No Strings Attached

"Let's bind this with a kiss."

While soulmates and flowers surround him, Asumi has been hidden away from it. His scholarship has now allowed him to live the way he wants, or at least that's what he thinks...

In the school, he's just fresh meat, A key to the stringless Eden.

The only way for him to make it through the seven weeks of being hunted is to trust a solemn boy whose loyalties lie with the very person who possess him.

Love, Obsession and Control lace this tale

Yaoi, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Physiological Horror, Low Fantasy

Once upon a time, the world was ruled by a single god of fate. The 7 virtues he led gifted lower beings with virtues that would guide them to happiness but he grew lonely after observing that lower beings had lovers. With the help of swamp water and weeds, he created a girl. As she grew, he became increasingly attracted to her. She saw him as more of a father than a husband when she was of age

This broke him. She was destined for this. She had no right to deny him.
An angry god tied her to a tree with a red cord, the grip tightening every day. She was meant to be his wife. They would be together until the end of time. Weed erupted from her throat and took root in the soil. Despite that she refused to marry him

The girl was bound for a lifetime.
Two thousand years later... Her body rotted away, yet she refused to let go. She became a ghost, stuck to the tree. The god became increasingly lonely and eventually went mad. Soulmates. He observed lower beings abandoning their lovers as they grew old and died. He decided to create a way to transfer his power so that he remained young and the god of the sun would aid in the process. The red string. Tying a red sting to all the lower being and cutting their souls in half would allow the god to control them. The god of fate was a cruel and vicious being. He did not stop even when his own god became enraged at his plan

A war of the gods broke out.
Fate won. He had the most powerful being in all the multiverse bind the lower beings. The 7 virtues gave them their powers, but they could also strip them away. Betrayed. The seven virtues fell out the Eden and into earth, each trapped in a lower being All promised to take back Eden for themselves, so when meet the swamp girl they promise to revive her and free everyone the red strings with their power combined. Unfortunately each time they met the vessel of the girl, they had no memory of them, just the red string

Rules for Game

Rule 1: Each participant will have 1 weeks to win

Rule 2: After the period of 1 weeks, fighting will be forbidden

Rule 3: While telling the target about the game is allowed, telling anyone else will result in immediate expulsion

Rule 4: Losing will result in having your revival nullified

Rule 5: You must get the target by taking their blood and kissing them

Rule 6: You are allowed to sabotage opponents while in-waiting or during the week

Rule 7: Leaving equals death

Races from most powerful to least power

God
Arch-Demons/Angels
Angels/Demons
Vampire
Nikus
Fairies
Succubi/Incubi
Witch
Humans

Magic is something determined by species and heritage. While the chaste systems have died down and been replaced, certain races get certain privileges and biases. Each race has a special set of powers that vary by person, save for powerless humans

甘くて毒のゲーム
Amakute doku no gēmu
At the end of this string is where your happiness waits