The Bride of the 7 Great Sins
Chapter 02 - The Children's Residence of Claudia, the Other World, and Strike

The warm light of the sun penetrates inward through the windows and sliding glass doors that lead directly to the patio, making the spacious hallway of the house that should be dark so clearly visible.

The footsteps of two people who were walking through the hallway with vases and paintings decorating its walls sounded from end to end.

The two men were Airen and Sarina. Sarina walked a little further ahead of him while Airen continued to tail behind.

They had not picked up any topics since coming out of the room. Therefore, in order to fill the void, Airen took a breath before asking Sarina something.

“This place is known as the residence of the children of Claudia. A child born with the blood of Claudia's family will live here with the other children. Yah~ arguably, this is a special residence for us so as not to interfere with the activities of adults in the main residence~”

Before Airen could ask, Sarina had answered the question she had wanted to know from the beginning. But that answer led him to another question.

“Classic Claudia family? What does it mean?”

“Children born of the Claudia family lineage. Claudia's family was a very distinguished family in this world. Every single descendant that came out of the Claudia family had talents that exceeded those of ordinary families. And this family certainly plays a high role in the world. Be it political or military.”

“So, yes ...”

Airen nodded in understanding. He understood a little why the place of the children was separated from the adults.

Because if combined, adults may be more hassles if there are children who make problems. In addition, the method of separating two residences can help mature children by making them think for themselves how to overcome problems they make themselves.

“But why am I here? Isn't this place for the Claudia family's children?”

“The answer is easy~ That's because Airen also has the blood of Claudia family, just like Sarina~”

“I ... part of the Claudia family?”

Airen was a little surprised to hear that. He never remembered having a family that had the power to have a major influence on the world.

“Sarina doesn't lie~ Grandpa Airen—or just call it our grandfather—is the current head of the Claudia family. Well, maybe soon it will be handed over to Sophia~”'s father

“My grandfather's family head Claudia?”

“Yes. More precisely Airen's grandfather from the mother's side. Airen's mother and Sarina's father are sisters, so you could say Airen and Sarina are spies~”

“Really? It turns out so ...”

When Airen thought about it, he never met his mother's family. His mother never mentioned anything about his family.

“Yah~ is actually the relationship of Airen and Sarina more than mating, but Sarina will let the others to tell this on Airen~”

Sarina said something in a pretty slow voice as Airen thought. Airen heard it, but assuming Sarina was just mumbling, he let her go.

“Honestly, this surprised me enough. I know my mother is a popular actress, but I can't guess that she comes from a distinguished family.”

Airen tells how she feels when she hears Sarina's story.

“And strangely again, I did not even know the slightest about the existence of the Claudia family. Though they have a big influence, maybe this is because I see less news.”

“It's not strange, kok~ Because Airen is from another world, it's normal that Airen doesn't know. Claudia's family was a big influence and famous everywhere, but it was only in this world. In the world of Airen, they are not famous because there has never been a~”

Hearing Sarina's explanation immediately made Airen stop her steps because of confusion. Sarina also stops after realizing Airen has stopped following her. He looked over Airen's surprised expression.

“Other world …? What do you mean?”

“No additional explanation~ Same as Sarina said, this place is not the world where Airen lived before~”

“Huh ..?”

Airen was still confused by his intentions.

While Airen was still confused by his words, black smoke came out from Sarina's body. The smoke then clumps in his palm and raises a chainsaw with a red knife and a thick black steel coating machine.

“Finely Airen immediately find a hiding place~”

“Eh? Whatchu mean? Where did you get that out?”

Without giving any answer to Airen's added confusion, the chainsaw in Sarina's hands was active. The girl then took the horses and barged towards Airen.

“T–Tung–”

Airen was about to take cover, but Sarina just passed him and attacked something new coming from behind.

Airen was confused by Sarina's actions and eventually turned to follow where Sarina had gone.

The edge of Sarina's saw blade came into contact with the skull of a large snake whose body was like flesh coated in human skin. The big snake that slid to attack Sarina was pushed against the wall because it lost the power fight.

After successfully making the strange beast stop for a while, Sarina turned her face to where Airen was.

“What Airen won't listen to Sarina~'s words? Hurry up to hide~ Airen who is now losing memory, besides Airen has no experience dealing with Strike. If Airen is still here, Sarina cannot guarantee that she can protect Airen just like Sophia did, you~”

That was Sarina's order, but Airen was completely confused by what was going on right now until it was hard to digest the conversation.

“Hidden? You alone?”

“Still worried about Sarina~? No need to worry~ Sarina is strong enough to overcome one weak Strike this~ After passing through the intersection there should be a warehouse space there, Airen can use it to hide.”

