Hitsugi no Chaika Volume 1

Chapter 1: The Coffin Princess 9/17 (Part 1-6)

Chapter 1: The Coffin Princess 9/17

Opening his eyes, what first came into his view was his sister's face.

The distance between them was so small that he could feel her breath tickling him.

"............."

"............."

The two silently continued to stare at each other.

The sound of birds' chirping could be heard from a distance.

From the window the bright sunlight was beaming through, accompanied by a tinge of warm air. Even though he had been holed up in this room for a long time, he could tell that winter had come to an end. New sprouts of vegetation, animals coming out of their shelters, new-born life being brought forth and flourishing every day, anticipating to carry on their life--this kind of season.

However......

"Good morning, Brother."
rkari---- muttered to herself in a low tone of voice.

She was at the same place as him--on his bed.

But Akari was on top, leaning over on all fours, like a carnivore preying on its prey--her posture at present was that of a carnivore when it has felt its prey. Compared to a normal girl, her height was much taller, so in cases when she arched her back, people would feel intimidated.

"............"

She was a real beauty--this point even he couldn't refute.

Although she had just turned seventeen, rather than calling her 'cute', 'beautiful' would be more appropriate. Her appearance, her cold temperament and in addition if she let her black hair loose and stood still, it would be like a scene from a painting. Needless to say, even people of the same gender would be attracted to her.

Relatively--

"..........."
In Akari's eyes--a pair of slender and delicate black pupils, reflected there was the puzzled face of a teenage boy.

Black hair and black pupils similar to Akari's.

His appearance...it's not like his looks were mediocre.

It's just that his expression is that of an easy going person.

Describing him as lazy, or was it better to describe him as a person with no motivation?

The vigour of a nineteen years old boy couldn't be found on his face. On the contrary, what was being presented was an exhausted face of a man. However there weren't any wrinkles on his face, even dark spots around his eyes couldn't be detected. Just that he gave off an impression of an old man in his final moments. Even if he had just woken up, his condition was much more severe than that of a dispirited person.

He also thought that his face is gloomy.

But he had no plans to change it.

"Brother......"

The brother who was lying on the bed, and the sister who was on top of the brother.

"I didn't expect this......"saying it like that, it was obviously a blatant lie.

He had already expected it to happen one day or another.

At that moment he noticed a change in Akari's expression.

But......

"I......I can't wait anymore."

Looking straight at Toru, Akari said: