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The Magical Princess Twin Saints ~Futanari Pleasure Invades the Girls~ Chapter 36 723 Apr 01, 2018
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The Magical Princess Twin Saints ~Futanari Pleasure Invades the Girls~ 36
Falling to the devil, the heart of the magical princess breaks!
The black mud spreading from Noir's feet surround Hail and then began sliding up over the girl. The girl, overcome by self-loathing doesn't even think of escaping before its already too late.
"Get… get away from me…!! Ah, uahhhhhhh!!"
Wrapping around her limbs, the black sludge pulls hail to the floor and, as if she'd been sewn there, she can't move, let alone escape. However, this isn't the end of it. Climbing over her body, the black sludge moves over her white and blue heroine costume and then begins wrapping it in a black lustre. From her limbs, to her torso, the corruption gradually spreads and where it passes, Hail's body is changed to be wearing what appears to be a pure black rubber suit.
"You! You stop this!! Ah, gahhhhhhhhhhhh!! Gyahhh!! Gyahhhhhhhhhhh! No, ogeahhhhhhhhhhhh!! Stooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhahhhhhhhhhh!!"
Finally arriving at her head, the black mucous slowly begins sliding into the girl's ears. A sensation as if something is literally fucking her brain fills the girl and, with a powerful shocking sensation, something feels like its swirling around her brain and scratching across the inside of her cranium.
"Hngyagggggggggggggaaaaaaaaaaaa! Oh, ohhh, ohhhhhhhhh!! Iahhhhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhhhhhhn!! Ah, ah, ahhhnnnnnnnnnnn!!"
"Don't be afraid Onee-chan! After all, this is the final time! Since Onee-chan has collected so many gross black feelings inside her head, Noir is going to fully change your body and mind so we can be the bestest friends♥"
"Gyahhhhhhhhhhhh!! Gahhhhhhhhhh!! No, sto!! Uahhhhhhhhh!! You….!! Wahhhhhhhhhh!!"
Maddeningly strong pleasure and violent urges rise up inside Hail's head every time the wet sound can be heard inside her brain. The virtuous spirit that could be said to be the cornerstone of Hail's soul grows soft and melts away like candy, and as it melts, new dark desires swell up in its place.
(I want to rape, I want to break girls, I want to fuck them up, turn them into sopping messes, I want to drown women in pleasure until they go mad and join me…)
"Yah, hyeahhhhhhhhhhhh!! I… you…!! Gyahhhh, uahhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhh------!! I want to… ahhh, inside… nyahhh, ahhhhhhhhhhh!!"
Eyes both wide open, tears falling meaninglessly from them, Hail can't comprehend anything anymore. Instead, her brain trembles and shivers as things inside it melt away and are replaced by new things. Every time pleasure flashes in her head, her memory floats away and is replaced by things Noir wants placed there. Her life as a magical princess, her friends, her normal daily life, all of the important memories that form Hail are torn away and disappear with a wet obscene sound.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Wha… what…gahhhhh!! No, no more….!! No!! Akane!! Aka…ne!! A… ka.. ne…!!! Someone… someone save me….!!"
A piercing scream fills the room, but as it echoes, there is no helping hand that reaches for the girl. Even now, she can't recall the face of the partner she asked for help a moment ago, her friends face replaced with a voice drowning in pleasure and carnal desires.
(This, voice in my head♥!! No, not just my head, inside my nipples, my cunt, my cock, all the way down to my fingertips♥ My whole body is going mad and getting all gooey!! I'm being destoryed♥!!)
It isn't only Hail's mind that's being raped. As the black suit sticks to Hail's flesh and corrupts it, every cell in her entire body goes into oestrus and the desire to fuck fills her completely.
Black sludge slides into Hail's nipples, her pure white mother's milk blends with the obscene magic to become something terrifying. At the same time the blackness oozes down her urethra and fills Hail's testes, modifying them within her body. More mucous invades Hail's anus and, from inside her ass, moves through the internal walls to wrap around Hail's uterus, pressing into her womb and creating black lumps that are then absorbed into her vagina.
