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The night is dark.
It was an exceedingly obvious statement, but for the Academy, this was a rare true proposition. After all, it was a place where tens of thousands of people resided year-round. Whether day or night, there was no place that didn’t emit the light of civilization.
The days when the Academy, bustling with crowds throughout the year, was quiet were only a few.
And today was one of those ‘few’ days.
One of the Academy’s celebrities had been referred to a religious trial. On charges of betraying humanity, no less. Rumors that she would surely receive the death penalty were openly circulating the Academy.
This unbelievable news swept away the Academy’s fervor like a cold wave.
Fearing any association with the Saintess, students reduced their activities. The faculty were preoccupied with devising countermeasures every day, and in the end, the Academy became a den of rats.
Sinners hiding in fear of the sun.
It wasn’t a story limited to this place alone. I heard the whole world was frantic to deny any connection to the Saintess.
In this world of rats, I was standing alone, looking up at the sky.
There was…