The Stillness Between Seconds

In the fragile peace following the villain attack on the Unforeseen Simulation Joint (USJ).

U.A. High School opens its doors to a new instructor: Seraphina Vane, the Grave-Lily Hero: Lycara.

Ostensibly hired to teach "Combat De-escalation" and bolster campus security, Seraphina is actually a captive asset of the Hero Public Safety Commission, placed at the school to spy on the next generation of heroes. Under the watchful, suffocating eye of her handler, Director Kaito Vane, Seraphina must navigate her severe trauma, her terror of enclosed spaces, and the persistent, loud warmth of Hizashi Yamada-all while shadowing the hyper-vigilant Shota Aizawa.

To survive, she must decide if she is a weapon of the state, or if she has the courage to let herself grow roots in the garden of the living.