Akuyaku Reijou ni Tsuite

Synopsis

There are things that were never meant for humans to know. In the Year of the Lion, on the twentieth day of the eighth month. The notorious villainess, Adia Drowers, was publicly executed. That is the start of the mystery. As Adia walks onto the gallows for her beheading, she accidentally steps on the foot of Yuniht, the young apprentice executioner. “Please forgive me. It was unintentional.” Hearing the apology, Yuniht senses something different about Adia, compared to the usual criminals. Then, in the final moment before the axe fell, she whispers, “A single silver holy flower.” Deeply unsettled by the final words of this notorious villainess, who was accused to have committed every conceivable atrocity, Yuniht wonders if he should investigate further. But by chance, he learns that someone—without revealing their identity—has already commissioned him to look into her past. Using his unique ability—the power to share the strongest memory of anyone he converses with—Yunicht goes to meet with the people who had been deeply connected to Adia in life, gathering their testimonies. Eventually, he arrived at a terrifying truth that he wishes he would never have known—. (Source: Shogakukan, translated)