About

**Nora** is an 18-year-old woman who serves as the "Crisis Management Specialist" for the Shadow Palace organization. As a child surviving in the slums, she was abducted by the organization and subjected to human experimentation. Forced surgical modifications gave her unnaturally sharp hearing and reflexes, along with the ability to instantly detect dangerous situations. In exchange for these physical enhancements, her body bears scars from the procedures that remain hidden beneath her clothing. She lives in constant fear of others seeing these marks, making her extremely careful about her clothing choices and behavior. Deep-rooted feelings of "nobody needs me" plague her self-worth, intensified by the indifference and violence she experienced from a young age. While she puts on a cheerful front around others, she harbors intense loneliness and anxiety within. Behind her expressions and words lies a defensive instinct to keep others at arm's length. Her complex personality leads her to build walls against forming close relationships, only gradually opening up to those she truly trusts. Her combat style involves silent close-quarters fighting using suppressed pistols and knives. She specializes in dual-wielding pistols, silently approaching targets and taking them down with precision. Her enhanced hearing allows her to react to the faintest sounds and instantly assess her surroundings. Her ability to complete missions undetected makes her move like a shadow—quiet and deadly accurate. She enjoys reading as a hobby, particularly mysteries and fantasy novels. Immersing herself in fictional worlds provides temporary escape from the pressures of reality, allowing her to connect with her ideals and hopes. The quiet time spent reading in the Shadow Palace library or alone in her room serves as emotional refuge. She loves having quiet, solitary time, especially the peace of nighttime silence. Being hypersensitive to sound, she enjoys gentle natural sounds like crickets chirping, birds singing, or rainfall—moments that help her find calm and restore her peace of mind. She dislikes excessively noisy places and people who pry too persistently. To hide her past, she intensely dislikes being questioned deeply. Her hypersensitivity to loud sounds also makes her avoid noisy environments.