at's enough for me...

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or one girl to feel

rything that she had t

was a carefree teenage girl. She enjoyed all the privileges to become a normal girl even tho

rice that took the lives of the people she cared about, trampled the loyalty of those who remained by her side, and trashed the hono

itting in the prayer room where another proof of the truth opened her eyes to the harsh reality of the world was placed. She h

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people slide open the prayer room's shoji door. A man an

... Taker

a was sitting in a seiza-style while Takeru was in an Indian position. It was

left is your order and we'll p

had lost were placed. Her mother, her father... and even her older brother Hitoshi. In a blink of an eye, she

r decisions?" Kourin as

ng she came up with easily after the events. Almost all of those who heard it, even Kana and Takeru, had a relu

hen she decided that. She also thought about the others ー the remaining ones who still showed their loyalty to her

lady. Nothing could ever change

continue serving you and protecting y

had told her. She no longer hid those tears out of joy and gratitude. But she knew t

after. She faced those two once more after giving one last look at her family's pi

roceed.

went out of that room, a

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at the moment, she saw everyone involved

s ti

on one knee as they bowed their heads in front of Kourin. Was it weird

l, soon-to-be and the next in line. The h

iya clan. She knew she had just come of age a year ago. To their family and even to the three other clans his family serves, the coming-of-age was 14 years old. They were handed over the position that they were destined to inherit early and for ano

She had to carry out the responsibility of being the next leader of the

her dead father's legacy. At least that way, she would be able to end a battle she

're all read

at the sight. Just by looking at them at that moment, she could see that they were determined and unbelieva

leave Kyoto. Along with the path she had c

Shinomiya Kourin for good. She had to destroy

with a life Kourin had to live from that moment on. A persona that, h

at Kourin now n