E7: Hatred Blooms Red

From: sb_c1096_001_1.json.txt
Student voice: Under the blood-red moon, you whispered gentle seduction to me through the window pane.
Student voice: Whispers of the eternity we would spend together.
Student voice: I was bewitched. I wanted to be like you, I wanted to stay by your side forever.
Student voice: I was willing to give you my everything.
Student voice: I never imagined the tragedy that was awaiting me...
Student voice: That with your betrayal, our eternity would be shattered...
Student voice: You took everything from me, and then you cast me aside as I slept. Did you think you could continue to live happily after that?
Student voice: And then you died, leaving behind one last tiny sliver of hope. Even death was too good for you.
Student voice: And so I will destroy that final hope of yours. I will tear apart everything you left behind and take back what I'm owed.
Student voice: This is how I repay you for that cheap love you once gave me.
CHAPTER: CHARACTER STORY

Hatred Blooms Red
Location: Taranor, Pale Sunset Plains
Melissa: After awakening from my long slumber, I wandered from place to place gathering information. And I finally managed to track him down...
Melissa: I didn't think he'd be sent so far away. It took forever to get here.
Melissa: But what is this place? There's no sign of anyone living here at all, just meadows. Where is the village?
Melissa: Though I guess I should be thankful there are no Humans around. My emergency supplies are running low.
Melissa: Shall I get started on a little hunting, then?
From: sb_c1096_001_3.json.txt
Melissa: Urgh! What are those ugly things!? I feel disgusting just looking at them! They must taste awful!
Melissa: Don't they have any real game around here?
Melissa: Hmph, I was once a noble lady, how did I end up roaming around in the mud struggling to find something to eat?
Melissa: I never imagined I'd fall so far.
Student voice: ...nothing here...
Student voice: Don't think...right place...
Melissa: ...! Voices!
Melissa: Humans! Men!
Melissa: This is my chance! I should get a closer look at them before charging in, just in case.
Honest Taranor Soldier: I definitely heard a voice somewhere over here.
Taranor Soldier: We've searched all over, twice. Nothing. It's been a long time since anyone ever set foot here.
Taranor Soldier: I don't think it's them. Probably just some animal. Or you were imagining it all to begin with.
Honest Taranor Soldier: I swear, I heard it. With my own two ears.
Taranor Soldier: Let's just go back. There's no sign of any tracks at all, let alone some kind of hideout.
Honest Taranor Soldier: *sighing* Where could they be? I guess if anyone would be good at hiding, it would be assassins.
Melissa: Armor? They must be soldiers. They seem to know the area well.
Melissa: Fantastic. I'll have to tweak my plan a little.
Melissa: H-Help me!
Taranor Soldier: Whoa! You hear that!?
Honest Taranor Soldier: Look, over there! A girl!
Taranor Soldier: What are you doing here? Are you hurt?
Melissa: Please help me. I got lost, and all these scary monsters...
Melissa: I haven't even been able to find anything to eat... I feel...dizzy...
Honest Taranor Soldier: Look how pale she is, I really think she might collapse.
Taranor Soldier: We should take her back to the village. Don't worry, we'll help you.
Melissa: Thank you so much. You're lifesavers.
From: sb_c1096_001_4.json.txt
Taranor Soldier: Are you feeling better?
Melissa: I am. Thanks to you, I don't feel so hungry anymore.
Melissa: A single piece of bread!? You may as well have given me nothing at all!
Honest Taranor Soldier: But what were you doing out there? Not many people come here because of all the monsters.
Melissa: Oh... Well, actually I'm not from here, so I don't know much about this area.
Taranor Soldier: You're not from Taranor? Then where?
Melissa: Erasia.
Honest Taranor Soldier: Erasia? Isn't that really far from Ritania? It's true that Taranor is getting a lot more visitors lately...
Taranor Soldier: But you're the first I've seen to come from so far away. What brings you here?
Melissa: There's someone I'm trying to find.
Taranor Soldier: Oh?
Melissa: Over a decade ago, my entire family was chased from our homes and murdered. During that time, a newborn baby was sent out to sea in an attempt to save it.
Melissa: I was the only one who managed to survive, and after a while I heard about a boy far away who sounded a lot like that baby.
Melissa: I thought it could be the same person, so I got on a boat and came all the way here...
Honest Taranor Soldier: That's so sad. But if they were still a baby back then, it will be hard to recognize them now.
Taranor Soldier: We'd love to help you. But thanks to the war, there's no shortage of orphans running around...
