Anime Crossover: Starting as Killer Queen

The Key of All Spirits.

That was what Roland called the ring on his hand.

From this morning, this ornate silver ring had abruptly appeared on his finger. The sensation was so seamless, as if it had fused with his very skin, that its presence was almost imperceptible.

It wasn’t until later, when Roland noticed it and curiously tried to remove it, that he discovered something strange: no matter how he set it on the table, the instant he closed the door, it would reappear on his hand as if it had never left. Whether locked in a box or tossed out the window, the ring would always return to his finger the next moment. While Roland was still racking his brain over what to do with this so-called Key of All Spirits and what kind of “golden finger” it might be, the clock on the wall struck noon.

And then, suddenly, he found himself transported.

That was why Roland now sat alone on a bench at the park entrance, wearing only a thin shirt and jacket while everyone else was bundled in winter clothes.

“So, is this Japan? Or a so-called parallel world?”

Roland calmly surveyed his surroundings. He was no exchange student, but the signs hanging from the tall buildings, the Japanese characters on street signs—all of it made the truth clear.

What surprised Roland was not the fact that he had crossed into another world. Because, as soon as he arrived in this new place, with the Key of All Spirits on his finger, a flood of information about the ring and its abilities surfaced in his mind.

The Key of All Spirits not only allowed him to tra