With a clang, the iron bars of the holding cell were opened by the teachers. Wearing a long Victorian dress, Valkyrie looked like a noble queen. Her cold gaze passed through the bars and fell on Zero, who was in the holding cell. He was lying flat on the ground, his gaze focused on the ceiling. The only indication that he was not a corpse was the rise and fall of his chest.

In the following 12 hours, during which he was caught in the tavern and beaten up and taken to the ...