Hello, I have republished this prologue but with Google Translation, I don't know if it is better than DeepL, but there was a comment that said that the prologue was not understood.
I don't know which is the best translation page to bring this fanfic from Spanish to English, if you know one or think that this version is better than the one I had brought with DeepL, I bring all the chapters from Google if you see that it has a better translation Of course.
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Prologue: Muramasa
Hell: House Gremory.
The servants of the Gremory family are excited. The reason?
Today, the matriarch of the Gremory house : Venelana Gremory is going to give birth.
The demon doctor told them that she was going to have twins. They waited months for the birth of the new heirs of the Gremory house . They had been without an heir for many years since the day Sirzechs left the Gremory house to now be the new Lucifer.
Sirzechs himself with his wife, Grayfia Lucifuge who is also known as the [Queen] of Sirzechs in the Rating Game .
They were on their way through the hallways of the large mansion with a brisk walk to his mother's room to see his new siblings, which had him ecstatic the first day he received the information.
While he was thinking happily about that, he found a servant coming out of his mother's room giving information to everyone around the room.
—The little heirs of the Gremory family have already been born .
The servant said with a smile that betrayed his attempt to hide his emotion at the time of reporting this fact.
The servants murmured with joy as they watched Sirzechs approach, accompanied by his wife.
—My little brothers were born! —Sirzechs said without hiding his joy as he approached the door handle to push and open the door to enter his mother's room.
As he approached his mother's bed he was lying down and saw in his mother's arms the little babies who would now be his little brothers.
—Hello mother!
Sirzechs said as he greeted his mother happily, who began to look at him and smiling at him said.
—Hello Sirzechs, these are your new little brothers. Meet this little girl called Rias and this little one is called...
(Minutes before the arrival of Sirzechs)
At the time of birth of the new heirs of the Gremory house. One of the newborns had a confused expression; as if he didn't know where he was.
With his eyes he looked anywhere as if he were looking for an answer as to why he was in that place.
He continued looking for several seconds, but unfortunately he had given up looking for an answer.
He gave a small sigh that caught the attention of the beautiful young girl who was carrying him in her arms.
One of her hands was guided to one of his cheeks and was stretched slightly, making him look into the eyes of the beautiful young woman.
(Who the hell is she?)
The little baby asked himself, while trying to guess who it was.
( Mmm ... I find myself in her arms, and I also realized that I am very small, maybe I am a baby? If so... would she be my mother?)
The beautiful young woman saw his confused expression drawing her attention even more.
—You're a weird baby, you know that?
Said the person who would be his "mother."
(If I could speak I would tell you no... I have no idea why I have been reborn, although I have no memory of my past, because for some reason; I know I should be dead.)
「 Sen.. Muramasa 」
(Hey! How strange... a strange incomplete and blurry name popped into my head... does it mean something from my past that I've lost?)
While the little boy's mind continued searching for more information, he heard the footsteps of a person approaching that interrupted his thoughts.
He saw a man with long crimson red hair, blue eyes; wearing an elegant white suit.
He had a peculiar chin, like a "u" that caught his attention.
(How strange, there are still strange forms of beards for men. Will there be some normal ones?)
The little guy thought about things that had nothing to do with the plot, we continued.
—Hi darling. I came when I felt the small traces of magic in this room.
The newly arrived man said, the beautiful young woman smiled lovingly at him as she lifted the little ones close to him a little.
—Meet your new children, this little one is Rias and this little one is Mikoto .
(Who is Mikoto ! My name is!... My name is?... What is my name?)
The little boy was in existential doubt about what his name was.
—If it weren't for the news that you would give twins, I would have made a deal with the Phenex for Rias to marry Riser .
(Why the hell would you do that, the little one has not yet been born and a bombshell of a marriage arrangement has already dropped if there were no twins.)
—But with you little Mikoto, you will marry Ravel Phenex; Thanks to you you will save your little sister.
(Son of a bitch! Give me freedom of who I marry at least! I don't care what other problems your family has!)
Without realizing it he made an angry face that surprised the two adults a little.
—Haha, what a surprise this little guy got angry because of the last thing I said.
—This little one is very strange, when he was born, he didn't cry like he did with little Rias.
The comments made "Mikoto's" anger calm down.
(Damn, I have to act like a baby or else I'll attract a lot of attention.)
—Oh, wow; He calmed down quickly. —said the man who would be his "father."
(Shit! What do I have to do so he doesn't get suspicious!)
—It seems that little Mikoto understands our words. —said his mother.
(...They are insightful, what the hell do I do now.)
—Maybe Mikoto is a genius?
As if a ray of hope came to Mikoto, her father's comment ended up saving him from the stormy situation that he ended up in due to his slip of wrong movements.
(You sir, I don't know how the hell you came to that conclusion, but you saved me.)
—Little Mikoto will take the Gremory family to a higher level!
The mother said excited by what her husband said.
(Madam, don't jump to that conclusion.)
Mikoto thought as he felt nervous about his parents' actions.
(Why the hell would I take this family higher? I can't even walk now.)
—I'm sorry little Mikoto, but the weight of the Gremory family will fall on your shoulders for being the new heir.
(...Because I feel like it's not a problem? Maybe it happened in the past? Was he an heir to a well-known family? I'm very curious about knowing my past.)
While Mikoto was thinking about things that have to do with her past, Mikoto 's father began to leave.
—Are you leaving now, dear?
—I have to report the birth of Rias and Mikoto to the councilors of the Underworld.
(Underworld? Now I want to know what race I was born into, I know I was a human; but now, what am I?)
