✦ Epilogue ✦"From Behind the Glass..."
The light in the room is not bright...Nor is it dim.It is just enough to see what does not move.
The wall leans toward silence,And the clock just keeps turning... without sound.
The window is closed, and the world outside does not seem interested.
Kalidor was standing there,His eyes on a stone tableThat held only one paper.
An official invitation.Red symbols.The court's seal.No sender's name... only a signature cold as usual.
He read it repeatedly, then muttered quietly inside himself:
– "Is it coincidence?... Or choice?"
No answer.
The mirror before him did not reflect his full face,As if it joined the academy in ignoring him.
In the royal wing,Aliana sat in front of an open book,But it was empty to her.
Her eyes were on the lines,But her mind... was elsewhere.
She closed the book.Stared into the air, then whispered:
– "I will not be the one to start the conversation."
That caution, that gap,Had become part of her daily routine.
In the farthest corridors of the castle,Neron sat on an old stone staircase.He was looking at his black notebook,And writing:
"Lies are planted in silence... and harvested with trust."
He closed the notebook.Looked up, then disappeared into the shadows of the hallways.
And in the dark hall,Talia was passing slowly,Watching the dust fly from her steps.
She felt something... unseen.Looked behind her. No one.
But her heart did not believe it.
The sky was gray above the academy.The wind whispered,But it said nothing.
Nothing really changed.But something... approached.
🕯 The end of the epilogue — and the beginning of the coming void.
📜 Afterword
And so… we close the chapter of Crystal Trilogy Part 1 — Castle of Luminia: Phantom Burn, after witnessing the struggles and rises of the protagonist and his companions in the world of the academy and its shadows.
But this is not the end of the tale… rather, the beginning of a new, more dangerous and intricate chapter.
Stay tuned for the next part:
🎭 Crystal Trilogy Part 1 — Scholarium: The Masquerade
In The Masquerade, everyone wears a mask…A mask of friendship, a mask of loyalty, a mask of innocence… yet behind the masks lurk conspiracies and betrayals.Here, in the corridors of the Scholarium, the protagonist will face the limits of his own loyalty, and discover who truly stands by his side — and who weaves the threads against him.
The academy is no longer just a place to learn… but a stage for an endless masquerade.
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