Prologue[edit]
─────2222 Outer Gate ‘City of Moonlight’
Kuro Usagi ran through her home forest in tears as it was burning down. Her young, small limbs desperately pushed her forward, panting, and while she was frightened by the beasts howling in the moonlight, she frantically kept running. The main road was already full of beasts and no longer passable. What she was running through was an unpaved animal trail. Running barefoot on gravel and thorns, her young legs were painfully wounded and bleeding. But even then, Kuro Usagi kept running while she cried.
“Haah. Haah………!”
─────Today was supposed to be a fun birthday festival, too. She’d wear the heiress clothes that her mother and aunt picked out for her, and she was supposed to spend her day having fun until sunrise like every other year after performing the Hounou-Enbu[1] that she’d practiced for so long. But when she turned back, her homeland was enveloped in flames and was falling into pandemonium.
“……Hi,cu………!”
She forced her hiccups down in her throat. If she pricked her ears, she would be able to hear the roars of the beasts that attacked her community. If she stopped moving her legs now, her young body would easily be ripped apart. Even the strong and resilient moon rabbits met their own end that way. They, endowed with a multitude of gifts and even being known as some of the best in the Little Garden, were easily shredded by those beasts. In spite of the barrier that should’ve had the providence of Sakra devanam Indra, they came commanding an army akin to a horde of gods.
“Father………Mother………!!”
Her parents took the rear guard to let her escape. Despite her concern for their safety, Kuro Usagi ran, tumbling through the forest. But behind her, she was already beginning to hear the panting of a beast. Limbs thicker than large trees felled the trees. Claws harder than steel tore up the ground. While fangs that could swallow mountains and rivers were bared. The beast’s scurry quaked the earth as it steadily closed the gap behind Kuro Usagi. But even though it was a forest in night conditions, the moonlight was especially bright tonight and it would be easy to spot her figure. The more she heard the crawling tremors, the more her fear chilled her spine. When Kuro Usagi was gazed upon by a ferocious glare as she ran through the forest, she was assailed by the sensation of a fierce blood-lust.
“………Ah,”
Her legs got tangled and she fell over as she felt the unusual wave of intimidation wash over her. Rolling down head over heels, Kuro Usagi crashed into a conspicuously large tree’s trunk which was bigger than most in the forest.
“O,Ow………!”
She had smacked onto the roots that were protruding from the ground and she let out a scream as her young body creaked. Even if she looked at things objectively, it was impossible for her to keep running. She was quaking with fear as she clung to the trunk of the tree. The sounds of the tremors and the beast’s laboured breaths accompanied the overwhelming pressure from its presence as it felled and crushed trees in its approach. The beast that slowly appeared from the shade was——-an aberration with the body of a white snake with limbs and 2 heads.
“Uh, ah………!?”
Its ruby red devil eyes stared in her direction and that alone was sufficient to make her lips quiver without being able to let out a scream. Its massive jaw could easily swallow Kuro Usagi whole. Having caught the sight of its prey, the two headed monster leapt, weighing down on Kuro Usagi. The two headed snake, having caught an excellent prey, dripped drool from its mouth like a flood while intimidating Kuro Usagi. Lightly tapping Kuro Usagi’s young, soft, beautifully snow white skin with its claws, it licked the blood from her wound. Downing it like ale, the pleased two headed white snake scrambled to see which head would devour her first. The young Kuro Usagi quaked with fear, and prepared for her demise.
“─────GEEEYAAAAA!!!”
A fierce roar that shook heaven and earth. But it was not that of the two headed white snake’s. It was from a golden lion with a mane that shone brilliantly like the sun.
“Eh………!?”
Kuro Usagi thought she was hallucinating for a moment. The lion descended upon the two headed white snake which had come within ten centimeters of her nose. Its mane bustled about, looking like a meteor; all those who saw it would think that it was the sign of a king. The lion sank its teeth into one of two heads’ necks and slammed it on the ground after shaking it about like a rag doll. At that moment, a fountain of blood danced in the air.
The two headed white snake took a fatal blow, but from the blood that poured out came serpents and scorpions which bound the lion’s body. The white snake descended upon the now restricted lion. Its sharp, pointed claws teared at the lion’s mane. The lion had already rolled over, covering its vital points, but the mane that the white snake had shredded was harder than vajra[2]. If the lion took a direct hit from that, it wouldn’t get away unscathed. The two headed white snake tried to follow up on its attack. But as if interrupting the two, another figure jumped out in verbal abuse.