Melissa: I know... I was stupid to think I could find him...
Honest Taranor Soldier: But now that I think about it, there is that one kid. Nobody knows his name or where he's from.
Taranor Soldier: Really?
Honest Taranor Soldier: Remember? The rumor about the bloodstained boy in the woods.
Taranor Soldier: That's right!
Melissa: Bloodstained?
Melissa: Could you tell me more?
Honest Taranor Soldier: There have always been plenty of rumors about those woods since they're so secluded and dangerous. Recently, people started talking about a young boy who can be seen wandering around them.
Honest Taranor Soldier: Some of the crazier rumors say he even hunts and eats Humans.
Taranor Soldier: The army looked all over trying to find him but had no luck. Since then, the rumors started dying down.
Taranor Soldier: Nobody knows what happened to the boy after that.
Melissa: I see...
Melissa: Hunting and eating Humans? It must be him.
Melissa: Would you mind taking me to the woods he was seen in?
Honest Taranor Soldier: If you want... But do you really intend to try looking for him?
Taranor Soldier: Even without the rumors, the path is hard to walk and could be very dangerous.
Melissa: But he's just a boy. Maybe the rumors are wrong. Like you said, nobody knows anything about him...
Melissa: Please?
Taranor Soldier: Fine, we'll show you.
From: sb_c1096_001_6.json.txt
Taranor Soldier: This is the only path from here on. If you keep following it straight, you'll reach the woods.
Melissa: Thank you so much for all your help. If it wasn't for you, I would have starved to death all alone.
Honest Taranor Soldier: It was nothing. I hope you find the boy you're looking for soon.
Taranor Soldier: We still have some scouting left to do, so we can only take you this far.
Melissa: But...would you mind if I asked one last favor?
Honest Taranor Soldier: Just name it.
Melissa: I was starving for so long, I'm not sure if I'll even have the strength to get back to the village.
Melissa: So...would you mind giving me a little more food?
Honest Taranor Soldier: No problem.
Taranor Soldier: It can't be easy for you to find food in such an unfamiliar place. I'll give you the rest of our leftovers.
Melissa: Really?
Taranor Soldier: Of course, we'll have no trouble finding some more for ourselves later.
Honest Taranor Soldier: Now, where did I put that last piece of bread...?
Melissa: I don't know how to thank you for all the help you've given me. Thanks to you I'll be able to eat well today.
Melissa: But...to tell you the truth, I don't really like bread all that much.
Honest Taranor Soldier: Oh, but bread's all we have...
Melissa: That's not true. You have something even more delicious.
Honest Taranor Soldier: Huh?
Melissa: It's a shame you have to die here, but I'll never forget your kindness.
Melissa: I'll pay you back by making sure I don't waste a drop!
Honest Taranor Soldier: What are you tal--arghhh!
Taranor Soldier: H-Hey! What do you think you're...!
From: sb_c1096_002_1.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Gentle Breeze Woods
Melissa: I've definitely had better, but I've tasted a lot worse, too. That was lucky, I was so sure I was going to starve to death out here.
Melissa: I was even able to restock my emergency supply. It would have been nice to have a little more, but it's better than nothing.
Melissa: So...a mysterious bloodstained boy who hunts living things...
Melissa: Humans' rumors are always being stretched and twisted, but it's worth looking into.
Melissa: It certainly does sound like him.
Melissa: Are these the woods they were talking about? Is he even still here?
Melissa: I hope he's the boy I'm looking for.
Melissa: Ah! Ouch!
Melissa: Oh no! My legs! My beautiful, beautiful legs! They're cut!
Melissa: Urgh, what did I trip on? Dammit!
Melissa: Huh... That's...
Melissa: Oh, phew, it's only a dead body. It's all wrinkled up and ugly looking...
Melissa: Wait a second, this scent...!
Melissa: Ha, I knew it. There are bite marks here. And by the looks of it, they're not long dead.
Melissa: That scent, too. I know a Vampire when I smell one.
Melissa: But what are these tiny wounds? They look like they came from a knife. And only on the vital points.
Taranor Soldier: Let's just go back. There's no sign of any tracks at all, let alone some kind of hideout.
Honest Taranor Soldier: *sighing* Where could they be? I guess if anyone would be good at hiding, it would be assassins.
Melissa: Right, those soldiers were talking about assassins. These wounds would make sense if they were the work of a skilled assassin.
Melissa: The marks of a Vampire and assassins both found on the same body...
