Chapter 54 — The Tower of Limbs, and the Fifth Mirror's Keeper
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7:59 AM | Outside the Fifth Mirror — The Tower Awakens
The ground shook.
A tower rose from the cursed earth—
twisting, groaning, made entirely of bodies.
Legs tangled like roots.
Breasts pressed from the walls, still warm.
Mouths whispering Yuuto's name.
> "Welcome to the Tower of Limbs."
It wasn't just alive.
It hungered.
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Rule of the Tower
A horned warden stepped forward, female and silent.
Skin like obsidian.
Eyes blindfolded.
And a cage hanging from her womb.
> "To pass… you must sacrifice one of your girls."
"Only one may follow you into the Fifth Mirror."
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The Sacrifice Trial
Yuuto turned.
Aika.
Hana.
Amariel.
Each one stared at him—bare, beautiful, and willing.
> "Choose me," Hana said. "I remember what you were before the curse. I'll hold it inside me."
> "Choose me," Aika whispered. "My curse is your blade. I'll slit the tower's throat if you command it."
> "Choose me," Amariel moaned. "I bled for you. I screamed for you. Let me be your floor."
But only one girl can go with you.
The others?
> Devoured by the tower.
Alive. Aware. Moaning for eternity.
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