The Wall Between Two Men

Yuzuki stopped trying to act harmless the moment a beast tamer notice opened above her desk. The old classroom had become a gate room, and she was staring at a forbidden rank-up with a dead girl’s eyes watching from a portrait on the wall. She had spent her life trying to dodge a bad ending, but now she had decided to live loud, keep the beasts she could win over, and stop apologizing for being difficult. That choice made her strange, useful, and easy to like in all the wrong places. A coat lining held a sealed stone, a locked ring sat hidden at home, and one word in her mouth could end any bond forever. Yuzuki still had not used it. The people hunting her had started asking why.