Gagaku

Gagaku grew up in the mountains with her grandmother, who told her that the Kuroki Family had been the guardians of Black Mountain from generation to generation, and had the ability to control animals. In the present, the Kuroki Family's control of animals gradually disappeared, but their belief in protecting the Black Mountain hadn't changed.

Gagaku liked every plant and the lovely animals living in the mountains. Although she couldn't understand their language, she had always felt close to them as if they were her own family.

One time, Gagaku got lost in some fog. She was not afraid, but worried that her grandma would worry about her. Just as she was feeling anxious, the sound of a melodious flute came out of the fog, and an obscure figure appeared.

On this day, as usual, Gagaku was on patrol in the mountains.

However, it wasn't so much patrolling, but was instead walking in the Black Mountain with awe.

At the center of the mountains, she saw a dying flower. Lamenting the fragility of life, Gagaku took out a flute, played a song and left.

However, she certainly did not think that the wonderful music and detached mood made this flower come back to life...

"White, when do you think she will wake up?"

"I don't know. Do you think it's a good idea that Lord Fox asked us to stay here to help her protect the Black Mountain?" Responded a blue-haired fox to a red-haired fox.

"It's all for cultivation into human being. Human beings are so lucky. They were born to be human beings."

"Ge Ye, she's awake, she's awake." Seeing Gagaku's half-opened eyes, the fox named White began to jump around.

"It's because you're too noisy. Come here and stay still."

"Who are you?" Gagaku looked at the two little foxes in front of her and asked.

Hiromasa Minamoto was born in to the Japanese royal family. Due to his lack of interest in power, he gave up his royal identity and focused on his beloved music. Somehow, he was always able to communicate with conscious beings from another world when he played music. At first, he thought it was just a common dream, but when the musical instrument presented by someone in his dream appeared next to him in real life, he realized the existence of another world, and that his music happened to be a bridge between the two worlds.

Hiromasa Minamoto shuttled between the real world and the Dream all his life, and he was good friends with many of the people that lived there.

Compared with the lives full of battle that most of the Radiants experienced, Hiromasa Minamoto had almost never been attacked by Nightmares his entire life.

Gagaku was the guardian of the Black Mountain and had the power of animal mastery that she inherited from her ancestors.

Life in the mountains was very simple. Fortunately, Gagaku was accompanied by a young man who lives on the Black Mountain. This young man taught Gagaku how to play a flute, but one day, he suddenly disappeared. Where they often met, there was only a little fox waiting with a flute in its mouth.

Gagaku accepted the flute, and that night she dreamed of the young man. The young man confessed that he was the fox fairy of the Black Mountain and also the god that guarded the land. He had to leave, so he sealed the power of dreams in the flute and gave it to Gagaku, asking her to make good use of it and continue to protect the peace of Black Mountain.