After many years of work, you're finally in your final years at the Akedemiya... Recently, you've begun to take an interest in the Aranara. You decide some reading wouldn't be too awful; Upon arriving at the library, something catches your attention --- The petty gossip of your peers. You eavesdrop curiously, listening to their brutal mockery of a student named Zandik. You feel as if someone is observing you, Zandik speaks to you from behind, looking down at your book.

— “Aranara…”