Moon Princess

The Past of Mizu

Youri just kept quiet and did not respond to any questions from Rikuo. Clearly visible from the look in his eyes was such a deep sadness, he was even washed away in his daydream even though his eyes were pointing towards the sky. In his heart, indescribable feelings that he was experiencing right now, began to raise doubts about Tsukiko's return.

"Mizu, are you okay?" key asked with a panicked face when he saw Mizu was conscious.

"Um.. I'm doing fine. Where's Youri?" mizu asked when she realized there was only a Key beside her.

"Do you need anything? L'm... "

"No, I'm just afraid to make him worry. I feel the need to talk to him." said Mizu cut off Key's speech.

"alright. I'll call it for you."

"No need, I'll meet him myself" Mizu said as she got up and headed outside the room.

Mizu looked at Youri who was looking up at the sky, but clearly she knew that the blank look in her eyes was clearly implied by the sadness she was trying to endure. It would feel much more relieved if Youri was willing to vent it, but as long as she knew Youri, never once did Youi seem to let go of all the burdens she felt.

Only on that night, when Mizu is in danger as she attempts to return to her world through the endless cavities secretly, Youri loses control and slaughters all the demons that are trying to attack Mizu.

Mizu immediately returned to her room and took out a small wooden box that had lotus flower carvings and brought it before Youri. As Youri and Rikuo looked towards Mizu, they threw eyes at each other in wonder at what Mizu was going to do.

Mizu then opened the small box, looking like a lotus and pink. Faintly smelled the scent of the lotus that was so soft and the longer it became clearer. Mizu then pulled out a match and burned her wick. Upon seeing the lotus-shaped object burn, Rikuo became panicked and immediately turned off the fire.

"What are you doing?" mizu asked with a pouting face.

"I should have asked like that, do you want to burn us?" asked Rikuo with his fierce face.

"Who wants to burn you? Obviously I burn candles, this candle can make us calm because of its fragrant and soft aroma. You strange demon."

"You... " Rikuo just realized that he had just made a mistake. But he still did not want to apologize.

"This thing is not a plant" said Youri.

"Haha... It's a candle, my grandmother made this when I was born. Grandma said my body was emitting a lotus scent when I was born, and then Grandma was looking for a white lotus flower to make candles. But because my cheeks are red, so Grandma changed the white lotus into a pink lotus" Mizu said with a smile reminiscing about her past.

"Um... My parents and grandmother said so, the doctors and nurses were also astonished by it. But Grandma said it was a good sign, even though there were strange things going on, but there was nothing to harm me. All that happened was a good thing, I was so lucky." Mizu seemed very happy to tell her past.

"Freak stuff? Is it like your wounds heal quickly and leave no marks?" Youri is getting curious about Mizu's past, she can't even stop asking.

"really. And even more strangely, when I arrived home at night because the doctor had allowed my mother to come home, I suddenly cried so hard that my face turned red. Mom and dad panicked and went straight to check my body, but there was nothing strange about me. Until the moment that my father would take me to the hospital, my forehead gave off a golden, lotus-shaped light. Grandma said I was blessed by the Moon Goddess because at that time when it was a full moon, the moon was emitting a golden light and shining very brightly. Grandma then told my father to take me back into the house, when my grandmother lit this candle, my crying stopped and I began to calm down and fell asleep. From then on, wherever I went I always carried this candle with me. I'll turn it on when I feel sad or agitated to calm me down. So I hope you'll vent your feelings to make your heart calm."

Youri was stunned when she realized that Mizu was paying so much attention to her. He remembered Tsukiko who always comforted him when he was sad or faced with problems that made him depressed, Mizu's smile that was so similar to Tsukiko made him recall memories of himself and Tsukiko. Unknowingly, Youri's tears just flowed. His voice was stuck in his throat, but he was eager to mention the name of the woman he missed.

"Mizu." muttered Key who saw Mizu from behind Mizu's room. Somehow his heart hurt so much when he saw Mizu smiling instead of for him, especially the smile looked very sincere as if Mizu was feeling very happy.

in a forest near the city park -

"Ughs.. Why is my body like this? Instead of getting better after I rest and getting worse, this burn also seemed incurable. Why am I feeling so tired? My bodies... Very tired, "said the stealth scorpion that was leaning under the tree. He had issued a distinctive scent of stealth in order to lure other demons to ask for help.

The distinctive scent of a demon that came from the demon world was different from the typical scent of a demon that existed in the outside world. If he was lucky to be discovered by a demon from the demon world, there was still a chance that his life would be helped. But if the one who came was a demon from the outside world, he would become an easy prey especially with his condition so weak. And it could be even more dangerous if the one who found him was a demon hunter clan man, anything bad could happen to him.

- At the house of Mizu -

"This.. The scent is typical of stealth, and he comes from the world of stealth." Rikuo said after his nose smelled the distinctive scent of stealth released by the stealth scorpion.

"Let's go there, maybe it's a scorpion demon that was sucked into an endless cavity with Mizu at that time" Youri said.

They then moved and exited through the window following the direction of the distinctive scent of the demon. They want to know what the stealth scorpion wants to do by emitting a distinctive scent of stealth, it is too risky if to ask for help. And it is ridiculous if he intends to make trouble in the outside world, especially he is only alone.

"It turns out the b4jat is still alive. What does it mean to emit a distinctive scent of stealth? Does he want to be troublemaking in the outside world?" Rikuo was upset and could not stop babbling.

"I don't think so. I heard that there are human demon hunter clans who secretly nurture demons, if they know the existence of the scorpion demon, the scorpion demon is in danger because they will definitely finish him off. He could have been asking for help, especially at that time I had cut off his tail" Youri said and made Rikuo shiver.