The Nightblade Heir
Arin entered the world without a past, a name he barely understood, and memories as empty as the sky before dawn. Raised as a quiet, ordinary boy, he arrives at Astraeus Academy hoping for a simple awakening like everyone else.
But when his turn comes, nothing about him is simple.
Instead of fire, ice, wind, or light…
a faint grey mist leaks from his body—silent, shapeless, impossible to identify.
To the world, it looks like failure.
To the powerful Great Houses, it looks like trash.
But to some… it feels like something that should not exist.
Whispers begin to swirl around him—
from nobles who mock him,
from teachers who cannot understand him,
from a mysterious woman who seems to know more than she says,
and from the ancient power sleeping in the back of his mind.
At Astraeus Academy, four powerful Houses dominate the hierarchy:
Solarcrest – blazing warriors
Frostveil – elegant ice wielders
Starweave – celestial manipulators
Ironblood – physical monsters
Each House brings pride, politics, and rivalries into the academy.
Arin, with no clan and no past, should have been invisible…
Until the heiress of the strongest family, Sarena Frostveil, notices the strange pressure hidden inside his “weak” awakening.
Until a rogue teacher locks her gaze on him the moment she senses the silent pulse inside his soul.
Until faction heirs whisper that his smoke resembles the long-forgotten Nightblade Path, a power erased from history.
As danger grows around him, Arin must navigate nobles who despise him, mysteries that stalk him, teachers who want to test him, girls who notice him for different reasons, and a best friend — Kai — who somehow mixes comedy and loyalty in equal chaos.
While Arin struggles to understand who he is…
the sealed power inside him slowly wakes.
Something ancient.
Something forbidden.
Something that remembers a past he cannot.
And when it awakens fully—
the world will remember his name long before he does.
