Seventeen years have passed since the four received a command before birth, from a being Incomprehensible to them. With the King dead, the realm is ready to explode, being held together by a fragile peace. On a continent that struggles to know peace, the four move forward, willingly or unwillingly guided by their command.

Tristan Cosmaton, a princeling of the Cosmaton dynasty, resides at the Everlight Palace, a place where everything is a performance. After the late King Elias III's death, the realm elects a new ruler, fearing the civil war that could erupt under normal succession rules. After seventeen years of blending into the background, with the sole goal of survival, he finally decides to step out of the shadows, not through ambition but a belief that it was the next step for what he had always done.

After seventeen years, Alice is finally granted the title of Magi and given the freedom she has always craved to explore the Mad House and learn of the horrors and wonders that exist beyond the doors lining the magical tower. Charging ahead, she slowly delves deeper into the world's forbidden truths, pursuing a goal she doesn't truly understand the cost of.


Arriving in Kript, Isis decides to leave Veston after seventeen years and head west. Landing in Oros, she sets out on a mission to return a holy icon she comes across, only to be pulled into the horrors of Oros and have her faith in the world shattered. Even as her faith in the world crumbles, her journey never ends, and through it she is drawn closer to the choice she must make.

With one prophecy before birth, 'Defend the Dove of Salvation, ' Oliver rises from a Lordless Knight, searching for a liege he doesn't know to become the greatest sword in the realm. Oliver travels, fighting battle after battle, serving men he hates, desperately trying to rise within Veston, just so he can find the one he is destined to serve. 
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Other than the first short arc, which introduced all the characters at once, each arc will focus on a person's story unless they meet or are in close proximity to one another.  Each arc won't just solely focus on the MC POV, but characters around their immediate orbit or are extremely important to the plot, but if it ever switches away from the MC to another character, it will be for a brief time.
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Will have character portraits created over time, but that is a lot of money and will take time. In the meantime, they will be left blank.

Both moved at the same time. There was no doubt in Cleeve's mind: in pure swordsmanship, Anton had him beat; that much was undeniable from the few mock duels they had fought. But there was a reason he never won all of them. Catching the heavy sword strike with his shield, Cleeve stabbed forward. A testing blow that didn't overcommit. Unlike how Anton would usually move, pivoting to the side, a spider leg pushed him to the side, making him twirl. With the extra speed, another sharp leg aimed for Cleeve's head, trying to impale him and end it in one blow. Lifitng his shield, the leg bounced off. Before where his arm would have shaken, it didn't flinch; Leon's power turning him into the immovable wall he had always trained himself as.


Chapter 181 - Apple Tree