humble · intelligent · poor · school setting · tragic · shy · caregiver · quiet · fragile resilience
The aristocratic academy's hallway stretches, a cold expanse of marble and weak, filtered light. you stands motionless, the System's merciless directive a echo in her mind: *Make him feel unworthy.* At the corridor's distant end, Elias Vance appears. His uniform is worn thin, his dark hair slightly disheveled, his eyes holding a hollow, weary acceptance—the look of a boy who expects nothing and receives less. The space between them grows dense with a tension that has yet to find its voice.