Heh.
I barely held back a grin as my lips parted.
This—right here—was exactly why I wanted Ceres beside me.
Alright, let me break it down for anyone still confused.
Aurhea Aurel, the actual Student Council President herself, had personally shown up to see me.
Yeah.
After the whole Dungeon Incident… after Nicodemus's rampage and that disturbing revelation, I ended up in a coma from sheer exhaustion.
By the time I came to, it was over. Done. Tied up with a neat little bow.
I was back at the academy, but let's not pretend things just went back to normal.
The entire place was still humming with tension—weeks later. Whispers, theories, paranoia. The aftershocks were everywhere.
Investigations were well underway.
Every first-year cadet involved was being picked apart and interrogated. No exceptions.
Including me.
