When I enrolled in the Academy of Exile, I dreamed of protecting the world from monsters. But blinded by the desire to cleanse the Empire of corruption, I didn’t even think that I myself would become a victim of the Darkness. Now the hourglass of my life has been turned over—because there is no cure for the darkness that gnaws at the soul. In the fight for my life I was ready for any riddles and difficulties, but I absolutely didn’t expect to find love on the threshold of death.