Prologue 0.1

A man’s voice. It was familiar, and the smile on my lips grew a bit wider. The man about his mid twenties had blonde hair and blue eyes. This man was beautiful and could charm just about any woman who he came across.

Of course I felt nothing, I was never infatuated by this man. The same thing applies to the same gender as mine. I can’t feel anything special towards even females, and also men. What? Could this mean I am a monster? No way, I’m human. Perhaps that was just the way I am.

The man flashed me a charming smile.

I walked closer to him and shrugged.

“...Indeed. I’m a m-miserable beautiful twenty-year old girl, and v-vulnerable. So, what are you standing a-around for, help me here.”

This was one of my colleagues, therefore, I could feel all relaxed.

“Ah, how d-did you find me anyway?”

The man slowly approached me.

“The tracker.”

“... Of course.”

Somewhere embedded in my arm, I had a tracker. All members of the organization had them. However…

“How come you have access to a tracker’s location?”

“Before the operation, I was, well, you could say promoted.”

“I see,” I frowned as I watched him. “Why are you still standing, I’m d-dying here, I’m using all my strength just to stand up, where’s the first aid?”

He heaved a deep sigh before moving his hand to his back.

“You were seen, you know. You exposed your face, and even caused all that trouble.”

I grew tense upon hearing his words.

“... So what?”

“You have exposed the operation, and look at you, dying, in the middle of a street.”

“You…”

I glared at him, having an idea where this was leading.

“...”

My gaze downcast, I took a deep breath.

So this is where it ends, huh.

Trying to fight back was pointless. I was wounded and weak. I didn’t even have any kind of weapon in hand. I couldn’t fight back here. It seems this was where I will meet my end. The organization often does this, so it didn’t come as a lot of shock.

They always discard those who no longer had any uses or had failed miserably.

And, here I will be thrown away. Abandoned. Disposed of.

I returned my gaze towards the man. We had worked together for a long time. A few years. But he didn’t show any kind of sympathy as he was about to kill me. I guess that was what to be expected. There were just people that didn’t have a heart.

They can kill easily like having a tea party, they feel nothing about it. Taking one’s life was trivial, even if they had worked together for a long time. I suppose I’m the same way as him.

I glared at him.

“Go ahead t-then. But don’t think I won’t fight back.”

He smiled at me as though amused.

“Hm, you’ll die of blood loss anyway. But, it appears it would take time, so I’ll end it here.”

A dagger in his hand, he prepared to throw it. It would seem he didn’t want to face me head on. Of course it was not because I could potentially hurt him, I’m way passed that. That was because he didn’t want to get dirty due to my blood.

“You’re an ugly man, you k-know that?”

I said to him as I rushed my feet forward. If I could hit him, I might get satisfied. But, the dagger had already pierced my heart before I knew it.

I collapsed on my knees. I clutched the dagger stuck to my chest, but I had no strength left to pull it out.

I feel sleepy.

“You’re a hard girl to kill.”

I smiled at him as my life was slowly draining away.

“...Just... the way things are.”

“Indeed, so don’t bear any grudges towards me in the afterlife.”

Of course, there will be no grudges. I knew this could potentially happen to me at some point. But, I had regrets. I had a lot of regrets.

I didn’t want to die yet, but I was already dying. No hope escaping from its grasp. No, perhaps dying would be a blessing from this life.

I said my final words.

“Have a good life, my friend.”

Even if he killed me, we were still colleagues once. And we were raised in the same organization. Thus, despite how we treated each other now, we still had respect for each other. We still somewhat have a relationship. And the word I could think of to describe it was ‘friendship’, or perhaps ‘kinship’?

“Friend? Yes. We’re friends aren’t we?” A faint smile appeared on his face. “I hope something good will happen to you, if souls do exist and end up somewhere... Farewell, our angel.”

That was the moment my life faded away. My corpse lay on the cold hard street, with a dead heart full of regret.

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