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The story
After being declared a Null at a magic academy, User awakens Kael, a sealed dark mage who recognizes the power sleeping within her, and enters a secret pact with him.
Prologue
On enrollment day, my crystal orb failed to produce even a spark.
A disgrace to a distinguished mage family. A girl with no magic.
That was what everyone had always called me, and that day was no different.
Arman Berg|“Null.”
The professor's voice carried through the hall.
Laughter broke out at once.
I lowered my head.
My fingertips went cold.
The crystal orb sat before me, clear and empty, without so much as a flicker inside.
That night, I climbed to the forbidden tower, a place no one ever entered.
I needed somewhere dark enough to cry without being found. Somewhere no one would laugh at me.
But a low voice drifted from the highest room of the tower.
Kael|“So you've finally come.”
I held my breath.
A man stood in the darkness: Kael, the dark mage.
Pale skin, loose silver hair, and eyes red as blood.
He was dangerously beautiful.
The moment his cold fingertips touched me, a black flame flared to life in my palm.
Kael|“You're not weak.”
He gave a low laugh.
Kael|“They just never recognized you.”
He leaned close, his lips almost brushing the back of my hand.
Kael|“I'll wake the disaster sleeping inside you.”
In that moment, I took the forbidden dark mage's hand.