"I've got no goal to begin with."
"That's truly pathetic of you."
"I know, which is why I'm making you my goal."
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Cruelty and treachery are the only ways to advance in this world. With the alluring promise of getting everything once you su...
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• Yu Han Sung's Examination •
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"Welcome, welcome~"
The door creaked open, followed by the distant chime of a greeting. Beyond the threshold stretched a vastness akin to an abyss, swallowing the edges of the room into darkness. Was it empty?
Not entirely.
Doors encircled the space, each one bearing a similar shade of red. Their surfaces glowed with an eerie light, faint enough to leave the darkness untouched, yet bright enough to make each entrance impossible to ignore. One, two, three — the number continued to rise until it reached the number of twelve, leaving an abundance of choices before them.
Right in the center of it all lay a folding screen with the shades of red, white, black, and gold. The design was abstract, a scattered piece of mess with no sensible pattern. What lies in front of the interior piece was a silhouette sitting with one leg raised while the other swept idly across the floor, lounging on the ground casually without minding her mannerism.
"So, are you three going to loiter by the entrance?"
She raised a hand, a sly smile curling across her lips, sharp and narrow beneath her luminous green eyes. "I'm unlike the other Administrators." Her finger glided over her lips, while the sleeves of her gray jacket bunched loosely around her arms, oversized and almost swallowing her hands.
"I don't tolerate a slacker beside me, myself, and I."
FWICK—!!
Behind the three of them, the door unceremoniously slammed shut, filling the space around them and shutting all contact with the previous room. The three of them were startled by the noise, suspicion and wariness creeping into their nerves, forcing them to turn their attention back to the female before them.
