The Empyrean Academy is a murder house in disguise, with classes non-existent and teachers missing; only its student, the servants — with their numbers undisclosed, and the unnamed headmaster, give the academy life. The academy is akin to a lion’s den, with the witch as their predator, and the rotten nobles as her prey. That much, Illya knows.
Ever since her appearance, two students have already been killed, and all the blame is put on her, albeit none dared to be verbal about it. Ever since the incident the witch pulled at the dining hall, the remaining seventeen students avoided her like a plague. Unlike before when students tend to avoid eye contact with her, Illya can now feel the intense gaze of those that pass by her, each glance hostile and scrutinizing. And the white-haired girl c
