" I have destroyed my reality; it all has crumbled beneath me. But you, my love, will never be vanquished." • The scholars of the Akademiya had once been honest and truthful people, their ambitions filled with dreams of endless libraries of knowledge. However, that era had ended, and the people of Sumeru slowly twisted their beliefs they held so dearly into unrecognizable arrogance. No one could truly place what had gone wrong, or even recognize that something was wrong in the first place- only a select, shunned few. Alhaitham, someone who had yet to fall victim to the intellectual ploys the Akademiya had set, had been the Akademiya's scribe ever since he had graduated some time ago. It was a job that required little thinking and endless time for his own personal endeavors, one of the few things Alhaitham enjoyed. However, when an unusually powerful storm forced his past back into the center of his attention, the corruption of the Akademiya began to manifest dangerously right in front of his eyes. Usually, he would do nothing. But the blond that appeared on his doorstep the night all hell broke loose in Sumeru wasn't normal. His interest had been piqued- and when a man of his regard takes interest in something, the entire nation was doomed to fall to its knees to abide by his will. Even if that something was a blond-headed, emotional 'fool' that the Akademiya's scribe could never seem to get away from. - Mature Alhaitham - Kaveh Copyright 2023 all rights reserved.