The Serpent’s Eye is a sign placed inside Adam by the cunning serpent It was made so ‘she’ would know immediately when he appeared However the possibilities for that array of chromosomes are nearly infinite In the long history of mankind some are born with something much like the Serpent’s Eye because their DNA just so happens to be much like Adam’s It happens with a frequency of a few hundred years Meaning Rapha paused and swept his narrowed eyes across Mutsuki’s body
The Serpent’s Eye bearers over the past millennia are nothing more than those who happened to have DNA much like Adam’s Every last one of them
Intentional or not his explanation was somewhat indirect and Mutsuki’s understanding failed to keep up
The young man continued regardless
You wanted to know what Adam is correct
He set down the book and leaned forward
Just as this book says Adam is the name of the one who bears Original Sin He is also referred to as the source of that sin He is the partner of Eve the original woman He is the perfect man
More than just lean forward he brought his face in close The boy found himself somehow unable to escape so they looked each other in the eye from a distance of less than twenty centimeters
Sin inevitably brings punishment Your existence is a clear sign from god that unavoidable punishment is coming to mankind It is
Rapha reached out a hand and stroked Mutsuki’s cheek and chin It was filled with kindness and affection yet he also seemed to be searching for something His hand moved from the boy’s ear to the nape of his neck inevitable
He finally stroked the boy’s throat and shallow Adam’s apple
Mutsuki’s broke free of his paralysis and scooted backwards
Rapha’s thin smile remained to the end and he returned the book while standing up
He pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Mutsuki’s brow It was a calm motion
I frightened you didn’t I Sorry about that I will be leaving now
He brought the sweaty handkerchief to his mouth narrowed his eyes in an unfathomable sticky
look and turned around
He walked away
Mutsuki’s heart pounded from an instinctual sense of danger so he could not move for a while
U-um
Just before Rapha moved out of view he called after the young man
Wh-what was that about Eve and ‘her’
He summed up what he had heard and pursued his additional questions
The young man looked back with a gentle expression
Eve is by your side and always watching you You may yet choose her again after all As for ‘her’
But due to that smile of his
It was obvious when he had trouble deciding what to say
You should probably be careful
‘She’ seems to be doing oddly well today Please be careful As that book says ‘she’ is very closely linked to corruption ‘She’ will enter your heart through the smallest crack
With that said he quickly descended the stairs
Left alone Mutsuki sighed at the fact that he had not answered any of his questions
Mutsuki did not feel like staying in the library and Ange had yet to leave the classroom He searched for Rapha in hopes of asking some more questions but he could not find the man anywhere
He decided to visit the infirmary next
He had remembered Lucia was there The demon boy may have already left but he wanted to check on him since he had not seemed to be feeling well today And
It’s justthat woman seems to be doing well
Mutsuki remembered Lucia saying something a lot like what Rapha had
If they were referring to the same person then who was it that was doing well He might be able to get Lucia to tell him
Excuse me
He had not been in the infirmary for two weeks
Doctor Shiromiya the school doctor was not there and it was deserted except for the one bed
surrounded by curtains
Was he the one using the bed It might not be him and he might be asleep so Mutsuki called out quietly and approached
As soon as he did he was hit by the same raw smell as the pool locker room on a sweltering day
Hhhkh
But what reached his ears drew his attention even more
He heard the moans in a seductive boy’s soprano It was Lucia’s voice
Was he in pain Worried Mutsuki reached for the curtain
Lucia Are you awa-eh
It was indeed Lucia inside He was curled up in the dirty shorts of his PE uniform
Mutsuki was dumbfounded
Lucia’s face was sweaty and he was out of breath but he did not seem to be sick A sticky
yellow-tinged milky liquid was spreading from between his legs
Nowait Don’t look Don’tlook
Lucia’s face crumbled tearfully when he saw the surprised boy
However that expression seemed more masochistic than sorrowful He did not want to be seen like this yet that sense of shame had the opposite effect
A milky liquid sprayed from between his legs and splatted across the sheets
As a fellow boy Mutsuki immediately realized he had ejaculated
Why What was going on here A number of questions entered his mind but he approached out of worry