The Magician at the Dawn of the Century

An age in which science has reached its end, a world without secrets.

Humanity has unified the four fundamental forces, uncovered the ultimate structure beneath the quarks, and even extracted pure energy matter from nothingness. Every unknown has been given an answer. The universe is nothing more than a set of probabilities that can be calculated. Everything inexplicable has become a matter of scientific combinations and arrangements.

But two ordinary university students decide to break this boring deadlock.

“If you ask me, I don’t have any proof either. I just have a feeling.”

“I really can’t do anything with you...”

This is the story of two magicians seeking “mystic arts” and wandering to the ends of the world, as the age of science draws to a close and a new age begins.

Tips:

1. My writing really isn’t very good. It’s very much an avant-garde stream of consciousness, so I hope you’ll be patient with me.

2. It’s all fantasy and not remotely rigorous, so please don’t take it seriously!!!

3. The characters and story are inspired by the Secret Sealing Club from the Touhou Project series. I think it’s so much fun when two girls talk about exploring the universe and the unknown! I love that quirky, avant-garde conversational vibe, and I’m also a big fan of ZUN’s unique view of the universe and his mystical storytelling. So I decided to give this story a try myself... I’ve always been interested in the philosophy of the stars and the vastness of cosmic storytelling, too.

4. The inspiration was the music album “Magus in Mystic” (Oozora Majutsu). If that makes you think I’m a knockoff or some pretentious artsy type, I’ll admit it... I wrote this while listening to that album, after all. If it makes you like ZUN and Touhou, I’d be really happy.