"Calamity Ice Demon, Huo Bing Qianlian, are you truly willing to give up the demonic power you have cultivated all your life just to save this nameless little demon?" A mysterious voice spoke ethereally.
"...I made a vow to her thousands of years ago, almost ten thousand. In this life, as a little demon, I would follow her into hell; once I became a great demon, I would protect her for all eternity." Beside a hill of corpses, he knelt and took off the last piece of clothing on his body. Though he stood naked, there was not a trace of filth about him. Though a demon, he shone like a sacred being. Looking at the woman lying before him, her abdomen pierced and her clothes soaked red with blood, he gave a bitter smile. "Now the day I dreaded most has finally come. I failed to keep her safe. If there is even the slightest chance to turn things around, let the ice formed from my body keep her alive."
This was the story of Huo Bing Qianlian, the calamity demon, before she came to Gensokyo.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