“You idiot, don’t let your guard down! What’s the lion of the sun doing like that!”
“Grr, I don’t need to hear that from the likes of you, demon child!!!”
The verbal abuse came from a female. With the moonlight at her back, she appeared, her hair gleaming brightly and vividly like gold threads, and dazzling looks. However large the Little Garden was, there was only one species with those outward features. Kuro Usagi, still not able to lift her legs, she held her breath in shock.
“A,A pure blood vampire………and a lion of the sun……!?”
Confused by the bewilderingly changing situation, she finally let out a voice. At a glance, anyone could tell they were a strange combination. A vampire who controls the night, and of the sun——-a lion who pulls the chariot of Surya[3]. Seeing opposing species together on the same battlefield was nothing short of a bizarre sight.
“You insignificant lizards, don’t think you can keep me down forever!!!”
The golden lion let out a roar like a gust of wind. As if in response, his mane released a surge of scorching heat, turning into a fire storm and burned away the rabble.
“……………!?”
─────A pure blood vampire and a lion of the sun. Fighting these two wouldn’t be favorable. Deciding that, the two headed white snake sprang back into the shade of the forest and left. The vampire and lion were about to chase after it, but a voice soon called them to stop.
“You two, that’s enough. There’s no need to chase after it anymore."
The voice that told them to stop was also from a female. Stunned as Kuro Usagi watched the events unfolding, she looked up silently at the figure of the woman who appeared from the animal trail. She wore a white trench-coat, leather long boots, and spiral shell piercings on both her ears. Her gentle blonde hair was like confetti, and her friendly face in turn felt like it represented the depth of her benevolence as a whole. The compliant lion sidled up against the blonde woman and asked.
“But Canaria. If we leave that alone, it will continue to grow without limit. If we’re to stop this at the roots, then it must be now.”
“Nothing’s going to change if we hunt down just one of them. Unless we take down the main body, they’ll multiply infinitely.”
“Even if you say that, leaving that alone is,”[4]
“Just listen to me. You may have been reinforced with the sovereignty of the sun, but you can only deflect sharp blades. You’d be a bad match against that dragon. ………But before that.”
The woman called Canaria let out a breath as her gaze met Kuro Usagi’s. Lifting up Kuro Usagi off the floor in her arms, she tilted her neck and smiled.
“Nice to meet you, little miss bunny. Are you alright?”
“Y,Yes.”
She gulped as she nodded. Canaria also nodded back, smiling as her hair swayed like confetti.
“To fulfill our oath to the Alliance, we have made haste to the moon rabbits’ place. What’s your name?”
“K,Kuro Usagi.”
Oh? Canaria said as she tilted her head. But quickly understanding the situation, she let out a bitter smile.
“I see. You haven’t been given a name yet, have you.”
“Y,Yes. At today’s birthday festival, my mother was the one who was supposed to——-“
She was about to say, but nothing came out. Tears suddenly welled in her eyes as her sorrow surfaced. Her mother and father, her family, her tribe, all of them took up the rear to let her escape. This much, even a ten year old Kuro Usagi could understand. So even if she desperately tried to hold it in, her tears overflowed as they fell.
“………Where are your parents?”
“They said they’d go guard the gate that leads to the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods………my entire tribe, they stayed in the castle. Because I’m the heiress………Take the blessing handed down to us and run, my father said………!”
As she spilled large tear drops, she handed over a gift card to Canaria. Looking at the gift card which depicted a black and white half-moon, she lowered her gaze as she figured out the situation.