Each time one of these happens an immense pleasure, enough to make a normal person faint, fills Hail. Each explosion of pleasure rocks her with an insane orgasm and, without pause, an endless wave of them continually assaults her, a pleasurable living hell.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!! I, I can't!! This, I'm losing to it, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh♥!! Hn, ah, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! Ohhhhhhhhhhh-----hhhhh♥!! Oh, oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥!!"
A maddening pleasure like an endless ecstasy fills Hail's head and her black coated body can't stop trembling as it throbs madly. Eyes like pinpricks, unable to even move a finger, even caught in this endless hell, Hail lets out words of resistance.
"When you give in its going to feel even better you know Onee-chan, so why don't you stop resisting~♥ Hey, Onee-chan, why is Onee-chan even trying to resit anymore?"
"I… I am… Sacred Hail!! Guahhhhhhhh♥!! You are a Graudia monster… I will defeat… you!! I am a Magical Princess… therefore… ahh, ahhh!! Therefore…!!"
Even now, Hail lets out such strong words. Even though her memory is disappearing, this is something she can't forget. So, she forces her mouth to work and says it even as she feels like she's dying. Even if only for a second more, Hail's pride and righteousness surface and let her stand against the tide of pleasure flooding her.
"Well then, Onee-chan, why do you want to be an ally of justice?"
"What… why… do… I… gah…!"
"Just thinking about how painful it must be being an ally of justice, Noir gets sad. Why do you want to be an ally of justice Onee-chan, can't you stop for Noir's sake?"
While grinning an irreverent smile, Noir cheerfully asks her question. Of course, at this point, there is no way Hail can reason enough to come up with an answer. However, with her body and mind filled with such maddening lust, her brain is led towards an answer planted in it. Why do you want to be an ally of justice, the question swirls in Hail's mind.
"Even though Onee-chan is always doing her best, no one ever saved her. Since no one came to help Onee-chan, wouldn't it be much more fun just to play with Noir and enjoy pleasant things?"
"Ah, gah, ahhhhhhhh!! I… I…. ahhh….!!"
"It's too much isn't it? Onee-chan, doesn't it make you sad no one came to save you? Aren't you angry you were toyed with? Don't you wish you could kill yourself~?"
"Shu… up… I… I…!!"
While making dark thoughts swirl in her head even more, pleasure simultaneously assaults Hail's heart and mind. Though there should be the warm smiles of those she's saved, she can't remember anyone's faces. Although there should be people she would be willing to lay down her life to save, no figures come to mind. Why an ally of justice, why not just accept this black pleasure and go mad.
"Promise… promise… Akane… Akane… I promised!!"
Despite being distorted by pain and pleasure, Hail manages to remember a single girl. Memories of a partner that fought beside her, a righteous girl who burned like a flame, a friend who could always be relied on.
"I'll never give in, I will never let justice give in!"
An oath the two shared when they became Magical Princesses. They swore to become wonderful existences that would never give up, never surrender and never abandon justice. Even now, that though keeps swirling in the girl without disappearing.
"Therefore… I'll never give in to you…!! Hnn, ahhhhhhhhhhh♥!! Akane and I, we will never give in to you!!"
"Is that so, I see, I see~♥"
Wrapped in an endless torrent of pleasure, Hail still won't relinquish. The light of her bond to Akane can't be broken and the heart of the girl, the Magical Princess, can't be corrupted fully, even with her mind and body altered. However, Noir looks at Hail with a cynical smile full of joy and evil, her face showing that everything has gone according to plan.
"Yep, yep, Onee-chan is definitely not giving up~♥ Now then Onee-chan, for holding out this much, Noir will give you a super special present now."
Letting out a loud click with her fingers, Noir makes the pleasure and pain filling Hail abate, though not completely disappear and the black sludge holding her down eases up. All the muscles that had been pulled taut suddenly loosening, Hail sighs and trembles as she sucks in a ragged breath.
"Gah, hah!! Hah… Hahh…!!"
Unable to understand why Noir relented, Hail trembles with the aftereffects of the pleasure forced on her. Shoulders heaving as she breathes, after a few moments, Hail gradually regains her composure and, blinking away the tears in her eyes, she can finally see once again. As she does so though, the girl notices something like a big light floating in front of her eyes.
