Editing Mahou Shoujo:Roanapur: Shizuka (section)

=Background=
Born the only child of the Otomitsu family, Shizuka's early life was quite cushy. With her father being at the head of a powerful, well-known shipping conglomerate, she received only the best in education, and never wanted for anything. She even received lessons in a number of different Japanese styles of swordfighting, including from her own mother (who insisted that any daughter of hers would be able to defend her home as a proper lady should).

That was only her early life.

When Shizuka was 15, her parents were killed as they were hosting a gala to celebrate her father's record profits. One moment, she was socializing with society's most powerful, and the next. she had turned around to see assassins stab her parents through the heart. Wasting no time, she grabbed a katana from its mount on the wall and chased after them, managing to kill two of them; the third managed to escape, but not before Shizuka managed to get in a single cut, not enough to severely damage, but enough to leave a scar.

For a long time after that, Shizuka felt her life beginning to slip from her grasp. Her parents had been savvy enough to set up a fund to keep her safe and well cared for should anything happen to them, but with her father's partners taking over the business, even that wouldn't last forever. She hadn't even been able to find more than vague clues as to the identity of the escaped assassin. The most she had come up with was the name of a city: "Roanapur". She had heard of it before, but what little she knew told her that even with aid, she wouldn't survive long there without power of her own.

Three years to the day after her parents' death, as she was sitting on the balcony, gazing up at the full moon, Kanzoutsukamu appeared in front of her.

'''[ Do you want power? Yes/No ]'''

Shizuka knew her life would change irrevocably if she took the offer, but wanting a measure of closure, and the ability to make sure that nobody had to suffer as she did, she accepted. After getting her affairs in order, she packed up and moved to Roanapur, intending to finally avenge her parents' death.