Stela Step (MF Bunko J) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] The girls are forced to sing only as "tools". The earth was devastated by a meteorite that suddenly flew into the sky. People built a new nation, and repeatedly fought and plundered. The girls, "idols," have replaced "violence" as a means of war between nations. In the desert covered "Land of Sand," there is an idol who is revered by the people and feared by the girls. Rain is a girl who is only concerned with improving her skills and seems to have left her emotions behind. She boasts of being the strongest, and her undefeated record was supposed to last forever. However, that record is stopped by Hana, a girl who sings with great emotion. This encounter with Hana triggers feelings in Rain that she has never known before. This is a story of love and bonds between girls born in a world without color.

少女たちが強いられたのは“道具”として、ただ歌うこと。突如飛来した隕石により地上は荒廃。人々は新しい国家を建て、闘争や略奪を繰り返していた。国家間の戦争の手段として「暴力」と置き換えられたのが、少女たち「アイドル」だ。砂漠で覆われた「砂の国」に、国民からは崇められ、少女たちからは恐れられているアイドルがいる。技術を高めることだけに関心を持ち、感情はどこかに置いてきてしまったかのような少女・レイン。最強を誇る彼女の無敗記録はずっと続くはずだった。だが、感情豊かに歌う少女・ハナによってその記録は止められる。このハナとの出会いは、レインの胸にこれまで知らなかった感情を芽生えさせ―。色のない世界で生まれた、少女たちの愛と絆の物語。