and twelve strips of bacon He prepared a large plate of salad and dressing and passed out rice bowls as each person came down
“Here, Mutsumi-chan Make sure to eat your broccoli”
“Uuh… I hate broccoli”
“Don’t be picky or you’ll never grow up big and strong C’mon, eat up”
“Uuh… Munch, munch”
After preparing his own food, he est sister ate hers
“Ahh♡ You can’t beat aafter you”
“It doesn’t really et your own hair ready?”
“It feels great to have you do it, Mu-chan The war sun, delicious food, and a little brother’s care This is true happiness”
“Honestly…”
“Zzz…”
“Don’t you dare go back to sleep!”
He combed his older sister’s hair
He also helped his h the bathroom because she could not find herback All in all, it was a busy
The Fujita family was quite low key
The father,people as possible Mutsuki had for soenes, so he took care of all thejobs on his own
It was a family’s job to cover for each other’s weaknesses
He was used to busily running around froot up
This scene hat Mutsuki considered a “nor”
School was normal as well
“Morning, Mutsuki”
“Morning, Fujita-kun”
His norht shot to school once he passed the train station and a few classreeted them all with a smile
When he happened across a classreeted him
Fujita Mutsuki’s grades were above average and his athletics were below average He looked well-behaved and had a well-behaved personality to match, so he did not stand outwith
He naturally had plenty of friends
“Hey, Mutsuki! Early again, I see”
“Agh! O Morning, Sakae”
A boy jumped at him from behind The boy landed on his back and placed his arm around his shoulders similar to a headlock
Tomono Sakae was a class face just short of being traditionally “good looking” He had been Mutsuki’s childhood friend since elementary school
While Mutsuki ell-behaved, Sakae was the eternal opti because neither of them would hesitate to call each other best friends
“damn it’s hot these days Why can’t it be summer break yet?”
“I knohat you et off me, Sakae”
His friend’s expression of affection was invading his personal space a little too much
“Oh, hey, hey, Mutsuki Do you have some time later? I’m the class rep, so the teacher toldchart But you kno I hate details”
“That I do I’ll help you out…but you really need to get off of me”
“You will!? Khhhhh, that’s what friends are for! Everyone needs a childhood friend who really gets the a law! The childhood friend law! If everyone had a childhood friend, we’d definitely have world piece, don’t you think!?”
“Good luck And can you please get off of me? It’s so hot today…”
His friend was invading his personal space and speaking so loudly first thing in the , but Mutsuki s than unpleasant This tendency to go with the floas likely one of the reasons he was considered easy to get along with And…
“Hi, Fujita-kun!”
“Gefh”
Someone tackled him from the other side
It was a powerful blow, but Mutsuki soround since it was all transferred into Sakae behind hih
“Good , Kurikara-chan”
“Hiii”
The girl gave an innocent smile
The short hair signifying her high energy was roughly tied back by ts and her white teethsmile look all the ave her so feminine curves Her name was Kurikara Saya and she was another of Mutsuki’s classmates
She got along ith Sakae as they were the class’s two biggest talkers and that meant she spoke with Mutsuki a lot, too She was more than an acquaintance but not quite a friend
“Ow… What was that for, Kurikara!?”
Sakae recovered after being knocked away
He did not particularly like getting that close, so he did not place his arave Saya a look to tell her she saved him The white teeth she showed off to say “you’re welcome” were very cute
After that, the three of them continued on to school
“Honestly! I can’t believe this girl would violently attack THE Tomono Sakae, the man who stands at the center of the world!”
“Heh heh You’ll never be president of the world if you can’t respond to an euration”
“What!? How can you say that about THE Toe a law about you! All chubby girls will be shot on sight!”
“Chub… I can’t believe you! Did you hear that, Fujita-kun!? This boy just stepped on a landmine!”
“Ah ha ha”
Mutsuki could only laugh bitterly at those two’s energy-filled
This was the beginning of an enjoyable day at school
The school buildings finally ca it froe toas the most noticeable feature
Mutsuki and the other two attended Megutono Academy, a private school well known for its size and history It had a tradition of freedom, it ell-known for the stylish uniforirls, and it contained an eleh school
The school grounds covered almost the entire top of the hill and it containedbirthrates had left less than half of it in use The size of the ca plenty of coh school stage
The most well-known feature was the clock tower in the center of the caonal pillar was positioned at the back of the courtyard which was known as a place of rest It was taller than any of the four-story school buildings and the entire academy was on a hill, so one could see almost the entire town from the top of the clock tower
Its primary roles were to tell the townspeople the time and…
“Ohh, ohh Look at ‘eood work”
Sakae cackled in delight as he looked down from their classroom
He atching a wave of boys with navy neckties and girls with red ribbons hurrying into the school’s front gate
At 8:30 in the h Friday, the hill was covered by the ringing of the clock tower’s bell so the students would know the school’s gate was being closed
While it almost never happened to Mutsuki, Sakae was often pursued by that bell, so he enjoyed watching the students gasping for breath as they rushed to school just in tiirls once they entered the classroom
And…
“Oh She’s as a as always”
“Eh? Oh…”
A single student drew the eye aate
Sakae had spotted a girl walking calh
She casually passed by the educational guidance coate Only two seconds after she passed hi Despite the close call, she was not running or even walking quickly Sakae applauded her splendid performance
But Mutsuki’s focus on her was due to more than mere surprise
“See ya”
After coate closed, Sakae decided homeroom was about to start, smacked Mutsuki’s back, and moved over to his own seat by the hallway
Mutsuki sat in his own seat at the very back of the second row from the
“Morning, Ibekusa You’ve still got that last second arrival trick down pat”
(Here she is)
Mutsuki tensed up a bit when he heard Sakae’s voice by the hallway
A girl responded to her class
“You sure cut it close day in and day out You could always get going three minutes earlier, so why do you wait until the last second? Playing a one-ame of chicken?”
“Negative”
“I see That’s fine, but as the class rep, I’ve gotta tell you not to be late”
“Positive”
Her response was ale, sheher seat by the
She was the polar opposite of Kurikara Saya She never asserted herself, so her aura or presence was practically nonexistent and she did not stand outwith a cal away once they did look her way
She tended to keep her transparent eyes narrowed and she had a tall bridge of the nose She did not seelossy pink color The messy look of her curly hair was somewhat childish, but the noble atnity beyond her years She ed to hold both a child’s cuteness and an adult’s beauty
Both boys and girls wore a blazer at Megutono Acadeure From the shoulders to the upper arm and down to the stomach, her blazer was clearly sewn as narrowly as possible
But at the same time, she was not too skinny Her chest and hips provided a stark contrast to her slender waist Her hips were positioned high enough to be is which were full-bodied and filled with life
To ure was as perfect as a model’s
“Um…”
Mutsuki tried to speak up
He only wanted to say “goodwhat Sakae had done so easily
But…
“…”
He could not say a word before she sat next to him in her o-side seat
His cheeks filled with intense heat and his mouth refused to move
“Okay, everyone, get in your seats”
Meanwhile, their homeroom teacher arrived
Yet again, he had been unable to speak to her