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Owari no Seraph Light Novel Vampire Michaela’s Story Volume 1

I just finished reading it. I’m afraid facts are gonna be all over the place but this was SUPER DUPER interesting. I might make some typos or even accidentally omit words but I never double check my posts so I’m sorry for that in advance.

Fact: The second volume of the novel will be out only in summer 2016 *cries*

If anyone’s interested in my thoughts, please, read the next post.

The story begins with Mika remembering his family. He really loved them. But his family joined some kind of religious sect or something, and because of his dad started drinking, and he blamed Mika for his mother’s madness. And every time he’d hit Mika, Mika would tell his father he loved him because he believed that everything would become good again if he said that. But then when they were driving on a highway at a high speed (with his father drunk driving), his mother threw Mika out of the car telling that it was time to fly and that Mika was a chosen child for his name’s special. Mika tried to protest but his mother was stronger, and his father didn’t do a thing about it. He landed on the ground and couldn’t move because he broke various bones, and then seconds later he saw how his parents’ car ran into another car, then a few other cars ran into them and the whle thing blew up together with his parents.

Back to the novel-present Mika. (btw, Mika mentions to Yuu that his mother is Japanese and he was born and raised in Japan but his father might be Russian or something, he doesn’t remember anymore). He and Yuu still being kids and living as livestock for the vampires in their world. The narration is mostly from Mika’s point of view. Yuu keeps on going on how he’s going to kill the vampires later, while Mika knows it’s impossible. Instead he knows that you might get some good stuff from Ferid Bathory if you become close to him, and lying to Yuu that he went to another boy to get some food he actually goes to Ferid.

“The vampire world is an incredibly boring place. Nothing changes for hundreds, for thousands of years. The same vampires in the same place still looking and acting the same just continue living, continue to exist. “

Meanwhile, the narration turns towards the library. The library is coordinated by kids as well but the one in charge is Ferid. He was interested in what interests humans. That’s why he’d always check the history of books other kids were reading. He wanted to know more about them. To know what kind of desires they have: lust, appetite, thirst, desire for knowledge, ect.

“However that was something that he himself lost long ago. Vampires don’t really have any desires. In exchange for eternal life the only thing they have left is an incredibly strong longing for blood.”

“Vampires don’t really read books. They don’t have desire for knowledge. They only have a strong longing for blood to a boring extent.”

So as Ferid checks the records the boy called Sakuma comes (the boy Yuu had a fight with and the boy Michaela told Yuu he was going to), he tells Ferid that the rumor he started (by Ferid’s orders) about being close to Ferid=gain something had brought some fruit and that a boy named Michaela will come to his place tonight. Ferid is reading a book about names at that moment (apparently the one Michaela read to find out more about his own name), and he starts reading about Michaela. Ferid asks Sakuma if Sakuma knows about this name but Sakuma says he’s a Buddhist so he doesn’t know about Christianity. At that moment Crowley comes up to Ferid. Ferid asks Crowley if he remembers about Christianity but Crowley says he’s already forgotten about it long ago. Ferid says that Crowley must know Michaela name better than anyone else. Crowley tries to remember but can’t.

“When Crowley was human he strongly believed in God. Moreover, he took part in the crusades as the Temple Knight and hunted down pagans. But he lost God. And more over he started singing to himself that emptiness is form.

- If you were to sing a Buddhist prayer lightly like that you’d receive a punishment. - Says Ferid but Crowley only laughs sadly.

- There’s no God that’s looking over me anyway, so it’s okay.

- Is that so?

- If there was one then why did I become a vampire?”

Then Ferid asks Crowley to tell him once again the story of how Croley become a vampire. Crowley laughs and says that Ferid knows that better than anyone else for he was right there looking at him. But Ferid laughs and says that it was really fun so he wants to hear the whole story. And so starts a huge flashback to the beginning of the 13th century. Crowley was 25 years old.

