﻿\setgamedatatitle("Kingdom of the Star of Light 2")

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――A corner outside the city.
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From behind the royal palace, several military officers were
quietly making their way into the palace, holding their
breath.
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They were a covert unit, dispatched as spies to Kiros a few
days ago.
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However, they were not heading to Kiros.
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The one who organized them and sent them to Kiros was a
high-ranking Diabolica official.
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――But that spy mission to Kiros was only on paper.
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Their true mission was something else entirely.
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\text("Military Officer")
The target is Tuushin, and Tuushin alone. Eliminate him and
capture Magahime-sama.
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\text("Military Officer")
If Ganlon's intel is correct, he's in his bedroom right now.
...Everyone, don't screw this up.
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\text("Subordinates")
Understood.
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An assassination of Chancellor Tuushin by just a handful of
men.
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That would be the signal for their comrades in the palace to
simultaneously purge the civil officials.
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This was a coup d'etat by the Diabolica.
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Now, this very moment, is their only chance.
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If they fail, the Diabolica of Shuka will be purged by
Tuushin and his allies.
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That must be avoided at all costs. No matter what it takes.
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\text("Military Officer")
(No guards at the back. Ganlon has also shifted the palace
guards... Getting in is easy.)
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\text("Military Officer")
Ah――?
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His vision flipped upside down.
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He felt as if heaven and earth had reversed, and his abdomen
burned with searing heat.
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By the time he realized he had fallen, it was already too
late.
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And so, as his consciousness faded, the officer noticed
something.
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His upper and lower body had been cleanly severed in two.
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He hadn't just fallen.
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Only his upper half had pathetically tumbled to the ground――
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\text("Subordinate")
Wha... Wh... Who the hell are you?!
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\text("？？？")
You guys, right? The rebels?
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Swinging a giant pair of scissors that had just sliced the
officer in two, a lovely girl smiled at them.
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It truly was sudden.
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As they ran past the alleyway―by the time they noticed
something jutting out from the side, the officer had already
been cut in half.
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\text("Subordinate")
...Are you an assassin hired by Tsuushin?!
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\text("？？？")
Take this!
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\text("Subordinate")
Guh!
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The girl casually sliced off the man's head with her
scissors.
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The blood sprayed out like rain, drenching the girl and the
officer's subordinates.
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\text("？？？")
No good. You gotta move your hands, not your mouth...♪
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Her lips, now glistening red with blood, curled into a
smile.
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Her cheeks flushed with excitement, and hot breaths spilled
from her mouth.
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Like a starving beast before its prey, her eyes gleamed
fiercely―locking onto her next target.
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\text("Subordinate")
Eek...
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\text("Subordinate")
Gyaaah!?
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If you feel even a moment of fear in front of an assassin,
it's over.
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Seizing that opening, the girl effortlessly reaped her
target's life.
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\text("Subordinate")
Tch... If you're going to get in my way, I'll take care of
you first!
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\text("Subordinate")
Ugaa!!
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\text("Subordinate")
Damn youuu!
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\text("？？？")
Too bad♪
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\text("Subordinate")
Guh...!
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\text("？？？")
Hmm... There's no resistance at all... This just isn't
enough for me.
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\text("Subordinate")
Guh... Why...? How did you notice...?

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\text("？？？")
I don't know. Why don't you ask the Chancellor? Oh, and...

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Placing her scissors against the still-breathing man's neck,
the girl smiled sweetly.
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\text("？？？")
I already killed that officer Ganlon a little while ago,
too.
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\text("Subordinate")
Wha...at...?
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At his shock, a sadistic glint appeared in the girl's smile.

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\text("？？？")
Hehe... I see right through everything, you know?
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The blades of the scissors slowly bit into the man's neck.
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\text("Subordinate")
Ugh... It's useless...! Even if we fail... our comrades in
the palace will move... Either way...

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\text("？？？")
...That's right. Either way, your plan will fail. It's
pointless.

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\text("Subordinate")
No... Impossible... Why are you here...!?

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The one who appeared there was Two-Shin, who was supposed to
be inside the palace.
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\text("Two-Shin")
...The one in the palace is just a body double. Did you
really think we wouldn't take any precautions, knowing you
were coming?
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\text("？？？")
Bye-bye♪
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―Yes, they knew everything.
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Who would start the rebellion. When it would happen. Even
how everyone would move.

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Either way, the coup was doomed to fail from the start.

