Born of Ether

At first glance, Akiko Susumu seems like a quiet and modest girl, gently attached to her grandfather. Her friends know that her parents died in Japan from some illness and that the old man took his granddaughter away from those... sad places. But for some reason, Akiko never invites her friends over to her small house on the outskirts of Saltford...
The thing is, Akiko's life is one big lie, as she is a magical being, a creation of ether, and she is over a hundred years old, while the old man is not her grandfather, but an ancient samurai-kidnapper. More than anything in the world, Akiko wants to gain her freedom and tell the world her difficult story. And then an opportunity arises…