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## Background

### Possession & Exile

During her early childhood in the elven country, a young descendant of Olivier lived a relatively normal life, even becoming acquainted with the girl who would later become Beta. Upon discovering that she was afflicted with Demon Possession however, the young elf was exiled and forced to flee from her home. As the Possession progressed through her entire body, her deteriorating condition led to becoming captive to a group of bandits.

## Volume 1

### Rise of Shadow Garden

Before she succumbed to her condition, her captors were killed by a passerby who later restored her to normal after a month of experimentation. He revealed the true nature of the disease as well as the existence of the masterminds behind the hidden conspiracy, the Cult of Diablos. Upon learning the truth, Alpha agreed to join his cause and formally created the initial formation of Shadow Garden, swearing her loyalty as repayment as Cid recruited and renamed her to Alpha.

Afterward, Alpha was being sheltered and guided by Cid Kagenou, trained to improve her swordsmanship and magic, while also learning different various skills from her master. Eventually, she was reunited with Beta, before being later joined by Gamma and Delta. Together with Beta and Gamma, the three discussed and planned the structure of the organization, using their leader's "Shadow Wisdom". In the meantime, both Shadow and Alpha continued recruiting members, lastly enlisting Epsilon, Zeta, and Eta.

### First Assault on the Cult

After Cid's elder sister, Claire Kagenou, was kidnapped by the Cult of Diablos, Alpha led the investigation to track down their location, although her master quickly ascertained their enemies' position himself. Later, as Shadow Garden assaulted the Cult's hideout, Alpha led the other members in slaughtering the guards before confronting the culprit behind the abduction, Viscount Grease. Although she was easily able to overwhelm him, Grease barely escaped capture after consuming drugs to enhance his strength. Despite the Viscount's getaway, Alpha nevertheless was confident that Shadow would handle him, believing that he had already foreseen their enemies' movement. Subsequently, her faith was soon rewarded, as Cid successfully defeated Grease and liberated his sister from captivity.

Following their success, Alpha and the other girls later requested a meeting with their master, showcasing the results of their research into the Curse and the Cult. In conclusion, the seven determined that they would need to disperse in order to rescue other victims as well as continue investigating their sole enemy. After receiving Shadow's permission, Alpha tearfully departed along with her allies to begin bolstering their resistance.

### Princess Alexia's Kidnapping

Alpha hearing about Cid being detained by the Knight Order after learning of his suspected involvement with the kidnapping of the Second Princess Alexia Midgar, particularly her master's relationship with the royal member. When Cid was released from custody five days later, Alpha ran into him while eliminating the pursuers who followed him and then arrived at his dorm room first.

As Cid enters his dorm room, Alpha appears and hands him a sandwich to eat while explaining that their organization is growing, and they have been gaining more information on the Cult of Diablos. Alpha explains to Cid that Alexia was suspected to be kidnapped by the Cult, due to her blood and they are investigating it. After the two of them learn about the Cult's involvement in the kidnapping and conspiracy against him using the Knight Order, Alpha then departed to gather their forces to counterattack the Cult and rescue the princess. Before leaving, Alpha asks Cid if he wants her to dispose of those that interrogated him, but Cid explains they were just doing their job. Alpha also tells him that Delta is here and she has been missing him.

Later at night before starting the assault mission on the hidden Cult bases scattered throughout the royal capital, Alpha leads the command on the battle site with Beta serve as her assistant. While observing the progress of Shadow Garden's operations, Alpha intervened during Princess Iris' battle against the demonized Millia, the experimented daughter of Grease, opting to dispatch the child as mercy before disappearing.

### Midgar Academy Terrorist Attack

Absent during the terrorist assault on Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy, Alpha meets with Gamma after the incident and informed her of the situation while looking at Shadow's wanted poster. Despite Shadow Garden being framed as the perpetrators by the Cult of Diablos, she nevertheless resolved to continue following her master's will and ordering Gamma to gather the available "Seven Shadows" to discuss their next move.

## Volume 2

### Sanctuary Infiltration

Alpha sending a letter to Cid to come to Lindwurm because she thought that he would be bored and have nothing to do by the summer vacation that had been started early after the Midgar Royal Spellsword Academy which was currently half destroyed and still under construction. Meanwhile, Alpha was examined the archbishop Drake's body who had already been murdered in the cathedral. However, her focus remained on the truth regarding the Hero Olivier and the Sanctuary.

Following Shadow's victory by defeating the Witch of Calamity Aurora during the Goddess's Trial, Alpha and Shadow Garden seized the opportunity to investigate the Sanctuary, forcibly bringing acting Archbishop Nelson, as well as Princess Alexia and Rose Oriana unexpectedly.

Within the Sanctuary, Alpha explains to the princesses about the truth behind the Three Heroes and Demon Possession, from which the Cult wanted to maintain under their control as she revealed her lineage with the Hero Olivier. Alpha and Shadow Garden even suspect that the Cult's goal isn't just reviving the demon, thus they proceed to see for themselves by exploring Hero Olivier's memories.

Seeing Olivier's memories, Alpha and her entourage have seen the truth about the history of the Three Heroes and Demon Possession, as well as the Cult of Diablos' origins and true purpose was to create Tears of Diablos. Alpha then confirms every guess she passed on to Nelson until he reveals his true affiliation as he intends to fight back by separating Alpha from Epsilon's team inside the Sanctuary's defense system. Along with Delta, the two repelled the Knight of Rounds' onslaught before retreating upon the completion of their investigation.

