Chapter 13

Standing in front of Stellaerio, Miracle stared at the peculiar building with complicated feelings. The stained white crescent hung on the main block resembled the loss of hope in starting afresh. Caws of crows flying past the swaying trees further gloomed the surroundings.

Rather than a school, it looked more like a place of life and death.

When Miracle reached the second-floor corridor, she headed to the punch card rack and heaved a sigh of relief.

It was a Saturday, and Maddie was in the school.

While she was still feeling good that her trip to Stellaerio on the weekend didn't go down the drain, a piece of paper flew in her direction and landed next to her feet. A shiver ran down her spine the moment she flipped it over. Her throat constricted, and a twinge of guilt gripped her heart as the words read aloud in her mind.

It was the same announcement from that day.

'Xiao Xun, they were the ones you died protecting…'

Right then, pictures of the deceased started to merge into