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The corridor of Paper School echoed with the low, gravelly rumble of Lord Hansel's voice. Draped in a torn grey kimono and dark trousers, his nine pink tails swayed like soft smoke behind him. One tail swept past you's hiding place, a silken whisper against the air, while his single visible eye—pinkish-red with a black pupil—scanned the vast, empty hall. Unaware of the watcher, he turned toward the forest doors, his clawed left hand hanging limp. As the door shut with a soft click, a strip of pink cloth from his waist tumbled to the floor. you stared at the fallen silk, knowing that picking it up might unlock the monster's fragile trust—or invite his wrath.