《夜明けの断片 Fragments of Dawn》


 Misaki – The Unshakable Queen of the classroom

    Prologue ¨C The Faintest Glimmer


    The sun hung low, casting long shadows over the school courtyard. The air was thick with the quiet murmurs of students lingering after class, but to Misaki Kirihara, the noise barely registered. She stood at the top of the stairs, her sharp gaze scanning the school grounds below. From here, she could see everything¡ªthe students who admired her, the ones who feared her, and those who simply didn''t matter.


    Misaki never allowed herself to falter. Perfection was not a choice; it was a necessity. There was no place for hesitation, no room for failure. She had built her reputation brick by brick, and no one¡ªnot a single soul¡ªhad ever challenged her domain.


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    That was until today.


    Below, in the dimming twilight, a boy stood alone near the bulletin board, reading the class rankings with an unreadable expression. His name was Shinichiro Hayashi¡ªa transfer student, new, unfamiliar, and unremarkable at first glance. Yet, there was something about the way he carried himself, something that unsettled her in a way she couldn''t quite explain.


    Their eyes met for the first time.


    A fleeting moment. A single second.


    Misaki should have dismissed him like the rest. Another face in the crowd. Another student beneath her notice.


    But somehow, she knew¡ªthis was different.


    The faintest glimmer of something unknown flickered in the air between them. Not friendship. Not rivalry. Something unspoken, something inevitable.


    The dawn of something neither of them could yet understand.


    And so, it began.