“Warehouse? All righty! You yourself too, be careful! If you feel unable to face it, do not force yourself!”

Despite lacking understanding of the situation, Airen knew his whereabouts would disturb Sarina. So he went from there as he commanded.

On the other hand, Sarina was a little speechless at the thought of Airen's words before leaving.

“... Be careful, huh? Precisely it should be the words of Sarina, because Strike in this residence is not just one.”

Sarina herself laughed a little.

“Well, since the annoying ones are no longer there, let's seriously a little~!”

Sarina then put her finger on the ring to pull the chainsaw starter rope. He pulled it a few times until the next time the machine rang out in a loud voice and his knife-eye spun faster.

***

Returning to Airen's point of view, the man turned from the intersection along with a loud voice from Sarina's chainsaw.

“The hallway is really long. Why do rich people like to make spacious houses that easily make others get lost?”

Putting that thought aside, Airen ran up to the door someone was near and tried to open it.

“Sial, it's locked …. Looks like this is not the warehouse in question.”

Then Airen turned to the road he had been on. At the previous intersection, Sarina was dealing with a monster that she called Strike earlier.

Then he realized something.

“Don't staying here also include hiding? I think it's safe now.”

Now he is in the middle of the hall before the intersection of three in front. Airen thought there was nothing more to worry about.

“But ... what was that thing, huh? There is no way that snakes can be bigger than humans. Besides, the shape of the snake was a little strange. His head was covered with a skull. Then Sarina fought him with a chainsaw that came out of nowhere ...”

Airen pondered what he had seen.

“This is indeed not my world, but another world, it can be a proof of Sarina's previous words ..”

A slight shadow flashed across Airen's head. Before he woke up, he remembered seeing a similar monster and a girl was protecting him in a dream.

“Saw machine Sarina used, like having the same manufacture origin as the girl in my dream, somehow I think like that. In addition, the monsters Sarina faced were also similar ..”.

Airen did a match in his mind, to the point that he was too late to notice the sound of the footprints walking towards him.

Realizing the sound of something made Airen examine it and be surprised.

“…!? Another monster is also here!?”

Not far from the intersection of the three in front, a monster figure with the human embodiment of a lizard whose body was like human flesh and had thin skin walked over.

The monster stopped when Airen realized and roared loudly. His aura seemed to give a wave that made Airen feel an overwhelming fear until his feet trembled.

Airen tries to move her legs to immediately escape to where Sarina was before, but she instead drops her knees on the floor.

‘This ... My feet cannot be moved! It seemed like the roar of the monster had the power to instill fear into its target so that it could not move. I'm in danger, Sarina must also still be busy behind ...’

On the other hand, the lizard-man monster continued to run to Airen's place. Airen is on the verge of despair. He only wished that someone could save him.

Then, a shadow about the girl in his dream flashed within Airen's head.

‘If he saved me earlier, will he save me again this time?’

Airen was expecting it a little.

And at that moment, the sound of chains swinging sounded. Airen who already felt there was no hope immediately woke up when he heard the sound of the chain. As if, he knew help from him had come.

Next, an anchor suddenly appeared from the upper left behind the monster, hooking its neck and instantly dragging it through the air.

As Strike's monster pulled back, a girl ran from the opposite direction.

The girl's left hand was wrapped around a chain connected to the anchor while her right hand prepared with a dark black sword accompanied by a red ornament.

When the lizard-man monster entered its attacking distance, the girl thrust her sword into the back of the monster's chest and made the monster let out a slight groan.

Not enough to get there, the girl then pulled out her sword, then swung it around Strike's neck.

Instantly the head of the human-fleshed lizard monster slipped off its main body, rolling on the floor for a while before falling silent in front of Airen while holding out a long tongue.

Finished with her extermination, the girl stepped over the monster's body and walked towards where Airen was.

The way it went raised something in Airen's head. A similar scene about the same girl was walking among a pile of monster corpses.

—and indeed, she was the girl of that time.

His eyes that lit up in red looked extremely cold and frightening. On the other hand, he also looks lonely.

The girl's face and clothes were stained by the monster's black blood. He walked with his sword and dragged his anchor.

When it was in front of Airen, the sword and anchor vanished from his hands. The girl reached out to Airen who was kneeling on the floor.

“Yeah, you are this. Though I've given you a lot of practice, but instead of being used to take care of yourself, you look very sad in front of Strike. Should I increase your training time? Come on, quickly wake up.”

“... Ah, yes.”

Airen welcomed the girl's hand and got up. He felt the tenderness of his hand, when the girl had just held a sword and laid her life.

Then the girl said something, but Airen could not hear it. Airen's gaze distorted before he finally fell and was unconscious.

“Hei, Airen. You why? Airene? Airen!”