Kokuro

After receiving a message from Rin ASHIBA, the girl he's in love with, Sora ISOSHI goes to a classroom at his high school where Rin had asked him to meet. But when he gets to the classroom, he finds himself alone. Thinking it was a joke, he leaves the room, but once outside, in what should be the corridor of his high school, he sees instead a large white room where, sitting on a throne at the back of the room, is Rin ASHIBA.

She tells him that he has been chosen by the Tower to try and climb it and become its new king.

But as he wasn't born into this world, he doesn't have the ability to use what all the inhabitants of the planet are able to use, the Ushi.

So Sora is given a strange power. A power with which he will try to climb the Tower, trying to fulfil Rin's wish and thus become the new King of the Tower.

The Tower King

Suddenly with an idea in his head, Sora looked mischievously at Ideor. “What if you came with me to the barter?” 


Ideor raised an eyebrow, an amused smile slowly forming on his wrinkled face. He adjusted his glasses, squinting to get a better look at Sora, as if trying to detect the real intention behind his proposal. “Me, come to the barter? Who do you think I am, kid?” he replied with a mixture of humor and incredulity. “I'm an alchemist, not a huckster.” 


Sora shrugged, a smirk on his face. “That's just it. Who could negotiate better than you? You know the true value of my artifact, so, thanks to you, I could sell or trade it for the right price.” 


Ideor scratched his cheek, looking thoughtful. His analytical mind went to work quickly, considering the possibilities. “Hmm... It's true that you run the risk of being conned like a novice if you go it alone,” he grunted. “But what would I gain by helping you?” 


Bartering (1)