"Ah… eh…?"
Like a picture from a movie screen, a bright light and image floats in front of Hail's face. The origin of this image is Noir's right hand. Something like a small jewel is on the back of her wrist and some kind of magic is projecting the image. However, Hail doesn't bother trying to understand the how, instead the people in the image steal her eyes and grips her heart.
"A… ka… ne…?"
There is no mistake, with Hail's mind almost completely wiped, her partner's face is the only one she can recall anymore. Not wanting to see it, Hail can't understand what's happening in the image floating before her.
(What are you doing? Why are you with that strange girl? Why do you have a cock? Why is Akane fucking her? Why? Why? Why? Why?)
"Uah, ahhh…♥ Akane, wait… stop… ahhhn…!! Strange… strange… your making me go funny! You pervert…!"
Every time Akane slowly moves her waist, Momoka, the strange woman in the video, screams in pleasure. Sweet voice crying out again and again, a shamefully obscene expression fills Akane's face. This is wrong, this can't be true. Such a thought swirls in Hail's head as if trying to escape the reality in front of her.
"Onee-chan's super special present is this, this is a live broadcast of what Akane is doing right now Onee-chan. Blanc, you can hear Noir right?"
Hearing Noir's voice, Blanc moves in front of the camera on her end and gives a wave before swinging the camera back to focus on Akane and Momoka.
(What is this, I don't know what's happening, Akane can't do that, this, my feelings are disappearing…)
"Hnnnnnnnn♥!! Momoka's pussy…!! It's gripping my cock crazy tight…!!"
"Hnn, ahhn, ahhhn♥!! Uah, ahhhhhhh!? Ahhh, so skilful♥ Akane-chaaan, your tip is stabbing me, ahhhh….♥"
The voice coming from the screen is definitely the one Hail remembers as her partner's, the only different the obscenity and pleasure in it. Seeing Akane doing this right now, Hail feels her heart pounding and her breathing become difficult. With her body restrained she can't look away and the only thing Hail can watch is the madness in front of her.
"Onee-chan, Akane has become a cock addicted pleasure junkie♥ Hey, hey, doesn't it look like it feels super good~?"
"You must be joking!! Akane wouldn't…"
"Nuahhhhhhhh♥!! Cock feels so good!! Guh, guahhhhhhhhh♥ Inside Momoka, her sopping wet gooey insides are sucking on me!! Ahiiiiii!! I can't stop shaking my hips♥!!"
As if to ridicule Hail's words, Akane's cry shakes the air. She can't believe it, she doesn't want to believe it. However, as Hail watches the video, Akane's movements become more and more intense. Her erect meat rod loudly slamming into the unknown girl's flesh pot making an obscene symphony Hail has become familiar with.
"Hohiiiiiiii♥!! Amazing, sex is amazing!! Jeez, it's no good♥!! Hnnnnng!! My head ish going all mushy♥!!"
"Onee-chan has been trapped here doing her best the whole time, but there, that girl has become enslaved to her cock! She just screams about her cock and cums again and again~!"
"A lie, it's a lie… You're lying…"
"Look, look at it Onee-chan, look at Akane's face as she orgasms, she's completely forgotten about Onee-chan~♥"
"I promised… we won't give up… Akane… Aka…ne…"
Obviously Hail can't tell Akane is cornered by slavery magic and that she's continuing to resist trying to save everyone. Instead, the two girls embracing raise ecstatic voices with flushed faces and erect cocks. Shown such a thing, how can Hail believe in Akane anymore.
"Hii, ahh, ahiiiiiii♥ Cum, my cock is cumming!! I can't endure it anymore and my cock jucie is boiling up!! Momoka's pussy… uhhhhhhhh♥ It's sucking it out of me!! My thick slimy cock milk is coming♥ Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥!!"
(Why are you making that face… Why, Akane… why…)
Unlike Akane's screaming ejaculation face, Hail's expression is completely frozen. She wants to deny it, wants to think the image is a lie, some kind of trick. However, Hail, seeing the expression on her orgasming face, knows that it's a genuine live feed. Her memory of her one ally tainted, Hail, captured in the grip of black magic, has nothing left she can hold onto and believe in.
