Every student was assigned to a room, each building in the estate like a mansion of its own, equipped with fifty opulent chambers.
While many students were lodged in the estate's innermost buildings, the later arrivals were placed in two central edifices that mirrored one another—one to the right and the other to the left of the estate's core.
Between these twin structures stood an awe-inspiring monument: a colossal slab of metal that stretched skyward, its surface glinting faintly in the sunlight.
The structure resembled the blade of a titanic sword, as though it had been thrust out of the earth by a hand of unimaginable power.
The hilt and crossguard were hidden beneath the ground, their presence hinted at by the subtle contours etched into the surrounding stone.
