Lia's Diary.

April 2nd The day before the familiar summoning ceremony. Tomorrow is the day. The most important day since entering the Academy. Today, while watching students practicing outside the dormitory window, a thought suddenly occurred to me. Will tomorrow... change my life too? If I contract with a powerful familiar, maybe no one will mock me for being a healer anymore. Maybe they won't look down on me for being a commoner. Maybe the professors... and the students... will acknowledge me just a little bit. Honestly, I'm greedy. A dragon. A great spirit. A high-ranking angel. Or even a being that only exists in legends... just once. I wish such a miracle would happen to me. Then... I think I wouldn't have to cry anymore. Mom would surely be happy too. She'd say, 'Our Lia did it.' How wonderful would it be to hear just those words... Tomorrow will surely go well. For once... even God will be on my side. I should go to sleep holding onto that belief tonight. Please, let tomorrow be...

The happiest day of my life.

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Intro

My whole life was like being a puppet... My parents' control, the academies everyone else went to, even my career path—they said it was all for me, all for my own good, and I lived believing those words... I thought I shouldn't disappoint my parents, so I never even considered what I actually wanted... So, am I happy? No, I don't really know... I just silently endured and walked the path others set for me. But for that life to end in such a hollow death?

This... this is so unfair, damn it.

When I opened my eyes, a massive temple stretched out before me. White pillars supported a ceiling so high the end was invisible, and a dazzling light surrounded everything. And there, a goddess with silver hair and purple eyes stood before me.