Lapis/Synopsis

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## History

### Childhood in Hanla

Lapis' first memory, nine years prior, is her first meeting with Binari and Mapharam Han. They claim that before that, she saved them from a dark beast, but she has no recollection of the event.The two took her in when they were all children, and she lived with the Han family for four years in Hanla.

One day, Lapis' secret that she is a magician was discovered, and she was locked in a warehouse by elders of the Han clan. It was on this day that the deer-antler dark beast attacked and massacred the entire clan, leaving behind Binari and Mapharam who freed Lapis so they could run away together. Afraid of causing misfortune to fall upon her friends once more, Lapis ran away and did not see them again for five years.

### Teenage years in Lilyfield

After escaping the ruins of the Han family home, Lapis ran away to Lilyfield, where she lived for five years. An aspiring Holy Knight, Lapis attempted and failed to pass Area Academy's entrance exam several times, even applying at different temples every time. During these years, she got to know Martin, a local who owned a fruit stall, and his daughter Monica. The two supported Lapis in her endeavour.

### Present time

For the past five years, Lapis has lived in the city of Lilyfield, West of the Lampas Kingdom. Since then, she has tried and failed to pass the Holy Knight exam, in hopes that by receiving divine power and becoming a blessed one, she could escape her fate as a magician and be freed from her curse. Should she turn into a dark beast one day, Lapis wanted to be in a place surrounded by knights who could get to her before she harmed others, such as Area Academy. This was her other reason for desperately wanting to become a student.

## Synopsis

On her fifth year of attempting to pass Area Academy's entrance test to become a knight, Lapis was determined to succeed no matter what. However, her resolve was dampened when dark beasts invaded the surrounding area of Lilyfield, which led the exam period to be cut short. This was made worse when a magician entered the city, leading to chaos and confusion as everyone began to attack the magician and flee. Nonetheless, Lapis ran to nearby temple ruins in a last-ditch attempt to receive divine power from the Saint and lift the magician's curse. She carved many sigils into the ground with her dagger and tried to activate them to no avail. Furthermore, Lapis was interrupted by the apparition dozens of low-level dark beasts. As she defended herself, Lapis was violently thrown against the stone floors of the temple, which shattered the stone and changed the shape of the summoning sigil she had carved moments before, turning it into a lovey-dovey summoning sigil. Just as a dark beast approached Lapis to kill her, Lapis cursed the Dark Lord and activated the sigil. This freed Calla from the Shadow Crematorium and allowed her to rescue Lapis from the dark beasts just in time.

Once Lapis realized what she had done, she resolved herself to killing the Dark Lord, in hopes that she could become a hero for such a deed, and perhaps eliminate the magician's curse. Just as she was about to do it, however, Calla spoke and smiled which made Lapis pause and change her mind. Moments later, the magician who had been in Lilyfield earlier that day appeared with an unconscious Monika, who had been kidnapped. Lapis tried to bargain for Monika's safety and pleaded with the magician, who gave her back to Lapis seconds before turning into a dark beast, which Calla quickly subdued. Overcome with grief and rage for this unknown magician's fate, Lapis screamed at Calla, demanding an explanation. Calla explained to Lapis that she could neither undo the curse nor turn the dark beast back to a person, because both depended on the user's will. She also told her that by collecting all pieces of the Dark Lord's constellation, Lapis could end the curse on all magicians.

Because Calla's appearance had generated a strong source of dark power, the knights who were hunting dark beasts nearby followed the source and interrupted Calla and Lapis' conversation. Enoch Aither, who happened to be leading the group, eliminated the dark beast immediately. He then almost attacked Lapis, believing her to be a magician, but stepped back once he realized that she was protecting Monika. Because the summoning hadn't been finalized, he was unable to see Calla or sense her presence. Other knights quickly arrived at the scene, recognizing Lapis and accusing her of trying to harm Monika and prohibiting her from ever becoming a knight. Enoch, who witnessed this, proposed that Lapis take the test once more, because he thought of her as a good person who had protected a child from a dark beast. Finally, the candle lit up with a faint flame. Enoch even sensed energy from Saint Arverna's temple, but was unsure of what it meant. Since Lapis had passed the exam, Enoch invited her to return to Area Academy with the rest of the knights.

As Calla and Lapis returned with the group of knights to Area Academy, Calla explained her plan to infiltrate Area Academy in order to collect the stars of the Dark Lord’s constellation, which Lapis accepted to help with so that she could end the magician’s curse for all. As they continue forward, the group finds out that the accompanying apprentice knights have gone missing, and begin to search for them. Lapis, feeling a strange energy, accidentally approached a dark beast while saving a bird, Myosotis, from harm. It was at this moment that Mapharam Han appeared and eliminated the dark beast, which was Lapis’ first time seeing her in five years. The pair immediately began their search for Binari, who had been chasing a high-level dark beast.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 21
2. ↑ Episode 1
3. ↑ Episode 1
4. ↑ Episode 9
5. ↑ Episode 2