—Understood, dear. —said his wife with a smile.
Mikoto watched as her father left the room, after a few seconds a servant arrived and came to watch him.
He ended up leaving once he saw them, and murmurs of joy were heard.
(Maybe he told them about Rias and me.)
At that moment, the door was heard opening again, and another young man with long crimson red hair and blue eyes entered, but this time accompanied by another person, a beautiful woman with silver hair and eyes, wearing a maid's outfit.
—Hello mother!
The newly arrived man said as he greeted his mother with joy, who began to look at him and smiling at him said.
—Hello Sirzechs, these are your new little brothers. Meet this little girl called Rias and this little one is called Mikoto .
(So, this would be my older brother, Sirzechs. All the people look very young, are they immortal? A beautiful advantage I have now, I will be young for many years... for some reason I don't like calling myself "young".)
Mikoto was confused by a simple word, as if the word "young" had nothing to do with him.
(...maybe it was an old man or an adult? But if so, why does that simple word... make me uncomfortable? I don't think there is going to be a word that can make a person uncomfortable... or maybe Yeah?)
—Hello little brother, you know that you are the new heir of the Gremory family .
(Yes, they already told me a few minutes ago.)
Sirzechs watched as Mikoto made a bored expression at what he said.
—Mhm ! _ Your face tells me that you already know.
(I got bored of trying to hide my emotions, I'll let fate... surprise me?)
For some strange reason Mikoto felt a small tingle throughout her body.
As if some important information had come out of his thought.
( Ugh ... seriously who the hell was I in the past, there are words that I said without thinking that end up falling like cold water on my body as if it were something important in a puzzle. If I try to discover my past I have no idea what it can affect me to me currently.)
(I better go to sleep, and stop thinking about things that remind me of my past.)
Venelana and Sirzechs watched as Mikoto began to sleep.
—He's a weird little brother.
Said Sirchez who was watching his little brother.
Venelana gave a small laugh. —I thought the same, although your father said he is promising. If he said it, I will calmly trust the future of Gremory in his hands.
Mikoto's little arms.
|One year later|
Mikoto's room Gremory.
Mikoto watched from her room towards her window, surprised to see the "heaven" of that world.
(That whole place seriously only looks dark red, I don't even see a sun; but I clearly see the outside.)
(So a demon...)
Days after his birth he had discovered that he was a demon, which ended up giving him a big surprise. His imagination of a demon was very different, he didn't think it would be... "human".
Just as he also got a surprise in the underworld.
On walks that his mother, who he now knew as Venelana, took Gremory as well as his father Zeoticus Gremory .
He was taken in some parts of the so-called "Underworld" to reach several mansions of different families.
They were meetings of mothers who brought their children to meet their children.
The "Underworld" was... like a big city; There were no terrifying places as he had imagined, or maybe there were, but they were in a far away location. He thought about going to those places when he is older.
(This world is strange, it breaks people's dreams. My imagination of demons and the underworld fell apart.)
(Well, all that remains is to discover the gods and other races; I just hope they aren't a joke.)
(For now I try to remember the little information I collected. I am Mikoto Gremory, belonging to a family of high-class demons from the 72 Pillars. Sirzechs Lucifer, older brother and Maou Lucifer. Position received after the end of the Civil War for the achievements made by him. Grayfia Lucifuge high class demon who served the former Lucifer, now married to my older brother. Rias Gremory, younger twin sister, as she is a newborn there is no information that stands out. Zeoticus Gremory, my father and main head of the family. Venelana Gremory, my mother and matriarch of the family, formerly heir to Bael; another high-class demon family. And…I guess Ravel Phenex, my fiancée? I have no information about her, I only know that she is my fiancée, nor can I guarantee that I will form a relationship with her; so I'll leave the fiancee title with a question mark.)
(Mmm, I don't know; if I'm missing any more information.)
(Perhaps, information from my past; although I'm thinking of leaving it for the future. Let my future self worry about that, not me.)
At that moment you hear the door to your room open.
Mikoto watches the beautiful servant approaching him.
—Mikoto-sama, it's time for lunch.
(Oh! Seriously time passes quickly, well I'll enjoy my childhood, just like I thought, I'll let my future self worry about that.)
The servant approached the little baby who was smiling and raising his small arms for her to carry him.
—Ha ha! Mikoto-sama, you will be a glutton if your taste for food overflows.
(You may be right or you may not, haha.)
The baby's small laugh was heard when the servant said that.
Gremory family was ; They waited for their children to be carried by the servants.
|One year later|
Another year has passed, and I found no more important information to highlight. Apart from the fact that I can now walk, talk and write.
The servants and my parents praised me for this.
I couldn't find the reason why, until I saw my little sister; Rias Gremory .
And I understood why he praised me.
Right now I find myself watching her, she can barely walk well, and has difficulty pronouncing several words.
She is a normal little girl, the problem; It would be me.
I already have a previous life, with little knowledge.
While Rias, it's a little new life.
He has no knowledge of another life, other than this one that has just begun.
That she was compared to me is something they shouldn't do.
This can be a big problem in the future, if she sees that she is seen as inferior to me, it can affect her psychologically. Tsk, I can't allow that. The only thing I can do is help her, but it really looks exhausting to do that. But there is no other choice, I will have to lend a hand to the servants who are teaching Rias .
Unless you have a decent IQ level of a 4 year old girl.
...
Tsk, I sense another problem with doing this. A 2-year-old child teaching someone the same age will attract a lot of attention.
