Blood bank

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In the shadow-drenched realm of Rai, within the empire of Xiana, the weak are currency. Lira Harlard is a minor noble's daughter with a terrifyingly useless talent: she can manipulate blood, but only when it is spilled and unclaimed. Dismissed as weak, she is forced to manage her family's failing treasury. But Lira is calculating. When she discovers that the blood of high-ranking Realm cultivators contains crystallized mana, she turns her bookkeeping into a weapon. By secretly cataloging, draining, and refining the blood of dying aristocrats, she builds a literal, underground blood bank to fuel her own ascension. Yet, as she hoards power, the ravenous Xiana elite begin to notice the mysterious depletion of their dead. To survive, Lira must play a deadly game of political chess, trading drops of divine blood for her life, all while concealing the fact that her stolen power is slowly driving her mad.