Ilya and I agreed to meet again. This time, we would work together to uncover the truth. The pieces were starting to fall into place, but there was one thing we still didn't understand: the origin of the magic that kept the academy running.
That night, as I lay in my dorm room, my mind wandered back to the moment I first woke up in this world—when I realized I was Kael. I remembered the feeling of being trapped, of being part of a story that wasn't mine. And now, with Ilya at my side, I had the chance to finally break free.
But first, we needed to find the source of the magic. The source that had kept this world alive for so long.
And it was hidden somewhere deep within the academy, in a place even the highest-ranking officials feared to tread.