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Prologue: A Breath Of Crimson
Her love was extremely twisted.
It was so badly rusted to the extent that it could no longer be helped.
And her endless persistence—
Was in fact nothing more than a longing that was ignorant and idiotic, and extremely superficial.
—I love humans the most.
—Who do I love you ask? No, that’s not what I meant! I love all the humans on this earth!
—What do I love about them? Don’t ask me such a vulgar question! I love everything, everything about them!
—I love that steaming hot blood that courses through their body and turns from such vibrant colours to a bemiring, dull black!
—I love those strong muscles of theirs that are clearly so soft, yet can harden to the extent that they’ll just snap!
—I love the unparalleled delicateness of that coarse, hard bone that is so fragile and yet so sharp!
—I love the viscid cartilage that follows, its quavering springiness, both so supple and refreshing!
—I love the throat that can make a crisp sound for you to voice your love when we meet!
—I love those eyes that tears flow from in response to my love!
—When my love reaches its climax…I’ll love the cut of your split flesh even more!
—Everything, I love everything about humans! Understand?
—That’s right, of course I love you too. However, I cannot ‘love’ you.
—But you must love me.
—That’s right, it’s all one-sided.
—You can only love me, but I can love everyone else besides you.
—It’s a twisted love triangle.
—Ah, you want to abandon me? Hate me? You want to use me and then toss me aside like a broken sock?
—But you can’t help but love me, right?
—You can’t help but be intoxicated by my power, right?
—It’s fine, just go ahead and love me, because you have the freedom to.
—But I won’t love you. No, it’s because I can’t love you.
—As long as you hold me in your hand, I can only love the humans you want to cut.
—Don’t do it, don’t slit your stomach.
—It’ll be hard finding another person who’ll love me...
Her love was extremely straightforward.
Smooth and keen.
Casting the shadows of all those that she loved on her own body.
And then cutting away everything—
Internet chatroom
【Demon blade?】
《That’s right! It’s a demon blade! Does Taro-kun know about that?》
【Even if you ask me whether I know about it…Setton-san’s not too clear about stuff like that right?】
[Demon blade…is it something like the Muramasa?]
《That’s not it, Setton-san! That kind of thing just brings misfortune to the owner. A demon blade is totally different! It’s like something in a manga, where once the blade is held, it’ll possess the holder and then go on a slashing spree!》
[But…aren’t stuff like that usually called Muramasa?]
【Muramasa blade?】
[Your head’ll get lopped off!]
【Wizadry1? Isn’t that Wizadry? So Setton-san’s a gamer.】
《Aaaaah, honestly, don’t go off-topic!》
【Eh~ Sorry about that.】
[Sorry, Kanra-san.]
《Listen up! Rumours about a demon blade are flying around in Ikebukuro right now! Every night, a mysterious killer will show up in a small alleyway, waving sharp weapon around! Although they haven’t killed anyone just yet, it’s been slashing people on the streets with some kind of katana!》
【No way, if they’re slashed, most people would probably die…】
《It’s probably because he was able to control the strength used, and just deliver a shallow cut! And I’ve heard people say they were slashed at places like their arms!》
[So he’s just an ordinary slasher?]
《Geez! I told you that’s not it! He used a katana, a katana! And I heard he moves way faster than normal people, and those who can’t run away in time are slashed! That’s obviously inhuman!》
[So, what counts as a demon blade?]
《He he he, I’m only telling you guys…I heard one of the victims saw…saw the face of his attacker~ one look and he knew it was really bad.》
【How was it bad?】
《The eyes were glowing red, and its consciousness seemed to have been sapped by something, just like someone who’d been bitten by a vampire and was being possessed! 》
[Well then it must be a vampire w]
《Aw Setton! There’s no such thing as vampires in this world!》
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《I was lying~ I. Was. Lying☆ Setton, don’t get angry!》
[No, I’m not angry at all~ (hmph)]
【Oh someone’s angry now w】
【But technically speaking, since the headless rider exists, why not the demon blade?】
[The headless rider...there was a special program about him on TV the other day.]
【That’s right, it was featured on that special program about mysterious phenomenon together with that flying green lady thing.】
《Setton always seems to take note when it comes to features about the headless rider!》
【Is Setton-san a fan of the headless rider?】
[No…it’s not like that. Um…the guy who lives with me is a loyal headless rider fan.]
【The guy who lives with you? Eh, is Setton-san married?】
[No…we’re not married…]
《Then you’re living together like that?! Yaaah~》
[We’re just roommates, how could we become lovers? Ah…which reminds me, don’t tell me you two already know my gender?]
【Eh, is it…female?】
《We know from the way you talk~ It’s feminine, but not as blatant as a nekama2~》
【So you always thought we’d never notice?】
[Alright, I have to wake up early tomorrow so I guess it’s about time for me to turn in~ Goodnight then~]
—Setton has left the chatroom—
【Ah, she got away.】
《Got away~》
PM Mode 【...Speaking of nekama, you’re only joking aren’t you? Orihara-san.】
《How meeeaaaannn! Taro-kun’s sexually harassing me in PM Mode!》
【It’s a misunderstanding! Misunderstanding!】
PM Mode 【But but but, seriously speaking, just who is Setton-san?】
PM Mode 【Is it someone I know? Like Karisawa-san?】
PM Mode 《Oh~ That’s a secret.》
《It’s about time for me to go off~ Careful not to get possessed by a demon blade☆》
—Kanra has left the chatroom—
【Alright, goodnight~】
【…And it really was a misunderstanding! I wasn’t harassing anyone in any way!】
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{Humans.}
{Love.}
{Wrong.}
{Weak.}
{Desire.}
{Love.}
{Desire.}
{Desire.}
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Translation notes:
1. Wizadry: An RPG game where one of the weapons in-game is a Muramasa blade
2. Nekama (credits to raspberry_scans): Read all about it
Eh...so here's the substandard (as usual), not-proofread-or-edited-in-anyway prologue. Yeah. I'm still working on editing the first novel, but I'll keep on translating stuff from the second novel in between. Sorry if certain things like chatroom format, brackets etc don't correspond to the first novel...I'll be working on changing that. Busy busy :( Nothing else intelligible to say, except that MKIZ would be kinda...disturbing.