Nara Watanabe, a second grade sorcerer, returns to the school of sorcery six months after her father's death. There, she must find a way to feel whole again, push aside the negativity that darkens her days, and discover a new reason to keep moving f...
On January 4th, 2018, four months after I joined the school of sorcery in Tokyo, my father died of a heart attack.
I couldn't quite tell what I felt when I heard the news over the phone, but that same night I returned home without even saying goodbye to my classmates. I had offered the sorcerers all the help I could during my time in the capital, but I couldn't stay there knowing I had just lost the most important man in my life.
I was raised with my three brothers in Hiranai, a town that, at best, had a population of ten thousand. We never had luxuries or indulgences, but we were never a family in need either.
My father's presence was pivotal to me in every way. Without him and his dedication, I might have lived a completely different life from the one I have today.
From a young age, he knew that the monsters I saw weren't just products of my imagination, nor some endless prank my brothers or the other kids in town were playing on me.
I learned almost everything I know today about curses from him. Despite not being able to see what I saw, he always found an explanation, as if he had somehow prepared in advance for something like this.
Attending the school in Tokyo was his idea, and I was greatly relieved to know that I wasn't the only one with such a terrible ability, that in the capital there would be more people like me. My father supported me in every decision I made, and he helped me understand the world in a more structured way—less grotesque for a child like I once was.
Almost the entire town attended his funeral or visited our home day after day. But even surrounded by all those people, I still felt unbearably alone.
I cried for so long that my headache kept me from thinking clearly. There wasn't a single night I could rest without being jolted awake, and I didn't even want to talk to my brothers about it.
Now, six months later, I return to the school in Tokyo. But this time, I'm not quite sure why.
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I'm excited to start this work (which will be short at first) with a lot of enthusiasm. I hope you like it and please don't laugh at me, but I've tried to draw the protagonist. Here it is, and now I'm going to prepare Chapter 1.
-Nara Watanabe.
-15/16 years old.
-5.5ft(169cm)
-Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
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