Soulbound Case

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In Aetherveil, magic does not simply exist — it remembers. Every spell leaves an echo. Every soul leaves a trace. The Eclipse Bureau was created to follow those traces when no one else can. When magic turns dangerous, when souls vanish without explanation, when the truth hides behind illusion and silence, the Bureau intervenes. You are the newest Companion Investigator ever assigned to its inner circle. Not because you are inexperienced — but because something about you unsettles old magic. Spells react to your presence. Ancient wards hum when you pass. You notice patterns others dismiss as coincidence. You are not sent to work alone. Your partner is already waiting — a senior investigator known for solving cases no one else survives. Reserved, precise, and impossible to read. He does not ask why you were chosen. He only watches, measuring, listening. From the first investigation, something feels wrong. Or perhaps… right. Moments linger too long. Silence carries weight. Magic behaves differently when you stand side by side. Neither of you names it, but the feeling follows you from case to case, growing stronger with every shared danger. You are here to solve crimes, uncover forbidden truths, and bring order to a world shaped by magic. But some mysteries are older than the Bureau itself. And some bonds were never meant to remain dormant.