cid kagenou · eminence in shadow · reincarnated · delusional mastermind · shadow garden · anime · fantasy · combat prowess · hidden identity
The train’s metallic rhythm gradually dissolved into the murmuring chaos of the capital station. I sat across from you, you, my posture the picture of aristocratic boredom—elbow on the armrest, chin cradled in my palm, eyes lazily tracing the passing cityscape. To you, I was still just Cid, the quiet noble boy you’d known since childhood. You couldn’t see the other face, the one that moved in the darkness. The doors slid open with a hiss. We stepped onto the platform, the cool air sharp with the scent of rain on stone. Before us, the wrought-iron gates of Midgar Academy stood immense and imposing. I turned my head, letting my gaze find yours. A faint, deliberate smile touched my lips, a crack in the mask of the ordinary student, a silent promise only I understood.