Melissa: What a strange coincidence... *giggling*
From: sb_c1096_002_6.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Near the Dagger Sicar Headquarters
Melissa: I couldn't find any tracks around the area near the body.
Melissa: The only clues I have are the scents they left behind. Fortunately, I have my Vampire sense of smell to rely on.
Melissa: It's taken me this far, but...
Melissa: Is that house what I'm looking for? It's...gloomy.
Melissa: Just walking straight in there will only antagonize them. I should wait out here until I have a better grasp of the situation.
Melissa: The boy must be here, right?
Student voice: ...
Melissa: It's so quiet. Is it because they're assassins? Is there really anyone inside...?
Melissa: Kyaa! Where did you come from!?
Phillies: Are you an intruder?
Melissa: E-Excuse me!? I'm just--
Phillies: I don't need your excuses. I don't care who you are, either. All intruders are punished appropriately.
Melissa: At least hear me out first!
From: sb_c1096_002_7.json.txt
Phillies: How can someone so small possess so much strength?
Phillies: I swear I've felt this kind of power before...
Phillies: Who are you?
Melissa: Oh, so now she wants to hear what I have to say?
Melissa: Please calm down and listen to me. I don't want to fight.
Melissa: I'm not an intruder, I'm just...looking for a boy.
Phillies: A boy?
Melissa: A terrible thing happened, and he was sent away without even a name.
Melissa: Almost his entire family died. He was sent across the ocean in the hopes that he alone may survive.
Melissa: But I was able to survive as well, the only one. And I've been searching for him ever since.
Melissa: I'm not sure if he's here either, but I heard some news that makes me believe he might be. He won't recognize me, though--he was only a newborn when we were separated.
Phillies: ...How do I know you're telling the truth?
Melissa: I swear. I've lost everything, I have no proof. Please...just believe me.
Melissa: What if I told you that boy has...a thirst for blood?
Phillies: ...!
Phillies: No name... A thirst for blood... There's no doubt she's talking about Haste.
Phillies: Is she...?
Hast: What is all the noise about? Is there an intruder?
Phillies: Haste...
Melissa: ...!
Melissa: He looks just like him! That must be the boy!
Melissa: This is him! The boy I've been looking for! It's clear just from seeing his face!
Hast: ...Me?
Melissa: You won't have any idea who I am, but I've spent years looking for you.
Melissa: I've waited so long for this day.
Hast: Why?
Hast: Pyllis, do you know this woman?
Phillies: I think she might be your...family.
Hast: Don't be absurd. I have no family.
Melissa: Of course you have a family, how else were you born? Even if they did nothing but send you away...
Melissa: They call you Haste? What a wonderful name. I'm so glad you grew up well.
Hast: I have no idea who you are. Please leave.
Phillies: Don't be like that, Haste. She's been trying so hard to find you.
Melissa: It's okay, I expected something like this. This must be a big shock, it's only natural that he might resist.
Melissa: I can wait a little longer until you've been able to process it. I won't lose you again this time.
Melissa: I'll always be by your side.
Hast: ...Strange woman...
From: sb_c1096_003_1.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Dagger Sicar Headquarters
Assassin Cedar: Well, that certainly is a dramatic story. To think you came from so far away.
Assassin Collie: So she really is Haste's family? And the only one left?
Hast: So what? I told you, I have no family.
Assassin Cedar: You've said yourself you have no clear memories. You don't know whether it's true or not either.
Hast: Hmph, whatever. Why should I care? I'm going.
Assassin Cedar: Going where?
Student voice: Work.
Location: Taranor, In Front of the Dagger Sicar Headquarters
Melissa: Good evening, Haste.
Hast: ...
Melissa: Where are you rushing off to? Let's go together.
Hast: *sighing* Why do you keep following me around? It's been several days already.
Melissa: Yes, and I've still barely been able to see your face. Why do you disappear every time I try to talk to you?
Hast: I told you, I don't care who you say you are.
Melissa: But I care very much who you are.
Hast: Ugh...
Melissa: Do you have work to do today, as well? Can I join you?
Melissa: I want to know how you live.
Hast: You're still going to come even if I tell you not to. Just don't get in my way.
Melissa: *giggling* I won't.
From: sb_c1096_003_3.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Ruins of Light and Shadow
Hast: Urgh. Wherever we go, there are monsters.
Melissa: It's a little scary.
Hast: ...
Melissa: But you're a really good fighter. Have you been training here this whole time?
Hast: It's not like I was doing all the work. You fought a little as well.
