The dark clouds were slowly crawling over the academy's sky, threatening rain that hadn't come yet, as if reflecting a hidden sense of anxiety running through the place's walls. In the deserted backyard of the academy, where students rarely went, stood Raphael, expressionless.
Beside him, Selena walked cautiously, her eyes scanning the ground, the rubble, and the cracked walls, as if searching for something from the past. She wore her long gray cloak, her hair falling over her shoulders like a silent waterfall.
She said in a low voice:
"Tell me… what made you think there's something here related to Ethan?"
He answered without turning:
"The old maps, the erased records, even the student notebooks from ten years ago… all of them point to a place here, right behind this wall."
