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Chapter 1 - hiiii

This is a beautiful This is a beautiful town, but it hides secrets—secrets only a few can feel. Ruhi has always been one of them.

Ruhi is known for her quiet beauty and thoughtful eyes. People notice her smile, but they never notice how often she looks at the sky at midnight, as if waiting for something to answer her back. Since childhood, Ruhi has felt a strange pull toward the old clock tower at the edge of the town—abandoned, silent, and forgotten.

One evening, just as the clock strikes twelve for the first time in years, Ruhi hears her name whispered in the wind.

"Ruhi…"

Her heart races, yet she feels no fear—only familiarity. She follows the sound to the clock tower, where a hidden door slowly opens. Inside, she finds an old mirror covered in dust. When she wipes it clean, the reflection doesn't show her face alone—it shows moments from her past, present, and a future she has never lived.

A soft voice echoes: "This is a beautiful power—to see what others cannot."

Ruhi realizes the truth. Her beauty was never meant to be admired; it was meant to protect the balance between time and memory. She is the keeper of forgotten stories, the guardian of moments lost.

As the clock begins to tick again, the mirror fades. The tower falls silent.

The next morning, the town looks the same. No one remembers the night—but Ruhi does. She walks away calmly, carrying a secret no one else will ever know.

This is a beautiful mystery.

And Ruhi is its only witness.

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