Maerchen Maedchen

Hazuki Kagimura is shy, isolated, and still finding her place after being adopted into a new family. With no friends to lean on, she retreats into books, letting the worlds inside them fill in what real life lacks. One day, a strange old volume turns up in her bag, and when she tries to return it to the library, she notices a girl no one else seems to see. Following her leads Hazuki to a hidden library—and to a realm that feels torn straight from the stories she loves.

There, Hazuki meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado and, for the first time, forms a true friendship. Chosen by the original printing of *Cinderella*, she’s named an Origin Master, a mage whose power is bound to a classic tale. Hazuki enters Kuzunoha Girl’s Magic Academy, where she begins facing her anxieties and learning to trust her own ability to shape the story of her life.