Crowley was teaching swordsmanship to young boys in a small farawat town. He led a peaceful life. But he narrates that every time he sleeps he sees the same nightmare - of a demon sucking blood out of his comrades, of the battlefield filled with dead bodies of his comrades and smell of blood and death.

One day his former surbordinates comes to him and says that they are going to choose the new head of the knights soon so it’s no time for Crowley to be sitting here. But Crowley thinks to himself that he lost his God and he doesn’t pray anymore. Then a younger boy comes (apparently also his former surbordinate, very pure and young, and he visits Crowley every day). When Crowley moved to that place his neighbors all said that it was difficult for a single man to live alone so he’d always receive food for free from others, and there was a woman that would come clean his place once a week so it was always clean.

Then one day Crowley goes on patrol to try to repay for the neighbors kindness and hears that 30 prostitutes were killed recently. All of the bodies didn’t have a drop of blood left in them. At the scene of the crime Crowley meets Ferid. Ferid tells him that he came to buy a woman and asks if Crowley came for the same prurpose but Crowley says that he has never done that. And moreover, no matter how you look at it, Ferid is a noble so he must have enough lovers as it is but Ferid laughs and says he needs a change sometimes. Then Ferid puts his finger inside the sliced neck of one of the victims and does something gross there grossing out Crowley. They leave and leave the case to the knights.

On their way ferid says that this is super insteresting and he wants to investigate but Crowley says he has no interest. Ferid shows him a tiny silver needle that he found inside the neck making Crowley more interested. He always invites Crowley and that younger boy he was with, Jose to his mansion for a party.

Crowley and Jose come and they are greeted by a big number of children. Crowley tells Ferid he didn’t know he was this kind of pervert. Ferid luaghs and says he prepared them because he thought that it would please Crowley to which Crowley says that it was a failure. Ferid says he can sleep with any girl here to which Crowley asks him to cut him some slack. Ferid says that he doesn’t touch them (more like he doesn’t touch them with his hands, he emphasized that), words which confuse Crowley.

They start eating but Crowley notices that Ferid only drinks wine and it looks weirdly too red. But Ferid lies to him that it’s a mix of animal blood and wine and tastes great. Jose is soon drunk and Ferid asks a beautiful girl to show him to his room and tells him he can sleep with her. Jose looks at Crowley and Crowley allows it. (I’m seriously not sure how old that girl is). Meanwhile these two continue drinking and Ferid asks Crowley to tell him what happened during the crusades that changed him so much. Crowley touches the rosario on his neck unconsciously. He doesn’t want to talk about it to anyone but in the end Ferid talks him into it. So another major flashback.

I forgot the time. The war was either 1 year ago or 3 years ago. So anyway, the flashback to that time. It had been decided that they would go to war to get back the holy lands from pagans. So it’s the night that they drink, have fun and sleep with women. Normally holy knights have sworn to protect their own chastity but it’s this kind of time so the upper echelons (Crowley included) are allowed to do that. So Crowley is teased to be a virgin because he constantly reminds everyone about chastity when one of the girls at the party grows red and says “W-wait.. a virgin… But what we did the other day…” Other knights are surprised to hear such words and turn to Crowley to ask who was the bastards that was talking about chastity when he slept with the most beautiful girl here. Crowley only shrugs. He and his companions talk about the war and how scary it is to go to the battlefield no matter who you are. His commander reprimands him and tells him to be better but his comrades tell Crowley that his commander actually praises him highly in secret. So Commander gives him one order to protect himself and his comrades as much as he can.

Ferid interrupts him and asks Crowley in the end slept with a woman during that party to which Crowley replies only with “The only thing you’re interesting in is that?” [damn, Crowley, we all want to know!”]

