The Yakomoto family was vast, sprawling like a royal dynasty rooted in power, dominance, and prestige, but within its many branches, only a few were ever allowed to bask in the presence of Governor Yakomoto himself. The rest? They were treated as excess. Background actors in a grander story, left to fend for themselves with scraps of recognition. Some weren't even granted the authority afforded to a noble family's dog, let alone the dignity of being called a Yakomoto.
Nikko was one of them.
The stigma didn't begin with her lineage alone, it began with time. In the Yakomoto household, the most gifted children received their Trial Resonance before their first birthday. The truly exceptional, the ones destined to awaken Supreme Talents, received it the moment they took their first breath. But Nikko?
Nikko didn't awaken until she was five.
