tsu

s on his route northward), and I emerged from t

in', " Takuya yelled, gl

er and whose windows shone like crystal. The streets and roads looked as if they

out the ivory palace that loomed overhead. At th

the meeting, " Serrano said, staring at Brother's

around us. "You sure?" I asked. "This place lo

nto the pockets of his blue jeans. "I thou

id, adjusting his backpack filled with food

ed. "Take care, "

h. See ya!" He ran off like a child at the circus. Som

Serrano said, signal

perial stronghold. It towered above all the other structures around it. Even the sky

already looks enormous from afar, but when you're up-close, yo

of this wealth,

it until you s

t of the door. Serrano turned around briefly but didn'

one of the guards asked as she

was invited here, " I answe

ck the letter. "Hold it and don't get scared." She backed away from me and struck the seal on the lette

e outside. Various white marble statues were displayed throughout the wide

couldn't even begin to name. The brilliance of the colors of the mosaic was like that of jewels.

o angels, a female with brown hair and orange eyes and a male with black hair

about how we descended from the Angel of Darkness. The only possi

stor could. Unfortunately, I was not that child, the rosary had no response when I tried to transform it. If the rosary were an

ed in the light coming down from the chandeliers. My guess was that his clothes were made out of silk or something similar. Hi

here can I find

something nice. We can't have

im when he became one of the Seven-Hills, the strongest knights in all of Kuroriku. That's how stron

how failed at their job?" A blond haired young man glanced up at us,

did the guy t

n front of his eyes, grinning

would call upon a plebeian. I wonder

thus far were like him, pretentious, and egotistical. The wea

s that I had for the occasion but compared to the boy, I was dressed in rags. He had on a black, double-breasted, woolen trench co

errano said. "Eiichi

uy your relative?" He scoffed, raising his hands over hi

nusually cold. "So wh

ck. "Woah! Way to

back

st as if you're a different person. So, which of the two Serranos is th

Both of them, " I responded, leaping over the golden rail. La

has daughters. Though, I guess that you could say that it would

ran

nto the castle. "I'm not late, am I?"

into the pockets of his coat. "Well then, I'll meet you in the king

, " Serrano answered, glancing back at me

"Are you sure? He looks li

pt she needed to add 'graduated'. Why ha

tepped toward her. "Unles

then it must be authentic. I look forward to working with you." S

k. "I'm Tets

ho is said to be rela

eing my cousin. "Are

. "Well, we're considered long distan

u told him about why

"No. I thought that I w

hand on my shoulder. "Just know that you'll be playing

o Setsuko. "I look forwa

ing, " my cousin called out, waving

, leaving me behind with t

t of putting down the shovel to pick u

lled, waving at me fr

I followed after her and Serrano, ready to see

u think Tetsuya will dis

ks to those readers who have stuck with this story thus far. Its been half a year