The only solution I see is to try to play like a little child, with learning toys. At least that will go unnoticed.
|One year later|
—Mikoto-nii-chan.
I was sleeping peacefully at the window of my room, until I felt someone push me a little and say my name.
I opened my sleepy eyes a little to see who was calling me.
—What's wrong Rias?
I saw my little sister who was the culprit of interrupting my dreams.
—Let's play Mikoto-nii-chan!
She said with joy and bright eyes.
—I'm sorry, but as you can see I'm sleeping.
I replied as I closed my eyes again.
—But Mikoto-nii-chan, she's always sleeping!
She claimed me.
—Maybe I have an art for sleeping.
I told.
While I closed my view again, but something happened.
—That hurts.
I said without any emotion.
—I just have to take you to the yard to play!
She said, as I was carried across the floor outside my room.
It seriously hurts.
—Well, let me go; I will walk by myself to the yard.
—You promise?!
—Yes, I promise.
—Okay!
Rias let go of my arm, and I begin to get up from the floor to walk with her to the hallway that leads to the courtyard of this mansion.
My body and mind are very sleepy, I really don't want to do any exercise; I want to sleep.
—Hello, Rias-sama and Mikoto-sama.
—Hello Misaki-san!
—Hello.
We greeted the brown-haired servant.
Seriously, the people who work here are extremely beautiful. Although I don't doubt their domestic skills, they do a perfect job. But there will be a problem of taste, if I only see beautiful women every day.
I hope I don't have that problem in the future.
—We arrived!
Mmm. I didn't realize we had arrived.
I must be careful not to be lost in my thoughts.
—Well, Rias. What are we going to play?
—Mmm?!
Rias's happy face as she thought about a particular game to play.
—To the burned ones!
—Mmm? How do you play that?
—We will play [Rock, Paper and Scissors], and whoever wins will count 10 seconds, so that the loser can run! Once the 10 seconds have passed, whoever wins has to go after the loser and throw this ball so that it hits any part of their body!
I would have preferred [Rock, Paper, Scissors]. Instead of running, and tiring my body more.
*Sigh* Well, this will be a start to exercise my body and stop sleeping.
—I'm in.
—Rock Paper and scissors!
I ended up taking out paper. Rias took out stone.
—I wins.
I started running as fast as I could towards the mansion. She never said where running is allowed. So the entire territory of this mansion is a playing field.
Rias 's count, which had already finished.
—Here I come, Mikoto-nii-chan!
Heh, this will be fun.
|Several hours later|
*Yawn*
I was in my room, it was already night.
I seriously had fun playing that tag game for like 2 hours.
Now my body is tired, we were running throughout the mansion. Although we were scolded many times for that reason, but we continued playing without caring about that.
Until our mother arrived, and we had to stop playing.
*Yawn*
I better sleep, I can't stand sleep much anymore.
—Zzzz…
|One year later|
Another year has passed, although this time it was very boring. There is nothing that can stand out as exciting or interesting.
I only have information that I will have a teacher who will educate me on many things about the Underworld.
I don't really find it interesting.
|Six months later|
The people who will be my teachers have arrived. They began to teach me the basics of what a demon should know.
Although it doesn't take much importance.
Just listen to the information of the Civil War, Pureblood Demons, Reincarnated Demons and also the romantic history of my older brother and his wife.
It was a story that ended up being brought to the big screen in theaters.
I have no idea what Sirzechs thinks of that, whether he will be happy or uncomfortable; that everyone knew how the relationship with his wife began.
But I guess he doesn't care.
Four Great Demon Kings.
This caught my attention a lot.
Lucifer
Beelzebub
Asmodeus
Leviathan
The names of demons and monsters with the greatest relevance in the Bible.
Although the originals died.
I would have liked to know the originals, but it's good that it can be done; I cannot regret spilled milk.
I heard someone opening the door to my room.
Mmm . He is the teacher.
—Hello, Mikoto-sama. Today we continue with the teaching of arithmetic.
—Understood, master.
Well, another boring class.
|Months later|
Christmas.
This was strange, when I first celebrated Christmas.
I didn't believe that demons celebrated this holiday.
Although I don't have any memory of celebrating this either.
I found it confusing when I read information about Christmas.
It is like a birthday for everyone, since they give each other gifts and the family gets together while everyone talks.
—Here little Mikoto.
Sirzechs said, as he gave me a small wrapper.
A scarf?
So that I would want a scarf in hell.
—Are you funny big brother?
—Haha, in the month of Christmas in the human world it is always snowing, so I gave you that.
—But I'm not going to the human world, because I would wear this scarf in hell where snow never falls.
—It's because this Christmas we will take you and Rias to the human world so she can experience snow.
My father said that he was approaching, next to him, my mother, and Rias.
—Oh, how exciting.
I said boredly.
—Haha, you really never change Mikoto.
My mother said.
Well, I don't find it exciting to leave the house just to find out what snow is.
—Rias and Mikoto, you should change into clothes that are for winter.
I was taken to my room while they gave me winter clothes.
After a few minutes we went to a magical portal that took us to the human world.
Kuoh City, a city run by the Gremory family together with the Sitri family.
And also something important that resonated in my mind.
Japan.
There was a tingle in me.
For some reason my soul longs for this place called Japan.
Other information from my past. Little by little this puzzle is being put together.
And also my biggest fear.
Will my being change when I remember my past?
|Two months later|
Rias has gotten a friend from the Sitri family : Sona Sitri .
Serafall had arrived Leviathan next to Sirzechs so that the two girls could meet each other.
My perception of her bearing the title of Leviathan fell apart.
