The Immortal Has a Guardian Spirit - Denpi

Chapter 1: Messenger of Death (1)

 "So, first of all, let's cooperate... How are you going to find Master? There's no need to send people to overlapping places, isn't there much difference from what you've been doing?"

"Let's put a bounty on him."

"... Are you crazy? He's the one who hid from our eyes until now. If he hides better after looking at the wanted place, we might never find him."

"Don't spread to many places, but only inns and restaurants. As you said, he's been hiding from our eyes, so shouldn't we borrow other people's eyes now? We have a limit on our own."

"......."

"Of course, you don't have an objection, do you?"

*****

Kaw, Kaw.

Flap.

Blackbirds covered the sky. It obscures the sun as if announcing the end, and flaps its wings while making ominous noises.

In the midst of the unusual and ominous phenomenon, a man standing silently alone raises his head. Unlike his narrowed eyes as if to find the source of the sound, his cloudy gray eyes are shaking back and forth, unable to focus.

For a moment, a dry voice cut through the sound of the wings and resonated in the air.

"...... Stop teasing me and come out."

"......."

"I know everything here."

It takes a long time for him to come all the way here, so he is sure they won't pretend unnoticed. The sound of the wings fading quieted down as if responding to a muttering he didn't know who it was directed at.

Blackbirds gather in one place in front of a man who cannot see anything and a man walks out from among them. Then a low, eerie voice rings out.

"I am wondering if someone is looking for me—."

Birds with ominous energy fly around the man who walks calmly or sits on his shoulders. The man took another step forward and narrowed the distance, scanning the other person's face thoroughly and narrowing his eyes.

"I never thought it would be you."

At first glance, it seemed like a smile.

"The one who brought chaos to the world and increased my work.  It's so funny that you shamelessly seek me out on a topic like that."

"..."

"Well, since I'm still interested, let's move on for now. The fact that you found me and called me like this means that you are related to 'her' in some way, so I'm curious about that too..." 

"This is not important right now, so let's skip it."

He suddenly took on the appearance of a woman, folding the corners of "her" eyes and pulling up the corners of "her" mouth. A smile bloomed on "her" face.

The dreamy yet decadent atmosphere is enough to captivate anyone regardless of gender, but the man's gray eyes toward 'her' are just blurred, unable to contain anything.

Regardless, the woman stretched out "her" hand.

".....!"

The man shivers at the cool touch touching his eyes. "He," who smiled low as if he was quite satisfied with the pulpit and did not back down despite instinctive surge in rejection, said as if he is reciting a poem.

"Those who gave up life call me, and those who crave life seek me. But you found me even with the eyes that gave up life."

He changed his appearance and became an old woman, a young boy, and then a grown man when he first appeared again.