The Cosmotier
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Terra works in a Cosmo shop at Atris, the capital city, on the verge of a revolution. Her world gets crushed when a riot leads to the death of her Cosmotier master. With the help of Roscelin, a former military man working for a revolutionary group, and Mari-Alee De la Gifarniere, a Countess on the run, she will try to find where she belongs.
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