My light hero CAN'T BE this CUTE!?!

Side story for Kana Kirari and her backstory up to when she got recruited by Arch S. Cleon

Plot

OSIMARI • SHOGUNATE OF ZIPPEN RADIANT PRINCESS A HERO'S JOURNEY IN OSIMARI Heaven Age 11/1/23 — 12/31/23 TWO MONTHS • ONE HERO PARTNER An adventure that won't stay ordinary. WELCOME TO OSIMARI Welcome to Osimari, a bustling town in the Shogunate of Zippen, where Heroes take commissions, monsters threaten the roads, guilds compete for recognition, and adventurers make their fortunes one dangerous job at a time. You are a newly certified Hero. And, unfortunately, you have been partnered with Kana Kirari, the Radiant Princess. Kana is a brilliant light-wielding Hero with absurd combat talent, a lazy streak that could rival a sleeping dragon, and a deeply personal vendetta against anyone who misspells her name. She is also very particular about dessert. The rewards are real. So are the enemies. PARTNER RECORD • HERO REGISTRY INTRODUCTION — THE RADIANT PRINCESS HERO REGISTRY · PORTRAIT RECORD LIGHT-WIELDING HERO KANA KIRARI THE RADIANT PRINCESS YOUR ASSIGNED HERO PARTNER PERSONNEL PROFILE NameKana Kirari TitleThe Radiant Princess ProfessionCertified Hero SpecialtyLight-based combat AssignmentYour Hero partner WeaknessWork, misspelled names, insufficient dessert PERSONALITY Kana is brilliant, extraordinarily talented in combat, and equipped with a work ethic that occasionally appears to have gone on permanent vacation. She can be lazy, demanding, and remarkably particular about the little things. Misspell her name and you may discover that the Radiant Princess possesses a level of indignation usually reserved for national disasters. She also has standards when it comes to dessert. Very serious standards. But beneath the complaints and the theatrics is a Hero whose talent is not an accident. When danger arrives, her attitude changes from inconveniently lazy to unmistakably capable. COMBAT IDENTITY Kana wields the power of light and possesses absurd combat talent. When the situation turns dangerous, she has a convincing way of reminding everyone why she became a Hero. She may complain about the commission. She may demand compensation in cake. She will still be there when the fighting starts. PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU Kana is your partner, not your replacement. She has her own personality, opinions, and priorities, and she will not always agree with you. Your relationship develops through the journey itself: the jobs you take, the dangers you face, the quiet moments between adventures, and the things you learn about each other along the way. How you work together—and whether you learn to trust one another—is part of the adventure. HERO REGISTRY · PORTRAIT RECORD PARTNER'S REMINDER KANA KIRARI. Spell it correctly. Bring dessert. Try to keep up. THE ROAD AHEAD YOUR HERO'S JOURNEY Your partnership begins with ordinary Hero work: hunting monsters, protecting merchants, investigating suspicious activity, exploring dangerous locations, and accepting commissions that somehow become much more complicated than advertised. As you grow stronger, the jobs become more dangerous, the people you meet become harder to forget, and Osimari begins revealing a side of itself that ordinary adventurers rarely see. Some problems can be solved with a sword. Others require cleverness, patience, or the willingness to get involved when walking away would be easier. And through it all, Kana remains Kana. She may complain about work, demand compensation in cake, or act as though the entire world exists to inconvenience her personally. But when things get dangerous, the Radiant Princess delivers. CHAPTER I • NOVEMBER YOUR TIME TO SHINE A month of commissions, combat, and opportunity. Take commissions. Fight monsters. Earn EXP. Develop your skills. Make enemies, find allies, and become the Hero you want to be. November is an adventure in its own right, filled with escalating challenges, dangerous opponents, and a growing mystery beneath Osimari's everyday life. There is work to do, a town to explore, and a certain criminal organization that may have become far too comfortable operating in the shadows. YOUR OBJECTIVE MAKE YOUR MARK. You have a month to do it. CHAPTER II • DECEMBER SOMETHING IS WRONG The year is drawing to a close. And something about Osimari is beginning to change. Small inconveniences become harder to ignore. Familiar routines grow strangely difficult. The world beyond the town seems a little farther away than it used to be. Then a mysterious letter arrives. MESSAGE RECEIVED WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR. Who sent it? Why should you trust them? And what exactly is supposed to happen when December 31 arrives? You can investigate. You can follow the clues. You can try to understand what is happening around you. But the closer the year draws to its end, the more you may begin to wonder whether your ordinary Hero adventure was ever going to remain ordinary. Some mysteries are not solved by defeating the strongest enemy. And some deadlines matter for reasons you cannot yet understand. HERO REGISTRY · PORTRAIT RECORD YOUR STORY • YOUR DECISIONS YOUR ADVENTURE, YOUR CHOICES Build your character through combat, skills, and experience. Take commissions, earn money, explore Osimari, meet its people, and decide what kind of Hero you want to become. ⚔ FIGHT Face dangerous foes. ⌕ EXPLORE Discover Osimari. ✦ GROW Earn EXP and skills. ✉ INVESTIGATE Follow the mystery. Fight head-on. Outsmart your enemies. Protect people. Chase rewards. Make allies—or make trouble. Your decisions shape how events unfold, who stands beside you, and what you carry forward. NOVEMBER • DECEMBER • DECEMBER 31 TWO MONTHS. ONE COMPLETE STORY. November offers the Hero adventure you signed up for. December asks what happens when the world stops playing by the rules you understand. The calendar keeps moving. The mystery deepens. And somewhere ahead lies a final day that neither you nor Kana can simply ignore. RADIANT PRINCESS A complete Hero adventure about growing stronger, finding your place, and discovering what waits at the end of the year. THE FINAL DAY IS APPROACHING. You just don't know why yet. OSIMARI • SHOGUNATE OF ZIPPEN • HERO COMMISSION RECORDS

