Elven Kingdom

"What? Not expecting to see me?" Kira asked with a teasing smile as she took a seat across from her student, one leg elegantly crossed over the other.

Her sharp eyes caught the way his gaze had been lingering on the clouds outside, his expression distant—clearly lost in thought.

Luka blinked, pulling himself from his musings.

His eyes shifted from the expansive sky outside the airship window to meet hers.

"To be honest, no. I didn't think you'd be the one chaperoning," he admitted plainly, his voice calm but honest.

In the game, it had been a different teacher—

Someone far less significant.

This small change, like many others, continued to stack up.

Luka couldn't help but wonder just how much the original plot had already begun to bend…