Upon a lakeside island, in a dilapidated temple, lays a sword set in stone. However, the hero never comes to fetch the sword. Instead, so much time passes that the stone itself claims the sword for her own. Given flesh, or at least the appearance of a human, the stone sets out to prove that she can be a hero, too. Not because she has the sword, but because she is as worthy as any other.
Submitted to the 2026 MyAnimeList x Honeyfeed Writing Contest - The Heroic Fantasy presented by Kadokawa
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Submitted to the 2026 MyAnimeList x Honeyfeed Writing Contest - The Heroic Fantasy presented by Kadokawa
Cover art by: rhiannimator and bunnycarousel
Linework: https://vgen.co/rhiannimator
Color and arrangement: https://vgen.co/bunnycarousel
Copy editing and pr...