"Our promise… was it… a lie…? Was it all a lie… what… what am I then…"
Unable to discern truth anymore, the Magical Princess held in the grip of the black sludge has her mouth hanging agape and her eyes stares into the distance not even leaking tears. Even the image directly in front of her seems to go unseen. Hail's eyes seeming completely lifeless.
"Yah, ahhhhh♥ My waist, I can't stop moving it!! Here it comes♥!! My cock is going to cum inside!! Momoka's pussy is going to get filled with my jizz…"
"Hey, Onee-chan, can I ask one more time?"
In the background, Akane can be heard roaring as she cums in Momoka. Leaning down, Noir brings her face close to Hail's and shuts off the image. Once again, while smiling like an evil demon, the black girl asks her question.
"Hey, Onee-chan, why are you an ally of justice?"
---this time, Hail doesn't have an answer and nothing comes to mind.
Everyone she wanted to protect, her irreplaceable friends, her oath to be an ally of justice, all of it has been drunk into the black mud. Eyes still unfocused, Hail makes a nod and continues mutter the question to herself. In her heart, now like an empty stone, everything is gone and nothing supports the girl.
"Hiii, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥♥!!"
Having grown silent for a moment, Hail's voice suddenly comes out as a scream that rocks off and makes the walls of the room shake. From her body joy is completely wrapping her entirety, her mind, body and soul in pleasure. No pain at all exists, instead one hundred percent pure pleasure is shooting through her whole being.
"Guahhhhhhhhhhhhh♥!! Sto♥!! This, you, too much, iyahhhhhhhhhhhhh♥ My ears, my head, I can feel it scratching about inside♥ Nuahhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥"
Every time Hail hears the echo in her head the pleasure becomes greater and greater still. With each wet movement, her ear canal becomes an erogenous zone and her brain goes numb with pleasure. Not only that, Hail's vision swims and, encased in the black sludge, Hail loses all sense of weight and orientation, not able to tell if she's looking up or down. Everything, her vision, her hearing, her sense of touch, it all feels good to the girl.
"Cumming♥!! More, I'm cumming♥!! Cumming, cumming, cumming, uahhhhhhhhhhhh♥!!"
Nothing holds the girl back and she completely gves herself to pleasure. Trembling, her body shudders, shakes and jerks as orgasm after orgasm rolls through her.
"Aheahhhhhhhhhhhh♥!! Cumming♥!! Every time I cum the inside of my head goes all white!! I'm being overwritten♥ I'm disappearing♥!! Uahhhhhhhhhh♥!!"
The memories of the girl disappear like a beautiful picture on a blackboard. However, she doesn't feel a sensation of loss, instead pleasure fills her and, unable to stop, everything is rewritten by that maddening pleasure.
My erect nipples, pull on them, suck them♥!! Nyahoooooooohhhhh♥!! My nipple cocks are all springy!! Uahhhhh♥ Suck out my tit milk, uahhhhhhh♥!!"
The hardened nipples with emerge from the black lustrous sludge and pulled strong enough to tear them, but instead gouts of milk fly out, ejaculated from within Hail's body. The pleasure of being milked and having her breast milk squirted out is so strong it further crushes the girl's mind, making her forget even more of herlsef.
"Ahhh, ahhhhhhhhh♥♥ Cumming♥!! Rape my mammary glands and make me cum♥!! My mother's milk, suck it out of me and make me cum♥!! Fuck them and make my tits give me a milking orgasm♥! My milk pussy, fuck it, fuck my milk pussy♥!!"
Mucous overflows from Hail's breasts and makes her orgasm again and again before each previous one fades.
"Fugyahhhhhhhhh♥!! Both nipple cocks at the same time♥!! My phimotic cock is going to cum super hard too♥!! Ahe, heahhhhhhhh♥!! Play with my stiff things♥!! Make my tiny pathetic maso-cock cum♥!!"
A small cock that could fit into the palm of a single hand struggles with desire as pleasure bursts from within it. A feeling of masculine and feminine pleasure wrap together making Hail drunk with lust and, despite her lower waist supposedly being restrained, the newly nymphomaniac heroine thrusts into nothing, her hips shaking madly.
