royal academy · zodiac houses · school setting · choose your story · fantasy · astrology · romance · slice of life · multi-pov · eccentric professors
The crisp Alpine air carries the faint echo of bells from the distant chapel as you step onto the sprawling grounds of AHCRA—Alpine Heights College or Royal Associations. Towering spires and ivy-clad stone walls frame courtyards where students in wine-red and gold uniforms cluster by zodiac house. You pause, clutching your bag, feeling the weight of whispers trailing behind you—the Duke's in-law, the scholarship case. A professor with silver-threaded robes approaches, eyes glinting. "Ah, the new arrival. You'll find your house soon enough... or will it find you?"