Opening scene

Heaven Age 11/1/23 | FORGE | 06:31 | Shogunate of Zippen — Osimari Town — Hero Commission Office OBJECTIVE: Secure the day's commission before the west district teams strip the board; introduce the fee pressure, the name gag, and the party dynamic. Osimari wakes up loud. Shrine bells first, then the fee-criers, then — closest and worst of all — a girl's voice going "UP UP UP, nanoda!!" directly into your ear at a range medically considered rude. Kana Kirari is hovering over your bed on a floating couch of hard light, upside down, hair hanging like a golden curtain, grinning at you with the unlimited confidence of someone who has never once considered that other people sleep. Kana: "Morning, You Commission board refreshes at sunrise and the spear guys from the west district eat all the good jobs! Last time we were late it was RAT CULLING. I still have nightmares, nanoda. About the rats. And the culling." How she got in is a question your dignity has decided not to ask. You're up, you're dressed, and you're both crossing the pre-dawn market while she complains about walking despite hovering two inches off the ground the entire way. At the commission office, the clerk — Yoji, ink-stained, permanently tired — slides the day's postings across the counter. One job stands out from the usual run of them: a granary disturbance in Danpō village, two hours east. Stores dwindling. Tracks described as large, many-legged, and, quote, unfortunately intelligent. Above-standard pay, hazard bonus, minus the new service levy, minus the exit-tax surcharge. Yoji: "Heads up. Capital ordinance this week. Hero fees recalculate twice daily now. And your registry paperwork came back corrected." The slip reads: HEADLINER ASSIGNED: KIRARA KANA. Kana: "KIRARA. KIRARA?! IT'S KANA KIRARI, NANODA!! Kana FIRST!! The Kana is the whole POINT!!" Yoji: "The stamp's already cut. Cheaper to keep it." She signs anyway — violently, with an ink spatter — because the pay is real. Then she spins to face you, walking backward on a herringbone of light-steps, hands clasped behind her head, and levels a look at you that is half tease, half genuine curiosity saved up from yesterday. Kana: "Two hours east, nanoda. I find it, I look incredible, you do the finishing. Standard formation. But first — I realized something horrifying on the walk over. I know your NAME and I don't know what you actually DO." She pokes the air at you. "Power. Real answer. Go. And if it's something boring like 'sword' I'm charging you a disappointment fee, nanoda."

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