Chapter 202: The Hunter's Gaze - [Entrance Exam 1]
Two days had passed swiftly.
Cassian arrived at the front of the Academy early in the morning, just as the sun was beginning to show its face.
It was exactly three hours before the exam started. The area was almost entirely empty; only the morning mist and the early morning songs of the birds could be heard.
The professor on duty at the registration checkpoint at the entrance was yawning and rubbing his eyes when he startled at the sight of the white haired, weirdly dressed youth standing before him. He barely managed to catch the ticket control parchment in his hand before dropping it.
"Did you not arrive a bit early, boy?" the professor asked, blinking in astonishment. "The exam will start at 11 o'clock. The sun has not even fully risen yet."
Cassian did not answer; he just continued to stare at the man with his dull and silent gaze. Cassian had a very specific, obsessive reason for arriving here this early.
