"Lady Diana Lambert, as of this moment, I am breaking off our engagement to you."

Lord Kevin Gorthill's polite yet cold voice resounded through the grand hall, adorned for the graduates' farewell.

In an age of swords and magic, the Royal Capital's academy gathered only children of royalty and nobility, alongside those recognized for their talents in magic and prayer. The adults in the grand hall let slip wry smiles, for they knew that children on the cusp of adulthood often misjudged their own standing and overreached themselves.

However, that too was only until the girl who had been addressed turned around.