Gupuu, gopupu!! Gyupuuupuuuuu!!
"Cumming, my cock's cumming♥ Ahhhhhhhhiyahhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥!! Feel's so good♥ My cock milk feels so good♥ My tiny cock feels fantastic♥♥!! More, cum mooooooooooooooore♥♥!!"
(It feels good♥ Cumming feels so good♥!! But it's no good♥!! Why, why is it no good…? Ah, I see, I need… ahhhhhhhhhh♥!! More, cumming♥!!)
With muffled sounds from within the black sludge, the girl's cock spits out white slime that begins sliding along her waistline unimpeded. At the same time, an endless stream of chemicals fills the girl's brain with pleasure, the sensation of semen gushing out gladdening the girl's heart.
"I'm… hahhhhh♥ Hail♥!! Graudia… to defeat♥!! I… Ahh, ahhhh♥!!"
Like a broken record, Hail endlessly repeats the same words again and again. However, the girl no longer understands the words or attaches any meaning to them. Then, gradually, even this tiny spark of consciousness is overwritten by the black magic.
"Hail♥ Hail♥!! Hng, ahh♥ Garaudia♥!! For Garaudia, I have to, fight♥!! Aganeh♥ I, cumming, cumming♥!!"
The purity inside Hail's head is disappearing as if Noir let a drop of pure black ink fall into a glass of milk. Lust and negative emotions fill the girl's head now and the after image of the heroine of justice is completely shattered, disappearing.
"Hgyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥♥!! My pussy♥ My asshole♥ Feels sho ghood♥!! Inside my belly it's completely throbbing♥!! My stomach, inside, I want to be fucked, it feels so good♥!!"
Two black lumps, one in Hail's ass and the other inside her pussy, rub at each other through the walls of her flesh. Crushing the walls and gouging away at one another, the pleasure swells up insanely fast.
"Cuuuuuuuummmmmmmming♥♥ It's knocking inside my cunt, It's making my womb cum♥!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥♥!! Every time they clash I cum♥!! Inside me they aren't stopping and every time they hit my cervix is cumming♥!!"
Eyes rolled back and tongue lolling, Hail can't stop the endless rush of pleasure assaulting her. However, in no way does her face seem to be suffering, instead only a woman with a brain melted by pleasure can be seen.
"I… Hail♥ Nyahhhhhoooooooo♥ For my… pussy… I fight…♥!! I'm Garaudia's… cock slave…♥!! I am…♥!!"
Unable to understand what she's saying, Hail's language centres are being tinkered with. She no longer knows what she means when she says Hail, the Magical Princess, the ally of justice is completely gone.
"Onee-chan, do you feel good♥?"
"Feels, feels good♥!! Everything feels good♥ Cumming feels gooooooooood♥!!"
"Nyahahahahaha♥ You've finally become a good girl for Noir~♥ Hey, hey, do you want to feel even more pleasure♥"
"I do♥!! Make me feel good♥!! Please♥!! Noir, Noir-sama♥!!"
There is no more disgust or reproach in the girl's voice as she say's the name of the enemy of the allies of justice. Instead, she speaks in a voice dripping with lust and obscenity. For Noir, who she once hated, the girl now has the greatest of respect. I want to obey this black girl, I want her to fuck me, I want to fuck her, such feelings fill her head.
"Alright, you've said enough♥ Now then, Noir will make you feel really good now♥"
"Gi----yahhhhhhhhhhhh, ahhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥♥♥ Magical power, Noir-sama's magical energy, it's flowing inside meeeeeeeeeeeeeee♥ Ohh♥ Hyahahhhhhhhhh♥!!"
"Noir will now fill Onee-chan all the way up with her magical power. With this, Onee-chan is completely reborn as Noir's sister♥"
"Cumming♥!! Cumming, cumming, cuuuuuuuuuummmming♥!! Cumming♥!! Break me♥!! Make me go mad♥!! Ah, Gyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh♥♥♥!!"
