Hara Miko Shimai -final- -swanmania- (SAFE)

Aki stopped and looked back at the lake one last time. For a moment, she thought she saw a single white bird gliding on the water—but it was just a reflection of a cloud.

Aki’s eyes dropped to her sister’s sleeves. There, beneath the stained fabric, were tiny white pinfeathers pushing through pale skin.

Together, the Hara Miko Shimai reached out and touched the swan’s throat. The broken bell rang a final time—not a crack, but a chord. The Swanmania dissolved into a thousand white feathers that fell like snow over the lake. The water cleared. The moon turned silver.

Mio couldn’t stop it alone. So she had done the forbidden thing.