Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life, but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity forged him into the finest young thief in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic.
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Sometimes, in order to correct a great injustice, you have to break and enter, just a little.
Some of you have been demanding this for multiple books, now. I hope you're satisfied.
Folks wash up on the driveway of Bytown Royal Orphanage to regroup, rally, and argue a whole lot about what to do.
The fires are lit, the call has gone out. All that is left is to flee.
An uprising at the school leaves Kuro out of breath.
Kuro attempts to solve all of his problems with home baking, but just ends up with more hungry mouths to feed.
Can fresh-baked scones help uncover the mystery of Kuro's mysterious admirer, or will the artichoke jelly sour the attempt?
Kuro attempts to learn to blink through deep and careful academic study. Not to spoil anything, but it goes about as well as you would expect.
A graveyard, a raccoon, a fox, and a very uncomfortable seat.
There is no peace for those who offend a queen. Nor for those who gossipers would like to believe offended a queen.
Formal dinners have many storied traditions to uphold, few of which anyone actually enjoys. Unfomfortable clothing, strange food, endless posturing and preening... Kuro wanted any excuse to get out of it...
Most people prepare for a feast by getting dressed and doing their hair, some people elect to get incinerated.
Kuro has an appointment with the weavers and leaves with new clothes and new worries.
Other students wish to take Kuro's place at the queen's dinner table, and attempt to execute that plan by executing Kuro.
Some chopped onions, sympathy for the devil, and a little peace and quiet
Every had one of those days where you have a million things to do, and the world won't let you do any of them? Kuro is having one of those months.
The island is full of mysteries, and despite his best efforts to avoid trouble, Kuro is getting dragged into them.
Who and what, exactly is Arthur?
Finally, at long last, a night off.
School is bad enough on a normal day. Given something to look forward to, time slows to a stop and even the most minor inconvenience becomes and insurmountable ordeal.
