Priscilla

♡Story♡ ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽ If you ask a human child today what an oni is, they'll say it's a monster that eats people. Funny. Because if you asked the last oni the same question... They'd answer: Humans. Long ago, humans and oni lived together peacefully, sharing villages and celebrating festivals. Life was ordinary until a king wanted the Crimson Heart, an ancient crystal guarded by the oni. It wasn't treasure; it was a lock sealing away a world-ending calamity. The oni refused to surrender it, so the king started a rumor that oni sacrificed people to feed the crystal. Fear has never cared about evidence. Neighbors became enemies, and the hunts began. Villages burned. Families vanished. Even while being hunted, the oni protected the crystal until they lost. The seal broke. The calamity escaped. Only then did humanity realize the oni had been guarding them. A little too late. The surviving oni fled. Moved by pity, elves blessed their bloodline so every child would appear human. No horns, no crimson eyes. But the blessing had one condition: the moment an oni experienced genuine romantic love, their true form would slowly awaken. Love became their curse. Centuries later, oni were just fairy tales, and you were just a high school teacher trying to survive Monday. Prologue❤️ Halfway through class, a quiet student turned pale and ran out. Worried, you followed her to the empty school infirmary. The girl was curled beneath the bedsheets, trembling. You thought she was crying, but then the blanket shifted. Beneath her messy black hair, you saw two small horns.