A magical girl.
*Sigh*
Seriously, Maou are weirdos.
Or do they do it out of boredom?
If so, I'm afraid of my tastes and hobby in the future if I have the same level of boredom as the Maou .
Will there be a hobby that can kill that boredom for me in the future?
Another problem for my future self to take care of.
For now I'll go see how Rias is doing with her new friend.
Rias 's room.
I slowly opened the door without making any noise to look inside the room.
I found myself perplexed.
It seems that Rias and Sitri-san were in an argument.
Rias was pouting as she held the teddy bear tightly.
And Sitri-san is talking to him with an angry face.
Mmm, I don't know what could have happened; But I'll leave it alone. They themselves must fix their own friendship problems.
I closed the door without making any noise.
I started to walk away and let my own body walk wherever it wanted.
There was nothing important to do today. So, now I will go to the patio; There is a tree where I can sleep peacefully.
Will there be a day where I can do something interesting?
For now I'm having a boring life.
Since I am a child my parents will not allow me to be in a dangerous exciting situation.
You just have to wait patiently until that day comes that you can call interesting.
For now I will just follow my parents' orders.
Until the day comes that I get bored of following your orders.
Well I'm going to be 5 years old in a few months, so it will be a while until I can do something on my own.
So I'll continue with my boring life as a little kid.
—Time skip. —
Hell: House Gremory .
April 9, 2000.
This day has come.
Today I turn 5 years old, with my sister Rias .
There is nothing new when it comes to celebrating our birthday.
But, these people are always very happy. As if they were looking forward to this day.
I don't find it very important to celebrate my birthday. But if they are happy, I will celebrate this day without any problem.
I'm not going to ruin your happiness just because of my whim.
—Mikoto-nii-chan!
Rias call behind me.
I made a small circular movement to see her.
She was wearing a pretty white dress, with red buttons in the center; a red ribbon on top. Around her neck she had another red ribbon hanging on a white cloth collar, and on top of her small head she wore a white maid-style headdress; that collected the small pigtails of long straight red hair.
Hmm? An angel?
It came with a pure white outfit.
—Hello, Rias . You look very pretty.
—Thank you, Mikoto-nii-chan!
Rias said, as more people approached to praise Rias 's beauty.
Another birthday without anything interesting, really.
For now I'll go to the kitchen, I hope the party sweets are ready.
(Kitchen)
Well, I'm already in the kitchen.
I opened the door just enough so they can hear it open.
Thus drawing the attention of the cooks.
—Something is happening Mikoto-sama.
The cook closest to me asked.
—Nothing really, I just came for some sweets.
—I see, Samuel-san prepared some Japanese sweets called dango; I hope you like it.
A cook with short blue hair and brown eyes. He approached with a tray where you could see the sweets called dango.
Pink, white and green.
They were three small colored balls, which were pierced by a spike.
While I was looking at this sweet, another cook approached me with green tea.
—From the information seen, dango is accompanied by green tea.
I ended up assisting while picking up the sweets and green tea to eat quietly outside the kitchen. He didn't want to interrupt his work anymore.
—Thank you.
They just nodded with a smile.
I closed the door and looked for a place to enjoy dango and green tea.
|Later|
Well, the party has started.
We all sing a birthday song, and then the candle blows out.
But, still, for a large cake shaped like a castle.
I had to tiptoe to blow out the candle. Rias almost fell because of that.
A joke perhaps?
His way of having fun is a little strange.
Aside from that, the party was celebrated without a problem.
They are all dancing and laughing.
How would I say this.
Youth? Or old age?
Since they are demons, they can live many years and remain young.
I guess demon stuff.
I looked at the time on the large clock on the wall behind me.
23:42 P .M.
— Mikoto ...-nii ...-chan... I'm... very... sleepy...
Mmm, things of destiny.
—Alright. I'll take you to your room.
I was going to go to sleep anyway.
—Come get on my back.
—Under...stood.
Said a sleepy Rias.
He climbed onto my back slowly, and adjusted himself to his liking.
— Mikoto ...-nii ...-chan... your... back... is hot... and... comfortable... zzz.
The little princess fell asleep on my back.
I finished smiling, being a brother I think is something strange for me.
—Ha ha.
I gave a small laugh.
—I guess this life is not bad.
Although I must also look for information about my past.
I will go step by step in search of my past.
If I hurry I can make many mistakes in the course of my actions.
Maybe when I get out of the underworld I'll start looking for information.
For now I won't do anything.
|One year and three months later|
*Sigh*
There are 5 months left until the end of this year. And I'm already 6 years old.
I have no idea if time passes slow or fast.
...
I have a very boring life.
What should I be doing at 6 years old?
Mmm, Rias had her first friend when she was 4 years old.
And at 6 years old, I don't even have a friend.
Should I start looking for a friend?
Maybe next year, for now I will enjoy my solitude more.
—Mikoto-nii-chan! Will you join us to play?!
Rias opened the door without caring about my privacy.
Don't teachers teach him manners?
Behind her came the heiress of the Sitri family, and currently Rias 's childhood friend .
—Can I decline the offer?
I asked if I can reject that idea of playing.
—No! Now let's go!
I ended up being dragged on the floor like I was a while ago.
—Is it really okay to force your brother to play?
Sitri-san asked while nervously looking at Rias 's actions.
I like this girl. I wish Rias was like her.
—Alright! He's my brother, so there's no problem; of the actions you do with it!
That...
(That's a very wrong way of thinking!)
Were the unison thoughts of Sitri and Mikoto .
