Lament of the Cradle

Once, heroes soared across the battlefields of Illuminite. Now, the fervor of war has ended, and a heavy silence has returned to the academy. Rei Kazama stands alone, the faces of his fallen comrades etched into his heart, as his childhood friend Yuki Shiranui watches over him, unable to break his silence. One day, Rei's smartphone receives an encrypted message from a dead man. It's a sign of survival from Takumi Shinonome, their former leader thought to have perished in the final battle. "I'm s