Prolouge

Once upon a time, there lived a middle-aged man with the devil's hair and eyes. When war came by, he and his family were forced to move across the ocean. Though they were told that they would forever live in peace when they first stepped onto fresh land, they never considered the possibility that anyone who lived there would treat them like the devil.

The man with the devils hair and eyes, in an urgent attempt to save his family from bankruptcy, went on his own and built a house in the country side. Telling himself multiple times it would work, he never realized how much time had passed and still to this day does not know how long ago his wife left him.

To provide for himself, he began cutting down trees for warmth. One cold winter day, and he waited for the logs to completely dry off in from of the fire, he took a small, unusable chunk of wood and his knife and went to work. He quickly learned he had a knack for created wooden statues.

And now he spends his days whittling sculptures and bringing them to the market every week on the sixth day. The man with the devils hair and the devils eyes lived like this for three years until one day, something occurred that would change his life forever.

On the third day of August in his twenty-sixth year, a young teenage boy happened to walk past his shop, notice, and walk inside.

The bell chimed for the first time since the store had opened. The man of the devil quickly rushed to the front of the store to greet his guest. He did not expect him to be so short, but he was glad to have business nonetheless.

It was the first time in a long time that the man had been greeted with a smile.

"Ciao~!" The local chimed, eyes squeezed closed, mouth stretched into a smile, mostly kempt auburn hair curling around on one side in an obvious cow-lick. He opened his chocolatey brown eyes with excitement, approaching the man of the devil faster that he could back away. There was definetely a large amount of distance in their heights, but to the man of the devil, this young man might as well be the mouse to his elephant demeanor. Even he knew better not to immediately trust anyone in this foreign land.

The young man stood on his tippy-toes, attempting to get as close to the devil-man's face as possible. "Hey~ why do you keep getting farther away from me~? I just want to greet you, silly man!"

The man of the devil stood in awe, unable to speak for a brief moment. He was able to do nothing but question the situation in his mind. 'What is happening?! This kid...isn't afraid of me...?'

The man of the devil cleared his throat. "W-well, normally, people don't come so close to me..."

The brunette leaned in closer, wrapping his hands behind his own back, clasping them together. "Why not? Is it because you frown all the time?" The brunette giggled.

"Well, you know...I'm not from here."

"Well, yeah, that's pretty obvious, you know~" The brunette hopped up onto the counter, playfully kicking his legs in rhythm and humming a small tune while rocking his head back and forth to the beat.

"Everyone else...cowers in fear, you know..." The brunette did not acknowledge his statement. "Are you part of a royal heritage?"

"No," the brunette answered. The man-devil was taken aback by such a short answer.

"Don't you feel any threat towards me? Hatred? Denial? Vengeance?"

The brunette hopped off the counter. 'Wh-what have I been spewing?! Am I insane?! I could get deported or arrested!'

The brunette looked up, eyes once again squeezed shut, mouth stretched into a smile. His cowlick bobbed as he tilted his head sideways. "I want to know you for who you are on the inside! Not as some foreigner! Silly~"

The auburn-brunette slowly made his way towards the front door. He turned around before leaving. "I'll come back tomorrow, okay?"

The man with the appearance of a devil stared at the brunette, wide-eyed, mouth agape. "M-my name..."

"Ve~?"

"M-my name is Ludwig Beilschmidt from Munich!" The man with blonde hair and blue eyes exclaimed.

The brunette grinned widely, eyes open with wonder and excitement. "Hi there! My name is Feliciano Vargas! Welcome, friend!"