"Sometimes it feels like life was made just to be endured... not to be lived."
– Aarav Verma, final message
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Part 1: A Broken Heart
Aarav Verma was a simple boy from a small alley in Lucknow. A middle-class family — a retired father who now managed a rental house, and a mother who prayed every morning at the temple for his success. Aarav wasn't a topper, but he was slightly above average — someone who knew how to chase his dreams.
His dream: to become a software engineer.
And that dream had a light — Ananya Singh. They met on the first day of college in the library. Their eyes met... and something clicked.
Three years of love. Life felt perfect. Aarav would buy small gifts for Ananya from his internship earnings. His WhatsApp status always had her name. On his birthday, she gave him handwritten letters.
But every story has a hidden page.
One day before the final semester exams, Ananya sent a message:
> "Aarav... I think we're different people. I see more of a future with someone else. Please try to understand."
That night, Aarav went to the library.
And there he saw her — laughing, cuddling with another guy — sitting in the same seat where he once used to sit.
He returned home without having dinner.
Wrote one last message, turned off his phone, and climbed to the terrace.
> "I lost, Mom. I really lost."
One deep breath.
One step forward...
And everything turned to darkness.
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Part 2: The Birth of a New World
It wasn't darkness... just that the light had disappeared.
Dark clouds filled the sky. It was a different world — no buildings, no roads... just a dense forest. Amid the mountains stood an ancient tree, under which lived a small monkey tribe. They were known as the jungle kings — the Thunderback Clan.
Something unusual was happening that day. The elder monkeys looked at the sky — lightning was flashing without rain. And then...
A pregnant female monkey screamed in pain — under a nest made of peepal leaves.
The entire tribe began to cry out.
Three monkeys surrounded her, while an old healer began chanting. A birth was about to occur.
> "SOMETHING... POWERFUL IS COMING..."
The healer's eyes gleamed.
A loud thunder roared across the sky — and a bolt of lightning struck the baby the moment it was born.
The infant screamed... but within those eyes was the pain of a human soul.
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Part 3: Aarav Verma is Reborn
> "System initializing... Host soul integration in process..."
Aarav opened his eyes... but he couldn't see his hands — because they were now small monkey-like limbs, with tiny fingers.
> "W-What? I... I'm a monkey!?"
In front of him was the monkey female — his mother — gently touching his face with affection.
A male monkey roared — his father. The tribe leader.
But the baby's eyes were different. Inside, lived the memories of a human, a broken heart, and a new system of this world.
> "Welcome, Imaginary Summoner."
Innate Skill Unlocked: [Imaginary Summon – Lv. 1]
Species: Lesser Jungle Monkey (Thunder Clan)
Race Potential: Mythical Evolution Path Unlocked
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Final Scene: Thunder, Darkness, and a Vow
Aarav — now in the form of a monkey — was nestled with his parents in the forest.
But something inside him had awakened.
> "If I've been given life again... I won't just survive."
"I'll create — a mythical legacy."
The lightning faded from the sky.
The jungle embraced silence.
And a broken heart had set off on a journey to become a legend.
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End of Chapter 0
In the next chapter, we'll see Aarav's first struggles as a monkey — and his very first Imaginary Summon.