I was nervous now because of what Rias said .
...
For now I will let what he said go and continue with my life without worrying about meaningless things.
—Okay, Rias . But what will we play?
Sitri-san asked. I also looked at Rias, she is the one who always chooses what to play.
—Since there are three of us! We'll play hide and seek!
Rias said with excitement.
Hmm ... well, maybe I can start playing.
—Okay, I'll count; you would hide .
Rias and Sitri-san nodded, as they began to hide.
—1... 2...
I started counting, I'm going to start playing more often.
Maybe one day something interesting will happen.
Being locked in my room would only make me bored all the time.
From today I will try to change a little.
|Seven months later|
We are February 25, 2001.
In less than 2 months of my 7th birthday.
Today a teacher will arrive to teach us magic.
Rias was super happy about that news.
In my case, it was the opposite. It didn't attract much attention to me.
These months they were playing with my fists and legs.
For some reason this was more interesting and exciting.
I will learn to use Destruction magic, but I will also train my body like a professional fighter.
Fighting hand to hand is more exciting.
—Mikoto-sama, Rias-sama; I am your magic teacher.
My thoughts were interrupted by the person who had just arrived.
I was meeting Rias in the courtyard to receive lessons on how to use our destruction magic, and more spells that I may not use.
—Magic is very easy to learn and use, you just have to follow 4 steps: Imagination; what you want to do, Concentration; to imagine in detail what you want, magic formula; It would be what elements and correct amount of magic to use, and the Will; It would be like materializing the spell with the will using it in conjunction with magic. Following those 4 steps and with productive training, the day will come when you will use its magic as if it were breathing; Fire.
The Master summoned a small fire in his palm, and beneath it was a small magic circle.
—Now try to use your magic.
|Six months later|
I'm already 7 years old.
Since we had received a magic teacher, I have been practicing every day in my spare time.
He also practiced hitting a tree, with punches and kicks. And I started to exercise my body, I realized that my body was very weak, maybe spending a lot of time sleeping made my body very weak than the average demon child.
So I find myself running around in Gremory territory every day.
It is 200 km², it is very exhausting; I can barely reach the tip of the other side and faint from exhaustion, if it weren't for the servants who are watching me, my life would have been in several critical situations.
He had heard of a reincarnated demon who had gone crazy, and was going around killing any unfortunate demon that happened to be on his kill radar.
He has killed 115 demons; pure blood and reincarnated alike.
This demon didn't care who he was, he would only kill you and quench his bloodlust with you.
The Gremory territory is very large, this demon may be hiding in dark places or maybe in normal places while pretending that it was a normal demon and not a murderer.
If so, the demon is very confident in his abilities to go unnoticed by the demons who were always watching, looking for a trace of him.
For now I hope, I never find it.
I can't imagine standing up to him and fighting him.
I'm still very weak.
Mmm, I'm already getting close to half of the Gremory territory.
The only reason I know that is because of the store I find staring at from afar.
Look at the geography of the territory when I started running every day, I was looking for half of the territory and also a house or area that was well known to match my arrival time.
That way I discovered the dining room that I am approaching at a dead point in my fatigue.
The lady who owns the place ended up seeing me fall to the floor from exhaustion.
—Fufu, Mikoto-chan. You have improved your time getting to my dining room.
The owner of the store said as she used her arms to pick me up and took me to a piece of furniture.
—I'm sorry... I'm full of sweat... I'm sorry to get you dirty...
I responded with problems of shortness of breath and dizziness in my head.
Carrying out this type of exercise is trashy.
—Fufu, don't worry. I've gotten used to doing this since you started arriving at my place, at a dead end.
—Thank you... Elisa-san...
Elisa-san is a beautiful woman with short light blue hair that reached her shoulders. She had braids gathered above her ears that she guided towards the back of her head; where you could see a lock of hair sticking out from there, she has beautiful dark violet eyes; He was wearing a light blue sweater, and short dark blue pants that reached about 12 cm below his knee.
In the left fringe of her hair, she wears a headband of a star with a wing, it is something I had given her for the kindness of taking care of me.
She has no obligation to be taking care of me, so I am grateful for her kindness.
—How... long... did it take me?
I haven't recovered yet, I will be resting on the furniture for several minutes.
—You lost your time a lot.
Look at his eyes to tell the answer.
—This time it was 30 minutes less.
She said smiling.
Yesterday it took me 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Now it's 4 hours.
It's great progress. The first day it took me 8 hours to arrive.
Although that first day I used strengthening magic on my body to increase my speed, performance, and stamina.
I had a lot of trouble using my magic, I couldn't concentrate the strengthening magic on myself perfectly, I ended up falling many times on the way to reach Elisa-san's place.
She ended up healing my minor injuries.
I really need to have a stronger body. A body that cannot be hurt, a body with a hardness of iron. I need to get a body like that, so as not to worry the people who are important to me.
For now I will sleep to regain energy.
|Thirty minutes later|
—AAhh!
My body was alarmed by Elisa-san's terrified scream. I looked at Elisa-san's horrified look, as you used your hands to cover her mouth, Elisa-san's entire body trembled in fear.
At that moment the smell of iron contaminated with blood came to my nose.
I focused my ears to hear the footsteps approaching this place, more precisely; approaching Elisa-san.
That set off alarm bells in my head.
Elisa-san was in great danger.
My eyes saw a demon smiling maniacally while in his right hand he held a katana that expelled bloodlust, which also surrounded the demon's body.
The katana had a signature near the hilt.
Muramasa
I felt a small connection with the name and the katana .
