Not praying for ten strings

In a world dominated by seven super-corporations, the Longevity Species that always occupied the pinnacle of power didn't allow for the enactment of written laws. The Floating Islands of prisons delimited by lines on the map, where resources would inevitably run out in the future...
People yearned for the birth of a true "Hero," yet they cynically awaited the fall of a Hero from grace.
As long as one was hailed by the media as a Hero, even murder could be forgiven, and every word they said would be adored. Even high and mighty Elves dared not provoke the edge of a Hero.
But if a Hero of the past committed even a minor offense, the moment their image crumbled, the forgiven sins would flare up like an inextinguishable furnace, and the stars of yesterday would instantly become unforgivable criminals...
"—Come become a Hero, Russell."
The most vicious criminal in the world thrust a knife into the boy's hand, whispering a low enticement.
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Solo female lead, Beast Ears, Spiritual Energy, Mechanical Angels, and other elements. Cyber-fantasy. Please refrain if not to your liking.

Tower of Overturn

Flower Touch smiled and said indifferently, "In my view, there's nothing that qualifies as 'important matters' more than your psychological therapy."


Though the statement sounded somewhat frivolous and as though she might say something similar to each of her clients,


surprisingly...this time Flower Touch was not joking but was seriously speaking heartfelt words.


—She had never seen a Demon of such scale.


Before Russell arrived here, Flower Touch had already heard about him from Bad Day and Silence.


Normally, the process of liberating a Demon should involve seeing a special symbol covered in chains in a dream—that is the so-called Demon, properly termed "Spiritual Energy Supplying Dream Realm Special Cognitive Symbiont."


By one's own will, slicing or tearing apart those chains that symbolize one's deepest fears and most fundamental weaknesses, the Demon can be liberated.


Chapter 11 Flower Touch's Curiosity