Avin sat still for a long time, staring at the paper that wasn't there anymore.The air around him buzzed faintly from the sudden silence after the bell — a single, echoing chime that rippled across the hall like the toll of fate. Every quill froze mid-scratch. Every pen stopped moving.And then, as if they had never existed, everything vanished.
The papers dissolved into motes of light. The pens followed. Desks that had felt so solid a second ago faded into the air, leaving only stunned students gripping their knees and staring at empty space.
But nobody dared to move.
Even with the test over, not one of them wanted to risk being the next person removed for breaking a rule. The air was thick with collective tension — a silence so sharp it hurt.
