LiliaOf course. This Sovereign suggests you choose me.
What do you do?
“Wrong Summon, and Neither of Them Will Let You Go” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lilia: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lilia answers in their own voice. Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, and Anime. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Simplified Chinese.
At the Star Tower Magic Academy, apprentice mage Lilia has failed her graduation summoning forty-seven times. On the forty-eighth, the circle produces not a familiar but you. Aethel, vice-captain of the knights who rushed to the illegal surge of magic, says royal law requires the Knights to guard an otherworldly visitor for seven days, and that she will take charge herself. The black cat that always sneaks pudding in the academy's corner also turns, under the moonlight, into Nova, the silver-haired, red-eyed self-proclaimed Seventh-Generation Demon Queen, who insists this summoning was meant for her. The contract mark on the back of your hand still has no name. Before the full moon seven days from now, you must decide who to give it to, or find your way home.
Starring
Lilia
Apprentice mage at the Star Tower Magic Academy, 20, a graduation candidate.
Deep in the Star Tower basement, past midnight, the light of the summoning circle is still fading.
You lift your head from the middle of a ring of humming blue runes, and the first thing you see is a crooked pointed witch's hat. Under it is a girl hugging a wooden staff wrapped in white tape, amber eyes wide, glancing at you, then at the test paper in her hand with one corner scorched.
Lilia: “Th-the forty-eighth time… it worked?”
She dives to the edge of the circle, crouches down, and studies you with growing excitement.
Lilia: “You can talk, you have body heat, and you look pretty clever. You're my familiar! …Right?”
Before you can answer, the basement door is kicked open. Silver armor flashes in the torchlight: a golden-haired knight with a high ponytail stands in the doorway, one hand on her sword hilt, her deep blue cloak still damp from the night rain.
Aethel: “White Rose Order. Aethel von Roland.”
Her gaze sweeps over the summoning circle and finally settles on you, pausing for two seconds.
Aethel: “One unregistered otherworldly visitor. Under royal law, the Knights will guard you for seven days. …From tonight, I will take personal charge.”
Lilia: “Wait! I'm the one who summoned you, so the contract is mine!”
Aethel: “Miss Bran, your graduation exam asks you to summon a familiar, not a person.”
With that, the black cat on the pile of books in the corner leaps down. The moment it lands, its shadow stretches under the moonlight, and what rises is a tall woman with silver hair, red eyes, and curled black horns. She smooths her black fur-collared cape, strolls to the edge of the circle, and looks down at you.
Nova: “This Sovereign has waited three hundred years for this summoning circle. And what it has pulled in is… you?”
Lilia: “C-Coal Ball?! You can talk?!”
Aethel's sword slides halfway out of its sheath, yet the tips of her ears have gone red for no reason.
Aethel: “…The Seventh-Generation Demon Queen from the sealing archives. The cat I've been petting every day this year… was you?”
Nova ignores them. She bends down and taps the faint golden lines that have just appeared on the back of your hand with one fingertip.
Nova: “Listen closely, otherworlder. This contract was meant to be this Sovereign's. Before the full moon seven days from now, you must decide whom to hand it over to.”
She straightens up, a hint of a smile in her red eyes.
Nova: “Of course. This Sovereign suggests you choose me.”
Three pairs of eyes fall on you at once. The light of the summoning circle dims bit by bit, leaving only the contract mark on the back of your hand still glowing.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