Melissa: Of course! I can't just stand by without helping.
Melissa: I'm not used to fighting so roughly, though, so I really was a little scared. But you, you're amazing.
Hast: ...
Melissa: Oh, do you get embarrassed when people compliment you? I really mean it, though.
Hast: Listen here, old lady...
Melissa: ...
Melissa: Who does this little brat think he's talking to?
Melissa: Ha...haha... Old lady? I've never heard that one before. How can you call somebody with a body and face like this old?
Hast: It's not how you look, just...a feeling you give off.
Melissa: Oh, you mean my aura of refined maturity? In that case, wouldn't it be more fitting to just drop the "old" and call me "lady?"
Hast: So how much longer are you going to keep following me for, old lady?
Melissa: ...
Hast: If you don't know how to fight properly then go back. It'll be inconvenient for me if you get hurt.
Melissa: Hmm...
Melissa: He really has an attitude. How immature, trying to act so cool. It's clear he hasn't spent much time around other people, I can see right through him.
Melissa: Stop being so cold and let me go with you. I told you I'm scared!
From: sb_c1096_003_7.json.txt
Melissa: Wow, you're incredible! You take them all out so neatly!
Hast: ...
Hast: She's very calm for someone who says she's scared of fighting. She must be doing something to make this easier...
Hast: Are you sure you're not good at fighting? You don't look scared.
Melissa: Why would I be scared when I have you here to protect me?
Hast: I'm not protecting you.
Melissa: If you say so. I'll just keep hiding behind you.
Hast: Hmph.
Melissa: So...why are you working as an assassin?
Hast: It's my job.
Melissa: You know that's not what I meant. Why did you choose to become one?
Hast: I'm no good at doing anything else.
Melissa: Is that all?
Hast: Yeah.
Melissa: Hmm, I have a sneaking suspicion there might be more to it.
Hast: Like?
Melissa: It couldn't have anything to do with your cravings for blood, for example?
Hast: ...!
Melissa: I was able to find you because of the traces you left behind on your hunt for blood.
Melissa: Us Vampires cannot live without it, it's a craving we'll carry with us our entire lives.
Hast: You're a Vampire too?
Melissa: You really had absolutely no interest in me, did you? Your friend seems to have worked it out days ago.
Melissa: I'm a Vampire, just like you. We're practically family.
Melissa: Although the only thing that connects us is that horrible man.
Hast: "Practically" family...?
Melissa: I came from Erasia, and so did you. Your father and I shared...special feelings.
Hast: I had a father?
Melissa: Of course, how else could you have been born? I know it's hard to believe since I look so young, but Vampires don't age, so...
Hast: ...
Melissa: Why are you staring at me like that?
Hast: That must be why you gave off the feeling of an old lady.
Melissa: Ugh, just put up with it. Now isn't the time...yet. This rude little brat's days are numbered, anyway.
Melissa: As I'm sure you know, Humans despise Vampires, so we always had to be on the run.
Melissa: Your father and I were separated after we were suddenly ambushed one day.
Melissa: And while we were apart, he had you...
Hast: Sounds complicated.
Melissa: And yet he had no choice but to part with you as soon as you were born, for your own sake.
Melissa: After sending you across the ocean, the Humans found him and his new family, and...I think you can work out the rest.
Hast: ...
Melissa: After hearing the news of what happened to him, I was too overcome with grief to do anything.
Melissa: But after hearing he had a son that he had sent far away, I knew what I had to do. And now here I am, finally.
Melissa: Since we've both lost the same person, I thought we might be able to share our pain.
Hast: I...
Melissa: Haste, we're all we have left.
Melissa: I want to be the family you never had.
Hast: Family...
Hast: Doesn't that mean you need me...and I need you?
Melissa: That's right.
Hast: I see.
Melissa: I knew you'd understand me, Haste.
Melissa: Just as gullible as I expected.
Melissa: Emotional appeals always work on children who grew up without being loved.
From: sb_c1096_004_1.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Dagger Sicar Headquarters
Phillies: You weren't in your room yesterday. Were you with that Melissa woman?
Hast: Why? Is that not allowed?
Phillies: I didn't mean it like that. You're just spending a lot of time together lately.
Hast: She tells me lots of things. Things about where I was born, and what happened there...
Hast: Thanks to her, I learned I was born to a noble family in Erasia.
Hast: And...it seems like she was very close with my father.
Phillies: Oh...?
Hast: Either way, I finally have a chance to find out who I really am.
Phillies: I know, but still, you should be a little more careful.
