A/N: Will follow the Light Novel

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Sakamaki Izayoi was laying down in the shade, admiring the at the riverbank. "Ah, found a dark spot. Maybe the sun really is entering a glacial period."

Izayoi didn't have any inclination to go to school, so instead, he tried to think of different ways to play around at the riverbank while still wearing his uniform. He wasn't going to do any of them because it would be embarrassing if seen by strangers. "There has to be something fun going on."

He then heard a group of voices, he immediately thought of them as a group of delinquents, he looked to see them wearing long coats that had the words 'Fighting Spirit' written on them. In the middle of their group, was a boy that being beaten up by them.

"Hey, this is terrific, this guy is really crying. Disgusting, let's throw him into the river to get him clean."

"Then let's make him jump in butt naked, with both his hands and legs tied up!" The boy was trembling. Izayoi slowly sat up and tried to get their attention but to no avail, true, his words were really quiet so it was expected.

Izayoi picked up a few palm-sized stones from the ground, then started throwing them towards the group. "Let me join the fun too!"

The stones that impacted with them, blew away the whole riverside. The stones were thrown at an extreme speed, it was a stupidly high speed of the Third Cosmic Velocity, and with a thunderous roar and huge cloud of dust, blew away the delinquents, the boy, and the riverside.

"Arghh!"

"It-It's Sakamaki Izayoi! Everyone, run for it!"

"He-Help..."

"I'll keep 'em coming!" Izayoi continued to throw the stones as he accompanied them with resounding laughter. They left craters upon impact and all of the victims at the bottom were terrified. Izayoi had not thrown the stones to save the boy.

Sakamaki Izayoi was holding his stomach and laughing as he watched them run away. He kept rolling about with laughter and stamping his feet on the ground. The only sound remaining in the area was the sound of his laughter. There was no one else around, and so when Izayoi stopped laughing the area became quiet.

There was no sign of anyone else near the riverbank. Boys and girls his age are probably having lunch in school right around this time. Sakamaki Izayoi stood up silently. "Boring."

Those were the feelings he had right now, he only saw the scene that had just occurred as ironic and didn't seriously get any enjoyment out of it. His laughter was only for show, it was nowhere near real fun. He then turned his back to the riverside. "Eh?"

When Izayoi was going to walk off, a strong sideways wind started blowing. He looked to see a sealed letter was dancing in the wind and after following a very unnatural trajectory, it delivered itself into Izayoi's bad. "What was that?"

He took the mysterious letter from his bag, the name that was written on the letter was none other than his.

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The garden was noisy from the loud chirping of cicadas. "Enough of this. Silence!" Kudou Asuka yelled towards the garden. And suddenly there was silence.

The crowd of cicadas stopped chirping all at the same time as if they had rehearsed it beforehand. It seems the words of the Kudou family's mistress were more important to them than their courting activities.

Without even finding this odd, she continued strutting through the well-maintained mansion's corridors at a fast pace. She wondered why, even though this place belonged to one of the five biggest conglomerates in Japan, it didn't have air conditioning in the hallways.

She stormed into her room, wiping the glistening sweat off of her hair. She made sure to lock the door and then threw herself on the bed, which caused it to shake from the momentum. But it seems that she wasn't satisfied with just that, and she bounced one more time.

"So my relatives are having a meeting about the dismantling of the conglomerate? I did not expect that they would call me to the farthest corner of Japan for such a reason."

To put an end to a meeting that had been going on for months already, she was dragged before the Head of the family. The family Head was already bedridden, but his authoritative voice was still widely feared and respected.

She was speechless when the relatives came to her pleading "Please, do something about him!", asking a girl, barely fifteen years old, to resolve the situation. The still dumbstruck Kudou Asuka travelled to the family Head's mansion and said to him only one short sentence.

"Stop complaining and cooperate with the dismantling of the conglomerate!"

"Understood." He agreed without even a single complaint. It didn't even take ten seconds. It couldn't even be called a meeting anymore at that point.

Without waiting to see if it really led to a real conclusion, she immediately turned around and left the mansion. Even the relatives who were expecting this outcome could not help but doubt their eyes and ears.

As the relatives would put it, everything that the Kudou family's mistress says will happen without fail. It's not like there is a law or rule about it anything she says will simply happen, just like that. They claim it to be a powerful suggestion, hypnotism, or even brainwashing, but she didn't agree with any of them. She just says what she thinks out loud.

