Libra of Nil Admirari

In an alternate Taishou era that stretches far beyond its usual 15 years, a young woman agrees to an arranged marriage to keep her declining family afloat—despite not even knowing her future husband’s name. On the eve of the wedding, her younger brother dies in a baffling act of self-immolation, discovered clutching an old book that seems tied to the tragedy.

As she reels from the loss, she is approached by the Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau, known as “Fukurou,” who reveal the existence of “Maremono”: books capable of profoundly influencing those who read them. After her brother’s incident, she awakens an unsettling new sight—the ability to perceive “Auras,” the normally invisible lights that embody a Maremono’s lingering emotions. Drawn out of the sheltered life she once knew, she steps into a capital where envy, contempt, compassion, and love mingle with the shadow of betrayal, and the search for truth grows ever more perilous.