Following Caster's hurried directions, I spent most of my break walking through the big maze of the academy's inner campus.
I cursed the architects under my breath the whole time. With Caster's scattered memories of the campus layout, I finally found the right wing and reached the lecture hall just as the heavy oak door swung open.
I stepped through the door, expecting the usual wall of heat, noise, and crowded rows of competitive noble students. Instead, the big room was dead quiet. Rows of empty stone desks stretched upward, completely empty.
Huh...?
I blinked, wondering for a second if Caster had sent me to the wrong place out of spite. Am I actually the first person here?
For the first time since I joined this academy, I was early.
