Frieren: Twin Souls

Prologue

A fragment of the song that I would choose for the opening from 0:34 to 1:58

Time and place of action unknown.

 Darkness filled the room for centuries, until today... suddenly it was illuminated by a red light coming from the sheets of paper, which were consumed by a magical flame giving the light a red color.

— Once... I observed the history of this world. — A male voice spoke. - Now... I will observe the fight for its survival. The man struck the ground with his staff again, and a portal the color of blood opened in front of him.- Cruelty... the inhabitants of this world are in danger of something monstrous. The spirits of dead heroes have returned. They have come to save him!

Another blow of the staff activated the portal, which began to spin, and then four figures emerged from it, four souls who were to weigh the fate of everyone.

— What's going on? Where am I? I was... — The blue-haired man spoke, who was clearly confused, just like the others who stood next to him.

— Dead. — The stranger finished. — Just like those standing next to you, I opened the passage for you, but it was fate that decided that you were the ones to go through it. — He explained briefly and concisely.

— What kind of magic is this? No human, elf or demon can resurrect the dead! — The woman standing next to him shouted.

— Where did you get the idea that I am any of them? Appearance doesn't prove anything, and you are the best proof of that. Your frail bodies contain power that this world hasn't seen in a long time. Each of you has left a mark in your time. - The stranger seemed slightly amused by their confusion and looked at the four of them with a searching gaze. - I see I have quite a team, Himmel the man who took part in the slaying of the Demon King, the most famous human witch Flamme, the powerful elven healer from ancient times Fauna and the infamous Menno known among elves and demons as the Shadow of Death.

When Flamme wanted to ask something of the mysterious stranger, an angry cry full of insults was heard, which belonged to Fauna, who as soon as she heard who was standing next to her, threw herself at Menno, who was a bit distracted, but not enough to be surprised by the elf and thanks to the movements he had learned and the fact that the elf wanted to beat him with her bare fists, and he could fight quite well in hand-to-hand combat, which allowed him to pacify her, and when he did so, he saw in her eyes a huge hatred, which was justified after all, the amount of elven blood he had shed was connected with the anger that the kinsmen of the dead had for him. Fauna kicked, trying to break free, but Menno turned out to be stronger, he was impressed by her physical strength. He could now take a better look at her. She was about half a head shorter than him, with brown hair that perfectly matched her brown eyes, eyes that held pure anger and hatred.

*Anger is a powerful fuel.* He thought and not wanting to let the roles be reversed, so the most reasonable thing to do is to neutralize her, but not kill her. The moment he wanted to stun her, the stranger reacted and hit the ground with his staff, which caused them both to lose control of their bodies. Menno moved away from her against his will, while watching as Fauna tried to break free from the spell that was cast on them, but fortunately for him without results.

— Enough! — the stranger shouted, his voice making everyone's blood run cold. — You weren't given a second chance to kill each other for no reason.

— No reason!? — Fauna hissed. — That man murdered my entire village and killed me too! He killed countless elves! As far as I'm concerned, that's reason enough to pay him back, and the best way to do it is by sending him back to the hell he crawled out of.