So they go to the battlefield. They conquer one land after another to the point that they start seeing no meaning in this war anymore. Because the more they fight, the less people they have left and now the number of the enemy is a few times bigger than that of Crowley’s army. Crowley’s fighting, killing killing killing. He swings his swords until he’s covered in blood of his comrades and enemies. As he fights he says to himself “I’m alive. I’m still alive!” as praying to God. Please, save me from this place, his hearts cries towards Heavens but help doesn’t come. He doesn’t feel God. Enemies call him “shaitan” which means ‘demon’ in their language. Soon his comrades come and tell him that commander had been injured badly and asks for Crowley. Crowley comes and the commander, his master, his teacher tells him his last order to live no matter what. As he’s dying Crowley cries, clenches his teeth and cries to hide his voice. He stands and tells everyone to pray for the commander and he himself prays for the commander and his comrades. But it’s the last time. He never prays again. He then stands up and tells everyone that they’re going to live and return to their country. 70 people with Crowley manage to escape. Sometimes they’re targeted by enemies. In the end 45 people come out alive. Tired, without food and water they walk and walk and walk. One of the guys starts a funny story about a woman how she told him there was a man that start speaking as a child in front of her and would behave like that. And the name of that man was Crowley. Everyone laughed to which Crowley retorts that that woman used to tell him a lot about that guy that he couldn’t get it up with the woman. Everyone laughs. But soon they are attacked by enemies. Even though they are approaching their own conquered city. Crowley and a bit over 10 people are left t hold the enemies while others runs towards the city for help. 1 close friend of his dies. However, 7 poeple including him and another close friends get out alive. As they are happy anyway that they managed to stay alive they meet a man that looks pagan.

That man comes at them unarmed and alone. He immediately kills everyone and says that the blood of weka people is disgusting. He kills Crowley’s friend last. Crowley’s friend tells him not to come closer but the look on his face says he wants to be rescued and he dies with that look on his face. Crowley asks the vampire to kill him for his has nothing left to live for to which the vampire says he hates that kind of view and his blood would become disgusting.

Then the vampire sinks his fangs into Crowley’s neck and Crowley loses consciousness. Half-conscious he overhears a conversation.

“…. Hey, wait, don’t kill him Ro- [or Lo]…”

“What is it. Why are you bastard here”

“Ahaha, don’t be impatient. He is Michaela, that’s why.”

“…”

“That’s why you can’t kill him”

Crowley thinks that it’s all just a nightmare. And as he wakes up he finds his surbordinate that came with help. However Crowley himself is lying in the middle of the bloodbath of his comrades blood. And thinks that that monster was just his imagination because he doesn’t believe in vampires.

When he finishes he realizes that he feels better than he’s told someone about it, because it’s the first time. Ferid asks him to stay but Crowley refuses and goes home. He oversleeps and kids come for practice. Ferid comes at the same time. But Crowley refuses to continue the investigation. But at that moment Jose bursts in and says that the man that used to be Crowley’s surbordinate that came to him yesterday was kileld and that there was no blood left.

Crowley rushes to the crime scene. The man was killed right in front of the Holy Cross. Ferid comes in and says that he sees a lot of things. So in the end Crowley agrees and asks Ferid to ask him to find the culprit and have his revenge. Ferid laughs and agrees.

back to the present Ferid and Crowley. Ferid says that he would love to hear more but not he has an appointment. And offers to drink wine while listening to the story and both laugh that it’s been super long since they last drank wine. Then Ferid offers to open some good old wine but Crowley stops him and asks to switch wine to blood instead. Crowley also says he’s interested more in how Ferid became a vampire and how old is he. To which Ferid only laughs.

“In the end both Ferid Bathory and Crowley Eusford are the victims of being involved in the story of the name “Michaela”.”

Next scene is Michaela comes to Ferid’s mansion. Ferid meets Mika. They talk and Mika says he hates his own name.

Ferid says: “Is that so? It’s a pity. Actually I, too, used to be called ‘Michaela” by my master long ago.”

But nothing else is explained because Ferid drinks his blood, tells him to eat and allows to take anything inside the mansion. Mika comes home with food and toys to the happy Yuu and other kids.

“But I got involved. In the journey that was over 2 thousand years old. Ferid Bathory. Crowley Eusford. The destruction of the world and vampires. Angels. And demonds. The story of the damned name “Michaela” starts now.”

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