Kuro no Hiera Glaphicos
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:38 am
taken from JC

Covers of volume 2,3 and 4
Volume 1 coverFor starters, the world is pretty Victorian in its appearance and design.
The premise is that Valeria Costacurta, a 16-year old girl from a formerly prestigious noble family, has been chosen to become a Dominas (? the term is 神巫 [ドミナス]) (equivalent to being "God's Wife"), due to her outstanding natural ability with magic. Magic in this world is via crests, which are more like tattoos, and only the most promising get to be picked as a Dominas; also, only one in ten people can use magic. Valeria accepted her role as a Dominas in order to revive her family's noble status, and she wants to achieve this with her own strength - this is her lifelong dream, and to her, the first step to accomplishing this dream just came her way, so obviously she's very much eager to take on the role. Despite whatever objection her father raises.
While every other Dominas, being maidens, are paired off with female partners (called Hiera Glaphicos) in order to protect their purity (as they are "God's Wives"), in her case, Valeria's Hiera Glaphicos is the young man known as Dimitar Richternach. He comes off as foul-mouthed, brash and tactless according to Valeria; Valeria, on the other hand, is viewed by Dimitar as haughty, overbearing, and completely clueless about the world. Dimitar's stepmom, Orvieto Richternach, assures Valeria that he will never lay a hand on her - because Dimitar only has eyes for older women. Ha ha ha.
Anyways, their first assignment is a secret mission - to investigate a supposed rebellious uprising in a nearby city, except things don't go as they were supposed to, and a simple scouting mission quickly turns sour.

Covers of volume 2,3 and 4
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