>You are Byakuren Hijiri, 18 years old, resident of the city of Mayoiga, caretaker (owner) of Rin Kaenbyou, resident of the Moonside apartments, and third year student of Mayoiga High. A few days ago, you were the most popular girl in school, one of the most well-known and liked girls around town. And then you touched a strange doll, and saw a world not your own. That was the day that everything changed, and you became Magical Lotus, the Hero of the Heart.
>After an eventful day at school, and more personally eventful evening in which Rin joined your cadre of heroes, you and your friend set off to investigate the other shrines of the city, to examine the sacred flames there, as well as, hopefully, making contact with the resident Gods, as you had with the Metal Tiger. The Black Tortoise shrine revealed no signs of the God himself, though there were a number of sensations you couldn't identify without transforming, which you felt you could not do at the time. You also made a number of your fans happy, and had a pleasant conversation with Sanae's mother Kanako. You also learned that your new powers can be used to help alleviate the symptoms of drunkenness from your run in with the unfortunate Elis.
>The Blue Dragon shrine, however, had a far more dramatic and otherworldly event. After witnessing a practice duel between your landlord Reimu and the head miko Tenshi, a somewhat bizarre meeting with a green haired shrine maiden involving a piece of jade, and a surprisingly nice conversation with one of Reimu's aides, you and Rin bore witness to the sacred flame turning blue, and a disembodied voice spoke to you in cryptic words, answering your questions in riddles and verse. And yet neither you nor Rin could sense whatever was speaking to you, and a conversation with Kiku came up with no conclusions on the matter.
>After a decent night's rest, you awoke to find your school cordoned off by the faculty and the police. To your dismay, you discovered a dark force within that was similar to that which you sensed from the demons and their youma. Disturbingly, you learned this dark force was your teacher Keine Kamishirasawa, or rather a dark power that had corrupted her and turned her lycanthropic form into something terrible, and dangerously feral. Alongside Rin and Lily, as well as Kaguya Houraisan, your classics teacher with a surprising array of both knowledge and magically empowered items, you entered the school and confronted the corrupted Keine. She put up a tenacious fight, but the light of your Violet Lotus expunged the darkness from her, restoring her mind and body to normal. Weirdly, your light appears to have left some residual energy within Keine's body, the extent and effect of which as yet unknown.
>You had no time to rest, however, nor investigate what caused this dark power to suffuse Keine's body, when a pair of newly arrived demons made their presence known, in force. You were obliged to do battle with the Champion of Ice, while the Fire Champion looked on. Ice was quite different than the other three demons you'd encountered. She seemed regretful for having to fight you, and you sensed within her an incredible sadness. After developing a new spell, you combined your powers with Lily and Rin and drove both demons off, but not before vowing to free Ice from Fire's domination.
>After a conversation with the school reporter Hatate on your way out of the school grounds, you met up with Kiku and learned that someone involved in this mess had access to Lunarian magic, a brand of magic very rare on this planet. As near as you can figure, this individual was Kaguya, though how she came to possess such power, you do not know.
>During this entire affair, you have also felt your ring react to the presence of Komachi Onozuka the police officer, as well as Hatate, in the same way it reacted to Chie days ago. Both of them seem to have the potential to wear one of your rings of Light.
>With the problems at school settled, you, Lily and Rin went to pay a visit to your captive demon, the Champion of Water, to have a little chat with it. You learned that she had a name, Louise, and that her people were residents of a world called Makai. This world, Louise claimed, was possessed of a kind of life, and was actively hostile towards the demons who lived on it, whom Louise referred to as 'Children', created and led by a being she called only 'Mother.' You got the impression that the demons had been fending off the assaults of Makai for ages, but that that this was changing. The reason for the incursion of the Demons into your world was the secure passage for the rest of their kind, so that they could escape Makai and survive in this world. But she maintained that coexistance between your kind and hers was impossible, not the least reason being the inevitable interference from a group she called Celestials, who you gathered were as adversarial towards the Demons as Makai itself is, though you are not entirely certain why.
>In between conversations about her world and her people, you found the time to introduce Louise to a treat unique to your world: ice cream. The demon seemed to enjoy the treat, and more, she enjoyed being able to have a meal without fearing for her life, for the first time in her life. Possibly the whole of her species' life since their arrival on Makai. And while the enormity of this idea may be a bit beyond your scope of understanding, you are more than a little pleased to have been able to bring some peace into Louise's life. Now, if you can have half as much success with the rest of her people...
>But the conflict can wait for a little. You are slated to attend a gathering of local city defenders in a couple of hours, but for right now, you are at home, awaiting a meal cooked by your faithful servant Rin, in the company of your close friend Marissa, and discussing an upcoming- potentially- concert at one of the local shrines.
>"No, I suppose there mightn't be, at that. I do wish you the best of luck."
>"Want me to grab one for you, too, if I can?" Marissa inquires.