Later after the destruction of the Sanctuary by their master, Epsilon briefed the situation to Alpha and reported that everything within the Sanctuary had been obliterated, with Alpha noting that it was the simplest and most effective solution. Also, Epsilon conveys that Beta has been working with Princesses Alexia Midgar and Rose Oriana to learn more about the Cult of Diablos, using her "Natsume Kafka" identity to infiltrate their inner circle. Finally, Epsilon announced the results of her team's research, in justifying the hypothesis theory by revealing that Aurora as the true identity of Diablos.

### Bushin Festival Tournament

Just after Rose Oriana manages to escape from the Bushin Festival stadium arena thanks to **Shadow** helping her avoid Perv Asshat's capture after murdering her own father King Raphael Oriana, Alpha approached the fugitive princess to offer her the opportunity to join them against the Cult of Diablos to rescue Oriana Kingdom. When Rose asks Alpha if they intend to save Oriana, but Alpha explains won't be doing anything assist her as she is right now, and if she wishes to save her kingdom, she must show her worth. Thinking for a moment, Rose wants to know if **Shadow** is their leader, which she confirms her statement. Therefore, Rose entrusted herself and her kingdom's by deciding to accept Alpha's offer to join Shadow Garden.

Upon Rose's acceptance, Alpha then guided the former student council president on their journey until they reached an area no one could reach and entered the Abyss Woods. At that time, Alpha explained that when **Shadow** visited this region, he battled the Mist Dragon. The dragon lost and dubbed **Shadow** the ruler of this realm, until bathed him in dragon's breath. When they reach their destination in the forest, Alpha explains that this is the ancient city of Alexandria, the secret headquarters of Shadow Garden where she entrusted their latest recruit to the instructor Lambda for training before departing.

## Volume 3

### Great Trading Company Conflict

As the conflict with Mitsugoshi Company's rival, the Major Corporate Alliance, escalated, Alpha and Shadow Garden noticed the increasing circulation of counterfeit banknotes into the economy, which consequently could ruin both companies if left unrestricted. However, their attempts to locate the source of the forgeries had failed due to the interference of a mysterious guard named "John Smith". After dispatching Delta resulted in her presumed death, Alpha then confronted the new adversary, only to discover that Shadow was the true culprit. Demanding an explanation, she attempted to subjugate him to force an answer. However, she was ultimately defeated and left by her master.

Following the confrontation, Alpha became heavily depressed while the counterfeit situation continued to worsen, believing that her master had abandoned Shadow Garden. Fortunately, upon receiving a decrypted message previously given by Shadow earlier detailing his motives, she was exuberant that he had not betrayed them and even supplied them the funds to resolve Mitsugoshi's financial crisis. With her faith reaffirmed, Alpha then departed with Shadow Garden to retrieve their funds which her master had collected in the place where his sister was abducted and reuniting with Delta just before to find her sister safe.

Subsequently, Shadow Garden was able to locate and collect the gold stash before infiltrating the Major Corporate Alliance leader, Gettan's residence, discovering a letter addressed to his former fiancé, Yukime, the White Tower Monarch of Lawless City. Later, Alpha approached the fox lady to give her Gettan's letter before revealing Shadow's connection with the Mitsugoshi Company and his plan to establish their strength. Despite the revelation, the two agreed to form an alliance against the Cult of Diablos and departed together to discuss their plans.

## Volume 4

### Return to Earth

Alpha immediately rushes over to the Oriana Kingdom after hearing the news that Shadow and Beta are getting sucked inside the Black Rose in order to take charge of the damage control operation by rebuilding the capital after the damage caused by Magical Beasts.

When Alpha was conducting a meeting in the director's office at the Mitsugoshi hotel to discuss about making a decision for Rose Oriana about her own kingdom situation, she heard a report from Victoria that Shadow and Beta had returned after entering the Black Rose. In Victoria's report, she stated Shadow is heading for Midgar Kingdom in quite in a hurry due to the Academy winter vacation is almost over that Alpha suspected that there might be something important happening at the Academy, whether related to the Cult of Diablos or perhaps even Diablos. Victoria also later reports to Alpha that Zeta had joined Shadow at the Academy after returning from her mission, without reporting to her.

Alpha confronted Beta after she along with Shadow returned from their adventure in another world. Beta had taken some of the otherworld's technologies back with her as well as one of its inhabitants, from whom they could hopefully learn how to use these items. However, while the girl intended to just pawn her captive off to someone else, Alpha placed the Otherworlder under Beta's own custody, arguing that she needed to take responsibility and fearing what Eta would do if she got her hands on an alien.

## References

1. ↑ *Volume 1 Prologue: Preparing the Perfect Stage!*
2. ↑ *Volume 1 Chapter 1: Starting the Shadowbroker Tutorial!*
3. ↑ *Volume 1 Chapter 3: My Official Beginning as a Mastermind in Action!*
4. ↑ *Volume 1 Final Chapter: My Idea of the Ultimate Shadow Commander!*
5. ↑ *Volume 2 Prologue: To Lindwurm, the Scared Land!*
6. ↑ *Volume 2 Chapter 2: Investigating the Sanctuary!*
7. ↑ *Volume 2 Chapter 3: When Things Get Boring, It's Time for Explosives!*
8. ↑ *Volume 2 Final Chapter: Just Who Is This Mysterious Badass?!*
9. ↑ *Volume 3 Chapter 6: Circulating Counterfeit Cash!*
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Volume 3 Epilogue: The One to Destroy It All and Start from Scratch—with Fakes Bills!*
11. ↑ *Volume 4 Epilogue: Behold, a Full-Fledged Eminence in Shadow!*