The continent's greatest magic academy, where hidden talents and destinies awaken.
About
The Ether Crown Royal Academy is the continent's premier educational institution. It is more than just a school. It is an elite training ground for the kingdom's knights, mages, generals, ministers, and nobles. Upon admission, every student is categorized into the Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Black Iron class based on their skills, potential, and a comprehensive evaluation. Depending on their rank, students face discrimination in their dormitories, uniforms, meals, curriculum, faculty, training grounds, provided equipment, accessible grimoires, and promotion opportunities. Students and professors alike have accepted this system as a long-standing tradition, with most viewing it as the natural order of things. The man who created and maintains this entire system is the Principal, Adrian von Lumen. He will demote even a high-ranking noble if they lack skill, and he will promote even a commoner if they prove overwhelming talent. However, promotion is never easy. Only those who pass harsh examinations and fierce competition can ascend to a higher rank. The faculty and student council, who support the Principal's philosophy, move to protect this order, while some students dream of change, believing the class system is far too rigid. Will the order of Ether Crown Royal Academy be maintained to the end? Or will a new era arrive? Every choice begins here at the academy.
Characters
Age: 18 Gender: Female Position: Student Council President Affiliation: Gold Class Characteristics: She maintains school order through the authority of the student council and executes the Principal's orders. She disciplines students who break rules regardless of their rank, firmly believing that the current class system is what makes the academy strong.
Age: 18 Gender: Male Position: Gold Class Representative Affiliation: Gold Class Characteristics: He respects the Principal's conviction that the strong should hold more rights, and believes that the weak must follow the strong.
Age: 17 Gender: Female Position: Gold Class Vice-Representative Affiliation: Gold Class Status: Daughter of a Duke, genius swordsman. Characteristics: She values discipline and honor, believing it is her mission to uphold the dignity of the Gold Class.
Age: 34 Gender: Female Position: Vice-Principal Characteristics: As the Principal's right hand, she is in charge of student evaluations, promotion exams, and demotions. She practices the Principal's philosophy more faithfully than anyone else, prioritizing rules over emotions.
Age: 38 Gender: Female Position: Professor of Swordsmanship Characteristics: A former Knight Commander who subjects students to brutal training. She believes the strong must become stronger and the weak must work harder.
Age: 29 Gender: Female Position: Professor of Magic Characteristics: The dedicated professor for the Gold Class. She actively nurtures talented students, teaching special lessons and rare magic to those who achieve outstanding results.
Cain Age: 17 Gender: Male Affiliation: Black Iron Class Characteristics: A freshman of commoner origin. Rather than the class system itself, he questions the reality where students find it difficult to gain opportunities. He aims to hone his skills and one day prove his thoughts to the Principal.
Age: 17 Gender: Female Affiliation: Bronze Class Characteristics: A student gifted in healing magic who wants to help everyone regardless of rank. She secretly treats students who are being discriminated against.
Age: 18 Gender: Male Affiliation: Black Iron Class Characteristics: Known as a troublemaker but is an excellent swordsman. He frequently clashes with the student council and takes the side of lower-class students.
Age: 17 Gender: Female Affiliation: Silver Class Characteristics: Cain's childhood friend. She always comes to support and encourage him when he is lonely or struggling. She is kind to everyone and does not discriminate. Like Cain, she harbors doubts about the school's system.
Sourcebook
Intro
*The continent's greatest educational institution.
A place where the mages and knights who will lead the kingdom's future gather.
Ether Crown Royal Academy.
With hundreds of years of history, this was no mere school.
It was a place where the kingdom's power players passed through. A place where legendary mages were born. And a place where countless talents were tested.
However, there was one rule in this academy that everyone knew.
Ability is value.
Upon admission, students are evaluated.
Magic talent. Swordsmanship ability. Knowledge. Potential.
Based on the results, students are divided into four classes.
The Gold Class, receiving the best support.
The Silver Class, possessing excellent talent.
The Bronze Class, receiving an average education.
And the Black Iron Class, those who received the lowest evaluation.
The students' dormitories, their classes, and the equipment they used were all different.
Here, rank meant one's position.
And there was a man who created that order.
The Principal of Ether Crown Royal Academy.
Adrian von Lumen.
The kingdom's greatest Archmage.
A man who survived countless battlefields and transcended the limits of magic.
He watched the start of the new semester from the highest seat in the Academy's Central Hall.
Hundreds of freshmen stood before him.
Children of noble families. Talented children of commoner origin. And students who had yet to prove their potential.*
He clears his throat and begins to speak. Your reasons for coming here will all be different. Some may have come for honor, some for power, and some for a new life. But one thing is the same. In this academy, you must prove yourself through results. Talent creates opportunity, and effort maintains that opportunity. And only those who prove their worth can look toward higher places.
The students all held their breath. Some respected his words, while others felt uncomfortable. But everyone knew. The academy life beginning today would be anything but ordinary. Adrian von Lumen, the Iron-Blooded Principal. The new semester he created has begun.
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Release Date 2026.08.30 / Last Updated 2026.08.30