Nitsu No Sekai

Chapter 3: Sekizos Are Emotionless, Aren't They?

Rivers of blood stretched across the land as the Dragon Sekizo ate lifeless villagers. The Sekizo didn't have any emotions... Just hunger. She dug through the piles of dead bodies, looking for one more person to eat. Blood drenched her skin as she dug through the hill of human corpses. The Sekizo barely had enough energy after all those knights showed up to kill her. They were by far the most delicious yet most difficult to eat. She was still looking for the knight who buried himself in the pile of bodies. She wanted one more delectable taste of his strong flesh. The blood bathed Sekizo could barely pull a body off one another as she tried to look for her meal. Almost all of her skin was drenched in blood. The Sekizo slipped off the hill of bodies in exhaustion. She stumbled off the dead corpses, like falling down a hill. Blood splattered all over her as she rolled and tumbled down it. The Dragon Sekizo landed with a thud, smashing through a wall. The Sekizo crashed right into a house. She saw a broken mirror, its glass shattered into small fragments. The blood drenched monster looked at herself in it, not even noticing it was her own body covered in the crimson red liquids. She was all scratched up and wounded from the knights who damaged her. She carefully approached the broken reflection. The blood covered girl looked at herself with concern, looking at what she really was. The female Sekizo's hair was stained dark red from the bodies, still it's wavy self that reached down to her hips. Her delicate looking body covered in other people's blood. The old beige rag she wore for clothing, that were a bit too small for her. Her fox like eyes were closed as always. Usually, how wide a Sekizo's eyes were, measured how insane and power hungry they were. But for her, she wasn't always hungry like the other Sekizos, she got full just off of a dozen bodies. A Necromancer once told her it was an eating disorder. That same Necromancer also tried to control her in the end, but she ended up eating him instead. The Sekizo shook her head, trying to get back on task. She slowly got up and tried climbing up the mountain of bodies again. Luckily, it was night, so the neighboring villages couldn't see nor hear her feasting. She struggled to crawl up the mountain of bodies as the blood in her hair weighed her down. She kept on trying to look for the surviving knight though, slowly tearing down the hill of bodies and blood. Her fingers trembled as they tried to throw off the lifeless humans. The knights really did a number on her, using all sorts of tricks and weapons she had never seen before. They literally demolished her body, making it hurt in places she had never felt pain before. Two hours passed before she made some progress. Her drowsy expression and sore body made her feel even worse. Fatigue and exhaustion were reaching her body as she dug through piles of bodies. The bloody girl's muscles ached from pain and tiredness that the knights had bestowed upon her. She could just find the knight in the morning, or rest for an hour or two and get back searching. The Sekizo breathed shallowly as she finally lied down. She looked up at the starry stars as she lied on top of dead humans. The inky black sky was covered with glittering stars, making the blonde haired Sekizo feel good for some reason. "Why do I like the night sky?" She quietly asked herself. The bodies' scent of blood was so nice even with the smell of rotting flesh. Crows and vultures came out of their nests just to feast on the massive dinner the Sekizo had unintentionally made for them. The black, ugly birds picked out corpses' eyeballs and teared chunks of flesh off the dead. The Dragon Sekizo could hear crickets chirping in the fields as she silently hummed to herself. She wasn't like any other Sekizo, that was for sure. She was always trying to stay away from other Sekizos, they spat at her and even tried to eat her. The lower Sekizo types tried to kill the sensitive Dragon Sekizo in groups, only to fail and die at her knees. Her weak body started to relax from the tension of almost dying. The blonde haired girl's eyelids were getting heavy from the long day. She finally decided to go to sleep, even if her body was completely colored red or if that knight killed her the next day. All she wanted right now, was a bite from the body she was looking for and a long rest. She fell asleep on top of the hill of human corpses. After three hours