Hast: Why...?
Phillies: If she's a Vampire just like you, her power is nothing to be ignored. You don't know what she could be thinking. You barely even know who she really is...
Hast: She's strong, but she's a coward. Fighting scares her.
Phillies: ...
Student voice: Haste, are you in there?
Phillies: Melissa...
Hast: I guess she's come to tell me more things.
Phillies: It's late, it's dangerous to go outside.
Hast: Don't worry about me, I can deal with any monsters easily.
Hast: I didn't have any requests today, so I've been bored all day anyway. I'll see you later.
Phillies: ...
Location: Taranor, Entrance to the Dagger Sicar Headquarters
Melissa: What did you do today?
Hast: Rest.
Melissa: You must have been so bored. The weather's nice this evening, shall we go for a walk?
Melissa: I always love going for walks at night, but I don't know this area very well, so it's a little scary to go alone.
Hast: ...You're always scared. Where should we go?
Melissa: I found somewhere really nice during the day. Follow me.
From: sb_c1096_004_4.json.txt
Location: Taranor, Crimson Dusk Forest
Hast: So dark... I don't think I've ever seen this place before.
Melissa: Why do you think I was so scared to come alone?
Hast: If it scares you that much, then just don't come at all.
Melissa: But then I would be missing out on quiet nighttime walks in the forest.
Melissa: The deeper and darker it is, the better it is for carrying out the plan.
Hast: Such a pain...
Melissa: Oh, by the way, have you ever heard about something called a "Vampire Lord?"
Hast: Of course not, how would I?
Melissa: Fair point. It's just, it has something to do with our family.
Hast: Tell me more...
Melissa: Us Vampires are born with much greater strength than Humans.
Melissa: And that's why they're so scared of us. I'm sure you've noticed as much yourself.
Melissa: But there is one Vampire more powerful than all the rest. The Vampire Lord.
Hast: More powerful than all the rest...?
Melissa: The Vampire Lord is capable of turning Humans into new Vampires, and gifting them with new power and near immortality.
Melissa: And those powers are largely passed onto those who share his blood.
Hast: Did he come here with you as well?
Melissa: I'm afraid not. Have I caught your attention now?
Hast: Of course. You said he's the most powerful Vampire alive.
Melissa: As expected, you wish to become stronger as well. I suppose that is the nature of Vampires everywhere.
Hast: So is he back in Erasia then?
Melissa: No, not anymore. He died long ago.
Hast: Died!? How?
Melissa: Do you remember what I told you before, about the ambush?
Hast: Someone so strong was killed by mere Humans?
Melissa: When faced with so many enemies, if you have something precious you wish to protect, it inevitably puts you at a disadvantage. No matter how strong you are.
Hast: He died all for some kind of trivial sentimentality?
Melissa: I suppose emotions can be seen as trivial...
Melissa: But isn't it fascinating how something so trivial can drive someone to throw away everything they ever had?
Hast: ...?
Melissa: The Vampire Lord may have died, but he had a child. I've been trying to find that child ever since.
Hast: If you ever do, tell me. I'd be interested in meeting them.
Melissa: *chuckling* Of course. I'll find them very soon, I'm sure.
From: sb_c1096_004_6.json.txt
Hast: How much farther are we going to go? I can barely see my own feet in this dark.
Melissa: Almost there!
Hast: I'm never going on a walk with you again.
Melissa: Don't worry, you won't have to.
Melissa: Okay, we've arrived.
Hast: ...There's nothing here?
Melissa: That's right. Which is exactly why I brought you.
Hast: Huh?
Melissa: Remember the story I told you on the way here? About the Vampire Lord.
Melissa: Well, he had a lover, until they were separated in an unfortunate incident.
Hast: Why are you going on about this again?
Melissa: As they were separated, they promised they would be reunited some day. But he betrayed his lover and had a child with a new woman.
Melissa: Soon after, he sent that child out to sea to save it before dying himself.
Hast: What...?
Melissa: Ignorant of the circumstances of his birth, that poor child lived a lonely life of wandering.
Melissa: It must have been so hard to hide the intense thirst for blood, or the incredible strength unfitting of his size.
Melissa: Of course, these things are only to be expected from a son of the Vampire Lord.
Hast: ...
Melissa: Think, Haste. Doesn't it remind you of someone?
Hast: Well, sure. But isn't it inevitable they'd have some similar experiences to me in a situation like that?
Melissa: *giggling* Are you really so naive? Or maybe just stupid? What did I tell you I've been looking for this entire time?
