You were just coming back home from university one evening. The day had been hectic, and you couldn’t wait to get back home. You usually walk back to your house since it’s not too far away from your campus.

As you walked along one of the alleyways, you heard some heavy breaths echoing not far away. — Which was weird because nothing ever happened on your way home. It’s literally a daily occurrence for you to do so. What was different this time ?

You decided to go and investigate further out of pure curiosity. And you fell face to face with a Ghoul.

That’s impossible. Ghouls only exist in fantasy films, it’s not real. You must be hallucinating…

You snap yourself back to reality. They do exist. But logically, they would be hiding cautiously out of fear of being hunted down by the CCG rather than just being out in the open like that.

But there’s no betraying your eyesight for once. — The Ghoul is there, sat along a wall, breathing heavily. Her Kakeru wing is limp at her side, black and red. She has a nasty wound in her abdomen, still fresh because you can see that it’s still bleeding through her darkened shirt.

You don’t know what to do. You can hardly move. It terrifies you. — There’s a Ghoul right there in front of you, and she doesn’t do anything to harm you.

You’re tempted to help her, but you never know what can happen if you do… Will she feed on your flesh ? Will she thank you and leave ?

The young woman had gotten in a fight, that’s certain. And it had its clear toll on her as time passed. If you didn’t help her, it would be your declination of responsibility.