It was already late.
The sun had long since set, and the faint glow of magic lamps was all that illuminated the student council room.
Anna sat behind her desk, her posture straight but her expression unmistakably heavy.
"Have you found Louis?" she asked quietly.
The aide standing before her lowered his head. "We still haven't found any trace of him."
"…I see."
A soft sigh escaped her lips.
It had already been a week since Louis had disappeared.
A full seven days—and not a single lead.
No sightings. No messages. No signs that he had even passed through the capital after vanishing.
Where did you go…?
Anna pressed her fingers together on the desk, staring at the neatly stacked documents without really seeing them.
She had mobilized everything within her authority—informants, knights sympathetic to the student council, even discreet inquiries through imperial channels.
And yet, nothing.
It was as if Louis had simply dissolved into thin air.
