Vol 2 Prologue (1/2)

Prologue

—What am I?

A pair of plush pink lipsat her own reflection in the ly

It hen she had turned seven that the girl started asking that question towards mirrors and bodies of water and such

On the day the girl turned seven, she noticed that she was able to produce a strange kind of matter

It was a strange sphere darker than the night, could be felt but had no weight, and was around the size of her palm

Moreover that dark substance could be ined

When she brought it up to her parents, they were surprised—overjoyed

They asked the girl to emstones To please her parents, she emstones

Froed

Their house becae and majestic Many servants were hired to take care of the housework

The dining table was filled everyday with delicious food Her father who had to go on business trips every year was able to stay home the whole time

The girl continued to emstones as her parents asked

But, in the midst of those joyous days, questions continued to build up in the girl's heart

Why was I the only one with this power? The girl did not know

—What am I?

Unable to hold it in, she asked her parents directly, and this was how they answered

—You're a special human

Hearing that, the girl was relieved

The question of how she was special re as she was human

However the happy and prosperous days did not last even a year

On the night of a new uns suddenly burst into their house, and led the girl and her family to an unknown place

With her parents taken as hostages, froemstones for the men

Though she was no longer allowed to go outside, as long as the girl kept e violent, and anything she wanted they pretty ave her

—What am I?

There was a tiirl asked the men

—You are a ”D”

But this time, a different answer than what she had heard froirl finally found out that she was one of the few people in the world who could produce Dark Matter

However—the girl wasn't satisfied She did not want to believe that she was an existence different from humans

That hy she continued asking, believing that there is another answer After asking all of the men, she threw the question at her own reflection, and desperately pondered

Through the cheerless and constrained (but not poor) days, she continued to deliberate

Then on the day of her ninth birthday—the girl met him

Whilewith stuffed aniirl noticed a commotion outside

A short while later the ether with her parents who had been held captive, they were led outside the building

Having been living in a place without s for all this tihtti the ht they were captured, the girl thought

In the distance continuous bursts of explosions could be heard The air shook Froht frohted the outline of the town A burnt sh the air, carried by the breeze

It would appear that this area was on the receiving end of a large-scale attack

To prevent the girl froe traveled in front, while the girl followed behind, surrounded by the men

But that first group had suddenly, with the exception of her parents, all collapsed

The men held their breath and readied the firearms they had equipped

Without even the sound of a footstep, froed It was a dark-haired boy around fourteen or fifteen In his hand was a strangely shaped gun, as if it was asseht he studied the men

Asking no questions, the uns The boy dashed around aun

For some reason, none of the bullets the er, without fail one of the men would fall

It was as if he was dancing The girl was captivated by the boy's movements