A moon rose over the midwinter Academy.
The snow-covered landscape blended with the moonlight, creating a dreamlike atmosphere. Normally, under the frosty moon, numerous students would have been strolling the campus, whispering romance.
But not today.
A blizzard raging over the sparsely populated land buried all the scenery. The Academy maintained silence like a massive grave, and the tall marble buildings merely stood like tombstones.
Isolation.
That summed up the situation the Academy was in. On this day, trapped in a mysterious barrier, a population numbering in the thousands was holding their breath like frightened small animals.
One unfamiliar rumor was causing small ripples.
“Lupin, did you hear?”
The head of the boy with light brown hair turned. With a slender build and a refined appearance featuring blue eyes, he had a weary face.
How many times had he nearly lost his life at the Academy in the past few months?
Anxiety and impatience had robbed the boy of sleep. This insomnia had become even more severe since the Academy was isolated.
Being trapped in a suspiciously ominous curse, it would be…