Chapter 1

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It was very early in the morning at 4:30 in Uminari City and it was just the start of December.  Somewhere in the residential area of Uminari City and inside the room of a certain house, a young girl at the age of 9 was just waking up from her sleep, her untied hair as messy as ever. Stretching her arms apart and rubbing her eyes with her hands, she got up still feeling a bit drowsy from her sleep as she slowly gets dressed in her casual clothes.

Raising Heart: Good morning, my master.

Nanoha: Mmnm, Good morning, Raising Heart.

----- 6:35 AM, Sakuradai Moutain Trail -----

On the mountain side of the outskirts of Uminari City, Nanoha in her new casual attire stood at the center of the resting area where a lot of wooden benches are places for people who come here to walk or jog up the mountain every morning. On her right hand is a can of empty orange juice in which she holds it in front of her. She then looks back to her bag where her device was placed.

Nanoha: I’ll wrap up this morning’s training with some shooting control practice, okay?

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Nanoha: I’ll wrap up this morning’s training with some shooting control practice, okay?

Raising Heart: All right.

Satisfied with the answer Nanoha turns back to focus on her training.

Nanoha: Lyrical Magical!

She said the command, the familiar pink magical circle appears beneath her as she then raises her other hand while calling out to her spell.

Nanoha: Holy light, come to my hand.

After that one sentence, a single pink sphere of light begins to emit from the palm of her left hand.

Nanoha: Under my guidance, reverberate through the sky!

After finishing her chant, she tosses the empty can into the air.

Nanoha: Divine Shooter, shoot!

Raising her index finger to the sky, the pink ball begins to fly upwards chasing after the flying can. The ball strikes the can and under the mage’s command, she redirects the ball back to the can for another strike. It kept on like this for a few moments with Raising Heart counting the number of times the ball has hit the can until Nanoha decides to accelerate the speed of which the magic ball travels, hitting the can even more harder due to the increased speed but also cause some strain in Nanoha’s mental focus as she can be seen struggling to keep the spell under full control despite the mental strain. It was until Raising Heart’s counting reaching to one hundred is when she can finally let go of the direct control, relieving her of her strain. She gasped at finally to be out of her strain but then she looks up to see that the can of empty orange juice is still in the air.

Nanoha: Last one…!

As she said that, she immediately closes her eyes, pointing her index finger in the air and redirecting the ball one last time towards the can. The magic sphere speeds through, hitting the can just inches before hitting the ground. The can’s trajectory is heading straight for the trash bin in front of Nanoha but it didn’t manage to get in as it was instead lands in the hands of a girl with pink hair done in a triple tail style. The girl in question smiles at Nanoha, her eyes turning yellow while waving at her.

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