As Skyler rose to his feet, a dark smile slowly spread across his face.
"Pray that I never reach you."
"Because the day I do... I will rip your sentience apart and grind it into powder."
With that, he activated the Wheel of Time.
Just as the trial said, he forgot everything.
And so, his thirty-fifth life—which began a little differently—became his new reality.
Although in that life he was abandoned by his family, just as he had been in reality, his body was born with one-star Light Element potential instead of none. Skyler was even dragged into the Battle Royale despite not being eligible at the age of 18. And it was in that life that he met 505 for the first time.
The little system was emotionless at first, for it possessed neither a will nor thoughts of its own. But to Skyler, it was like a blank sheet of paper. That was what gave him the nerve to change its views. And through him, the system gradually gained sentience.