Maybe I'm closer to finding my past than I imagined?
For now I'll stop thinking about that.
The bastard had begun to raise the katana that was aimed at Elisa-san.
My mind went blank.
He could observe the bastard's movements in slow motion as well as Elisa-san who wanted to save her life by getting away from him.
I have no idea what's going on, but I'll take advantage of this. The bastard's body is very helpless, I just have to strengthen my arms to break through his chest...
Your chest is no more likely to survive.
To kill him quickly I have to pierce his heart.
As I brought my right arm closer to the bastard's heart, I received a strong kick.
—You are incredible little one, if it weren't for my instincts I would have had certain death!
I saw the manic smile as he prepared his body in a battle pose.
I was lying near Elisa-san.
Tsk, I dislocated my right arm.
I received his kick squarely.
—Mikoto-chan! You must leave this place, you are going to die!
I listened to Elisa-san with a scared expression as she worried about me.
—You're going to die too if I don't do anything.
The demons after the Civil War now lead a very carefree life.
They are weak now.
Difficult times, create strong people; Strong people create easy times and easy times create weak people.
Tsk, I would have gotten serious about training my body more than a year ago, instead of lazing around.
(There is nothing interesting this year, maybe in the future something interesting may come for me.)
Ha, I always thought that. Now I'm getting what I've been looking for.
—Even if you are right, you are a child; You can't put your life in danger!
Tsk, I'm very weak.
—Ha ha ha! If you have already said your last words, now DIE!
There came another killing attack from the bastard.
My perception saw the movements around me returned in slow motion.
I'll think later about why that is.
Now I have to think quickly about a move.
Should I grab Elisa-san and escape? Attack again? Be a decoy? Resist until my bodyguards arrive? Fight and die?
Several actions came to mind. Even one I didn't like.
Run away and abandon Elisa-san?
This thought ended up torturing my head.
Because I would abandon her, if she has helped me many times without receiving any obligation to take care of a stupid child who is always running around every day.
I have to repay your gratitude for taking care of me.
I strengthened my body with magic, I didn't care if I broke a bone.
If I attack straight at his heart I would receive an attack that deflected back to the floor.
If I attack his head on the right side, he will try to defend with his forearm or the same hand.
And if he can't defend himself in time, I'll just crack his skull with the full force of my kick.
—Damn child! You are seriously very fast! But thanks to my instinct I can defend myself from your stupidity—AAAHHH!
It hurts, it really hurts.
My right foot had been broken too.
But now he will no longer be able to use his right arm that held the katana .
I must go quickly and grab that katana .
When I ran, I almost ended up falling.
Tsk, having a broken foot left me unbalanced.
But I must quickly reach the katana before he grabs it.
—DAMN CHILD! I WON'T LET HIM GRAB MY KATANA!
Shit, shit, shit.
The damned bastard is just a few centimeters away from reaching the katana .
There is not another option.
I'll have to sacrifice my left foot.
I strengthened my left foot to an exaggerated level that I could feel the blood circulation stopping.
It didn't matter, now I have to kill him.
His body was helpless as he bent down to grab the katana .
A strong kick to his head would kill him instantly.
I have to go faster, I can't let him escape or defend himself now.
...
I watched as my kick got closer little by little. There was no escape for him, it's my victory.
¡KRACK!
My head carefully recorded the horror event in front of me.
The force of my kick...
He was loaded with more power than he imagined.
The bastard's head had exploded and all his brains were falling on my face and his blood was dirtying all my clothes.
He could see well... the brain in pieces, the tongue in the open air and how the blood was coming out of his throat... and how it made a pool of blood around the dead body.
A disgusting scene... that I committed myself.
But the most worrying thing was...
I didn't feel anything when I realized I killed him.
As if he was already used to doing this.
I began to tremble with fear at this fact.
Elisa-san finishing, hugging me from behind while using her hand to tenderly caress my hair.
—Now, now, now. Don't worry Mikoto-chan, I know you're shaking because of what you've done. But don't think what you did this wrong, you just saved the lives of many demons as well as my life.
Elisa-san said with an awkward smile.
The idea that a 7-year-old boy killed a strong demon can terrify people.
Elisa-san ended up coming to the wrong idea why my body is trembling, fear of having killed.
But it was not like that.
My fear was not feeling anything, any emotion in particular, an emptiness.
He had no doubt, remorse, or sadness about killing someone.
A person without a feeling when killing is a dangerous person.
Will I become a dangerous person too?
Will I be a danger in the future?
Questions that tormented my head.
I'm afraid of my future.
|Astaroth Territory|
Zeoticus had traveled to meet an old friend.
Lord Astaroth .
They had talked about many things in the past.
Also valuable information on how to lead your family to gain more power in the underworld.
And they ended up reaching their son: Mikoto .
—Your son is an exceptional boy, a great future awaits him and your family.
All the demons around Mikoto always thought she was a genius demon.
He learned quickly and quickly executed the teachings always given.
As for his sister Rias .
They thought he was a decent demon, his IQ was that of a normal child, he was always distracted and looking to play. That's why his learning was mediocre compared to his brother.
The demons felt safe because of the person who was going to inherit the Gremory family .
They had high expectations of Mikoto Gremory .
—Thank you; My wife thinks the same as me. Mikoto as heir was a blessing to Gremory . As for her sister, her learning is slow but sure. Maybe he has nothing to worry about, Mikoto is the one who will have the most attention in the future as Gremory Leader . Rias just has to enjoy her life and not make mistakes that lead to big trouble for the Gremory .
