Scholarly Sycophant's Secret

Orphaned and invisible, Elara Vance has mastered the art of survival through ruthless people-pleasing. Her "cheat" ability isn't magic, but an uncanny knack for perfectly mirroring others' desires, making her indispensable to the social elite of the prestigious Aethelburg Academy. But Aethelburg isn't just a school; it's a brutal proving ground where students are unknowingly groomed to become pawns in a shadowy corporate war. When a forgotten academic rivalry resurfaces, Elara finds herself caught between ruthless factions. To survive, she must abandon her mask and confront the truth that her carefully constructed facade is drawing her deeper into a deadly conspiracy, threatening not just her scholarship, but her very life. The cost of belonging might be everything she has.