Excerpt: Ryuto Sadao - Star-crossed Lovers

Year 312
I am glad to say that this was the day I had finally broke out of my bubble. My father booted me from the house with a laugh and smile, and I made my way up the Kikono’s steps to get recruited as a monk. This was a day to remember for sure.

I didn’t make it far until I ran into a fair lady who greeted me with a smile. She showed me around the temple and within two hours we slept together. It was a ravishing night and it was completely unexpected.

This woman apparently had a high status, and she accepted me on the spot into the Kikono. From that day, we were like two teenagers: we slept together almost every day. Each day we introduced something new to spice it up. But to be honest, it didn’t need spicing up, she was a devil in the sheets.

But back to that day, the day I met her, the day I first saw her face. I didn’t see it then, but it was a cursed day. I didn’t know about the chaos that influenced the Kikono. But what I did know, was that she was gorgeous.

"What is it you value most, Ryuto?” she says

I wasn’t too sure, but I had a guess, “Yatan.”

There was something that splintered inside of her. Her smile faded and she looked straight ahead. She mumbled and we didn’t speak about it the rest of the day. I didn’t mind though. I was just excited to do what she says and get rewarded for it.

This was the day I threw my life away. This was the day that caused my future to be about redemption. And this, this was the day the Kikono fucked with the wrong person.