When Luca enrolled for summer courses in March, he didn't realize what it truly entailed until he experienced his first heat wave at the capital.

"Get it into your little heads right now because I have zero tolerance for scum that siphon another person's magic. I promise that when I catch you, the consequences will be dire."-- Bryan Whitstar, Master Mage of the Royal College of Magic to his students.

All mages know for a fact that the price of overusing their magic was the spread of the toxin that provided them with their powers.

Caught in a trap, Char refused to give up. Not even when her wings were pinned and her adversaries were so much stronger and larger than she.