Chapter 1: Reincarnating
Eldoria - This is a world where kingdoms rise and fall under the weight of ambition, where betrayal is as common as the changing seasons. A land where heroes are forged in blood, only to be discarded when their purpose is served. In this cruel, unforgiving world, fate plays its own games—twisting lives, breaking dreams, and rewriting destinies.
Zoom in on the vast continent of Eldoria, a land teeming with warring nations, ancient secrets, and ruthless rulers. To the north lies the great Vareldis Empire, a kingdom built upon conquest and bloodshed, ruled by an unyielding royal lineage that crushes any who dare oppose it.
At the heart of Vareldis stands its magnificent capital, Drakensholm, a city of towering spires, dark intrigue, and a throne stained with centuries of betrayal. It is here, within the cold, gilded walls of the Imperial Palace of Blackthorn, that the fate of nations is decided—and where our protagonist awakens to his doomed fate.
In a chamber deep within the palace, where the golden banners of the empire flutter against the chilling northern wind, Prince Fenric Eldrath Vareldis stirs from his slumber. A name that history barely remembers, for he is a mere extra in the grand scheme of the empire. The third prince—overlooked, ignored, and destined for a tragic end at the hands of his younger brother, the fourth prince, who will soon become the most feared villain in the empire's history.
But this time, Fenric is different. Because the soul inside his body does not belong to this forgotten prince.
This time, fate has made a mistake. And he will not be its puppet.
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"What is this place?" Fenric—no, the foreign soul—muttered as he found himself in an unfamiliar body.
"What the heck is this? A cosplay setting?" Fenric groaned, sitting up. His thoughts were a mess, his vision blurred, but as he moved, a sharp pain shot through his body. "Fuck, what is this?!" He winced in shock as he took in his own reflection. "Wait... was I kidnapped? Drugged? And now dumped into some bizarre experiment?"