{Kei Sasaki's POV:}
Around 5 minutes after Shoya-nii went to the toilet, the Shonan-Shinjuku Line train arrived. The doors opened and people began flooding out.
He was right, more people do come the later it is.
"Kei!"
I heard a voice calling out to me.
To my right, I saw Anastasia, Akane, Kuro and Tatsuya. They came jogging towards me.
"It's so nice to see you all!"
I beamed.
I hugged all of them and then went it came to Tatsuya, he was already in a hugging stance with a creepy smile on his face.
I moved away.
"Huh, Kei?!"
"Sorry, don't feel like it."
I said, looking away from him.
"Ah, I can't wait to go to Shibuya and do some trick or treating. In England, I've never been able to trick or treat because I'm a noble there, so this is a new experience for me."
Anastasia said happily.
She was dressed as a princess. That much was obvious. She looked so cute in the outfit.
"This is also my first time celebrating Halloween too."
Kuro said with blushing cheeks.
"We'll make it an unforgettable memory."
Akane said.
I nodded with a smile on my face.
Kuro was dressed as a vampire with fake blood dripping from her mouth.
Akane was a pirate. She had an eye patch and a hat, as well as, a prop sword on her hip. Well, I think it's a prop sword.
Tatsuya was dressed as a skeleton. There wasn't anything notable about his costume.
"Ah, where's Shoya?"
He asked, looking around.
"He went to the toilet but still hasn't come out. Could you go check if he's there?"
I asked Tatsuya.
"Sure, hold this."
He gave me a bag and went into the toilet.
I peeked into the bag.
"You guys brought candy?"
"I thought we should be charitable."
Anastasia said with a proud look on her face.
"Anastasia, the whole point of trick or treating is to either get scared by the person's trick or receive a treat which is candy."
"Hey, I said we should give it out. I never said we eat it ourselves. When we go trick or treating, we can put it into the owner's bucket of candy. We're giving treats."
Anastasia is cold usually but is cute when it comes to things she's never done before.
"Yo, guys."
"Did you find anything?"
The pirate asked.
Tatsuya held up a phone.
"That's Shoya's."
Kuro uttered, walking and looking at it.
She took it from Tatsuya and turned it on.
"Yeah, it's definitely his."
"So, where is he?"
After that question was asked, there was a deathly silence. Gah, stupid Shoya-nii, I don't want Halloween to be ruined by this.
"We should look for hi--"
Anastasia began walking away but I grabbed her arm.
"Kei-chan?"
"We should wait here. M-maybe he went off thinking we left since I moved away. He'll be back for his phone and we'll see him."
I told them.
"Yeah."
Tatsuya whispered.
"Yeah, we will."
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{Shoya Sasaki's POV:}
Where the fuck am I?
This place is giving off some weird vibes.
How did I even get here? I was just in the toilet, washing my face and now I'm here.
It was in that instant that I appeared here. This is all too sudden.
Maybe... Maybe it's just an illusion.
The moment I thought that I shook my head.
No way, it's not an illusion. I should know better than to think that. Everything I see here is real.
Suddenly, purple flames appeared on the torches on the side of the walls.
"There's a door..."
A large door towered over me. It looked to be the only way out of this room.
"Hm? Something's coming."
Footsteps were approaching. If they were normal footsteps, I wouldn't be able to hear them but they weren't. They had a slight rattle to them. The only thing I could think of was armour.
The large doors were violently pushed open.
A person came through. They continued walking toward me. They wore gold armour and they also had some sort of symbol on their helmet.
That armour is weird though. It seems more like plates than actual armour. There are too many gaps in his armour.
When he was at a distance from me, he stopped.
Looks like he came to meet me.
"Who are you?"
I asked.
The gold armour stared at me, blankly. Then, something like a voice came out.
"Chrysus."
His voice was weird. It was breathy, distorted and the way he said it was slightly drawn out.
"Chrysus. So, do you know where I am?"
The person, Chrysus, didn't answer this time.
Chrysus took a step forward.
My body reacted. From Chrysus, immense bloodlust was leaking out. It was directed at me.
I leapt forward, summoning Erebus into its scythe form. I mercilessly swung at Chrysus.
"Eh?"
I passed him and landed next to the door.
"Erebus..."
The blade of the scythe broke. The form of the scythe melted down and returned to my shadow.
Erebus is a manifestation of Altair's will. It will regenerate itself with time.
But what did I hit?
I looked back at Chrysus.
"Peacock feathers?"
From his arm, peacock feathers emerged from the gaps in his armour.
So that's why.
His armour isn't really armour. They're for protection but if most of his body is covered then he won't be able to use those feathers.
The feathers retracted.
He turned to me and jumped at me.
Chrysus pivoted and swung his leg at my head; I blocked it.
"Hm?"
There was a lot of force behind the kick. It wasn't from the kick alone but from the feathers.
The force was enough to send me flying despite blocking the attack itself.
I'm lucky. If I didn't receive that Signet from Lilith and if I didn't receive her training, I would've had a broken arm.
We were metres apart.
I guess for him, the best offence is defence.
Let's see. My left wrist is injured so I should avoid using it. I need to also find a way around those feathers.
This guy...
He's dangerous.