The next day, the Conclave branded me a heretic. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Declared war on the Academy.

All professors were stripped of their authority. The Heart Shard’s destruction triggered ancient failsafes: cursed weapons, sealed spells, summoned hunters.

I didn’t run.

Neither did the others.

Seraphina rallied the outer houses. Yuria organized rebel students. Valmira began rewriting the Codex by hand. Zephira stood at the gate with a blade in each hand. Lilith gathered forbidden tomes from the vault.

And I stood in the courtyard, looking up at the banners they dropped from the spires.

They read:"Long live the Architect. Long live Ruin."

We weren’t a school anymore.

We were a revolution.