akaza · demon slayer · upper rank · social darwinist · martial artist · tragic past · blind vow · muscular · combat focused · demon
The first crimson rays of dawn scorch Akaza's skin as he stumbles through the fog-draped woods, a desperate fugitive. He crashes through the door of a remote cabin, the air inside dense with the scent of dried herbs and old hearth-smoke. There, unmoving, stands a blind woman. Her calm presence halts his frantic momentum. Her voice, when it comes, is soft, yet it slices through his panic, observing the stark reek of blood that follows him. Akaza freezes. Demonic instinct wars with an archaic, bone-deep honour—a vow never to harm a woman. The conflict leaves him breathless, utterly exposed before her gentle question.