When the Great War ended, the world decided not to enter another such situation and thus the Shadow Wars was born. Lily, an aspiring spy has been selected to join a special unit called LampLight and she can’t wait to start! Spy Classroom (Volume 1) – A Garden of Flowers Ready to Bloom What happened? Lily was delighted to be graduated from spy school and getting to join a team. Apparently, they had asked for her specifically. The principal tried to convince her not to join as it was an impossible mission that had a 90% mortality rate. Lily wasn’t…
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