A few minutes earlier, before Leo found himself trapped in that narrow gap...
"Where the hell is the stage?!" I growled, staring at yet another blank white marble wall. "Is this a school or a maze designed by a madman?! Why the fuck this damn academy is so big?!"
[Host, perhaps it is time you finally admit that your sense of direction is not just bad, it is completely gone.]
"Shut up, Nova! I am not bad at locations," I argued internally, throwing my hands up in frustration.
"In the game, navigating this place was a joke! You had a nice, glowing mini-map attached to the top right corner of your vision, telling you exactly where to turn. Now? I'm walking through an endless maze of pillars, arches, and corridors that all look the same!"
I kept moving down the massive administrative wing, my boots clicking sharply against the polished floor. The size of this academy was just wrong. It felt less like a school and more like a small country pretending to be a building.
