In the Great King Empire, the stance toward demons was one of absolute, uncompromising zero tolerance. This was not a policy born of mere superstition, but of a scarred history. A century ago, a powerful fox-demon had nearly ascended the imperial throne through a web of illusions and deceit. Since that narrow escape, the survival of demons within the borders had become an impossibility. The law 'Demons Merit No Mercy' was carved into the very soul of the legal code, and the Willow Blade Division—the first official demon-hunting organization—was established under the Mirror Bureau.
For ninety-nine percent of demons, discovery meant a relentless, one-way hunt to the death. The remaining one percent fared even worse; they were dragged to the Mirror Bureau’s 'Demon Suppression Prison.' There,