ช่วง [แก้ไข]ประตูภายนอก ─────2222 'เมืองจันทร์'ซางิบอร์กวิ่งผ่านป่าที่บ้านของเธอในน้ำตามันถูกเขียนลง แขนขาเล็ก หนุ่มเธอหมดผลักเธอไปข้างหน้า panting และในขณะที่เธอถูกกลัว โดยสัตว์ที่เห่าหอนในแสงจันทร์ เธอเมามันเก็บไว้ใช้ ถนนสายหลักได้แล้วเต็มไปด้วยสัตว์ป่า และไม่ปาน เธอกำลังวิ่งผ่านได้มีบันทึกสัตว์ unpaved ใช้แบร์ฟุตบนกรวดหนาม ขาอ่อนของเธอได้เจ็บปวดที่ได้รับบาดเจ็บ และมีเลือดออก แต่ซางิบอร์กยังคงทำงานได้แล้ว ในขณะที่เธอร้อง"Haah Haah..."─────Today ควรจะ สนุกวันเกิดเทศกาล เกินไป เธอจะสวมใส่เสื้อผ้าทายาทที่แม่และป้าของเธอรับออกเธอ และเธอควรจะใช้จ่ายวันของเธอสนุกสนานจนพระอาทิตย์ขึ้นเช่นทุกปีหลังจากที่ทำการ Hounou-Enbu [1] ที่เธอมีประสบการณ์สำหรับนาน แต่เมื่อเธอกลับมา บ้านเกิดเมืองนอนของเธอถูกขัดในเปลวไฟ และได้ตกไปอยู่ในพวกผี“…… สวัสดี cu ... ! "เธอบังคับ hiccups ของเธอลงในลำคอของเธอ ถ้าเธอ pricked หูของเธอ เธอจะได้ยิน roars ของสัตว์ที่โจมตีชุมชนของเธอ ถ้าเธอหยุดย้ายขาของเธอตอนนี้ ร่างกายของเด็กจะได้ถูกคัดลอกอพาร์ท แม้กระต่ายดวงจันทร์แข็งแรง และยืดหยุ่นตามวิธีจุดสิ้นสุดของตนเอง นอกจากนี้พวกเขา เต็มไป ด้วยหลากหลายของของขวัญและแม้จะรู้จักกันเป็นดีสุดในสวนน้อย ได้ถูกหั่นตามสัตว์เหล่านั้น แม้อุปสรรคที่ควรได้จัดเตรียมของ Sakra devanam อินทร์ พวกเขามาซึ่งกองทัพเหมือนกับฝูงชนของพระเจ้า"พ่อ... แม่...!!"พ่อแม่ใช้เวลารักษาหลังให้หลบหนีของเธอ แม้ มีความกังวลของเธอเพื่อความปลอดภัยของพวกเขา ซางิบอร์กวิ่ง ตามผ่านป่า แต่เธอ เธอได้แล้วเริ่มฟัง panting ของสัตว์ แขนขาที่หนากว่าต้นไม้ใหญ่สรรต้นไม้ เล็บที่หนักกว่าเหล็กฉีกพื้น ในขณะที่เขี้ยวที่สามารถกลืน ภูเขาและแม่น้ำถูก bared ของสัตว์ scurry quaked โลกเป็นลำปิดช่องว่างหลังซางิบอร์ก แต่ถึงแม้ว่ามันเป็นป่าในเวลากลางคืน แสงจันทร์สดใสโดยเฉพาะคืนนี้ และมันจะง่ายต่อการจุดรูปของเธอ ยิ่งเธอได้ยิน tremors ตระเวน ยิ่งกลัวเธอแช่กระดูกสันหลังของเธอ เมื่อซางิบอร์กถูกจ้องตาม ด้วยแสงจ้าชายฉกรรจ์ ตามที่เธอวิ่งผ่านป่า เธอถูก assailed โดยความรู้สึกรุนแรงเลือดลัสท์“………Ah,”Her legs got tangled and she fell over as she felt the unusual wave of intimidation wash over her. Rolling down head over heels, Kuro Usagi crashed into a conspicuously large tree’s trunk which was bigger than most in the forest.“O,Ow………!”She had smacked onto the roots that were protruding from the ground and she let out a scream as her young body creaked. Even if she looked at things objectively, it was impossible for her to keep running. She was quaking with fear as she clung to the trunk of the tree. The sounds of the tremors and the beast’s laboured breaths accompanied the overwhelming pressure from its presence as it felled and crushed trees in its approach. The beast that slowly appeared from the shade was——-an aberration with the body of a white snake with limbs and 2 heads.“Uh, ah………!?”Its ruby red devil eyes stared in her direction and that alone was sufficient to make her lips quiver without being able to let out a scream. Its massive jaw could easily swallow Kuro Usagi whole. Having caught the sight of its prey, the two headed monster leapt, weighing down on Kuro Usagi. The two headed snake, having caught an excellent prey, dripped drool from its mouth like a flood while intimidating Kuro Usagi. Lightly tapping Kuro Usagi’s young, soft, beautifully snow white skin with its claws, it licked the blood from her wound. Downing it like ale, the pleased two headed white snake scrambled to see which head would devour her first. The young Kuro Usagi quaked with fear, and prepared for her demise.“─────GEEEYAAAAA!!!”A fierce roar that shook heaven and earth. But it was not that of the two headed white snake’s. It was from a golden lion with a mane that shone brilliantly like the sun.“Eh………!?”Kuro Usagi thought she was hallucinating for a moment. The lion descended upon the two headed white snake which had come within ten centimeters of her nose. Its mane bustled about, looking like a meteor; all those who saw it would think that it was the sign of a king. The lion sank its teeth into one of two heads’ necks and slammed it on the ground after shaking it about like a rag doll. At that moment, a fountain of blood danced in the air.The two headed white snake took a fatal blow, but from the blood that poured out came serpents and scorpions which bound the lion’s body. The white snake descended upon the now restricted lion. Its sharp, pointed claws teared at the lion’s mane. The lion had already rolled over, covering its vital points, but the mane that the white snake had shredded was harder than vajra[2]. If the lion took a direct hit from that, it wouldn’t get away unscathed. The two headed white snake tried to follow up on its attack. But as if interrupting the two, another figure jumped out in verbal abuse.