Silver Flash Scherazard—this was Scherazard's nickname.
Anyone who earned a nickname like that was naturally no ordinary person. With her long whip, Scherazard lashed villains and magical beasts alike until they wailed for their mothers. Her silver-white hair resembled the Silver Moon in the night sky, inspiring fear without even trying.
But she had her own knot in her heart.
And now, she had stepped into that knot.
Before Scherazard stood a woman. Scherazard herself was renowned throughout the world for her allure, yet the woman standing before her was far more bewitching still.
Her name was Luciola, an Enforcer of Ouroboros known by the title Bell of Illusion.
Luciola could be called Scherazard's older sister.
She could also be called the knot in her heart.
Luciola was the older sister Scherazard had acknowledged in the Harvey Troupe. Together with Troupe Leader Harvey, she had supported the entire troupe. Yet after Harvey died, Luciola left the troupe and left Scherazard behind.
Later, atop the Central Tower, Scherazard finally learned the truth of Harvey's death from Luciola herself... Luciola had fallen in love with Harvey and confessed her feelings to him on a hill.
However, while Harvey and Luciola had been excellent partners, he did not love her. On that hill, he rejected her...
Then, enraged, Luciola pushed Harvey off the cliff.
From that day onward, darkness filled her heart. Because of it, she gave her heart to the devil and became Ouroboros's lackey. Under the name Luciola, Bell of Illusion, she committed all manner of evil within Ouroboros...
After hearing all this, Scherazard had been utterly unable to let it go. Even now, long after Luciola's matter had ended, it had remained in Scherazard's heart... becoming an unsolvable knot.
Now, Scherazard stood at the edge of a cliff. Across from