Prologue

It was raining really hard, the skies were dark. I just laid there like a dead person, I can't move, even if I wanted to. The subtle drops just kept on hitting me in a repercussion. I failed my mission, I failed to protect my only relative in this world.

"This is the end game, isn't it?"

I asked myself that question. What lies beyond death however, I am not certain. It's either God has forsaken me or there is no God in this cruel world.

Why do the innocent people with good intent die first? And the sinned just thrives like that.

It's not fair...

If God truly exists, he wouldn't let this happen... He would at least give me a second chance to save her...

Then I just let go of that rope that clings me to this world, I closed my eyes and prepard for my final rest... Full of regret but free of burden.

I actually felt comfortable here, something soft is supporting my head, it smells... Almost otherworldly. Is this heaven?

I opened my eyes slowly, I looked around and found myself on a bed. Though the walls were made out of stone and the only light source was a flicker of candle. Is this somekind of dungeon? It is certainly not what I imagined heaven to be like.

The barred wooden door clicks open loudly, an elegant looking lady with what it seems to be like a maid costume appeared before me.

"Ah. I see that you are awake."

She was holding a change of clothes on her forearm. She went closer to me and put them on the table adjacent to the bed.

"You should change , the mistress wants to see you promptly."

She had this very expressionless yet sincere face on her, the kind of look a servant would give.

"What do you mean? Who are you?"

She ignored my question and walked back towards the door but then she stopped and gave me a short answer before resuming.

"All will be explained."

Mistress? Who might she be talking about? More importantly, where am I? Many question still lingers in my mind, but I was quite sure that scene in my mind... It was the real sensation of death.

I demanded answers.

Then maybe, just maybe, I can find Kureha in this place.

After I had changed to the butler outfit the maid gave me, I braced myself to take action. When I opened the door, the maid was already waiting for me there.

"Good. You catch on quickly. Now, follow me, young mister."

She just called me a young mister, I don't know if she's just polite or I look that old.

There were torches planted on the grim walls of this dungeon, it looks like a place where they would keep ogres and monsters in. Wait... Does that mean I was a monster?

I have no time to think about such things, that maid walks fast, and I mean dead fast. There was already quite some distance between us. I caught up to her and encountered some stairs.

The floor above looked more like somekind of manor, scarlet velvet cloths everywhere. The walls were decorated with gold embroidered frames. Looks like someone rich lives here. The presence of the mysterious maid contributes to that speculation.

She stopped in front of an open framed glass door, with the shady balcony ahead of it.

"If you would, the mistress is waiting."

She stepped aside, signaling me to go to her mistress. All I can see was a kid in a cherry dress sipping some tea. Her mistress is this young?

I took a step closer; there was a table with a well placed tea set, the kind that royals use in those TV shows. The mistress had this deadly aura around her, it was hard to breath, I started to get nervous.

She lightly glared at me as she had another sip of her tea.

"By all means, take a seat."

I felt my body rumble as she commanded me to do so, I immediately took a seat opposite to her without objection.

She gently put down her tea cup. Her skin was pale, even compared to mine, her eyes were bright red and her fang was protruding out of her sweet pink lips. Though I'm getting the impression that her stare will be much worse than her bite...

"Good. You actually settled in obediently."

I couldn't understand her completely, she was speaking in such an uncommon tone and manner.

"What do you mean? Why am I here?"

She stood up and leaned on the railings. I heard a small sigh coming from her as she gazes off in the distance, on a lake which reflected the afternoon sky.

"It's been a while since another human appeared in Gensokyo... Not to mention, a male as well."

"Gensokyo, is that what this place is called?"

So I'm not on Nagoya anymore... Definitely.
I don't even think that this is Earth. Even though they speak Japanese, the lack of technology on this manor just proves how different my world and theirs are... Gensokyo.

"That is correct. It's a world that was once connected to yours, boy."

A world once connected to Earth?

So then, this is somekind of fantasy parallel world like those doujin circles make into games or something. Interesting.

She walked around the edge of the balcony, she was quickly behind me. I felt her petit hands on my shoulder. I can feel her breath on my neck.

"And it's been a while that I had another human servant too..."

"Wait, what serv-"

Before I could finish the next word, I felt a paralyzing sting on my neck. Did she just bite me?

I can feel her fangs sinking deep on my neck, the blood flowing out of me. It hurts but it felt good, as if someone was kissing me.

"Mistress! What are you-"

That maid from before tried to intervene.

But it was too late... Everything was fading away...

A few moments later...

The light haze rising from the cup of tea. It slowly fades into the background without much notice. The tea gave off a brownish golden colour, like honey.

The maid appeared before the mistress in an instant. Her arms were crossed as she gave her mistress a discontent face.

"Did you take care of him?"

"Yes, he's resting well but..."

The maid's discontent slowly turned into worry.

"I'm sure he's fine Sakuya, it's not like I was going to suck him dry or anything."

The mistress reassured her, the maid however still had some worry.

"But, Lady Remilia, was it alright for you to just turn him like that?"

Remilia, the mistress, didn't answer the question immediately. She gave a slight thought, a slight pause to sum up a good reason for what she did.

"Won't it lighten your and Mei Ling's workload, Sakuya?"

Sakuya, the maid, received the logic clearly. Though the doubt is still lingers.

"That is certainly true but-"

"Then there is no problem."

The mistress intercepted her with confidence, effectively ending the conversation.

I wonder if it's going to be alright like this?

Sakuya thought to herself. It was going to be complicated now that there is a, decently handsome (and cute) boy in the manor. Not to mention the fact that he's Remilia's loyal servant, an apprentice, an underling...

What will happen next?