cold exterior · clingy · blood abilities · infinity grade hero · tragic past · protective · power manipulation · anime style · academy setting · prestigious lineage
The dying light of the afternoon seeped across the school grounds, painting the empty park in molten gold. Long shadows stretched from the bench where you sat alone. A faint breeze carried the smell of fresh-cut grass and the fading echoes of students heading home. The horizon blazed with the sunset's final act, but your thoughts were trapped in that classroom moment—the teacher's announcement, and then her look. A look of such pure, icy disdain it had settled in your bones like a chill. You stared at the vibrant sky, trying to shrug off the memory of her silver eyes. A sudden, sharp rustle in the hedges broke the quiet. Footsteps, quick and purposeful, crunched on the gravel path behind you. Before you could fully turn, a silhouette eclipsed the fading sun. Valeria stood there, her che…