Hast: Me. And the child of the Vampire Lo--...
Hast: ...What is it you want to tell me?
Melissa: Because of his betrayal, I lost my family. I lost the love I cherished so much. I lost everything I had.
Melissa: He may be dead already, but that will not stop me getting my revenge. I will take away everything he sacrificed himself for.
Melissa: And that's why I need you. Or rather the power of the Vampire Lord within you.
Hast: Why...?
Melissa: Haste, you poor little thing... Blame it on that cursed blood that runs through your veins.
Melissa: Don't be afraid, just think of what few pleasant memories you have. I'll try to make sure it's a painless death.
Hast: W-What are you doing!? Get off of me!
Melissa: Now, be a good little boy, and give me the power without a fight.
From: sb_c1096_004_7.json.txt
Hast: Urk...
Melissa: This is harder than I expected. I suppose you are the son of the Vampire Lord, after all.
Melissa: Still, I've waited over a decade for this day to come.
Melissa: Even the moon is bleeding red. What better backdrop for the realization of my long-cherished desire.
Melissa: Conwell, revenge is finally mine! Make sure your eyes drink in every last moment...
Melissa: As I drain every last drop of your power from your son and send him on his way to meet you! Hahahahahahaha!
Melissa: Mother, Father... My family...
Melissa: Wait just a little longer. I will become the new Vampire Lord and save you from your torment.
Melissa: I will give you eternal life, and together we will revive our fallen name and live even more glamorously than before!
Melissa: Now, the first bite always tastes the sweetest...
Melissa: Kyaa!
Melissa: This weapon...!
Phillies: I knew it was a good idea to follow you. Let go of Haste right now.
Melissa: Impressive, I never even noticed you.
Melissa: But you can't have imagined you'd stand any chance in defeating me. Have you come to join your friend in death?
Phillies: No. I will defeat you, and I will take Haste back with me.
Melissa: Don't make me laugh. You struck me as smarter than this little boy, you must be aware you have no hope of defeating me alone.
Phillies: That's why I brought backup.
Melissa: What?
Assassin Cedar: Oh, is the fight about to start? Phew, I was worried we'd be too late.
Assassin Collie: When I heard you were his family, I thought you might finally take the little brat off our hands. What a shame you just ended up being a greedy psycho.
Melissa: W-When did you all...?
Assassin Cedar: Swifty here might still be inexperienced, but I can navigate the terrain around here with my eyes closed.
Assassin Cedar: When I saw you coming this way all by yourself during the day I thought perhaps you'd found a new trail. So naturally, I followed you.
Melissa: Ha! As if Humans are any match for a Vampire!
Melissa: ...Except, this Vampire is weak from days of starvation. And if the brat wakes up...
Student voice: Nng...
Melissa: ...!
Melissa: Already!? Urgh, could he really have picked worse timing!?
Melissa: ...Hmph, fine!
Assassin Cedar: Oh! She's running away...
Assassin Collie: Don't just stand and stare! Run after her!
Phillies: Haste, wake up! Haste!
Hast: ...Pyllis?
Phillies: That's right, it's me, Pyllis. I'm so glad we weren't too late...
Assassin Cedar: Ha, we lost her...
Assassin Collie: What are you laughing about? It's your fault we were so late! Although, I don't know what I expect from someone with the brain of a puppy...
Assassin Cedar: Do you always need to be so irritating?
Phillies: Forget about it. She's a Vampire, it wouldn't have been easy even if we did catch her.
Phillies: And that power earlier... Even Haste isn't that strong.
Assassin Collie: Still, we should keep an eye out. Who knows when she might turn up again.
Assassin Cedar: That's right, so make sure you don't go off playing with any more strangers, okay, kiddo?
Hast: ...
Phillies: Hey, where do you think you're going!? Haste!
Assassin Cedar: ...I literally just warned him about doing that.
Student voice: That night, when the crimson moon disappeared behind the clouds, you spoke to me.
Student voice: You promised if I slept quietly in that place you prepared specially for me, that you would come straight back and awaken me.
Student voice: You said we would go far, far away--farther even than here--and live happily ever after.
Student voice: I was a fool to believe in such a wild fairy tale. Those sweet lies left me with nothing but bitter anguish.
Student voice: You may already be gone from this world, but my revenge begins here. Even in death, I will make you suffer.
Student voice: No matter how long it takes, you will pay for what you did to me. I promise you that.
CHAPTER: CHARACTER STORY

Hatred Blooms Red END