In his previous life, he was a teacher of heroes who poured his heart and soul into his work. As he lay dying, all he asked for was to spend his next life as a lazy fish: eating, drinking, and having fun every day, with a book to read in his spare time, and never having to rush around for anyone again.
Perhaps the gods took pity on him, for he was reborn as a girl named Agnite, known to the world as "Fairy Tale."
That's right, the very genius priestess entrusted with high hopes who only wants to slack off.
This world is plagued by a linguistic calamity called the "Erosion." At the crossroads of civilizations, monsters of speech arise and devour everything.
The nations have no choice but to strictly limit communication. As a result, unmanned machinery and puppet magic have flourished, creating a world where steam and magic coexist.
To fight the calamity, the floating nation in the sky, the silent land of Mutis, trains historians known as priestesses. Here, a group of sages who never speak prepare them to preserve history.
And Fairy Tale is the most extraordinary of them all.
She can interpret every ancient language, carries a vast store of knowledge, and remains untouched by the Erosion.
So, to prevent her from becoming the seed of a catastrophe, her overseers fitted her with an eternal gagging artifact. It can only be temporarily unlocked with a key when she needs to interpret something.
Is being forbidden to speak distressing? The answer is no.
To her, it's simply the vacation she's always dreamed of, a perfect way to carry on with her wish to lie flat in this new life.
It's just that the gods don't seem willing to let her sleep in peace.
A change of fate is quietly drawing near.
The mute girl will eventually face the world she knows so well and yet finds so strange once more.
