Sara-SAIR
A SARA novel by Kasobazu Sumi (Kazu), all rights reserved.
(Be mindful all the names, characters, terms, locations are purely of fiction and does not resemble any real world language, event or person)
(note: if you want to go to the main plot, you can skip the prologue and head directly to Vol 1 (Aka Chapter 14)
In a world still echoing with the memory of a sealed catastrophe, one girl’s instincts may awaken everything again.
Peni Araka—known to many as Sara—is a new high school student, descended from the Sakashi line of the historic Peni family. When she unexpectedly passes the entrance trials of SAIR, a semi-covert national agency designed to protect society from supernatural incidents, she believes she’s chasing her dream: to become a real-world hero, like the woman once called Ms. Possible.
But the world she enters is far more fractured than it seems.
At the heart of SAIR’s investigations lies Matake—a mysterious, perception-linked force tied to emotion, trauma, and memory. Sara’s gift allows her to hear Matake echoes others can’t: the silent screams, the fractured thoughts. And through those echoes, a hidden danger begins to surface.
Shard resonance. Pieces of a long-dormant being—the Matareo, a chaos dragon once sealed by the mythical matriarch Hekon—have begun to reawaken, twisting people and animals into corrupted forms. As SAIR struggles to respond, secretive organizations rises from the shadows, weaponizing Matake through music, tech, and psychological warfare.
Navigating her dual life as both student and intern, Araka must form fragile bonds with classmates, agents, and allies—each with their own burden, each drawn into the expanding storm. From rural shrines to urban black sites, from friendship to betrayal, she must learn not just how to fight, but how to choose: between orders and empathy, between legacy and rebellion, and ultimately, between her own humanity and the voice growing louder inside her.
Because she may not just be the intern anymore.
She may be the last one who can hear what’s coming.
