WHAT IS YOUR OBSESSION。kny

贰、new colleague

Basked under the shower of moonlight, you gazed at each other, no one spoke.

Eyes that resemble the peach blossom petals narrow slightly, watching your figure that stood by the window, they try to remember something. You rubbed your nose with your fingertip awkwardly, and just as you turned your head to leave, he spoke.

"You are ... Koga Masayuki's servant?" hesitatingly, he called out Muzan's alias. Looked like he remembered he had seen you.

"You know me?" You arched a brow, leaping down from the beam. He shouldn't know you. The meeting in the hallway was brief, you had never told him your identity, and you only knew him through further research later.

Perhaps you should have worn a mask.

The corners of his lips tugged into a dry smile. "Kept an eye out."

Clear-jointed fingers patted off the dust left on his shins but the bloodstain lingered, unable to be erased. He stood up to his feet and walked towards you, the heavy scent of human mingled with blood gusted against your senses, nauseating you slightly.

With unnecessary manners, he asked: "May I know your name, miss?" If it weren't for the wretched sight of the corpse behind and the foul blood on Saburo, his actions could be seen as graceful bearing.

"Shu, only Shu."

Saburo didn't tell you his name, he only smiled and complimented, "It's a good name." He thought, you must've known him, telling from the expression you made when you saw him, so he decided to save the introduction.

"I smelled the scent of blood all of a sudden, decided to come and see for myself."

"Oh, well, excuse me for the ... messy scene."

"It's fine." You were used to Muzan devouring humans in front of you.

Demons eating humans, in your eyes, it was in line with the principles of heaven and earth, normal. But ... you thought, if it wasn't a must, demons wouldn't devour humans, probably.

Do humans eat each other too ...? You wondered.

The act of a demon, committed by a human ... odd.

Demon, demon; you supposed it doesn't refer to the 'demon' species, but more to the side of some people, that faces against the sun, closest towards their insides.

Humans, were not cleaner than demons.

The rumours that have been around in the capital floated up to the surface of your mind, you took the chance and quickly asked him: "Some days ago, Konoe family's eldest daughter had gone missing. Were you the one who ...?" You trailed off.

Recently, Konoe family's beloved daughter had gone missing, they looked for her around Heian-kyo for some time, but they never found her. Now, Konoe has set out a bounty — whoever could find his daughter, no matter dead or alive, will be rewarded heavily.

"No," Saburo answered truthfully.

A gust of wind swept through the room.

He glanced at the window, switching the topic all of a sudden, "If possible ... can you please leave first, Shu?"

"Sure."

"Please do tell me beforehand, if you plan to visit next time." Saburo nodded, lifting his lips into a smile—he reminded you of the genteel young men that the Han people across the coast describe of.