Hachiya Shiori had only ever been in one relationship.
It was online.
They clicked incredibly well, and Hachiya Shiori would sweetly call the other person "Wifey" online.
Every night, the other person sent Hachiya Shiori a good morning message, and every morning, a good night message, claiming to be a doctor who was often called in for emergency overtime.
Then one day, Hachiya Shiori heard the other person say they were a sorcerer responsible for exorcising cursed spirits, and speak about it as if it were all true.
She immediately realized: The person on the other end was a middle schooler who hadn't outgrown their chuunibyou phase! A liar!
To escape the miserable fate of dating an immature middle schooler online, she pretended to be her own mother, claimed she had died in a car accident, and quickly blocked the other person.
Then, that very night, she really did die.
But not completely.
She became the cursed spirit the doctor had told her about, awakened an innate technique, and was mistaken for an ordinary human and brought to a school for sorcerers to study.
When she was added to the sorcerer group chat for her year, she saw the note she'd saved for the school doctor in her contacts, right after the doctor's ID:
[Darling Wifey]
Hachiya Shiori: "..."