Horned Owl and King of the Night

Mama is the second novel of the "man-eater series," set in the same world and around the same time as Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou, but in a different country and with different characters (with a small cameo of the young Holy Knight). 1. Mama In a country named Gadarcia, Salvador Toto is a five years old young girl born from two mages both members of the very influent Salvador family. This family doesn't care for lineage, and only for talent in the magical arts. And Toto, despite her efforts, shows almost no talent for magic. As she's worrying about being expelled from her parents house in a near future, she wanders in the depth of the Salvador's temple. There, she will meet a creature with the appearance of a little child, a demon sealed away since hundred of years. A man-eater. So frighteningly powerful that no mage ever managed to make him his familiar; and that liberating him would surely cause great disasters for the country. This is a story of a twisted love between a lonely demon and of a young child who decided against everything and everyone to become his mama. 2. And Second part of the story, featuring new characters a few dozen of years later who get involved with an important item related to the legend of the man-eater demon from the Mama story.

In a mountain range where even the tears are freezing, a woman nicknamed Yukikamakiri is rising up. May this wedding receive an eternal blessing. The War of Frozen Blood raged on for decades between two main tribes of this region, the Mirde, a clan believing in eternal life after death, and the Ferbie, a clan where even the women are ferocious warriors, and are said to be so violent in love that they "eat" the man they passionately love. As such, those women were nicknamed the "Yukikamakiri," the snow praying mantises. In order for the war to finally end, a promise was made : That the new young leaders of the respective clans are to be united under a political marriage of convenience. That promise was taken by the now deceased former leader of each clan. Ten years have passed since that promise was made. Can the peace really be achieve with this marriage with no love involved, a marriage going against the very nature of the snow praying mantises' violent and passionate love, and can the long hatred forgotten that easily?

Mimizuku, a small girl with chains on her wrists and ankles and the numbers "332" branded onto her forehead, wanders into the Forest of Night seeking to be eaten by a monster. However, when the ruler of the monsters, the mysterious and beautiful "King of Night," refuses to eat her, she tries to formulate a way to convince him otherwise. *Note: Includes 4 extra chapters.*

In this country, there is a legend—a legend of the sacred sword, which has been a symbol of the nation for centuries. The knight chosen by the sword is known as the "Holy Knight," gaining extraordinary power and a life devoted to battle. Anne Duke, the youngest of a prestigious family of knights, fears wielding a sword unlike his brothers. One day, he meets Orietta, the newly appointed priestess of the sword. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)