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\text("？？？")
Is everything inside the palace already taken care of?
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\text("Two-Shin")
Yeah. They've already been taken to the detention center.
...Just as skilled as the rumors say, Sapphire.
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\text("Sapphire")
I could do this with my eyes closed. Thanks to that, I'm all
pent up now, you know?
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\text("Sapphire")
Hey, Chancellor-san. Are you free after this?
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\text("Two-Shin")
I've got cleanup to do.
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\text("Sapphire")
Come on, just leave that to your subordinates. Just for one
night, hang out with me.
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\text("Sapphire")
If I ask Fio, I can even use 'this' just for tonight...
Ahaha, it's all limp~♪

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\text("Sapphire")
Chancellor-san, I'll make you feel really good with my
pussy, you know?
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\text("Two-Shin")
Go bother someone else.
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Brushing off Sapphire, who tried to cling to him, Two-Shin
quickly returned to the palace.
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\text("Sapphire")
Got rejected... Oh well. Guess I'll head out too.

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Before anyone could see him―Sapphire turned on his heel.

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―And then, a faint light passed right in front of his eyes.
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\text("Sapphire")
...That's rare. For a Kiramushi to show up in a place like
this.
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They're said to be symbols of good luck, gifts from the
gods... Loved everywhere for their beauty.
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Even an assassin can't help but be captivated by their
beauty.
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\text("Sapphire")
Hope something good happens...♪
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Wearing a smile unbefitting an assassin, Sapphire left the
scene with a light step.
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......
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―It was a bizarre sight.
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On the ground lay the corpses of Diabolica, mercilessly
slaughtered by Sapphire, and a large pool of blood.

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Flesh and entrails were scattered everywhere, painting the
whole area in red.
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The only thing that should have illuminated that place, so
reminiscent of death, was the moonlight shining in the dark
night.
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But something shone even brighter than the moonlight. A
dazzling radiance filled the entire area.
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A swarm of Kiramushi flitted through the air.
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Countless Kiramushi gathered, swarming over the corpses of
the Diabolica.
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The Kiramushi―symbols of good luck, beloved by all―were now
flocking to the dead.
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The Kiramushi shone with an intensity never seen before.

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But there was another light there, separate from all of
that.
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It was neither the Kiramushi nor the moonlight. A light,
charged with intense magical power, was concentrated in one
spot.
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Before long, it began to take the shape of a human―a woman.

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\text("？？？")
―Ritual complete. Incarnation... successful, it seems.

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Even surrounded by so much light, she possessed an
overwhelming beauty.
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Her beauty was so striking, it seemed as if even the
moonlight and the Kiramushi only sullied her radiance.
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But that wasn't the only thing that set her apart. Anyone
who could sense magic would have noticed.
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The magic within her was something different―neither human
nor monster, but something wholly other.
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The woman suddenly noticed the corpse at her feet.
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\text("？？？")
...Diabolica, huh.
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Diabolica. Demons. Symbols of chaos. Beings that must be
purged.

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Their blood and flesh stained her feet red.
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The next moment, her perfectly composed face twisted in
anger.
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\text("？？？")
Filthy, eyesore trash...
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She crushed the head of a Diabolica rolling at her feet.
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And then, as her foot touched the ground again, it happened.

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From where her foot landed, the blood and flesh of the
surrounding Diabolica began to dissolve into particles of
light.
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\text("？？？")
Heh... fufufu...!
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As if being purified, the corpses of the Diabolica were all
reduced to light and vanished into nothingness.

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\text("？？？")
So this is what emotion feels like...? Fufu... it feels
good... ahaha...!
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Right before her eyes, those bastards―the demons―were being
erased. By her own power, no less.
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That fact thrilled her more than anything else.
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\text("？？？")
Demons who bring destruction and chaos to this world... I'll
use this power to slaughter every last one of you...!
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\text("？？？")
...Who's there?
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Suddenly, feeling someone's gaze, the woman looked around
and focused her senses.
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But there was no one. She couldn't sense any presence or
magic power.
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The only thing watching her... if you could even call it
that, might be some mindless Kiramushi.
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\text("？？？")
Must've been my imagination...
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―Her excitement was completely ruined.
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\text("？？？")
...Hmph.
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Annoyed, the woman snorted and vanished from the spot
without a trace.
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All that remained was the usual scenery, with not a single
Diabolica corpse left behind.
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