“You idiot, don’t let your guard down! What’s the lion of the sun doing like that!”“Grr, I don’t need to hear that from the likes of you, demon child!!!”The verbal abuse came from a female. With the moonlight at her back, she appeared, her hair gleaming brightly and vividly like gold threads, and dazzling looks. However large the Little Garden was, there was only one species with those outward features. Kuro Usagi, still not able to lift her legs, she held her breath in shock.“A,A pure blood vampire………and a lion of the sun……!?”Confused by the bewilderingly changing situation, she finally let out a voice. At a glance, anyone could tell they were a strange combination. A vampire who controls the night, and of the sun——-a lion who pulls the chariot of Surya[3]. Seeing opposing species together on the same battlefield was nothing short of a bizarre sight.“You insignificant lizards, don’t think you can keep me down forever!!!”The golden lion let out a roar like a gust of wind. As if in response, his mane released a surge of scorching heat, turning into a fire storm and burned away the rabble.“……………!?”─────A pure blood vampire and a lion of the sun. Fighting these two wouldn’t be favorable. Deciding that, the two headed white snake sprang back into the shade of the forest and left. The vampire and lion were about to chase after it, but a voice soon called them to stop.“You two, that’s enough. There’s no need to chase after it anymore."The voice that told them to stop was also from a female. Stunned as Kuro Usagi watched the events unfolding, she looked up silently at the figure of the woman who appeared from the animal trail. She wore a white trench-coat, leather long boots, and spiral shell piercings on both her ears. Her gentle blonde hair was like confetti, and her friendly face in turn felt like it represented the depth of her benevolence as a whole. The compliant lion sidled up against the blonde woman and asked.
“But Canaria. If we leave that alone, it will continue to grow without limit. If we’re to stop this at the roots, then it must be now.”
“Nothing’s going to change if we hunt down just one of them. Unless we take down the main body, they’ll multiply infinitely.”
“Even if you say that, leaving that alone is,”[4]
“Just listen to me. You may have been reinforced with the sovereignty of the sun, but you can only deflect sharp blades. You’d be a bad match against that dragon. ………But before that.”
The woman called Canaria let out a breath as her gaze met Kuro Usagi’s. Lifting up Kuro Usagi off the floor in her arms, she tilted her neck and smiled.
“Nice to meet you, little miss bunny. Are you alright?”
“Y,Yes.”
She gulped as she nodded. Canaria also nodded back, smiling as her hair swayed like confetti.
“To fulfill our oath to the Alliance, we have made haste to the moon rabbits’ place. What’s your name?”
“K,Kuro Usagi.”
Oh? Canaria said as she tilted her head. But quickly understanding the situation, she let out a bitter smile.
“I see. You haven’t been given a name yet, have you.”
“Y,Yes. At today’s birthday festival, my mother was the one who was supposed to——-“
She was about to say, but nothing came out. Tears suddenly welled in her eyes as her sorrow surfaced. Her mother and father, her family, her tribe, all of them took up the rear to let her escape. This much, even a ten year old Kuro Usagi could understand. So even if she desperately tried to hold it in, her tears overflowed as they fell.
“………Where are your parents?”
“They said they’d go guard the gate that leads to the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods………my entire tribe, they stayed in the castle. Because I’m the heiress………Take the blessing handed down to us and run, my father said………!”
As she spilled large tear drops, she handed over a gift card to Canaria. Looking at the gift card which depicted a black and white half-moon, she lowered her gaze as she figured out the situation.
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