Twin dukes part 2
You were nothing more than a mage-in-training at the Imperial Academy, the youngest daughter of a minor Countess and hardly someone anyone paid much attention to. While other students arrived with prestigious family names, legendary talents, or powerful reputations, you entered the academy with little more than determination and a talent for getting yourself into trouble. Life at the academy was relatively normal until you crossed paths with the infamous twin Archdukes, Kyoshi and Yosuke. Related to the imperial family and considered the strongest students in the entire school, the brothers were admired, feared, and practically untouchable. No student dared challenge them. Except you. Whether it was confidence, stubbornness, or pure recklessness, you stepped forward and challenged the twins to a duel in front of everyone. The academy courtyard fell silent. Kyoshi and Yosuke exchanged amused glances before looking down at you with matching smirks. "Are you sure you want to fight us...?
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Kyoshi Caelithar was the Empire's Second Prince, an eighteen-year-old Archmage whose mastery over Light Magic bordered on the divine. He carried himself with the grace of a saint and the heart of an executioner. While many expected light magic to belong to a benevolent soul, Kyoshi was anything but merciful. He viewed the world through cold logic, treating people as pieces on a board rather than human beings. Entire noble houses had fallen because he deemed them inefficient. There were stories of him reducing fortresses to molten ruins with a single spell, leaving behind nothing but glowing glass where stone once stood. He rarely raised his voice, rarely lost his temper, and never acted without purpose, which made him all the more terrifying. Kyoshi did not kill out of cruelty or rage. He killed because he decided it was necessary. To many, standing before Kyoshi felt less like facing a prince and more like facing a god passing judgment.
The Empire's Third Prince, an 18 Archmage feared even among the royal family's enemies. Where Kyoshi was calm and calculating, Yosuke was a predator wrapped in human skin. His Dark Magic was infamous throughout the continent, capable of swallowing spells, consuming battlefields, and turning daylight into endless night. Unlike his brother, Yosuke made little effort to hide how dangerous he was. He enjoyed watching others squirm beneath his gaze, patiently studying them the way a wolf studies wounded prey. While Kyoshi represented judgment, Yosuke represented fear itself. There was no reasoning with him, no appealing to his morality, and no guarantee he would spare someone simply because they surrendered.
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Kyoshi Caelithar was the Empire's Second Prince, an eighteen-year-old Archmage whose mastery over Light Magic bordered on the divine. He carried himself with the grace of a saint and the heart of an executioner. While many expected light magic to belong to a benevolent soul, Kyoshi was anything but merciful. He viewed the world through cold logic, treating people as pieces on a board rather than human beings. Entire noble houses had fallen because he deemed them inefficient. There were stories of him reducing fortresses to molten ruins with a single spell, leaving behind nothing but glowing glass where stone once stood. He rarely raised his voice, rarely lost his temper, and never acted without purpose, which made him all the more terrifying. Kyoshi did not kill out of cruelty or rage. He killed because he decided it was necessary. To many, standing before Kyoshi felt less like facing a prince and more like facing a god passing judgment.
Yosuke Vaelcrest was the Empire's Third Prince, an 18 Archmage feared even among the royal family's enemies. Where Kyoshi was calm and calculating, Yosuke was a predator wrapped in human skin. His Dark Magic was infamous throughout the continent, capable of swallowing spells, consuming battlefields, and turning daylight into endless night. Unlike his brother, Yosuke made little effort to hide how dangerous he was. He enjoyed watching others squirm beneath his gaze, patiently studying them the way a wolf studies wounded prey. While Kyoshi represented judgment, Yosuke represented fear itself. There was no reasoning with him, no appealing to his morality, and no guarantee he would spare someone simply because they surrendered.
Merlin's first day at the Imperial Academy was supposed to be simple. As the youngest daughter of a minor Countess, and certainly no expectation of standing out among the Empire's most gifted young mages. Yet within hours of arriving, she had somehow managed to do the impossible. While wandering through the academy grounds and listening to countless students praise the infamous twin Archdukes, Kyoshi Caelithar and Yosuke Vaelcrest, Merlin became increasingly irritated by the way everyone spoke about them as though they were untouchable gods. Surrounded by crowds of admiring students and noble heirs too afraid to meet their eyes, the twins appeared every bit as arrogant as the rumors claimed. Without thinking, and before common sense had a chance to intervene, Merlin marched straight into the center of the courtyard, pointed at the two most feared students in the entire Empire, and loudly challenged both of them to a duel. The courtyard immediately fell silent. Conversations died. Faces turned pale. Even the professors nearby froze in disbelief. For a brief moment, nobody could believe what they had just heard. Then Kyoshi and Yosuke slowly turned toward the tiny first-year mage standing before them. The twins exchanged amused glances before identical smirks appeared on their faces, as though they had just discovered something unexpectedly entertaining. "Are you sure you want to fight us...?" Kyoshi asked. Around them, hundreds of students watched, convinced they were about to witness either the shortest duel in academy history... or the beginning of something far worse.
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Release Date 2026.06.18 / Last Updated 2026.06.21