—It's a shame for your daughter that no one has high expectations of her.
—You may be right, but no one can know and control a person's destiny, it is like a game of dice, you will have good numbers or you will have bad numbers. Mikoto got the good numbers and Rias got the bad numbers, their lives will have different successes in the future, it could be good or it could be bad. Only destiny itself knows that answer.
Although Zeoticus said that, years ago when his son was months old. He had forced the doctors to extract his blood to look for the best genes to bring together in a marriage to have a better lineage.
From so much search to form and create a powerful lineage for the future. He had come up with the same answer he had thought of in the past.
Phenex family .
They had called him crazy. But when they saw this result, they changed their crooked personality for a great success for Lord Gremory .
Destruction + Immortality.
Two words, two powers; In a person. Also known as Gods.
The Gods are immortal and destroyers. Mikoto 's Next Lineage Gremory with Ravel Phenex will bring a Demon with the same level as a God.
This person who said that no one can control a person's destiny.
He was playing with the very destiny of his own son.
Lord Astaroth watched as Zeoticus had an evil smile.
(I feel a little sorry for his son, but I can't say anything. We demons are like that, if there is an advantage of getting more power, we would take that advantage without blinking. Haah, it's a pity that Ajuka became a Maou. For now, I will be seeing if Diodora is someone I can take as Astaroth Clan Leader, I hope he doesn't become a headache in the future.)
Lord Astaroth never realized that his children were equal to the children of Zeoticus.
One was blessed by a good future, and the other by a tragic future and guilty of the fall of his clan.
—Time skip. —
Hell: House Gremory .
I was in my room, a few days have passed since the accident.
The people were surprised to have killed a strong demon.
But that doesn't matter to me now.
I have a more important matter to attend to.
I had taken the mad demon's katana .
I had started to search for my past, I asked my older brother Sirzechs Lucifer for help. I asked him to look for information about Muramasa.
Although I wonder the reason for that, I told him that I was interested in katana so he wouldn't ask too much.
I don't ask more since Muramasa was a blacksmith, perhaps he thought he was interested in blacksmithing and with the information sought he was going to start learning how to forge.
But if he came to that idea, he was wrong.
Muramasa is somehow intertwined with my past that I have lost.
So I read the document given by my brother, while I was at rest.
Since I am a demon my recovery was higher than humans.
So after 4 days I am putting the information I read in order.
I went in search of my whiteboard and drew a straight horizontal line, with several short vertical lines where I filled in the names and date that was very important, while in my mind I thought about the other details that I read.
Starting with the 3 generations that are known of Muramasa.
Muramasa I ( Shodai Muramasa ) later known as ' Myōhō Muramasa ' for the katana he forged.
It was active from 1489-1521.
Muramasa II ( Nidai Muramasa ) the generation most famous for the beginning of the legend of the cursed katana .
It was active from 1532-1539.
Muramasa III ( Sandai Muramasa ) the decline of the Muramasa School, the rumors of the cursed katana were taken seriously after seeing people murdering and committing seppuku .
The last straw was the death of the Shōgun : Tokugawa Nobuyasu .
He had committed seppuku with a katana Muramasa .
It was active from 1573-1592.
In the years of Muramasa III there was a Masashige attached to him ( Muramasa III) (younger brother, disciple or son?).
There was no way to know that.
But with that we draw another distant line from Muramasa I, reaching 1456, Musashige I; dies that year.
Known as Musashige Senko .
His birth was in 1403, and it is said that he was the first disciple of a Muramasa (?).
So the first school was already established in the 1300s.
Maybe the school was born in 1380?
Draw another line away but this time from Musashige I.
I wrote the name and year of another person who was in the Muramasa information and it was...
Goro Nyūdō Masamune (1264-1343)
Muramasa information .
It is rumored that he had a Muramasa (?) as a disciple.
But the years are not enough to become a disciple of Masamune .
The answer is that he was never his disciple.
Perhaps the blood descendant of that Masamune met Muramasa (?) who later founded the Muramasa School .
...
Wait...
Masamune did not have a blood descendant.
He had an adopted son named: Hikoshirō Sadamune .
He was born in 1298 and died in 1349.
Even this adopted son could not meet Muramasa (?).
Tsk .
...
...
In that moment of uncertainty my mind came to another logic that I didn't want to think about.
Letting my face have a surprised expression.
Maybe... just maybe, the fantasy that he was a disciple of Masamune was real and not some silly legend.
And if that were true, the Muramasa School would have existed before 1350.
Masamune died at the age of 79 (1343).
Perhaps Muramasa (?) was 69 years old at the time of his death.
In the legend it spoke of a competition between the two of them.
If it were true, the competition had to be in the golden moment of the two blacksmiths.
Masamune would have been 40 years old and Muramasa (?) 30 years old.
If so, Muramasa had to open his own school at 26 years old or maybe 30 years old.
Leaving with 2 dates, 1300 or 1304; the creation of the Muramasa School .
Like Muramasa (?), he was a blacksmith, just like Masamune ; His life could not exceed 75-80 years. Or it could even have been less.
If all this were true. Then there were 4 or 5 generations of Muramasa .
...
But why is there no name for these generations of Muramasa ?
Did they exist or did they not exist?
There is information of the first active Muramasa beginning in 1489.
Musashige spoke of being a disciple of Muramasa (?), he was there in the years 1403 (his birth) to 1456 (his death).
Suppose Muramasa (?) died at the age of 80, which would be in 1354.
Then the first successor of the Muramasa School would begin .
Since Muramasa had no descendant, the best student had to become the school's successor...
