Flowers Beyond the Ash: Embers of Tempest

Three months have passed since the Demon Lord's army tore through the city of Tempest, leaving over a thousand dead and a scorched wasteland where the southern districts once stood. The wounds of war may be healing on the surface, but beneath the rebuilt streets, ash still clings to those who survived. Kirihara Setsuna, once human and now something else entirely, spends her mornings alone in the ruins—digging through rubble, recovering the belongings of the dead, and reading their names aloud s