Chapter 38. Goodbyes
The hell finally ended.
After several days of relentless, brutal, merciless thrashing—I was still alive.
Barely.
There were moments where my body had outright refused to move. Moments where every muscle cried out for mercy, where every bone protested my very existence.
And yet, I endured it all. Like a champ. Like the stupid, stubborn idiot I was.
But it worked.
Because today, I wasn't just a walking corpse with a pulse—I was standing tall on the morning of the Rose Academy Entrance Examination.
I rolled out of bed with a groan. My back cracked. My knees cracked. I was ninety percent sure even my soul cracked. But hey, compared to the agonizing death matches against Isolde, this was basically a spa day.
Beside me, the faint light of dawn filtered through the window, painting my room with warm hues.
It was the kind of morning that made you feel like the protagonist of a coming-of-age story. Too bad I was living a coming-of-rage story.
Mia would also be joining the academy today, though her path was a little different. While I had to prove my worth through physical combat and magic performance, she would be taking the academic route.