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Bibliomancer : The Undying Nun and The Big Black Wolf

What is like to live in a world were only the nobles have the right to read and write? More than a millennia ago, a strange form of magic was discovered – Its name was Bibliomancy, the magic of words and books. However, this power came with many prices called calamities which changed the world face forever. There's no men left in the world, and people are attacked by a race of human possessing beings known as angels. Amidst all that, a 15 years old bibliomancer named Alexandra B.B. Wolf set foot on the lower ring of the flying city of Ganymede. She has but one objective: killing 100 angels so that her she can recover her former status as a noble. However, things doesn't turn out the way she expected them to. On her very first day of assignment, she loose all her money, is almost killed by an angel, and then, killed twice by a strange girl in nun's outfit who can read minds and rewind time. Ah, and of course, she must now work as a slave for a witch and learn that her body doesn't work normally anymore (she will now get gradually hornier the more she lacks of sugar which... is bad for a bibliomancer to say the least). However, her master has a good new for her – she will teach her everything she knows about bibliomancy, as long as she actually tries to understand the peoples of the lower ring, especially Shogo, the girl who already killed her twice. But, is it possible for a proud member of the prestigious Wolf lineage like her to even begin to phantom what is going through the head of that emotionless doll? Well, only the future will tell... (True Story – Edit) But what if there's no future? What happens when the "main character" dies, leaving the story unfinished? Shogo knows the answer – the story will start from the true beginning : the 25 of Worldscrown 998 A.N.E. That is the day when Alexandra B.B. Wolf was designed as the new "main character" and decided to set off to the lower ring. However, no matter how much the story has repeated, fate never seemed to allow her to accomplish her destiny, chaining her in an infinite loop of death she is – mostly – unaware of. Trapped with her, is Shogo, a seemingly immortal doll always clad in nun's robe and whose deep feelings for Alexandra push her to protect her no matter how much she has to relive the same storylines. To achieve her goal, she will cheat, lie, and kill, everything and everyone that put themselves the way, even said person. But that's alright... those are just forgettable bad endings... Everything will be okay, because she knows it – one day she will take down fate itself and reach the happy end she wishes for...

FalSe_sMile · Fantasy
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Prologue: There is no 'D' in Rouge

3 of Sunscrown 976 A.N.C.

When I was a little girl, there was something I liked more than anything in the world…

"Ah! Mom, you are back!"

I ran toward her and held her with my arms. She seemed a bit surprised but smiled and crouched down to my level.

"Rouge, I already told you. A proper lady should say mother, not mom," she said, stroking my head gently.

I parted with her and nodded.

"Yes, let me try again! Good afternoon, Mother!"

She nodded in satisfaction as she stood up.

"Listen well, Rouge. Even though we are in this situation today, never forget we are proper ladies!" she said, her hands on her hips. "You shouldn't mingle with that kid – how is she called again… well, no matter, she is the lowest of the lowest so don't involve yourself with her, am I clear?"

"Yes, mother!" I replied.

She smiled again and patted my head. "Good. How was your day, my little 'ange'?"

"Hehe, actually, actually, listen Mother, I—"

That was my favorite moment. As soon as my mother would get back from work, I would talk to her about everything I did at home in the meantime. That day, I could see some signs of fatigue in her moves. She probably worked more than usual but tried to act as if it was nothing.

I noticed but didn't say anything. She had to go to work early and only went back when the sun was down, but she always took the time to listen to me. To be honest, I think it made her happy to listen to my pointless banter. It allowed her to forget about our current situation, and see that everything wasn't so bad.

That was my hope at the very least.

At the time, I didn't know what to do to make her truly happy. I couldn't do anything for her, but she still smiled at me every day, trying to obey my every whim. She was always saying we were "proper ladies" even though she had that collar around her neck.

It was true, we did not belong with the lower ringers, especially me. We were bibliomancers, a great family of bibliomancers at that. We couldn't possibly belong to the lower ring. That was a temporary state.

"Well, well, well, you sure had a lively day!"

"I would rather read a good book," I said, crossing my arms and taking the most superior air I could. "All those lower ringers' triflivialities worn me out!"

"*chuckle* That is a good mindset to have. I am proud of you, Rouge."

She patted my head again. That made me really happy. Back then, I could make her smile by saying exactly what she wanted to hear, and I knew exactly what it was. It made me proud.

"Though, the correct word is 'trivialities'. Tri-via-li-ties, not triflivialities," she said with a smile.

"Eh?! It is not?!"

"It is not."

Well… I mostly knew exactly, but we were happy so that wasn't so important. As long as she was smiling, I didn't care about the rest. I just wished things would continue the way they were. I didn't want anything to change.

Yes. Maybe that was when we started growing apart. When our interests didn't overlap anymore. At the time, I failed to understand how important being a bibliomancer was to her. If I did, maybe things would have ended differently.