The Hero [Partial R18]

"That's right… You once told me that being bound to the Trinket of Destiny was to fulfill a prophecy—the prophecy of the hero who would arise at the world's most critical moment. But later, you gave me another version of the story. You said it was because you refused to marry the Elven Emperor's son, and as punishment, they bound you to the relic, making you a slave to it. Whoever possesses it, possesses you."

Right now, Nelia and I were in my new dorm room—the very same room I shared with Shelly. It was almost nighttime, yet she was nowhere to be seen.

Well, that actually worked to our advantage.

"It's related… but complicated," Nelia murmured, her ear resting against my chest as she lay on me.

Yes, we had been exercising a lot.

I was becoming more hopeless by the day, but it didn't really matter, I suppose.

My biggest problem now was figuring out how to leave this academy after the first semester.