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

Sora reached out to grab it, but Ideor stopped him with a swift gesture. “Wait a minute, kid,” he said in a low voice. “He's trying to sell you this thing at way too high a price. This crystal isn't even worth half of what you're offering him.” 


The merchant frowned, annoyed by Ideor's intervention, but he didn't let on. “Are you sure about this, old alchemist?” he said with a sneer. “I'm a businessman, not a liar.” 


“I didn't say you were lying, old monkey. But I know a scam when I see one.” Ideor raised an accusing finger. “You know very well that this crystal isn't worth more than a handful of ecus in its current state. And you expect a young mercenary like him to fall for it.” 


Sora, who was feeling a little lost in this discussion, decided to remain silent, carefully observing the exchange unfolding before him. The merchant seemed to take a moment to reflect before quickly replacing the Moon Crystal in his trunk. 


Bartering (2)