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Chapter 0: Prologue

Why…?

Why can't I control this mysterious power inside me?

What's stopping me? What's the reason?

If I can't even harness this power… then why am I here in the first place?

Who am I really…?

These questions never stop echoing in my head. Over and over again, like a curse that won't let go.

It all began when I touched that crystal—the dark red one. The moment my fingers brushed against it, something inside me broke free.

Something terrifying.

Something alive.

At first, I thought it was an awakening. A sign that I had finally found my strength.

But no… that power—it wasn't something I could control. It burned.

It tore through my body like wildfire, a scorching storm I couldn't contain. Every second it surged through me, it felt like my soul was being ripped apart.

And yet… I didn't die.

That small, innocent girl I met by the old giant tree. The one who smiled at me like she had known me forever, even though I was a stranger.

She was… kind. Pure. Fragile.

But the moment…

The truth revealed itself.

She wasn't just a child.

She was something else.

Something far more terrifying than the darkness I carried.

She had that same glow in her eyes. That same dark red glint… the same as the crystal.

I remember it so clearly—the flames. Town… reduced to ash and rubble. Screams in the distance. A sky choked with smoke. The chaos of that night is burned into my mind like a nightmare.

If only I had been stronger…

If only I could've controlled it…

Maybe I could have saved her and everyone…

"I have to get stronger…"

I don't care what this power is or what it means.

I'll master it.

No matter how much it burns me. No matter how deep I have to go.

Because I will stop him.

"I will defeat you…"

Everything that you have done, the flames, the pain, suffering...

And I swear… I'll make sure your darkness never spreads again.

Even if I lose myself along the way.

Even if this power consumes me whole—

I will not let everything fall to its worst end.

I will begin my battle against the darkness within…

And what lies behind the darkness that waits beyond this World Legacy.

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