Chapter 60: A Broken Oath [3]

The Broken Oath trial.

I knew this was coming.

I'd prepared for it.

But now that the moment was here, standing in front of this towering figure of judgment, I felt something gnawing at me—fear?

No. It was more like dread.

The kind that coils in your gut and sinks its claws in.

I knew what was coming. I knew what I had to do.

As this was the very chance I was looking for.

***

"Argh! My head hurts!"

I, Emmeline Neville, woke up in a completely dark place, after falling into something.

If I remember correctly, I was with the elven envoy and all the student council members of our academy in that cave filled with glowing mana crystals.

Then, the mana crystals stopped glowing one by one, and the fire we had lit up also extinguished, filling the whole cave with darkness.

Then, I heard some screams, after which I fell into something and lost consciousness.