Muramasa really not have a descendant (?)?
There's something that doesn't enter my head.
His master Masamune did not have a descendant, nor did he have his own descendant.
Masamune school after 1400 ceased to be important.
There are 2 lost generations of the Muramasa school .
Musashige met a Muramasa and was his teacher.
Muramasa 's death (?), the school was closed, if that were so; There is more than half a century lost until another Muramasa who was Musashige 's teacher is known again ... a descendant who went into hiding or was hidden?
Muramasa (?) has the same name .
Why wasn't another name given?
Identity theft?
Is there a race that can change its appearance to that of a human and take on the appearance of another?
Damn I really need to get out of hell if I want to find more answers!
...
Tsk, for now I can only wait until he allows me to leave hell.
...
But when will that day be?
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|Year 1298, Japan: Kamakura city; Sagami province |
On a dirt walk with several trees around, you could see a silhouette of an adult male person with short red hair and eyes the color of his hair, who had left the path to enter the vast forest.
After a few minutes we reached a small river that had a small waterfall.
He approached near the river and sat on a large stone that was even enough to lie down and look at the vast sunlit sky.
He brought his legs in a crossed style while you stretched his arms touching his knees, and at that he closed his eyes.
He had started to meditate.
Or maybe not.
—And now why are you meditating, Sengo .
A voice had been heard coming from the way the redhead had come.
At that, the redhead opened his eyes again to look at the person behind him.
A beautiful woman of maybe 30 years old. She has beautiful long white hair, beautiful golden eyes that hypnotize you to see. She was wearing a beautiful elegant purple kimono, with cherry blossom designs. And there was a beautiful smile on his face.
The background of the cherry forest further increased her beauty, as if she were a goddess.
—Mmm, thinking why the hell he accepted that agreement in our competition, Masamune.
—Seriously, it's been 1 year already; I can't believe you can't get over that...
Masamune's back.
Masamune carefully moved the baby to hold it in his arms and began to move delicately from side to side while humming a relaxing melody that made the baby relax and go back to sleep.
—Do you want to hold your son?
Masamune said as he watched Sengo with amusement .
—Tsk, get that brat away from me. — Sengo made a disgusted face. —Seriously, why the hell would I accept that competition from the one who lost would obey an order without objection.
—Blame your arrogance, you wanted a challenge, although I could understand why you were confident of winning, but you still have years to beat me. I'm 32 years old and you're 25 years old, I'm 7 years apart in terms of blacksmithing skills.
Sengo had been confident in his abilities and had challenged his master: Masamune .
Where he ended up losing, and after his defeat Masamune 's order had arrived .
A son... seriously I have a damn son, apart from having a son; I'm also married.
Tsk, now I don't know which is worse, being married or having a child.
—Now, now, calm down, you can't spend forever denying what has already been done.
— Tsk, because I wouldn't be, after all you chose to have a child with me, a cursed being. There were better people with a better bloodline that you can contract for a better future for your family, but you ruined that prosperous future because of someone cursed and disreputable.
Masamune gave a small laugh as he watched Sengo fuss about how he cared about a better future for her.
He may be right, there were better men with better lineage to marry and raise the ranks of his family. But Sengo had forgotten that he himself raised his family to the 5th Rank, making the Muramasa a Noble family, equal to the Masamune . In terms of power the two are equal.
Sengo 's cheeks and forced him to stare into her golden eyes.
—It's because I love you.
—Eehh?
Sengo ended up letting out a confused and funny moan.
Sengo 's face would have fallen because of how surprising Masamune was .
After a few seconds, Sengo had recovered from his shock.
—Tsk, love is something problematic and annoying. —Sengo said as he placed his right hand where his heart was located and where he felt the beats that began to beat a little fast.
Masamune smiled a little at Sengo's actions. —Okay, I won't force you to fall in love with me... but I might start making moves to make you fall in love with me. —I finish with an amused smile.
—I prefer to talk about something other than romance. —Sengo said with a grimace.
Masamune took into account what he said, maybe another day it will still bother him.
So he thought about another topic he could talk about, and a certain Clan came to mind.
—By the way, Sengo, how is the Hōjō Clan doing?
—For now they are calm, but it is rumored that they are controlling the Shōgun : Prince Hisaaki .
—Are you thinking of making another war?
—Haah, I hope not, if there is another war; All blacksmiths will be obliged to forge weapons for them. They seriously can't get enough of committing atrocities just to get more power. If they continue like this, in a few years that Clan will be overthrown.
Hōjō Clan are crazy, they even eliminated their only ally: the Adachi Clan. —said Masamune .
—What can I tell you, when someone is obsessed with power they are capable of killing their allies
(Although it is rumored that the Adachi Clan had already thought about attacking the Hōjō Clan to take all power from them.) Sengo thought .
—Have you gotten information from the Emperor? —Sengo asked .
—They are like the calm sea, although a storm can arise at any moment. They have internal problems about who is going to become the new Emperor.
—I would like them to take calmly about the successor, 8 years ago they almost killed the current Emperor.
Masamune sighed. —Becoming the Emperor of Japan is the most coveted power in the imperial family, they would commit atrocities of killing their own brother just to have that power.
Sigh. —Is there going to be a year where you can enjoy life peacefully? —Sengo asked while observing the skies.
—We are blacksmiths, I don't think our work is the calmest for life, and we live in a place where people always want to rise up in war as if they were the strongest men in the world. —said Masamune.
At that, the eyes of Sengo and Masamune had seen something strange in the waterfall that ended up falling and was carried away by the current near them.