No one can go against the flow of the current society, so there was no choice but to dismantle the conglomerate. She tried reassuring herself with these thoughts. "...Ludicrous, even against that woman, this is all it took. It is laughable, really."

She grasped the bed sheet tightly, lying face down. That was what really bothered her. Relationships where the only answer you hear is "Yes" are plain and without substance. To put it simply, she could only build meaningless relationships, and Kudou Asuka was tired of those meaningless relationships.

"...It is hot. What is it with this humidity?" This dress is the greatest problem of all, should I just leave the hair ribbon and change the rest? Asuka's eyes wandered around the room, suddenly fixating on a suspicious sealed envelope that was left on the desk.

The following was written on the envelope: "To Kudou."

"...?" Asuka tilted her head. She immediately glanced at all the possible entrances, the door, the window, and the secret emergency escape route, but they were all locked and none of them showed any signs of entry. At that moment, someone knocked on the door, and a maid's voice could be heard.

"Miss, I brought some refreshments-"

"You there, did someone enter my room while I was gone?"

"Only miss has the key to this room, therefore no one could have entered."

"Right...that is true. It is fine. You can leave now." The maid bowed politely and then left the room. Kudou Asuka rechecked all the possible entrances, but none of them appeared to have been used. Which meant that it should have been impossible to leave that envelope in this room.

"...Fufu. I do not know who you are, but a 'sealed room letter' instead of a 'sealed room murder'... I like your style." She even forgot about the blazing heat, and for the first time in a very long time, a smile appeared on her face. She joyfully broke the seal on the envelope.

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The autumn rains had ceased and the momiji leaves had started falling. Kasukabe Yō was making preparations in her room to go sightseeing before the falling leaves lost their colour. She was preparing to put her kimono on when a calico cat ran to her feet.

"So-Something very strange happened Yo! A letter addressed to you fell from the sky!"

"...From the sky?" For your information, the cat was just a regular cat. The one special in some way was not the cat, but Kasukabe Yo. The calico cat pushed the letter into her hands while trying to climb up to her shoulders.

"Don't misunderstand, Yo! I am not kidding at all! This letter really fell from the sky!" The calico cat sounded like he was making excuses, so she gently patted his head and lifted him up while showing a slight smile.

"I believe you. You're telling the truth." She said smiling gently. Her tone was calm and soothing. The cat calmed down for a moment, but then became very interested in the contents of the envelope, so he started looking pleadingly at her.

"Ojou, please open it already, I will lose all my fur from anticipation."

"After I get back."

Kasukabe Yo then put the cat and the letter down and continued putting her kimono on. But the curious cat could not leave it at that. Once again he tried to climb up her clothes with his claws open, saying, "Yo~! Let's read it now ~! Don't bother with this kimono now, after this-"

Ripp! The unpleasant sound of fabric tearing could be heard. She looked down fearing what she might see, and in fact, on the side of the kimono, all the way down was a long tear. "..."

"Y-Yo...!"

Kasukabe Yo was just standing there struck with grief. It was a scarlet, long-sleeved kimono, with momiji leaves as decoration. This one was her favourite. This kimono was a seasonal wear, so if she can't wear it this time around, she wouldn't be able to till next year. By the looks of the tear, it would take quite some time before it's repaired. It's a real shame. She didn't know how to express it.

"Y-Yo...I was-I was just...!"

"It's ok, don't worry about it. Can't do anything about it now." She let out a sigh and smiled somewhat bitterly at the calico cat. Kasukabe Yo then changed back to her normal clothing, a sleeveless jacket and shorts. Then she took off her hairpin and broke the seal on the letter brought by the calico cat.

"What is it?"

"..." After breaking the seal on the envelope that fell from the sky, she stared at the letter for a long time. The curious cat climbed up her shoulders and started reading the contents.

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It was a peaceful day, the wind was calming blowing by, standing on a cliff looking over a tropical beach was a young boy. He looked to be no older than thirteen years old. His hair swaying as the wind brushed against it.

He has straight black hair, his eyes were light blue in colour. He wore a black, tight t-shirt with a white, loose, short-sleeved vest that reached halfway down his upper body. He wore tight, black jeans and tall, white combat boots. He was Vent Harikuze.

"The winds today are calm and peaceful, but, I feel like there is some kind of disturbance." He said to himself as he opened his eyes.

Vent wielded a special kind of magic called Devil Slayer Magic or Demon Slayer Magic, his element was Sky/Wind. He was taught to stay calm in all situations and to think logically and count in all possible factors.

