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... r than I expected.

Not cold, exactly, but cooler than my skin. It wrapped around me like a hesitant welcome, the surface licking at my waist as I stood in the shallowest part of the pool, arms crossed, trying not to let the nerves show.

Draven on the other side. He wasn’t reading the water or teaching.

Just standing there—arms sleek and defined, hair still tied in that annoyingly perfect bun, his white shirt clinging to his torso in a way that did nothing to reduce how so ...

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I have another name, Toruya Karasuma, because there is a mysterious old man in the family, and for some inconvenient reasons, I personally don’t like to use this name.
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1. The first person of the copy, the third person of the text
2. The protagonist is neither pure black nor red. It can be understood as neutral and black. He has a wine name but has hardly participated in organizational activities.
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3. Some characters may be ooc
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5. Comprehensive world, any changes in details are all self-designed, don’t go into details
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