Chapter 194.5 - Path

The night was quiet as I walked through the academy grounds, the remnants of the party fading into silence behind me. The air was cool, crisp, carrying the faint scent of the trees lining the pathways. My steps were steady, unhurried, yet my mind was far from still.

Lilia.

I hadn't meant to analyze her this much, but it was inevitable.

She was one of the main cast. In the game, she had been Ethan's ally—a force in her own right, yet never fully in the spotlight. She was important, but not in the way party members were. She wasn't like Ethan, or Irina, or Julia.

She was something different.

An asset, not a constant.

And the reason for that was simple.

The developers hadn't designed her to be a frontline warrior, nor had they given her a role that would demand she be present in every battle. She wasn't a Hunter in the way Ethan was, in the way I was.

She was political.