When the Ninth Bell cracked, dawn abandoned the old kingdom. A nameless stable kitten found two relics in the ash: the mask that could hear every curse, and Mercy — a sword forged to cut sickness from the soul, never flesh from bone.
Now called Sword Plague, he crosses the silent keeps collecting the bell’s lost notes. Each life he saves becomes a golden spark beside his blade. When the last note is found, the sun will remember the road home.