The Magical Academy

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Prologue: A World Without Magic

To the people of Astravale, magic did not exist.

It was a myth.

A fairy tale told to children before bedtime.

Stories about powerful wizards, enchanted kingdoms, and ancient magical beasts had long been dismissed as legends from a distant past.

Science, technology, politics, and business shaped the modern world.

No one believed magic was real.

At least, that was what the world had been led to believe.

Hidden beyond ordinary sight existed a secret society known only to a handful of individuals.

For centuries, magical families had concealed their existence from humanity.

Ancient barriers, powerful spells, and secret organizations ensured that magic remained hidden.

Whenever magical incidents occurred, they were explained away as natural disasters, unexplained phenomena, or technological malfunctions.

The greatest secret among them all was the existence of Aurelius Arcane Institute.

Officially, the academy did not exist.

No government records mentioned it.

No maps showed its location.

No satellite could find it.

Most magical families only whispered its name.

For nearly a thousand years, Aurelius had trained the world's most gifted magic users from behind a veil that separated the magical world from the ordinary one.

Yet even among magical families, receiving an invitation was almost impossible.

The academy had not accepted a new generation of students for nearly twenty years.

Many believed it had permanently closed its gates.

Others feared something terrible had happened inside.

No one knew the truth.

Then, without warning, five invitations were prepared.

Five names.

Five destinies.

Five girls who lived completely different lives.

A princess trapped by royal expectations.

A troublemaker who refused to follow rules.

A famous heiress admired by millions.

A student prodigy whose intelligence surpassed her age.

And a mysterious girl whose forgotten past was connected to secrets older than the academy itself.

None of them knew magic existed.

None of them knew that monsters, enchanted realms, ancient relics, and powerful sorcerers were real.

And none of them knew that their ordinary lives were about to end.

Because somewhere beyond the visible world, hidden among the clouds and protected by ancient enchantments, Aurelius Arcane Institute had awakened once again.

And for the first time in twenty years...

The academy was calling new students.

The Five GirlsPrincess Seraphina Valerion – The Royal Heir