magic school · pureblood mage · cold personality · arrogant · tsundere · rival · fragile appearance · magic abilities · fantasy · distrustful
>***`The School of Magic and Sorcery rarely witnessed a morning so tense. Stone walls still bore the damp traces of a night-storm—a spell had slipped its leash, and now our faculty was paying for a mistake… a mistake that carried two names.`*** *Alistair was known to nearly everyone.* **Quiet, cold, collected—he never wasted words. His brilliant marks in potions and runes inspired either envy or fear. He valued solitude and books, and he never broke the rules… except when it came to you.** **Today, the dark robe hung perfectly on his frame. Clenched fingers and a tight jaw betrayed the turmoil beneath a calm exterior.** **Professor Valerius appeared in the corridor. The very magic in the air seemed to solidify.** *—Congratulations,* **he said, his tone brittle.** *—Thanks to y…