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Chapter 29: the battle
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The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 29: the battle
The ward cracked open with a sound like ice breaking under too much weight, and then everything happened at once.They came through the gap in a pack of hellhounds, unmistakably, though nothing like the storybook version Auriel had grown up hearing about. These were bigger, leaner, their black hides steaming faintly in the cold night air, eyes burning a dull orange where a normal dog's would catch the light. She'd read about them in passing during one of Professor Aldren's lectures — creatures bound to old battlefields, drawn to concentrations of mana and blood. She'd never expected to actually see one, let alone a dozen crossing the training field at once. "Stay close," Lucian said, already moving, positioning himself half a step ahead of her as the first wave broke past the collapsing barrier line.She stayed close. For a while, it actually worked.They fought back to back through the first stretch of chaos, and there was something almost steadying about it. his blade catching what
The crown system: four kings bound to me chapter 28: An Attack
Light swallowed everything. For a single heartbeat, the world vanished beneath a blinding white brilliance, and Auriel threw an arm over her face on instinct, squeezing her eyes shut against the searing glare. When the light finally began to recede—bleeding from pure white into a deep, pulsing gold—she slowly lowered her arm to find the courtyard had descended into chaos.Professors shouted commands over one another. Students stumbled backward behind hastily erected barriers of shimmering blue mana, their frightened whispers swallowed by the growing uproar. At the center of it all, the towering doors of the Hall of Arms stood wide open, pouring streams of golden radiance across the stone steps like liquid sunlight."Stay behind me." Lucian was already moving, placing himself between her and the hall, one hand outstretched slightly, as though he intended to physically stop her if she tried to go any farther."What's happening?" Auriel asked, barely able to hear her own voice over the n
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 27: The Anomaly
For a moment, neither of them moved.Orion's expression had already smoothed itself back into something composed, something almost convincingly normal, but Auriel had seen it—that flicker of raw emotion before he'd caught himself, dark and sharp enough to leave an impression even after it vanished. Whatever had been in that letter, it wasn't nothing."Sorry," she said carefully, still standing in the doorway. "I didn't mean to interrupt. I just saw the light on.""You're not interrupting," Orion said, his voice even, though his hand drifted briefly to his pocket, as if to confirm the letter was still safely out of sight. "I was just finishing up some correspondence."She wanted to ask. The question sat right there at the front of her mind—*what was that letter, and why did it make you look like that*—but something about the careful blankness he'd wrapped around himself told her pushing wouldn't get her anywhere. Not tonight, at least."Long day," she offered instead, stepping back fro
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 26: improvement
Kael's words stayed with her long after she'd delivered the plate to Azriel's room and retreated to her own, curling up in bed with her mind still turning over every possible meaning behind them. *Hard to hide things forever.* She told herself it was nothing—an offhand comment from someone who liked stirring things up just to watch how people reacted—but some small, persistent part of her wasn't convinced.She woke the next morning heavier than she wanted to admit, the exhaustion of the past two days settling deep into her bones despite a full night's sleep. Still, there was no room to indulge it. She had a routine to keep now, one the system had made very clear wasn't optional if she ever wanted to summon her sword again.Before breakfast, before anything else, she pulled up the interface in the quiet of her room.*"System,"* she thought, *"status update. Soul strengthening progress."**{Current Method: Gravity Endurance Training. Progress: Minimal. Recommend consistent daily session
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 25: half truth
The rest of the afternoon passed in a blur of lectures and half-finished thoughts. Auriel sat through her remaining classes with her body present and her mind somewhere else entirely—back in that dim room, watching Azriel's chest rise and fall while his fever climbed higher than it should have, no matter what she tried. Every so often, Lyra would nudge her elbow to pull her attention back to whatever the professor was saying, and every time, Auriel would offer an apologetic smile and force herself to focus for another few minutes before her thoughts wandered off again.By the time the final bell rang, the sky outside had already begun sliding toward that soft amber shade that meant evening wasn't far behind. She said a quick goodbye to Lyra at the usual intersection, waving off the halfhearted offer to grab a snack together, and made her way back toward the dorm at a pace just short of running.The house was quiet when she stepped inside—no sign of Orion or Lucian, no sound of Kael's
The crown system: four kings bound to me Chapter 24: forgotten assignment
By the time Auriel reached the classroom, she was out of breath. She paused outside the door, steadying herself before cautiously peeking inside. Her heart sank. The professor was already standing at the front of the room, and judging by the stack of papers on his desk, attendance had long since been taken. The moment the door creaked open, every conversation died. Dozens of eyes turned toward her. The professor looked up, his expression unreadable. "Miss Auriel," he said, his voice carrying effortlessly across the silent classroom. "How thoughtful of you to join us. Please, come in." Keeping her head down, Auriel stepped inside, painfully aware of every gaze following her. "Would you care to explain why you're late?" She opened her mouth, but no convincing explanation came to mind. "I'm sorry, Professor. I... had something important to deal with last night and lost track of time this morning." It wasn't exactly a lie. She simply couldn't explain that "something important" invo
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