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Author: E.L. This is a story about a beautiful woman with a trusty voice in a magicless world. Her name is Alice. One day, Alice went to a museum, and was fascinated by the paintings. Alice is good at painting, but she's better at singing, so she started to practice piano everyday. When her school had a contest, Alice participated. That day, there was a really beautiful theater with a stunning view. Alice looked around in wonder.  It took her a few hours until it was Alice's time to shine. She calibrated her piano, and cleared her throat, then started playing the piano. Her voice was so elegant, and trusty, everyone was so impressed and some fell in love with her. Alice's piano skills were impressive as well, but suddenly, a person who participated in the contest tackled Alice. The crowd gasped, and some people volunteered to help her, but there was no help Alice could recieve. It was the demise of her. But, before the person could stab Alice with a paintbrush, Alice snatch...

[Extra Chapter 1: Meriku Kitsuri] It's December 25 2024, and 7AM. Kasuri is just walking alone on Street N17 on a snowy day, while humming a song. Her mother is going shopping, so she decided to wander around by herself.  She stumbles upon a young female cat-human, who seems to be 10 years old, just like her. Her hair is blue, and she was hugging herself in the cold, because her clothes were thin, and she couldn't get any money to buy a sweater, not even a thin blanket for her to sleep on the streets. Kasuri pitied the poor girl that she had to sleep on the streets, even though she hasn't been in her shoes, Kasuri knew how painful it was to have a life like that. She wanted to help everyone she could. She looked at the cat-human in curiosity, and asked; "Do you need a jacket?" The cat-human was shivering in the cold, so she could barely respond. Due to her shy nature, she thought to refuse at first, but after thinking that Kasuri was offering her a jacket, she res...

[Chapter 30: Affected Powerless] Everyone is sleeping, except Nora and Rona. They've been affected by curses of some sort, which prevents them from sleeping. Sai was the first to notice it. "Curse… that prevents people from sleeping?" Sai stole Kinato's notebook about curses at midnight. It seemed like a coincidence that Nora and Rona were cursed at the exact time...  Sai inspected Kinato's notebook, and there was a mark on it. It was Kinato's blood. He then immediately ran to Kinato's room and opened the door. The room was not really bloody, but he inspected under her blanket again. Kinato's right hand was cut off. Sai quickly bandaged her right hand, and thought for a second. "No, wait. What is going on?" Sai ran to the secret prison and found Yushiro, still here. But he's fatally injured. Yushiro gave Kinato's severed hand to Sai, and said that "Someone else cutted it off and it dropped inside my cell…" At that time, Haku...

[Side Story 2, Chapter 3: Frenzy] It's morning time now. I already ate my sandwich and Naiko clings onto me after I finish eating my breakfast. She's so scared of herself dying, and yes, I'm scared of dying too. I took the elevator to the ground floor and the first person I found was that crippled girl named Ikuro Ragami. She's one of Sai and Luka's roommates! "Hello!" Ragami waved at me. "Some people cut the tree that's making the crystal stuck, but there's still some branches at the crystal that they can't seem to remove, and we need to use a special tool we don't have." "Uhm… That's a nice thing, I guess? I think we're going to put the crystal into the statue earlier than I thought." "To remove the branches off, we need to ask Ms. Suneru for the tool!" "Who's Suneru? Oh, Kanoka changed her name to that. I won't ask her, she seems intimidating..." "Whatever…" Ikuro used her...

[Chapter 29: Pantorium Scythe] It's the morning. Luka walked out and looked at the statue. The crystal still isn't here. An hour later, after everyone ate their breakfast, Kazai spots the crystal being dropped at the road, and she quickly snatched it and put it on the Statue of Natoruyo, but someone tackled her. "Hey! Gimme that!" A mysterious man spoke, and then got shot by Satora. He still survived, and slashes his scythe at Satora. It only cut her hair, since she barely dodged the scythe. Satora attacked the mysterious person by summoning several metal lines to pin the man on the spot. She spotted the name tag "Yushiro" on his shirt. The man looked like a young person. Yushiro's scythe cutted the metal lines, and jumped up in the air. Satora caught Yushiro with her metal lines, like it was a spider web, but he managed to cut it anyway. His scythe is filled with blood. "Hey, this scythe's made from real pantorium. Wouldn't you look at how ...