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Alec's sincerity reached me, but I forced myself to ask, "Is there anything else?"
"Anything else?"
"Like an expedition journal, for example," I replied.
He did not answer. The heat of his madness slowly faded, and the desperation he had just shown slipped away like mist. Composed now, Alec dismissed me with quiet finality. "Let's leave it here for today."
"Professor Alec—"
"I'll see you in class in three days." His tone was so resolute there was no room for argument.
I gave a reluctant nod. "I'll see you then."
***
It felt good to walk without thinking when confusion clouded my mind. My eyes drifted wherever they pleased, my steps followed no set path, and my arms hung loosely by my sides.
After leaving Alec's laboratory, I wandered through the academy without a destination. The sky stretched wide and clear, the river sparkled gently, and the polished roads, streetlights, and buildings all gleamed with quiet beauty. Perhaps a place like this was rare even in the capital.
I sat on a nearby bench and looked up at the open blue sky. Spirit Mountain was known as the most forsaken place on the continent, a cursed land where the survival rate hovered below 0.1%. Those who entered didn't die, but they didn't come back alive either. I hadn't stepped foot there, but somehow, I felt like I had already glimpsed what kind of place it was.
That's why he told me to find out for myself. I understood the Iron-Blooded...
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