𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘| INU NO TAISHO

CHAPTER 1

𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀
𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘃𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀

「走り出そう　連れて行こう　約束の場所へと」
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SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND how she ended up in the feudal realm, nor that she ever expected it to happen anyways. Though one thing was for certain, she never needed help from anyone, she managed to survive all alone. It was not because she didn't try it, no. She made many attempts to get a hand from many villages but the people always refused to help her or even be near her, they called her horrible names every time she showed up her face in a new location, justifying their rude behavior with things about her being a foreigner or a yokai who wanted to harm them. Aiko felt insulted but didn't allow those comments to go further into her soul.

She didn't need them, she could make it out alive by her own, that's what Aiko always said to herself in the moments when tears became unbearable to contain. And for a time it was the only way she knew to keep herself together. The girl learned how to adapt to the cruel environment of the feudal realm and how to fool the monsters surrounding her. She became a bit more cunning. She could say she was proud of herself.

That's it, before a giant troll fooled her and almost got rid of her existence. 

But this man... This man saved her. His expression was sharp and calculating, yet his eyes showed some sort of kindness that got into the deepest parts of her soul. Aiko felt an strange connexion, a bond. The eyes of this man were made of pure gold, they melted her heart. What sparked her curiosity though, it was the fact that this man... Wasn't exactly a man, he was a demon. Probably he was even from aristocracy, the clothes he wore were extremely fine and high quality.

The Demon Lord though, found himself in some sort of dilemma, as soon as he started analysing the girl he felt an intense wave of pure curiosity burning his insides. He noticed at once that the girl was not like the many ladies he had seen in his life. Tōga scanned Aiko up and down with such scrupulosity that Aiko could feel the heavy stare like nives passing through her. The brown hair of the girl was a mess of spikes and leaves, probably also full of dirt after many falls, her face was covered in mud and bruises, and her clothes... Apart from the dirt and holes on it, her clothes were the strangest sight he ever looked at. There were patches on it, the upper part was not colorful but  had a unknown drawing with letters above it in a language he couldn't comprehend. On top of that, Taisho wasn't used to see ladies wearing pants instead of kimonos or yukatas, and the pants she was wearing were also made from a blue material he didn't recognize at all. Tōga had never been so curious about a human woman before. But this girl... This girl was highly difficult for him to ignore. She was an enigma.

Even with all the bad lookings, the Demon Lord didn't fail to notice the lovely feeling behind her brownie eyes, shining with an spark he never saw in any other people before. The tiny freckles that covered her nose and cheeks gave her a joyful and carefree aura. She wasn't at all like other ladies, no even the human ones. But above everything else, he felt curious about her scent, under the sweat and dirt he catched another smell and it was like flowers melted in something sweet. He felt some sort of attachment to that feeling, as if belonging for it since too long ago.

The aura of Aiko was a pure one, he felt it. And despite of Aiko feeling the demonic aura of The Great Inu no Taisho she was able to past through it and found the gentleness behind his eyes.