I opened my eyes to be met with familiar scenery. A meadowland filled with corpses all too familiar with me. Destroyed ground and ruined buildings.
Long time no see Noir or should I say Jacob hee hee~
Mishia!
Running towards her I jumped to hug her however my body passed through her.
Sorry Noir but I don't have much energy left. This was a final gift for you once you found someone with the potential to become your fated other.
You see I never met my fated other from my world instead, I met you a person from another world. How cruel that my fated other would have been around in another 60 years from when my soul gave up. Still I wouldn't change a thing as I got to meet you~
"Ah Mishia I have been thinking about you ever since! How could you just leave me without me properly saying goodbye. I couldn't get over it I thought about it! How you must have felt being alone, being chased by people for greed. How did you do it, it feels so empty! Everything feels empty without you."
"My poor noir, my sweet poor noir. I knew that if I let there be a goodbye you would never leave, you would rather stay here for eternity but I don't want that! I want you to live a life that you never got to! You big IDIOT! Do you think it was easy for me either to hold back my attachment, my feelings. "
Once again tears leaked from my eyes I wasn't sure what to do.
"That girl. She's special but she is as broken as us. Please noir for me Love her, care for her as your chosen other that is my request. I have watched over your journey but it is actually time. I grant you access to my final magics, unfortunately it clashes with your weak affinities to all magic so I'm going to have to remove them. As the primordial vampire shadows are your best weapon and the night is your whetstone. You will be granted my understanding of constellation magic and shadow magic but you will have to gain them on your own. It took me a 1000 years to make them like another limb but with your talent I know it won't take that long. "
Thank you Noir for making me the happiest and luckiest girl alive and... I love you. "
"I love you too Mishia!"
Tears kept streaming down our faces as darkness once again claimed us. She was truly gone, I had hoped to bring her back somehow but she used her soul completely.
Opening my eyes I looked down at the girl on my lap.
"Please Love and protect her"
Gently, ever so gently as if she was going to break I moved the pink strands of hair out of her face. Tears still streamed from her closed eyes as she clung to my body like I was going to disappear. She was ever so frail.
Remembering what my mother used to do for me when I had nightmares I stroked her cheek gently while cradling her hoping to give off some form of security.
"On my life, in memory of Mishia I will protect and love you. That is my vow."
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A long time ago a king of a kingdom wanted strength and power. Unable or unwanting to test on his own body, Instead he asked a court mage to create a child to experiment on.
Born in a test tube the girl was ostracized by those around her she was experimented on with beast blood to create a stronger mightier being that would live longer and was stronger in every way. However it was a failure and only ended tainting royal blood.
One day the king's children died of an unknown disease and the king himself had lost the ability to bear a new heir for the throne.
To the dismay of the king he had to do something or face revolt from the nobles of his kingdom, Taking a risk he took off to the lab where the child was held, Once inside he was met by a beast with pink hair rather than a person. Ragged hair coated in dried blood, covered in wounds from the torture the kings children had given her. She was afraid of the man. Her instincts told her that he could end her in a second.
Girl.. From now on you are the princess of the kingdom of beasts. However you are not my daughter you are but a mere puppet that I will sell off to someone. You are a disgrace to the bloodline you hold. I don't want to hear from you nor should you ever look at me in the eyes. Your eyes disgust me the most.
A fear. A trauma filled the girl with those words. The girl faced abuse at the hand of those around her. Maids and instructors harmed her and Belittled her intelligence. She lived in a wing of the castle where no one else dared to live, being fed slop just to survive
She was cursed by her blood and the king. Miasma would leak from her body that killed those who would interact with her unless they had special artifacts. She was alone, truly alone.
In her nightmares a sudden light illuminated a pathway protecting her from the harm of her father and the maids of the castle. The light would talk to her and protect her like she was its own. It gave off a vibe of protection wherever it's light marked.
- I will protect and love you. That is my vow-
And then she awoke.