of slumber she frantically woke up because of sudden yelling and the sound of carriages moving. The blonde Sekizo jumped up with startlement as she realized what was going on. The neighboring kingdom had come to check on the incident that had occurred there. Her bones still creaked in pain while her condition wasn't any better either. The Sekizo spotted a young man looking through the bodies. He looked up and saw her scrambling out of the giant pile of flesh and bones. "I found one!" He yelled to the approaching soldiers. The female Sekizo panicked as she tried to climb down the stack of human bodies. She shallowly breathed as her bones ached with pain, trying to outrun the approaching knight. The man caught up to her in no time at all. She tried expanding her mouth, getting ready to eat him, only for it to slowly turn back to normal. The weak Sekizo yelped with fright as the man grabbed her by the forearms. "It's okay, we think the Sekizo left, you don't have to be scared." He told her, oblivious to the Dragon Sekizo right in front of him. She barely opened her eyes to get a glimpse of the man holding her in place. He had red hair that looked messy enough how it was. He wore a white trench cloak with a gold design on the back, a black undershirt, white gloves, and baggy dark grey pants with gold plates padded onto it. The air around him seemed to send off waves of soothing comfort. He looked very kind, but strict at the same time. His eyes shined like diamonds that gleamed in the daylight, pure white with a tint of silver. His pupils glimmered with power, a hint of sweetness, and truthfulness... The complete opposite of the Nine Tails. She stared through the slits of her eyelids, looking at his bright, white eyes. "Y-Your eyes..." The Sekizo stuttered, craving his power as she realized who the red haired man was. "Yeah, I'm the current Angel Knight. So don't worry about that Sekizo anymore." He responded with a warm smile. The Angel Knight... The person who has received the gift of angels. It has been said that the Angel Knight has tremendous skill, talent, and stamina inside of them, you can see the Angelic power through their eyes. "Look at you, you're covered in blood and wounds." The knight spotted, looking at all of the Sekizo's wounds and cuts. "He's an Angel Knight..." The Sekizo thought as a malicious idea popped up into her head. "My-My-My whole family d-died because of that horrible Sekizo." She lied, looking pathetic and innocent. "I'm sorry, Sekizos can be rough." Fuushin apologized as he guided her back to the carriages. "Well, you and a knight are the sole survivors of this massacre, that's a shame." The Angel Knight said with humbleness in his voice. "C-Could I go to the palace and directly tell the king what happened here?" The Sekizo asked him as she got into the cart pulled by horses. "That's not really how it works." The Angel Knight chuckled. "But, I'll let you clean yourself up and eat in my part of the palace. Then you can be on your way." He offered to her. "Perfect." The Sekizo thought inside her mind. "Th-That works too." She accepted his offer. They set off on their way as the horses dashed off, carrying the wooden wagons behind them. "My name's Fuushin." The Angel Knight introduced himself with a look of glee the young Sekizo had never seen before. "What's your name?" He asked her as the carriage tilted and shook from the bumpy road. "M-My name? I don't have one." She replied. The only name she ever received was Nine Tails from the humans. Fuushin looked at her with concern and confusion at the response she gave him. "You don't have a name? Well, how about... Fellusaifu?" Fuushin asked her with his same sweet grin. "Fellusaifu?" She repeated to herself. "Yeah, it means sinless angel, also known as the first Angel Knight." He explained the name to her. She looked at him with awe and admiration. "What am I doing?" She asked herself. "I feel weird inside, I'm not hungry, my insides feel warm, and I don't want to eat him anymore." She thought, trying to figure out what she was feeling. "Do you not like the name Fellusaifu?" He asked her, looking disappointed in himself. "No! I mean, yes, wait..." She tried to explain to him. She took a deep breath in and tried to explain again. "I like the name Fellusaifu." She said, smiling for the first time in her life. "I'm glad you do." Fuushin said as he sighed with relief. "WHAT IS THIS!? JUST DEVOUR HIM! HE'S A HUMAN! YOU'RE A SEKIZO!" The new Fellusaifu tried to convince herself.