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Just as I looked down at the sniffling academy student, the door behind me swung open suddenly. I dropped into a combat stance at once, but the student's reaction surprised me.
"I-I'm saved!" she cried, her face lighting up as she lunged toward the door as if diving.She then waved me over with a beaming smile. "Y-you! Hurry, come over here!"
I felt a flicker of doubt but saw no sign of a trap, so I followed her inside. The door closed behind me with a soft click.
The student let out a deep, heartfelt sigh. "It's alright now. We're safe for the moment."
"Safe?" I glanced down at her. There was clearly a lot I needed her to explain.
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Arin Ohandel was seventeen, a third-year student at the academy, and part of the magic department. I had never heard of the Ohandel family before. In other words, they weren't particularly well known.
"I'm sure it's here somewhere..." Arin muttered, beginning to search the room as soon as we stepped inside.
While she moved from corner to corner, I took a moment to glance around. The space looked like a laboratory but was small, roughly half the size of my dorm room. There was a window too. The same crimson moon still hovered in the sky.
Earlier, I'd been too distracted by it to notice anything else. This time, I lowered my gaze and took a good look at the ground below. The landscape glowed red, as if soaked in blood. It made me doubt whether...
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