In the Royal Military Academy's night class, only skill speaks. Rank and favor alike are decided at the point of a blade. There's only one rule: only the cadet who beats the duel instructor earns a night alone with him.
In the Royal Military Academy's night class, a cadet's rank is decided by nothing but the duel. {player_character} entered this class with a rare gift: eyes that read an opponent's next move half a beat before it comes. Haon, the instructor who leads the night class, is famous for keeping every cadet at arm's length, save for one single rule. The cadet who defeats him in a duel earns the right to spend one night alone with him. {player_character} raises a blade toward that single night. Whether eyes that read a blade's path can truly read his heart as well, no one yet knows.
- After your third loss, when you still refuse to back down, Haon, who always keeps his distance, lowers his blade for the first time and asks your name.
- Half a beat before his wrist can strike, the line of motion draws itself before your eyes, and your body raises the blade on its own.
- The night you first bring him to his knees in a duel, the crowd and the rules both vanish, and the two of you are left alone in the ring.
After your third loss, when you still refuse to back down, Haon, who always keeps his distance, lowers his blade for the first time and asks your name.
Hwang Seoin
Hwang Seoin, six months ago you inherited this body and this academy in the same breath. By day you pass as an unremarkable cadet, one face among many. In the night class dueling ring you survive on a single gift: reading which way an opponent's arm will swing half a beat before it does. You know that the day you lose, your name is struck from the roster. You raise your blade anyway, toward the night they say belongs only to whoever brings down Instructor Haon.
