Chapter 1

 Flower on The Street  is the first chapter of Rajarin Tokairi's Welcome to The New Age.

Summary
The chapter begins with a chase: Kai'Lea Leihana is running away from two Rangers after a unknown incident in Delphinia City's District C. The two struggle to keep up with her speed, and Lea evades them, calling the duo "amateurs". She barges into The Black Stump, slumping on a seat as the owner Pandora Vongrim makes her usual. After a few minutes Lea acknowlages Pandora's daughter, Lylian Ladrona in sign language, which fustrates Lylian.

Lea goes home, stuck in thought at the sight of a stone woman with multiple arms. Her friend, Echo Araya, surprises her with a hug and sits down with Kai'Lea at her van's patio. She mentions that Marshall Rogers, General of the Rangers, has proposed her a spot on his team, which has a high pay grade. Kai'Lea dismisses the concept, stating that she doesn't "do well" with the law. The two talk about a festival coming up, and make their seperate ways as the Rouge's Hour sirens go off from afar.

While Echo glies through trees to go home, a unknown demon targets her. They throw a 4-pointed blade at her, breaking her win and making Echo fall to the ground. The demon creeps in from behind, with the comment, "No need to worry about that, Milashka~". The phrase being terror to Echo, with no other escape route but to fight her way into one.

In a deaserted District B town, a Ghoul shrieks. Kai'Lea hides behind a large rock, lementing that she's in broad daylight. Lea's intelect informs her that the Ghoul has only eaten 3 demon souls, which she thinks made the original demon weak-willed. She's surprised that the demon turned into a Ghoul so quickly, as it's presummed that it takes a significant amount normally. Lea clutches a nearby stone, prepared to fight.

Chapter Notes

 * This is the first chapter in the series
 * Kai'Lea Leihana does not have any demonic abilities, but is shown to have relied on weaponry Echo delivers
 * The Black Stump's owner Pandora Vongrim and Lylian Ladrona are introduced
 * The Rangers and their leader, Marshall Rogers, are intorduced
 * The first Rouge's Hour of the series commences
 * The festival where Kai'Lea discovers The Eye of the Sea is mentioned in passing