In the silence of the night, a faint glow flickered on the dorm rooftop of the academy. The moon was half-full, yet the sky was clear… as if it had nothing left to hide. Renjiro leaned against the edge wall, gazing up at the stars. His secret battle with Rafyel still echoed in his heart.
"Was he really an enemy… or my strongest ally?"
He couldn't make sense of it.
Suddenly, the rooftop door creaked open. Arthur stepped through, a soft smile on his face.
"You're still awake?" he asked gently.
"Couldn't sleep," Renjiro replied. "What about you?"
Arthur sat beside him. "Sometimes silence reveals truths that noise tries to bury."
"You're hiding something too, aren't you?" Renjiro asked, watching him closely.
Arthur's smile faded slightly. "Everyone has secrets, Ren. So do I… but I'll tell you. When the time is right."
As they spoke, faint festival sounds started rising from the campus below. The academy's annual Crescent Eve festival was nearing. But this year, it wasn't just about fun and fireworks — something bigger was coming.
Scene Shift:
Elsewhere in the dorms, Rafyel stood alone, pulling something out of a locked drawer. It was a small ancient talisman, inscribed with glowing symbols in an old tongue.
"It's time…" he whispered.
A shadow stepped out behind him — it was Kiyoshi. The quiet student whose eyes always held a strange light.
"Rafyel, you know activating that talisman could disrupt the entire balance, right?"
"I know," Rafyel said. "But we have to move before time runs out. Watchers don't just fight enemies… they fight the darkn
ess within."
**Back to Renjiro: