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In the mystical city of Yūrei-no-Machi, where destiny is dictated by enchanted playing cards, the legendary Kagura Mei reigns as the Scarlet Queen. Gifted with the power to alter fate with a single draw, Mei is both feared and worshiped, her decisions shaping the rise and fall of empires. But when the exiled prince Ryūji Takeda seeks her aid to reclaim his lost throne, Mei finds herself caught in a dangerous game against unseen forces who seek to control fate itself. As treachery weaves through the shadows and the boundary between destiny and free will blurs, Mei must wager everything—including her own heart—to uncover the truth behind the cursed deck that holds the world’s future.

Scarlet Queen Of Fate

Pain. It pulsed through Yue Rin's body like molten iron, each breath a struggle against the crushing weight of darkness. The Crown Prince's smirk lingered in her fading vision as the cold energy coiled around her, suffocating, consuming.

Her fingers trembled against her sword hilt, but her body refused to move. What... is this power?

The battlefield around her faded. Sounds of steel clashing, of Jiang Yun's fierce battle cries, of Zhen Xiu's brutal efficiency—all of it drowned in the suffocating presence of the Crown Prince's abyssal energy.

"You fought well," the Crown Prince whispered, his grip tightening around her wrist. "But you forgot one thing…"

His fingers dug into her skin, and suddenly, pain unlike anything before tore through her veins.

Her strength... it was being drained.

The Unfathomable Power

Yue Rin gasped, trying to summon her remaining energy, but it was slipping away like water through her fingers.

This wasn't just a battle of weapons. It was a battle of forces beyond mortal comprehension.

The Crown Prince's aura burned like living shadows, feeding off her strength and twisting it into his own. His wound—where she had struck him—had stopped bleeding. Instead, it was closing, the energy knitting his flesh back together.

"You see, Yue Rin," he murmured, leaning in, "you thought you were fighting a man. But I am no mere human."

Her vision blurred. She had to move. She had to fight back.

Desperate Struggle

A sudden explosion rocked the battlefield—Jiang Yun's blade clashed against an imperial elite, sending sparks flying as he forced his way toward Yue Rin.

"YUE RIN!" he roared, his daggers slicing through another enemy.

Zhen Xiu fought his way forward as well, his eyes dark with fury. Liang Wei, bleeding from a deep gash in his shoulder, cut down the last soldier in his path, their focus singular: reach Yue Rin.

But the Crown Prince only laughed.

"You think she can be saved?" he mused, lifting Yue Rin's weakened form by the wrist. "She belongs to the abyss now."

Awakening the FlameNo.

Yue Rin gritted her teeth. She would not be bound. She would not be consumed.

Through the suffocating darkness, a spark ignited.

Something deep within her stirred.

A heat—a force—coiling beneath her skin. Something ancient. Something forgotten.

But Yue Rin… burned.

Her body tensed, her fingers twitching as the energy within her fought back.

The Crown Prince's eyes narrowed. "What—?"

The battlefield exploded in fire.

Inferno RebirthThe black energy recoiled as a violent surge of flames erupted from Yue Rin's core, sending the Crown Prince staggering back. The darkness around her cracked like shattered glass, breaking apart under the inferno's wrath.

She fell to her knees, gasping for breath, her body ablaze with a power she did not understand. Golden flames danced along her fingertips, flickering like the embers of a dying star—yet burning with the fury of a thousand suns.

The Crown Prince clenched his jaw, his expression dark. "So… you finally awaken."

Yue Rin's golden eyes snapped to his.

And this time—she was the hunter.

Shackles of the Abyss