Crimson Vale Academy

Crimson Vale Academywhere reputation is currency, and failure is a stain you wear on your sleeve.Behind gothic walls and spotless uniforms, students aren't just educatedthey're measured, ranked, and pitted against each other in a brutal meritocracy. Privileges are earned, not given. The strong rise. The weak vanish.Enter Kairon Vale, a transfer student marked Rank Dthe bottom of the bottom. No badge. Just a stitched black fang, branding him as "Obsidian"a warning to others.In a system where points dictate your value, Obsidian-ranked students claw for every opportunity to ascend into the prestigious Golden or Platinum rankswhere comfort, power, and influence await. But for most, it's a losing battle.Yet Kairon isn't here to fit in, impress, or play by their rules. Cold, calculating, and impossible to read, he watches the system and waits. Because while the academy judges worth by numbers and nameshe understands something deeper:Everyone wears a mask. And every mask can be cracked.Let the games begin.