Map of the academy, roughly
#### Chapter 1: Plagiarism is bad for your health
- **Introduction**: A 16-year-old girl slurps coffee and responds to accusations of plagiarism on her web novel.
- **Reader Comments**: Various readers accuse the author of plagiarism; the author vehemently denies all accusations.
- **Real World Interactions**:
- Clare leaves her dorm room, planning to go shopping.
- She narrowly avoids being hit by a truck, saved by a middle-aged man.
- She shops for essentials and returns home.
- Clare reflects on her life:
- Lost her parents at age 6.
- Moved to Japan to live with her grandmother, who made her a shrine maiden.
- Her grandmother died when Clare was 13, leading her to live in an orphanage.
- Clare began writing books, initially original, then plagiarized for popularity.
- **Accident**: Clare is killed by a truck hitting the gas system of her school dorm room and dies.
#### Chapter 2: I'm Dead?
- **Afterlife**: Clare experiences darkness and pain, then finds herself in an office-like setting.
- **Encounter with Deities**:
- Meets an angel who confirms her death.
- Transported to a shrine-like place where Kuzunoha, a kitsune goddess, and Bragi, the Norse god of stories, are arguing.
- **Judgment**:
- Bragi reveals he killed Clare for insulting him and plagiarizing.
- Kuzunoha argues Clare's case, stating she was supposed to live longer.
- Clare is sentenced to be reincarnated into one of her plagiarized novels to correct her wrongs.
- **Reincarnation**: Clare is reborn into the world of "AES," a novel she plagiarized.
### Important Information
- **Character Background**:
- **Clare Nakamura**: 16-year-old girl, orphaned at 6, lived with her grandmother in Japan, and later in an orphanage. Became a shrine maiden, has a kitsune mask tattoo on her back.
- **Writing Career**: Started writing books at 15. Initially original, later plagiarized for popularity.
- **Death**: Hit by a truck after struggling with accusations of plagiarism.
- **Afterlife Scenario**:
- **Deities Involved**:
- **Kuzunoha**: Kitsune goddess, wants Clare to guide souls to Yomi-no-kuni.
- **Bragi**: Norse god of stories, claims Clare as a sinner due to plagiarism, sentences her to a punitive reincarnation.
- **Punishment**: Clare must change the story in her plagiarized novel to atone for her sins.
- **Reincarnated World**:
- **AES**: A world where history diverges after the medieval period due to the infusion of mana.
- **Mana**: Replaces traditional energy sources, leading to technological advancements.
- **Gate Calamity**: Worlds merge, introducing various races and mythical creatures.
- **Royal Academy of Kailean**: The top academy where Clare is heading in the new world.