The orgasm that fills the girl is the strongest she's ever experienced and her brain completely melts under its ministrations. Her vision no longer shakes and is now instead completely pitch black. From the tips of her toes to the top of her head, the girl feels an irresistible lust. A conviction, I was born to be fucked like this here, today, fills her. A strange sense of wellbeing accompanied by pure insanity fills the girl.
"Ahhhhhhh------♥!! Cumming♥!! Cuuuuuuuummmmmmming♥♥♥!!"
"Bye-bye Onee-chan♥ Now then, welcome to Noir's world…♥"
Completely destroyed by the pleasure wielded by the devilish black girl, the magical girl was driven completely mad with lust and now, her blue light has faded completely black as she drowns herself in a dark sea of pleasures---
A long, long, time has passed and the black magic that was covering Hail has been removed. The figure of the girl lies on her back unmoving, as if dead, still clad in her blue and white costume. The image of the lewd sow that completely wallowed in pleasure already gone.
"Hey, time to get up Onee-chan! Noir's finished the preparations so Onee-chan needs to get moving!"
As if in answer to the call, the magical princess wakes up and bounces to her feet in an instant. While her body seems unsteady, frail, and ready to collapse at any moment, there is a black lustful light in her eyes that doesn't waver.
"How do you feel? Your body is packed completely full of Noir's magic now! Now it's Onee-chan's turn to use it! Show Noir! Show Noir Onee-chan's pitch black lusts!"
Without her expression changing, Hail stretches her hand to her chest. There, a brooch sits in the middle of a ribbon. However, the crystal has all its internal light and now it looks like blue marble covered in black veins. As magical power is poured into it, a wicked energy overflows from it.
"Magi…cal…"
A word that shouldn't be known, overflows from inside the girl's chest. A final ritual to separate her from the goddess of justice, to cut herself away and cleave herself to the devils, her final transformation.
"Magical Destroyer Princess!!"
With a cry as if splitting the heavens above, the girl screams as magical power overflows from the brooch. Jet black light that oozes a feeling of injustice and obscenity envelopes the body without leaving any of her uncovered.
"Gah, ahhhh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"
The girl's body is suffused with an unbearable pain. It feels as if every cell in her body is slowly being sliced apart by the evil magical power. All over her face and body her veins stand out and pulse while tears of blood freely flow from her eyes. Then it fades. Every cell in the girl's body feels soiled, unclean and her soul feels permanently tainted as she becomes an existence less than human.
This feeling is completely, intolerably painful… and pleasant.
"Ha! Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!! I… I am…!"
As power begins overflowing from within her body, her lust naturally rises alongside it.
(Ahhh, this wonderful pleasure, why didn't I just embrace this earlier…!!)
As a strong magical energy literally shakes the atmosphere as if an explosion is occurring nearby, the transformation finally ends. The veil of magical power disappearing, the magical girl in her new attire is revealed. Far too lascivious, far too evil, this new figure stands there.
Her long pure blue hair has changed to purple, the long gloves and boots have shifted to a blackness darker than night while shining with an obscene lustre like enamel. The skirt and leotard has completely changed too, becoming black and purple in colour. Thanks to the skirt opening at the front, her futanari penis is completely exposed to even the most casual glance being both lifted and framed by the costume. Her body is barely covered in straps that look like a bondage harness that is slightly too small for her as luscious flesh bulges and protrudes from within it. As if to emphasise her enlarged breasts, there is soft fabric covering her breasts. However, this merely seems to be to allow her erect nipples to deform it and just from the chest of the costume. At her neck, the formerly blue crystal is now a deep intense purple. Black veins seem to connect it to the former heroine's body, the gem throbbing along with her thudding heart.
Although the girl's body is still recognisably that of Sacred Hail, this is no ally of justice. This form is that of a girl fascinated by darkness who has fallen and become a devil herself.
"Congratulations Onee-chan! How do you feel?"
Noir's voice seems truly happy as she asks the girl the question. Hail's face, becoming distorted with a lewd grin that's never been seen there before, replies.
"Ehhh, I feel super fantastic, Noir-sama…♥"
In the dim room the story of Hail, the ally of justice has come to an end. Now, the tale of the happy fallen girl can begin, time to open the curtains on a new act------