The moon is a silver sliver in the eastern sky, the stars crushed crystal scattered on smooth black silk.

Curled up in the crook of a first-floor bay window, I watch a falling star streak across the sky. An ill omen—to me, who has no fate in faith or gods, it means nothing.

I sigh, content.

I remember it all. Three days lived three times, each cycle ending in despair and death. But no more. The world has changed.

The Council will rule the Moon in place of the princesses. Meanwhile Kaguya will live in the bamboo forest, Yukari in the void, and I in my mistress's mansion.

I served in slavery for one thousand years. Five hundred years to a vicious mistress who used my power against her enemies. Five hundred more years to a lonely vampire who needed a housekeeper. No more. Both contracts are annulled. Yet I will remain with Remilia Scarlet.

From this night onward, I serve because I want to.

Tonight, no one takes the night watch. No otherworldly demon assails our gates.

How long can this peace last? As long as we let it. Only time will tell.

I sleep peacefully.