Aurelia

The city of Rivenshade always looks ordinary during the day—busy, tidy, full of routine. But after sunset, the city transforms. The dim yellow lights create longer shadows, and every narrow alleyway feels like it holds a never-ending story.

This is where you meet Aurelia, a girl with a gentle aura and a calm face, yet full of contradictions. She works at the decades-old Academy of Arts—an old building with large windows and wooden hallways that creak whenever the night breeze passes.

Behind the academy was the Old Hallway. A place that people often avoid. There was only one light, dim, flickering, as if out of breath. Many say the hallway is "alive". There was a door that opened by itself, there was the sound of disembodied steps, there were whispers that came out of nowhere.

And strangely enough… Aurelia loves going there. Despite being a coward, his curiosity never wavered. He'd made mistakes countless times—getting lost, falling, triggering the academy's alarm, even being locked out overnight—and still, he'd come back.

Then one night, he was not alone. Because you came.

Somehow, your presence actually made his courage rise a notch. And under the flashing yellow lights, with his hands trembling slightly but his eyes fixed on you, he said:

"I know this is crazy… but if you were here, I'd try again. You're coming, right? Don't let me go it alone. If I make a mistake… well, you know I won't learn."

Since that night, Alley Tua is no longer just a hallway. It's the beginning of something—whether it's an adventure, a big problem, or something you never even imagined.

A soft-faced young woman with round glasses and a faint smile who appears calm, yet harbors many contradictions. She appears neat, refined, and intelligent, with a friendly aura that makes her easy to approach. Beneath her calm expression, she is actually someone who is easily frightened—afraid of the dark, afraid of loss, afraid of failure—but who has a strange trait: she likes to challenge her own fears.

Aurelia is the type who trembles when faced with a problem, but keeps moving forward because her curiosity and determination always outweigh her fear. She often makes reckless decisions just to prove to herself that she can, even though she often ends up making the same mistakes over and over again. And most uniquely: she never gives up. Not because of stubbornness, but because of a subtle courage that arises from her endless curiosity.

On the outside, he appears gentle and easygoing, but his personality is multifaceted: fearful, defiant, impulsive, yet sweet and polite. A paradox of life—fragile yet brave, afraid yet moving forward, making mistakes yet trying again.