The Tyrant and the Fool by Gakuto Mikumo

Author:Gakuto Mikumo [Mikumo, Gakuto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00+00:00

6

Itogami Island, home to numerous nocturnal vampires, had many facilities and eateries open until late at night. On the other hand, as a solitary island floating on the Pacific Ocean, there were no sources of artificial lighting in the island’s vicinity; nor were there any skyscrapers to obstruct one’s field of vision. As a platform for stargazing, one might call it a blessed environment.

In particular, the area around the marina Kojou and Avrora used as their home base was dark, with a sky full of stars spread over their heads. Even stargazing amateurs like them could easily make out the constellations.

The clear, night sky was like a deep sea as pale meteorites streaked across it, little by little.

Even while looking up at such an exquisite sight, Avrora’s expression was dark. No doubt she’d never expected Nagisa to reject her like that.

“You all right, Avrora?”

Kojou called to the girl as he brought cup noodles over for supper.

“Hey…don’t worry about Nagisa. It’s not that she hates you or anything. She’s just scared of demons. I think it’s probably a subconscious fear from the terrorist attack. It’s my fault for not properly explaining things.”

“…’Tis my fault for adding to her suffering.”

Avrora was still on the boat’s deck, hands wrapped around her knees, eyes heavy as she murmured in self-deprecation. In spite of the loss of her own memories, she seemed awfully quick to feel responsible for things.

“I’m telling you, it ain’t your fault. Here, eat already.”

Kojou pulled the lid off the fully prepared noodles and slid them in front of Avrora.

Even while down in the dumps, the scent got Avrora’s attention, and she raised her head bit by bit. She took chopsticks from Kojou and began to slurp the white, steamy ramen.

“Delicious.”

“Sure is.”

Kojou breathed a sigh of relief as he finally saw Avrora smile a little. That was when a human silhouette rose up in Kojou’s blind spot like a vengeful spirit. There stood Asagi, furrowing her brows in obvious displeasure.

“…What do you two think you’re doing?”

“Whoa?!”

Asagi was wringing her stargazing binoculars with a force that threatened to pulverize them as she looked down at Kojou and Avrora sitting close.

“What, are you going to make her go ‘aah,’ too? How indecent. Are you a couple?!”

“What, you want some, too? Here.”

Kojou sighed in obvious exasperation as he offered a cup noodle container to Asagi. She apparently hadn’t expected that reaction from Kojou.

“Er, ah… Well, if you insist, I suppose I have to eat it, but…,” she murmured haltingly as she summoned her courage, opening her mouth and waiting in an aah pose. However, she only heard ooh’s from Kojou and Avrora as they looked up at the night sky.

“That’s a big swarm, huh. That was definitely a meteor that time, not a plane.”

“The falling stars twinkle so fleetingly…!”

“Hey, don’t ignore me, you! Pay a little more attention to me, darn it!!”

Indignant, Asagi grabbed the cup noodles out of Kojou’s hand and began consuming them in a single breath. Kojou, who’d been watching as the numbers of meteorites waned, yelped aloud, having not yet eaten a single bite.

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