'There was zero justice in the administrative system. Delwias Island was doomed from the beginning to be a field of absolute war. They taught us that the Blue Sage established this structure to end bloodshed, but I am no longer certain of that,' Isiah thought, gazing up at the ethereal glow of Afan hovering in the night sky.
Taking human lives was effortless, yet extracting meaningful answers proved far more challenging.
"If their true objective was to execute every citizen who achieved ascension, or rather, to drain their magical cores and abandon them to death... if that was the plan from the very beginning, then how does one explain the bloody instructors?"
Isiah assumed he was merely reflecting in silence, unaware that he had uttered the words aloud.
"They were all liars," Lexie offered softly.
Isiah had not even noticed her creeping up beside him, his mind thoroughly trapped in lethal calculations.
