Audatic

"Is Fate the excuse of the forsaken, is Free Will the delusion of the chosen?"

Such was a question that Xavier, the Demon King, never had the chance to ask himself. As he lay defeated, awaiting his death, he wondered about the wretched life he lived.

'The hero who killed me, the one who held the same ambitions as me. We both wanted good for the people, for the world. We are both two sides of the same coin, yet, fate decided that he will be the one the light will shine on.

Perhaps it was me too, perhaps it was my karma for flowing the rivers of blood with my sword. But still... It was fate that squashed the humanity in me first!

Damn fate, if I had one more chance, I would've lived for myself more, I wouldn't have taken this arbitrary role of being a necessary evil... This world, this game of destiny... It can burn to ashes for all I care.'

As he sunk into the cold embrace of death, a certain [REDACTED] heard his dying wish with amusement and cast their die, reversing the wheel of time one last time and going all in on him on a risky gamble with the stakes of their world.

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Black String of Fate

"If what he's saying is the truth, then his Innate Gift is somehow protecting him from losing memories. That shroud might also be related to that. Let's go back inside, he will be a valuable aspect in this mission that we can't afford to lose."

Xavier said with hand signs and Lafia nodded. They walked back inside, finding Lilly seated with a warm cup of milk in his hands. It seemed like the party members calmed him down and coaxed him into giving more information.

"I asked Lilly more about this case. These people whom he refers to as They, apparently, only appear at the exact moment it turns midnight, and after kidnapping a child, disappear like a ghost. They look like specters, wearing a dark gray cloak and floating around silently. Lilly said that even though they disappeared after the kidnapping, he could always feel their presence around him. He took this opportunity to speak to us because he couldn't feel them here."

Reno’s Orphanage (4)