Follow the Script

Chapter 1

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Once inside the room, Koishi was left in awe. Indeed, with the door now closed, the lights magically turned on by themselves and her sight became clear. Around her, large bookshelves filled to the brim were forming a fortress with walkways between the top of them, acting like a second floor. Unfortunately, she couldn't find the stairs but it didn't matter since she could fly around the place.

Koishi: A library? Strange...

She mumbled to herself, absorbed in her thoughts. She was turning around herself with a slight interest and a wide smile but that always remained on her face so it wasn't a big deal. The objects that she once couldn't recognize were simple books laying around, discarded. Her observations were cut short by the sound of a bell echoing above her, attached to a ceiling that she couldn't see with her mere eyes.

*Dong* *Dong* *Dong*

With it, a voice rose up in the distance. It was everywhere, on the other side of the world, right behind a bookshelf, above her, behind her, no places were left. A sound like this would normally destroy one's eardrums but it left no damage.

???: Intruders detected inside the library. Presence unknown, proceed with caution.

Koishi: Intruder?

She asked, not receiving an answer in return. As expected, nobody would speak to one intruding in their territory. Knowing that a fight may begin, she jumped in place to warm herself up before confronting the one that will oppose her. With her soulless smile, she waited for the opponent, different from her usual playstyle.

Time went by but no one showed up, leaving her confused. As she was about to step further in this strange place, footsteps echoed, walking closer. She stopped and waited for the one that will be greeting her inside the library.

???: ...Another one, can't catch a break in this place.

It was a rough voice, almost damaged as well. The person speaking emerged from a corner of a bookself, dragging with him a body covered with many bandages and syringes injected in his back, barely holding the sword that he was carrying in his right hand. The man lost all colors in his hair and watched the girl with the same amount of life that her eyes carry, close to none.

Koishi: ...

She tilted her head to the side, feeling his heartbeat even with the distance between them, he was definitely human. He was human but his body was damaged beyond repairs, his hands covered in bandages. However, despite his horrible wounds, he raised his sword and held it with both of his hands. The blade itself was not impressive but it was tainted by sorrow and pain, making it a cursed object to the person holding it.

???: What? Cat got your tongue? You came here to kill me, just like your friends. So act like the killer you are.

He hid his mouth with the dark sleeve of his trenchcoat, frowning at the girl. The youkai didn't say anything, knowing that now wasn't the time to do so. Normally, she would have happily fought with someone asking for it but it was a peculiar case in this situation.

???: Fine, keep your mouth shut, that'll make my job easier.

He glanced at the sleeve that he used to wipe his mouth and one could see the familiar color of blood on it. Shaking his head lightly, he looked back at his opponent, the youkai who did not move from her spot ever since he stepped in the room.

???: ...It was your mistake coming here.

With that, he charged at her. Seeing his attack brought her back to her senses and she responded with a wave of heart-shaped projectiles aimed at him. Even with her sense of judgement almost gone because of a decision she took in the past, she could tell that she would be unable to talk to him unless she stops him from attacking her.