"Begin," the moment those words left the Instructor's lips, Asher vanished from where he stood as though reality itself had swallowed him whole. The spectators were left utterly stunned as they hadn't seen where he had disappeared to, not even a blur or afterimage left behind to trace his path, and even Vaelric Lux Vanthelmor, the Prince himself and one of the most gifted students in the Star Academy, couldn't find Asher despite his sharpened perception.
"Huh? Where did he go?" someone asked as they looked around the stage in confusion, their voice trembling slightly as though they had just witnessed something impossible.
"Did the Tenth Sun run away?" another one added as they couldn't understand the Tenth Sun's movement and reason for vanishing, their tone filled with poorly concealed disbelief.
