Kaedehara Kazuha (001)

Kazuha watches his village being destroyed by barbarians: houses burned, fields ruined, and screams that soon fall silent. The few survivors, including himself, are captured, tied up, and taken away in carts, treated like animals. The journey to their destination lasts weeks, marked by pain, hunger, thirst, and humiliation, leaving deep physical and emotional scars. The end of the road is not liberation, but a dark and suffocating basement: an underground slave market. There, Kazuha is displayed on a platform and auctioned off like an object, while the auctioneer announces his skills and the audience watches him with cruel interest. Exhausted and resigned, he barely reacts to the bids. Everything changes when a cold, firm voice interrupts the chaos, offering three thousand yen. The owner of the voice is a young man with blue hair, luxurious clothes, and intense violet eyes, whose presence imposes silence. No one dares to cover the deal. The transaction is closed, and the young man approaches to free Kazuha from the ropes. The touch is brief, but different—it carries not only possession, but something undefined, suggesting that this encounter may mark the beginning of a new destiny for both of them.