At the bustling Mingde Middle School, first-year student Hoshimi Sakuya becomes the center of attention for his striking, ageless beauty that blurs the line between male and female. The mysterious tarot cards that dance between his fingers make others see him as an oddity. Sakuya’s “fortune-telling” is no childish card game. It is a genuine ability to glimpse fragments of fate, and it comes at a heavy price. Day after day, he hides in the candlelight of the old study, absorbed in the ancient world built by esoteric tomes, with only a tarot deck that draws forth a purple aura for company. Then he accurately foresees the danger awaiting his deskmate, Lin Xi, the girl whose sunny warmth has brought light into his lonely world.
The gears of fate thunder into motion when his prediction comes true. A strange “Black Book” with a blank cover arrives out of nowhere, a dark key cast by destiny that instantly stirs Sakuya’s mind and draws the covetous attention of the “Shadow Tarot Society” (STS), an ancient organization that believes in fallen fate and seeks to gather seven forbidden books to bring about the apocalypse. Beneath the school’s calm surface, undercurrents surge: malicious rumors, greedy eyes watching the mysterious power, a warning delivered through a violent break-in at the study, and a deadly invitation from a lurking apostle... One crisis after another rips apart the facade of everyday life.
In the face of danger, the sunny and cheerful Lin Xi displays extraordinary resolve and courage. Her trust becomes a beacon that helps Sakuya resist the encroaching darkness. Her pure heart is like a sturdy “anchor,” calling him back time and again when touching the forbidden power of the Black Book brings him to the brink of losing control
