In the midwinter night sky, starlight shone plaintively like frost.
Even though the Academy was trapped in a barrier, it couldn’t be free from the times of day and night. Before long, the sun had set, and the moon had risen; the Academy, containing thousands of people, was maintaining silence.
Snow-covered buildings were dyed red by the vermilion lighting. The Academy, enclosed in a hemispherical membrane, also looked like a globe containing a snowy landscape.
In reality, the interior was far from romantic.
In the cold silence, the whispering sounds carried anxiety and impatience. It was the noise made by thousands of students trapped in the barrier, trembling in fear.
It was a place submerged in such thick stillness.
Beyond the fog-like hazy darkness, the low echoing footsteps were inevitably noticeable.
Thud, thud.
Without hesitation, leaving footprints on the ground, a man’s steps were followed by a woman’s shadow. Amid the snow beginning to fall like dew, the…