Between the Blade and the Blue Hanbok

A stranger wakes on a black-sand shore with a rapier at their throat. Captain Vesper demands to know whether they are a student or a monster from the sea. Before the blade can answer, Lark sweeps in with brisk curiosity, treating the encounter as a scoop. In an academy island where affiliation matters and trust is not guaranteed, every answer tests whether you are a person, a threat, or a spectacle.