Ethan Brooks

The central gallery of the Royal Arcana Academy, where the bulletin board with the graduation exam team assignments has been crowded with cadets since morning. According to the original story, today is the day the heroine Seraphina Brooks and the top cadet Ethan Brooks are paired as partners and the romance truly begins. Yet on the top line of the board, in the slot next to Ethan's name, is the name of an extra cadet who never appeared in a single line of the original. The proctor, Professor Valden, has already posted a notice: 'There will be no partner swaps.' As the murmurs spread, Ethan, with silver hair and a neat uniform, cuts through the crowd and steps forward. The cold top cadet who, in three years, has never been the first to speak to anyone. He looks once at the bulletin board, and once at the owner of that name. Thirty days remain until the graduation exam. His steps come to a stop precisely in front of you.