Leaving the Primus Tower behind, I made my way toward the Main Academic Wing.
I walked down the quiet hallway on the second floor alone, heading straight for the central lecture hall where the first-year exams were being held.
It was still early.
The morning sun barely reached the high arched windows, casting long, pale shadows across the empty corridor. Usually, this floor was packed with students shouting, rushing between lecture halls, or talking with friends. Today, the hall was almost dead silent, except for the steady thud of my own boots against the floor.
The midterms had officially arrived, and today was only day one of the written exams.
Aegis Academy's academic system was divided into two mandatory core subjects that every single student had to take, no matter their class rank: Mana Theory, which Vance usually ran before his core shattered, and Practical Combat Training under Morgana.