He was far more intelligent and powerful than anyone in his age group, some say that his power could rival that of the First Wizard Saint. Even despite his young age, he was incredibly powerful.

"Eh?"

As he listened to the calming wind, there was a sudden shift, he turned to look behind him and watched as a letter gently dancing in the wind. It slowly made its way to Vent, he held out his hand as it landed on top of it.

"A letter? I wonder what's inside." Vent then unsealed the letter. As he took the contents out, he began to read the letter which made him raise an eyebrow.

- Boys and girls with wondrous talents and much distress, I address thee! If you strive to test your Gifts, then cast aside your friends, your possessions, your world, and come to our Little Garden -

"What the?" Vent was going to finish the rest of his sentence when suddenly he was engulfed in a bright light.

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"Wha-?"

"Ha?"

"Kya-!"

The scenery changed before their eyes without any transition. Suddenly, they found themselves four thousand meters up in the air. Even while suffering from the pressure of falling, they all had similar thoughts about the situation and said mostly the same words.

"Where the hell is this?!" An entirely foreign scenery unfolded before their eyes. At the horizon, a steep fall could be seen presenting an abrupt ending to the world. Under them was an unknown fully covered city, so huge it confused their sense of scale. The world before their eyes was an entirely different world.

'Where is this?' Vent thought.

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"Y-Yo!"

They were falling from four thousand metres in the air, the five of them passed through multiple thin membranes of water that were prepared above the landing point, they then fell into a small lake.

"Kya!"

"Wa!"

"Gah!"

They landed in the water with a loud splash. As the water membranes slowed their fall enough, the four of them landed safely, but the calico cat that fell with Yo didn't have it that easy. She embraced the cat and pulled him to the surface in a hurry.

"...Are you alright?"

"I thought I was gonna die...!" The cat couldn't speak properly yet, but she was relieved he was all right. In the meantime, the two others quickly reached the shore while spouting curses all over.

"I-I cannot believe it! To think they would pull me out without saying a word and on top of that, drop me from the sky!"

"Same here, dammit! Depending on the situation, it could have been Game Over on the spot. It would have been better if they summoned us inside a rock or something at least."

"...But if they did that then you wouldn't be able to move, could you?"

"No problem for me."

"I see. Quite selfish of you."

The two of them turned their back on each other with a 'Hmpf', and started wringing the water out of their clothes. Behind them, Yo climbed out of the lake to the shore. Following the other's example, she started squeezing the water out of her clothes. Next to her, the calico cat shook his whole body spraying water everywhere.

While drying her clothes Yo asked, "Where... could this be?"

"No idea. Well, there was something that looked like the end of the world, so maybe we're on the back of some huge turtle?" Answered Izayoi to Yo's question. One thing was for sure, it was a place they knew nothing about. After the boy deemed his clothes dry enough, he brushed a stubborn lock of hair aside and asked,

"There is probably no mistake, but just to make sure, I'll ask you anyway. Did you guys also get a strange letter?"

"That is right, but first of all, do not address me that way. My name is Kudou Asuka. Pay attention to that from now on. Moving on; you there holding that cat, your name is?"

"Kasukabe Yo. Same situation as you."

"I see. Let us get along from now on, Kasukabe. Finally, you with the uncivilized and savage looking appearance over there?"

"Wow, thanks for that pompous self-introduction. I'm - just as the appearance suggests - uncivilized and savage, Sakamaki Izayoi. Vulgar, brutal, and hedonistic; all that I need to be a hopeless person, so please follow the Rules of Use and Dosage Guidelines when interacting with me, little missy."

"I see. If you give me Handling Instructions I will think about it, Izayoi."

"Haha, are you serious? I will make one, so be prepared for it. Although, you are wrong about one thing." Izayoi stated. This caused the girl to raise an eyebrow.

"And that would be?"

"I'm not the last person." Izayoi pointed towards the lake as they all turned, the girls rose their eyebrows along with the cat, Izayoi smiled as they then felt wind pick up.

The lake wavered as then an explosion of wind occurred and something came flying out of the lake, they watched as it landed on the shore. They widened their eyes when they saw Vent, they were seeing a kid that looked no older than thirteen.

Water was drenching his clothes as he dried them out, he then turned to see the group walking towards him. "Hello?"

"Hey, there little guy." Izayoi replied. They all gave their introduction to Vent.

"My name is Vent Harikuze, nice to meet you." Vent introduced. He wasn't sure, but, this place didn't look like anything from Fiore, so he was going to play it safe and not use his magic so much, just in case.

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